Showing 21–40 of 173 records
| Date | Summary | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Dec 1785 |
| Wife of newly married M.de Puysegur, "unable to bear the shock of separation, disguised herself in the habit of a cabin boy, and flew aboard… |
| View record for #486 |
| 12 Dec 1785 | The original prologue to the Tragedy of Percy (current performance being reviewed) has some lines that are "so perfectly a-propos" with the … | View record for #496 |
| 19 Dec 1785 | "Gallini has has acted wisely in casting Signora Sestini for the principal men's parts in the Italian Opera, as it must be allowed she can d… | View record for #506 |
| 29 Dec 1785 | "A seaman being asked how he liked Mrs. Jordan in breeches? answered, 'I like her rigging well, and I like her working well; for, do you see… | View record for #508 |
| 29 Dec 1785 | "Mrs. Martyr gave the Page with fascinating innocence." | View record for #510 |
| 2 Jan 1786 | "It is asserted that a lady well known in the fashionable world, was introduced, in boy's clothes, at a club near St. James's, by a friend, … | View record for #522 |
| 20 Jan 1786 | Zelis, "in the disguise of a boy," and appearing to be "a beautiful youth," visits her lover Selim in prison, where she tells him about "'ha… | View record for #523 |
| 21 Jan 1786 | "Mad. D'Eon has lately been the object of" Beaumarchais's "love and addresses". Not caring to be subordinated in marriage, "the indignant Am… | View record for #525 |
| 30 Jan 1786 | "It is a query among the critics, if Mrs. Abington, like many others of her sex, may not let down her consequence and her reputation, when s… | View record for #527 |
| 31 Jan 1786 | In the play Coradin, the character Adele, "a young lady," takes "a man's dress to facilitate her escape" from her father in order to elope w… | View record for #530 |
| 11 Feb 1786 | Yesterday Mrs. Abington played Scrub in the Beaux Strategem for the first time at her benefit: "In point of profit Mrs. Abington was happy i… | View record for #836 |
| 13 Feb 1786 | "The critics say Mrs. Abington was let down by playing Scrub--but how few ladies on the stage would not be let down for their own benefit." … | View record for #531 |
| 15 Feb 1786 | "Mrs. Martyr refused the part of Young Meadows--She was right, for except men in petticoats, no exhibition can be more disgusting than women… | View record for #533 |
| 21 Feb 1786 | A woman "who had constantly appeared in the disguise of man's apparel" was discovered at death. "She was an orphan of illegitimate intercour… | View record for #563 |
| 22 Feb 1786 | "The receipts at Mrs. Abington's benefit amount to 405l. and is that a wonder? when such things are shewn as were that night shewn, who woul… | View record for #564 |
| 1 Mar 1786 | Masquerade character described: "Britannia--fortified.--This was a gentleman in woman's cloathes, the petticoat painted in stone-work, with … | View record for #566 |
| 25 Mar 1786 | "Madam D'Eon dined and spent an evening last week with the Prince of Wales: though this lady has laid aside the breeches and re-assumed the … | View record for #568 |
| 27 Mar 1786 | "It is much to be regretted that in the days when Shakespeare wrote, the women's characters were performed by men, which accounts for the nu… | View record for #571 |
| 28 Mar 1786 | "The Jordan": "A light blue sattin waistcoat and breeches, a pink and silver robe, and black hat and white feather, set off her pretty littl… | View record for #574 |
| 13 Apr 1786 | "We hear that an adventurer of the most curious kind was arrested . . . for the detestable crime of repeated marriages, with persons of both… | View record for #576 |
