Showing 41–60 of 173 records
| Date | Summary | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Apr 1786 |
| Described as "a very strange law-suit" and a "whimsical law affair," and narrated as a humorous anecdote: "The cause of action is a man and … |
| View record for #593 |
| 24 Apr 1786 | "Mrs. Bannister retires from the Stage at the conclusion of the season"; "No inducement could ever prevail on her to appear in men's cloaths… | View record for #594 |
| 26 Apr 1786 | "The celebrated Miss Davies, who committed a late capital robbery in man's apparel, and who was respited by the Judge at Chelmsford, conduct… | View record for #598 |
| 27 May 1786 | "Elegant youth", "attended by a foot boy" and a "perfect master of horsemanship" was visited only by "one Gentleman, well known for his aero… | View record for #601 |
| 31 May 1786 | Adventurer who married "several persons of both sexes" was tried before the Parliament of Limousin and convicted "of the crimes of bigamy an… | View record for #615 |
| 1 Jun 1786 | "Mademoiselle, or, to speak with reference to her character rather than her sex, the Chavalier [sic] D'Eon. was at Drury-lane Theatre, to se… | View record for #616 |
| 8 Jun 1786 | "Epilogue. Spoken by the Young Gentleman who performed ABIGAIL." Addressed to "LADIES!," discusses men "who shift our very sex, to pleasure … | View record for #618 |
| 21 Jun 1786 | The Widow's Vow: A farce in which "a lady, who has vowed never to see a man" received "a male into her house under the imposition of his bei… | View record for #625 |
| 24 Jun 1786 | Anecdotes of the late G. R. Fitzgerald, Esq., who "fled in woman's apparel" after being detected in France using "loaded dice at hazard." Pr… | View record for #630 |
| 1 Jul 1786 | Sestini's "appearance in Signior Arionelli is so outre, so unlike any thing human". She will hopefully "resign the part, and not injure her … | View record for #635 |
| 6 Jul 1786 | "The gross practice of bringing forward a woman in the character of Macheath, is to be again repeated. This Opera is of itself sufficiently … | View record for #638 |
| 22 Jul 1786 | "The new Macheath should immediately resume her petticoats. Mrs. Abington's failure in Scrub, was sufficient to deter females from a repetit… | View record for #639 |
| 31 Jul 1786 | A lady "who appeared in the stage-box" "reminded us of Bannister in Polly." [The reference is to a 1781 travesty production of Gay's Polly w… | View record for #641 |
| 9 Aug 1786 | "A young female" who "calls herself Miss Peat" tricked and robbed a family. "She turns out, however to be the famous Miss Watson, who, about… | View record for #645 |
| 15 Aug 1786 | "An odd circumstance" that is "no small diversion": "A decent looking man" who claimed to be returning from war in America where as a loyali… | View record for #648 |
| 19 Aug 1786 | "When the Lady discovered her sex to the Exhampton Taylor, she said, in a gentle voice, 'how will my Snip rejoice when he hears that she, wh… | View record for #650 |
| 26 Aug 1786 | Margaret Lamburn wanted to "revenge herself" for the deaths of Mary Queen of Scots, and her husband who died of grief, by assassinating Quee… | View record for #651 |
| 26 Aug 1786 | Mrs. Brown of Covent Garden Theatre played "William in Rosina" and "is to be Marplot in the Busy Body." | View record for #671 |
| 28 Aug 1786 | "Mrs. Brown of Covent-garden" wore breeches in Marplot, "but in this, as in most other cases where the ladies assume the breeches, and 'o'er… | View record for #677 |
| 29 Aug 1786 | "Two gentlemen in Ladies dresses, very well supported" at a masquerade "at the Harmonic House." "One of them danced a capital minuet with a … | View record for #679 |
