Showing 61–80 of 173 records
| Date | Summary | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Aug 1786 |
| A gentleman was attacked and robbed "by three footpads [in] sailors habits." Because he had only 16 shillings, they "wounded him about the … |
| View record for #680 |
| 2 Sept 1786 | "Among other novelties, it is said, that Mrs. Jordan means to give the town, we are to have her in Sir Harry Wildair, a character that has n… | View record for #681 |
| 16 Sept 1786 | "Martyr's performance of Henry in the Deserter, at the theatre in Richmond, attracted the most splendid boxes that has been seen there this … | View record for #683 |
| 3 Oct 1786 | "Dodd was resolved not to be behind-hand with the Jordan in finery on Saturday--witness the blue sattin waistcoat and breeches--which by the… | View record for #708 |
| 10 Oct 1786 | Mr. Bannister played one of three "witches in the chorusses" in a production of Macbeth and "did every justice to the poet and the composer,… | View record for #710 |
| 26 Oct 1786 | Mr. Ryder played Sir John Brute in "Sir John Vanburgh's comedy of the Provok'd Wife". "The points which arise when he is disguised in his wi… | View record for #715 |
| 21 Nov 1786 | "Mr. Ragless, riding officer, at Felpham . . . dressed himself in his wife's clothes" as a "stratagem" to catch smugglers near Ellmore; "bei… | View record for #718 |
| 23 Nov 1786 | "The sincere admirer of Mrs. Jordan, who, in the Morning Post of Friday last, recommends to that lady an appearance in Macheath, betrays mor… | View record for #722 |
| 1 Dec 1786 | With "courage" as she flies from danger, Princess Jacoba, "Disguising herself in man's apparel and passing through the city of Ghent by nigh… | View record for #725 |
| 15 Dec 1786 | Mary Adams was convicted "for burglary in the house of John Oliver, inn-keeper at Wilisdon". "She had on a man's great coat". She was also i… | View record for #729 |
| 30 Dec 1786 | Camila is "delicately feminine", but "affects masculine airs and masculine attire." She wears a "great coat, whip, and half-boots" and would… | View record for #733 |
| 22 Jan 1787 | "The Chevalier, or Mademoiselle D'Eon, is still in this country. The occasion of her return to England was some pecuniary dispute with Lord … | View record for #738 |
| 24 Jan 1787 | "Mademoiselle D'Eon, as she was waiting some little time ago, at an inn, to change horses, happened to look in the glass, and perceiving tha… | View record for #740 |
| 30 Jan 1787 | "Mrs. Siddons representing Imogen.--However interesting the situation may be, our taste must ever censure the appearance of women in breeche… | View record for #745 |
| 31 Jan 1787 | "In the adoption of Imogen, Mrs. Siddons mistook her genius--in the profession of the stage, the judgment of others should have strong influ… | View record for #748 |
| 7 Feb 1787 | At royal performance before "their Majesties," "Mr. Kamble and Mrs. Siddons gave every effect to Posthumus and Imogen." | View record for #757 |
| 7 Feb 1787 | "The report that Mrs. Abington again intends to appear in Scrub is not true. Should she again assume the breeches, Falstaff is to be the cha… | View record for #876 |
| 8 Feb 1787 | Among the masquerade characters: "An inimitable Negro Girl, highly finished, but we suspect a metamorphose, as the coutour [sic], though ele… | View record for #759 |
| 23 May 1787 | "On Saturday night last, about eleven o'clock, a woman, to appearance, genteely dressed, knocked at the door of a principal milliner's, in T… | View record for #761 |
| 26 May 1787 | "Mrs. Wells was resolved to be dressed a la-mode, and consequently must have skirts to her coat, should she appear as a French Marquis; this… | View record for #762 |
