The People - James Messink

Name Variants
  • Mr Messink
  • James Messinks
  • Mr Messinks
  • Mr Messing
Gender
Man
Start
1701 (b.)
End
19 Nov 1789 (d.)
Country of Birth
Not known
Locality
Not known
Bio
BD Vol. 10: 205-7
Links
Notes
Ambiguity over date of birth: 1721 Ambiguity over roles: uncertain whether he continued as a machinist and painter when he moved to Covent Garden in 1777

Works (5 Results)

Title Year Type Role
The Pigmy Revels; or, Harlequin Foundling 1772 Afterpiece Author
The Norwood Gypsies 1777 Afterpiece Author
The Medley; or, Harlequin At All 1778 Afterpiece Author
Harlequin Free-Mason 1781 Afterpiece Author
The Choice of Harlequin; or, The Indian Chief 1782 Afterpiece Author

Activities (12 Results)

Theatre Activity
Covent Garden Actor, Choreographer, Dancer, Machinist, Scene painter/designer, Singer
Drury Lane Actor, Choreographer, Dancer, Machinist, Scene painter/designer, Singer

Benefits (Employee/Tickets) (17 Results)

Date Theatre Title Mainpiece Title After Piece(s) Door receipts Tickets Total Charges Ticket Count Type
27 Mar 1742 Covent Garden Love for Love Peasants Dance, Chaconne, Hornpipe, Rigadone Provencale Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
29 Apr 1746 Covent Garden She Would and She Would Not Phebe; or, The Beggar’s Wedding, Come Let Us Trip, Drunken Tyrolese Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
26 Apr 1748 Covent Garden The Way of the World Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Mercury Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
23 Apr 1768 Drury Lane The Mourning Bride Queen Mab, The Wake, The Medley Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
26 Apr 1769 Drury Lane False Delicacy The Hermit; or, Harlequin at Rhodes, The Wake, Hearts of Oak Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
02 May 1770 Drury Lane Hamlet Queen Mab, The Wake, Minuet Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
24 Apr 1771 Drury Lane The Merchant of Venice The Elopement, The Medley Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
05 May 1772 Drury Lane The Tragedy of Jane Shore Harlequin's Invasion; or, A Christmas Gambol, Double Hornpipe, Tambourine £40 13s £169 2s £209 15s £74 Unknown Sh
08 May 1773 Drury Lane The Committee; or The Faithful Irishman The Elopement, The Medley £42 17s £153 7s £196 4s £74 Unknown Sh
30 Apr 1774 Drury Lane Twelfth Night The Elopement, Minuet, Allemande, Hornpipe £69 7s £163 £232 7s £74 Unknown Sh
10 May 1775 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers Harlequin's Jacket; or, The New Year's Gift £16 8s £172 6s £188 14s £74 Unknown Sh
15 May 1777 Drury Lane The Committee; or The Faithful Irishman The Deserter, The Cumberland Cornthrashers, Hornpipe, Wapping Landlady £47 6s £154 8s £201 14s £65 Unknown Sh
30 Apr 1778 Covent Garden The Grecian Daughter The Norwood Gypsies £124 £30 4s £154 4s N/A 207 T
12 May 1779 Covent Garden Illumination; or, The Glaziers' Conspiracy A Bold Stroke for a Wife, The Farmer's Return from London, The Norwood Gypsies Unknown Unknown Unknown N/A Unknown Sh
17 May 1780 Covent Garden All in the Wrong The Norwood Gypsies, The Humours of the Newmarket Races £32 11s 6d £158 18s £191 9s 6d N/A 1211 T
03 May 1781 Covent Garden Much Ado About Nothing Harlequin Free-Mason £76 5s £136 15s £213 N/A 994 T
08 May 1782 Covent Garden Which is the Man? Retaliation £96 17s £184 4s £281 1s N/A 1302 T
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