13 February 1727
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1726-1727
Volume:
2
Comments:
[Written by Lewis Theobald. Set to Music by Galliard.] The Entertainment being entirely new Dress'd: With New Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations. Pit and Boxes laid together at 5s. Receipts: #216 12s. Probable attendance: boxes, 269 paid; stage, 1 paid; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 274 paid and 4 orders; slips, 54 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 456 paid; second gallery, 195 paid. Mist's, 18 Feb.: It is of the Nature of Pantomimes, partly grotesque, and partly vocal, but far exceeds all ever yet shewn, in the Magnificence and Beauty of the Scenes, the Number and Richness of the Habits, as well as the Fable, which is purely poetical, as the Italian Operas ought to be. [See also London Journal, 18 Feb.
Performance List
Mainpiece
Afterpiece
Comments:
Ceres-Mrs Barbier; Proserpine-Mrs Chambers; Jupiter-Rochetti; Mercury-Legar; Sylvans-Mlle Salle, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Legar, Mrs Ogden; Gods of the Woods-Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling; Sicilians-Glover, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr; Pluto-Leveridge; Demons-Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse; Harlequin-Lun; Yeoman-Nivelon; Old Man-Smith; Clodpole-Spiller; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Old Woman-Miss Latour; Countrymen, Lasses-Newhouse, Dupre, Lanyon, Mrs Vincent, Miss Fenton, Mrs Rice; Savoyard-Salway; Gardeners-Poitier, Pelling; Elements: Earth-Dupre; Air-Glover; Fire-Poitier; Water-Salle; Females-Mrs Pelling, Mrs Legar, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Salle.
Ceres-Mrs Barbier; Proserpine-Mrs Chambers; Jupiter-Rochetti; Mercury-Legar; Sylvans-Mlle Salle, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Legar, Mrs Ogden; Gods of the Woods-Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling; Sicilians-Glover, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr; Pluto-Leveridge; Demons-Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse; Harlequin-Lun; Yeoman-Nivelon; Old Man-Smith; Clodpole-Spiller; Colombine-Mrs Younger; Old Woman-Miss Latour; Countrymen, Lasses-Newhouse, Dupre, Lanyon, Mrs Vincent, Miss Fenton, Mrs Rice; Savoyard-Salway; Gardeners-Poitier, Pelling; Elements: Earth-Dupre; Air-Glover; Fire-Poitier; Water-Salle; Females-Mrs Pelling, Mrs Legar, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Salle.
Cast:
- Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Barbier
- Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Chambers
- Role: Jupiter Actor: Rochetti
- Role: Mercury Actor: Legar
- Role: Sylvans Actor: Mlle Salle, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Legar, Mrs Ogden
- Role: Gods of the Woods Actor: Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling
- Role: Sicilians Actor: Glover, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr
- Role: Pluto Actor: Leveridge
- Role: Demons Actor: Salle, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse
- Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
- Role: Yeoman Actor: Nivelon
- Role: Old Man Actor: Smith
- Role: Clodpole Actor: Spiller
- Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Younger
- Role: Old Woman Actor: Miss Latour
- Role: Lasses Actor: Newhouse, Dupre, Lanyon, Mrs Vincent, Miss Fenton, Mrs Rice
- Role: Savoyard Actor: Salway
- Role: Gardeners Actor: Poitier, Pelling
- Role: Earth Actor: Dupre
- Role: Air Actor: Glover
- Role: Fire Actor: Poitier
- Role: Water Actor: Salle
- Role: Females Actor: Mrs Pelling, Mrs Legar, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Salle.