25 May 1727
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1726-1727
Volume:
2
Comments:
Receipts: #140 13s. Probable attendance: boxes and pit, 308 paid and 73 orders; stage, 1 paid; slips, 27 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 304 paid and 1 orders; second gallery, 172 paid. Daily Journal, 25 May: We hear that this Evening the famous Captain Lemuel Gulliver is to be at...Lincoln's Inn Fields, very handsomely attended and dress'd in a rich Habit, the like of which was never seen in England before. The two Stage Boxes are kept for him and his Company....The Master of the House has promised the Captain that neither during the Play or Entertainment, any Person shall be admitted behind the Scenes, that the Captain may bot be too much press'd with the Crowd
Performance List
Mainpiece
Afterpiece
Title:
The Rape of Proserpine
Comments:
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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.