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16 February 1736

Event Information
Theatre: Haymarket Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1735-1736
Volume: 3
Comments: Benefit Mrs Reading, Wife of Mr Thomas Reading, Attorney at Law, of New Inn. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A Farce (never perform'd before). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Stage Half a Guinea. N.B. Mrs Reading is credibly informed, that a Hackney Writer, who has lately turn'd Author, and Player in his own Farce, has maliciously spread a Report about the Town, that she does not intend to have any Play perform'd: this is to assure the Publick, that she has taken a great deal of Pains to have the Play and Farce perform'd with all the Decency possible

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1736 2 16 hay The Careless Husband. Foppington-Pulling; Morelove-Machen; Sir Charles-Barton; Lady Easy-Mrs Reading; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Stewart; Lady Betty-Mrs Thompson; Edging-Miss Burgess. Also The Heroick Footman. Footman-Whittaker; Pinwell-Miss Burgess. With a New Prologue and Epilogue. SINGING. I: By Hemskerk. V: In Praise of English Plumb Pudding. DANCING. II: Hornpipe by Adams. IV: Two Pierrots by Bodway and Shawford. commENT, Benefit Mrs Reading, Wife of Mr Thomas Reading, Attorney at Law, of New Inn. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A Farce (never perform'd before). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Stage Half a Guinea. N.B. Mrs Reading is credibly informed, that a Hackney Writer, who has lately turn'd Author, and Player in his own Farce, has maliciously spread a Report about the Town, that she does not intend to have any Play perform'd: this is to assure the Publick, that she has taken a great deal of Pains to have the Play and Farce perform'd with all the Decency possible.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1736 02 16 hay The Careless Husband. Foppington-Pulling; Morelove-Machen; Sir Charles-Barton; Lady Easy-Mrs Reading; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Stewart; Lady Betty-Mrs Thompson; Edging-Miss Burgess .hathi.*a1736 02 16 hay The Heroick Footman. Footman-Whittaker; Pinwell-Miss Burgess. With a New Prologue and Epilogue .hathi.*d1736 02 16 hay II: Hornpipe by Adams. IV: Two Pierrots by Bodway and Shawford. hathi.*c1736 02 16 hay Benefit Mrs Reading, Wife of Mr Thomas Reading, Attorney at Law, of New Inn. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A Farce (never perform'd before). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Stage Half a Guinea. N.B. Mrs Reading is credibly informed, that a Hackney Writer, who has lately turn'd Author, and Player in his own Farce, has maliciously spread a Report about the Town, that she does not intend to have any Play perform'd: this is to assure the Publick, that she has taken a great deal of Pains to have the Play and Farce perform'd with all the Decency possible .hathi.*s1736 02 16 hay I: By Hemskerk. V: In Praise of English Plumb Pudding .hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 17793 | 17360216 | hay | hathi | Benefit Mrs Reading, Wife of Mr Thomas Reading, Attorney at Law, of New Inn. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A Farce (never perform'd before). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Stage Half a Guinea. N.B. Mrs Reading is credibly informed, that a Hackney Writer, who has lately turn'd Author, and Player in his own Farce, has maliciously spread a Report about the Town, that she does not intend to have any Play perform'd: this is to assure the Publick, that she has taken a great deal of Pains to have the Play and Farce perform'd with all the Decency possible
    Performance: 32815 | 17793 | p | The Careless Husband | Foppington-Pulling; Morelove-Machen; Sir Charles-Barton; Lady Easy-Mrs Reading; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Stewart; Lady Betty-Mrs Thompson; Edging-Miss Burgess .
    Cast:
    49373 | 32815 | Foppington | Pulling
    49374 | 32815 | Morelove | Machen
    49375 | 32815 | Sir Charles | Barton
    49376 | 32815 | Lady Easy | Mrs Reading
    49377 | 32815 | Lady Graveairs | Mrs Stewart
    49378 | 32815 | Lady Betty | Mrs Thompson
    49379 | 32815 | Edging | Miss Burgess
    Performance: 32816 | 17793 | a | The Heroick Footman | Footman-Whittaker; Pinwell-Miss Burgess. With a New Prologue and Epilogue .
    Cast:
    49380 | 32816 | Footman | Whittaker
    49381 | 32816 | Pinwell | Miss Burgess. With a New Prologue and Epilogue
    Performance: 32817 | 17793 | d | II: Hornpipe by Adams | IV: Two Pierrots by Bodway and Shawford. hathi.
    Performance: 32818 | 17793 | s | I: By Hemskerk | V: In Praise of English Plumb Pudding .

Mainpiece

Title: The Careless Husband
Comments:
Foppington-Pulling; Morelove-Machen; Sir Charles-Barton; Lady Easy-Mrs Reading; Lady Graveairs-Mrs Stewart; Lady Betty-Mrs Thompson; Edging-Miss Burgess .
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1704
Author: Colley Cibber
Birth: 1671
Death: 1757

Afterpiece

Title: The Heroick Footman
Comments:
Footman-Whittaker; Pinwell-Miss Burgess. With a New Prologue and Epilogue .
Cast:

Dance

Comment: II: Hornpipe by Adams. IV: Two Pierrots by Bodway and Shawford.

Song

Comment: I: By Hemskerk. V: In Praise of English Plumb Pudding

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