21 March 1741
Event Information
Theatre:
Covent Garden
Theatrical Season:
1740-1741
Volume:
3
Comments:
By Desire. Receipts: #133 12s. 6d. (Account Book); #160 (Rylands MS.). London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 23 March: On Saturday Night last, in the Entertainment of Orpheus and Eurydice, the Audience were aggreably surpriz'd with the Representation of a new Machine, in Imitation of the Travelling Chaise without Horses, the Performance of which was so extraordinary, and gave such a general Satisfaction, that the Spectators would not be contented 'till they saw it a second Time pass round the Stage
Performance List
Mainpiece
Afterpiece
Title:
Orpheus and Eurydice
Comments:
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Cast:
- Role: Orpheus Actor: Salway
- Role: Rhodope Actor: Mrs Lampe
- Role: Eurydice Actor: Miss Young
- Role: Followers Actor: Mlle Roland, Miss Oates, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Ozanne
- Role: Pluto Actor: Leveridge
- Role: Ascalax Actor: Roberts
- Role: Demons Actor: Villeneuve, Delagarde, Richardson
- Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
- Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
- Role: Pantalon Actor: Grimaldi
- Role: Gawkey Actor: Bencraft
- Role: Mrs Drudge Actor: Hippisley
- Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy
- Role: Country Lads Actor: Villeneuve, Richardson, Dupre, Oates
- Role: Country Lasses Actor: Miss Oates, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Miss Horsington
- Role: Rural Swain and Nymph Actor: Haughton, Mlle Roland
- Role: Arcadian Shepherdess Actor: French Girl
- Role: Swains Actor: Villeneuve, Richardson, Delagarde, Oates, Dupre
- Role: Villagers Actor: Waltz, Perry, Lad, Thompson, Roberts, Smith, Davies, Mrs Wright, Mrs Chambers, Miss Davies.