06 May 1742

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1741-1742
Volume: 3
Comments: Mainpiece: By Particular desire. Afterpiece: Never Acted Before. [The Farce by Fielding is a sequel to The Virgin Unmasked.] Forbidden soon by the Lord Chamberlain. It being supposed that a particular man of quality was pointed at in one of the characters. The prohibition short of duration (Genest, III, 652). See A Letter to a Noble Lord to whom it alone belongs, occasioned by a representation at Drury Lane of a Farce call'd Miss Lucy in Town (1742), [a 20 page pamphlet criticizing the Lord Chamberlain for allowing this farce. Author gives a scene by scene account emphasizing the bawdry and discounting the pious conclusion. He concludes with remarks on theatrical dancing]: As to Dances, I think your province of prohibition does not extend; so the Public cannot owe their gratitude to you for several. I appeal to those who have been on the coast of Malabar and the banks of the Ganges whether we have not had some that have exceeded on posture, or anything of that kind so common amongst the polite Indians of Indostan. Afterpiece: Mrs Clive mimics the Muscovita admirably, and Beard Amorevoli intolerably (H. Walpole to H. Mann, 26 May).-Horace Walpole Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann, I, 435. Receipts: #70

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p}dl Othello. As 10 Sept. 1741. *a}dl Miss Lucy in Town. Lucy-Mrs Clive; Zorobabel-Macklin; Signor Cantileno-Beard; Ballad-Ray; Thomas-Neale; Lord Bawble-Cross; Goodwill-Taswell; Mrs Haycock-Mrs Macklin; Tawdry-Mrs Bennet[from edition of 1742, but listed in the order of the actors' names given in <i>London Daily Post and General Advertiser</i>]. *c}dl Mainpiece: By Particular desire. Afterpiece: Never Acted Before. [The Farce by $Fielding= is a sequel to <i>The Virgin Unmasked</i>.] Forbidden soon by the <i>Lord Chamberlain</i>. It being supposed that a particular man of quality was pointed at in one of the characters. The prohibition short of duration ($Genest=, III, 652). See <i>A Letter to a Noble Lord to whom it alone belongs, occasioned by a representation at Drury Lane of a Farce call'd Miss Lucy in Town</i> (1742), [a 20 page pamphlet criticizing the Lord Chamberlain for allowing this farce. Author gives a scene by scene account emphasizing the bawdry and discounting the pious conclusion. He concludes with remarks on theatrical dancing]: As to Dances, I think your province of prohibition does not extend; so the Public cannot owe their gratitude to you for several. I appeal to those who have been on the coast of <i>Malabar</i> and the banks of the <i>Ganges</i> whether we have not had some that have exceeded on posture, or anything of that kind so common amongst the polite $Indians= of <i>Indostan</i>. Afterpiece: $Mrs Clive= mimics the <i>Muscovita</i> admirably, and $Beard= $Amorevoli= intolerably ($H. Walpole= to $H. Mann=, 26 May).-<i>Horace Walpole Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann</i>, I, 435. Receipts: #70.
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    *p1742 05 06 dl Othello. ^As17410910^.*a1742 05 06 dl Miss Lucy in Town. Lucy-Mrs Clive; Zorobabel-Macklin; Signor Cantileno-Beard; Ballad-Ray; Thomas-Neale; Lord Bawble-Cross; Goodwill-Taswell; Mrs Haycock-Mrs Macklin; Tawdry-Mrs Bennet[from edition of 1742, but listed in the order of the actors' names given in <i>London Daily Post and General Advertiser</i>].*c1742 05 06 dl Mainpiece: By Particular desire. Afterpiece: Never Acted Before. [The Farce by $Fielding= is a sequel to <i>The Virgin Unmasked</i>.] Forbidden soon by the <i>Lord Chamberlain</i>. It being supposed that a particular man of quality was pointed at in one of the characters. The prohibition short of duration ($Genest=, III, 652). See <i>A Letter to a Noble Lord to whom it alone belongs, occasioned by a representation at Drury Lane of a Farce call'd Miss Lucy in Town</i> (1742), [a 20 page pamphlet criticizing the Lord Chamberlain for allowing this farce. Author gives a scene by scene account emphasizing the bawdry and discounting the pious conclusion. He concludes with remarks on theatrical dancing]: As to Dances, I think your province of prohibition does not extend; so the Public cannot owe their gratitude to you for several. I appeal to those who have been on the coast of <i>Malabar</i> and the banks of the <i>Ganges</i> whether we have not had some that have exceeded on posture, or anything of that kind so common amongst the polite $Indians= of <i>Indostan</i>. Afterpiece: $Mrs Clive= mimics the <i>Muscovita</i> admirably, and $Beard= $Amorevoli= intolerably ($H. Walpole= to $H. Mann=, 26 May).-<i>Horace Walpole Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann</i>, I, 435. Receipts: #70.
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    Event: 21275 | 17420506 | dl | Mainpiece: By Particular desire. Afterpiece: Never Acted Before. [The Farce by $Fielding= is a sequel to <i>The Virgin Unmasked</i>.] Forbidden soon by the <i>Lord Chamberlain</i>. It being supposed that a particular man of quality was pointed at in one of the characters. The prohibition short of duration ($Genest=, III, 652). See <i>A Letter to a Noble Lord to whom it alone belongs, occasioned by a representation at Drury Lane of a Farce call'd Miss Lucy in Town</i> (1742), [a 20 page pamphlet criticizing the Lord Chamberlain for allowing this farce. Author gives a scene by scene account emphasizing the bawdry and discounting the pious conclusion. He concludes with remarks on theatrical dancing]: As to Dances, I think your province of prohibition does not extend; so the Public cannot owe their gratitude to you for several. I appeal to those who have been on the coast of <i>Malabar</i> and the banks of the <i>Ganges</i> whether we have not had some that have exceeded on posture, or anything of that kind so common amongst the polite $Indians= of <i>Indostan</i>. Afterpiece: $Mrs Clive= mimics the <i>Muscovita</i> admirably, and $Beard= $Amorevoli= intolerably ($H. Walpole= to $H. Mann=, 26 May).-<i>Horace Walpole Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann</i>, I, 435. Receipts: #70
    Performance: 41393 | 21275 | p | Othello | As17410910.
    AsSeeDate: 41393 | dl | p | As | 17410910
    Cast:
    327585 | 41393 | Othello | Delane, 1st appearance on that stage
    327586 | 41393 | Iago | Mills
    327587 | 41393 | Cassio | Winstone
    327588 | 41393 | Brabantio | Berry
    327589 | 41393 | Roderigo | Neale
    327590 | 41393 | Lodovico | Turbutt
    327591 | 41393 | Montano | Havard
    327592 | 41393 | Duke | Taswell
    327593 | 41393 | Desdemona | Mrs Mills
    327594 | 41393 | Emilia | Mrs Butler.
    Performance: 41394 | 21275 | a | Miss Lucy in Town | Lucy-Mrs Clive; Zorobabel-Macklin; Signor Cantileno-Beard; Ballad-Ray; Thomas-Neale; Lord Bawble-Cross; Goodwill-Taswell; Mrs Haycock-Mrs Macklin; Tawdry-Mrs Bennet[from edition of 1742, but listed in the order of the actors' names given in <i>London Daily Post and General Advertiser</i>].from edition of 1742, but listed in the order of the actors' names given in <i>London Daily Post and General Advertiser</i>].
    Cast:
    65692 | 41394 | Lucy | Mrs Clive
    65693 | 41394 | Zorobabel | Macklin
    65694 | 41394 | Signor Cantileno | Beard
    65695 | 41394 | Ballad | Ray
    65696 | 41394 | Thomas | Neale
    65697 | 41394 | Lord Bawble | Cross
    65698 | 41394 | Goodwill | Taswell
    65699 | 41394 | Mrs Haycock | Mrs Macklin
    65700 | 41394 | Tawdry | Mrs Bennet

Mainpiece

Title: Othello
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As17410910.
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Afterpiece

Comments:
Lucy-Mrs Clive; Zorobabel-Macklin; Signor Cantileno-Beard; Ballad-Ray; Thomas-Neale; Lord Bawble-Cross; Goodwill-Taswell; Mrs Haycock-Mrs Macklin; Tawdry-Mrs Bennet[from edition of 1742, but listed in the order of the actors' names given in London Daily Post and General Advertiser].from edition of 1742, but listed in the order of the actors' names given in London Daily Post and General Advertiser].
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