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18 April 1748

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1747-1748
Volume: 4
Comments: Benefit for Mr Luke? Sparks. Tickets and places to be had of Hobson at the stage door, and of Sparks at Courteen's Coffee-House in Bow St., Covent Garden. Dramatic Censor, I, 34-35: The whole part of the King, except his soliloquy, is truly wretched for an actor: and, to say truth, I never saw one who did not make a very insipid figure in it, the late Mr Sparks excepted; he was great in the formentioned soliloquy, respectable in every passage of the least regard, and so peculiarly happy in falling, when stabled, from the throne, that we may truly say, a good end apologized for a very bad character. Receipts: #150 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel); cash, #80 7s. 6d.; tickets, #91 5s. (Clay MS)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p??dl Hamlet. As 3 March. *a??dl The Double Disappointment. As 12 April. *s??dl III: Sullivan. *d??dl V: <i>Comic Dance</i>, as 14 March. *c??dl Benefit for $Mr Luke? Sparks=. Tickets and places to be had of $Hobson= at the stage door, and of Sparks at <i>Courteen's Coffee-House</i> in <i>Bow St.</i>, <i>Covent Garden</i>. <i>Dramatic Censor</i>, I, 34-35: The whole part of the <i>King</i>r, except his soliloquy, is truly wretched for an actor: and, to say truth, I never saw one who did not make a very insipid figure in it, the late Mr Sparks excepted; he was great in the formentioned soliloquy, respectable in every passage of the least regard, and so peculiarly happy in falling, when stabled, from the throne, that we may truly say, a good end apologized for a very bad character. Receipts: #150 ($Cross=); house charges, #63 ($Powel=); cash, #80 7s. 6d.; tickets, #91 5s. (<i>Clay MS</i>).
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1748 04 18 dl Hamlet. ^As17480303^.*a1748 04 18 dl The Double Disappointment. ^As17480412^.*s1748 04 18 dl III: Sullivan.*d1748 04 18 dl V: <i>Comic Dance</i>, ^as17480314^.*c1748 04 18 dl Benefit for $Mr Luke? Sparks=. Tickets and places to be had of $Hobson= at the stage door, and of Sparks at <i>Courteen's Coffee-House</i> in <i>Bow St.</i>, <i>Covent Garden</i>. <i>Dramatic Censor</i>, I, 34-35: The whole part of the <i>King</i>r, except his soliloquy, is truly wretched for an actor: and, to say truth, I never saw one who did not make a very insipid figure in it, the late Mr Sparks excepted; he was great in the formentioned soliloquy, respectable in every passage of the least regard, and so peculiarly happy in falling, when stabled, from the throne, that we may truly say, a good end apologized for a very bad character. Receipts: #150 ($Cross=); house charges, #63 ($Powel=); cash, #80 7s. 6d.; tickets, #91 5s. (<i>Clay MS</i>).
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 24194 | 17480418 | dl | Benefit for $Mr Luke? Sparks=. Tickets and places to be had of $Hobson= at the stage door, and of Sparks at <i>Courteen's Coffee-House</i> in <i>Bow St.</i>, <i>Covent Garden</i>. <i>Dramatic Censor</i>, I, 34-35: The whole part of the <i>King</i>, except his soliloquy, is truly wretched for an actor: and, to say truth, I never saw one who did not make a very insipid figure in it, the late Mr Sparks excepted; he was great in the formentioned soliloquy, respectable in every passage of the least regard, and so peculiarly happy in falling, when stabled, from the throne, that we may truly say, a good end apologized for a very bad character. Receipts: #150 ($Cross=); house charges, #63 ($Powel=); cash, #80 7s. 6d.; tickets, #91 5s. (<i>Clay MS</i>)
    Performance: 48175 | 24194 | p | Hamlet | As17480303.
    AsSeeDate: 48175 | dl | p | As | 17480303
    Cast:
    355364 | 48175 | Hamlet | Barry.
    355365 | 48175 | Queen | Mrs Pritchard.
    355366 | 48175 | King | Sparks
    355367 | 48175 | Ghost | Delane
    355368 | 48175 | Horatio | Havard
    355369 | 48175 | Polonius | Taswell
    355370 | 48175 | Laertes | Blakes
    355371 | 48175 | Ostrick | Neale
    355372 | 48175 | Lucianus | Yates
    355373 | 48175 | Rosencraus | Simpson
    355374 | 48175 | Guildenstern | Usher
    355375 | 48175 | Gravediggers | Macklin, Ray
    355376 | 48175 | Marcellus | Bransby
    355377 | 48175 | Bernardo | Marr
    355378 | 48175 | Player King | Winstone
    355379 | 48175 | Player Queen | Mrs Yates
    355380 | 48175 | Ophelia | Mrs Clive
    Performance: 48176 | 24194 | a | The Double Disappointment | As17480412.
    AsSeeDate: 48176 | dl | a | As | 17480412
    Cast:
    355381 | 48176 | Loveless | Lowe
    355382 | 48176 | Gripe | Arthur
    355383 | 48176 | Isabel | Mrs Mozeen.
    355384 | 48176 | Phelim | Barrington
    355385 | 48176 | Marquis de Fanfaron | Blakes
    Performance: 48177 | 24194 | s | III: Sullivan
    Performance: 48178 | 24194 | d | V: <i>Comic Dance</i>, as17480314
    AsSeeDate: 48178 | dl | d | As | 17480314

Mainpiece

Title: Hamlet
Comments:
As17480303.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Comments:
As17480412.
Cast:

Song

Comment: III: Sullivan

Dance

Comment: V: Comic Dance, as17480314

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 18 April 1748 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed March 31, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=24194.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 18 April 1748 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=24194. Accessed 31 March 2025.