*p1750 03 01 cg Romeo and Juliet. Romeo-Lee; Escalus-Bransby; Capulet-Sparks; Paris-Anderson; Benvolio-Gibson; Tibalt-Lacey; Friar Lawrence-Ridout; Montagu-Bridgwater; Old Capulet-Redman; Gregory-Arthur; Sampson-Collins; Balthasar-Cushing; Abram-Dunstall; Mercutio-Dyer; Lady Capulet-Mrs Horton; Nurse-Mrs Dunstall; Juliet-Miss Bellamy; <i>Masquerade Dance</i>-Jossett, Jardin.*a1750 03 01 cg The Fair. ^As17500207^.*c1750 03 01 cg Mainpiece: Not acted there before. New Decorations incident to the play (<i>General Advertiser</i>). Advanc'd towards purchasing $Mr Smollet='s copy of <i>Alceste</i> #100 (Account Book). $Handel= remov'd to <i>Covent Garden</i>, and entered into some engagements with $Rich=, the particulars of which are not known, save that in discharge of a debt that he had contracted with him in consequence thereof, he some years after set to music an <i>English opera</i> entitled Alceste, written by Dr Smollet, and for which Rich was at great expense in a set of scenes painted by $Servandoni=; but it was never performed ($Hawkins=, <i>General History of Music</i>, V, 324). [For additional information on Alceste, see <i>Deutsch, Handel</i>, pp. 679-81. See also cg 14 Feb. 1749.] Receipts: #155 18s. 6d.