29 October 1750

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1750-1751
Volume: 4
Comments: [M+Midwife, No II (at about this date) includes a Letter from Mary Midnight to David Garrick, Esq praising him as actor and even as manager, but asking why he neglects Fletcher's plays: "What is the reason that the public patience is so largely try'd, and the human understanding so shamefully insulted as it is, by a perpetual repetition of the Duke and No Duke, the Anatomist, and twenty things of like nature?" Concludes by remarking that the London Cuckolds is a scandal to virtue.] Receipts: #120 (Cross)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p??dl The London Cuckolds. Arabella-Mrs Ward; Doodle-James; Dashwel-Shuter; Ramble-Woodward; Townly-Palmer; Loveday-Blakes; Wiseacre-Yates; Peggy-Mrs Green; Eugenia-Mrs Mills; Engine-Mrs Cross; Jane-Mrs Havard; Aunt-Mrs James. *a??dl The Anatomist. As 11 Sept. *d??dl I: <i>Hornpipe</i>-Mathews, the Little Swiss; III: <i>Running Footman's Dance</i>, as 20 Oct; [Play to conclude with a dance call'd% <i>The City Revels</i>-the characters of the play. *c??dl [<i>M+Midwife, No II</i> (at about this date) includes a Letter from $Mary Midnight= to $David Garrick, Esq= praising him as actor and even as manager, but asking why he neglects $Fletcher='s plays: "What is the reason that the public patience is so largely try'd, and the human understanding so shamefully insulted as it is, by a perpetual repetition of the <i>Duke and No Duke</i>, the <i>Anatomist</i>, and twenty things of like nature?" Concludes by remarking that the <i>London Cuckolds</i> is a scandal to virtue.] Receipts: #120 ($Cross=).
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1750 10 29 dl The London Cuckolds. Arabella-Mrs Ward; Doodle-James; Dashwel-Shuter; Ramble-Woodward; Townly-Palmer; Loveday-Blakes; Wiseacre-Yates; Peggy-Mrs Green; Eugenia-Mrs Mills; Engine-Mrs Cross; Jane-Mrs Havard; Aunt-Mrs James.*a1750 10 29 dl The Anatomist. ^As17500911^.*d1750 10 29 dl I: <i>Hornpipe</i>-Mathews, the Little Swiss; III: <i>Running Footman's Dance</i>, ^as17501020^ Play to conclude with a dance call'd <i>The City Revels</i>-the characters of the play.*c1750 10 29 dl [<i>M+Midwife, No II</i> (at about this date) includes a Letter from $Mary Midnight= to $David Garrick, Esq= praising him as actor and even as manager, but asking why he neglects $Fletcher='s plays: "What is the reason that the public patience is so largely try'd, and the human understanding so shamefully insulted as it is, by a perpetual repetition of the <i>Duke and No Duke</i>, the <i>Anatomist</i>, and twenty things of like nature?" Concludes by remarking that the <i>London Cuckolds</i> is a scandal to virtue.] Receipts: #120 ($Cross=).
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 25391 | 17501029 | dl | [<i>M+Midwife, No II</i> (at about this date) includes a Letter from $Mary Midnight= to $David Garrick, Esq= praising him as actor and even as manager, but asking why he neglects $Fletcher='s plays: "What is the reason that the public patience is so largely try'd, and the human understanding so shamefully insulted as it is, by a perpetual repetition of the <i>Duke and No Duke</i>, the <i>Anatomist</i>, and twenty things of like nature?" Concludes by remarking that the <i>London Cuckolds</i> is a scandal to virtue.] Receipts: #120 ($Cross=)
    Performance: 50736 | 25391 | p | The London Cuckolds | Arabella-Mrs Ward; Doodle-James; Dashwel-Shuter; Ramble-Woodward; Townly-Palmer; Loveday-Blakes; Wiseacre-Yates; Peggy-Mrs Green; Eugenia-Mrs Mills; Engine-Mrs Cross; Jane-Mrs Havard; Aunt-Mrs James.
    Cast:
    83364 | 50736 | Arabella | Mrs Ward
    83365 | 50736 | Doodle | James
    83366 | 50736 | Dashwel | Shuter
    83367 | 50736 | Ramble | Woodward
    83368 | 50736 | Townly | Palmer
    83369 | 50736 | Loveday | Blakes
    83370 | 50736 | Wiseacre | Yates
    83371 | 50736 | Peggy | Mrs Green
    83372 | 50736 | Eugenia | Mrs Mills
    83373 | 50736 | Engine | Mrs Cross
    83374 | 50736 | Jane | Mrs Havard
    83375 | 50736 | Aunt | Mrs James.
    Performance: 50737 | 25391 | a | The Anatomist | As17500911.
    AsSeeDate: 50737 | dl | a | As | 17500911
    Cast:
    367916 | 50737 | Medicin | Blakes
    367917 | 50737 | Crispin | Yates
    367918 | 50737 | Old Gerald | Shuter
    367919 | 50737 | Beatrice | Mrs Bennet.
    Performance: 50738 | 25391 | d | I: <i>Hornpipe</i>-Mathews, the Little Swiss; III: <i>Running Footman's Dance</i>, as17501020 Play to conclude with a dance call'd <i>The City Revels</i>-the characters of the play
    AsSeeDate: 50738 | dl | d | As | 17501020

Mainpiece

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Arabella-Mrs Ward; Doodle-James; Dashwel-Shuter; Ramble-Woodward; Townly-Palmer; Loveday-Blakes; Wiseacre-Yates; Peggy-Mrs Green; Eugenia-Mrs Mills; Engine-Mrs Cross; Jane-Mrs Havard; Aunt-Mrs James.
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Afterpiece

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As17500911.
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Dance

Comment: I: Hornpipe-Mathews, the Little Swiss; III: Running Footman's Dance, as17501020 Play to conclude with a dance call'd The City Revels-the characters of the play

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