01 January 1756
Event Information
Theatre:
Covent Garden
Theatrical Season:
1755-1756
Volume:
4
Comments:
[No paper for this day. Rich's Register suggests Romeo and Juliet but gives no afterpiece. Hogan quotes from a Playbill in the Enthoven Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum.
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Romeo And Juliet
Cast:
- Role: Gregory Actor: Bennet.
- Role: Romeo Actor: Barry
- Role: Capulet Actor: Sparks
- Role: Montague Actor: Redman
- Role: Escalus Actor: Anderson
- Role: Benvolio Actor: Gibson
- Role: Paris Actor: White
- Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Barrington
- Role: Friar Lawrence Actor: Ridout
- Role: Sampson Actor: Collins
- Role: Abram Actor: Dunstall
- Role: Balthazar Actor: Wignel
- Role: Mercutio Actor: Dyer
- Role: Tibalt Actor: Cushing
- Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Pitt
- Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Bellamy
- Role: With a Masquerade Dance Actor: proper to the play. And an Additional Scene representing the Funeral Procession of Julietv, accompanied with a
- Role: Solemn Dirge Actor:
- Role: the Vocal Parts Actor: Lowe, Howard, Baker, Roberts, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young, Mrs Chambers.