20 March 1760

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Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1759-1760
Volume: 4
Comments: Benefit for Shuter. Mainpiece: Not acted in 10 years. Receipts: #194 10s. in cash, plus #147 18s. from tickets (Boxes 378; Pit 356). Charges #64 5s. Advanced to Mrs Ward #30. [Shuter called for imaginative participation of his audience in his Medley Skit (see Larpent MS 171): @"Suppose my dress alter'd with each exhibition....@If I speak like a Dutchman, or Brogue it like Paddy,@Or mimic Monsieur, or lisp like a Lady"@ Parts for The English Sailors in America (by G. A. Steevens) are listed in Larpent MS 172: Indian King , English Captain , Irishman , Sailor Ned and Sailor Ben , a Black Messenger , Guards , White Savage Lady , Black Woman , Image .

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    *p??cg The Royal Merchant; or, The Beggar's Bush. Florenz-Ross[, 1st time%; Clause-Ridout; Woolfort-Sparks; Hubert-Clarke; Hemskirk-Gibson; Orator Higgen-Dunstall; Vandunck-Marten; Prince Prigg-Shuter; Jaqueline-Mrs Baker; Bertha-Mrs Lee. *d??cg <i>TThe Dutch Skipper</i>-Poitier. *e??cg [<i>E+Extravaganza</i>. $Shuter= will entertain the audience in an Oratorical, Poetical, Operatical Method (never befoer attempted) with a Comic Extravaganza call'd% <i>A Day of Taste</i>[; or, <i>London Raree Show</i>%-Shuter [being a <i>Ranelagh Breakfast</i>, a Coffee House Conversation, An Auction at Noon, and the Choice Spirits at Night%; conclude with: <i>The Cries of London</i>-. *u??cg [TTo which will (By Desire) be added (for this Night only) $Mr Shuter='s Droll that was perform'd at <i>Bartholomew Fair</i>, call'd % <i>The English Sailors in America</i>. Mackfinnen (the Irish Volunteer)-Shuter; Princess-Miss Dawson[, her first Time of speaking on the stage%. *c??cg Benefit for $Shuter=. Mainpiece: Not acted in 10 years. Receipts: #194 10s. in cash, plus #147 18s. from tickets (Boxes 378; Pit 356). Charges #64 5s. Advanced to $Mrs Ward= #30. [$Shuter= called for imaginative participation of his audience in his Medley Skit (see <i>Larpent MS 171</i>): @"Suppose my dress alter'd with each exhibition....@If I speak like a Dutchman, or Brogue it like Paddy,@Or mimic Monsieur, or lisp like a Lady"@ Parts for <i>The English Sailors in America</i> (by $G. A. Steevens=) are listed in <i>Larpent MS 172</i>: <i>Indian King</i>r , <i>English Captain</i>r , <i>Irishman</i>r , <i>Sailor Ned</i>r and <i>Sailor Ben</i>r , a <i>Black Messenger</i>r , <i>Guards</i>r , <i>White Savage Lady</i>r , <i>Black Woman</i>r , <i>Image</i>r .]
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    Event: 30037 | 17600320 | cg | Benefit for $Shuter=. Mainpiece: Not acted in 10 years. Receipts: #194 10s. in cash, plus #147 18s. from tickets (Boxes 378; Pit 356). Charges #64 5s. Advanced to $Mrs Ward= #30. [$Shuter= called for imaginative participation of his audience in his Medley Skit (see <i>Larpent MS 171</i>): @"Suppose my dress alter'd with each exhibition....@If I speak like a Dutchman, or Brogue it like Paddy,@Or mimic Monsieur, or lisp like a Lady"@ Parts for <i>The English Sailors in America</i> (by $G. A. Steevens=) are listed in <i>Larpent MS 172</i>: <i>Indian King</i> , <i>English Captain</i> , <i>Irishman</i> , <i>Sailor Ned</i> and <i>Sailor Ben</i> , a <i>Black Messenger</i> , <i>Guards</i> , <i>White Savage Lady</i> , <i>Black Woman</i> , <i>Image</i> .
    Performance: 60844 | 30037 | p | The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush | Florenz-Ross, 1st time; Clause-Ridout; Woolfort-Sparks; Hubert-Clarke; Hemskirk-Gibson; Orator Higgen-Dunstall; Vandunck-Marten; Prince Prigg-Shuter; Jaqueline-Mrs Baker; Bertha-Mrs Lee.
    Cast:
    101031 | 60844 | Florenz | Ross, 1st time
    101032 | 60844 | Clause | Ridout
    101033 | 60844 | Woolfort | Sparks
    101034 | 60844 | Hubert | Clarke
    101035 | 60844 | Hemskirk | Gibson
    101036 | 60844 | Orator Higgen | Dunstall
    101037 | 60844 | Vandunck | Marten
    101038 | 60844 | Prince Prigg | Shuter
    101039 | 60844 | Jaqueline | Mrs Baker
    101040 | 60844 | Bertha | Mrs Lee.
    Performance: 60845 | 30037 | d | <i>TThe Dutch Skipper</i>-Poitier
    Performance:
    Cast:
    101041 | 60846 | <i>London Raree Show</i> | Shuter being a <i>Ranelagh Breakfast</i>, a Coffee House Conversation, An Auction at Noon, and the Choice Spirits at Night
    101043 | 60846 | Mackfinnen | Shuter
    101044 | 60846 | Princess | Miss Dawson, her first Time of speaking on the stage.

Mainpiece

Comments:
Florenz-Ross, 1st time; Clause-Ridout; Woolfort-Sparks; Hubert-Clarke; Hemskirk-Gibson; Orator Higgen-Dunstall; Vandunck-Marten; Prince Prigg-Shuter; Jaqueline-Mrs Baker; Bertha-Mrs Lee.
Cast:

Dance

Comment: TThe Dutch Skipper-Poitier

Entertainment

Comment: E+Extravaganza. Shuter will entertain the audience in an Oratorical, Poetical, Operatical Method (never befoer attempted) with a Comic Extravaganza call'd A Day of Taste; or, London Raree Show-Shuter being a Ranelagh Breakfast, a Coffee House Conversation, An Auction at Noon, and the Choice Spirits at Night; conclude with: The Cries of London-. *uó‘cg To which will (By Desire) be added (for this Night only) Mr Shuter's Droll that was perform'd at Bartholomew Fair, call'd The English Sailors in America. Mackfinnen (the Irish Volunteer)-Shuter; Princess-Miss Dawson, her first Time of speaking on the stage

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