26 March 1761

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1760-1761
Volume: 4
Comments: Benefit for Shuter. Mainpiece: Not acted in 20 years. Receipts: #171 15s. 6d. plus #112 17s. from tickets (Box 272; Pit 299). Paid Hughes and Batten for 4 1!2 yds muslin for sleeves for women dancers 18s. 9d. (Account Book). [Shuter's Interlude is Larpent MS 188, a verse monologue with songs, giving the geneology of Bucks from Nimrod's heirs-hunters who now seek ladies in Boxes rather than foxes. A patriotic song on successes at Minden, Quebec, Cape Breton, &c. ending]: @We wish as we ought that Great Britain may thrive@That freedom and friendship may faction survive@On sea and on shore, as we have may we shine@And this year sixty-one equal fam'd forty-nine.@ Charges: #63 (Account Book)
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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?Zcg The Wife's Relief; or, The Husband's Cure. Young Cash-Shuter; Riot-Smith; Volatil-Dyer; Horatio-Davis; Valentine-Perry; Sir Tristram Cash-Bennet; Spitfire-Blakey; Slur-Anderson; Cynthia-Mrs Elmy; Aurelia-Mrs Lee; Arabella-Mrs Hamilton. *a?Zcg The Cheats of Scapin. Scapin-Shuter. *d?Zcg II: (By Desire) <i>Hornpipe</i>-Poitier Jr. *e?Zcg End: <i>A Comic Lecture</i>[; or, Tea a-la-Mode, in the manner of $Foote=%-Wilkinson; <i>The Cries of London</i>-Shuter; End Afterpiece: [the Origin, Nature, and Progress of the Order of% <i>British Bucks</i>-Mr Shuter; [with the whimsical behaviour of Choice Spirits, and <i>Mons Thurot</i>'s% <i>Trip to Carrickfergus</i>-. *c?Zcg Benefit for $Shuter=. Mainpiece: Not acted in 20 years. Receipts: #171 15s. 6d. plus #112 17s. from tickets (Box 272; Pit 299). Paid $Hughes= and $Batten= for 4 1!2 yds muslin for sleeves for women dancers 18s. 9d. (Account Book). [$Shuter='s <i>Interlude</i> is <i>Larpent MS 188</i>, a verse monologue with songs, giving the geneology of <i>Bucks</i> from <i>Nimrod's</i> heirs-hunters who now seek ladies in Boxes rather than foxes. A patriotic song on successes at <i>Minden</i>, <i>Quebec</i>, <i>Cape Breton</i>, &c. ending]: @We wish as we ought that Great Britain may thrive@That freedom and friendship may faction survive@On sea and on shore, as we have may we shine@And this year sixty-one equal fam'd forty-nine.@ Charges: #63 (Account Book).
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1761 03 26 cg The Wife's Relief; or, The Husband's Cure. Young Cash-Shuter; Riot-Smith; Volatil-Dyer; Horatio-Davis; Valentine-Perry; Sir Tristram Cash-Bennet; Spitfire-Blakey; Slur-Anderson; Cynthia-Mrs Elmy; Aurelia-Mrs Lee; Arabella-Mrs Hamilton.*a1761 03 26 cg The Cheats of Scapin. Scapin-Shuter.*d1761 03 26 cg II: (By Desire) <i>Hornpipe</i>-Poitier Jr.*e1761 03 26 cg End: <i>A Comic Lecture</i>; or, Tea a-la-Mode, in the manner of $Foote=-Wilkinson; <i>The Cries of London</i>-Shuter; End Afterpiece: the Origin, Nature, and Progress of the Order of <i>British Bucks</i>-Mr Shuter; with the whimsical behaviour of Choice Spirits, and <i>Mons Thurot</i>'s <i>Trip to Carrickfergus</i>-.*c1761 03 26 cg Benefit for $Shuter=. Mainpiece: Not acted in 20 years. Receipts: #171 15s. 6d. plus #112 17s. from tickets (Box 272; Pit 299). Paid $Hughes= and $Batten= for 4 1!2 yds muslin for sleeves for women dancers 18s. 9d. (Account Book). [$Shuter='s <i>Interlude</i> is <i>Larpent MS 188</i>, a verse monologue with songs, giving the geneology of <i>Bucks</i> from <i>Nimrod's</i> heirs-hunters who now seek ladies in Boxes rather than foxes. A patriotic song on successes at <i>Minden</i>, <i>Quebec</i>, <i>Cape Breton</i>, &c. ending]: @We wish as we ought that Great Britain may thrive@That freedom and friendship may faction survive@On sea and on shore, as we have may we shine@And this year sixty-one equal fam'd forty-nine.@ Charges: #63 (Account Book).
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 30572 | 17610326 | cg | Benefit for $Shuter=. Mainpiece: Not acted in 20 years. Receipts: #171 15s. 6d. plus #112 17s. from tickets (Box 272; Pit 299). Paid $Hughes= and $Batten= for 4 1!2 yds muslin for sleeves for women dancers 18s. 9d. (Account Book). [$Shuter='s <i>Interlude</i> is <i>Larpent MS 188</i>, a verse monologue with songs, giving the geneology of <i>Bucks</i> from <i>Nimrod's</i> heirs-hunters who now seek ladies in Boxes rather than foxes. A patriotic song on successes at <i>Minden</i>, <i>Quebec</i>, <i>Cape Breton</i>, &c. ending]: @We wish as we ought that Great Britain may thrive@That freedom and friendship may faction survive@On sea and on shore, as we have may we shine@And this year sixty-one equal fam'd forty-nine.@ Charges: #63 (Account Book)
    Performance: 61925 | 30572 | p | The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure | Young Cash-Shuter; Riot-Smith; Volatil-Dyer; Horatio-Davis; Valentine-Perry; Sir Tristram Cash-Bennet; Spitfire-Blakey; Slur-Anderson; Cynthia-Mrs Elmy; Aurelia-Mrs Lee; Arabella-Mrs Hamilton.
    Cast:
    102731 | 61925 | Young Cash | Shuter
    102732 | 61925 | Riot | Smith
    102733 | 61925 | Volatil | Dyer
    102734 | 61925 | Horatio | Davis
    102735 | 61925 | Valentine | Perry
    102736 | 61925 | Sir Tristram Cash | Bennet
    102737 | 61925 | Spitfire | Blakey
    102738 | 61925 | Slur | Anderson
    102739 | 61925 | Cynthia | Mrs Elmy
    102740 | 61925 | Aurelia | Mrs Lee
    102741 | 61925 | Arabella | Mrs Hamilton.
    Performance: 61926 | 30572 | a | The Cheats of Scapin | Scapin-Shuter.
    Cast:
    102742 | 61926 | Scapin | Shuter.
    Performance: 61927 | 30572 | d | II: (By Desire) <i>Hornpipe</i>-Poitier Jr
    Performance: 61928 | 30572 | e | End: <i>A Comic Lecture</i>; or, Tea a-la-Mode, in the manner of $Foote=-Wilkinson; <i>The Cries of London</i>-Shuter; End Afterpiece: the Origin, Nature, and Progress of the Order of <i>British Bucks</i>-Mr Shuter; with the whimsical behaviour of Choice Spirits, and <i>Mons Thurot</i>'s <i>Trip to Carrickfergus</i>-

Mainpiece

Comments:
Young Cash-Shuter; Riot-Smith; Volatil-Dyer; Horatio-Davis; Valentine-Perry; Sir Tristram Cash-Bennet; Spitfire-Blakey; Slur-Anderson; Cynthia-Mrs Elmy; Aurelia-Mrs Lee; Arabella-Mrs Hamilton.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Comments:
Scapin-Shuter.
Cast:

Dance

Comment: II: (By Desire) Hornpipe-Poitier Jr

Entertainment

Comment: End: A Comic Lecture; or, Tea a-la-Mode, in the manner of Foote-Wilkinson; The Cries of London-Shuter; End Afterpiece: the Origin, Nature, and Progress of the Order of British Bucks-Mr Shuter; with the whimsical behaviour of Choice Spirits, and Mons Thurot's Trip to Carrickfergus-

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