03 April 1762

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Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1761-1762
Volume: 4
Comments: Benefit for Sparks. Tickets to be had of Mrs Sparks, at her house in Crown Court. Tickets deliver'd out for the Distress'd Mother will be taken. N.B. Mr Sparks having been very long indisposed and rendered incapable of attending the theatre, with the greatest deference persuades himself that Circumstance will readily plead his Apology, and induce his friends to dispense with his personal appearance, and favor him with their commands; and that they will excuse the changing of his play, to which he is oblig'd by the illness of a principal performer; of which and his former obligations, he shall always retain the most gratful sense. [Sparks had been ill since 14 Jan. when Hull took over his part of Buckingham in King Richard III.

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p??cg The Merry Wives of Windsor. As 7 Jan., but Simple-Master Younger; Host-Marten. *a??cg The Merry Counterfeit. As 29 March, but [The% <i>Cries of London</i>-_. *s??cg Between Acts: [some% <i>Favorite Songs</i> [from the English Opera <i>Artaxerxes</i>%-; [viz:% I: <i>In Infancy our hopes and fears</i>-Tenducci; II: <i>If e'er the Cruel Tyrant Love</i>-Miss Brent; III: <i>Water parted from the sea</i>-Tenducci; IV: <i>Let no rage thy bosom fire</i>-Miss Brent. *d??cg <i>TThe Pleasures of Spring</i>, as 12 Feb. *c??cg Benefit for Sparks. Tickets to be had of $Mrs Sparks=, at her house in <i>Crown Court</i>. Tickets deliver'd out for the <i>Distress'd Mother</i> will be taken. N.B. $Mr Sparks= having been very long indisposed and rendered incapable of attending the theatre, with the greatest deference persuades himself that Circumstance will readily plead his Apology, and induce his friends to dispense with his personal appearance, and favor him with their commands; and that they will excuse the changing of his play, to which he is oblig'd by the illness of a principal performer; of which and his former obligations, he shall always retain the most gratful sense. [Sparks had been ill since 14 Jan. when $Hull= took over his part of <i>Buckingham</i>r in <i>King Richard III</i>.]
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    *p1762 04 03 cg The Merry Wives of Windsor. ^As17620107^, but Simple-Master Younger; Host-Marten.*a1762 04 03 cg The Merry Counterfeit. ^As17620329^ but The <i>Cries of London</i>-_.*s1762 04 03 cg Between Acts: some <i>Favorite Songs</i> from the English Opera <i>Artaxerxes</i>-; viz: I: <i>In Infancy our hopes and fears</i>-Tenducci; II: <i>If e'er the Cruel Tyrant Love</i>-Miss Brent; III: <i>Water parted from the sea</i>-Tenducci; IV: <i>Let no rage thy bosom fire</i>-Miss Brent.*d1762 04 03 cg <i>TThe Pleasures of Spring</i>, ^as17620212^.*c1762 04 03 cg Benefit for Sparks. Tickets to be had of $Mrs Sparks=, at her house in <i>Crown Court</i>. Tickets deliver'd out for the <i>Distress'd Mother</i> will be taken. N.B. $Mr Sparks= having been very long indisposed and rendered incapable of attending the theatre, with the greatest deference persuades himself that Circumstance will readily plead his Apology, and induce his friends to dispense with his personal appearance, and favor him with their commands; and that they will excuse the changing of his play, to which he is oblig'd by the illness of a principal performer; of which and his former obligations, he shall always retain the most gratful sense. [Sparks had been ill since 14 Jan. when $Hull= took over his part of <i>Buckingham</i>r in <i>King Richard III</i>.]
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    Event: 31177 | 17620403 | cg | Benefit for Sparks. Tickets to be had of $Mrs Sparks=, at her house in <i>Crown Court</i>. Tickets deliver'd out for the <i>Distress'd Mother</i> will be taken. N.B. $Mr Sparks= having been very long indisposed and rendered incapable of attending the theatre, with the greatest deference persuades himself that Circumstance will readily plead his Apology, and induce his friends to dispense with his personal appearance, and favor him with their commands; and that they will excuse the changing of his play, to which he is oblig'd by the illness of a principal performer; of which and his former obligations, he shall always retain the most gratful sense. [Sparks had been ill since 14 Jan. when $Hull= took over his part of <i>Buckingham</i> in <i>King Richard III</i>.
    Performance: 63278 | 31177 | p | The Merry Wives Of Windsor | As17620107, but Simple-Master Younger; Host-Marten.
    AsSeeDate: 63278 | cg | p | As | 17620107
    Cast:
    104949 | 63278 | Simple | Master Younger
    104950 | 63278 | Host | Marten.
    425738 | 63278 | Pistol | R. Smith
    425739 | 63278 | Nym | Buck
    425740 | 63278 | Bardolph | Wignel.
    425741 | 63278 | Sir Hugh Evans | Collins
    425742 | 63278 | Ann Page | Mrs Burden
    425743 | 63278 | Mrs Ford | Mrs Hamilton.
    425744 | 63278 | Falstaff | Shuter
    425745 | 63278 | Ford | Ross
    425746 | 63278 | Page | Hull
    425747 | 63278 | Fenton | Davis
    425748 | 63278 | Slender | Bennet
    425749 | 63278 | Dr Caius | Holtom
    425750 | 63278 | Jack Rugby | C. Smith
    425751 | 63278 | Shallow | Costollo
    425752 | 63278 | Mrs Page | Mrs Barrington
    425753 | 63278 | Robin | Miss Vallois
    425754 | 63278 | Mrs Quickly | Mrs Pitt
    Performance: 63279 | 31177 | a | The Merry Counterfeit | As17620329 but The <i>Cries of London</i>-_.
    AsSeeDate: 63279 | cg | a | As | 17620329
    Cast:
    425755 | 63279 | Colly | Shuter
    425756 | 63279 | Parts | Dunstall, Bennet, Perry, Wignell, Buck, Miss Helm, Miss Cokayne
    425757 | 63279 | The whole to conclude with the <i>Cries of London< | .
    Performance: 63280 | 31177 | s | Between Acts: some <i>Favorite Songs</i> from the English Opera <i>Artaxerxes</i>-; viz: I: <i>In Infancy our hopes and fears</i>-Tenducci; II: <i>If e'er the Cruel Tyrant Love</i>-Miss Brent; III: <i>Water parted from the sea</i>-Tenducci; IV: <i>Let no rage thy bosom fire</i>-Miss Brent
    Performance: 63281 | 31177 | d | <i>TThe Pleasures of Spring</i>, as17620212
    AsSeeDate: 63281 | cg | d | As | 17620212

Mainpiece

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As17620107, but Simple-Master Younger; Host-Marten.
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Afterpiece

Comments:
As17620329 but The Cries of London-_.

Song

Comment: Between Acts: some Favorite Songs from the English Opera Artaxerxes-; viz: I: In Infancy our hopes and fears-Tenducci; II: If e'er the Cruel Tyrant Love-Miss Brent; III: Water parted from the sea-Tenducci; IV: Let no rage thy bosom fire-Miss Brent

Dance

Comment: TThe Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

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