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18 October 1764

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1764-1765
Volume: 4
Comments: By Command of their Majesties

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p??cg The Beggar's Opera. Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Shuter; Lockit-Anderson; Filch-Holtom; Mat@o@Mint-Baker; Player-White; Beggar-Bennet; Diana Trapes-Mrs Copin; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Stephens; Lucy-Miss Miller; Polly-Miss Brent; <i>Hornpipe</i>-Miss Pitt, Miss Daw, Miss Twist; [To conclude with a% <i>Country Dance</i>-the characters. *a??cg Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin. Perseus-Mattocks; Andromeda-Miss Weirman[, 1st appearance on the stage%; Cepheus-Legg; Mercury-Baker; Cassiope-Miss Miller; Amazon-Mrs Lampe; Magician-Dibdin; Hussar-Clarke; Petit Maitre-Poitier[, who performed it originally%; Hussar's Serv't-Miles; Valet de Chambre-Holtom; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; [Concluding with a% <i>Grand Ballet</i>-M Duquesney, Miss Wilford. *d??cg II: <i>A Tambourine</i>, as 15 Oct. *c??cg By Command of $their Majesties=.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1764 10 18 cg The Beggar's Opera. Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Shuter; Lockit-Anderson; Filch-Holtom; Mat@o@Mint-Baker; Player-White; Beggar-Bennet; Diana Trapes-Mrs Copin; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Stephens; Lucy-Miss Miller; Polly-Miss Brent; <i>Hornpipe</i>-Miss Pitt, Miss Daw, Miss Twist; To conclude with a <i>Country Dance</i>-the characters.*a1764 10 18 cg Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin. Perseus-Mattocks; Andromeda-Miss Weirman, 1st appearance on the stage; Cepheus-Legg; Mercury-Baker; Cassiope-Miss Miller; Amazon-Mrs Lampe; Magician-Dibdin; Hussar-Clarke; Petit Maitre-Poitier, who performed it originally; Hussar's Serv't-Miles; Valet de Chambre-Holtom; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Concluding with a <i>Grand Ballet</i>-M Duquesney, Miss Wilford.*d1764 10 18 cg II: <i>A Tambourine</i>, ^as17641015^.*c1764 10 18 cg By Command of $their Majesties=.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 32347 | 17641018 | cg | By Command of $their Majesties=
    Performance: 66047 | 32347 | p | The Beggar's Opera | Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Shuter; Lockit-Anderson; Filch-Holtom; Mat@o@Mint-Baker; Player-White; Beggar-Bennet; Diana Trapes-Mrs Copin; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Stephens; Lucy-Miss Miller; Polly-Miss Brent; <i>Hornpipe</i>-Miss Pitt, Miss Daw, Miss Twist; To conclude with a <i>Country Dance</i>-the characters.
    Cast:
    110064 | 66047 | Macheath | Beard
    110065 | 66047 | Peachum | Shuter
    110066 | 66047 | Lockit | Anderson
    110067 | 66047 | Filch | Holtom
    110068 | 66047 | Mat@o@Mint | Baker
    110069 | 66047 | Player | White
    110070 | 66047 | Beggar | Bennet
    110071 | 66047 | Diana Trapes | Mrs Copin
    110072 | 66047 | Mrs Slammekin | Mrs Green
    110073 | 66047 | Mrs Peachum | Mrs Stephens
    110074 | 66047 | Lucy | Miss Miller
    110075 | 66047 | Polly | Miss Brent
    110076 | 66047 | <i>Hornpipe</i> | Miss Pitt, Miss Daw, Miss Twist
    110077 | 66047 | To conclude with a <i>Country Dance</i> | the characters.
    Performance: 66048 | 32347 | a | Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin | Perseus-Mattocks; Andromeda-Miss Weirman, 1st appearance on the stage; Cepheus-Legg; Mercury-Baker; Cassiope-Miss Miller; Amazon-Mrs Lampe; Magician-Dibdin; Hussar-Clarke; Petit Maitre-Poitier, who performed it originally; Hussar's Serv't-Miles; Valet de Chambre-Holtom; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Concluding with a <i>Grand Ballet</i>-M Duquesney, Miss Wilford.
    Cast:
    110078 | 66048 | Perseus | Mattocks
    110079 | 66048 | Andromeda | Miss Weirman, 1st appearance on the stage
    110080 | 66048 | Cepheus | Legg
    110081 | 66048 | Mercury | Baker
    110082 | 66048 | Cassiope | Miss Miller
    110083 | 66048 | Amazon | Mrs Lampe
    110084 | 66048 | Magician | Dibdin
    110085 | 66048 | Hussar | Clarke
    110086 | 66048 | Petit Maitre | Poitier, who performed it originally
    110087 | 66048 | Hussar's Serv't | Miles
    110088 | 66048 | Valet de Chambre | Holtom
    110089 | 66048 | Harlequin | Woodward
    110090 | 66048 | Colombine | Mrs Dyer
    110091 | 66048 | Concluding with a <i>Grand Ballet</i> | M Duquesney, Miss Wilford.
    Performance: 66049 | 32347 | d | II: <i>A Tambourine</i>, as17641015
    AsSeeDate: 66049 | cg | d | As | 17641015

Mainpiece

Title: The Beggar's Opera
Comments:
Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Shuter; Lockit-Anderson; Filch-Holtom; Mat@o@Mint-Baker; Player-White; Beggar-Bennet; Diana Trapes-Mrs Copin; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Stephens; Lucy-Miss Miller; Polly-Miss Brent; Hornpipe-Miss Pitt, Miss Daw, Miss Twist; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1728
Author: J.C. Pepusch
Author: John Gay
Birth: 1685
Death: 1732

Afterpiece

Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin
Comments:
Perseus-Mattocks; Andromeda-Miss Weirman, 1st appearance on the stage; Cepheus-Legg; Mercury-Baker; Cassiope-Miss Miller; Amazon-Mrs Lampe; Magician-Dibdin; Hussar-Clarke; Petit Maitre-Poitier, who performed it originally; Hussar's Serv't-Miles; Valet de Chambre-Holtom; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Dyer; Concluding with a Grand Ballet-M Duquesney, Miss Wilford.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1730
Birth: 1688
Death: 1744
Author: J.C. Pepusch
Publish Date:
Baptism: 1745
Death: 1814
Author: James Messink
Publish Date:
Birth: 1688
Death: 1744

Dance

Comment: II: A Tambourine, as17641015

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 18 October 1764 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 2, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=32347.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 18 October 1764 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=32347. Accessed 2 April 2025.