03 December 1768

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Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1768-1769
Volume: 4
Comments: Mainpiece: A New Tragedy [by John Hoole] never perform'd. Paid Younger for a license for Cyrus & the New Occasional Prologue, #3 3s. (Account Book). [Account of the plot of the mainpiece, but without observational comment appeared in Lloyd's Evening Post, 2-5 Dec.] Receipts: #229 4s. (Account Book)

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p??cg Cyrus. [Parts by Powell, Clarke, Smith, Hull, Bensley, Mrs Lessingham, Mrs Yates. With a% <i>Prologue</i>-; <i>Epilogue</i>-; Cyrus-Powell; Cambyses-Smith; Mithranes-Bensley; Astyages-Clarke; Harpagus-Hull; Mandane-Mrs Yates; Aspasia-Mrs Mattocks (1768 edn. The edn. lists <i>Mirza</i>-$Davis=, but Davis does not appear on the playbill, which lists $Mrs Lessingham=, though no part appears for her in the 1768 edn.). [Mrs Lessingham played <i>Aspasia</i> according to the listing in <i>Lloyd's Evening Post</i>, 2-5 Dec.% *a??cg Country Wife. As 25 Oct. *c??cg Mainpiece: A New Tragedy [by $John Hoole=] never perform'd. Paid $Younger= for a license for <i>Cyrus</i> & the <i>New Occasional Prologue</i>, #3 3s. (Account Book). [Account of the plot of the mainpiece, but without observational comment appeared in <i>Lloyd's Evening Post</i>, 2-5 Dec.] Receipts: #229 4s. (Account Book).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1768 12 03 cg Cyrus. Parts by Powell, Clarke, Smith, Hull, Bensley, Mrs Lessingham, Mrs Yates. With a <i>Prologue</i>-; <i>Epilogue</i>-; Cyrus-Powell; Cambyses-Smith; Mithranes-Bensley; Astyages-Clarke; Harpagus-Hull; Mandane-Mrs Yates; Aspasia-Mrs Mattocks (1768 edn. The edn. lists <i>Mirza</i>-$Davis=, but Davis does not appear on the playbill, which lists $Mrs Lessingham=, though no part appears for her in the 1768 edn.). Mrs Lessingham played <i>Aspasia</i> according to the listing in <i>Lloyd's Evening Post</i>, 2 thru 5 Dec.*a1768 12 03 cg Country Wife. ^As17681025^.*c1768 12 03 cg Mainpiece: A New Tragedy [by $John Hoole=] never perform'd. Paid $Younger= for a license for <i>Cyrus</i> & the <i>New Occasional Prologue</i>, #3 3s. (Account Book). [Account of the plot of the mainpiece, but without observational comment appeared in <i>Lloyd's Evening Post</i>, 2-5 Dec.] Receipts: #229 4s. (Account Book).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 34480 | 17681203 | cg | Mainpiece: A New Tragedy [by $John Hoole=] never perform'd. Paid $Younger= for a license for <i>Cyrus</i> & the <i>New Occasional Prologue</i>, #3 3s. (Account Book). [Account of the plot of the mainpiece, but without observational comment appeared in <i>Lloyd's Evening Post</i>, 2-5 Dec.] Receipts: #229 4s. (Account Book)
    Performance: 71034 | 34480 | p | Cyrus | Parts by Powell, Clarke, Smith, Hull, Bensley, Mrs Lessingham, Mrs Yates. With a <i>Prologue</i>-; <i>Epilogue</i>-; Cyrus-Powell; Cambyses-Smith; Mithranes-Bensley; Astyages-Clarke; Harpagus-Hull; Mandane-Mrs Yates; Aspasia-Mrs Mattocks (1768 edn. The edn. lists <i>Mirza</i>-$Davis=, but Davis does not appear on the playbill, which lists $Mrs Lessingham=, though no part appears for her in the 1768 edn.). Mrs Lessingham played <i>Aspasia</i> according to the listing in <i>Lloyd's Evening Post</i>, 2 thru 5 Dec.
    Cast:
    119517 | 71034 | With a <i>Prologue</i>
    119518 | 71034 | <i>Epilogue</i>
    119519 | 71034 | Cyrus | Powell
    119520 | 71034 | Cambyses | Smith
    119521 | 71034 | Mithranes | Bensley
    119522 | 71034 | Astyages | Clarke
    119523 | 71034 | Harpagus | Hull
    119524 | 71034 | Mandane | Mrs Yates
    119525 | 71034 | Aspasia | Mrs Mattocks
    119526 | 71034 | lists <i>Mirza</i> | $Davis=, but Davis does not appear on the playbill, which lists $Mrs Lessingham=, though no part appears for her in the 1768 edn.). Mrs Lessingham played <i>Aspasia</i> according to the listing in <i>Lloyd's Evening Post</i>, 2 thru 5 Dec.
    Performance: 71035 | 34480 | a | Country Wife | As17681025.
    AsSeeDate: 71035 | cg | a | As | 17681025
    Cast:
    464352 | 71035 | Pinchwife | Hull
    464353 | 71035 | Sparkish | Dyer
    464354 | 71035 | Dorilant | Davis
    464355 | 71035 | Harcourt | Perry
    464356 | 71035 | Alithea | Mrs DuBellamy
    464357 | 71035 | Country Wife | Miss Ward.

Mainpiece

Title: Cyrus
Comments:
Parts by Powell, Clarke, Smith, Hull, Bensley, Mrs Lessingham, Mrs Yates. With a Prologue-; Epilogue-; Cyrus-Powell; Cambyses-Smith; Mithranes-Bensley; Astyages-Clarke; Harpagus-Hull; Mandane-Mrs Yates; Aspasia-Mrs Mattocks (1768 edn. The edn. lists Mirza-Davis, but Davis does not appear on the playbill, which lists Mrs Lessingham, though no part appears for her in the 1768 edn.). Mrs Lessingham played Aspasia according to the listing in Lloyd's Evening Post, 2 thru 5 Dec.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: Cyrus
Publish Date: 1721
Author: P.A. Rolli
Work Title: Cyrus
Publish Date: 1768
Author: John Hoole
Birth: 1727
Death: 1803

Afterpiece

Title: Country Wife
Comments:
As17681025.
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