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24 April 1773

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1772-1773
Volume: 4
Comments: Benefit for Mrs Sutton, late Miss Froment. Paid salary list #520 7s. 6d.; Rec'd from Mr Clutterbuck's [account] (1st) #100; Stopages #18 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #181 5s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to Mrs Sutton: #106 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p dl Merope. As 13 Jan. *aThe Elopement. As 18 Nov. 1772, but Clown-Wright; Scaramouch-Atkins; [and for that night only her own% <i>Hornpipe</i>-Mrs Sutton (playbill). [<i>PublicAdvertiser</i> lists <i>Clown</i>-$Ackman=.] *dII: A <i>New Grand Turkish Dance</i>[, composed by $Froment= in which%-Mrs Sutton [will dance the character of a <i>Sultana</i>r%; IV: [By Particular Desire. The% <i>Louvre</i> and <i>Minuet</i>, [also the% <i>Dauphin Minuet</i>-Froment, Mrs Sutton[, his scholar%. *cBenefit for $Mrs Sutton=, late $Miss Froment=. Paid salary list #520 7s. 6d.; Rec'd from $Mr Clutterbuck='s [account] (1st) #100; Stopages #18 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #181 5s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to $Mrs Sutton=: #106 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1773 04 24 dl Merope. ^As17730113^.*a1773 04 24 dl The Elopement. ^As17721118^, but Clown-Wright; Scaramouch-Atkins; and for that night only her own <i>Hornpipe</i>-Mrs Sutton (playbill). [<i>Public Advertiser</i> lists <i>Clown</i>-$Ackman=.]*d1773 04 24 dl II: A <i>New Grand Turkish Dance</i>, composed by $Froment= in which-Mrs Sutton will dance the character of a <i>Sultana</i>r; IV: By Particular Desire. The <i>Louvre</i> and <i>Minuet</i>, also the <i>Dauphin Minuet</i>-Froment, Mrs Sutton, his scholar.*c1773 04 24 dl Benefit for $Mrs Sutton=, late $Miss Froment=. Paid salary list #520 7s. 6d.; Rec'd from $Mr Clutterbuck='s [account] (1st) #100; Stopages #18 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #181 5s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to $Mrs Sutton=: #106 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 37036 | 17730424 | dl | Benefit for $Mrs Sutton=, late $Miss Froment=. Paid salary list #520 7s. 6d.; Rec'd from $Mr Clutterbuck='s [account] (1st) #100; Stopages #18 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #181 5s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to $Mrs Sutton=: #106 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)
    Performance: 77033 | 37036 | p | Merope | As17730113.
    AsSeeDate: 77033 | dl | p | As | 17730113
    Cast:
    495117 | 77033 | Dorilas | A Young Gentleman who performed Romeo
    495118 | 77033 | Erox | Hurst
    495119 | 77033 | Polyhontes | Palmer
    495120 | 77033 | Narbas | Packer
    495121 | 77033 | High Priest | Bransby
    495122 | 77033 | Euricles | J. Aickin
    495123 | 77033 | Ismene | Miss Mansell
    495124 | 77033 | Merope | Miss Younge, first time
    495125 | 77033 | Sacrifice</i> | .
    Performance: 77034 | 37036 | a | The Elopement | As17721118, but Clown-Wright; Scaramouch-Atkins; and for that night only her own <i>Hornpipe</i>-Mrs Sutton (playbill). [<i>Public Advertiser</i> lists <i>Clown</i>-$Ackman=.]
    AsSeeDate: 77034 | dl | a | As | 17721118
    Cast:
    131070 | 77034 | Clown | Wright
    131071 | 77034 | Scaramouch | Atkins
    131072 | 77034 | and for that night only her own <i>Hornpipe</i> | Mrs Sutton
    131073 | 77034 | <i>Public Advertiser</i> lists <i>Clown</i> | $Ackman=.
    495126 | 77034 | Harlequin | Rooker
    495127 | 77034 | Pantaloon | Grimaldi
    495128 | 77034 | Drunken Valet | Moody
    495129 | 77034 | Lover | Messink
    495130 | 77034 | Country girls | Mrs Scott, Mrs Hunt
    495131 | 77034 | Colombine | Mrs Sutton
    495132 | 77034 | Concluded with the scene of the waterfall | as originally performed.
    Performance: 77035 | 37036 | d | II: A <i>New Grand Turkish Dance</i>, composed by $Froment= in which-Mrs Sutton will dance the character of a <i>Sultana</i>; IV: By Particular Desire | The <i>Louvre</i> and <i>Minuet</i>, also the <i>Dauphin Minuet</i>-Froment, Mrs Sutton, his scholar.
    Cast:
    131074 | 77035 | also the <i>Dauphin Minuet</i> | Froment, Mrs Sutton, his scholar.

Mainpiece

Title: Merope
Comments:
As17730113.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: Merope
Publish Date: 1731
Birth: 1610
Death: 1685
Work Title: Merop�
Publish Date: 1749
Author: Aaron Hill
Birth: 1685
Death: 1750
Work Title: Merope
Publish Date:
Work Title: Merope
Publish Date:

Afterpiece

Title: The Elopement
Comments:
As17721118, but Clown-Wright; Scaramouch-Atkins; and for that night only her own Hornpipe-Mrs Sutton (playbill). [Public Advertiser lists Clown-Ackman.]
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Elopement
Publish Date:
Birth: 1710
Death: 1778

Dance

Comment: II: A New Grand Turkish Dance, composed by Froment in which-Mrs Sutton will dance the character of a Sultana; IV: By Particular Desire. The Louvre and Minuet, also the Dauphin Minuet-Froment, Mrs Sutton, his scholar

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 24 April 1773 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed March 28, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=37036.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 24 April 1773 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=37036. Accessed 28 March 2025.