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15 April 1774

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1773-1774
Volume: 4
Comments: Benefit for Fishar (ballet master). Charges #66 3s. 6d. Profit to Fishar #49 2s. 6d., plus #115 6s. from tickets (Box 156; Pit 155; Gallery 169). Paid Whitefield for cloaths of the pages #21 17s. 6d.; Paid Mr Capell for a suit of men's cloaths #5 5s. Receipts: #115 6s. (Account Book)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pcg Love in a Village. As 7 Jan., but Rosetta-Miss Jameson; Eustace-Owenson. *aThe Author. As 9 April. *d<i>A Triple Hornpipe</i>-Miss Matthews, Miller, Eves; [being his first appearance. The two last, scholars to $Fishar=.% <i>A New Dance with Baskets of Flowers</i>[, in which introduced, by particular desire, a <i>Minuet</i> and <i>Allemande</i>%-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; [her first appearance this season. A New Grand Ballet,% <i>The Black Prince's Festival</i>- (that night only); Prince-Fishar; Pages-Blurton, Miller; Favourites-Miss Twist, Miss Valois; [See 24 April 1772.] A <i>New Serious Ballet</i>-Miss Parish[, a Child of Ten Years of age, with only 4 months' instruction, Apprentice to $Fishar=, her first appearance%. *b[The Favorite Comic Ballet, first time this season,% <i>The Wapping Landlady</i>. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Orange Woman-Miss Twist [see 24 April 1773]; [with% <i>Sixfold Hornpipe</i>- [see 24 April 1773]. *cBenefit for $Fishar= (ballet master). Charges #66 3s. 6d. Profit to Fishar #49 2s. 6d., plus #115 6s. from tickets (Box 156; Pit 155; Gallery 169). Paid $Whitefield= for cloaths of the pages #21 17s. 6d.; Paid $Mr Capell= for a suit of men's cloaths #5 5s. Receipts: #115 6s. (Account Book).

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    *p1774 04 15 cg Love in a Village. ^As17740107^, but Rosetta-Miss Jameson; Eustace-Owenson.*a1774 04 15 cg The Author. ^As17740409^.*d1774 04 15 cg <i>A Triple Hornpipe</i>-Miss Matthews, Miller, Eves; being his first appearance. The two last, scholars to $Fishar=. <i>A New Dance with Baskets of Flowers</i>[, in which introduced, by particular desire, a <i>Minuet</i> and <i>Allemande</i>-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; [her first appearance this season. A New Grand Ballet, <i>The Black Prince's Festival</i>- (that night only); Prince-Fishar; Pages-Blurton, Miller; Favourites-Miss Twist, Miss Valois; [^See17720424^.] A <i>New Serious Ballet</i>-Miss Parish[, a Child of Ten Years of age, with only 4 months' instruction, Apprentice to $Fishar=, her first appearance.*b1774 04 15 cg The Favorite Comic Ballet, first time this season, <i>The Wapping Landlady</i>. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Orange Woman-Miss Twist [^see17730424^]; [with <i>Sixfold Hornpipe</i>- [^see17730424^].*c1774 04 15 cg Benefit for $Fishar= (ballet master). Charges #66 3s. 6d. Profit to Fishar #49 2s. 6d., plus #115 6s. from tickets (Box 156; Pit 155; Gallery 169). Paid $Whitefield= for cloaths of the pages #21 17s. 6d.; Paid $Mr Capell= for a suit of men's cloaths #5 5s. Receipts: #115 6s. (Account Book).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 37593 | 17740415 | cg | Benefit for $Fishar= (ballet master). Charges #66 3s. 6d. Profit to Fishar #49 2s. 6d., plus #115 6s. from tickets (Box 156; Pit 155; Gallery 169). Paid $Whitefield= for cloaths of the pages #21 17s. 6d.; Paid $Mr Capell= for a suit of men's cloaths #5 5s. Receipts: #115 6s. (Account Book)
    Performance: 78356 | 37593 | p | Love In A Village | As17740107, but Rosetta-Miss Jameson; Eustace-Owenson.
    AsSeeDate: 78356 | cg | p | As | 17740107
    Cast:
    133698 | 78356 | Rosetta | Miss Jameson
    133699 | 78356 | Eustace | Owenson.
    501613 | 78356 | Margery | Mrs Baker
    501614 | 78356 | Lucinda | Mrs Mattocks.
    501615 | 78356 | Woodcock | Shuter
    501616 | 78356 | Hawthorn | Reinhold
    501617 | 78356 | Young Meadows | Mattocks
    501618 | 78356 | Meadows | Baker
    501619 | 78356 | Hodge | Dunstall
    501620 | 78356 | Deborah | Mrs Pitt
    501621 | 78356 | incidental to the opera | .
    Performance: 78357 | 37593 | a | The Author | As17740409.
    AsSeeDate: 78357 | cg | a | As | 17740409
    Cast:
    501622 | 78357 | Vamp | Quick
    501623 | 78357 | Young Cape | Lewes
    501624 | 78357 | Sprightly | DuBellamy
    501625 | 78357 | Governor | Gardner
    501626 | 78357 | Robin | R. Smith
    501627 | 78357 | Poet | Hamilton
    501628 | 78357 | Arabella | Miss Pearce
    501629 | 78357 | Mrs Cadwallader | a Young Gentlewoman, first appearance this stage
    Performance: 78358 | 37593 | d | <i>A Triple Hornpipe</i>-Miss Matthews, Miller, Eves; being his first appearance | The two last, scholars to $Fishar=. <i>A New Dance with Baskets of Flowers</i>[, in which introduced, by particular desire, a <i>Minuet</i> and <i>Allemande</i>-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; [her first appearance this season. A New Grand Ballet, <i>The Black Prince's Festival</i>- (that night only); Prince-Fishar; Pages-Blurton, Miller; Favourites-Miss Twist, Miss Valois; [See17720424.] A <i>New Serious Ballet</i>-Miss Parish[, a Child of Ten Years of age, with only 4 months' instruction, Apprentice to $Fishar=, her first appearance., a Child of Ten Years of age, with only 4 months' instruction, Apprentice to $Fishar=, her first appearance.
    Cast:
    133700 | 78358 | a <i>Minuet</i> and <i>Allemande</i> | Fishar, Sga Manesiere
    133701 | 78358 | <i>The Black Prince's Festival</i>
    133702 | 78358 | Prince | Fishar
    133703 | 78358 | Pages | Blurton, Miller
    133704 | 78358 | Favourites | Miss Twist, Miss Valois
    133705 | 78358 | A <i>New Serious Ballet</i> | Miss Parish
    Performance: 78359 | 37593 | b | The Favorite Comic Ballet, first time this season, <i>The Wapping Landlady</i> | Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Orange Woman-Miss Twist [see17730424]; [with <i>Sixfold Hornpipe</i>- [see17730424].see17730424].
    Cast:
    133706 | 78359 | Jack | Fishar
    133707 | 78359 | Landlady | Banks
    133708 | 78359 | Orange Woman | Miss Twist
    133709 | 78359 | with <i>Sixfold Hornpipe</i>

Mainpiece

Title: Love In A Village
Comments:
As17740107, but Rosetta-Miss Jameson; Eustace-Owenson.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1762
Birth: 1728
Death: 1808
Author: Karl F. Abel
Birth: 1723
Death: 1787

Afterpiece

Title: The Author
Comments:
As17740409.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Author
Publish Date: 1758
Author: Samuel Foote
Baptism: 1721
Death: 1777

Dance

Comment: A Triple Hornpipe-Miss Matthews, Miller, Eves; being his first appearance. The two last, scholars to Fishar. A New Dance with Baskets of Flowers[, in which introduced, by particular desire, a Minuet and Allemande-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; [her first appearance this season. A New Grand Ballet, The Black Prince's Festival- (that night only); Prince-Fishar; Pages-Blurton, Miller; Favourites-Miss Twist, Miss Valois; [See17720424.] A New Serious Ballet-Miss Parish[, a Child of Ten Years of age, with only 4 months' instruction, Apprentice to Fishar, her first appearance

Ballet

Comment: The Favorite Comic Ballet, first time this season, The Wapping Landlady. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Orange Woman-Miss Twist [see17730424]; [with Sixfold Hornpipe- [see17730424]

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