London Stage Event: 04 April 1775 at Covent Garden

04 April 1775

Event Information

Theatre: Covent Garden

Theatrical Season: 1774-1775

Volume: 4

Comments: Benefit for Lee. Last Performance but two before the Holidays. Afterpiece: Never acted there. In the comic scenes will be introduced (as they were sung in Masqued and other Characters) the favorite songs, Ye Warwickshire Lads and Lasses, Sweet Willy O, The Mulberry Tree, and the Roundelay of Sisters of the Tuneful Strain. In the second act, a Statue of Shakespeare will be erected, and the ode on Dedicating a Temple to that great poet recited, with proper Airs and Chorusses-Particularly Sweetest Bard that Ever Sung, Tho' Crimes from Death and Torture Fly, the Characteristic Song on Falstaff, More Gentle than the Southern Gale, and Thou Soft-Flowing Avon. Part of Pit laid into boxes

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*pcg She Stoops to Conquer. As 21 Sept. 1774. *aThe Jubilee at Stratford upon avon. Drunken Man, Steward of the Jubilee-Lee; Principal vocal parts (comic and serious)-Reinhold, Mattocks, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Mrs Mattocks (playbill). *dEnd I Afterpiece: The Vintage Festival, as 7 Oct. 1774. *cBenefit for $Lee=. Last Performance but two before the Holidays. Afterpiece: Never acted there. In the comic scenes will be introduced (as they were sung in Masqued and other Characters) the favorite songs, Ye Warwickshire Lads and Lasses, Sweet Willy O, The Mulberry Tree, and the Roundelay of Sisters of the Tuneful Strain. In the second act, a Statue of $Shakespeare= will be erected, and the ode on Dedicating a Temple to that great poet recited, with proper Airs and Chorusses-Particularly Sweetest Bard that Ever Sung, Tho' Crimes from Death and Torture Fly, the Characteristic Song on Falstaffr, More Gentle than the Southern Gale, and Thou Soft-Flowing Avon. Part of Pit laid into boxes.
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*p1775 04 04 cg She Stoops to Conquer. ^As17740921^.*a1775 04 04 cg The Jubilee at Stratford upon avon. Drunken Man, Steward of the Jubilee-Lee; Principal vocal parts (comic and serious)-Reinhold, Mattocks, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Mrs Mattocks (playbill).*d1775 04 04 cg End I Afterpiece: The Vintage Festival, ^as17741007^.*c1775 04 04 cg Benefit for $Lee=. Last Performance but two before the Holidays. Afterpiece: Never acted there. In the comic scenes will be introduced (as they were sung in Masqued and other Characters) the favorite songs, Ye Warwickshire Lads and Lasses, Sweet Willy O, The Mulberry Tree, and the Roundelay of Sisters of the Tuneful Strain. In the second act, a Statue of $Shakespeare= will be erected, and the ode on Dedicating a Temple to that great poet recited, with proper Airs and Chorusses-Particularly Sweetest Bard that Ever Sung, Tho' Crimes from Death and Torture Fly, the Characteristic Song on Falstaffr, More Gentle than the Southern Gale, and Thou Soft-Flowing Avon. Part of Pit laid into boxes.
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Event: 38139 | 17750404 | cg | Benefit for $Lee=. Last Performance but two before the Holidays. Afterpiece: Never acted there. In the comic scenes will be introduced (as they were sung in Masqued and other Characters) the favorite songs, Ye Warwickshire Lads and Lasses, Sweet Willy O, The Mulberry Tree, and the Roundelay of Sisters of the Tuneful Strain. In the second act, a Statue of $Shakespeare= will be erected, and the ode on Dedicating a Temple to that great poet recited, with proper Airs and Chorusses-Particularly Sweetest Bard that Ever Sung, Tho' Crimes from Death and Torture Fly, the Characteristic Song on Falstaff, More Gentle than the Southern Gale, and Thou Soft-Flowing Avon. Part of Pit laid into boxes

Performance: 79709 | 38139 | p | She Stoops To Conquer | As17740921.
AsSeeDate: 79709 | cg | p | As | 17740921

Cast:
509326 | 79709 | Hardcastle | Shuter

509327 | 79709 | Tony | Quick

509328 | 79709 | Marlow | Lewis

509329 | 79709 | Hastings | DuBellamy

509330 | 79709 | Sir Charles Marlow | Fearon

509331 | 79709 | Mrs Hardcastle | Mrs Green

509332 | 79709 | Miss Neville | Mrs Lessingham

509333 | 79709 | Miss Hardcastle | Mrs Bulkley.

Performance: 79710 | 38139 | a | The Jubilee at Stratford upon avon | Drunken Man, Steward of the Jubilee-Lee; Principal vocal parts (comic and serious)-Reinhold, Mattocks, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Mrs Mattocks (playbill).
Cast:
136092 | 79710 | Steward of the Jubilee | Lee

136093 | 79710 | Principal vocal parts | Reinhold, Mattocks, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Mrs Mattocks

Performance: 79711 | 38139 | d | End I Afterpiece: The Vintage Festival, as17741007
AsSeeDate: 79711 | cg | d | As | 17741007

Mainpiece

Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Comments:
As17740921.

Cast:

Role: Hardcastle Actor: Shuter
Role: Tony Actor: Quick
Role: Marlow Actor: Lewis
Role: Hastings Actor: DuBellamy
Role: Sir Charles Marlow Actor: Fearon
Role: Mrs Hardcastle Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Lessingham
Role: Miss Hardcastle Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece

Title: The Jubilee at Stratford upon avon

Comments:
Drunken Man, Steward of the Jubilee-Lee; Principal vocal parts (comic and serious)-Reinhold, Mattocks, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Mrs Mattocks (playbill).

Cast:

Role: Steward of the Jubilee Actor: Lee
Role: Principal vocal parts Actor: Reinhold, Mattocks, Mrs Baker, DuBellamy, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Mrs Mattocks

Dance

Comment: End I Afterpiece: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 04 April 1775 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed March 31, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=38139.

MLA: "London Stage Event: 04 April 1775 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=38139. Accessed 31 March 2025.