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18 January 1776

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1775-1776
Volume: 4
Comments: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. When Face ask'd Drugger if he had any Interest with the Players--Mr G. Answer'd I believe I had once but don't know if I have now or not--It It had a good Effect--his having Just Sold his Share of the Patent (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly.] On Wed. Night Jan. 18, 1776, Mr Garrick concluded his treaty for the sale of his share of the patent and property of Drury Lane Theatre to 4 gentlemen for #35,000 (Winston MS 11). Receipts: #256 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p18 dl The Alchymist. As 25 Nov. 1775. *aThe Jubilee. As 27 Dec. 1775. *dII: <i>The Jealous Harlequin</i>, as 17 Jan. *cMainpiece: By Particular Desire. When <i>Face</i>r ask'd <i>Drugger</i>r if he had any Interest with the Players--Mr G. Answer'd I believe I had once but don't know if I have now or not--It It had a good Effect--his having Just Sold his Share of the Patent (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). [$MacMillan='s note from $Kemble= differs slightly.] On Wed. Night Jan. 18, 1776, $Mr Garrick= concluded his treaty for the sale of his share of the patent and property of <i>Drury Lane Theatre</i> to 4 gentlemen for #35,000 (<i>Winston MS 11</i>). Receipts: #256 9s. (Treasurer's Book).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1776 01 18 dl The Alchymist. ^As17751125^.*a1776 01 18 dl The Jubilee. ^As17751227^.*d1776 01 18 dl II: <i>The Jealous Harlequin</i>, ^as17760117^.*c1776 01 18 dl Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. When <i>Face</i>r ask'd <i>Drugger</i>r if he had any Interest with the Players--Mr G. Answer'd I believe I had once but don't know if I have now or not--It It had a good Effect--his having Just Sold his Share of the Patent (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). [$MacMillan='s note from $Kemble= differs slightly.] On Wed. Night Jan. 18, 1776, $Mr Garrick= concluded his treaty for the sale of his share of the patent and property of <i>Drury Lane Theatre</i> to 4 gentlemen for #35,000 (<i>Winston MS 11</i>). Receipts: #256 9s. (Treasurer's Book).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 38521 | 17760118 | dl | Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. When <i>Face</i> ask'd <i>Drugger</i> if he had any Interest with the Players--Mr G. Answer'd I believe I had once but don't know if I have now or not--It It had a good Effect--his having Just Sold his Share of the Patent (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). [$MacMillan='s note from $Kemble= differs slightly.] On Wed. Night Jan. 18, 1776, $Mr Garrick= concluded his treaty for the sale of his share of the patent and property of <i>Drury Lane Theatre</i> to 4 gentlemen for #35,000 (<i>Winston MS 11</i>). Receipts: #256 9s. (Treasurer's Book)
    Performance: 80737 | 38521 | p | The Alchymist | As17751125.
    AsSeeDate: 80737 | dl | p | As | 17751125
    Cast:
    514088 | 80737 | Face | Palmer
    514089 | 80737 | Sir Epicure | Bransby
    514090 | 80737 | Kastril | Burton
    514091 | 80737 | Tribulation | Waldron
    514092 | 80737 | Ananias | Parsons
    514093 | 80737 | Dapper | Lamash
    514094 | 80737 | Abel Drugger | Garrick
    514095 | 80737 | Subtle | Aickin
    514096 | 80737 | Surly | Baddeley
    514097 | 80737 | Lovewit | Packer
    514098 | 80737 | Mob | Griffiths, Carpenter, Wright, Wrighten, Blanchard, etc.
    514099 | 80737 | Dame Plaint | Mrs Johnston
    514100 | 80737 | Doll Common | Mrs Hopkins.
    Performance: 80738 | 38521 | a | The Jubilee | As17751227.
    AsSeeDate: 80738 | dl | a | As | 17751227
    Cast:
    514101 | 80738 | an <i>overture</i>
    514102 | 80738 | Music | Dibdin.
    514103 | 80738 | Dramatic Entertainment in honor of Shakespeare in | Dancing-
    514104 | 80738 | Dancing
    514105 | 80738 | Dramatic Entertainment
    514106 | 80738 | ast listed in playbill but each of the subsequent | three bills mentions "In Honour of $Shakespeare=."
    Performance: 80739 | 38521 | d | II: <i>The Jealous Harlequin</i>, as17760117
    AsSeeDate: 80739 | dl | d | As | 17760117

Mainpiece

Title: The Alchymist
Comments:
As17751125.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Alchymist
Publish Date:
Author: Ben Jonson
Birth: 1572
Death: 1637

Afterpiece

Title: The Jubilee
Comments:
As17751227.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Jubilee
Publish Date: 1773
Author: David Garrick
Birth: 1717
Death: 1779
Baptism: 1745
Death: 1814

Dance

Comment: II: The Jealous Harlequin, as17760117

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