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23 February 1778

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1777-1778
Volume: 5
Comments: Afterpiece: Not acted these 6 years [acted 23 May 1774]. Receipts: #199 10s. 6d. (198.12.0; 0.18.6)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg Romeo and Juliet. As 29 Sept. 1777, but Capulet-Booth; Benvolio-Whitfield; Paris-Robson. *aMother Shipton. Harlequin-Lee Lewes; Clown-Cushing; Farmer-Messink; Mother Shipton-Mr Baker; Colombine-Sga Tinte; other Characters-Wewitzer, Jones, Smith, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Mrs White, Mrs Poussin. *dIn: As 29 Sept. 1777; In afterpiece: Langrish, Miss Besford [who danced in all subsequent performances]. *sEnd IV: Solemn Dirge, as 29 Sept. 1777, but _Reinhold, <i>Battishill. *cAfterpiece: Not acted these 6 years [acted 23 May 1774]. Receipts: #199 10s. 6d. (198.12.0; 0.18.6).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1778 02 23 cg Romeo and Juliet. ^As17770929^, but Capulet-Booth; Benvolio-Whitfield; Paris-Robson.*a1778 02 23 cg Mother Shipton. Harlequin-Lee Lewes; Clown-Cushing; Farmer-Messink; Mother Shipton-Mr Baker; Colombine-Sga Tinte; other Characters-Wewitzer, Jones, Smith, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Mrs White, Mrs Poussin.*d1778 02 23 cg In: ^As17770929^; In afterpiece: Langrish, Miss Besford [who danced in all subsequent performances].*s1778 02 23 cg End IV: Solemn Dirge, ^as17770929^, but _Reinhold, <i>Battishill.*c1778 02 23 cg Afterpiece: Not acted these 6 years [acted 23 May 1774]. Receipts: #199 10s. 6d. (198.12.0; 0.18.6).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 39717 | 17780223 | cg | Afterpiece: Not acted these 6 years [acted 23 May 1774]. Receipts: #199 10s. 6d. (198.12.0; 0.18.6)
    Performance: 83861 | 39717 | p | Romeo And Juliet | As17770929, but Capulet-Booth; Benvolio-Whitfield; Paris-Robson.
    AsSeeDate: 83861 | cg | p | As | 17770929
    Cast:
    143884 | 83861 | Capulet | Booth
    143885 | 83861 | Benvolio | Whitfield
    143886 | 83861 | Paris | Robson.
    530443 | 83861 | Romeo | Wroughton
    530444 | 83861 | Friar Lawrence | Hull
    530445 | 83861 | Mercutio | Lewis
    530446 | 83861 | Escalus | Fearon
    530447 | 83861 | Tibalt | L'Estrange
    530448 | 83861 | Peter | Jones
    530449 | 83861 | Lady Capulet | Mrs Poussin
    530450 | 83861 | Nurse | Mrs Pitt
    530451 | 83861 | Juliet | Mrs Jackson.
    Performance: 83862 | 39717 | a | Mother Shipton | Harlequin-Lee Lewes; Clown-Cushing; Farmer-Messink; Mother Shipton-Mr Baker; Colombine-Sga Tinte; other Characters-Wewitzer, Jones, Smith, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Mrs White, Mrs Poussin.
    Cast:
    143887 | 83862 | Harlequin | Lee Lewes
    143888 | 83862 | Clown | Cushing
    143889 | 83862 | Farmer | Messink
    143890 | 83862 | Mother Shipton | Mr Baker
    143891 | 83862 | Colombine | Sga Tinte
    143892 | 83862 | other Characters | Wewitzer, Jones, Smith, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Mrs White, Mrs Poussin.
    Performance: 83863 | 39717 | d | In: As17770929; In afterpiece: Langrish, Miss Besford [who danced in all subsequent performances]
    AsSeeDate: 83863 | cg | d | As | 17770929
    Performance: 83864 | 39717 | s | End IV: Solemn Dirge, as17770929, but _Reinhold, <i>Battishill
    AsSeeDate: 83864 | cg | s | As | 17770929
    Cast:
    530452 | 83864 | ocal Parts | Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, Miss Green.

Mainpiece

Title: Romeo And Juliet
Comments:
As17770929, but Capulet-Booth; Benvolio-Whitfield; Paris-Robson.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1597
Birth: 1564
Death: 1616
Publish Date:
Author: Thomas Otway
Birth: 1652
Death: 1685

Afterpiece

Title: Mother Shipton
Comments:
Harlequin-Lee Lewes; Clown-Cushing; Farmer-Messink; Mother Shipton-Mr Baker; Colombine-Sga Tinte; other Characters-Wewitzer, Jones, Smith, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Mrs White, Mrs Poussin.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: Mother Shipton
Publish Date:
Baptism: 1732
Death: 1794
Author: Samuel Arnold
Birth: 1740
Death: 1802

Dance

Comment: In: As17770929; In afterpiece: Langrish, Miss Besford [who danced in all subsequent performances]

Song

Comment: End IV: Solemn Dirge, as17770929, but _Reinhold, Battishill

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 23 February 1778 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 1, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39717.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 23 February 1778 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39717. Accessed 1 April 2025.