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30 April 1778

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1777-1778
Volume: 5
Comments: Tickets delivered by Messink and Miss Reynolds for The Orphan will be admitted this Evening. [Afterpiece in place of The Little French Lawyer, announced on playbill of 29 Apr.] Receipts: #139 2s. (121.0; 3.0; tickets: 15.2)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg The Grecian Daughter. As 13 Nov. 1777, but Philotas-Whitfield. *aThe Norwood Gypsies. As 9 Apr. *dAs 29 Dec. 1777. *cTickets delivered by $Messink= and $Miss Reynolds= for <i>The Orphan</i> will be admitted this Evening. [Afterpiece in place of <i>The Little French Lawyer</i>, announced on playbill of 29 Apr.] Receipts: #139 2s. (121.0; 3.0; tickets: 15.2).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1778 04 30 cg The Grecian Daughter. ^As17771113^, but Philotas-Whitfield.*a1778 04 30 cg The Norwood Gypsies. ^As17780409^.*d1778 04 30 cg ^As17771229^.*c1778 04 30 cg Tickets delivered by $Messink= and $Miss Reynolds= for <i>The Orphan</i> will be admitted this Evening. [Afterpiece in place of <i>The Little French Lawyer</i>, announced on playbill of 29 Apr.] Receipts: #139 2s. (121.0; 3.0; tickets: 15.2).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 39844 | 17780430 | cg | Tickets delivered by $Messink= and $Miss Reynolds= for <i>The Orphan</i> will be admitted this Evening. [Afterpiece in place of <i>The Little French Lawyer</i>, announced on playbill of 29 Apr.] Receipts: #139 2s. (121.0; 3.0; tickets: 15.2)
    Performance: 84202 | 39844 | p | The Grecian Daughter | As17771113, but Philotas-Whitfield.
    AsSeeDate: 84202 | cg | p | As | 17771113
    Cast:
    144401 | 84202 | Philotas | Whitfield.
    531826 | 84202 | Evander | Aickin
    531827 | 84202 | Arcas | Fearon
    531828 | 84202 | Dionysius | Clarke
    531829 | 84202 | Herald | L'Estrange
    531830 | 84202 | Melanthon | Hull
    531831 | 84202 | Officer | Booth
    531832 | 84202 | Calippus | Thompson
    531833 | 84202 | Phocion | Wroughton
    531834 | 84202 | Erixene | Miss Ambrose
    531835 | 84202 | Euphrasia | Mrs Barry.
    Performance: 84203 | 39844 | a | The Norwood Gypsies | As17780409.
    AsSeeDate: 84203 | cg | a | As | 17780409
    Cast:
    531836 | 84203 | a New Additional Scene | .
    531837 | 84203 | Principal Characters | Miss <i>Dayes
    531838 | 84203 | Pastoral | Reinhold, Miss Dayes
    531839 | 84203 | Rest of Vocal Parts | Battishill, Mahon, Baker.
    531840 | 84203 | Harlequin | Lee Lewes
    531841 | 84203 | Clown | Delpini
    531842 | 84203 | Colombine | Sga Tinde. Airs
    Performance: 84204 | 39844 | d | As17771229
    AsSeeDate: 84204 | cg | d | As | 17771229

Mainpiece

Title: The Grecian Daughter
Comments:
As17771113, but Philotas-Whitfield.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1772
Author: Arthur Murphy
Birth: 1727
Death: 1805

Afterpiece

Title: The Norwood Gypsies
Comments:
As17780409.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1777
Author: James Messink
Birth: 1740
Death: 1828

Dance

Comment: As17771229

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 30 April 1778 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 3, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39844.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 30 April 1778 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39844. Accessed 3 April 2025.