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16 May 1778

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1777-1778
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Dumay, Holloway & Harris. Tickets delivered for Know Your Own Mind will be taken. Public Advertiser, 9 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, Sand-hill, Lamb's Conduit Fields, behind the Foundling Hospital; of Holloway, Great Maddox-street, Hanover-square; of Harris, No. 12, Duke's-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #251 15s. (56.11; tickets: 195.4) (charge: #105)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg She Stoops to Conquer. As 5 Dec. 1777, but Marlow-Wroughton; Mrs Hardcastle (1st time)-Mrs Pitt; Miss Neville-Miss Leeson. *aPoor Vulcan!. As 7 Apr. *dEnd II: <i>New Dance</i>-; [in which the% <i>Minuet de la Cour</i>, <i>Gavot</i>-Harris, Miss Valois; End IV: <i>Le Minuet a Quatre</i>-Dumay, Holloway, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross; [with a variety of new% <i>Quadrilles</i>-. *bEnd: <i>The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth</i>. As 2 May. *cBenefit for $Dumay=, $Holloway= & $Harris=. Tickets delivered for Know Your Own Mind will be taken. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 9 May: Ticketsto be had of Dumay, <i>Sand-hill</i>, <i>Lamb's Conduit Fields</i>, behind the <i>FoundlingHospital</i>; of Holloway, <i>Great Maddox-street</i>, <i>Hanover-square</i>; of Harris, No.12, <i>Duke's-court</i>, <i>Bow-street</i>, <i>Covent Garden</i>. Receipts: #251 15s. (56.11;tickets: 195.4) (charge: #105).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1778 05 16 cg She Stoops to Conquer. ^As17771205^, but Marlow-Wroughton; Mrs Hardcastle (1st time)-Mrs Pitt; Miss Neville-Miss Leeson.*a1778 05 16 cg Poor Vulcan!. ^As17780407^.*d1778 05 16 cg End II: <i>New Dance</i>-; in which the <i>Minuet de la Cour</i>, <i>Gavot</i>-Harris, Miss Valois; End IV: <i>Le Minuet a Quatre</i>-Dumay, Holloway, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross; with a variety of new <i>Quadrilles</i>-.*b1778 05 16 cg End: <i>The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth</i>. ^As17780502^.*c1778 05 16 cg Benefit for $Dumay=, $Holloway= & $Harris=. Tickets delivered for Know Your Own Mind will be taken. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 9 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, <i>Sand-hill</i>, <i>Lamb's Conduit Fields</i>, behind the <i>Foundling Hospital</i>; of Holloway, <i>Great Maddox-street</i>, <i>Hanover-square</i>; of Harris, No. 12, <i>Duke's-court</i>, <i>Bow-street</i>, <i>Covent Garden</i>. Receipts: #251 15s. (56.11; tickets: 195.4) (charge: #105).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 39878 | 17780516 | cg | Benefit for $Dumay=, $Holloway= & $Harris=. Tickets delivered for Know Your Own Mind will be taken. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 9 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, <i>Sand-hill</i>, <i>Lamb's Conduit Fields</i>, behind the <i>Foundling Hospital</i>; of Holloway, <i>Great Maddox-street</i>, <i>Hanover-square</i>; of Harris, No. 12, <i>Duke's-court</i>, <i>Bow-street</i>, <i>Covent Garden</i>. Receipts: #251 15s. (56.11; tickets: 195.4) (charge: #105)
    Performance: 84309 | 39878 | p | She Stoops To Conquer | As17771205, but Marlow-Wroughton; Mrs Hardcastle (1st time)-Mrs Pitt; Miss Neville-Miss Leeson.
    AsSeeDate: 84309 | cg | p | As | 17771205
    Cast:
    144568 | 84309 | Marlow | Wroughton
    144569 | 84309 | Mrs Hardcastle | Mrs Pitt
    144570 | 84309 | Miss Neville | Miss Leeson.
    532344 | 84309 | Hardcastle | Wilson
    532345 | 84309 | Tony Lumpkin | Quick
    532346 | 84309 | Hastings | Whitfield
    532347 | 84309 | Sir Charles Marlow | Fearon
    532348 | 84309 | Miss Hardcastle | Mrs Bulkley.
    Performance: 84310 | 39878 | a | Poor Vulcan | . As17780407.
    AsSeeDate: 84310 | cg | a | As | 17780407
    Cast:
    532349 | 84310 | Gauge | Fox.
    532350 | 84310 | Crump | Quick
    532351 | 84310 | Stud | Mattocks
    532352 | 84310 | Pike | Mahon
    532353 | 84310 | Wiseman | Robson
    532354 | 84310 | Guage | Battishill
    532355 | 84310 | Joe | Leoni
    532356 | 84310 | Grace | Miss Dayes
    532357 | 84310 | Maudlin | Miss Brown
    Performance: 84311 | 39878 | d | End II: <i>New Dance</i>-; in which the <i>Minuet de la Cour</i>, <i>Gavot</i>-Harris, Miss Valois; End IV: <i>Le Minuet a Quatre</i>-Dumay, Holloway, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross; with a variety of new <i>Quadrilles</i>-
    Performance: 84312 | 39878 | b | End: <i>The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth</i> | As17780502.
    AsSeeDate: 84312 | cg | b | As | 17780502
    Cast:
    532358 | 84312 | Bobby Flip the Boatswain | Aldridge
    532359 | 84312 | Powder Monkey | Master Jackson
    532360 | 84312 | Mat Mizen | Langrish
    532361 | 84312 | Molly Topknot | Miss Besford
    532362 | 84312 | Susan Constant | Miss Valois
    532363 | 84312 | and <i>Hornpipe Dancing</i> | in an entire new stile.

Mainpiece

Title: She Stoops To Conquer
Comments:
As17771205, but Marlow-Wroughton; Mrs Hardcastle (1st time)-Mrs Pitt; Miss Neville-Miss Leeson.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: Poor Vulcan
Comments:
. As17780407.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: Poor Vulcan!
Publish Date: 1778
Baptism: 1745
Death: 1814

Dance

Comment: End II: New Dance-; in which the Minuet de la Cour, Gavot-Harris, Miss Valois; End IV: Le Minuet a Quatre-Dumay, Holloway, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross; with a variety of new Quadrilles-

Ballet

Comment: End: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780502

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 16 May 1778 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed March 28, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39878.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 16 May 1778 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39878. Accessed 28 March 2025.