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25 May 1778

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1777-1778
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Carleton Jun., Hind, Shade & Bayne. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Tickets delivered for a comic opera [Love in a Village, announced on playbill of 23 May] and by Barrett and McDonald will be taken. Receipts: #258 11s. 6d. (19.4.0; 7.2.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 232.4.0) (charge: #105)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p dl The Beggar's Opera. As 17 Nov. 1777, but Player-Wrighten; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Slammekin-_. *aThe Lyar. As 5 May. *dEnd II: <i>Minuet de la Cour</i>, as 8 May. *cBenefit for $Carleton Jun=., $Hind=, $Shade= & $Bayne=. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Tickets delivered for a comic opera [<i>Love in a Village</i>,announced on playbill of 23 May] and by $Barrett= and $McDonald= will be taken. Receipts: #258 11s. 6d. (19.4.0; 7.2.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 232.4.0) (charge: #105).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1778 05 25 dl The Beggar's Opera. ^As17771117^, but Player-Wrighten; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Slammekin-_.*a1778 05 25 dl The Lyar. ^As17780505^.*d1778 05 25 dl End II: <i>Minuet de la Cour</i>, ^as17780508^.*c1778 05 25 dl Benefit for $Carleton Jun=., $Hind=, $Shade= & $Bayne=. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Tickets delivered for a comic opera [<i>Love in a Village</i>, announced on playbill of 23 May] and by $Barrett= and $McDonald= will be taken. Receipts: #258 11s. 6d. (19.4.0; 7.2.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 232.4.0) (charge: #105).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 39898 | 17780525 | dl | Benefit for $Carleton Jun=., $Hind=, $Shade= & $Bayne=. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Tickets delivered for a comic opera [<i>Love in a Village</i>, announced on playbill of 23 May] and by $Barrett= and $McDonald= will be taken. Receipts: #258 11s. 6d. (19.4.0; 7.2.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 232.4.0) (charge: #105)
    Performance: 84373 | 39898 | p | The Beggar's Opera | As17771117, but Player-Wrighten; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Slammekin-_.
    AsSeeDate: 84373 | dl | p | As | 17771117
    Cast:
    144657 | 84373 | Player | Wrighten
    144658 | 84373 | Diana Trapes | Mrs Bradshaw
    532649 | 84373 | Polly | Miss Walpole.
    532650 | 84373 | Macheath | Webster
    532651 | 84373 | Peachum | Moody
    532652 | 84373 | Lockit | Baddeley
    532653 | 84373 | Filch | Parsons
    532654 | 84373 | Beggar | Waldron
    532655 | 84373 | Mat o' th' Mint | Gaudry
    532656 | 84373 | Lucy | Mrs Wrighten
    532657 | 84373 | Mrs Peachum | Mrs Love
    532658 | 84373 | Mrs Slammekin | Mrs Johnston
    532659 | 84373 | Jenny Diver | Mrs Davies
    Performance: 84374 | 39898 | a | The Lyar | As17780505.
    AsSeeDate: 84374 | dl | a | As | 17780505
    Cast:
    532660 | 84374 | Young Wilding | Palmer
    532661 | 84374 | Old Wilding | Chambers
    532662 | 84374 | Sir James Elliot | Davies
    532663 | 84374 | Papillion | Burton
    532664 | 84374 | Miss Godfrey | Mrs Colles
    532665 | 84374 | Kitty | Mrs Johnston
    532666 | 84374 | Miss Grantham | Mrs Davies.
    Performance: 84375 | 39898 | d | End II: <i>Minuet de la Cour</i>, as17780508
    AsSeeDate: 84375 | dl | d | As | 17780508

Mainpiece

Title: The Beggar's Opera
Comments:
As17771117, but Player-Wrighten; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Slammekin-_.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1728
Author: J.C. Pepusch
Author: John Gay
Birth: 1685
Death: 1732

Afterpiece

Title: The Lyar
Comments:
As17780505.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date:
Work Title: The Lyar
Publish Date: 1764
Author: Samuel Foote
Baptism: 1721
Death: 1777
Work Title: Le Menteur
Publish Date:

Dance

Comment: End II: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 25 May 1778 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed April 1, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39898.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 25 May 1778 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39898. Accessed 1 April 2025.