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28 May 1778

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1777-1778
Volume: 5
Comments: The last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #215 18s. (198.3; 17.15; 0.0)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p dl The School for Scandal. As 22 Oct. 1777. *aThe Irish Widow. As 2 May. *dAs 12 May. *cThe last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #215 18s. (198.3; 17.15; 0.0).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1778 05 28 dl The School for Scandal. ^As17771022^.*a1778 05 28 dl The Irish Widow. ^As17780502^.*d1778 05 28 dl ^As17780512^.*c1778 05 28 dl The last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #215 18s. (198.3; 17.15; 0.0).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 39907 | 17780528 | dl | The last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Receipts: #215 18s. (198.3; 17.15; 0.0)
    Performance: 84399 | 39907 | p | The School For Scandal | As17771022.
    AsSeeDate: 84399 | dl | p | As | 17771022
    Cast:
    532757 | 84399 | Sir Peter Teazle | King
    532758 | 84399 | Sir Oliver Surface | Yates
    532759 | 84399 | Joseph Surface | Palmer
    532760 | 84399 | Sir Benjamin Backbite | Dodd
    532761 | 84399 | Crabtree | Parsons
    532762 | 84399 | Rowley | Aickin
    532763 | 84399 | Moses | Baddeley
    532764 | 84399 | Snake | Packer
    532765 | 84399 | Careless | Farren
    532766 | 84399 | Trip | Lamash
    532767 | 84399 | Charles | Smith
    532768 | 84399 | Mrs Candour | Miss Pope
    532769 | 84399 | Maria | Miss P. Hopkins
    532770 | 84399 | Lady Sneerwell | Miss Sherry
    532771 | 84399 | Lady Teazle | Mrs Abington
    Performance: 84400 | 39907 | a | The Irish Widow | As17780502.
    AsSeeDate: 84400 | dl | a | As | 17780502
    Cast:
    532772 | 84400 | Whittle | Parsons
    532773 | 84400 | Sir Patrick O'Neale | Moody
    532774 | 84400 | Nephew | Davies
    532775 | 84400 | Bates | Baddeley
    532776 | 84400 | Thomas | Burton
    532777 | 84400 | Kecksey | Dodd
    532778 | 84400 | Widow Brady | Miss Walpole
    Performance: 84401 | 39907 | d | As17780512
    AsSeeDate: 84401 | dl | d | As | 17780512

Mainpiece

Title: The School For Scandal
Comments:
As17771022.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: The Irish Widow
Comments:
As17780502.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1772
Author: David Garrick
Birth: 1717
Death: 1779

Dance

Comment: As17780512

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 28 May 1778 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39907.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 28 May 1778 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=39907. Accessed 4 April 2025.