23 December 1778
Event Information
Theatre:
Covent Garden
Theatrical Season:
1778-1779
Volume:
5
Comments:
Benefit for a Fund for the relief and support of Performers and others retiring from the Stage. 3rd piece: With Alterations
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The Distress'd Mother
Comments:
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Cast:
- Role: Pyrrhus Actor: Aickin
- Role: Pylades Actor: Whitfield
- Role: Phoenix Actor: L'Estrange
- Role: Orestes Actor: Wroughton
- Role: Hermione Actor: Mrs Crawford
- Role: Cephisa Actor: Mrs Morton
- Role: Cleone Actor: Mrs Poussin
- Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Yates.
Afterpiece
Title:
The Wives Revenged
Comments:
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Cast:
- Role: Don Manuel Actor: Dunstall
- Role: Don Philip Actor: Wroughton
- Role: Don Octavio Actor: Whitfield
- Role: Don Louis Actor: Booth
- Role: Trappanti Actor: Lee Lewes
- Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Lessingham
- Role: Rosara Actor: Miss Leeson
- Role: Viletta Actor: Mrs Pitt
- Role: Hyppolita Actor: Mrs Bulkley.
- Role: Mr Vermilion Actor: Mattocks
- Role: Alderman Tokay Actor: Wilson
- Role: Deputy Dimity Actor: Quick
- Role: Mrs Dimity Actor: Miss Weller
- Role: Mrs Tokay Actor: Mrs Morton
- Role: Mrs Vermilion Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Afterpiece
Title:
The Spendthrift
Comments:
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Cast:
- Role: Principal Characters Actor: Quick, Whitfield, Dunstall, Wewitzer, Brunsdon, Booth, Robson, Fearon, Jones, Cushing, Mrs Willems, Mrs White, Mrs Morton
Dance
Comment:
End: The Embarkment for Cytherea, as17781127