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08 November 1781

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1781-1782
Volume: 5
Comments: Receipts: #217 6s. (214/16/6; 2/9/6)

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1781 11 8 cg The Merchant of Venice. Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (with songs [My bliss too long; To keep my gentle Jessy])-Mattocks; Launcelot-Quick; Salanio-Booth; Solarino-L'Estrange; Duke-Fearon; Tubal-Thompson; Jessica (with a song [Haste, Lorenzo, haste away])-Mrs Morton; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Younge. Also Love a-la-Mode. Sir Archy MacSarcasm-Macklin; Squire Groom-Lee Lewes; Sir Callaghan (1st time)-Egan; Mordecai-Quick; Sir Theodore Goodchild-Thompson; Charlotte-Miss Ambrose. dancing. End of Act III of mainpiece, as 1 Nov.; End of Act IV The Arcadian Festival by Aldridge and Miss Besford. comment. Receipts: �217 6s. (214/16/6; 2/9/6).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1781 11 08 cg The Merchant of Venice. Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (with songs [My bliss too long; To keep my gentle Jessy])-Mattocks; Launcelot-Quick; Salanio-Booth; Solarino-L'Estrange; Duke-Fearon; Tubal-Thompson; Jessica (with a song [Haste, Lorenzo, haste away])-Mrs Morton; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Younge .hathi.*a1781 11 08 cg Love a-la-Mode. Sir Archy MacSarcasm-Macklin; Squire Groom-Lee Lewes; Sir Callaghan (1st time)-Egan; Mordecai-Quick; Sir Theodore Goodchild-Thompson; Charlotte-Miss Ambrose .hathi.*d1781 11 08 cg End of Act III of mainpiece, ^as17811101^; End of Act IV The Arcadian Festival by Aldridge and Miss Besford .hathi.*c1781 11 08 cg Receipts: #217 6s. (214/16/6; 2/9/6) .hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 41759 | 17811108 | cg | hathi | Receipts: #217 6s. (214/16/6; 2/9/6)
    Performance: 89307 | 41759 | p | The Merchant Of Venice | Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (with songs [My bliss too long; To keep my gentle Jessy])-Mattocks; Launcelot-Quick; Salanio-Booth; Solarino-L'Estrange; Duke-Fearon; Tubal-Thompson; Jessica (with a song [Haste, Lorenzo, haste away])-Mrs Morton; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Younge .
    Cast:
    154450 | 89307 | Shylock | Macklin
    154451 | 89307 | Antonio | Clarke
    154452 | 89307 | Bassanio | Wroughton
    154453 | 89307 | Gratiano | Lee Lewes
    154454 | 89307 | Lorenzo | Mattocks
    154455 | 89307 | Launcelot | Quick
    154456 | 89307 | Salanio | Booth
    154457 | 89307 | Solarino | L'Estrange
    154458 | 89307 | Duke | Fearon
    154459 | 89307 | Tubal | Thompson
    154460 | 89307 | Jessica | Mrs Morton
    154461 | 89307 | Nerissa | Mrs Lessingham
    154462 | 89307 | Portia | Miss Younge
    Performance: 89308 | 41759 | a | Love a-la-Mode | Sir Archy MacSarcasm-Macklin; Squire Groom-Lee Lewes; Sir Callaghan (1st time)-Egan; Mordecai-Quick; Sir Theodore Goodchild-Thompson; Charlotte-Miss Ambrose .
    Cast:
    154463 | 89308 | Sir Archy MacSarcasm | Macklin
    154464 | 89308 | Squire Groom | Lee Lewes
    154465 | 89308 | Sir Callaghan | Egan
    154466 | 89308 | Mordecai | Quick
    154467 | 89308 | Sir Theodore Goodchild | Thompson
    154468 | 89308 | Charlotte | Miss Ambrose
    Performance: 89309 | 41759 | d | End of Act III of mainpiece, as17811101; End of Act IV The Arcadian Festival by Aldridge and Miss Besford | hathi.
    AsSeeDate: 89309 | cg | d | As | 17811101

Mainpiece

Title: The Merchant Of Venice
Comments:
Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Wroughton; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (with songs [My bliss too long; To keep my gentle Jessy])-Mattocks; Launcelot-Quick; Salanio-Booth; Solarino-L'Estrange; Duke-Fearon; Tubal-Thompson; Jessica (with a song [Haste, Lorenzo, haste away])-Mrs Morton; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Younge .
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1600
Birth: 1564
Death: 1616
Publish Date: 1701
Birth: 1666
Death: 1735

Afterpiece

Title: Love a-la-Mode
Comments:
Sir Archy MacSarcasm-Macklin; Squire Groom-Lee Lewes; Sir Callaghan (1st time)-Egan; Mordecai-Quick; Sir Theodore Goodchild-Thompson; Charlotte-Miss Ambrose .
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: Love a-la-mode
Publish Date: 1779
Birth: 1699?
Death: 1797

Dance

Comment: End of Act III of mainpiece, as17811101; End of Act IV The Arcadian Festival by Aldridge and Miss Besford

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 08 November 1781 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=41759.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 08 November 1781 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=41759. Accessed 4 April 2025.