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21 May 1783

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1782-1783
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Booth, Egan, Stevens & the widow of the late Mr Branson. Receipts: #204 2s. (none listed; tickets: 204/2) (charge: #105)

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1783 05 21 cg The Merry Wives of Windsor. As 17 Oct. 1782, but Slender-Stevens; Mrs Page-Mrs Whitfield; omitted: Simple, Bardolph. Also The Ghost. As 23 Apr., but Clinch-Stevens; Dolly-Mrs Morton. dancing. As 27 Sept. 1782. singing. End of Act II of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hollo!, as 16 May; End of Dance Thomas Day. Goody Cramp-Bannister; Goody Rheum-Brett; Goody Twitch-Edwin. comment. Benefit for Booth, Egan, Stevens & the widow of the late Mr Branson. Receipts: �204 2s. (none listed; tickets: 204/2) (charge: �105).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1783 05 21 cg The Merry Wives of Windsor. ^As17821017^, but Slender-Stevens; Mrs Page-Mrs Whitfield; omitted: Simple, Bardolph .hathi.*a1783 05 21 cg The Ghost. ^As17830423^, but Clinch-Stevens; Dolly-Mrs Morton .hathi.*d1783 05 21 cg ^As17820927^ .hathi.*s1783 05 21 cg End of Act II of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hollo!, ^as17830516^; End of Dance Thom^as^Day. Goody Cramp-Bannister; Goody Rheum-Brett; Goody Twitch-Edwin .hathi.*c1783 05 21 cg Benefit for Booth, Egan, Stevens & the widow of the late Mr Branson. Receipts: #204 2s. (none listed; tickets: 204/2) (charge: #105) .hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 42731 | 17830521 | cg | hathi | Benefit for Booth, Egan, Stevens & the widow of the late Mr Branson. Receipts: #204 2s. (none listed; tickets: 204/2) (charge: #105)
    Performance: 91781 | 42731 | p | The Merry Wives Of Windsor | As17821017, but Slender-Stevens; Mrs Page-Mrs Whitfield; omitted: Simple, Bardolph . omitted: Simple, Bardolph .
    AsSeeDate: 91781 | cg | p | As | 17821017
    Cast:
    158358 | 91781 | Slender | Stevens
    158359 | 91781 | Mrs Page | Mrs Whitfield
    579504 | 91781 | Mr Ford | Wroughton
    579505 | 91781 | Sir Hugh Evans | Edwin
    579506 | 91781 | Doctor Caius | Wewitzer
    579507 | 91781 | Mr Page | Hull
    579508 | 91781 | Host of the Garter | Booth
    579509 | 91781 | Fenton | Davies
    579510 | 91781 | Justice Shallow | Fearon
    579511 | 91781 | Simple | Joules
    579512 | 91781 | Bardolph | Bates
    579513 | 91781 | Pistol | Egan
    579514 | 91781 | FalstafT | Henderson
    579515 | 91781 | Ann Page | Miss Morris
    579516 | 91781 | Mrs Quickly | Mrs Pitt
    579517 | 91781 | Mrs Ford | Mrs Mattocks
    Performance: 91782 | 42731 | a | The Ghost | As17830423, but Clinch-Stevens; Dolly-Mrs Morton .
    AsSeeDate: 91782 | cg | a | As | 17830423
    Cast:
    158360 | 91782 | Clinch | Stevens
    158361 | 91782 | Dolly | Mrs Morton
    579518 | 91782 | Farmer Harrow | Quick
    579519 | 91782 | Trusty | Edwin
    579520 | 91782 | Sir Jeffery | Fearon
    579521 | 91782 | Captain Constant | Davies
    579522 | 91782 | Belinda | Miss Morris
    Performance: 91783 | 42731 | d | As17820927 | hathi.
    AsSeeDate: 91783 | cg | d | As | 17820927
    Performance: 91784 | 42731 | s | End of Act II of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hollo | , as17830516; End of Dance ThomasDay. Goody Cramp-Bannister; Goody Rheum-Brett; Goody Twitch-Edwin .
    AsSeeDate: 91784 | cg | s | As | 17830516
    Cast:
    158362 | 91784 | . Goody Cramp | Bannister
    158363 | 91784 | Goody Rheum | Brett
    158364 | 91784 | Goody Twitch | Edwin

Mainpiece

Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Comments:
As17821017, but Slender-Stevens; Mrs Page-Mrs Whitfield; omitted: Simple, Bardolph . omitted: Simple, Bardolph .
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1602
Birth: 1564
Death: 1616
Publish Date: 1702
Author: John Dennis
Birth: 1658
Death: 1734

Afterpiece

Title: The Ghost
Comments:
As17830423, but Clinch-Stevens; Dolly-Mrs Morton .
Cast:

Dance

Comment: As17820927

Song

Comment: End of Act II of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hollo!, as17830516; End of Dance ThomasDay. Goody Cramp-Bannister; Goody Rheum-Brett; Goody Twitch-Edwin

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 21 May 1783 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=42731.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 21 May 1783 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=42731. Accessed 4 April 2025.