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21 May 1785

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1784-1785
Volume: 5
Comments: Tickets delivered by Lyon, Gardner, Leslie, Finney, Barthrope, Gilles, Sherratt for The Chances [announced on playbill of 20 May] will be admitted. Receipts: #130 3s. (23/18/0; 14/4/6; 0/8/6; tickets: 91/12/0)

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1785 05 21 dl The Beggar's Opera. As 25 Sept. 1784. Also The Gentle Shepherd. As 18 Oct. 1784. dancing. End of Act II of mainpiece Dance by Mr and Miss Hamoir. COMMENT. Tickets delivered by Lyon, Gardner, Leslie, Finney, Barthrope, Gilles, Sherratt for The Chances [announced on playbill of 20 May] will be admitted. Receipts: �130 3s. (23/18/0; 14/4/6; 0/8/6; tickets: 91/12/0).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1785 05 21 dl The Beggar's Opera. ^As17840925^. hathi.*a1785 05 21 dl The Gentle Shepherd. ^As17841018^ .hathi.*d1785 05 21 dl End of Act II of mainpiece Dance by Mr and Miss Hamoir .hathi.*c1785 05 21 dl Tickets delivered by Lyon, Gardner, Leslie, Finney, Barthrope, Gilles, Sherratt for The Chances [announced on playbill of 20 May] will be admitted. Receipts: #130 3s. (23/18/0; 14/4/6; 0/8/6; tickets: 91/12/0) .hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 43887 | 17850521 | dl | hathi | Tickets delivered by Lyon, Gardner, Leslie, Finney, Barthrope, Gilles, Sherratt for The Chances [announced on playbill of 20 May] will be admitted. Receipts: #130 3s. (23/18/0; 14/4/6; 0/8/6; tickets: 91/12/0)
    Performance: 94742 | 43887 | p | The Beggar's Opera | As17840925. hathi.
    AsSeeDate: 94742 | dl | p | As | 17840925
    Cast:
    595878 | 94742 | . Macheath | Bannister
    595879 | 94742 | Peachum | Moody
    595880 | 94742 | Filch | Suett
    595881 | 94742 | Lockit | Baddeley
    595882 | 94742 | Mat o' th' Mint | Williames
    595883 | 94742 | Ben Budge | Burton
    595884 | 94742 | Player | Wrighten
    595885 | 94742 | Beggar | Waldron
    595886 | 94742 | Lucy | Mrs Wrighten
    595887 | 94742 | Mrs Peachum | Mrs Hopkins
    595888 | 94742 | Diana Trapes | Mrs Love
    595889 | 94742 | Jenny Diver | Miss Hale
    595890 | 94742 | Polly | Miss Phillips. hathi.
    Performance: 94743 | 43887 | a | The Gentle Shepherd | As17841018 .
    AsSeeDate: 94743 | dl | a | As | 17841018
    Cast:
    595891 | 94743 | Patie | Miss M. Stageldoir
    595892 | 94743 | Roger | Barrymore
    595893 | 94743 | Symon | Moody
    595894 | 94743 | Sir William Worthy | Aickin
    595895 | 94743 | Glaud | Suett
    595896 | 94743 | Bauldy | Dodd
    595897 | 94743 | Jenny | Mrs Wells
    595898 | 94743 | Mause | Mrs Love
    595899 | 94743 | Madge | Mrs Booth
    595900 | 94743 | Peggy | Miss Field
    Performance: 94744 | 43887 | d | End of Act II of mainpiece Dance by Mr and Miss Hamoir | hathi.

Mainpiece

Title: The Beggar's Opera
Comments:
As17840925. hathi.
Cast:

Related Works

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

Afterpiece

Title: The Gentle Shepherd
Comments:
As17841018 .
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1752
Author: A.A. Scots
Publish Date:
Birth: 1751
Death: 1793
Birth: 1733
Death: 1795
Publish Date: 1777

Dance

Comment: End of Act II of mainpiece Dance by Mr and Miss Hamoir

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 21 May 1785 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed April 1, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=43887.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 21 May 1785 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=43887. Accessed 1 April 2025.