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18 October 1785

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1785-1786
Volume: 5
Comments: Mainpiece: Not acted these 12 years [acted 16 Dec. 1774]. [Mrs Jordan was from the York theatre.] Receipts: #195 14s. (155/1; 39/13; 1/0)

Performance List

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1785 10 18 dl The Country Girl. Moody-King; Sparlrish (with a song)-Dodd; Belville-Bannister Jun.; Countryman-Jones; Servant-Spencer; Harcourt-Palmer; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Alithca-Mrs Ward; The Country Girl-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in London). Also The Caldron. As 27 Sept. dancing. End of Act II of mainpiece The Provencalle by Williamson and Miss Stageldoir; In afterpiece, by Hamoir, Mrs Sutton and others. comment. Mainpiece: Not acted these 12 years [acted 16 Dec. 1774]. [Mrs Jordan was from the York theatre.] Receipts: �195 14s. (155/1; 39/13; 1/0).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1785 10 18 dl The Country Girl. Moody-King; Sparlrish (with a song)-Dodd; Belville-Bannister Jun.; Countryman-Jones; Servant-Spencer; Harcourt-Palmer; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Alithca-Mrs Ward; The Country Girl-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in London) .hathi.*a1785 10 18 dl The Caldron. ^As17850927^.hathi.*d1785 10 18 dl End of Act II of mainpiece The Provencalle by Williamson and Miss Stageldoir; In afterpiece, by Hamoir, Mrs Sutton and others .hathi.*c1785 10 18 dl Mainpiece: Not acted these 12 years [acted 16 Dec. 1774]. [Mrs Jordan was from the York theatre.] Receipts: #195 14s. (155/1; 39/13; 1/0) .hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 44055 | 17851018 | dl | hathi | Mainpiece: Not acted these 12 years [acted 16 Dec. 1774]. [Mrs Jordan was from the York theatre.] Receipts: #195 14s. (155/1; 39/13; 1/0)
    Performance: 95188 | 44055 | p | The Country Girl | Moody-King; Sparlrish (with a song)-Dodd; Belville-Bannister Jun.; Countryman-Jones; Servant-Spencer; Harcourt-Palmer; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Alithca-Mrs Ward; The Country Girl-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in London) .
    Cast:
    165477 | 95188 | Moody | King
    165478 | 95188 | Sparlrish | Dodd
    165479 | 95188 | Belville | Bannister Jun.
    165480 | 95188 | Countryman | Jones
    165481 | 95188 | Servant | Spencer
    165482 | 95188 | Harcourt | Palmer
    165483 | 95188 | Lucy | Mrs Wrighten
    165484 | 95188 | Alithca | Mrs Ward
    165485 | 95188 | The Country Girl | Mrs Jordan
    Performance: 95189 | 44055 | a | The Caldron | As17850927.
    AsSeeDate: 95189 | dl | a | As | 17850927
    Cast:
    598124 | 95189 | Harlequin | Wright
    598125 | 95189 | Clown | Grimaldi
    598126 | 95189 | Colombine | Miss Stageldoir. The other Principal Characters by Suett, Burton, Fawcett, Chaplin, Wilson, Phillimore, Spencer, Alfred
    598127 | 95189 | 1st Singing Witch | Chapman
    Performance: 95190 | 44055 | d | End of Act II of mainpiece The Provencalle by Williamson and Miss Stageldoir; In afterpiece, by Hamoir, Mrs Sutton and others | hathi.

Mainpiece

Title: The Country Girl
Comments:
Moody-King; Sparlrish (with a song)-Dodd; Belville-Bannister Jun.; Countryman-Jones; Servant-Spencer; Harcourt-Palmer; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Alithca-Mrs Ward; The Country Girl-Mrs Jordan (1st appearance in London) .
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1766
Author: David Garrick
Birth: 1717
Death: 1779
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Baptism: 1641
Death: 1716
Publish Date: 1765
Author: John Lee
Birth: 1725
Death: 1781
Publish Date:
Baptism: 1641
Death: 1716
Publish Date:
Baptism: 1641
Death: 1716

Afterpiece

Title: The Caldron
Comments:
As17850927.
Cast:

Dance

Comment: End of Act II of mainpiece The Provencalle by Williamson and Miss Stageldoir; In afterpiece, by Hamoir, Mrs Sutton and others

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 18 October 1785 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed March 31, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=44055.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 18 October 1785 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=44055. Accessed 31 March 2025.