London Stage Event: 15 June 1787 at Covent Garden

15 June 1787

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Theatre: Covent Garden

Theatrical Season: 1786-1787

Volume: 5

Comments: [Extra night] Benefit for the Widow and three youngest Children of the late Dr Glover. [Dr William Frederick Glover, a surgeon, had died on 25 Feb. in straitened circumstances. A subscription--in behalf of which this Benefit was organized--had been set on foot for the relief of his family (see Gentleman's Magazine, Mar. 1787, p. 276). In the 1760's he was for some years an actor on the Dublin stage (see Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs, III, 198).] Tickets to be had at the Thatched-House Tavern, St. James's Street; at Free-Mason's Tavern, Great Queen Street; the Antigallican Coffee House, Royal Exchange; the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street; at Messrs Robinsons, booksellers, Paternoster Row; and of the Printer of the Morning Chronicle, Dorset Street, Salisbury Square. Received from Their Majesties for Box [for season] #70; from the Princess Royal for Box #35. Receipts: #127 11s. (125.5; 2.6; tickets: none listed)

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*p cg The Midnight Hour. As 22 May, but Prologue-_. *aNina. As 12 June. *aLove a-la-Mode. As12 Oct. 1786. *c[Extra night] Benefit for the Widow and three youngest Children of the late Dr Glover. [$Dr William Frederick Glover=, a surgeon, had died on25 Feb. in straitened circumstances. A subscription--in behalf of which this Benefit was organized--had been set on foot for the relief of his family (see Gentleman's Magazine, Mar. 1787, p. 276). In the 1760's he was for some years anactor on the Dublin stage (see Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs, III, 198).] Tickets to be had at the Thatched-House Tavern, St. James's Street; at Free-Mason's Tavern, Great Queen Street; the Antigallican Coffee House, Royal Exchange; the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street; at $Messrs Robinsons=, booksellers, Paternoster Row; and of the Printer of the Morning Chronicle, Dorset Street, Salisbury Square. Received from $Their Majesties= for Box [for season] #70; from the Princess Royal for Box #35. Receipts: #127 11s. (125.5; 2.6; tickets:none listed).
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*p1787 06 15 cg The Midnight Hour. ^As17870522^, but Prologue-_.*a1787 06 15 cg Nina. ^As17870612^.*a1787 06 15 cg Love a-la-Mode. ^As17861012^.*c1787 06 15 cg [Extra night] Benefit for the Widow and three youngest Children of the late Dr Glover. [$Dr William Frederick Glover=, a surgeon, had died on 25 Feb. in straitened circumstances. A subscription--in behalf of which this Benefit was organized--had been set on foot for the relief of his family (see Gentleman's Magazine, Mar. 1787, p. 276). In the 1760's he was for some years an actor on the Dublin stage (see Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs, III, 198).] Tickets to be had at the Thatched-House Tavern, St. James's Street; at Free-Mason's Tavern, Great Queen Street; the Antigallican Coffee House, Royal Exchange; the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street; at $Messrs Robinsons=, booksellers, Paternoster Row; and of the Printer of the Morning Chronicle, Dorset Street, Salisbury Square. Received from $Their Majesties= for Box [for season] #70; from the Princess Royal for Box #35. Receipts: #127 11s. (125.5; 2.6; tickets: none listed).
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Event: 45047 | 17870615 | cg | [Extra night] Benefit for the Widow and three youngest Children of the late Dr Glover. [$Dr William Frederick Glover=, a surgeon, had died on 25 Feb. in straitened circumstances. A subscription--in behalf of which this Benefit was organized--had been set on foot for the relief of his family (see Gentleman's Magazine, Mar. 1787, p. 276). In the 1760's he was for some years an actor on the Dublin stage (see Tate Wilkinson, Memoirs, III, 198).] Tickets to be had at the Thatched-House Tavern, St. James's Street; at Free-Mason's Tavern, Great Queen Street; the Antigallican Coffee House, Royal Exchange; the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street; at $Messrs Robinsons=, booksellers, Paternoster Row; and of the Printer of the Morning Chronicle, Dorset Street, Salisbury Square. Received from $Their Majesties= for Box [for season] #70; from the Princess Royal for Box #35. Receipts: #127 11s. (125.5; 2.6; tickets: none listed)

Performance: 97669 | 45047 | p | The Midnight Hour | As17870522, but Prologue-_.
AsSeeDate: 97669 | cg | p | As | 17870522

Cast:
613102 | 97669 | Serina | Miss Collins

613103 | 97669 | Castalio | Pope

613104 | 97669 | Acasto | Aickin

613105 | 97669 | Polydore | Farren

613106 | 97669 | Chaplin | Fearon

613107 | 97669 | Ernesto | Thompson

613108 | 97669 | Chamont | Holman

613109 | 97669 | Florella | Miss Stuart

613110 | 97669 | Monimia | Miss Brunton.

Performance: 97670 | 45047 | a | Nina | As17870612.
AsSeeDate: 97670 | cg | a | As | 17870612

Cast:
613111 | 97670 | Germueil | Johnstone

613112 | 97670 | Nina | Mrs Billington

613113 | 97670 | Principal Characters | Brown, Hull, Thompson, Darley, Miss Wilkinson, Mrs Martyr. Cast adjusted from score

613114 | 97670 | Count | Hull

613115 | 97670 | Villager | Thompson

613116 | 97670 | George | Darley

613117 | 97670 | Eliza | Miss Wilkinson

613118 | 97670 | 870327but Oldcastle | Wewitzer

613119 | 97670 | Mr Carmine | Davies

613120 | 97670 | Lady Pentweazle | Mr Ryder.

613121 | 97670 | Drunken Colonel | Ryder

613122 | 97670 | Valentine | Macready

613123 | 97670 | Oldcastle | Booth

613124 | 97670 | Slap | Swords

613125 | 97670 | Goodall | Fearon

613126 | 97670 | Mrs Highman | Mrs Webb

613127 | 97670 | Charlotte | Miss Stuart

613128 | 97670 | Lettice | Mrs Mattocks

613129 | 97670 | Japan | Ryder

613130 | 97670 | Congo | Wewitzer

613131 | 97670 | Nankeen | Fearon

613132 | 97670 | Captain Manly | Macready

613133 | 97670 | Colonel Fury | Quick

613134 | 97670 | Governess | Mrs Pitt

613135 | 97670 | Sophia | Mrs Wells

Performance: 97671 | 45047 | a | Love a-la-Mode | As17861012.
AsSeeDate: 97671 | cg | a | As | 17861012

Cast:
613136 | 97671 | Sir Archy Macsarcasm | Macklin

613137 | 97671 | Squire Groom | Lewis

613138 | 97671 | Sir Callaghan O'Brallaghan | Johnstone

613139 | 97671 | Mordecai | Quick

613140 | 97671 | Sir Theodore Goodchild | Thompson

613141 | 97671 | Charlotte | Mrs Morton.