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14 April 1788

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1787-1788
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Baddeley. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2 (?), author unknown. Public Advertiser, 16 Apr. has synopsis of plot; assigns Toby Todman-R. Palmer; Billy Dibley-$Bannister Jun.; and lists, unassigned: Mr Stockfield, Sir William Matchem, Mr Harland, Lucetta. Not in Larpent MS; not published. This piece has reference to a prize-fight, on which thousands of pounds were said to have been wagered, which took place at Odiham, Hants, on 9 Jan.]. Public Advertiser, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of $Baddeley, No. 10, New Store-street, Bedford-square. Receipts: #323 11s. [107.6.0; 10.2.6; 0.13.6; tickets: 205.9.0) (charge: #109 4s. 2ds.)

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p dl The Heiress. As 20 Oct. 1787. *a(End of Act I of mainpiece) Jewish Education. Moses (with, 1st time, a <i>song</i> in character)-Baddeley; Shadrach-Burton. *a'Tis an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good; or, The Road to Odiham. Characters-Baddeley, Moody, Suett, Barrymore, Whitfield, R. Palmer, Lamash, Waldron, Burton, Bates, Hollingsworth, Fawcett, Phillimore, Wilson, Jones, Benson, Alfred, Spencer,Lyons, Bannister Jun., Miss Collins, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Mrs Wilson. *dEnd: a <i>Minuet</i>-Master D'Egville, Miss Blanchet. *cBenefit for Baddeley. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2 (?), author unknown. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 16 Apr. has synopsisof plot; assigns <i>Toby Todman</i>r-$R. Palmer=; <i>Billy Dibley</i>r-$Bannister Jun.=; and lists, unassigned: <i>Mr Stockfield</i>r, <i>Sir William Matchem</i>r, <i>Mr Harland</i>r, <i>Lucetta</i>r. Not in <i>Larpent MS</i>; not published. This piece has reference to a prize-fight, on which thousands of pounds were said to have been wagered, which took place at <i>Odiham</i>, <i>Hants</i>, on 9 Jan.]. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of $Baddeley=, No. 10, <i>New Store-street</i>, <i>Bedford-square</i>. Receipts: #323 11s. [107.6.0; 10.2.6; 0.13.6; tickets: 205.9.0) (charge: #109 4s. 2ds.).

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    *p1788 04 14 dl The Heiress. ^As17871020^.*a1788 04 14 dl (End of Act I of mainpiece) Jewish Education. Moses (with, 1st time, a <i>song</i> in character)-Baddeley; Shadrach-Burton.*a1788 04 14 dl 'Tis an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good; or, The Road to Odiham. Characters-Baddeley, Moody, Suett, Barrymore, Whitfield, R. Palmer, Lamash, Waldron, Burton, Bates, Hollingsworth, Fawcett, Phillimore, Wilson, Jones, Benson, Alfred, Spencer, Lyons, Bannister Jun., Miss Collins, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Mrs Wilson.*d1788 04 14 dl End: a <i>Minuet</i>-Master D'Egville, Miss Blanchet.*c1788 04 14 dl Benefit for Baddeley. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2 (?), author unknown. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 16 Apr. has synopsis of plot; assigns <i>Toby Todman-$R. Palmer</i>; <i>Billy Dibley-$Bannister Jun.</i>; and lists, unassigned: <i>Mr Stockfield</i>r, <i>Sir William Matchem</i>r, <i>Mr Harland</i>r, <i>Lucetta</i>r. Not in <i>Larpent MS</i>; not published. This piece has reference to a prize-fight, on which thousands of pounds were said to have been wagered, which took place at <i>Odiham</i>, <i>Hants</i>, on 9 Jan.]. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of $Baddeley=, No. 10, <i>New Store-street</i>, <i>Bedford-square</i>. Receipts: #323 11s. [107.6.0; 10.2.6; 0.13.6; tickets: 205.9.0) (charge: #109 4s. 2ds.).

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    Event: 45479 | 17880414 | dl | Benefit for Baddeley. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2 (?), author unknown. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 16 Apr. has synopsis of plot; assigns <i>Toby Todman-$R. Palmer</i>; <i>Billy Dibley-$Bannister Jun.</i>; and lists, unassigned: <i>Mr Stockfield</i>, <i>Sir William Matchem</i>, <i>Mr Harland</i>, <i>Lucetta</i>. Not in <i>Larpent MS</i>; not published. This piece has reference to a prize-fight, on which thousands of pounds were said to have been wagered, which took place at <i>Odiham</i>, <i>Hants</i>, on 9 Jan.]. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of $Baddeley=, No. 10, <i>New Store-street</i>, <i>Bedford-square</i>. Receipts: #323 11s. [107.6.0; 10.2.6; 0.13.6; tickets: 205.9.0) (charge: #109 4s. 2ds.)
    Performance: 98734 | 45479 | p | The Heiress | As17871020.
    AsSeeDate: 98734 | dl | p | As | 17871020
    Cast:
    619782 | 98734 | Sir Clement Flint | King
    619783 | 98734 | Lord Gayville | Kemble
    619784 | 98734 | Alscrip | Parsons
    619785 | 98734 | Chignon | Baddeley
    619786 | 98734 | Mr Blandish | Bannister Jun.
    619787 | 98734 | Mr Rightly | Aickin
    619788 | 98734 | Prompt | R. Palmer
    619789 | 98734 | Chairman | Chaplin
    619790 | 98734 | William | Wilson
    619791 | 98734 | Clifford | Smith
    619792 | 98734 | Miss Alscrip | Miss Pope
    619793 | 98734 | Miss Alton | Mrs Crouch
    619794 | 98734 | Mrs Blandish | Mrs Wilson
    619795 | 98734 | Mrs Sagely | Mrs Booth
    619796 | 98734 | Tiffany | Miss Tidswell
    619797 | 98734 | Lady Emily | Miss Farren.
    Performance: 98735 | 45479 | a | (End of Act I of mainpiece) Jewish Education | Moses (with, 1st time, a <i>song</i> in character)-Baddeley; Shadrach-Burton.
    Cast:
    173349 | 98735 | Moses | Baddeley
    173350 | 98735 | Shadrach | Burton.
    Performance: 98736 | 45479 | a | 'Tis an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good; or, The Road to Odiham | Characters-Baddeley, Moody, Suett, Barrymore, Whitfield, R. Palmer, Lamash, Waldron, Burton, Bates, Hollingsworth, Fawcett, Phillimore, Wilson, Jones, Benson, Alfred, Spencer, Lyons, Bannister Jun., Miss Collins, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Mrs Wilson.
    Cast:
    173351 | 98736 | Characters | Baddeley, Moody, Suett, Barrymore, Whitfield, R. Palmer, Lamash, Waldron, Burton, Bates, Hollingsworth, Fawcett, Phillimore, Wilson, Jones, Benson, Alfred, Spencer, Lyons, Bannister Jun., Miss Collins, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Mrs Wilson.
    Performance: 98737 | 45479 | d | End: a <i>Minuet</i>-Master D'Egville, Miss Blanchet

Mainpiece

Title: The Heiress
Comments:
As17871020.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Heiress
Publish Date:
Baptism: 1593
Death: 1676
Work Title: The Heiress
Publish Date: 1786
Author: John Burgoyne
Birth: 1723
Death: 1792

Afterpiece

Title: (End of Act I of mainpiece) Jewish Education
Comments:
Moses (with, 1st time, a song in character)-Baddeley; Shadrach-Burton.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: 'Tis an Ill Wind Blows Nobody Good; or, The Road to Odiham
Comments:
Characters-Baddeley, Moody, Suett, Barrymore, Whitfield, R. Palmer, Lamash, Waldron, Burton, Bates, Hollingsworth, Fawcett, Phillimore, Wilson, Jones, Benson, Alfred, Spencer, Lyons, Bannister Jun., Miss Collins, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Mrs Wilson.
Cast:

Dance

Comment: End: a Minuet-Master D'Egville, Miss Blanchet

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