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20 February 1789

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1788-1789
Volume: 5
Comments: [As afterpiece the playbill announces the 1st night of Hide and Seek (see 24 Feb.), but "On account of Johnstone's Indisposition, the new Farce is unavoidably deferr'd...Tom Thumb will therefore be performed this Evening" (printed slip on BM playbill, cg, Vol. VI).] Receipts: #220 18s. (207.2.6; 13.15.6)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg The Careless Husband. As 19 Dec. 1788, but Lady Betty Modish-Mrs Abington. *aTom Thumb. See3 Oct. 1788. *c[As afterpiece the playbill announces the 1st night of <i>Hide and Seek</i> (see 24 Feb.), but "On account of $Johnstone='s Indisposition, the new Farce is unavoidably deferr'd...<i>Tom Thumb</i> will therefore be performed this Evening" (printed slip on <i>BM playbill</i>, <i>cg</i>, Vol. VI).] Receipts: #220 18s. (207.2.6; 13.15.6).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1789 02 20 cg The Careless Husband. ^As17881219^, but Lady Betty Modish-Mrs Abington.*a1789 02 20 cg Tom Thumb. ^See17881003^.*c1789 02 20 cg [As afterpiece the playbill announces the 1st night of <i>Hide and Seek</i> (see 24 Feb.), but "On account of $Johnstone='s Indisposition, the new Farce is unavoidably deferr'd...<i>Tom Thumb</i> will therefore be performed this Evening" (printed slip on <i>BM playbill</i>, <i>cg</i>, Vol. VI).] Receipts: #220 18s. (207.2.6; 13.15.6).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 45946 | 17890220 | cg | [As afterpiece the playbill announces the 1st night of <i>Hide and Seek</i> (see 24 Feb.), but "On account of $Johnstone='s Indisposition, the new Farce is unavoidably deferr'd...<i>Tom Thumb</i> will therefore be performed this Evening" (printed slip on <i>BM playbill</i>, <i>cg</i>, Vol. VI).] Receipts: #220 18s. (207.2.6; 13.15.6)
    Performance: 99979 | 45946 | p | The Careless Husband | As17881219, but Lady Betty Modish-Mrs Abington.
    AsSeeDate: 99979 | cg | p | As | 17881219
    Cast:
    176121 | 99979 | Lady Betty Modish | Mrs Abington.
    627863 | 99979 | Lord Foppington | Lewis
    627864 | 99979 | Lord Morelove | Pope
    627865 | 99979 | Servant | Evatt
    627866 | 99979 | Sir Charles Easy | Farren
    627867 | 99979 | Lady Easy | Mrs Pope
    627868 | 99979 | Edging | Mrs Mattocks
    627869 | 99979 | Lady Graveairs | Mrs Bernard
    Performance: 99980 | 45946 | a | Tom Thumb | See17881003.

Mainpiece

Title: The Careless Husband
Comments:
As17881219, but Lady Betty Modish-Mrs Abington.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1704
Author: Colley Cibber
Birth: 1671
Death: 1757

Afterpiece

Title: Tom Thumb
Comments:
See17881003.
Cast:
None Listed

Related Works

Work Title: Tom Thumb
Publish Date: 1730
Birth: 1707
Death: 1754
Work Title: Tom Thumb
Publish Date: 1805
Author: Kane O'Hara
Birth: 1711/12
Death: 1782
Author: J. Markordt

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