19 May 1789

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1788-1789
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Wrighten, prompter. 3rd piece [1st time; M I, author unknown. Music selected from Dr Arne. MS: Larpent 833 (which notes, "The words partly new and partly compiled. In Commemoration of the Restoration of His Majesty's Health"); not published]. Public Advertiser, 18 May: Tickets to be had of Wrighten, No. 6, Little Russel Street. Tickets delivered for the 20th will be admitted. Receipts: #278 17s. 6d. (48.2.0; 13.17.0; 0.17.6; tickets: 216.1.0) (charge: #106 13s. 7d.)

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p dl The Provok'd Husband. As 20 Oct. 1788, but Manly-Whitfield; Lady Grace (1st time)-Mrs Farmer; Miss Jenny [without <i>songs</i>] (1st time)-Miss Raymond; Trusty-_; Mrs Motherly-_. *aThe Toy Shop. As 11 May, butMaster of the Toy Shop-Palmer; The other Characters-_Chaplin, _Alfred. *aLaoeudaimonos; or, A People Made Happy. Principal Characters-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick, Miss Romanzini, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Crouch. [<i>Larpent MS</i> lists the parts: <i>Britannia</i>r, <i>Genius of England</i>r, <i>Hope</i>r, <i>Hygeia</i>r, <i>Britons</i>r.] [SCENE I. <i>Cavern of Despair</i>v. SCENE II. <i>White Cliffs of Albion</i>v. SCENE III. <i>Grove of Hygeia</i>v. SCENE IV. <i>Temple of Gratitude</i>v. In which will be displayed those Superb Transparencies which were exhibited at the <i>Opera House</i>, at the Grand Gala given [on 21 Apr.] in Commemoration of $his Majesty='s Recovery. The Capitals of the Transparencies will be ornamented with rich Festoons of different colouredLamps, and the intervening Columns beautifully illuminated with variegated Fire.% [There were three transparencies: the 1st representing George I, II and III,the 2nd King William, the 3rd the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester (<i>World</i>, 22 Apr.).] *dEnd II: <i>The Russian Minuet</i>-the young D'Egvilles, Miss DeCamp; End: [a new dance,% <i>The Irish Bird@Catchers</i>-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp. *cBenefit for $Wrighten=, prompter. 3rd piece [1st time;M I, author unknown. Music selected from $Dr Arne=. MS: <i>Larpent 833</i> (which notes, "The words partly new and partly compiled. In Commemoration of the Restoration of $His Majesty='s Health"); not published]. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 18 May: Tickets to be had of Wrighten, No. 6, <i>Little Russel Street</i>. Tickets delivered for the 20th will be admitted. Receipts: #278 17s. 6d. (48.2.0; 13.17.0; 0.17.6; tickets: 216.1.0) (charge: #106 13s. 7d.).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1789 05 19 dl The Provok'd Husband. ^As17881020^, but Manly-Whitfield; Lady Grace (1st time)-Mrs Farmer; Miss Jenny [without <i>songs</i>] (1st time)-Miss Raymond; Trusty-_; Mrs Motherly-_.*a1789 05 19 dl The Toy Shop. ^As17890511^, but Master of the Toy Shop-Palmer; The other Characters-_Chaplin, _Alfred.*a1789 05 19 dl Laoeudaimonos; or, A People Made Happy. Principal Characters-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick, Miss Romanzini, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Crouch. [<i>Larpent MS</i> lists the parts: <i>Britannia</i>r, <i>Genius of England</i>r, <i>Hope</i>r, <i>Hygeia</i>r, <i>Britons</i>r.] SCENE I. <i>Cavern of Despair</i>v. SCENE II. <i>White Cliffs of Albion</i>v. SCENE III. <i>Grove of Hygeia</i>v. SCENE IV. <i>Temple of Gratitude</i>v. In which will be displayed those Superb Transparencies which were exhibited at the <i>Opera House</i>, at the Grand Gala given [on 21 Apr.] in Commemoration of $his Majesty='s Recovery. The Capitals of the Transparencies will be ornamented with rich Festoons of different coloured Lamps, and the intervening Columns beautifully illuminated with variegated Fire. [There were three transparencies: the 1st representing George I, II and III, the 2nd King William, the 3rd the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester (<i>World</i>, 22 Apr.).]*d1789 05 19 dl End II: <i>The Russian Minuet</i>-the young D'Egvilles, Miss DeCamp; End: a new dance, <i>The Irish Bird@Catchers</i>-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp.*c1789 05 19 dl Benefit for $Wrighten=, prompter. 3rd piece [1st time; M I, author unknown. Music selected from $Dr Arne=. MS: <i>Larpent 833</i> (which notes, "The words partly new and partly compiled. In Commemoration of the Restoration of $His Majesty='s Health"); not published]. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 18 May: Tickets to be had of Wrighten, No. 6, <i>Little Russel Street</i>. Tickets delivered for the 20th will be admitted. Receipts: #278 17s. 6d. (48.2.0; 13.17.0; 0.17.6; tickets: 216.1.0) (charge: #106 13s. 7d.).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 46105 | 17890519 | dl | Benefit for $Wrighten=, prompter. 3rd piece [1st time; M I, author unknown. Music selected from $Dr Arne=. MS: <i>Larpent 833</i> (which notes, "The words partly new and partly compiled. In Commemoration of the Restoration of $His Majesty='s Health"); not published]. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 18 May: Tickets to be had of Wrighten, No. 6, <i>Little Russel Street</i>. Tickets delivered for the 20th will be admitted. Receipts: #278 17s. 6d. (48.2.0; 13.17.0; 0.17.6; tickets: 216.1.0) (charge: #106 13s. 7d.)
    Performance: 100415 | 46105 | p | The Provok'd Husband | As17881020, but Manly-Whitfield; Lady Grace (1st time)-Mrs Farmer; Miss Jenny [without <i>songs</i>] (1st time)-Miss Raymond; Trusty-_; Mrs Motherly-_.
    AsSeeDate: 100415 | dl | p | As | 17881020
    Cast:
    176978 | 100415 | Manly | Whitfield
    176979 | 100415 | Lady Grace | Mrs Farmer
    176980 | 100415 | Miss Raymond
    631021 | 100415 | Lord Townly | Kemble
    631022 | 100415 | Count Basset | Dodd
    631023 | 100415 | John Moody | Moody
    631024 | 100415 | Squire Richard | Suett
    631025 | 100415 | Sir Francis Wronghead | Parsons
    631026 | 100415 | Lady Wronghead | Mrs Hopkins
    631027 | 100415 | Miss Jenny | Mrs Forster
    631028 | 100415 | Trusty | Miss Heard
    631029 | 100415 | Myrtilla | Miss Barnes
    631030 | 100415 | Mrs Motherly | Mrs Love
    631031 | 100415 | Lady Townly | Miss Farren.
    Performance: 100416 | 46105 | a | The Toy Shop | As17890511, but Master of the Toy Shop-Palmer; The other Characters-_Chaplin, _Alfred.
    AsSeeDate: 100416 | dl | a | As | 17890511
    Cast:
    176981 | 100416 | Master of the Toy Shop | Palmer
    176982 | 100416 | The other Characters | _Chaplin, _Alfred.
    Performance: 100417 | 46105 | a | Laoeudaimonos; or, A People Made Happy | Principal Characters-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick, Miss Romanzini, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Crouch. [<i>Larpent MS</i> lists the parts: <i>Britannia</i>, <i>Genius of England</i>, <i>Hope</i>, <i>Hygeia</i>, <i>Britons</i>.] SCENE I. <i>Cavern of Despair</i>v. SCENE II. <i>White Cliffs of Albion</i>v. SCENE III. <i>Grove of Hygeia</i>v. SCENE IV. <i>Temple of Gratitude</i>v. In which will be displayed those Superb Transparencies which were exhibited at the <i>Opera House</i>, at the Grand Gala given [on 21 Apr.] in Commemoration of $his Majesty='s Recovery. The Capitals of the Transparencies will be ornamented with rich Festoons of different coloured Lamps, and the intervening Columns beautifully illuminated with variegated Fire. [There were three transparencies: the 1st representing George I, II and III, the 2nd King William, the 3rd the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester (<i>World</i>, 22 Apr.).]<i>Larpent MS</i> lists the parts: <i>Britannia</i>, <i>Genius of England</i>, <i>Hope</i>, <i>Hygeia</i>, <i>Britons</i>.] SCENE I. <i>Cavern of Despair</i>v. SCENE II. <i>White Cliffs of Albion</i>v. SCENE III. <i>Grove of Hygeia</i>v. SCENE IV. <i>Temple of Gratitude</i>v. In which will be displayed those Superb Transparencies which were exhibited at the <i>Opera House</i>, at the Grand Gala given [on 21 Apr.] in Commemoration of $his Majesty='s Recovery. The Capitals of the Transparencies will be ornamented with rich Festoons of different coloured Lamps, and the intervening Columns beautifully illuminated with variegated Fire. [There were three transparencies: the 1st representing George I, II and III, the 2nd King William, the 3rd the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester (<i>World</i>, 22 Apr.).]
    Cast:
    176983 | 100417 | Principal Characters | Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick, Miss Romanzini, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Crouch.
    Performance: 100418 | 46105 | d | End II: <i>The Russian Minuet</i>-the young D'Egvilles, Miss DeCamp; End: a new dance, <i>The Irish Bird@Catchers</i>-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

Mainpiece

Title: The Provok'd Husband
Comments:
As17881020, but Manly-Whitfield; Lady Grace (1st time)-Mrs Farmer; Miss Jenny [without songs] (1st time)-Miss Raymond; Trusty-_; Mrs Motherly-_.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: The Toy Shop
Comments:
As17890511, but Master of the Toy Shop-Palmer; The other Characters-_Chaplin, _Alfred.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Toy-Shop
Publish Date: 1735
Birth: 1704
Death: 1764

Afterpiece

Title: Laoeudaimonos; or, A People Made Happy
Comments:
Principal Characters-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick, Miss Romanzini, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Crouch. [Larpent MS lists the parts: Britannia, Genius of England, Hope, Hygeia, Britons.] SCENE I. Cavern of Despairv. SCENE II. White Cliffs of Albionv. SCENE III. Grove of Hygeiav. SCENE IV. Temple of Gratitudev. In which will be displayed those Superb Transparencies which were exhibited at the Opera House, at the Grand Gala given [on 21 Apr.] in Commemoration of his Majesty's Recovery. The Capitals of the Transparencies will be ornamented with rich Festoons of different coloured Lamps, and the intervening Columns beautifully illuminated with variegated Fire. [There were three transparencies: the 1st representing George I, II and III, the 2nd King William, the 3rd the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester (World, 22 Apr.).]Larpent MS lists the parts: Britannia, Genius of England, Hope, Hygeia, Britons.] SCENE I. Cavern of Despairv. SCENE II. White Cliffs of Albionv. SCENE III. Grove of Hygeiav. SCENE IV. Temple of Gratitudev. In which will be displayed those Superb Transparencies which were exhibited at the Opera House, at the Grand Gala given [on 21 Apr.] in Commemoration of his Majesty's Recovery. The Capitals of the Transparencies will be ornamented with rich Festoons of different coloured Lamps, and the intervening Columns beautifully illuminated with variegated Fire. [There were three transparencies: the 1st representing George I, II and III, the 2nd King William, the 3rd the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester (World, 22 Apr.).]
Cast:

Dance

Comment: End II: The Russian Minuet-the young D'Egvilles, Miss DeCamp; End: a new dance, The Irish Bird@Catchers-the young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp

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