17 November 1796
Event Information
Theatre:
Covent Garden
Theatrical Season:
1796-1797
Volume:
5
Comments:
Receipts: #128 17s. (119.11; 9.6)
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Fortune's Fool
Cast:
- Role: Miss Union Actor: Mrs Fawcett in place of Mrs Mattocks. Prologue as17961029 .
- Role: Servants Actor: _Blurton. Prologue, Epilogue as17961029 .
- Role: Ap@Hazard Actor: Lewis
- Role: Sir Bamber Blackletter Actor: Quick
- Role: Tom Seymour Actor: Fawcett
- Role: Sir Charles Danvers Actor: Middleton
- Role: Orville Actor: Macready
- Role: Samuel Actor: Abbot
- Role: Mrs Seymour Actor: Miss Morris
- Role: Orange Women Actor: Mrs Watts, Mrs Norton, Miss Leserve
- Role: Lady Danvers Actor: Miss Wallis
- Role: unassigned Actor: Simmons, Miss Logan
Afterpiece
Title:
Olympus in an Uproar
Comments:
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Cast:
- Role: Paris Actor: Mrs Lee.
- Role: Jupiter Actor: Munden
- Role: Mercury Actor: Townsend
- Role: Momus Actor: Simmons
- Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Addison
- Role: Pallas Actor: Mrs Clendining
- Role: Erynnis Actor: Mr Delpini
- Role: Iris Actor: Mrs Castelle
- Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Mountain
- Role: Leda Actor: Mlle St.Amand. The Hesperean Dragon spouting Fire, pursuing Erynnis to recover the Golden Pippin. A Celestial Palace, with a Magnificent Temple, and the Peacock of Juno in Transparency. ACT II. A Plain in Phoenicia, in which Jupiter descends from the Heavens on an Eagle, and Momus on a Goose. A Procession to a Sacrifice. Jupiter in the form of a Bull, bearing Europa, attended by a train of Priests, Virgins, Nymphs, Shepherds. The Sea, with a distant View of the Isle of Crete. Jupiter bearing Europa across the Sea. A View of Mount Idav The Decree of Paris, and the Ascent and Descent of the Deities: Vulcan, Apollo, Mars, Hercules, Bacchus, Pan, Ceres, Diana, Cybele, Flora, Pomona, Proserpine, Hebe. Mercury descends on a Cloud, and Iris on a Rainbow. Pluto rises from the Infernal Regions in a Chariot drawn by Dragons
- Role: To conclude with the Re Actor: ascent of Jupiter attended by Flying Cupids.
Cite this page
Chicago: "London Stage Event: 17 November 1796 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=50414.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 17 November 1796 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=50414. Accessed 4 April 2025.