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16 March 1723

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1722-1723
Volume: 2
Comments: Afterpiece: A new Burlesque Entertainment of Dancing. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 30 March: The Managers of Drury-lane Theatre observing how successful Lincoln's-Inn-Fields has been in several Entertainments, in which the Character of a Harlequin has the principal Part, were resolv'd to cut them out, and therefore prepared...Blind Man's Bluff, to be perform'd by no less than eight Harlequins; for, in their Way of Reasoning, eight Harlequins must divert much better than one; the Thing was so ridiculous there was no Musick to be heard but Hissing. [For an essay on the improvement of the stage, see Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 16 March.

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p`Pdl Love for Love. As 22 Jan., but Prue-Mrs Younger; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Horton. *a`Pdl Blind Man's Bluff. [Perform'd by% Eight Harlequins. *c`Pdl Afterpiece: A new Burlesque Entertainment of Dancing. <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 30 March: The Managers of <i>Drury-lane Theatre</i> observing how successful <i>Lincoln's-Inn-Fields</i> has been in several Entertainments, in which the Character of a <i>Harlequin</i>r has the principal Part, were resolv'd to cut them out, and therefore prepared...<i>Blind Man's Bluff</i>, to be perform'd by no less than eight Harlequins; for, in their Way of Reasoning, eight Harlequins must divert much better than one; the Thing was so ridiculous there was no Musick to be heard but Hissing. [For an essay on the improvement of the stage, see <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 16 March.]
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1723 03 16 dl Love for Love. ^As17230122^, but Prue-Mrs Younger; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Horton.*a1723 03 16 dl Blind Man's Bluff. Perform'd by Eight Harlequins.*c1723 03 16 dl Afterpiece: A new Burlesque Entertainment of Dancing. <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 30 March: The Managers of <i>Drury-lane Theatre</i> observing how successful <i>Lincoln's-Inn-Fields</i> has been in several Entertainments, in which the Character of a <i>Harlequin</i>r has the principal Part, were resolv'd to cut them out, and therefore prepared...<i>Blind Man's Bluff</i>, to be perform'd by no less than eight Harlequins; for, in their Way of Reasoning, eight Harlequins must divert much better than one; the Thing was so ridiculous there was no Musick to be heard but Hissing. [For an essay on the improvement of the stage, see <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 16 March.]
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 9702 | 17230316 | dl | Afterpiece: A new Burlesque Entertainment of Dancing. <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 30 March: The Managers of <i>Drury-lane Theatre</i> observing how successful <i>Lincoln's-Inn-Fields</i> has been in several Entertainments, in which the Character of a <i>Harlequin</i> has the principal Part, were resolv'd to cut them out, and therefore prepared...<i>Blind Man's Bluff</i>, to be perform'd by no less than eight Harlequins; for, in their Way of Reasoning, eight Harlequins must divert much better than one; the Thing was so ridiculous there was no Musick to be heard but Hissing. [For an essay on the improvement of the stage, see <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 16 March.
    Performance: 15797 | 9702 | p | Love For Love | As17230122, but Prue-Mrs Younger; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Horton.
    AsSeeDate: 15797 | dl | p | As | 17230122
    Cast:
    20526 | 15797 | Prue | Mrs Younger
    20527 | 15797 | Mrs Foresight | Mrs Horton.
    230066 | 15797 | Sir Sampson | Shepard
    230067 | 15797 | Valentine | Wilks
    230068 | 15797 | Ben | Miller
    230069 | 15797 | Scandal | Booth
    230070 | 15797 | Tattle | Cibber
    230071 | 15797 | Foresight | Johnson
    230072 | 15797 | Trapland | Norris
    230073 | 15797 | Jeremy | Oates
    230074 | 15797 | Angleica | Mrs Thurmond
    230075 | 15797 | Mrs Frail | Mrs Porter
    230076 | 15797 | Nurse | Mrs Willis.
    Performance: 15798 | 9702 | a | Blind Man's Bluff | Perform'd by Eight Harlequins.

Mainpiece

Comments:
As17230122, but Prue-Mrs Younger; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Horton.
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Afterpiece

Comments:
Perform'd by Eight Harlequins.
Cast:
None Listed

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