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Event Comment: Reddish spoiled last scene by being imperfect (Potter, Theatrical Review). Paid three days salary at #81 8s. 11d. per diem--#244 6s.; Paid Mrs W. Barry's half salary 17s. 6d.; Paid Messrs. Reddish, J. Palmer, and Waldron short paid last week #1 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #229 6s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Event Comment: Mrs Hunt Rosetta pretty well receiv'd (Hopkins Diary). Afterpiece: By Desire. Paid Half a year's water, to Midsummer last #2 19s. 6d.; Paid Mr Roberts (shoemaker) #5 3s.; Mrs Ross for women's cloaths #12 12s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #195 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: II: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

Event Comment: Paid four days salary at #82 3s. 1d. per diem-#328 12s. 4d.; Mrs W. Barry's half Salary #1 3s. 4d.; Mr Inchbald on note #20; Messrs Griffith and Atkins to make up salary #1 5s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #214 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Don Diego Actor: Bannister
Event Comment: Paid Miss Younge, for men's cloaths #15 15s., Mrs Mott for women's Cloaths #10 10s.; Mr French on Acct #25; Mr King, Glassman #8 13s.; Half a year's poor's rate for St Martin's to Midqummer last #25 5s.; Mas. Brown 4 nights (10th inst. incl.) #1 10s.; Mrs Slaughter's bill, #1 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #147 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Event Comment: Paid Messrs. Raban & Kime (coal merchants) #56 15s.; Paid Sarjant half aear's rent for the House in Bow Passage due Mich. last #20 (Account Book). Receipts: #195 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: III: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House, as17711011; IV: The Lamplighter, as17711016

Event Comment: Bills for Every Man in his Humour were posted to day--but Mr G. being taken very ill the Play was oblig'd to be chang'd & fresh Bills put up about Twelve o'clock (Hopkins Diary). [Also, according to Winston MS 10 the afterpiece was to have been Miss in Her Teens. See 8 Nov.] Paid Tallow Chandler's 1st bill #63 8s. 4d.; Mr Evans one year on Wardrobe Acct #10 10s.; half year Land and Window Tax for St Martin's to Michelmas last #46 8s. 7d.; Rec'd Stopages #12 17s. (Treasurer's Book). [Cast listed on playbill for afterpiece: Fribble (with song in character)-Dodd; Flash-$Palmer; Loveit-$J. Aickin; Puff-$Moody; Jasper-$Ackman; Tag-$Mrs Love; Miss Biddy-$Miss Pope.] Receipts: #165 7s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17710921

Event Comment: Paid half year's Poor's rate for Theatre to Mich. Last #20 8s. 4d.; Paid ditto for House in Bow Passage 14s. 7d. (Account Book). Receipts: #233 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Event Comment: Paid half year's Paving &c. for theatre due Mich last #18 15s. (Account Book). Receipts: #209 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Event Comment: Garrick. Lady Brute 1st time Miss Younge--very well (Hopkins). Paid Half a year's paving, Lighting & Cleaning to Mich. Last--#14 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #254 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Event Comment: The Characters in Mainpiece "New Dress'd" (playbill). Rec'd Mr C. Roberts half year's rent to Mich. Last, #5; Paid Mr C. Roberts (shoemaker) #11 6s. 10d.; Mr G. Garrick on Acct #100; Master Thomson 13 nights (12th incl.) #3 5s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #211 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Event Comment: Benefit for Yates. Part of Pit laid into Boxes (playbill). Charges #64 5s. Profit to Yates #82 3s. 6d., plus #102 11s. from tickets: (Box 367; Pit 72). Paid half year's Poor's rate for the theatre due Ladyday last #20 8s. 4d.; and for House in Bow Passage 14s. 7d. (Account Book). Receipts: #146 8s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Choice or Merit before Mnney

Dance: End: The Lilt, as17720326

Event Comment: Benefit for Wendling. A serenata written by Metastasio, set by Bach, with Grand Chorusses. Pit and Boxes half a Guinea. First Gallery 5s. Second Gallery 3s. To begin at 7:00 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Endimione

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Love. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid half year's Poor's Rate for St Martin's to Xmas last #28 5s.; Two extra hautboys 2 nights #1 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #187 10s. Charges: #64 11s. Profits to Love: #122 19s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: III: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Entertainment: I: (by Particular Desire) A Comic Paraphrase of Shakespeare's Seven Ages-King

Monologue: End: By particular Desire Linco's Travels. As 24 March

Event Comment: Benefit for Duport. Boxes and Pit half Guinea. Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. To begin at 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Part I.Overture-Abel; Duo Violincello, Violin-Vachon, Duport; Concerto on German Flute-Wendling; Solo on Viol di Gamba-Abel; Concerto on French Horn-Ponta; Part II.Concerto Hautboy-Fischer; Concerto on Harpsichord-Hulmandel; Solo on Violincello-Duport; Concerto on Violin-Vachon; Full piece-Vachon

Event Comment: Benefit for Parsons. Paid half year's Paving &c. to Lady Day last, #14 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #193 14s. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to Parsons: #119 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Woodman. Charges #64 15s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Woodman #17 8s. plus #42 1s. from tickets (Box 77; Pit 110; Gallery 63). Paid half year's paving &c. for the theatre due Lady Day last #18 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #82 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: I: The Favourite Irish Song call'd Ailen Aroon will be sung-Mrs Woodman

Dance: II: The Old ground Young, as17711030

Event Comment: Benefit for Dibdin. Paid Duke of Bedford half year's rent to Lady Day last (#182 10s. Taxes allowed #25 7s.) #157 3s.; Subscription to St George's Hospital 1 year to Lady Day, #10 10s.; Mr Calthorpe's 2nd and last payment #157 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #134 2s. Charges: #68 15s. Profits to Dibdin: #65 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Don Diego Actor: Bannister

Song: End: Several Catches and Glees, part of which will be entirely New, Composed-Dibdin, for that evening, and Part selected from the most admired Composers

Dance: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire, and for the only time this season, acted but once these 30 years. [See 24 April 1771.] Charges #65 15s. 6d. Deficit to Hull 9s. 6d., covered by #64 from tickets (Box 118; Pit 154; Gallery 114). Paid Mrs Carne half year's salary to Lady Day last #15 (Account Book). Receipts: #65 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale As Written By shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: I: New Dance-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley, as17720409

Event Comment: Mrs Usher Alicia (very bad) (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for Grimaldi, Messink and Giorgi. Paid half year's King's Tax and Window Lights for St Martin's to Lady Day last, #48 3s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #205 9s. Charges: #40 13s. Profits to Grimaldi, Messink & Georgi: #164 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Dance: II: A New Double Hornpipe-Mas. White, Miss Lings; IV: New Tambourine Dance-Mas. Byrn, Miss Byrn, Miss Wilkinson, scholars to Sg Giorgi (playbill)

Event Comment: Benefit for Brereton. Paid Mr Roberts, shoemaker #12 18s. 4d.; Rec'd from Mr C. Roberts half year's rent to Mich. last #5 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #116 9s. Charges: #67 6s. Profits to Brereton: #49 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Dance: II: By Desire, Hornpipe-Tassoni's 7-year-old scholar, her second appearance on any stage

Song: End: Several Catches and Glees-, some composed by Dibdin

Event Comment: Benefit for Gardner and R. Smith. Mrs Gardner's Indisposition preventing her from performing this evening, she hopes she shall be excused by her friends. [She was to have played Catherine in Afterpiece according to advance notice of 4 May.] Charges #64 10s. Deficit to each benefiticiary #15 6s. 6d., cover'd by income from tickets: Gardner, #61 1s. (Box 118; Pit 101; Gallery 164); Smith, #64 19s. (Box 35; Pit 264; Gallery 166). Paid half year's Land Tax for the Theatre due Lady day last, #61 5s.; paid ditto for window lights, #6 10s. 6d.; Paid ditto for House in Bow Passage #2 3s. 9d. and for its window lights 15s. Receipts: #33 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17711031; IV: A Tambourine, as17720501

Event Comment: Paid half year's Poor's Rate for Theatre due Mich. Last #21 17s. 6d., and for House in Bow Passage 15s. 8d. (Account Book). Receipts: #219 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Fingalian Dance with Double Hornpipe, as17720921

Event Comment: Paid Mrs Lessingham in full for salary to 1 June last, #300. Paid Whitefield [master of wardrobe] half a year's salary due Mich. Last, #50; Paid Sarjant ditto #20; Paid Mrs Carne ditto, #15. Receipts: #154 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 20 Dec. 1769.] Paid half year's Land Tax for theatre due Mich. last #35; ditto for Widow Lights #6 10s. 6d.; ditto for House in Bow Passage #1 5s., and for its window lights 15s. (Account Book). [The reviewer for The Town and Country Magazine the following month was disappointed with Miss Barsanti as Estifania.] Receipts: #134 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Event Comment: Advanced Mr Clinch as per order #20; Half a year's Land & Window Tax for St Martin's to Michelmas last #38 4s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #175 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Performance Comment: Mortimer-King; Aubrey-Barry; Tyrrel-Reddish; Colin McLeod-Moody; Lord Abberville-Dodd; Dr Druid-Baddeley; Bridgemore-Bransby; Naphthali-Waldron; La Jeunesse-Burton; Jarvis-Griffiths; Mrs Bridgemore-Mrs Hopkins; Miss Bridgemore-Mrs Egerton; Mrs Macintosh-Mrs Love; Chambermaid-Miss Platt; Miss Aubrey-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Mrs Macintosh Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023