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Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Simonet. There being a few Boxes to be disposed of, those who would wish to be accomodated are requested to direct their commands as above, as soon as possible. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Mme Simonet, No. 33, Pall-mall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: End of Act I Le Reveil du Bonheur, as17840203, but added: Pas Seul, to the French air of Marlborough, by Miss Simonet (who never appears on the stage but at her Mother's Benefit), and omitted: Cupid; End of Opera an entirely new Ballet, composed by D'Auberval, Le Magnifique (the subject taken from the celebrated French Opera of that name) by Henry, Zuchelli, Vestris [Jun.], Mme Theodore, Mme Simonet, with the Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte by Miss De Camp and Miss Simonet (N. B. These two young Ladies, neither of whom has yet completed her ninth year, are both Pupils of Simonet, Father to the latter, and for some years Ballet-Master at the King's Theatre)

Event Comment: Benefit for D'Auberval, ballet-master. Opera: An entirely new Species of Entertainment, after the French style [1st time; ser 3, by Antonio Andrei]. The Music entirely new, composed by Rauzzini. [Libretto (H. Reynell, 1784) is entitled Alina; o sia, La Regina di Golconda.] The Scenery and Decorations devised and painted by Novosielski. The Dresses in character, and entirely new by Lupino. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of D'Auberval, No. 5, Great Pultney-street, Golden-square. To prevent all manner of confusion, the Subscribers are most respectfully entreated to give early notice, addressed as above, of their intention concerning their Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Regina Di Golconda

Dance: Three new ballets composed by D'Aubcrval. End of Act I Ballet [of Warriors] by Lepicq, Henry, Zuchelli, the two Miss Simonets, Mme Theodore; End of Act II Dance [of Shepherds] by Lepicq, Mme Simonet, D'Aubcrval (1st appearance), Mme Rossi, Vestris [Jun.], Mme Theodore; End of Opera The Four Ages of Man, in which a Pas de Trois of Chinese by Henry, Zuchelli, Blake. Childhood-the two Miss Simonets; Youth-Slingsby and Mme Theodore; Manhood-Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Vestris [Jun.]; Old Age-D'Auberval and Mme Simonet, who will dance to the celebrated Musette of Handel. To conclude with a Pas de Huit, in a stile entirely new, by the Couples who represent the Four Ages

Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Rossi. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Mme Rossi, No. 31, Pall-mall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: End of Act I a new ballet, composed for the occasion by D'Auberval, Pygmalion (taken from the Mono-drama of that name by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, with the original music composed by that very celebrated writer; the story founded on the fabulous account of Pygmalion animating his statue) by Lepicq, Vcstris (Jun.], Mme Rossi, Mme Theodore; End of Opera will be revived Le Tuteur Trompe (composed by Lepicq) in which the following new dances: A new Pas de Deux by Lepicq and Mme Rossi, the latter in the character of Niaise; a Pas Seul by Mme Theodore; a Pas de Troit by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Zuchelli; an entirely new Pas de Deux by Vestris [Jun.] and Mme Theodore; a Pas Seul by Slingsby; a Pas Seul, entirely new, by Vestris [Jun.]; to conclude with the Sequdilla and Fandango by Lepicq and Mme Rossi. N. B. In the same ballet will be introduced a Minuet, composed by Barthelemon for the Prince of Wales, and an Allemande in the French stile, both by Lepicq and Mme Rossi

Event Comment: Benefit for Lepicq. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Lepicq, No. 31, Pall-mall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demofoonte

Dance: End of Act II a Grand Heroic Pantomime Ballet (1st time; composed by Lepicq), Semiramis (the subject taken from the well-known tragedy of that name). Assures-Pitrot (some years ago Ballet-Master and 1st Dancer at this Theatre); Arsaces or Ninias-Lepicq; Semiramis-Mme Rossi; Azema-Mme Simonet; other Principal Dancers-Henry, Vestris [Jun.], Mme Theodore; End of Opera Le Deserteur, as17840513, but omitted: Henry, Zuchelli

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Rachele Dorta. Boxes to be had by applying to No. 80, near the Opera-house, Hay-market. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Sga Rachele Dorta, No. 72, west side of the Hay-market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: End of Act I Le Reveil du Bonheur, as17840513; End of Opera Le Deserteur, as17840608

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Lusini. Gazetteer, 16 June: Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Sga Lusini, No. 232, Piccadilly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demofoonte

Dance: As17840615throughout

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. Paid Half Year's Watch & Beadles, St Martin's Parish, #22 3s. 8d. Receipts: #289 18s. (276/1/0; 12/19/6; 0/17/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Tickets to be had and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Fosbrook, at the Stage Door of the Theatre, at half a guinea each. Pit 51. 1st Gallery 3;. 6d. 2nd Gallery is. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same throughout oratorio season]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Music That Was Selected For The Commemoration Of Handel In Westminster Abbey And The Pantheon The 26th And 27th Of May 1784

Event Comment: Benefit for Nivelon. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Nivelon, No. 80, near the Opera House, Hay-marlcet. Divertissement: Part of the music composed by Barthelemon. [A la Plus Sage has the same plot as La Rosiere de Salency (see 19 Mar. 1782). A synopsis of the action is printed in London Magazine, Mar. 1785, pp. 219-20.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: End of Act I a New Divertissement, in which the 3 different Stiles of Dancing, viz., Serious, Demicharacter and Comic, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Sg and Sga Angiolini, with a Dance performed in Wooden Shoes by Nivelon, Frederic, Mlle Dorival; End of Opera a new Pastoral Ballet in 2 parts, composed by Gardel Sen., Ballet-master to the French Court, A la Plus Sage; ou, La Vertu Ricompensk, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Frederic, Sga Angiolini, Zuchelli, Henry, Mme Bithmer, Nivelon, Mlle Dorival

Performance Comment: , Serious, Demicharacter and Comic, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Sg and Sga Angiolini, with a Dance performed in Wooden Shoes by Nivelon, Frederic, Mlle Dorival; End of Opera a new Pastoral Ballet in 2 parts, composed by Gardel Sen., Ballet-master to the French Court, A la Plus Sage; ou, La Vertu Ricompensk, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Frederic, Sga Angiolini, Zuchelli, Henry, Mme Bithmer, Nivelon, Mlle Dorival . ou, La Vertu Ricompensk, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Frederic, Sga Angiolini, Zuchelli, Henry, Mme Bithmer, Nivelon, Mlle Dorival .
Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Rossi. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Mme Rossi, No. 33, Pall-mall. 2nd ballet: With Grand Chorusses; the original Music by Matthew Locke is entirely preserved; the rest partly new [by Barthelemon], partly compiled from the most favourite Scotch Airs. "We cannot think last night's effort among the most successful . . . Lepicq and Rossi were the Macbeth and Lady--and considering the narrow boundaries of their art, which is tongue-tied, they discoursed 'with most miraculous organs.' Still, however, the whole of the material questions of the scene were agitated with all the disadvantages of contrast with comparative inefficience" (Public Advertiser, 18 Mar.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Curioso Indiscreto

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement, as17850224, with The Cossack; End of Opera a new Heroic Ballet (1st time; composed by Lepicq) founded on Shakespeare's Historical Play of Macbeth by Lepicq, Angiolini, Nivelon, Mme Rossi, Slingsby, Frederic, Sga Angiolini, Mlle Dorival. The Vocal Parts by Tasca, Franchi, Bartolini; Sga Dorta, &c. The Ballet to conclude with The Caledonian Reel

Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Dorival. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Mlle Dorival, No. 127, Pall-mall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Curioso Indiscreto

Dance: End of Act I an entirely new Ballet, L'Amour Soldat, in which a new Minuet and Gavot by Mlle Dorival and Lepicq, and in the second part of the ballet a Pas de Deux [Trois?] by Mlle Dorival in Man's Cloaths, Lepicq, Mme Rossi; End of Opera Don Juan; or, The Libertine Destroyed [performers not listed; this was perhaps another version of Il Convitato di Pietra(see17850312

Event Comment: Benefit for Lepicq. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Lepicq, No. 33, Pall-mall. "On machinery at this Theatre the less stress is laid the better. The boat, of which, had it been good, there was too much use, was very far from good. The representation of Lepicq swimming transgressed as little the commandment. And as to the ascent of Lepicq in the bucket, that was so badly managed as to put us in heart-felt trepidation . . . The Rivali Delusi was cut very properly by omitting the under singers' airs; yet the curtain did not drop till midnight" (Public Advertiser, 16 Apr.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: Preceding the Opera an entire new Ballet, composed by Lepicq, the subject taken from a much admired French Opera, Les Amours d'Ete [performers not listed, but Public Advertiser, 16 Apr. makes mention of Lepicq and Mme Rossi]; End of Act I Robin Gray, with the Scotch Reels [performers not listed, but see17850421]; End of Opera Il Convitato di Pietra [performers not listed, but see17850312 in which a Minuet by Lepicq and Mme Rossi

Event Comment: Benefit for Slingsby. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Slingsby at his house, No. 34, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaserse

Dance: End of Act I Robin Gray, with a set of new Caledonian Reels, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Slingsby, and a Pas de Quatre by Nivelon, Frederic, Sga Angiolini, Mlle Dorival; End of Opera The Deserter [performers not listed, but see17850111]

Song: Opera: With some of the most approved Airs of Handel by Babbini, Crescentini, Sga Ferrarese

Event Comment: Benefit for Tasca and Sga Rachele Dorta. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Tasca, No. 5, Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square; of Sga Dorta, No. 234, Piccadilly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: End of Act I A la Plus Sage [performers not listed, but see17850303 End of Opera Il Convitato di Pietra [performers not listed, but see17850312

Event Comment: Benefit for Tenducci. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Tenducci, No. 63, Dean-street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orfeo

Dance: As17850512

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Ferrarese. Sga Ferrarese, whose long and grievous Indispositions have been an Obstacle to the Success she ardently wished to obtain, cannot plead any Merit of her own, and only depends for Patronage on that well-known Liberality of a Public, equally disposed to allow for involuntary Deficiencies as to reward even an Attempt to captivate their Benevolence. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Sga Ferrarese, No. 19, Oxendon Street, Hay-market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Dance: End of Act I Dance in Wooden Shoes [here entitled La Dance del Sabots], as17850303End of Opera Don Juan, as17850407

Event Comment: Benefit for Waldron. 1st piece: Originally written by the celebrated Monsieur de Beaumarchais, and perform'd innumerably, often at Paris; translated and adapted to the English Stage by the very ingenious Mr Holcroft, Author of several admired Dramatic and other Works; and perform'd with unbounded Applause during Half the Season last Winter at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. 2nd piece: Never acted here; written by Mr O'Keeffe, set to music by Mr Shield, and performed with unceasing Applause at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. 3rd piece: To conclude with the Representation of the Siege of Gibraltar, Elliot's Red Hot Balls, &c. Tickets to be had of Waldron, at the Cock and Magpie

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day Or The Marriage Of Figaro

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Event Comment: Benefit for Pope. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 22 Jan. 1784. Epilogue by John Wolcot (European Magazine, May 1786, p. 369)]. Afterpiece: With Additional Songs, &c., as 28 Apr. Morning Herald, 18 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Pope at his house, Half-Moon Street, Piccadilly. "There is a mellow richness in [Pope's] voice superior to any other performer on the stage" (Candid Strictures, p. 47). Receipts: #255 16s. 6d. (156/13/0; 2/14/6; tickets: 96/9/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zenobi A

Afterpiece Title: The April Fool

Cast
Role: Fanny Actor: Mrs Bannister.

Dance: End of Epilogue, as17860504

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Performance Comment: Announced, but not performed. "On Saturday night the opera was that King's scene of confusion and distress that no serious opera, with all its cantabile faintings, rapes, battles and murders ever produced. On the drawing up of the curtain it was not a Roman legion in marshal array that caught the eye. No, it was a corps of the sons of the feather and fashion—British bucks—British beaus . . . Off! Off! was the cry from every part of the house. To this admonishing shout they were all Atlases ... By no efforts could the opera be put in train. The manager and his friends exerted themselves in vain to appease the fury ... This scene of tumult and disorder continued for upwards of three hours and a half, when the audience retreated, some discontented, and others more pleased than ever they were at a regular entertainment" (Morning Herald, 15 May) .
Event Comment: Paid One Half Yrs Land Tax #48 2s. 4d. Receipts: #264 18s. (249.1.0; 15.12.6; 0.4.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Cast
Role: Tim Tartlett Actor: Bannister Jun.

Dance: End III: As17870113

Song: II: [Dr Cooke]'s Glee, Hark! the Lark at Heav'n's Gate sings-Dignum, Williames, Danby, Master Clarke

Event Comment: "Friday night, about 20 minutes before eight o'clock, on the conclusion of the third act, a very serious alarm took place at Drury Lane Theatre. A fire broke out at an oil-shop, the corner of Little Brydges-street. The flames appearing through the windows at the back of the upper gallery, the alarm of fire spread through many parts of the house. [The audience was dismissed, those in the boxes] passing over the stage into Russel-street...Some of the box and pit company continued for a time on the stage with the performers, some of whom were dressed in character, others half dressed, and the appearance [was] truly motley" (Public Advertiser, 5 Feb.). Receipts: #133 12s. (129.10; "An Alarm of Fire prevented the 2nd Acct."; 3.12; tickets not come in: 0.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife 1st 3 Acts Only

Event Comment: Paid House and Window Tax one half Yr. #56 13s. 8d. Receipts: #113 16s. 6d. (62.9.0; 48.2.6; 3.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Cast
Role: Tim Tartlett Actor: Bannister Jun.
Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Perignon. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Mme Perignon, in the Court, No. 83, Pall-mall. Receipts: not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Dance: End I: a new Divertissement in the Pastoral Style, La Jardiniere-; in which a new Pas de Trois-Goyon, Mlle Mozon, Mme Perignon; End Opera: an entirely new ballet, composed by Hus, Sylvie-Goyon, Gricourt, Laborie, Mlle Mozon, the two Miss Simonets, Mme Perignon

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pope. Mainpiece: In Act I Banquetv. [In Act IV] the Procession from the Abbeyv, at the Coronation of Anne Bullen . To conclude with the Ceremonial of a Royal Christeningv. Public Advertiser, 9 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Pope at her house in Half-moon-street, Piccadilly. Receipts: #289 8s. (202.6; 2.1; tickets: 85.1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Song: III: song-Mrs Kennedy

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Sestini. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Sga Sestini, No. 36, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square. Receipts not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Schiavi Per Amore

Dance: As17870329