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Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Oliver Actor: Packer
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Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Sprightly Actor: Packer

Dance: I: The Amusements of Strasburgh, as17711118

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

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Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Entertainment: IV: Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee, as17720427 (for that Night only) a Variety of Imitations-Bannister

Dance: End: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

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Related Work: Anthony and Cleopatra Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

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Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

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Related Work: Henry V Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

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Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

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Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

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Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

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Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

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Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: V: A New Dance call'd The Surprize-Master Holland, Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong, others, scholars of Daigville

Event Comment: Paid 5 days salary list #441 15s.,; King's extra salary #2 10s.; Mr J. French on acct #5 5s.; Mr J. Palmer on note #21 (Treasurer's Book). [This month was printed An Apology for the Conduct of Charles Macklin, Comedian, which, it is hoped, will have some effect in favour of an aged player, by whom the public at large have been uncommonly gratified." Price 1s. Axtell (Gentleman's Magazine Register). This year was publish'd Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose, with Cursory Theatrical Remarks, by P. Lewis, Comedian. Contains some apostrophes to Garrick, Holland, etc.] Receipts: #213 4s. (Treasurer's Book)

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Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

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Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: Salisbury Actor: Packer.
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Related Work: King John Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: Salisbury Actor: Packer.
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Related Work: King John Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Note of Hand or Trip to Newmarket

Performance Comment: Principal parts by: Moody, Dodd, Jefferson, W. Palmer, J. Bannister, Courtney, Jones, Watkins, Palmer, Cautherly, Wright,Jacobs, Wrighten, Everard, and Mrs Greville. Epilogue by Moody. Mac Cormuck-Moody; Rivers-Cautherly; Revell-Palmer; Sapling-Dodd; Sunderland-Jefferson; Secretary-J. Bannister; Mrs Cheveley-Mrs Greville; Francis-W. Palmer; Dipp-Wright; Tom Epping-Jacobs; Spavin-Courtney; Putty-Wrighten; Isaachar-Jones; Grooms, Jockeys-Everard, Watkins (Genest, V, 402).

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Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

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Related Work: Henry VIII Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

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Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

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Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: Parts Actor:

Dance: The Sailors Revels, as17740920

Monologue: End of Play: Henry and Emma. Henry-Brereton; Eugenius-Palmer; Venus-Mrs Smith; Emma-Mrs Baddeley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Oliver Actor: Packer
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Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Dance: I: The Pirates, as17750422

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

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Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I: A New Dance call'd The Merry Peasants-M Fontaine (from the Opera at Paris), Mrs Sutton, Others; End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17751003

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Theatrical Candidates

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. The Comedy of Old City Manners oblig'd to be deferr'd. On 31 Dec. (Sunday) died Th. Weston of Drury Lane Theatre (Winston MS 11). [See Memoirs of Thomas Weston that Celebrated Comedian (London, 1776, 59 pp). This year appeared A Serious Disuasion from Frequenting the Playhouse, by Jacob Orton (22 pp. pub. in Shrewsbury). His text is taken from Bulstrode's charge to the Grand Jury of Middlesex, 21 April 1718. "One Playhouse ruin'd more souls than fifty churches are able to save."] Paid Mr Grist on acct per Mr D. G. #20; Three extra trumpets 6 nights #6 15s. Supernumeraries for the Jubilee continued to cost 14s. 10d. during its run. Receipts: #219 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

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Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Oliver Actor: Packer
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Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17751220

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Catesby Actor: Packer
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Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Volunteers

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

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Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Dance: As17820927

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hollo!, as17830516; End of Dance ThomasDay. Goody Cramp-Bannister; Goody Rheum-Brett; Goody Twitch-Edwin

Event Comment: Mme Mara is prevented by a Severe Hoarseness from appearing this Evening; but will perform in Love in a Village [advertised on playbill of 8 Nov.] on Wednesday next. [2nd piece in place of Catherine and Petruchio, advertised as above.] Receipts: #193 6s. 6d. (185.6.6; 8.0.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

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Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Afterpiece Title: Englands Glory

Dance: In 2nd piece: Ballet, as17971013; In V 3rd piece: a Triple Hornpipe, as17971018

Event Comment: See Herbert, Dramatic Records, p. 116. The King's Company. According to John Dennis, in the Dedication to The Comical Gallant (1702), when this play was revived in the times of Charles II, Wintershall acted Slender

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare
Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: I went [to the Opera] and there saw The Law Against Lovers, a good play and well performed especially the little girl's [Viola?-Moll Davis] (whom I never saw act before) dancing and singing; and were it not for her, the loss of $Roxalana [Hester Davenport] would spoil the house

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Mainpiece Title: The Law Against Lovers

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Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): William Shakespeare
Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's Theatre, where we saw Midsummer's Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most inspid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life. I saw, I confess, some good dancing and some handsome women, which was all my Pleasure

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Midsummer Nights Dream

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Related Work: A Midsummer Night's Dream Author(s): William Shakespeare