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Event Comment: By Thomas Jordan. Luttrell (A Brief Relation, I, 232). There was little or no show by land. The expenditures for the Procession came to #139 9s. 10d. See R. T. D. Sayle, Lord Mayors' Pageants of the Merchant Taylors' Company in the 15th, 16th, and 17th Centuries, p. 139

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Mayor's Show

Performance Comment: [Being a Description of the Solemnity at the Inauguration of the truly Loyal and Right Honourable Sir William Prichard, Kt. Lord Mayor of the the City of London; President of the Honourable Artillery-Company, and a Member of the Worshipful Company of Merchant-Taylors. Perform'd on Monday September sic] XXX. 1682. With several new Loyal Songs and Catches-.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: London's Glory; Or, The Lord Mayor's Show

Performance Comment: Containing an Illustrious Description of the several Triumphant Pageants, on which are represented Emblematical Figures, Artful Pieces of Architecture, and Rural Dancing, with the Speeches spoken in each Pageant; Also, Three new Songs, the first in praise of the Merchant-Taylors, the second the Protestant Exhortation, and the third the plotting Papists Litany, with their proper Tunes either to be Sung or Play'd Perform'd on Friday, October XXIX. 1680. For the Entertainment of the Right Honourable Sir Patience Warde, Knight. Lord Mayor of the City of London. At the proper Cost and Charges of the Right Worshipful Company of Merchant-Taylors. Invented and Compos'd by Tho. Jordan.
Event Comment: H. B. Wilson, The History of the Merchant-Taylors' School (London, 1814), 1, 344n: 15 March 1664@5. There was this day presented to the court, the bill of charges in erecting the Stage and Seates and other necessaries in the hall, when the Schollers of the companies schoole, at St Laurence Pounctneys, London, acted the play called Love's Pilgrimage, amounting unto seventeen Poundes, Tenn-shillings, and nine-pence

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Pilgrimage

Performance Comment: the Scholars of the Merchant Taylors' School.
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. Mainpiece: Never acted there Before. Amphitheatre on stage [see 12 March]. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets and places of Mrs Clive at her house in Great Queen St., Lincoln's Inn Fields; or of Page at the stage door of the theatre. Last Night their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales were at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden to see the Merchant of Venice; when the Song of Britons strike home was commanded to be sung, which was accordingly done, with the Chorus's, accompanied by Trumpets, Kettle-Drums, etc. and met with the Greatest Applause.--General Advertiser, 14 March. [The notice about Miss Edwards' first attempt means in an acting role; she was a singer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Merchant-Quin; Bassanio-Hale; Gratiano-Ryan; Shylock-Rosco; Launcelot-Chapman; Gobbo-James; Lorenzo (with songs in character)-Beard; Solarino-Ridout; Salanio-Gibson; Duke-Marten; Tubal-Stoppelaer; Nerissa-Mrs Pritchard; Jessica-Miss Edwards (her 1st attempt on any stage); Portia-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Song: MMy Faith and Truth (Favourite Duette from Samson)-Miss Edwards, Mrs Clive; Britons Strike Home-

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124

Event Comment: Benefit Carey. Afterpiece: Written by Mr Carey. Being the last of that kind he intends ever to compose. At Common Prices. 6:30 P.M. No one admitted into the Boxes but by Silver Tickets or printed Tickets from the Office. [Preface points out that DL had the copy nine months, promising to perform it and returning it at the end of the season. Then Cibber Jr requested it for his summer company; it was rehearsed and then the company forced to close.] The Airs by Porpora

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Performance Comment: London Merchant-Cross; Millwood-Mrs Cross; Thorogood-Turbutt; Maria-Miss Brunette; Barnwell Sr-Jones; Lucy-Mrs Pritchard; Truman-Este; Blunt-Cole .
Cast
Role: London Merchant Actor: Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Music: Concerto for Two Hautboys by Woodbridge and Neale. A fine Piece of Mr Handel's on the little Flute by a Friend of Carey

Dance: houvre and Minuet by Vallois and Mrs Anderson. V: Two Pierrots by Vallois and his Scholar

Song: By a Scholar of Carey's

Event Comment: DDaniel's, Malone's, and James's Great Theatrical Booth, joining to the Swan in Tottenham Court. By a Company of Comedians. Noon to 10 p.m. [A letter in Daily Advertiser, 12 August describes a performance on Monday 8 August; further notices appear in Daily Advertiser, 11 and 12 Aug.; it is possible this production was shown every day from 4 Aug. to 16 Aug., the time of the fair.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Glorious Queen Of Hungary; Or, The British Troops Triumphant; With The Comical Humours Of paddy The Irishman, tom Thimble The Taylor, And tim Buzzle The Cobler

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Hussar

Event Comment: Never Perform'd. Founded on Beaumont and Fletcher. Music by Thomas Linley. A Comic Opera the Music entirely new. [By Thomas Hull altered from The Royal Merchant; or the Beggar's Bush (Biographia Dramatica). See 19 Dec. 1767 for further note on Music.] Paid Mr Horne for 4 Tambourines #1 10s. (Account Book). Went into the Pit to see the opera founded on Beaumont and Fletcher, performed for the first time....The music may be good, but the piece is trifling and childish, barren of incident and character except that of Clause played by Bensley and the frightened peasant. The performers are in the Flemish dresses of the times, and do the piece much justice. At the beginning of the 2nd act some fellows in the 2s. Gallery began a disturbance, but were turn'd out and carried before Sir John Fielding, where they confessed that they were hired to disturb this performance by a publican, but refused to say whom....Stood in the well (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #225 1s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: Parts by: Mattocks, Shuter, Bensley' Mahoon, Yates, Dunstall, Gardner, Davis, Cushing, Mrs Mattocks, and Mrs Pinto, Merchants, Boors, Beggars by the rest of the company. Harrol-Mattocks; Clause-Bensley; Wolfort-Gardner; Hubert-Mahoon; Hempskirke-Davis; Vandunk-Shuter; Prig, Frighted Boor-Yates; Higgen-Dunstall; Ferret-Quick; Gertrude-Mrs Mattocks; Jaquelin-Mrs Pinto (Genest, V, 188).

Dance: I: A New Comic Dance, as17671021; II: A Grand Ballet The Garland-Fishar, Mrs Bulkley. [See17651003.

Event Comment: A Tragedy for Warm Weather. Written after the manner of the Worst, as well as the Best of the English Poets, containing amongst a Variety of Particulars, curious, entertaining, and pathetic, the Rebellion of the Journeymen Taylors on the Score of Wages, etc. Neville MS Diary: Half past Six went to ye Haymarket Theatre but could not get into ye Pit or first Gallery, so stood on ye last row of the shilling Gallery, tho' I could see little, to see how ye Taylors, a new tragedy for warm weather, would go off, being the first night of its performance. 3rd Act hiss'd-ye Gods in ye shilling Gallery called for ye Builder's Prologue-hissed off ye part of ye Old Maid twice and Davies who came to make an excuse. The Gentlemen, many of whom were there, cried No Prologue" but to no purpose. At last Foote said if he knew their demands he would be ready to comply with them. The noise ceasing, after some time he was told the Builder's Prologue was desired. He said he had done all in his power to get the performers, having seen them. After some time he came and informed them he had got the performers together, and if the House would be pleased to accept of ye Prologue in our dresses as we are you shall have it." This was followed by great clapping which shows the Genius of our English mobility ever generous after victory. Left ye House after ye Farce began. [Flints were journeymen tailors who refused to comply with the masters' terms and the regulations of the magistrate, in contradistinction to those who submitted and were in derision stiled Dungs. The term dates from 1764-OED. An extract from the Occasional Prologue (the Builder's Prologue) in prose on the opening of the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket, by Foote published in the London Magazine July 1767, p. 351. Foote, Scaffold, and Prompter are the three participants. Foote tells Scaffold he will be paid by the audience. Scaffold notes that the audience must in that case be pleased at all times. Foote promises no long processions [will] crowd my narrow scenes." He assumes that any of the reforms he plans will but echo the public voice. The Prompter then calls the actors on.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Taylors

Performance Comment: Master Taylors: Francisco-Foote; Campbello-Bannister; Regniades-Castle; Pearcy-Gardner; Higgleston-Newton; Flints: Abrahamides (Chief Flint)-Shuter; Bernardo Bernardo-Davis; Isaacos-Palmer; Jackiades-Weston; Bartholomeau-Smith; Humphreymingos-Loveman; Dungs: Zacharides-Thompson; Phillippominos-Keen; Timotheus-Pynn; Taylors Ladies-Mrs Jeffries, Mrs Burden, Mrs Gardner; Attendants to the Ladies-Mrs Denton, Mrs Kirby, Mrs Palmer; New Prologue-Foote.

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Event Comment: Edition of 1660: The Royal Oake, with Other various and delightfull Scenes presented on the Water and the Land, Celebrated in Honour of the deservedly Honoured Sir Richard Brown, Bar. Lord Mayor of the City of London, The 29th day of October...and performed at the Costs and Charges of the Right Worshipfull Company of Merchant-Taylors. [Tatham refers to Dyamond, a Lightfoot, Paynter; Thomas Whitein, Joyner; and Richard Cleere, Carver.] Pepys, Diary: And I...at the Key in Cheapside; where there was a company of fine ladies, and we were very civilly treated, and had a very good place to see the pageants, which were many, and I believe good, for such kind of things, but in themselves but poor and absurd. Evelyn, Diary: My Lord Majors shew stop'd me in cheape-side: one of the Pageants represented a greate Wood, with the royal Oake, & historie of his Majesties miraculous escape at Bosco-bell &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Oake

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumphs Of London

Performance Comment: Performed on Monday October 30, 1693. For the Entertainment of the Right Honourable Sir William Ashurst, Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London. Containing A True Description of the several Pageants; with the Speeches Spoken on each Pageant. All set forth at the proper Cost and Charges of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors. Together with The Festival Songs for His Lordship and the Companies Diversion.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Wilks; The edition of ca. 1706 lists also: Woolfort-Williams; Gerrard-Keen; Hubert-Mills; Hemskirk-Bickerstaff; Vandunck-Bullock; Merchants-Carnaby, Phillips, Kent, Toms; Higgen-Estcourt; Prig-Norris; Snap-Kent; Ferret-Fairbank; Ginks-Tom. Wright; Boors-Sherman, Harris, Cross; Jaculine-Mrs Cox; Bertha-Mrs Rogers; Epilogue-Pinkeman mounted on an ass; a long wig on the ass's head. a long wig on the ass's head.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Wilks
Role: Merchants Actor: Carnaby, Phillips, Kent, Toms

Song: As17050428

Dance: As17041124

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Wolfort-Rosco; Hemskirk-Cashell; Hubert-Hale; Vandunk-Mullart; Prince Prigg-Woodward; Orator Higgen-Hippisley; Prince Ferrit-Stoppelaer; Gincks-Bencraft; Merchant-Gibson; Boors-James, Smith, Marten; Bertha-Mrs Bellamy; Jaqueline-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Ryan
Role: Merchant Actor: Gibson

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Cheats of Harlequin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: Merchant-Powell; Clause-Cory; Vandunck-Leigh; Hemskirk-Husband; Hubert-Bois; Prig-Jubilee Dicky [Norris]; Higgen-Spillar; Dutch Boor-Cole; Bertha-Mrs Baker; Jaqualine-Mrs Spillar.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Powell

Dance: French Peasant-; Dance between a Miller his Wife and a Town Miss-; Ladder Dance-; Italian Scaramouch-Layfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Wilks; Woolfort-Booth; Clause-Keene; Hubert-Mills; Vandunk-Bullock; Hemskirk-Husband; Prig-Norris; Bertha-Mrs Porter; Jacqueline-Mrs Santlow.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Wilks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: Merchant-Wilks; Woolfort-Booth; Hubert-Mills.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Dance: As17160123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: Merchant-Wilks.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Wilks.

Song: As17241008

Dance: Shaw, Essex, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Anderson, Cheshire Boy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: Merchant-Giffard; Clause-W. Giffard; Higgen-Penkethman; Prigg-Bullock; Woolfort-Smith; Hubert-W. Williams; Hemskirk-Woodward; Boor-Collett; Gertrude-Mrs Haughton; Jaculine-Mrs Mountfort.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Giffard

Song:

Dance: HHighland Dance (new)-Eaton, Miss Sandham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Quin; Higgen-Hippisley; Prig-Chapman; Woolfort-Lacy; Hubert-Walker; Vandunck-Morgan; Hemskirk-Hall; Bertha-Mrs Bullock; Jaqueline-Mrs Laguerre .
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Dance: A Single Dance by Mlle Salle. French Sailor and his Lass by Maltcr and Mlle Salle. The Nassau, as17331112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Performance Comment: Merchant-Havard; Clause-Hulett; Higgen-Penkethman; Prig-Rosco; Woolfort-Richardson; Hubert-Bardin; Vandunk-Huddy; Boor-Norris; Gertrude-Mrs Haughton; Jaquelin-Mrs Hamilton .
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song:

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Woolfort-Walker; Hubert-A. Hallam; Vandunk-Mullart; Hemskirk-Marshall; Bertha-Mrs Bullock; Jaculine-Miss Bincks; Higgen-Hippisley; Prig-Chapman .
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Dance: The Drunken Swiss (new) by Lalauze

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Woolfort-Ryan; Hubert-A. Hallam; Higgen-Hippisley; Prig-Chapman; Vandunck-Mullart; Hemskirk-Marshall; Boor-James; Bertha-Mrs Bellamy; Jaqueline-Miss Bincks.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Higgen-Hippisley; Prig-Chapman; Woolfort-Walker; Vandunck-Mullart; Hemskirk-Hale; Hubert-Hallam; Boor-James; Bertha-Mrs Bellamy; Jaqueline-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Merchant-Quin; Bassanio-Milward; Gratiano-Mills; Shylock-Macklin; Launcelot-Chapman; Gobbo-Johnson; Solanio-Berry; Morochius-Cashell; Lorenzo-Havard; Prince of Arragon-Turbutt; Duke-Winstone; Tubal-Taswell; Salarino-Ridout; Portia-Mrs Clive; Nerissa-Mrs Pritchard; Jessica-Miss Woodman.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Quin

Dance: DDiane a la Chasse-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; Les Egyptiens-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment; The Peasants' Triumph, as17410212

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Merchant-Delane; Bassanio-Milward; Gratiano-Mills; Shylock-Macklin; Launcelot-Neale; Gobbo-Johnson; Solanio-Berry; Morochius-Woodburn; Balthazar-Green; Duke-Winstone; Tubal-Taswell; Solarino-Ridout; Portia-Mrs Clive; Nerissa-Mrs Woffington; Jessica-Miss Woodman; Lorenzo-Lowe (in which character will be introduc'd songs proper to the play).
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Delane

Dance: V: Le Genereux Corsaire, as17411021

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, The Beggar's Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Woolfort-Rosco; Hubert-Hale; Hemskirk-Cashell; Prince Prig-Chapman; Higgen-Hippisley; Van Dunk-Marten; Bertha-Mrs Walter; Jaqueline-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Merchant Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay; or, the Wives Metamorphosed

Dance: As17431003