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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: Hornpipe, as17771017; End: The Poney Races, as17780421

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End I: a new Comic Dance-Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings (pupils of Aldridge); End II: [The Cricket@Match [sic]The Cricketters, as17780128; [in which part of the celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge[, originally composed and danced by him; III: Hornpipe, as17771017

Ballet: End: a new, Grand Marine Pantomimical Dance, suited to the times, The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth; or, British Glory. in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile

Performance Comment: in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Dutiful Deception, announced on playbill of 13 May.] Tickets delivered by Thompson, Cushing, Jones, Bates, Miss Green, Mrs Sharp and the Widow Emery [Account-Book adds Whittington] will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #184 19s. (127.7; 1.13; tickets: 55.19)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: In afterpiece: As17771229; In: Hornpipe, as17771017

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon.
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: IV: New Dance, as17771125; End I afterpiece: The Minuet de la Cour, as17771111

Song: In: He's Aye Kissing Me, as17780428

Event Comment: Benefit for Carleton Jun., Hind, Shade & Bayne. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Tickets delivered for a comic opera [Love in a Village, announced on playbill of 23 May] and by Barrett and McDonald will be taken. Receipts: #258 11s. 6d. (19.4.0; 7.2.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 232.4.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors

Dance: In III: Hornpipe-Master Byrn. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Dance: End: The Merry Lasses, as17780529

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Buxom Joan

Dance: End II: As17780624 End: The Gardeners (see17780618

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Massey, R. Palmer, Blissett, Painter and Hitchcock, prompter, will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Dance: End II: As17780624

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Dance: III: a hornpipe-Miss Matthews

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Propero-Packer; Stephano-Moody; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Bannister; Gonzalez-Aickin; Alonzo-Wrighten; Ferdinand-Vernon; Miranda-Mrs Cuyler; Ariel-Miss Field; Chorus of Spirits-Gaudry, Legg, Carpenter, Chaplin, Holcroft, Fawcett, Kenny, Philimore, Miss Abrams, Miss Collett, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby, Mrs Smith.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; [These were danced, as here assigned, in both subsequent performances.] V: Grand Dance-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Sga Crespi

Performance Comment: ] V: Grand Dance-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Sga Crespi.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Invasion

Performance Comment: As17781104, but Prologue-Lee Lewes [and thereafter].and thereafter].

Dance: As17781017

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17781102, but Prospero-Bensley; Ferdinand-Davies.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Davies.
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Dance: Grand Dance, as17781102

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: III: a Hornpipe-Miss Besford; Afterpiece: a Minuet-Dagueville, Mrs Mattocks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour, as17780919; Allemande, as17780919; III: a Hornpipe-Blurton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: to conclude with: Country Dance-the characters; End I: new Comic Dance-Langrish, Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings; End II: a Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley; In III: Hornpipe, as17781212; End I afterpiece: a new Pantomimical Dance, The Sports of the Green-Aldridge, Langrish, Jackson, Miss Besford, Miss Parish, Miss Valois; in which his celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge

Event Comment: Benefit for Waldron and Miss Abrams. Morning Chronicle, 6 May: Tickets to be had of Waldron, No. 16, Glanville-street, Rathbone Place; of Miss Abrams, Little Bridges-street. Receipts: #138 5s. (50.10; 22.17; 0.9; tickets: 64.9) (charge: #71 4s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: In IV: Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Song: As17790413

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Evans & Curteen, box-keepers. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Mainpiece: On account of the additional Airs, contracted into 3 Acts. The Music by Purcell, Smith, Arne & Fisher. [Wright is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. And see 8 May.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Condell, Cross-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden; of Evans, at Bromfield's, trunk-maker, No. 118, Long-acre; of Curteen, No. 11, Temple-lane, Whitefriars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-A Gentleman (2nd appearance on any stage [Wright]); Ferdinand-Mattocks; Trincalo-Quick; Caliban-Mahon; Gonzalo-Fearon; Alonzo-L'Estrange; Sebastian-Robson; Antonio-Booth; Stephano-Wilson; Miranda-Miss Brown; Juno-Mrs Morton; Ceres-Miss Valois; Ariel-Mrs Kennedy.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: In: Aldridge, Miss Valois

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 8, Air-street, Piccadilly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Son in Law

Dance: End II: The Country Wake, as17790609 In III: a Hornpipe-Master Byrn

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With accompaniments to the Airs composed by Thomas? Linley? Sen. [Miss Wright's 1st appearance, as an actress, was at this theatre on 7 May 1779.] Afterpiece: With Alterations and Additions; To conclude with a Grand View of Greenwich Hospital, designed by DeLoutherbourg. Paid Land Tax 3rd & 4th Qtrs. to Lady Day #41 16s. Receipts: #187 3s. 6d. (151.3.0; 35.15.6; 0.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Walker. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Bensley; Stephano-Moody; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Wright; Gonzalez-Aickin; Alonzo-Wrighten; Ferdinand-Vernon; Miranda-Mrs Cuyler; Ariel-Miss Field; Chorus of Spirits-Gaudry, Chaplin, Holcroft, Fawcett, Kenny, Philimore, Miss Abrams, Miss Collett, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby, Mrs Smith, Mrs Granger, Miss Coats.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: a Dance-Henry, Sga Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17791103, but Caliban-Bannister; Ferdinand-Davies.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Davies.
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: As17791103