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Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from the French of Mons Voltaire [By Aaron Hill]. The Characters New Dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Performance Comment: Zara-Mrs Cibber; Osman (by particular Desire, during the first Run only)-a Gentleman; Lusignan-Milward; Nerestan-Cibber; Chatillon-Berry; Orasmin-Turbutt; Melidor-Cross; Selima-Mrs Pritchard; but edition of 1736 has Orasmin-Este. Prologue written by Colley Cibber and spoken by Cibber Jr Epilogue spoken by Mrs Clive .

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode

Performance Comment: Tragedy-Raftor and Mrs Cantrell; Comedy-Turbutt and Mrs Bennet; Squire Flash-Taylor; John Trot-Hough; Longbib the Vintner-Salway; Park Centinel-Fife; Harlequin-Le Brun; Colombine-Miss Mann; Enchanter-Salway; Auctioneer-Rainton; Prentice-Rosamond; Park Keeper-Gray; Kate Sutler-Beckham; Ballad Singers-Salway, Mrs Pritchard; Drawers-Roberts, Towers; Milkmaids-Mrs Walter, Mrs PelUng, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett; Mlle La Modestie-Harlequin Phillips; Mons Flip Flap-Towers; Mons Somerset-Roberts; Mons Roundall-Hough .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Dance: In II: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. In IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: In IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .
Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke, and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Caroline, Mary, and Louisa [who were present]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Milward
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Music: In II: Solo on Violin by Charke

Dance: II: New Serious Dance by Denoyer, Mlle Anne Roland, &c. III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: III: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .
Related Works
Related Work: Ignoramus; or, The Academical Lawyer Author(s): Ferdinando Parkhurst

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocals by Miss Cecilia Young, Miss Isabella Young, Miss Esther Young. First Violin by Festing. Concerto on French Horn by Charles. Solo on German Flute by Balicourt. Handel's Water Piece. Preamble on Kettle Drums by Benjamin Baker

Performance Comment: First Violin by Festing. Concerto on French Horn by Charles. Solo on German Flute by Balicourt. Handel's Water Piece. Preamble on Kettle Drums by Benjamin Baker .
Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Benefit Mrs Porter. Pit and Front Boxes together at 5s. Receipts: money #153 4s. 6d.; tickets #104 15s. [The Duke, Princess Caroline, and two youngest Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Dance: II: Harlequin by Mlle De L'Isle. III: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, Tench, Livier, Desse, Dupre, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme, Miss Sandham, Miss Norman. IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

Performance Comment: III: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, Tench, Livier, Desse, Dupre, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme, Miss Sandham, Miss Norman. IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme .
Event Comment: Benefit Hyde. Receipts: money #41 3s. 6d.; tickets #69 14s. [In Daily Advertiser, 20 Feb., Hyde had given notice that tickets for the boxes numbered 208-14 had been lost and would not be accepted at the theatre.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And H1s Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Glover's Scot's Dance. IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: French Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: French Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers .
Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Duke, and their Highnesses the Princesses Caroline, Mary, and Louisa [who were present]. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 28 Feb.: The Author perceiving from the Behaviour of some Persons, a determin'd Resolution, notwithstanding the Presence of part of the Royal Family, to breed a Disturbance, to the Prejudice of the Play, occasion'd, as 'tis supposed, from an invidious Letter inserted in Thursday's Grubstreet Journal, has chose to withdraw his Play, rather than give them an Opportunity of gratifying their Malice, by a Repetition of such Disturbances as must necessarily prevent the Audience from hearing the Performance in Peace. Receipts: #112 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Deceit

Dance: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. Comic Ballet by Lalauze, Mlle d'Hervigni, &c. French Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

Performance Comment: Comic Ballet by Lalauze, Mlle d'Hervigni, &c. French Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme .
Event Comment: Benefit Glover. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Three Rows of the Pit will be rail'd in, and Part of the Stage form'd into Boxes. Receipts: money #43 6s.; tickets #169 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Clown by Nivelon. III: By particular Desire, Minuet and Louvre by Glover and Miss Rogers. IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c

Performance Comment: III: By particular Desire, Minuet and Louvre by Glover and Miss Rogers. IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Careless-Keene; Blunt-Boaman; Day-Smith; Abel-Ward; Obadiah-Johnson; Bookseller-Noland; Prentice-Young Littleton; Ruth-Mrs Templer; Arbella-Miss Brunette; Mrs Day-Mrs Herle; Teague-Pritchard. New Prologue to be spoke by Miss Piternesso, who never appeared on any stage before .
Cast
Role: Bookseller Actor: Noland

Afterpiece Title: The Happy Lovers; or, The Beau Metamorphos'd

Performance Comment: Sir Timothy-Careful-Payne; Beau-the Author; Constant-Hemskirk; Friendly-Pritchard; Charles-Hussy; Jeremy-Ferguson; Celia-Mrs Forrester; Betty-Miss Brunette. With a New Prologue and Epilogue .

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle-Drums by J. Woodbridge, and the celebrated Water Musick, composed by Mr Handel, accompanied with Trumpets and French Horns

Performance Comment: Woodbridge, and the celebrated Water Musick, composed by Mr Handel, accompanied with Trumpets and French Horns .

Dance: Hornpipe by Ferguson. By Cox, a Pewterer of the City of London, who never appeared on any stage before, particularly a Harlequin and a Scaramouch. Two Pierrots by Smith and La Back. End Afterpiece: Drunken Man of Pritchard

Performance Comment: By Cox, a Pewterer of the City of London, who never appeared on any stage before, particularly a Harlequin and a Scaramouch. Two Pierrots by Smith and La Back. End Afterpiece: Drunken Man of Pritchard .

Song: By E. Roberts

Related Works
Related Work: Arsaces Author(s): Orlandini
Related Work: Ati e Cibele Author(s): Alessandro Pepoli
Related Work: Zemira e Azore Author(s): André Grétry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: I: A new Comic Ballet by Nivelon and Mlle De L'Isle. II: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. V: Glover's Scot's Dance

Performance Comment: II: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. V: Glover's Scot's Dance .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni. Shepherd and Shepherdess by Glover and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni. Shepherd and Shepherdess by Glover and Miss Rogers .
Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Duke. Benefit Lalauze. N.B. The whole Performance will be over by Ten. Receipts: money #97 19s. 6d.; tickets #33 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Delane; Imoinda-Mrs Horton; Governor-Bridgwater; Blandford-Chapman; Stanmore-A. Hallam; Driver-Mullart; Aboan-Stephens; Widow Lackit-Mrs Martin; Charlotte-Mrs Stevens; Lucy-Miss Bincks; Daniel-Hippisley .
Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Chapman

Afterpiece Title: Le Mar1age Force; ou, Les Fourberies d'Arlequin & de Scaramouch

Performance Comment: Arlequin-De Fompree, who has not appeared upon any Stage in England these Ten Years; at which Time he had the Honour of being received by the Nobility and Gentry with great Applause; Pierrot-Lalauze; Scaramouch-Pasquarielle; Pantaloon-Garrelli; Colombine-Mlle D'Hervigni; Sylvia-Mlle Delorme .

Dance: I: Louvre and Tambourine by Mlle D'Hervigni. II: A new Comic Dance by Nivelon and a Scholar of his. III: A Serious Ballet by another Scholar of Nivelon's. V: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. End I of Afterpiece: Wooden Shoe Dance by another Scholar of Nivelon's. End of the Whole: Sailors (from Orestes) by Glover, &c

Performance Comment: II: A new Comic Dance by Nivelon and a Scholar of his. III: A Serious Ballet by another Scholar of Nivelon's. V: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. End I of Afterpiece: Wooden Shoe Dance by another Scholar of Nivelon's. End of the Whole: Sailors (from Orestes) by Glover, &c .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: Peasant by Nivelon and Mlle De L'Isle. Shepherd and Shepherdess by Glover and Miss Rogers. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni

Performance Comment: Shepherd and Shepherdess by Glover and Miss Rogers. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni .
Event Comment: Benefit Mlle D'Hervigni and Mrs Kilby. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #51 4s.; tickets #87

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Music: As17360121

Dance: As17360121, but Lally omitted. Also Louvre and Rigadoon by Mlle D'Hervigni. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni

Performance Comment: Also Louvre and Rigadoon by Mlle D'Hervigni. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni .
Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Pit and Boxes put together. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 6 May: There was an exceeding great Audience, and great Numbers of Quality both in the Boxes and Pit. Their Highnesses' Box was handsomely ornamented with white Damask, adorn'd with Silver Laces and Fringes; over the Canopy was the Figure of Hymen, with a Label on which was this Motto: Concordia Cordium. Daily Journal, 6 May: The House was so full about Five o'Clock, that several Gentlemen and Ladies, unable to go to their Seats, was obliged to depart

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Sands Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Dance: I: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. II: Russian Sailor by Denoyer, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performance Comment: II: Russian Sailor by Denoyer, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Flora's Hol1day; or, The Shepherds Welcome to the Spring

Music: Select Pieces on several Instruments

Dance: I: Clown by Nivelon. II: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. III: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. IV: Harlequine by Mlle De L'Isle

Performance Comment: II: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. III: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c. IV: Harlequine by Mlle De L'Isle .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Cast
Role: Sands Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Afterpiece Title: Taste a la Mode

Dance: I: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. II: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: II: French Peasants by Poitier and Mlle Roland .
Event Comment: By the Company of Comedians from Goodman's Fields. Taken from the French of Mons Voltaire. [By Aaron Hill.] Admission: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s. 7 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzira; Or, The Americans

Dance: By Vallois and Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shadwell. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Mock Doctor-Cibber; Leander-Stoppelaer; Dorcas-Mrs Clive; Sir Jasper-Shepard; James-Winstone; Harry-Leigh; Davy-Mechlin; Hellebore-Cole; Charlotte-Miss Brett.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Stoppelaer

Dance: I: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; IV: Double Jealousy, as17360907; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from the French of Mons Voltaire. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 13 Oct.: We are assured Mr Giffard will very shortly open the Theatre in Goodman's-Fields, notwithstanding the many false and invidious Reports o his having intirely left that part of the Town

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzira

Afterpiece Title: The Worm Doctor

Event Comment: By particular Desire. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterp1ece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: Henry VIII-Quin; Wolsey-Mills; Buckingham-W. Mills; Surrey-Cibber; Queen Katherine-Mrs Thurmond; Cranmer-Milward; Sands-Miller; Gardiner-Johnson; Anna Bullen-Miss Holliday; Norfolk-Berry; Suffolk-Boman; Lord Chamberlain-Winstone; Abergavenny-Este; Campeius-Shepard; Cromwell-Cross.
Cast
Role: Sands Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Stoppelaer

Dance: II: Revellers-Essex, Mrs Walter; IV: Dutchman and his Frow-Philips, Miss Brett; Polonese-Essex, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere. [For Occasional Prompter II, see Daily Journal, 8 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Precieuses Ridicules

Performance Comment: The Scholars of Mr Fell; Master of the French Academy in Old Broad Street, behind the Royal Exchange.
Event Comment: Benefit Miller, By particular Desire. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere.[Tickets at Miller's in Clare Street, Clare-Market.] Daily Post,29 March: The Actors of the several Theatres are in no small Pain about the present Act depending in the House of Commons call'd the Vagrant Act, for fear of being deem'd Vagabonds; and are therefore perpetually soliciting their Friends for a Clause in their Favour,

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: As17370319 but Leander-Stoppelaer; Sir Jasper-Shepard.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Stoppelaer