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Event Comment: Benefit for Ackman and Moody. No Building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

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

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Song: End: By Particular Desire, the Favourite Song in Love a@la@Mode-Moody

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vincent. No building on the Stage. Mr Havard sent word that his Wife dy'd this morning. Mr Lee read his part. Imogen by Mrs Palmer (Hopkins). Charges: #64 4s. (MacMillan). Mrs Havard died this morning, on which account Mr Lee read Bellarius, and introduc'd two long speeches that were never spoke before. Miss Bride, being with child, cou'd (not) go into breeches, Mrs Palmer-Imogen (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Cast
Role: Iachimo Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Song: III: The song of Sweet Bird-Mrs Vincent; accompanied on the Violin-Mr Pinto

Dance: The Provancalle, as17631014

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wright. Tickets deliver'd for Jane Shore and the Fairy Tale; and for the Benefit of Mrs Cross will be taken. Charges: #64 4s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Song: Between the acts: several songs-Miss Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petrucio

Dance: II: Dance of Slaves, as17640425 The Cow@Keepers, as17640504

Song: I: The Song of Sweet Bird-Mrs Vincent; accompanied on violin-Pinto as17640427

Entertainment: II: King as Mr Prattle, will open a Packet of News (for that night only), as17640403

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Song: II: A Song from the Opera Almena-Miss Wright

Dance: End: New Tambourine, as17640929

Event Comment: Benefit for Moody and Griffith, acted only once these three years. Tickets deliver'd for the Committee, Romeo and Juliet, and A Play will be admitted

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Related Works
Related Work: L'Honorata Poverta di Rinaldo: viz, The honourable Poverty of Rinaldo, false accused by the Maganzesians: With Harlequing Guardian to his Master's Family and Defender of his Castle Author(s): Giacinto Andrea Cicognini

Dance: End: Tambourine, as17650427

Song: End: By Particular Desire the Favorite song in the Play Love a-la-Mode,-Moody

Event Comment: By Permission of the Magistrates. Deferred from Wednesday 2 Oct. on account of the badness of the weather. The nobility, gentry and all other charitable and humane persons are invited. A collection will be made at the door for the unhappy sufferers by the late distressful Fires at Montreal in Canada, and Honiton in Devonshire. The whole sum collected to be equally divided....The Singers and Band of Music perform gratis. The doors to be opened at 10:00, the Music to begin at 11:30. The company may depend if the weather should continue bad, that the Music will be in the Great Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rehearsal Of New Songs, Full Pieces And Overtures

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger (prompter). Tickets delivered by Mrs Stephens, Miss Helme, Miss Twist, and Murden will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Younger, first time; Governor-Anderson; Blanford-Hull; Stanmore-Davis; Aboan-Gardner; Jack Stanmore-Murden; Capt. Driver-Dunstall; Daniel-Shuter; Hotman-Wignel; Planters-Bennet, Buck, Morgan; Charlotte-Miss Macklin; Lucy-Mrs Stephens; Widow Lackit-Mrs Pitt; Imoinda-Miss Ward, first time.
Cast
Role: Governor Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Song: II: A Song-Miss Twist

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Miss Twist; IV: A Minuet-Dumay, Miss Twist; End: The Sicilian Peasants, as17660311

Entertainment: End: By Particular Desire (For positively the last time this season) Epilogue upon an Ass-Shuter

Event Comment: Benefit for Kear, Keen and Watkins. Tickets deliver'd by Mr Wilson will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: II: A Song Call'd The Whistling Plowman-Kear

Dance: End: Tambourine, as17651004; End Farce: Hornpipe-Miss Watkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman's A Riddle

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: I: New Comic Dance-; V: A new Dance-

Song: some well known Ssome well known Songs in Imitation of some Favorite Italian Performers-a Comic Genius

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Credulous Husband

Performance Comment: Credulous Husband-Foote, first time in ten years.

Song: IV: A favorite song in Love in a Village-Mrs Weston

Entertainment: End: Joe Haines Epilogue on an Ass-Shuter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sifare

Song: A Cantabile Song-; accompanied on the viola de gamba-Mr Abel

Event Comment: Benefit for Squibb. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Charges #65 2s. [Profit to Squibb #13 10s. plus #85 10s. from tickets (Box 137; Pit 205; Gallery 205).] Paid half year's land tax for theatre #37 10s., and for House in Bow Passage #2 1s. 8d.; Paid half year's window lights tax for theatre #6 10s., for House in Bow Passage 15s.; half year's Scavanger's rate for theatre #2 1s. 8d., for House, 2s. 1d. (Account Book). Receipts: #78 12s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: II: The Female Archer, as17661215

Song: End: two favourite songs in the Italian Manner-Squibb

Event Comment: Benefit for DuBellamy and Mrs Pitt. Tickets delivered for Theodosius will be taken. Afterpiece: Not acted in 4 years. [See 20 May 1763.] Charges #67 1s. [Profit to each beneficiary #27 11s. 9d. plus income from tickets: DuBellamy #61 6s. 5d. (Box 75; Pit 241; Gallery 64); Mrs Pitt #62 6s. (Box 53; Pit 223; Gallery 156).] (Account Book). Receipts: #122 4s. 6d. (Account Book). [Neville attended. Noted the great crowd as well as the excellence of the performance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Song: I: At Totterdown Hill-, a favourite song; IV: The Cantata of Cymon and Iphegenia , by Particular Desire,-DuBellamy

Dance: End: Double Hornpipe, as17670427

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Miles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Macbeth Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Irishman Actor: Moody
Role: Scotchman Actor: Love

Dance: IV: A Dance of the Furies-; II: The Jealous Peasant, as17661111; End: An Albion Song-Vernon; End I Farce: By Desire a Minuet-Tassoni, a young Gentlewoman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Song: I: A favourite song from Judith-Miss Brickler; accompanied on a new instrument call'd Piano Forte-Dibdin

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, Blind Man's Buff-Arnauld, Miss Valois. [See17641003.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Cast
Role: Iachimo Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Irishman Actor: Moody
Role: Scotchman Actor: Love

Song: II: A Song, The Judicious Choice-Kear

Dance: End: A Minuet-Miss Collett, Miss Giorgi, as17670508

Entertainment: BBucks Have At Ye All-J. Palmer

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Charges: #35 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast With The Coronation Anthems

Music: Some additional song-Guarducci

Event Comment: Benefit for Hurst, Tassoni and Mrs Dorman. By Desire of the Honourable Lodge of the Order of Select Albions

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: As17671223, but Mr Strictland-Hurst, 1st time; Ranger-King.
Cast
Role: Mr Strictland Actor: Hurst, 1st time
Role: Strictland Actor: Love
Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Song: I: A Trio-Vernon, Miss Young, Mrs Dorman; End: The Albion Song-Vernon

Dance: II: A Minuet-Tassoni, Miss Granier , his Apprentice; IV: The Medley-Tassoni, Mrs King

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs DuBellamy. Charges #64 00s. Deficit to the DuBellamys #26 10s., covered by #60 6s. from tickets (Box 93; Pit 205; Gallery 63). Receipts: #37 18s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Song: I: Angelic Fair, a new song-DuBellamy; IV: By Particular Desire, the Cantata of Cymon and Iphigenia-DuBellamy

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17680416

Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Miles
Event Comment: Benefit for T. Smith, Parsons, Arnauld, Miss Madden, Miss Cockayne, and others. Tickets deliver'd by Wild, Mrs Hitchcock, Francis, Widow Trott, Mrs Paddick, and for the fourteenth will be taken. [The Mourning Bride and Orpheus had been planned for the 14th. See foot of playbill 13 May.] @Tickets Pit Box Gallery Value 1!2 Value@T. Smith 67 61 #16 3s. #8 1s. 6d.@ Maddan 10 30 49 #11 18s. #5 19s.@19 183 58 38 19@Cockayne 7 23 48 #10 5@Wilde 2 27 33 #7 17s. #3 18s. 6d.@Francis 4 25 31 #7 17s. #3 18s. 6d.@Arnd Fishar 14 8 #2 18s. #1 9s.@Hitchcock 31 41 14 #15 6s. #7 3s.@ Trott 16 8 4 #5 12s. #2 16s.@Paddick 16 7 #3 2s. #1 11s.@Total #118 13s. #59 6s. 6d. (Account Book).@ [No charges were listed. The house took, instead one-half value of the tickets, leaving the other half as profit to the ten beneficiaries. House also took the cash receipts.] Receipts: #27 19s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Song: II: A Song-Parsons

Dance: III: A Minuet-Hussey, Miss Madden; IV: Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Capon, as17680416

Event Comment: Benefit By Desire of the most noble Grand of the Honorable Order of Select Albions, for their Brother Hurst, and Mr Evans (subtreasurer). Tickets deliver'd for The Orphan will be taken. The Orphan deferr'd on account of Barry's Indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Song: End: The Albion Song-Vernon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Cast
Role: Irishman Actor: Moody
Role: Richard III Actor: Holland

Song: In Act I: A Song-Mrs Scott

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gioas Re Di Giuda

Song: I: A Song-Guadagni, accompanied on the French Horn-Rodolfe

Music: I: Concerto on Violin-LaHaussage; II: A Sonata on the Violincello-Duport

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gioas Re Di Giuda

Music: End Act I: Concerto on Violin-LaHaussage; In Act I: Sonata on Violincello-Dupart

Song: II: Song-Sga Guglielmi, accompanied by Dupart