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Event Comment: The Flying Post, 4-6 July 1700, contains the order (see 25 June 1700) forbidding the acting of plays or interludes at Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit for Pinkethman, [but] no plays being Allow'd to be Acted at either Theatre the Friday or Saturday before Whitsunday next,...Love makes a Man...is deferr'd till Friday the 13th of June

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. The Queen Theatre in Dorset-Garden is now fitting up for a new Opera; and the great Preparations are made to forward it and bring it upon the Stage by the beginning of June, adds to every body's Expectation, who promise themselves mighty Satisfaction from so well-order'd and regular an Undertaking as this is said to be, both in the Beauties of the Scenes, and Varieties of Entertainments in the Musick and Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Campion, Mrs Shaw

Dance: DuRuell, others

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Elford. [Genest, II, 293, lists this for 2 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Music: The best Masters

Dance: As17030601

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Prince. By reason of the Entertainment, the Play will be shortened. Boxes 6s., pit 4s., gallery 2s. 6d. [Genest, II, 293, lists this for 7 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Song: Four new songs, the Nightingale Song-Francisca Margarita del'Epine, with music composed by Jacomo Greber

Dance: As17030601 Also Mezzetin a Clown and two Chair/men-; Blouzabella-Prince, Mrs Elford

Event Comment: [By William Taverner. Date of premiere unknown. Published in June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Faithful Bride Of Granada

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. Not Acted these Six Years. This being the first Performance of an Opera this Year. All the Scenes and Flyings as they were formerly presented. [Genest II, 300, lists this performance for 10 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Psyche; Or, Love's Mistress

Music: All the Vocal and Instrumental Music compos'd by the Famous Mr Matthew Lock-

Dance: New dances- proper to the occasion; particularly Arbour Dance in Imitation of the Original-duRuel, Cherrier, Laforest

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Evans and Miss Mountfort. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Cowper MS, III, 79, James Cragg enclosed in a letter to Thomas Coke "Three small playing cards having on the back of each 'June 26th The Amorous Widow or the Wanton Wife. The Box. For the Benefitt of Miss Mountfort and Miss Evans."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Dance: A New Dance by Four Scaramouches to Faranoll's Ground never perform'd but once-; A Scotch and Irish Dance-Miss Evans; Firbank, Firbank's Scholar

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 27 June, Arisnoe and The Quacks had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Coquet

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Afterpiece Title: The Quacks

Song: As17050410

Dance: Comic dances-Mrs Cross, Mrs Moss, others

Event Comment: Benefit Newman. [In Daily Courant, 29 June, The Committee had been advertised for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Song: Frost Music from King Arthur (Act III), with the proper Scenes and Habits belonging to it-

Dance: The best Performers

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Daily Courant, 5 June, The Recruiting Officer had been advertised for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Music: All the vocal and instrumental music from Bonduca-

Dance: As17060325

Event Comment: Not Acted there these Five Years [but see 23 June 1704]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Marriage Hater Match'd

Event Comment: See Tatler, 26 May. [In Daily Courant, 24 May, William Bowen announced that The Stratagem, advertised for this day as his benefit, is deferred and that tickets for it will be accepted on 1 June at Sganarell; or, The Cuckold in Conceit.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Event Comment: Benefit Bowen. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. For the Entertainment of his Excellency Don Joseph Diaz, Ambassador extraordinary from Muley Ismael Ben Shreif Elhossemy, Emperor of Morocco. [In Daily Courant, 1 June: "The Play-House at Dorset-Stairs is now pulling down."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Event Comment: Announced but not given. On 6 June the Lord Chamberlain silenced Drury Lane because of its failure to obey an order issued earlier which forbade the deduction of more than #40 from the receipts at a benefit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Epsom Wells

Event Comment: Not Acted these Six Years [but see 24 June 1708]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feign'd Innocence; Or, Sir Martin Mar All

Event Comment: Benefit Cross. [In Daily Courant, 24 May, and later Penkethman announced his new theater in Greenwich, to which several Persons of Quality have subscribed. He intends to open on 12 June with a new Prologue by himself and a new Epilogue-by him and Bullock. He solicits additional subscription for a proposed program of 24 plays. See also Tatler, 25-27 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Event Comment: Benefit Wilks. At the Particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [See also Tatler, 6-8 and 11-13 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-Wilks; Iago-Cibber [Daily Courant, 20 June, only]; With a new Epilogue (intended to be Humorous) Writ-Mr Cibber[, upon all Mankind's being Actors on the Stage of the World., upon all Mankind's being Actors on the Stage of the World.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antiochus

Performance Comment: Cavaliero Nicolino Grimaldi will take his leave of England. [See also 11 June and 5 April.]
Event Comment: Benefit the Author, Mr D'Urfey. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [See The Guardian, 15 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

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Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Admission as 9 June

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: With a new Cantata, several Opera Songs never Sung-Mrs Robinson in Publick

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Puritan; Or, Widow Of Walting Street

Performance Comment: cnl, but in Daily Courant, 19 June, this cast was listed: George Pyeboard-Mills; Captain Idle-Keen; NicholasSt. Antlings-Bullock; Sir Godfrey Plus-Johnson; Skirmish-Bickerstaff; Frailty-Norris; Corporal Oath-Bowen; Edmond-Pack; Sir Oliver Muckhill-Leigh; Sir John Pennyclub-Bullock Jr; Sir Andrew Tipstaff-Ryan; Puttock-Cross; Widow Plus-Mrs Willis; Molly-Miss Younger; Frances-Miss Willis; With a New Prologue-; Epilogue-.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Entertainment: It consisted of Pyramids-; of all manner of Sweetmeats, the most generous Wines, Burgundy, Champaign, and was usher'd in by a Prologue-Mrs Younger; written by Mr Tickel, under Secretary to Mr Addison, and concluded by an Epilogue-Mr Wilks; written by himself; which was very merry and free with his own Character; after which, a large Table that was in th Area of the Consort-House, was taken away to make Room for the Company to Dance Country-Dances...We are likewise to acquaint the Reader, that an Ode of Horace-; was set to Musick and sung upon the Occasion, with several other very particular Songs and Performances, both Vocal and Instrumental Music- and that Mrs Younger spoke the Prologue, and Mr Wilks the Epilogue, which, after Sir Richard's Way, was extremely Diverting (Weekly Packet, 4 June)

Performance Comment: ..We are likewise to acquaint the Reader, that an Ode of Horace-; was set to Musick and sung upon the Occasion, with several other very particular Songs and Performances, both Vocal and Instrumental Music- and that Mrs Younger spoke the Prologue, and Mr Wilks the Epilogue, which, after Sir Richard's Way, was extremely Diverting (Weekly Packet, 4 June).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amadis

Performance Comment: Advertised, but Colman's Opera Register states that intense heat between 15 and 25 June postponed the operas.