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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ross; Sir Novelty-Woodward; Elder Worthy-Clarke; Young Worthy-Dyer; Sly-Costollo; Lawyer-Wignel; Amanda's Woman-Mrs Ferguson; Flareit's Maid-Miss Helm; Sir William Wisewou'd-Dunstall; Snap-Shuter; Narcissa-Mrs Vincent; Hillaria-Mrs Dyer; Flareit-Mrs Green; Amanda-Mrs Ward (playbill).
Cast
Role: Amanda's Woman Actor: Mrs Ferguson
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Ward

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: III: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003; End: La Femme Maitresse, as17641004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ross; Sir Novelty-Woodward; Elder Worthy-Hull; Young Worthy-Dyer; Sly-Cushing; Amanda's Woman-Mrs Ferguson; Lawyer-Wignel; Flareit's Maid-Miss Helm; Sir William Wisewou'd-Dunstall; Snap-Shuter; Narcissa-Mrs Mattocks; Hillaria-Mrs Dyer; Flareit-Mrs Green; Amanda-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Amanda's Woman Actor: Mrs Ferguson
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Event Comment: Books of the Burletta to be had at the Theatre. Paid Thos. Williamson for 4 pounds spermeceti candles 7s. (Account Book). Receipts: #133 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ross; Sir Novelty-Woodward; Elder Worthy-Clarke; Young Worthy-Dyer; Sly-Cushing; Lawyer-Wignel; Amanda's Woman-Mrs Ferguson; Flareit's Maid-Miss Helm; Sir William-Dunstall; Snap-Shuter; Narcissa-Mrs Mattocks; Hillaria-Mrs Dyer; Flareit-Mrs Green; Amanda-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Amanda's Woman Actor: Mrs Ferguson
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Walker. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2]: by a Gentleman from Edinburgh [unidentified. Larpent MS 433; not published. Authors of Prologues unknown. Mrs Moss is identified on playbill of 22 Apr. 1777]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00. Tickets to be had of Walker, No. 4, New Round-court, Strand; of McIntosh, the King's Head, near Marybone-street; at the St. Andrew, Wapping; at the Mount-street Coffee-house, Grosvenor-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd Author(s): Cornelius Vandertop

Afterpiece Title: The Prejudice of Fashion

Song: End: The Birks of Invermay-the Lady who performs Peggy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Afterpiece Title: The Prejudice of Fashion

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by half past Four o'clock. Morning Chronicle, 25 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Smith, No. 7, Beaufort Buildings, Strand. Receipts: #325 17s. 6d.(163/2/0; 8/2/6; 0/16/0; tickets: 153/17/0) (charge: #65 10s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Song: As17860223

Monologue: 1786 03 21 End of mainpiece A Sketch of the Fashions; or, Belles have ye all by Mrs Jordan

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Lady Eglantine Wallace. Prologue by Joseph Jekyll (World, 14 Apr.). Epilogue by Thomas Morris, with five lines added by Edward Topham (Public Advertiser, 15 Apr.)]: With new Scenes and Dresses. Public Advertiser, 26 Apr.: This Day is published The Ton (18d.). "On the next representation we hope the other performers will not give the audience reason to believe that the prompter has a part in the play from his frequent audibility" (Public Advertiser, 9 Apr.). Receipts: #295 18s. 6d. (294.9.0; 1.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ton; Or, Follies Of Fashion

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Henry Mackenzie, based on La Fausse Inconstance; ou, Le Triomphe de l'Honnetete, by Fanny de Beauharnais. Larpent MS 852; text 1st published in Mackenzie's Works, Vol. VIII (Edinburgh, 1808), as False Shame; or, The White Hypocrite; it assigns no parts. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (see text)]. [Afterpiece in place of Love and War, advertised on playbill of 4 Dec.] Receipts: #202 13s. 6d. (191.3.6; 11.10.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Force Of Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Don Manuel-Waldron; Don Philip-Benson; Octavio-Bland; Soto-Rock; Trappanti-Lee Lewes; Flora-Mrs Collins; Rosa-Mrs Rock; Viletta-Mrs Lee Lewes; Hyppolita-A Young Lady (1st appearance in London [Mrs Saunders]).Mrs Saunders]).
Cast
Role: Octavio Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: A Merry Sketch of Folly and Fashion

Performance Comment: Lee Lewes. In which will be exhibited Characters and Caricatures, many of them entirely new, and others selcted from Subjects of the most approved Wit and Humour. Two very astonishing figures will be introduced, of the late King of Prussia, and his General Ziethen; also the Propagation of a Lie, in Characters as large as life, with several whimsical Paintings in Transparency. The whole prepared for the East Indies, at a prodigious expense. The above two figures cost at Berlin 275 guineas.
Event Comment: Benefit for Munden. 1st piece: Not acted these 12 years [acted 20 Apr. 1789]. 2nd piece: By Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. Never Performed at this Theatre. With the Original Overture, Songs, Trios, Duets and Chorusses. To conclude with a Perspective Representation of a Grand Camp. Morning Chronicle, 1 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Munden, No. 16, Clement's Inn. Receipts: #565 0s. 6d. (202.9.0; 10.10.0; tickets: 352.1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good-natured Man

Performance Comment: Lofty-Lewis; Honeywood-Pope; Old Croaker-Munden; The Bailiff-Knight; Leontine-H. Johnston; Sir William Honeywood-Murray; Little Flannagan-Emery; Postboy-Simmons; Jarvis-Thompson; Butler-Abbot; Mrs Croaker-Mrs Mattocks; Olivia-Miss Murray; Garnet-Mrs Mills; Miss Richland-the Late Miss Betterton [i.e. now Mrs Glover].i.e. now Mrs Glover].

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Afterpiece Title: The Hermione

Cast
Role: French Officer Actor: Klanert

Song: End: A Chapter of Fashions (never performed; written by T. Dibdin Jun.)-Munden; The Tight Little Lads of the Ocean (never performed; written by the Author of The Bundle of Proverbs)-Fawcett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Italian Husband

Performance Comment: Edition of 1698: An induction Scene: A Praelude between a Poet, a Critic, and Peregrine. Prologue-; Frederico-Verbrugen; Alouisia-Mrs Bowman; Alfonso-Hodgson; Fidalbo-Watson; Rodrigo-Thurmond; Amidea-Mrs Prince; Florella-Mrs Martin; Epilogue by Jo. Haynes-Mr Bowman mimicking a Beau.
Event Comment: Benefit Mr Dean and Mr Manshipp. To begin exactly at 8 a Clock, by reason the Performance will be somewhat longer than usual in that Place

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental, with new Pieces of Musick-; and particular Performances of Instrumental Musick-Mr Dean; And likewise an Extraordinary Italian Song-a Boy, lately arriv'd from Italy, being the first time of his Singing in Publick in England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

Dance: Prince, Mrs Elford, Weaver; And at the Request of several Persons of Quality, there will be performed that delightful Exercise of Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, according to the Italian manner-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Dance: Dance between Two Frenchmen and two Frenchwomen-; Night Scene by a Harlequin and a Scaramouch , after the Italian manner,-Serene, another Person lately arrived in England

Entertainment: The famous Mr Clench of Barnet, who will perform an Organ with 3 Voices, the double Curtell the Flute and the Bells with the Mouth-Mr Clench; the Huntsman the Hounds and the Pack of Dogs-Mr Clench; with vaulting on the Horse-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ibrahim; The 13th Emperor Of The Turks

Song: A new song-Mrs Shaw, never perform'd before, compos'd by a Gentleman lately arriv'd from Dublin

Music: An Extraordinary Entertainment , all of Flutes-Mr Paisible

Dance: A Mimick Night Scene- after the Italian Manner by a newScaramouch, Harlequin; A new dance-Cottin, Mrs Bicknell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Italian Consort, with a large Addipion of new Musick-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patriot; Or, The Italian Conspiracy

Performance Comment: Edition of 1703 lists: Cosmo de Medici-Mills; Julio-Wilks; Lorenzo-Husbands; Uberto-Sympson; Donato-Kent; Rimini-Griffin; Castruccio-Boise; Teraminta-Mrs Rogers; Honoria-Mrs Kent; Prologue written by Dennis-Mills; Epilogue-Mr Mills comes forward and makes an Apology for want of an Epilogue; then, Mr Penkethman enters dress'd like a Beau, and says he has one by a Friend, Mr Farquhar. then, Mr Penkethman enters dress'd like a Beau, and says he has one by a Friend, Mr Farquhar.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: An Italian Consort-; with Additions of New Songs-the Gentlewoman; Symphonies-Signor Gasparine

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality, for one day. The Boxes to be kept entire for the Ladies, as at a Play. Admission into Pit or Boxes by Printed Tickets only, not exceeding 400 in number, with 100 for the Front Boxes at 6s. and 300 for the Pit and Side Boxes at 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Mar`iage a la Mode

Music: The best Masters; several Songs in Italian and English-Mr Pate (having recover'd his Voice); Singing-Leveridge, Hughes; accompanied-Bannister; several of Corelli's Sonatas-Gasperini; accompanied-Dupar

Dance: As17030123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, The Man-hater

Related Works
Related Work: Timon of Athens Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Music: A Mask set to Musick by the late Mr Henry Purcell-; Italian Sonatas-Gasperini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, The Death Of Alexander The Great

Song: Singing In Italian the Famous-Signiora Maria Margarita Gallia , lately arriv'd from Italy, who has never yet Sung in England; the Musick which accompanies her Singing is compos'd by Signior Joseph Saggion-

Dance: The Wedding Dance, compos'd by Monsieur L'Abbe,-Monsieur L'Abbe, Mrs Elford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Villain

Song: Henry Purcell's celebrated Trumpet Song, The Fife and Harmony of War-; The Mad Song in Don Quixote-Boman, by request

Dance: Chacone-Mrs Elford; a new Entry-Fairbank; Venetian, a new Whim-Godwin

Music: New Italian Trumpet Sonatas-

Event Comment: Beginning at 5 p.m. and ending at 7 p.m. Tickets 5s. This Consort to be perform'd but once, because of the Queen's going to the Bath

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: A great Consort of Musick-; several new songs-Mr Elford, Mr Weldon all compos'd on purpose for this Entertainment by the said Mr Weldon; Some of the Songs to be accompanied by a Flute-Mr Peasable; and a new Symphony for a Flute and a Violin-Mr Peasable, the Famous Signior Gasparini; who will perform several Italian Sonatas-Mr Peasable; accompanied-Mr Depar; and other great Symphonies-the best Masters

Event Comment: By Subscription. None to be admitted into the Pit or Boxes but by the Subscribers Tickets. The Boxes on the Stage and the Galleries are for the Benefit of the actors. At 5 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; in which several Songs in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts; accompany'd-the best Masters in England

Dance: Labbe, others

Event Comment: By Subscription. Admission to Pit or Boxes by Subscribers' Tickets only. Stage Boxes 7s. 6d., Galleries 2s. 6d. and 1s. 6d. are for the Benefit of the Actors. At 5 p.m. No Person to stand on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts [advertised, but not given; see17031221]; A new Piece of Vocal and Instrumental Musick- [never perform'd before, compos'd by Mr Leveridge

Dance: L'Abbe, DuRuell, Cherrier, Mrs Campion, Mrs Elford, Devonshire Girl