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Event Comment: Benefit Patrick and Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Related Works
Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Music: Select Pieces on Kettle Drums and Trumpets-

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Mainpiece: Not acted these 12 years. Rec'd Mr Stevens 1 year's rent to Lady Day last (taxes deducted #13 3s. 8d.) #3 6s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Mrs Barry Isabella (1st time) great Applause (Hopkins Diary). Burton died on Sunday 3 May (Winston MS 10). Receipts: #158 15s. Charges: #64 17s. Profit to J. Palmer: #93 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of the Turf

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Related Work: The Humours of the Turf Author(s): George Downing

Dance: II: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Entertainment: V: The entertainment A Picture of the Playhouse or Bucks Have at ye All-Palmer

Event Comment: Last time of company's performing this season. Benefit for Bowers and Widow Veal. Tickets deliver'd by Berrisford, Hodges, and Burroughs will be taken. Thus Ends the Season-63 different plays-36 different Farces-186 Nights in all (Hopkins Diary). Paid Watch, Rector, Cleansing, &c., cg to Lady Day last #5 18s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). After Season Receipts: 11 June: Box Office Keeper's cash #25; Condill's 3rd and last payment for Fruit Office #20. 16 June: Candles, Oyl and Lampmen of Theatrical Fund Night 2nd inst. #3 18s. 6d. 23 June: Mr Johnston for Candle ends sold to sundry #11 7s. 6d.; Ditto for Lace burnt form the Wardrobe #205 8s. 26 June: Harrison's rent 1 yr to Lady Day last #46 but with #12 5s. in taxes deducted amount rec'd #33 15s.; Williams rent ditto (#48 with #8 6s. 8d. taxes deducted) #39 13s. 4d.; From Public Advertiser this season #50; From Daily Gazetteer #50. 3 July: Remainder of Sinking Fund #160 2s. 6d. 6 July. Mr Rowland 1 yrs rent to Lady Day last with #3 8s. in taxes deducted, #139 12s.; Mr Pope 1 yrs rent to ditto with #3 11s. 2d. taxes deducted #26 8s. 10d. 10 July: Benefit deficiencies cleared and Cash taken up by Evans as per acct. #89 7s. (Treasurer's Book). After Season expenditures: 11 June: Hopkins, Prompters Bill #8 15s.; Miss Hopkins 18 Nights full #2 5s. 13 June: 2 days salary list at #72 6s. 5d. per diem #144 12s. 10d.; S. French 6 days #1 10s. 16 June: Davies on note #7 6s.; Printer's 2 bills #11 14s.; Mas. Thomson 3 nights in full 15s.; Mrs Mann on note #2 2s.; Tallow chandler's 9th bill (#30 14s. 4d. with a discount of #26 15s. 6d. on all bills for season) #3 18s. 10d. 19 June: Miss Berkley on note #5 5s. 3 July: J. Stevens 2 weeks as usual #1 16s; Sandys & Co. for Colours #10 4s. Dorman for Coals #20 10s. and for attending practices of dances, as usual #10 10s.; Cole (turner) #14 3s.; Bibb (sword cutler) #3 12s.; Barret (wax chandler) #20 6s. 6d.; Blakes, (hatter), #5 12s.; Lowe and Co (glaziers) #16 6d.; Cropley, (linen draper) #14 7s. 6d.; Chamberlain & Co. (ironmongers), #25; Carter (scowerer) #14 12s.; Jennings (glover and furrier) #18 6d.; Scott (copper laceman), #51 19s.; Carpue, (silk dyer) #9 1s. 6d.; Mrs Chitty (coals) #28; Carver's bill #2 1s.; Chettell (timber) #14 9s.; Cubitt (Tinman) #18 2s. 6d.; Waller (hosier) #24 19s. 6d.; Barrow & Co. (only) #118; Vaughan (haberdasher) #3 6s.; Hatsell (mercer) #28 2s.; Thomson (smith) #10 15s. 6 July: B. Lyon, Wardrobe & Carp Bills #10 10s. 6d.; Stephens (manson) #6 4s.; Pope (peruke maker) #29 6s. and #3 16s. for 38 extra nights dressing &c.; Mrs Slaughter's Bill #9 2s. 6d.; Roberts (shoemaker) #3 12s. 6d.; D. Richards, 30 weeks 5 days extra salary in full for this season #30 16s. 8d.; Hewetson (laceman) #17 6s.; Mr Page in full of #25 this season #1 17s. 6d. 8 July: J. Johnston's Music Bill #37 13s. 6d.; Powney & Co., (stationers) #3 14s.; Landall for Mrs Cape's Funeral per order #4 7s. 6d.; Kirkman, (harpsichord maker) #18 14s.; John French, painter's bill #5 3s. 10 July: Palmer for Spermacetti Candles #255 8s.; Miss Collett's schooling #2 8s. 10d.; Stafford (glassman) #4 19s.; A. Johnston's bill for feathers &c. #15 6s. 6d.; Ditto four Housekeeping Bills #10 1s. 4d.; Chapman (Jubilee horsekeeping) #3 13s. 6d.; Victor 2 weeks salary as usual #5; Victor gratuity as usual #30; Evans 2 weeks salary as usual #3 and #42 in lieu of a Benefit. Books Closed 10 July. Total income #32,538 6s. 1d. Total outgo #26,410 8s. 8d. Profit #6,127 17s. 5d. paid To Managers #5,040 To Clutterbuck #1,087 17s. 5d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

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Related Work: The Jealous Wife Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: End: Hornpipe-Walker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber; Or, The Fruitless Precaution

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Parsons, Massey, Wewitzer, R. Palmer, Egan, Stevens, Edwin; Miss Harper (with several additional airs). [For assignment of parts sec 27 Aug.] hathi.
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Related Work: The Spanish Barber; or, The Fruitless Precaution Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: John Actor: Stevens

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820606

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for this Evening [Account-Book: by Andrews, Calkin, Chatterley, Dangerfield, Edwards, Gardiner, Gilles, Henderson, Humphreys, Irish, Long, Massingham, Panchaud, Scott, Sherratt, Smith, Stevens, Thompson] will be admitted. Receipts: #57 15s. 6d. (36.14.6; 17.14.0; 3.7.0; tickets: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

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Related Work: The Stratagem Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: As17920613

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [By Alexander Gordon.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lupone; Or, The Inquisitor

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Related Work: Lupone; or, The Inquisitor Author(s): Alexander Gordon
Event Comment: Benefit Rochetti. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Afterpiece: A short Opera of one Act. The Musick by the late celebrated Alexander Scarlatti. [Apparently not published.] Receipts: money #22 11s. 6d.; tickets #31 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Telemachus

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Related Work: Telemachus Author(s): Alexander Scarlatti

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [a tragedy by Alexander Dow]: Never acted before. New Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. This Play was receiv'd with very great Applause Mrs Barry Play'd finely & the Scenes were applauded (Hopkins Diary). Rec'd Stopages #4 12s. 6d. Paid 4 days salary list #348 14s. 8d. Mr King's extra salary #2 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #238 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sethona

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Related Work: Sethona Author(s): Alexander Dow

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Event Comment: Benefit 1st night for Author [Alexander Dow]; Rec'd Mr Condell's 2nd payment for Fruit Office #20; Paid Mr Dorman for Coals #43 15s.; Mr Jones (worsted laceman) #15 12s. 6d.; Messrs Barrow & Co., for Oil #50 12s.; Mr Gardner (shoemaker) #30 17s. 6d.; Mr Powney (stationer) #10; Mr Bib (sword cutler) #11 7s.; Mr Hatsell (mercer) #45 11s.; Mr Dobson (pipe-maker) #5 13s.; Mr Blakes, (hatter) #8 4s. 6d.; Mr J. French on acct #5 5s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #187 18s. 6d. Charges #73 10s. Profit to author #114 8s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sethona

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Related Work: Sethona Author(s): Alexander Dow

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Event Comment: Benefit for Pope. 1st piece [1st time; D 4. Larpent MS 1249; not published synopsis of plot in Universal Magazine, Apr. 1799, p. 273]: Translated from [Der Graf von Burgund, by August Friedrich Ferdinand von? Kotzebue (Author of The Stranger, Lover's Vows, &c.) by Miss Anne? Plumptre, and adapted to the English Stage by Alexander? Pope. Morning Chronicle, 25 26 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Pope at his house, No. 5, Half Moon-street, Piccadilly. [This was Mrs Abington's last appearance on the stage.] "The perpetuated evidence of youth was in character with her person and her powers; the slimness of her figure, the fulness of her voice, the freshness of her spirits, the sparkle of her eye, and the elasticity of her limbs, savoured alike of a juvenility that puzzled the mind, whilst it pleased it: of her it was justly said that 'she had been on the stage thirty years; she was one-and-twenty when she came, and one-and-twenty when she went!'" (John Bernard, Retrospections of the Stage, 1830, II, 228-29). Receipts: #334 19s. 6d. (194.1.0; 2.5.0; tickets: 138.13.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Count Of Burgundy

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Related Work: The Count of Burgundy Author(s): Alexander Pope

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Cast
Role: George Bevil Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Song: End: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; End 2nd piece: The Mid Watch-Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Bates; Worthy-Yeates Jun.; Ballance-Malone; Kite-George; Brazen-Murry; Bullock-Sturgess; Recruits-Monk, Smithson; Melinda-Mrs Williamson; Rose-Mrs Morgan; Lucy-Mrs George; Sylvia-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Kite Actor: George
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs George
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Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: As17690410 but Maria-Mrs Mattocks; George-Wroughton, 1st time.
Cast
Role: George Actor: Wroughton, 1st time.
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Related Work: The Merchant; or, The True History of George Barnwell Author(s): George Lillo

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: A Minuet-Dumay, Miss Madden; End: A Pantomime Dance-Fishar, Miss Capon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: As17690925, but George-Perry, first time; Truman-Lewes; Uncle-Gardner.
Cast
Role: George Actor: Perry, first time
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Related Work: The Merchant; or, The True History of George Barnwell Author(s): George Lillo

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Entertainment: End: Hippisley's Drunken Man with additions and Alterations-Shuter

Dance: TThe Tambourine, as17700501

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: As17701001, but George-Wroughton.
Cast
Role: George Actor: Wroughton.
Role: George Barnwell Actor: Bensley, first time
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Related Work: The Merchant; or, The True History of George Barnwell Author(s): George Lillo

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

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Related Work: Mother Shipton Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: As17801109, but George Barnwell-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character).
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Related Work: The Merchant; or, The True History of George Barnwell Author(s): George Lillo

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Song: As17801109

Event Comment: 1st piece [1st time; PREL I, by George Colman elder; also ascribed to George Keate. Larpent MS 565; not published]: In Three Scenes of Dialogue. 2nd piece: The Music compiled by Dr Pepusch. 3rd piece [1st time; B. BALL I (see king's, 29 Mar.)]: Ballet Tragi-Comique by Signior Novestris [i.e. George Colman, the elder]. The Music by Signior Gluck. With New Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. Machinist and Painter-Signior Rookereschi. Tailor-Signior Walkerino. Morning Chronicle, 9 Aug.: Bannister with great good sense played chastely, and suffered the burlesque to arise out of his serious performance of Polly, not attempting to render the character ridiculous by making it more outre than it was rendered by his voice and figure

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

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Related Work: A Preludio Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Cargill; Peachum-Mrs Lefevre; Lockit-Mrs Webb; Mat o' the Mint-Miss Lyon; Ben Budge-Miss Wood; Jemmy Twitcher-Miss Francis; Nimming Ned-Mrs W. Palmer; Crook@finger'd Jack-Miss Painter; Waiter-Miss Hale; Filch-Mrs Wilson; Lucy-Mr Edwin; Mrs Peachum-Mr Wilson; Jenny Diver-Mr Wood; Mrs Coaxer-Mr Stevens; Mrs Slammekin-Mr Blissett; Sukey Tawdry-Mr Webb; Dolly Trull-Mr R. Palmer; Molly Brazen-Mr Kenny; Mrs Vixen-Mr Massey; Betty Doxy-Mr Painter; Diana Trapes-Mr Wewitzer; Polly-Mr Bannister (1st time of their appearing in any of those characters).
Cast
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Mr Stevens

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: III 2nd piece: a Hornpipe-Master Byrn, in girl's clothes (London Chronicle, 9 Aug., and see17810810) This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Bannister, Wilson, Bannister Jun., Barrett, Swords, Baddelcy, Davies, Edwin; Miss George, Mrs Bannister. [Cast from text (T. Cadell, 1784): Young Townly-Palmer; Captain Dupely-Bannister; Dupely-Wilson; Beaufort-Bannister Jun.; Post-boy-Barrett; Waiter-Swords; Sir ThomasTownly-Baddeley; Crape-Davies; Dicky Ditto-Edwin; Tippet-Miss George; Charlotte-Mrs Bannister.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Miss George
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Related Work: Two to One Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Poor Old Haymarket; or, Two Sides of the Gutter!!! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale; or, The Descent of the Balloon

Dance: End of mainpiece, by Master Giorgi, Miss Byrne, and others

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss George. [Monologue by Charles Stuart {.European Magazine, Sept. 1786, p. 165).] Morning Chronicle, 31 July: Tickets to be had of Miss George, No. 23, King-street, St. Ann's, Soho. Afterpiece: Never performed here

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Miss George
Related Works
Related Work: Two to One Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Poor Old Haymarket; or, Two Sides of the Gutter!!! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Performance Comment: Watty Cockney-Meadows; Captain Sightly-Wright; Old Cockney-Barrett; Barnacle-Booth; Penelope-Miss Burnett; Miss La Blond-Miss Brangin; Priscilla Tomboy-Miss George (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Priscilla Tomboy Actor: Miss George

Monologue: 1786 08 03 End of mainpiece The News-Papers spoken by Bannister Jun

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for this Evening [Account-Book: by Answorth, Appleby, Bayne, Daglish, Dale Jun., Gardner, George, Gillis, Keen, Pilsbury, W. Purser, Smith, Sherratt, Standen, Whittow, Woollams] will be admitted. Receipts: #303 8s. 6d. (33.11.0; 5.6.0; 0.1.6; tickets: 264.10.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Cast
Role: George Barnwell Actor: Whitfield
Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant; or, The True History of George Barnwell Author(s): George Lillo

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Dance: End: As17890415; End IV: Highland Reel, as17890527, but Whittow, _Hamoir

Song: As17880920

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss George. Public Advertiser, 8 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Miss George, No. 8, Panton-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Cast
Role: Wowski Actor: Miss George
Related Works
Related Work: Inkle and Yarico Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Song: End I afterpiece: a song (composed by Giordani)-Miss George

Entertainment: End: Imitations-Rees

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Edition of 1672: Prologue-; Epilogue-. In spite of the fame of this work, the actors (with a few exceptions) associated with the principal roles are not known. Buckingham, however, taught John Lacy how to act Bayes in ridicule of John Dryden. According to A Key to the Rehearsal (1704), Anna Reeves acted Amaryllis. Several actors are named in the text: Abraham Ivory (an old actor who possibly did not play in the work); William Wintershall; Joseph Haines, William Cartwright, and George? Shirley. John Littlewood (along with Joseph Haines) is referred to in a poem on the play--see16711214--as though he performed in it. William Wintershall; Joseph Haines, William Cartwright, and George? Shirley. John Littlewood (along with Joseph Haines) is referred to in a poem on the play--see16711214--as though he performed in it.
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Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Event Comment: Rich's Company. The date of this production is not certain. The Dedication, signed by George Powell and John Verbruggen, is dated Monday, 16 Oct. 1696, but this date is in error, for the sixteenth fell on Friday in October; however, 16 Nov. 1696 fell on Monday. In addition, the Dedication implies that the two men hope to have visitors (i.e., spectators at performances) on "Wednesday, and Saturday next, the Visiting Days of, Your Friends and Servants, George Powell, John Verbruggen." It is possible that the text and the songs were printed in advance of performance and were available at the theatre, but it is still uncertain whether the opera first appeared in October or November 1696. The Single Songs, With the Dialogue, was published separately in 1696, with Daniel Purcel named as the composer. The songs to which performers' names are listed are as follows: Cease, Cynthia, cease your fruitless tears, sung by Mrs Cross. I courted and writ, the verse by Jo Hanes and sung by Church. How happy I am the fair sex can defy, the verse by Jo Hanes and sung by Leveridge. 'Tis in vain to tell me I am deceived, sung by Freeman. Great queen of Hymen's hallowed fires, sung by Mrs Willis. Why, Chloe, will you not perceive, the verse by John Robens and sung by Church. Why dost thou fly me, sung by Edwards and Mrs Cross. If mortals laugh and sing, sung by Freeman. The Songs were entered in the Term Catalogues, November 1696

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Brutus Of Alba; Or, Augusta's Triumph

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Related Work: Brutus of Alba; or, Augusta's Triumph Author(s): George Powell
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Being a True Story in Common Life, and the Incidents extremely affecting. Written by the Author of George Barnwell [George Lillo]. N.B. This is much the coolest House in Town. At Common Prices, viz. Boxes 5s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d. [For a puff, see Daily Advertiser, 25 May.] Daily Advertiser, 28 May: Last Night . . . Guilt its own Punishment . . . was acted . . . with the greatest Applause that has been shewn to any Tragedy for many Years. The Scenes of Distress were so artfully work'd up, and so well perform'd, that there scarce remain'd a dry Eye among the Spectators at the Representation; and during the Scene preceding the Catastrophe, an attentive Silence possess'd the whole House, more expressive of an universal Approbation than the loudest Applauses

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Guilt Its Own Punishment; Or, Fatal Curiosity

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Related Work: Guilt Its Own Punishment; or, Fatal Curiosity Author(s): George Lillo
Related Work: Fatal Curiosity Author(s): George LilloGeorge Colman, the elder
Related Work: The Shipwreck Author(s): George Lillo

Afterpiece Title: Tumble Down Dick

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Cibber; Johnson-Ryan; Smith-Delane; other parts-Hippisley, Bridgwater, Rosco, Hale, Hallam, Stephens, Roberts, Arthur, James, Neale, Mullart, Bencraft, Mrs Cross, Miss Burgess, Miss Norman; The Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Legar, Salway, Bencraft, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young.*d1739 10 10 cg Poitier, Mlle Roland.*c1739 10 10 cg Written by George, Duke of Buckingham. With all the Music, Songs, Dances, Scenes, Machines, Habits, and other Decorations proper to the Play.
Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Written by George, Duke of Buckingham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Dance: I: Glover's Grand Ballet-Mlle Roland Sr; III: Sailor and Mistress-Poitier, Mlle Roland Jr; IV: Tambourine called La Badinage-Poitier, Mlle Roland

Ballet: II: The Reprizal. As17391015