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Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: With the Songs Actor:
Role: Dances Actor: , other Decorations.

Afterpiece Title: Columbine Courtezan

Performance Comment: As17440105, but a New Dance-_; Italian Masquerade-.
Event Comment: At the New Theatre, May Fair, in order to make the House warm, there is a new Machine fix'd in the same manner as they have in Russia, & other theatres in cold countries, to prevent the Gentry from catching cold

Performances

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Grotesque Pantomime Entertainment never acted before. As the least Obstruction will be detrimental to the working the Machinery, 'tis hoped no persons will take it ill, that they can't be admitted behind the scenes. The Music, Scenes, Habits, and Decorations entirely new

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favorite

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess or Harlequin Married

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Yates; Harlequin's Wife-Mrs Mann; Harlico-Collins; the Swiss-Blakes; Swiss Servant-Lair; Hecate-Mrs Avolio; Attendants on Hecate-Morland, Bennet, Morgan; Fantastic Sprights-Muilment, Desse, Liviez, Baudouin, Mrs Walter, Mrs Thomson, the Miss Scotts.
Event Comment: [The 1 Feb. note about nonadmission of persons behind the scenes continues to appear on all bills for nights of this afterpiece, as from now on, occurs the note: Nothing under Full Price will be taken during the time of the performance. These will not be copied out further.] We hear the new Pantomime Entertainment that was perform'd last night at Drury Lane, was receiv'd with great applause; the Scenes, Deceptions, and Decorations, all being in an entire new taste

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Related Works
Related Work: The Constant Couple; or, A Trip to the Jubilee Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

Cast
Role: the Swiss Actor: Blakes
Event Comment: We hear the new Pantomime Entertainment that was perform'd last night at Drury Lane was receiv'd with great applause, the Scenes, Deceptions, and Decorations all being in an entire new taste.--Daily Advertiser. [This "puff" worded identically with that appearing the day before in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

Performance Comment: As17440202, but Harlequin's Child-Miss Yates; a Fairy-a Lilliputian woman; Fantastic Sprights-_; Shepherds-Muilment, Desse, Liviez, Baudouin; Shepherdesses-Mrs Walter, Mrs Thomson, The Miss Scotts, Mlle Auguste.
Event Comment: Benefit Hale and Mrs Hale. Mainpiece Written by Shakespear, reviv'd by particular desire. Containing the Memorable Battle of Agincourtv, with the total overthrow of the French Army, and many other Historical Passages. In order to preserve a proper decorum, and that this play may not be interrupted in its performance, the Publick may be assured there will not be any building on the stage.-General Advertiser. [In advance bill Nancy; or, The Parting Lovers had been advertised; Tom True Blue-$Beard; Father-$Leveridge; Captain of Press Gang-$Bencraft; Nancy-$Mrs Clive.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life Of King Henry The Fifth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Hale; Fluellin-Hippisley; Pistol-Woodward; French King-Cashell; Dauphin-Goodall; Archbishop of Canterbury-Chapman; Exeter-Stephens; English Soldier-Rosco; Constable of France-Bridgwater; Burgundy-Gibson; Queen of France-Mrs James; Catherine-Mrs Hale; French Soldier-Destrade (being the first time of his attempting to speak on the stage); With the Chorus (after the manner of the ancients)-Ryan; In the play will be properly introduc'd the Songs To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold; With a New Prologue for the Occasion-.

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Event Comment: A New Opera [Altered by Rolli from Metastasio's Demetrio; music by Lampugnani (Nicoll, Early Eighteenth Century Drama, p. 388); not listed as a new piece in the Larpent MS.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alceste

Event Comment: Benefit Marten, Carr, White. All tickets exposed for sale at the doors of the theatre will be an imposition on the Publick for an effectual method will be taken to prevent their admittance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: As17440418 but Goodwill-Rosco; Blister-Marten; Coupee-Woodward; Wormwood-Hayman; Thomas-Anderson; Quaver-Beard; a new Ballad-Beard.
Cast
Role: a new Ballad Actor: Beard.

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124; Dance-Cooke

Song: TTo Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

Event Comment: HHallam's New Theatre Adjoining to the Market-House. Mainpiece: A new Droll. From 1:00 p.m. to 10 p.m. Stage 2s. 6d. Boxes 1s. 6d. Pit 1s. Gallery 6d. As this is a regular Theatre, Ladies and Gentlemen will be entertained in a more decent and commodious manner than they can possibly be in a booth. [Notice repeated 2 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Heroe Or Lover Of His Country Intermixd With Several Comical And Diverting Scenes Calld the Blundering Brothers With The Merry Adventures Of Timothy Addlepot And Davy Dunce

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sclavonian orMonsieur in the Suds

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Adams; Marquis-Edwards; Pierrot-Robinson; Colombine-the celebrated Mrs Careless.

Song: Blogg

Event Comment: HHallam's New Theatre. A new Droll. One to ten p.m. [Notice repeated 4, 5, 7 (with Jockey Dance by Adams, just arriv'd from Epsom), 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 (with singing Blogg) May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Captive Prince Or Love And Loyalty With The Comical Humours Of Falstaff And Antient Pistol

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sclavonian

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: As17440430 but a new Ballad-_.
Cast
Role: a new Ballad Actor: Beard.

Dance: Cooke

Event Comment: The New Theatre in the Haymarket will speedily be open'd with Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, by Permission, according to Act of Parliament. This Piece, it's said, has not been played these hundred years. The character of Juliet is to be acted by Miss Jenny Cibber, a young daughter of Mr Cibber, by his first wife....A new Comedy, call'd the Prodigal; or, Recruits for the Queen of Hungary, will soon after be brought on that Stage.-Daily Advertiser

Performances

Event Comment: Tragedy never acted. By James Thomson. Characters New Dress'd. But as it is rather more fashionable to run mad about Mr Thomsons's play, I will change my theme and talk to you of Tancred. I want much to know how you like it, at this distance I would lay any wager you do not like it so well as your sister does, who certainly cannot be your sister and not have been to see it long ago. Everybody agrees that no play was ever so much improved in acting, at least since the Booths and Bettertons. That first scene expecially, where Siffredi discovers to Tancred who he is, pleased me almost beyond anything I ever saw, indeed even before I saw it, that scene was my favourite. But what do you think of the story, and what of the style?-A Series of Letters between Mrs Elizabeth Carter and Miss Catherine Talbot, I, 60 (dated strangely 2 March). [On 26 April, the Daily Post published a letter by Bellario on Tancred and Sigismunda, discussing the kind of support it received]: A very remarkable new Lord of the Treasury was proud of appearing its Foster Father, and attended at the public rehearsals; the first night of the performance this celebrated person and his friends in the Box with him (all very lately most flaming Patriots) were seen clapping their hands at the following remarkable speech: First of You All...To Quit Mistakes. [The letter also discussed political aspects of the play, then the poetry of the lines. The author heard that three hundred lines were cut out after the first performance, and was of opinion that double that amount would have been beneficial.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Event Comment: A New Comedy never acted Before. [By John Stevens.] Formula as 15 April. Prices 2s., 1s. [Published in 1745 by John Stevens, with the announcement As it was acted Gratis, at the New Theatre at the Haymarket, By a Company of Gentlemen for Diversion. No record of such a production has been found.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Modern Wife Or The Virgin Her Own Rival

Performance Comment: With the Prologue-Goodfellow; the Epilogue-Mrs Carlisle.

Dance: As17450415

Event Comment: Benefit LaLauze. Mainpiece not acted this season. By particular Desire of several persons of Quality. Tickets of LaLauze, at Widow Gwinn's, near the Castle Tavern in Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock (by Desire)-LaLauze; with a New Prologue-LaLauzeon that occasion; Antonio-Cashell; Bassanio-Hale; Gratiano-Ryan; Jessica-Mrs Vincent; Launcelot-Chapman; Lorenzo-Hayman; Morochius-Carr; Gobbo-Arthur; Balthazar-Anderson; Solarino-Ridout; Salanio-Gibson; Duke-Marten; Tubal-Stoppelaer; Nerissa-Mrs Pritchard; Portia-Mrs Clive.
Related Works
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): George Granville, Lord Lansdowne

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Cooke, Sga Campioni; IV: La Gondalier-Cooke; V: Minuet-LaLauze, Sga Campioni; followed by a Ball Dance call'd the Louvre, concluding with a Minuet-a Boy (scholar to LaLauze), Sga Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Massacre Of Paris

Performance Comment: As17451031, but with a New Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: with a New Epilogue Actor: .
Role: Queen Mother Actor: Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Event Comment: [G+General Advertiser presents long defense of Italian Opera in a Letter to the Author, signed Linus.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performance Comment: As17460103, but concluding with New Country Dance-.

Song: II: My Faith and Truth from Samson-Mrs Clive, Miss Edwards; III: Lowe

Dance: V: Mechel

Event Comment: There is now in rehearsal and is to be acted in few days an New Historical Play call'd The Alternative, Tyranny or Liberty

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: As17460104

Dance: V: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Event Comment: [With the usual synoptic account.] Benefit Paget. Tickets at Paget's, the Tobacco Roll, in Mill Yard, near the bottom of Lemon St., Goodman's Fields. Tickets delivered out for Lee and Smith will be taken. [Prices as 25 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17451216, but Prince Edward-Gentleman new to the stage; Richard-Lee; his last performance on this stage. his last performance on this stage.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Cushing; Cuttle-Paget. with an additional Scene upon Eating between them never perform'd before.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17451202; but in Act II, a New Ballad-Beard.
Cast
Role: a New Ballad Actor: Beard.

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Song: III: Song of Diana, as17460313 IV: (By Particular Desire,)A French Song-Beard

Dance: II: Peasant-Cooke; V:(By Desire,) Minuet-Cooke, Sga Campioni

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit Mrs Giffard. Tragedy not acted for 7 years. The Ballad Opera, by Mendez, never performed before. Servants admitted to keep places. Tickets at Mr Giffard's (No 11) in Craven Buildings, Drury Lane; and places for the boxes of Hobson, at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Performance Comment: Antony-Delane; Ventidias-Giffard; Cleopatra-Mrs Giffard 1st time; Octavia-Miss Budgell; Dolabella-Havard; Alexas-Blakes; Serapion-Winstone; With an Epilogue in the character of a Female Volunteer-Mrs Woffington.
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: Love the Leveller: or, The Pretty Purchase Author(s): George Bowes

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Performance Comment: Marquis-Blakes; Phelim-Barrington; Loveless-Lowe; Gripe-Collins; Jeremy-Neale; Isabel-Miss Edwards; With a New Prologue to the Opera-Mrs Clive. [From first edition.]From first edition.]

Song: II: Lowe; III: Polly Willis-Mrs Clive

Dance: IV: Muilment

Event Comment: Benefit Gluck, composer of the operas at the King's Opera House in the Haymarket. Pit and Boxes together Half a guinea, Gallery 5s. 6:30 p.m. Tickets at Prince of Orange Coffee House in Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert

Performance Comment: A Concerto upon a New Instrument of 26 Glasses-Gluck; Song-Signora Frasi.
Event Comment: Last night at the New Wells in Goodman's Fields there was such a crouded audience to see the Performance that numbers were oblig'd to go away for want of Places. The Proprietor having been at great expence on this Occasion, in representing the Battle near Culloden House and defeating the Rebels, that it has given universal Pleasure to all that have seen it; which will be perform'd this night with several other new Performances.--General Advertiser, 29 April

Performances

Event Comment: A New Opera [a pasticcio with some new music by Galuppi]. 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antigone

Event Comment: At the New Wells, London Spaw, Clerkenwell. A Concert, etc. [Customary concert notice repeated in all announcements of plays at this house.] A new Pastoral never perform'd before. [Author unknown; not printed.] Benefit Miss Lincoln. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit or Gallery 1s. 6d. 5 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Strephon And Delia

Afterpiece Title: As You Like It or Harlequins Whim

Music: HHercules and Omphale-