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Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Old Rake Or Greenwich Park

Performance Comment: And a New Oration on several Famous Heads for the Entertainment of the Court, and the Audience his Friends, -D'Urfey on the Stage.
Cast
Role: Actor: D'Urfey on the Stage.

Song: A very Comical Song about the Humours of the Town-

Event Comment: At Penkethman and Pack's very large, commodious Booth, proper for the Reception of the Quality. A new Droll

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twice Married And A Maid Still Or Bedding Makes The Bargain Last

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Event Comment: Written by Shakespear, and since revis'd with several Alterations. The whole Play being new dress'd

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Mainpiece Title: Cimbeline

Dance: As17171005

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With a New Sett of Scenes, after LeBrun's Battle of Alexander

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maids Tragedy

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: With an entire Sett of New Scenes from the Opera, never us'd here before, and proper to this Play

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: With an entire Set of New Scenes from the Opera never us'd here before, and proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Event Comment: Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. Afterpiece: A New Dramatic Entertainment of Dancing in Grotesque Characters. Receipts: #45 6s. 6d. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant Or Beggars Bush

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus or The Mouse Trap

Performance Comment: Mars-Dupre; Vulcan-Lun; Venus-Mrs Schoolding; Graces-Mlle Gautier, Mlle Corail, Miss Schoolding Jr; Hour-Miss Smith; Scaramouches-Boval, Tully, Newhouse, Thurmond Jr; Cyclops-the Four Carpenters; Foreman of the Shop-Spiller; rest-Cook, Pelling, Cook Jr.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear, and since revis'd with several Alterations. A new comedy, The Artful Wife, announced for this day, is deferred to 3 Dec

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cimbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Song: Ray

Dance: As17171022

Event Comment: [By William Taverner.] Never Acted before. All the Characters being new Drest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Female Chevalier Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Event Comment: Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: A New Dramatick Entertainment of Vocal and Instrumental Musick after the Italian Manner, in Grotesque Characters. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #56 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The School of Folly

Performance Comment: Professor-Gautier , the first time of his appearing upon the English Stage.

Dance: Dances for the afterpiece composed by DuPre-DuPre, Boval, Cook, Pelling, Cook Jr, Newhouse, Mlle Gautier, Mrs Schoolding, Mlle Corail, Miss Schoolding Jr

Event Comment: Not Acted these Five Years. With all new Habits and Dances proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor

Event Comment: Written by Mr Congreve. All the Characters being new drest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Event Comment: By reason of the sudden Indisposition of Mr Keene, the new Tragedy call'd Scipio Africanus is deferr'd till Tuesday next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Pan and Syrinx

Related Works
Related Work: Pan and Syrinx Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: [By Charles Beckingham.] Never Acted before. With Habits for all the Characters entirely New. Preface: [The play] was twice deferr'd by reason of a Principal Actor's Indisposition;...and even, when brought on the Stage, appear'd to less Advantage: The Principal Character of the Play being read the First Night, and the next Principal Character the Second

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scipio Africanus

Performance Comment: Edition of 1718 lists: Scipio-Quin; Lelius-Corey; Alucius-Smith; Trebellius-Leigh; Lucilius-Ogden; Almeyda-Mrs Thurmond; Axarte-Mrs Kent; Semanthe-Mrs Bullock; Phenissa-Mrs Spiller; Prologue-Quin; Epilogue-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Semanthe Actor: Mrs Bullock
Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Afterpiece: [Author unknown.] A new Interlude of Musick. Tickets to be had at Leveridge's Coffee-House in Tavistock Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Love and a Bumper

Song: As17171226

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By John Weaver.] A new Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing after the Manner of the Ancient Pantomimes. With proper Scenes and Habits. Mainpiece: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Event Comment: Benefit Hall and Griffin. Afterpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] A New Farce

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian King Of Portugal

Afterpiece Title: The Hypochondriack

Dance: As17171022; Thurmond's Grand Comic Dance-

Event Comment: As 30 June. With the last new Prologue

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: As17180627

Event Comment: At Pack-Spiller-Hall Booth in Angel Court. The whole Droll intirely new Writ. Advertised 5, 8, 10, 13 Sept

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of Sir Richard Whittington Thrice Lord Mayor Of London And The Diverting Humours Of Madge The Cook maid And Her Sweetheart John The Butler

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Dance:

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Entertainment of Vocal and Instrumental Musick...set to Musick by Mr Clayton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Passions of Sappho

Dance: As17181104

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twelve Years [but see 2 May 1709]. Written by the late Mr Dryden. All the Habits being entirely new. With Decorations proper to the Play. Steele wrote a Prologue for this play, possibly for this run; it was not used but appeared in The Theatre, 2 Feb. 1720. See also The Works of John Dennis, Hooker, ed., II, 162-65. Cibber states that #600 was expended on the habits, scenes, and decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Performance Comment: Antony-Booth; Ventidius-Mills; Dollabella-Wilks; Alexas-Cibber; Cleopatra-Mrs Oldfield; Octavia-Mrs Porter; Edition of 1717 adds: Serapion-Thurmond; Another Priest-Williams; Charmion-Mrs Garnet; Iras-Mrs Robins.
Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
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
Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Dryden. All the Habits being entirely new. With Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
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
Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. In which is contain'd, The Storming of the City Corioli, the Overthrow of the Volscians, the Triumph of Coriolanus , His Banishment by the Common Wealth, His Return against Rome, and his Death by the Treachery of Tullus Ausidious . With Scenes, Machines, Truimphal Arches, and other Decorations after the Custom of the Romans

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Performance Comment: And a new Prologue, Epilogue-.
Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing, compos'd by Mr Thurmond

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Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Dumb Farce

Event Comment: [By T. Killigrew.] Never Acted before. All the Characters new dress'd. Original Weekly Journal, 21 Feb.: The House was so crowded, that several hundred could not find admittance. Some Disorder happen'd in one of the side Boxes, occasion'd by a Gentleman drawing his Sword on a Footman, who was keeping Places; and some Blows were exchang'd between the Gentleman and the Footman, which, however, ended without any bad Consequences

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Chit Chat