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Event Comment: [Text by Haym. Music by Handel.] Admission as 14 Jan. Daily Journal, 21 Feb.: Last Night his Majesty, the Prince and Princess, with great Numbers of the Nobility, went to see the new Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Event Comment: Mrs Lee, daughter of Mrs Minns, at the Great Booth on Bowling Green. With all the Scenes and Machines, with Additions. Mrs Lee had spared no Cost, but used her utmost Care, and most elaborate Industry in this Droll, to surpass even her Mother, the Booth coming as near the Perfection of the Theatre as possible, being adorned by the most ingenious Workmen: Her Head Characters are all Dress'd in real Gold and Silver, beyond what was ever worn at the Fair before, but by her own People

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Troy

Event Comment: At (alias Jubilee Dicky), Norris's, Chetwood's, Orfeur's, and Oates' Great Theatrical Booth, next Mr Bullock's in Bird-Cage Alley. An excellent new Droll, never acted before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merlin The British Enchanter; Or, The Child Has Found His Father

Performance Comment: Sir Nicodemus Nothing-Jubilee Dicky [Norris]; Merlin-Norris Jr; Simon Go To'ot-Oates; Duke of Gloster-Corey; Aurelius-Chapman; Oswald-Marshall; Hermit-Walford; Ostorius-Harrison; Devil-Penkethman; Artesia-Mrs Sterling; Joan Go To'ot-Mrs Orfeur; Lucy-Mrs Vincent; Edol-Wilks Jr; Uter Pendragon-Orfeur; Bussle Head-Chetwood.
Cast
Role: Oswald Actor: Marshall

Song: Mrs Boman

Event Comment: At Mr Penkethman's Great Booth, above Bird-Cage Alley, over against St. George's Church

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Valentine And Orson

Song: Mrs Willis

Dance: Mrs Willis

Entertainment: Tumbling-

Event Comment: At Lee's and Harper's Great Theatrical Booth, on the Bowling Green, the Lower End of Blue Maid Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Troy

Event Comment: Benefit Ward and Mrs Haughton. By Mr Bullock's and Spiller's Company of Comedians At their great Theatrical Booth in Bird-Cage Alley. With all the Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Dance: Haughton, Mrs Ogden, James, Mrs Haughton; End II: particulary Tollet's Grounds-Mrs Haughton, Mrs Ogden; End IV: French Peasant-; End V: Swedish Dale Karl-Haughton, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: DDaily Post, 25 Feb.: About 11 in the Morning, a Fire broke out at the Earl of Cardigan's House in Portugal Row, Lincoln's Inn Fields...and the New Play-house, which was in great Danger, escap'd with but little Damage

Performances

Event Comment: RRich's Register: No Play by reason of a great Fire yesterday at my Lord Cardigans House being next door to the Theatre

Performances

Event Comment: At Penkethman's and Norris's Great Theatrical Booth in the George Inn Yard, Smithfield. An excellent new Droll

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Famous History Of Semiramis, Queen Of Babylon: Or, The Woman Wears The Breeches, Containing The Distressful Loves Of The Prince Alexis An Ulamia; The Pleasant Adventures Of Sir Solomon Gundy And His Man Spider; And The Comical Humours Of Alderman Doodle, His Wife, And Daughter Hoyden

Song: Platt

Dance: Houghton, Mrs Houghton

Event Comment: Receipts: #130 18s. Daily Post, 22 Jan.. Last Night...the Prince of Wales went...to see the New Entertainment of Apollo and Daphne, which has been acted several Days with great Applause; the Contrivance of the Whole being very ingenious, and the Scenery and Decorations as splendid as any Thing that has yet appeared of that Kind

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Fortune Teller

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Cast
Role: Apollo Actor: Salle
Role: Nymphs Actor: Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Role: Daphne Actor: Mlle Salle
Role: Zephyrus Actor: Salle
Role: Frenchman Actor: Lally
Role: Polonese Woman Actor: Mrs Wall
Role: Flora Actor: Mlle Salle.
Event Comment: [By Thomas Southerne.] Receipts: #93 10s. 6d. Victor, History of the Theatres, II, 152: I happened to be behind the Scenes the first Night of this Comedy, and was very sorry to find that the Audience did not take the Age, as well as the great Merit of this Author, into their Consideration, and quietly dismiss this last weak Effort to please them. When they were hissing dreadfully in fifth Act, Mr Rich, who was standing by Mr Southern, asked him, if he heard what the Audience were doifg? His Answer was, No, Sir, I am very deaf.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Money The Mistress

Performance Comment: Parts-Diggs, Quin, Ryan, Walker, Boheme, Hippisley, Hall, Mrs Younger, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Moffett; but edition of 1726 lists: Governor of Tangier-Diggs; Warcourt-Quin; Mourville-Ryan; Marsan-Walker; Don Manuel-Boheme; Wingrave-Milward; Davila-Hippisley; Mouluza-Hall; Mariana-Mrs Younger; Harriet-Mrs Bullock; Diana-Mrs Moffet; Teresa-Mrs Martin; Prologue by Welstead-Quin; Epilogue by George Jeffreys-Mrs Younger.
Event Comment: At Sherwin's Great Booth, next The Siege of Troy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Event Comment: At Yeates' Great Booth, Smithfield Rounds

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perfect History Of The Creation Of The World

Event Comment: At Mr Gibbin's and Mrs Violante's Great Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Event Comment: At Lee and Harper's Great Booth, on the Bowling Green, the lower end of Blue Maid Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Siege Of Troy

Event Comment: At Spiller's and Baron Egleton's Great Theatrical Booth, down the Queen's Arm Tavern Yard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Antient History Of The Unnatural Parents; Or, The Fair Maid Of The West

Event Comment: Benefit Egleton, who has been three Months under Confinement. At his Great Booth, the lower End of Mermaid Court, next the Marshalsea-Gate. Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Dance:

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. By the Italian Company of Comedians newly arriv'd. Pit and Boxes together by tickets only at 4s. Gallery 2s. N.B. Whereas the Number of Subscribers for this Company that are in Town, is very little, some of the first Representations will not be on thair Account. Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 1 Oct.: Last Wednesday Night his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, together with great Numbers of the Nobility and Persons of Distinction...saw the Comedy...The Faithful Wife

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Faithful Wife; Or, Arlequin Strip'd, Sentry, Brave, Coward, Terrour Of The Turks, And Judge Of His Own Cause

Dance: Monsieur Poictier, others

Event Comment: cted sometime during this week.] Evening Post, 22 Nov.: We hear that last Week the Gentleman of Mr Clare's Academy in Soho Square acted the celebrated Tartuffe of Moliere, done into English by themselves, before many Persons of Distinction, with great Applause

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tartuffe

Event Comment: Benefit Pardini. At the Great House the Lower End of Spring Garden, Charing Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Hands from the Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Wrexham. the Mercer, who sustain'd great Losses in the Year 1720. N.B. That Mr Wrexham will have the intire Profits of this Play for his own Use, and that no other Person hath any Share therein

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Cast
Role: Axalla Actor: Williams.
Event Comment: At Miller-Hall-Milward Great Theatrical Booth, at Hosier Lane End

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore: Containing The Death Of King Edward Iv, The Penance Of Jane Shore, And Her Miserable Fall Under Richard The Protector

Afterpiece Title: With The Comical Humours of Anthony Noodle, His Man Weazle, and Captain Blunderbuss

Performance Comment: Squire Noodle-Miller; Weazel-Ray; Captain Blunderbuss-Hall.
Cast
Role: Captain Blunderbuss Actor: Hall.

Afterpiece Title: The Wheel of Life; or, Harlequin's Death

Event Comment: MMist's, 6 Jan.. We hear that in a certain Alley in Wapping during the Holidays the Coronation of Anna Bullenv has been represented by Punch's Company of Actors with very great Applause; and that all that have seen it agree, that they have far excell'd their Brethren of Drury-Lane in the Conduct of that Farce; and, it is the common Opinion, that the wooden Actors have much the best Heads for Theatrical Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Cast
Role: Shopkeeper and Wife Actor: Hallam, Mrs Haughton
Role: Mercury Actor: Lally
Event Comment: Receipts. #170 5s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 306 paid and 2 orders; staoe, 46 paid; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 263 paid and 2 orders; slips, 59 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 417 paid; second gallery, 180 paid. Daily Journal, 12 Feb.: The Beggar's Opera is continued acting...with the greatest Applause, and to an Audience as numerous as ever. And we are informed, That most of the Boxes are taken to the 25th Night. [See also Gay to the Earl of Oxford, 12 Feb., in Correspondence of Pope, II, 473.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Scappettini. At Sir Richard Steel's Great Room. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert