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Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Public Advertiser, 21 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Dodd at his house in New Ormond-street, Queen's-square. Receipts: #245 7s. 6d. (102.15.0; 19.9.0; 0.7.6; tickets: 122.16.0) (charge: #68 19s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: 780305but Ben Actor: Dodd
Role: Valentine Actor: Henderson
Role: Sir Sampson Legend Actor: Moody
Role: Scandal Actor: Bensley
Role: Foresight Actor: Parsons
Role: Ben Actor: Yates
Role: Jeremy Actor: Baddeley
Role: Trapland Actor: Waldron
Role: Tattle Actor: King
Role: Angelica Actor: Miss Younge
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Cast
Role: Azor Actor: Vernon
Role: Ali Actor: Dodd
Role: Scander Actor: Bannister
Role: Fatima Actor: Miss Collett
Role: Liesbia Actor: Miss Abrams
Role: Selima Actor: Mrs Baddeley.
Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Pozzi. Tickets to be had of Sga Pozzi, No. 18, Sherrard-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Vera Costanza

Dance: As17780203

Song: II: new song (composed by Sacchini)-Pozzi; accompanied on the flute-Florio; III: Che dirnen so-Jermoli

Event Comment: By Authority [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Silvester and Rae. Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years.Afterpiece: Never performed here. Tickets delivered for The Earl of Essex will be admitted. Tickets to be had of Silvester at Mrs Hobbe's, Stanhope-street, Clare Market; at Iver's Wine Vaults, No. 384, Oxford-street; of Rae, No. 35, Great Pultney-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses; Or, The Custom Of The Manor

Cast
Role: Modely Actor: Cooke
Role: Sir John English Actor: Bailey
Role: Lurcher Actor: Manstead
Role: Freehold Actor: Bowles
Role: Carbuncle Actor: Kenny
Role: Sneak Actor: Benson
Role: Vulture Actor: Massey
Role: Doublejugg Actor: Thompson
Role: Shacklefigure Actor: Roche
Role: Heartwell Actor: Swendall
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Lefevre
Role: Aura Actor: Mrs Dawes.

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Song: I: the original Sheep@shearing Song-the Characters

Dance: In I: Country Dance-the Characters; End: Hornpipe-a Gentleman

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Holloway & Harris. Tickets delivered for Know Your Own Mind will be taken. Public Advertiser, 9 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, Sand-hill, Lamb's Conduit Fields, behind the Foundling Hospital; of Holloway, Great Maddox-street, Hanover-square; of Harris, No. 12, Duke's-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #251 15s. (56.11; tickets: 195.4) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Cast
Role: Marlow Actor: Wroughton
Role: Mrs Hardcastle Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Miss Leeson.
Role: Hardcastle Actor: Wilson
Role: Tony Lumpkin Actor: Quick
Role: Hastings Actor: Whitfield
Role: Sir Charles Marlow Actor: Fearon
Role: Miss Hardcastle Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Cast
Role: Gauge Actor: Fox.
Role: Crump Actor: Quick
Role: Stud Actor: Mattocks
Role: Pike Actor: Mahon
Role: Wiseman Actor: Robson
Role: Guage Actor: Battishill
Role: Joe Actor: Leoni
Role: Grace Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Maudlin Actor: Miss Brown

Dance: End II: New Dance-; in which the Minuet de la Cour, Gavot-Harris, Miss Valois; End IV: Le Minuet a Quatre-Dumay, Holloway, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross; with a variety of new Quadrilles-

Ballet: End: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780502

Event Comment: Benefit for Green and Ansell, box-keepers. Tickets delivered for The Lady's Last Stake will be taken. Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Public Advertiser, 16 May: Tickets to be had of Green, the corner of Norris-street, Hay-market; of Ansell, Davies-street, Berkley-square. Receipts: #290 14s. 6d. (40.19.6; tickets: 249.15.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Finds The Way

Cast
Role: Young Brumpton Actor: Mattocks
Role: Oldcastle Actor: Quick
Role: Lovibond Actor: Wilson
Role: Peter Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Sir Theodore Brumpton Actor: Fearon
Role: Bellford Actor: Mrs Farrell
Role: Mary@Ann Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Courtenay.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: 780330but Characters Actor: Mrs Morton, late Miss _Dayes
Role: Characters Actor: Reinhold, Mahon, Baker, Miss Dayes.
Role: Lieutenant Dreadnought Actor: Reinhold
Role: Careful Actor: Mahon
Role: True Actor: Blue-Baker
Role: Blue Actor: Baker
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Dayes.
Role: The Apprentice Actor: Lewis
Role: Wingate Actor: Dunstall
Role: Gargle Actor: Thompson
Role: Simon Actor: Cushing
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Dayes.
Role: 780328but Nancy Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Mrs Drugget Actor: Mrs Poussin.
Role: Sir Charles Racket Actor: Lewis
Role: Lovelace Actor: Booth
Role: Woodley Actor: Thompson
Role: Drugget Actor: Quick
Role: Dimity Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Lady Racket Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Gruel Actor: Thompson
Role: La Fleur Actor: Wewitzer.
Role: Young Loveit Actor: Robson.
Role: The Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Isaac Fungus Actor: Fearon
Role: Mrs Loveit Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Dolly Actor: Mrs Fearon
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Ballet: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780515

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Harris & Holloway. [For Wright see 13 May. Mrs Sutton was from dl.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, Sand-hill, behind the Foundling Hospital; of Harris, No. 42, Wells-street, Cavendish-square; of Holloway, Newington Butts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Young Meadows Actor: A Gentleman
Role: Colin Actor: Mrs Farrell
Role: Gregory Actor: Reinhold
Role: Higgins Actor: Baker
Role: Goody Fidget Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Dance: End II: Minuet-Dumay, Miss Dagueville; and the Minuet de la Cour-Holloway, Miss Besford; End I afterpiece: New Dance-Harris, Mrs Sutton (1st appearance on that stage); with a New Allemande-

Ballet: End: The Humours of Newmarket. As17790503, but Jockeys-Holloway; Ladies-Miss +Besford

Cast
Role: Jockeys Actor: Holloway
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss +Besford.
Event Comment: Benefit for Green and Ansell, box-keepers. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Public Advertiser, 8 May: Tickets to be had of Green, the corner of Norris-street, St. James's, Haymarket; of Ansell, Davies-street, Berkeley-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Sir John Restless Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Sir William Belmont Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Young Belmont Actor: Whitfield
Role: Mr Blandford Actor: Fearon
Role: Robert Actor: Booth
Role: Brush Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Beverly Actor: Lewis
Role: Lady Restless Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Clarissa Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Tippet Actor: Mrs Whitfield
Role: Tattle Actor: Mrs Pitt.
Role: Lubin Actor: Mrs Farrell
Role: Bailiff Actor: Wilson
Role: Lord of the Manor Actor: Fearon
Role: Annette Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer's Return from London

Cast
Role: Lord Hardy Actor: Wroughton
Role: Campley Actor: Lewis
Role: Lord Brumpton Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Trusty Actor: Hull
Role: Counsellor Puzzle Actor: Booth
Role: Tom Actor: Jones
Role: Sable Actor: Quick
Role: Trim Actor: Wilson
Role: Lady Harriet Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lady Charlotte Actor: Mrs Lessingham
Role: Tattleaid Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Fardingale Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Farmer Actor: Wilson
Role: Farmer's Wife Actor: Mrs Pitt.
Role: Lapstone Actor: Wilson
Role: Rawboy Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Bluff Actor: J. Wilson
Role: Kate Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Wilson.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Midas Actor: Wilson
Role: Apollo Actor: Mattocks
Role: Pan Actor: Mahon
Role: Jupiter Actor: Fox
Role: Damaetas Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Sileno Actor: Baker
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Daphne Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Nysa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Event Comment: Benefit for Dimond. Tickets to be had of Dimond, No. 3, Upper James-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Cast
Role: Oakly Actor: Bensley
Role: Major Oakly Actor: Digges
Role: Charles Actor: Dimond
Role: Lord Trinket Actor: Lamash
Role: Captain O'Cutter Actor: Egan
Role: Tom Actor: Stevens
Role: Paris Actor: Jackson
Role: John Actor: Kenny
Role: Lady Freelove's Servant Actor: Painter
Role: Russet Actor: Aickin
Role: Sir Harry Beagle Actor: Palmer
Role: Lady Freelove Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Harriot Actor: Miss Harper
Role: Toilet Actor: Miss Hale
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs Oakly Actor: Mrs Montague

Afterpiece Title: Tony Lumpkin in Town

Cast
Role: Tony Lumpkin Actor: Parsons
Role: Pulville Actor: Blissett
Role: Diggory Actor: Massey
Role: Doctor Minim Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Mr Jonquil Actor: Lamash
Role: Frank Actor: Egan
Role: Tim Tickle Actor: Bannister
Role: Lavender Actor: Miss Hale
Role: Mrs Jonquil Actor: Mrs Hitchcock.

Dance: As17790618

Entertainment: Monologue End: Bucks have at ye all-Master Hitchcock

Event Comment: Benefit for the Dispensary for the Infant Poor in Soho-Square. Tickets delivered for As You Like It will be admitted. [Author of Prologue unknown.] Receipts: #193 18s. (117.4; tickets: 76.14) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Mrs Page Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: New Occasional Prologue Actor: Hull.
Role: Doctor Caius Actor: Whitfield
Role: Fenton Actor: Robson
Role: Page Actor: Miss Langrish.
Role: Mr Ford Actor: Wroughton
Role: Sir Hugh Evans Actor: Edwin
Role: Mr Page Actor: Hull
Role: Host of the Garter Actor: Booth
Role: Justice Shallow Actor: Wilson
Role: Simple Actor: W. Bates
Role: Bardolph Actor: Baker
Role: Pistol Actor: Cushing
Role: Slender Actor: Quick
Role: Falstaff Actor: Henderson
Role: Ann Page Actor: Mrs Lewis
Role: Mrs Quickly Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Cast
Role: William Actor: Wordsworth.
Role: Hearty Actor: Wilson
Role: Murtagh Mulrooney Actor: Moody
Role: Dame Hearty Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Nanny Actor: Miss Brown.

Song: End II: As17790927; End II: Song in The Milesian, being a description of a Sea Fight [Stand to your guns, my hearts of oak]-Bannister

Event Comment: Benefit for Green and Ansell, box-keepers. Tickets delivered for Know Your Own Mind (which is unavoidably obliged to be set aside) will be admitted this Evening. Public Advertiser, 11 May: Tickets to be had of Green, the corner of Norris-street, No. 55, Hay-market; of Ansell, Davies-street, Berkeley-square. Receipts: #277 9s. 6d. (29.12.6; tickets: 247.17.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Counsellor Puzzle Actor: Booth
Role: Tom Actor: Jones
Role: Tattleaid Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Fardingale Actor: Mrs Poussin.
Role: Campley Actor: Lewis
Role: Lord Hardy Actor: Whitfield
Role: Lord Brumpton Actor: Clarke
Role: Trusty Actor: Hull
Role: Sable Actor: Quick
Role: Trim Actor: Wilson
Role: Lady Harriet Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lady Charlotte Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Cast
Role: Meadows Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Canteen Actor: Whitfield
Role: Young Wrongward Actor: Robson
Role: Groom Actor: Fearon
Role: John Actor: Thompson
Role: Servants Actor: Brunsdon, Cushing
Role: Sternhold Actor: Bates
Role: William Actor: Stevens
Role: Old Wrongward Actor: Wilson
Role: Gentlemen Actor: Smith, Ledger
Role: Cook Actor: Painter
Role: Sophia Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Betsy Blossom Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss Green, Miss Stewart

Ballet: End: The Humours of New-Market. As17800518

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Sestini. Opera: The Music by Piccinni. [Sga Sestini's name is in the playbill, but she did not sing. On 29 May she circulated a card (Public Advertiser, etc.) in regard to her Benefit, saying that she "is exceedingly mortified at the Disappointment which prevented her from being able to perform her Part."] Tickets to be had of Sga Sestini, No. 18, Sherrard-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: End I: Pastoral Ballet, as17800408; End II: New Ballet-Guiardele, Mme Simonet, Sga Tantini; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17800122; Grand Chaconne, as17800122

Event Comment: Benefit for Slingsby. Tickets to be had of Slingsby, No. 34, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Barone Di Torre Forte

Cast
Role: Armidoro Actor: Trebbi
Role: Barone Actor: Gherardi
Role: Serpina Actor: Sga Prudom
Role: Lucinda Actor: Sga Sestini.

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17810123

Event Comment: Benefit for Pacchierotti. A Serious Opera; the Music by Bertoni. Tickets to be had of Pacchierotti, No. 8, Great Marybone-street, Cavendish-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Quinto Fabio

Cast
Role: : Quinto Fabio Actor: Pacchierotti
Role: Lucio Papirio Actor: Ansani
Role: Volunnio Actor: Manzoletto
Role: Marco Fabio Actor: Micheli
Role: Fausta Actor: Sga Lorenzini
Role: Emilia Actor: Sga Prudom.

Dance: End of Act I Pastoral Dance, as17820129; End of Act II New Divertisement Dance, as17820216; End of Act III Divertisement Dance, as17811117, but Raymond in place of Bournonville

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by John O'KeefFe, altered from his The She Gallant; or, Square-Toes Outwitted, 1st acted at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 14 Jan. 1767, and in London at the HAY, 13 Oct. 1779. Incidental music by Michael Arne and William Shield. Text 1st published by T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. Prologue by George Colman, the elder (Colman, Prose, m, 231)]. Receipts: #228 10s. 6d. (226/14/6; 1/16/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Cast
Role: : Sir Pertinax Macsycophant Actor: Macklin
Role: Lord Lumbercourt Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Sidney Actor: Aickin
Role: Mel vile Actor: Clarke
Role: Counsellor Plausible Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Serjeant Eitherside Actor: Booth
Role: Tomlins Actor: L'Estrange
Role: John Actor: Thompson
Role: Sam Actor: J. Wilson
Role: Egerton Actor: Lewis
Role: Lady Macsycophant Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Constantia Actor: Miss Satchell
Role: Betty Hint Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Nanny Actor: Mrs Davenett
Role: Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Cast
Role: : Sir Toby Tacet Actor: Quick
Role: Rupee Actor: Edwin
Role: Grog Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Bellcamp Actor: Whitfield
Role: Lake Actor: Booth
Role: Maurice Actor: Egan
Role: Stern Actor: Fearon
Role: Quid] Actor: Darley
Role: Sailors Actor: J. Bates, Jones
Role: Bowsprit Actor: Bates
Role: Cable Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Lady Tacet Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Florimel Actor: Mrs Lessingham
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Cornelia Actor: Mrs Martyr.
Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Allegranti. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Sga Allegranti, No. 23, Queen-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Cast
Role: : Giannetto Actor: Viganoni
Role: Patterio Actor: Morigi
Role: Don Gastone Actor: Manzoletto
Role: Pasquino Actor: Micheli
Role: Isabella Actor: Sga Lorenzini
Role: Lauretta Actor: Sga Salpietro
Role: Bettina Actor: Sga Allegranti.

Dance: As17820219 throughout

Song: In Act II two new songs by Sga Allegranti, one of which composed by Giardini

Event Comment: Benefit for Trew. Morning Herald, 20 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Trew, No. 9, Great Square, Gray's Inn. Receipts: #220 13s. (100/7; tickets: 120/6) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: ]here called Shore] Actor: Trew
Role: Alicia Actor: A Lady
Role: Hastings Actor: Lewis
Role: Ratcliffe Actor: Robson
Role: Gloster Actor: Clarke
Role: Catesby Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Belmour Actor: Hull
Role: Derby Actor: Thompson
Role: Dumont Actor: Wroughton
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Yates

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece the song of Arionelli from The Son-in-Law, as17820419; In afterpiece The Huntsman's sweet Halloo, as17820226

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. Morning Herald, 15 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr at her house, No. 35, Devonshire-street, Queen-square. Tickets delivered for Lionel and Clarissa will be admitted. Receipts: #209 10s. 6d. (105/13/6; tickets: 103/17/0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth; With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Cast
Role: King Actor: Hull
Role: Lady Percy Actor: Mrs Lewis
Role: Blunt Actor: J. Bates
Role: Sir John Falstaff Actor: Henderson
Role: Clarke Prince of Wales Actor: Lewis
Role: Sir Richard Vernon Actor: Whitfield
Role: Worcester Actor: Fearon
Role: Northumberland Actor: Webb
Role: Sheriff Actor: J. Wilson
Role: Poins Actor: Robson
Role: Francis Actor: Edwin
Role: Bardolph Actor: Booth
Role: Douglas Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Thompson
Role: Carriers Actor: Egan, Jones
Role: Hotspur Actor: Wroughton
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Pitt

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: Henry Actor: Davies
Role: Russet Actor: Bannister
Role: Simkin Actor: W. Bates
Role: Flint Actor: Webb
Role: Soldiers Actor: Wilson, Baker, Darley
Role: Skirmish Actor: Mills
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Wilson

Dance: End of mainpiece St. David's Day, as17820427

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Cease, gay Seducers; End of Act III Tally Ho, both by Mrs Martyr

Event Comment: Benefit for Suett and Wright. Morning Herald, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Suett at his house, No. 20, Gloucester-street, Queen's-square, Bloomsbury; of Wright at his house, No. 21, Bennett-street, Westminster. [Afterpiece: Prologue by David Garrick.] Receipts: #232 10s. (67/13/0; 30/16/6; 0/12/6; tickets: 133/8/0) (charge: #115 10s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Cast
Role: Jarvis Actor: Suett
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Sharp
Role: George Hargrave Actor: Smith
Role: Drummond Actor: Bensley
Role: Justice Actor: Parsons
Role: Sir Charles Seymour Actor: Brereton
Role: Mr Morley Actor: Aickin
Role: Mr Hargrave Actor: Moody
Role: Lady Dinah Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Phillips
Role: Susan Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Bella Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Wright
Role: Snip Actor: Parsons
Role: Simon Actor: Moody
Role: Gasconade Actor: Baddcley
Role: Mercury Actor: Fawcett
Role: Corporal Bounce Actor: Chaplin
Role: Abram Actor: Waldron
Role: Justice Actor: Wrighten
Role: Forge Actor: Burton
Role: Bogg Actor: Phillimore
Role: TafTy Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Suett
Role: Mrs Snip Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Sukey Chitterlin Actor: Miss Collett
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: As17820318athi

Event Comment: By Desire of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Benefit for Gardel. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Gardel, No. 26, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square. 1st ballet: With entirely new Music, and a new Overture by Carter (Morning Herald, 25 May)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'eroe Cinese

Cast
Role: : Siveno Actor: Pacchierotti
Role: Leango Actor: Ansani
Role: Minteo Actor: Manzoletto
Role: Ulania Actor: Sga Lorenzini
Role: Lisinga Actor: Sga Prudom.

Dance: End of Act I an entire new Ballet (composed by Gardel Sen.), Mirsa (Taken from an American Anecdote), by Gardel, Mlle Baccelli, Nivelon, Mlle Theodore, Sga Crespi, Mons and Mme Simonet, in which a Minuet and Gavet: composed by Gardel Jun. who, in the Concert Scene, will execute a concerto on the violin [Scenario (Paris, 1779) lists the parts: Mondor, Son Epouse, Mirsa, Lindor, Officier Corsaire, Gouvernante de Mirsa, Officiers Americains, Creoles, Officiers Francais, Negres]; End of Act II Apollon et les Muses, as17820502, but Slingsby in place of Nivelon; End of Opera Adela of Pontbieu, as17820411

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Sestini. Tickets to be had of Sga Sestini, No. 52, Margaret-street, Cavendish-square. Opera: Reduced to 2 acts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: As17820411 throughout

Song: In Act II Sento ch' in Seno by Sga Sestini, and composed for her by Giordani

Event Comment: Benefit for Slingsby (The last Season of his appearing on the Stage [but he did not retire until the end of season 1784-85]). Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Slingsby at his house, No. 34, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Trionfo Della Costanza

Cast
Role: : Giorgio Actor: Viganoni
Role: Pasquale Actor: Morigi
Role: Il Baronedi Ripa Verde Actor: Bartolini
Role: Il Re Actor: Schinotti
Role: Giacomina Actor: Sga Gherardi
Role: Lisetta Actor: Sga Pollone
Role: Giannina Actor: Sga Allegranti.

Dance: End of Act I Le Tuteur Trompe, as17830111, with two Pas de Deux, in a stile entirely new, called Pas de Lapons; or, Laplanders' Dance, by Slingsby and Mlle Theodore; End of Act II a new Pastoral Ballet by the principal Dancers, with a variety of Pas Seuls and a Pas de Deux by Slingsby and Mlle Theodore, and to conclude with a Grand Allemande by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Slingsby, Mlle Theodore

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Sestini. Public Advertiser, 13 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Sga Sestini, No. 52, Margaret-street, Cavendish Square. Afterpiece [1st time; burl 2, by John O'Keeffe. MS: Larpent 616; not published]: Taken from the Italian of La Serva Padrona [by Gennaro Antonio Federico]. The Music chiefly the Original of Parosasi [i.e. Pergolesi, and so spelled on playbill of 17 Feb.]. The new Music composed by Dr Arnold. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #256 5s. 6d. (198/12/0; 7/3/6; tickets: 50/10/0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Justice Shallow Actor: Wilson
Role: Mr Ford Actor: Wroughton
Role: Sir Hugh Evans Actor: Edwin
Role: Doctor Caius Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Mr Page Actor: Hull
Role: Host of the Garter Actor: Booth
Role: Fenton Actor: Davies
Role: Simple Actor: Joules
Role: Bardolph Actor: Bates
Role: Pistol Actor: Egan
Role: Slender Actor: W. Bates
Role: FalstafT Actor: Henderson
Role: Mrs Page Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Ann Page Actor: Miss Morris
Role: Mrs Quickly Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: The Maid's the Mistress

Cast
Role: : Uberto Actor: Reinhold
Role: Vespone Actor: Edwin
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mr Bannister
Role: Serpilla Actor: Sga Sestini.
Event Comment: Benefit for Vestris [Jun.]. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Vestris, No. 37, Great Pulteney-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Cast
Role: : Il Conte di Belfiore Actor: Bartolini
Role: Masotto Actor: Franchi
Role: Titta Actor: Tasca
Role: Mingotto Actor: Schinotti
Role: La Contessa Actor: Sga Catenacci
Role: Livietta Actor: Sga Schinotti
Role: Dorina Actor: Sga Rachele Dorta.

Dance: End of Act I Le Reveil du Bonheur, as17840203; End of Opera an entirely new ballet in the Rural Stile, composed by D'Auberval, founded on the much admired Burletta of the celebrated Favart, Le Coca du Pillage; ou, La Lotterie Ingenieuse, in which a Pastoral Minuet, never exhibited but at the Opera in Paris, by Vestris fJun.J and Mme Theodore, the other parts by Blake, Slingsby, Mme Rossi, Miss De Camp, Mme Simonet. The Music selected from Sacchini, Piccinni, and other eminent Performers

Event Comment: Benefit for Pacchierotti. Opera: A Serious Opera; the Music by several eminent Masters. Pit tickets will admit two persons to the 1st, and three to the 2nd Gallery; but no money to be returned. Tickets to be had of Pacchierotti, No. 7, Great Marylebone-street, near Cavendish-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Demofoonte

Music: Between the 1st and 2nd Acts a sonata on the harpsichord by Clementi

Dance: End of Act II Friendship leads to Love, as17831206, but omitted: Lepicq; End of Opera he Reveil du Bonheur, as17840203

Song: Pacchierotti will conclude the 1st Act with an entire new scene by Sarti; In Act III a song, composed by Handel, by Pacchierotti

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Watts. Mainpiece: Written by Mrs Centlivre; Not acted these 40 years [not acted since 27 Apr. 1731, at Goodman's Fields]. Prologue written by a Gentleman [unidentified; printed in Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1784, p. 214. The playbill for this performance is as printed in Morning Chronicle, 8 Mar. Gazetteer, 8 Mar., assigns Captain Constant to Reynolds, Laura to Miss Beaufield, Maria to Mrs Green, Belinda to Miss Johnson]. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:30. Tickets to be had of Connolly, at the King's Head Tavern, Fenchurch-street; of Watts, No. 2, Upper James-street, Golden-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's Bewitch'd; Or, The Devil To Do About Her

Cast
Role: Faithful Actor: Smith
Role: Sir GeofFry Constant Actor: Stannard
Role: Captain Constant Actor: Keynlas
Role: Clinch Actor: Shatford
Role: Num Actor: Mills
Role: Slouch Actor: Stannard Jun.
Role: Lovely Actor: Cross
Role: Roger Actor: Watts
Role: Trusty Actor: Swords
Role: Manage Actor: Brown
Role: Sir David Watchum Actor: Lloyd
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Beaufield
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Vernon
Role: Dorothy Actor: Mrs Reynolds
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Thompson
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Johnson. New Occasional Prologue spoken by Shatford

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Major Sturgeon Actor: Scott
Role: Sir Jacob Jollup Actor: Knights
Role: Heeltap Actor: Davies
Role: Bruin Actor: Farrell
Role: Lint Actor: Shatford
Role: Roger Actor: Bass
Role: Snuffle Actor: Harris
Role: Jerry Sneak Actor: Swords
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Mrs Thompson
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Mrs White

Dance: End of mainpiece Hornpipe by Rothery

Song: Between the Acts Singing [singer not listed]