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Event Comment: Benefit for Murray. 1st piece: By Permission of the Author [Walsh Porter], and the Manager of the Theatre Royal Bath [William Wyatt Dimond]. [This was 1st acted at Bath, 27 Feb. 1798. It refers to the nation-wide attempt, being made at this time, to raise funds by voluntary contribution for the defense of the country. And see 9 Feb. Larpent MS 1197; not published. Miss Murray's 1st appearance on the stage was at Bristol, 1 July 1793.] Times, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Murray, No. 77, Long Acre. Receipts: #198 17s. (102.6.0; 4.1.6; tickets: 92.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Voluntary Contributions

Afterpiece Title: Curiosity

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita; or, The Sheep Shearing

Song: End 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-; End 2nd piece: Admiral Benbow-Incledon

Event Comment: The Last Night of the Company's Performing this Season. [Mrs Francis, who is identified in Monthly Mirror, June 1798, p. 371, was from the Royalty Theatre.] Account-Book: Outstanding tickets taken. Receipts: #95 16s. 6d. (19.17.6; 5.6.6; tickets: 70.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He's Much To Blame

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Event Comment: Benefit for Caulfield, Trueman and Johnston. 1st piece: Never [previously] acted at this Theatre. Receipts: #489 (36.12; 35.0; 1.3; tickets: 416.5) (charge: #232 6s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ways And Means

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Song: In course: Fal Lal , from The Cherokee,-Mrs Bland

Entertainment: End 2nd piece: a variety of Imitations (for that night only)-Caulfield

Event Comment: 3rd piece: Taken from the French of Patrat; Performed but once [at cg on 24 Apr. 1798]. [On this night the following performers appeared both at dl and at the hay: Aickin, Caulfield, Wathen, Trueman, Bannister, Miss DeCamp, Miss Heard.] On playbill of 13 June: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00 [same throughout season]. Places for the Boxes to be had of Rice, at the Theatre. Printed by T. Woodfall, No. 104, Drury-Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old

Afterpiece Title: Blue Devils

Event Comment: The last Night of the Company's performing this season. [This was John Palmer's last appearance in London. He died on the stage of the Liverpool theatre, while acting in The Stranger, on 2 Aug. 1798.] Receipts: #164 19s. (113.2.6; 50.9.0; 1.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: In I afterpiece: Dancing-Mlle Parisot, Sga Bossi DelCaro

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Henry Lee. Larpent MS 1221; not published in this form, but altered by the author in 3 acts, as Caleb Quotem and His Wife!; or, Paint, Poetry, and Putty (J. Roach, 1809)]: The Musick by Dr Arnold. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. "Suett was, as he always is on a first night, most shamefully imperfect" (Monthly Mirror, July 1798, p. 52). [For Lee's accusing Colman, in his The Review, of plagiarism, see Genest, VII, 387-90. And see 1 Sept. 1800.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Afterpiece Title: Throw Physick to the Dogs

Event Comment: 3rd piece: By permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre-Royal Drury-Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Italian Monk

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Gibbs. 3rd piece: By permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; MD 3, by George Moultrie]: The Overture and Musick by Dr Arnold. Books of the Songs, &c. to be had at the Theatre. Morning Herald, 25 Aug. 1798: This Day is published False and True (2s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False And True

Afterpiece Title: Two Strings to Your Bow

Song: In: Chorusses-Linton, Aylmer, Brown, Dibble, Kenrick, Little, Caulfield Jun., Walker, Willoughby, Ms Edward, Ms Menage, Ms Hale, Ms Gawdry, Ms Butler, Ms Masters, Ms Norton, Ms Benson, Ms Leserve

Event Comment: Benefit for Munden [who had 1st sung A Dish of all Sorts at the Manchester theatre in 1785]. 1st piece : Never acted here. Morning Herald, 9 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Munden, No. 16, Clement's Inn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Afterpiece Title: An Harmonic Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss DeCamp. Afterpiece: By permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre-Royal Covent-Garden. Times, 17 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Miss DeCamp, No. 14, Tottenham-court-road, near Bedford-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Song: In II: Stevens's glee, Sigh no more Ladies-D'Arcy, Linton, Miss Griffiths, Mrs Edward

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Performance Comment: As17980717 but Bulcazin Muley-Egerton (1st appearance [at this theatre]).at this theatre]).

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Munden; Young Marlow-Mansel (from the Theatre Royal Dublin; 1st appearance on this stage); Hastings-Whitfield; Sir Charles Marlow-Powel; Diggory-Simmons; Slang-Rees; Landlord-Thompson; Jeremy-Farley; Roger-Abbot; Tony Lumpkin-Knight (1st appearance in that character); Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Davenport; Miss Neville-Miss Mansel; Maid-Miss Leserve; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Gibbs.

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Cure For The Heart Ache

Performance Comment: Young Rapid-Lewis; Vortex-Waddy; Charles Stanley-Pope; Old Rapid-Munden; Frank Oatland-Emery (from the Theatre Royal York; 1st appearance on this stage); Sir Hubert Stanley-Murray; Heartley-Hull; Bronze-Farley; Farmer Oatland-Thompson; Landlord-Whitmore; Ellen-Miss Mansel; Jessy Oatland-Mrs Gibbs; Miss Vortex-Mrs Litchfield.

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Performance Comment: Inkle-Johnstone; Sir Christopher Curry (1st time)-Munden; Campley-Townsend; Mate-Clarke; Medium-Powel; Planters-Davenport, Thompson, Abbot; Sailors-Linton, Street, Whitmore; Trudge-Fawcett; Wowski-Mrs Martyr; Narcissa-Mrs Iliff; Patty-Mrs Gibbs; Yarico-Miss Mitchell (from the Theatre Royal Bath; 1st appearance on this stage). 1st appearance on this stage).

Afterpiece Title: Lovers' Quarrels

Event Comment: Mainpiece: The Musick composed by Kelly. Afterpiece: By permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre Royal Hay-Market. Receipts: #428 5s. (330.17; 95.18; 1.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Performance Comment: Goldfinch-Lewis; Silky-Emery; Harry Dornton-Holman; Dornton-Munden; Milford-Clarke; Sulky-Davenport; Smith-Powel; Hosier-Waddy; Marker-Farley; Jacob-Rees; Sheriff's Officer-Thompson; Tradesmen-Lee, Street, Abbot, Whitmore, Coombs; Sophia-Mrs Mills (from the Theatre Royal York; 1st appearance on this stage); Jenny-Mrs Norton; Mrs Ledger-Mrs Platt; Milliner-Miss Leserve; Mantua@maker-Mrs Blurton; Mrs Warren-Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performance Comment: Aimwell-Middleton (late of the Theatre Royal Covent Garden; 1st appearance on this stage); Archer-Barrymore; Sullen-Wathen; Sir Charles Freeman-Trueman; Foigard-Caulfield; Gibbet-R. Palmer; Hounslow-Maddocks; Bagshot-Webb; Bonniface-Aickin; Scrub-Biggs; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Sparks; Dorinda-Miss DeCamp; Mrs Sullen-Miss Biggs; Gipsey-Miss Tidswell; Cherry-Miss Mellon.

Afterpiece Title: Blue-Beard

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MD 2, by Andrew Franklin. Larpent MS 1224; not published; synopsis of plot in Universal Magazine, Oct. 1798, pp. 275-76]: The Overture and Musick composed by Florio. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Account-Book, 8 July 1799: Paid Florio for the Outlaws #20. Receipts: #258 5s. 6d. (163.10.0; 92.16.6; 1.19.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Outlaws

Event Comment: Lover's Vows. In Consequence of the Approbation which the above Play has received from the Town, various Translations, or pretended Translations of the work from which it was taken, have been offered for publication to some eminent Booksellers, who honourably declining such purchase, have given Information to the Manager of the attempted Imposition. The Public are therefore respectfully acquainted that the Play, as now performing at this Theatre, was rewritten from a literal Translation, sold to the Proprietor by an Agent of the German Author, and has been adapted to the English Stage by considerable Alterations in Plot & Incidents. The Piece will not be published till the 20th Night of its representation, when it will be submitted to the Reader, with the Name of Mrs Inchbald prefixed to the Publication. Receipts: #432 18s. 6d. (426.4.6; 6.14.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; M. INT 1, by Thomas John Dibdin. Prologue by Richard Cumberland (see text)]: The Overture and Music composed by Attwood, with some favorite Selections from the Works of Dibdin and Mazzinghi. Books of the Songs, including a descriptive Sketch of the Ballet, to be had at the Theatre. Morning Herald, 5 Nov. 1798: This Day is published The Mouth of the Nile (1s.). Receipts: #309 3s. 6d. (303.0.6; 6.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: The Mouth of the Nile

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Performance Comment: M'Gilpin-Emery (1st appearance in that character); Shelty-Munden; Sandy-Incledon; Charley-Townsend; Croudy-Davenport; Serjeant Jack-Clarke; Capt. Dash-Claremont; Laird of Col-Whitmore; Laird of Raasay-Thompson; Benin-Simmons; Jenny-Miss Walcup; Moggy-Mrs Chapman (from the Theatre Royal, Dublin; 1st appearance on this stage). 1st appearance on this stage).
Event Comment: [Miss Brown is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. "Notwithstanding the bills...[she acted] the summer before last, on the boards of the Richmond theatre" (Monthly Mirror, Nov. 1798, p. 308). In afterpiece the playbill retains Mrs Roffey as Nelly, but she "who usually performed the part of the Servant Maid, [was] suddenly taken ill; her substitute [was] Miss Tidswell" (Morning Herald, 12 Nov.).] Account-Book: Received of Hammersley & Co., lent to pay the Company #500; paid Lowndes, printer, #10; Chorus #6; Rablus, tallow candles, #10. Receipts: #203 12s. (126.3.6; 76.7.6; 1.1.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by James Cobb. Text: T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1800. Miss Waters is identified in the Songs]: The Scenes, Music, Machinery, Dresses, and Decorations are all entirely new. The Music composed by Mazzinghi and Reeve. The Scenery painted by Richards, Phillips, Lupino, Hollogan, Backmore, &c. [based on drawings of Indian scenery by Thomas Daniell]. The Machinery and Decorations by Cresswell, Sloper, Goostree, &c. The Dresses by Dick and Mrs Egan. Books of the Songs, also describing the Scenes and Spectacle of the Return from the Tiger Hunt, to be had at the Theatre, price six pence. "The whole [forms] an exhibition of the utmost grandeur...The expense attending the decoration must have been immense...The dailogue is certainly not of the first description of writing, but it forms, on the whole, a very safe vehicle for some of the best music the English stage has for some time been able to boast"(Morning Herald, 13 Nov.). Account-Book, 27 Dec.: Paid Cuthbert for Wheels, &c. for the Elephants #13 18s. Receipts: #364 7s. 6d. (363.19.6; 0.8.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ramah Droog; Or, Wine Does Wonders

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Entertainment: Procession. End II: A Return from a Tiger Hunt- [, to the Rajah's Palace, representing the Rajah on an Elephant, returning from Hunting the Tiger, preceded by his Hircarrahs, or military Messengers, and his State Palanquin-the Vizier on another Elephant-the Princess in a Gaurie, drawn by Buffaloes-the Rajah is attended by his Fakeer, or Soothsayer, his Officers of State, and by an Ambassador from Tippoo Sultaun in a Palanquin; also by Nairs (or Soldiers from the South of India), Poligars (or Inhabitants of the Hilly Districts), with their Hunting-dogs, other Indians carrying a dead Tiger, and young Tigers in a Cage; a number of Seapoys-Musicians on Camels and on Foot-Dancing Girls. [This was included in all subsequent performances.