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Event Comment: Paid Colman the clear receipt of last Monday Night for the Oxonian, and the Alterations of The Rehearsal and King Lear, #230 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Oxonian in Town

Dance: II: New Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Valois

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Lessingham. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespeare and Thompson, not acted these 4 years. Afterpiece: For last time this season (playbill of 19 April 1768). [See 18 Feb. 1765. This Coriolanus is possibly the Tragedy by Thomas Sheridan, 8vo, 1755.] @Receipts #85 10s. 6d.@House charge #63@Candles #1 5s.@Extras: Kettle Drum 5s.@2 Side Drums 4s.@4 Fifes 8s.@2 Trumpets 10s.@Chorus Singers #1 10s.@Wardrobe #5 19s.@Total #73 1s. 6d.@Balance due Mrs Lessingham #12 9s.@Tickets 197 137 89 #78 14s.@Money #85 10s. 6d.@Total value of House #164 4s. 6d. (Account Book).@ Mr Clarke being suddenly taken ill in the afternoon [yesterday] his part in the tragedy was oblig'd to be supplied by Mr Younger. And Mr Clarke still continuing ill the Tragedy of King Lear, with the Musical entertainment Amelia is oblig'd to be deferred till further notice (Public Advertiser, 21 April)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17670921

Event Comment: By Particular Desire [i.e., done in honor of the King's birthday]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mayor Of Garratt

Afterpiece Title: The Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: The Stratagem Author(s): George Farquhar

Dance: As17680530

Music: CConcerto on Violin-Barthelemon

Event Comment: Both pieces By Particular Desire. Present, The King of Denmark. Receipts: #244 7s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice, with the Metamorphoses of Harlequin

Dance: III: [See17671009.] The Merry Sailors-Aldridge

Event Comment: To begin at 6 o'clock. Doors open at 5 o'clock. Send servants at 4 o'clock. King of Denmark. Ranger-Mr Garrick (Cross Diary). Both pieces By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Event Comment: Doors open at 5. Play to begin exactly at 6. Rec'd from the King of Denmark #40. Receipts: #142 18s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Event Comment: [The Young Gentleman who played Zaphna was Wroughton. "His real name was Rottan, but altered euphonia gratia. He was designed for a surgeon and served his apprenticeship at Bath. The following playbills show that he met with approbation on the stage. He remained with Covent Garden from this time till the end of the season 1785-86. He then played in Ireland one Winter, and was engag'd at Drury Lane Theatre in the beginning of the season 1787-88. This was the occasion of Mr Wroughton's leaving Covent Garden, I mean it was thus conjectured. Mr Lewis had been appointed manager of that theatre for Mr Harris. Mr Lewis and Mr Wroughton lived next door neighbors in Broad Court at the top of Bow Street, and were sworn friends:--they laughed together, lived together--In the season 1784-85 two new performers Mr Holman and Mr Pope, appeared on the Covent Garden Stage--these young men were great favorites with Mr Harris; Mr Holman, attracting at this time very crowded audiences, stood so particularly high in his regard, that his partiality made him guilty of some injustice to older and abler actors in the theatre. Mr Henderson had really cause to complain of neglect; and Mr Wroughton thought himself equally oppressed. At this time we had a Club and met every Wednesday fortnight during Lent at the Long Room in Hamstead at dinner. Our Club consisted of a certain number of us belonging indifferently to either theatre, and two or three other gentlemen who were not actors. Mr King, Mr Quick, Mr Farren, Mr Mattocks, myself, etc., etc. When the bottle had a little warmed Mr Wroughton he threw out some sarcasms on his Friend Mr Lewis's management; Mr Lewis retorted; Their tempers grew hot, their words grew aggravating; Mr Wroughton struck Mr Lewis; Mr Lewis returned the blow. They were parted; all the pleasures of the day were over, and the Club broke up in confusion. I was not present this day, but have related what Mr Siddons told me of this Quarrel, and I imagine that Mr Wroughton's attack on Mr Lewis sprang from a suspicion that he was too willing to execute Mr Harris's designs in favour of Mr Holman. Be this as it may, Mr Wroughton was discharged from cg at the expiration of his Articles with Mr Harris."--Hopkins MS Notes.] Receipts: #186 3s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Event Comment: Paid Younger for license for the Court of Alexander #2 2s. Gave King's Footmen #2 2s.; Chairmen #2 2s.; Queen's Footmen #2 2s. & Chairmen #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #210 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Shylock Actor: King
Related Works
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): George Granville, Lord Lansdowne

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Performance Comment: As17700925, but Miss Flack-Miss Burton; Chambermaid-Miss Platt; Dances-Mrs King.
Cast
Role: Dances Actor: Mrs King.

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17701025

Event Comment: Paid Miss Younge, for men's cloaths #15 15s., Mrs Mott for women's Cloaths #10 10s.; Mr French on Acct #25; Mr King, Glassman #8 13s.; Half a year's poor's rate for St Martin's to Midqummer last #25 5s.; Mas. Brown 4 nights (10th inst. incl.) #1 10s.; Mrs Slaughter's bill, #1 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #147 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Event Comment: N.B. Mr King Being indisposed, Mr Vernon has obligingly undertaken (at a short notice) to play his part in the Masque this evening. Paid Garter Supers, 10 nights #46 3s.; Paid Mr Weston's note to Glascot, paid to Greenwood #9 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #132 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Event Comment: Mr Moody Dr Cantwell 1st time--very bad (Hopkins Diary). Theatrical Review, 27 Nov.: Dr Cantwell was, this evening, played by Mr Moody on account of Mr King's illness, and, as we apprehend, it was undertaken on a short notice, we think he executed it with great propriety and justness. [Potter interprets the moral impact of the play considering it an improvement over Cibber's Non-Juror, its source.] Receipts: #108 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Mr King being Ill Mrs Reddish play'd Belcour (not the thing) (Hopkins Diary). Paid Tallow Chandler's Bill (2nd) #42 6s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #171 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Event Comment: Timon published at 1s. 6d. Tomorrow will be publish'd, Beautifully printed, The Theatres: A poetical Dissection by Sir Nicholas Nipclose, printed for John Bell. [See 17 Dec. and 1 Jan. 1772.] King's share of Bristol Theatre purchas'd by Dodd (Winston MS 10). Paid Mr Weston's Bill to Mr Best #4 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #136 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Gave King's Footmen by Hough #2 2s., his Chairmen, by Roberts, #2 2s.; Queen's Footmen by Ballintine #2 2s., her Chairmen by Price, #2 2s. (Account Book). [Those who actually paid over these gratuities are listed every time. Apparently for accounting purposes?] Receipts: #120 3s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fox

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Prince, with the Installation of the Knights of the Garter Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Event Comment: Mrs Usher Alicia (very bad) (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for Grimaldi, Messink and Giorgi. Paid half year's King's Tax and Window Lights for St Martin's to Lady Day last, #48 3s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #205 9s. Charges: #40 13s. Profits to Grimaldi, Messink & Georgi: #164 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Dance: II: A New Double Hornpipe-Mas. White, Miss Lings; IV: New Tambourine Dance-Mas. Byrn, Miss Byrn, Miss Wilkinson, scholars to Sg Giorgi (playbill)

Event Comment: Proprietor of Marlebone Gardens, Mr Arnold, summoned to Bow St. to pay penalty of #5 for causing Fireworks to be made contrary to the Act of 9th and 10th of William III. Opinion of the Bench he was not fineable (Public Advertiser). Letter to Garrick in consequence of his moving the Court of the King's Bench for leave to file an information against author of Love in the Suds &c. will shortly be publish'd by D. Kendk. Was publish'd 7 July Folio 2s. 6d. an quarto 1s. 6d. 2nd edn. (Winston MS 10, from Burney News Clippings.

Performances

Event Comment: Afterpiece: With alterations and additions, particularly Two Views of the Eruption of Mt Vesuviusv. [See 26 Dec. 1771.] Garrick has withdrawn his motion, King's Bench (Winston MS 10). [See 2 July 1772.] Paid Mrs Abington's cloaths, 2 weeks, #2; Paid Messrs Baddeley, Jacobs, Lings & Mrs Egerton, salary short-paid last week, 18s. 6d.; Paid Mr Weston's note to Mr Spencer #10 10s. [Mrs Abington's contract seems to have included #60 for clothes which she provided for herself. The amount was paid to her in 26 weekly payments of #2 each and 10 payments of #1 each throughout the season. No further listing of this expenditure will be made.] Paid 3 days salary list at #80 16s. 1d. per diem, #242 8s. 3d.; Mr S. French, 6 days, #1 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #162 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Witches; or, A Trip to Naples

Event Comment: [The preliminary number of The Westminster Magazine this date heartily condemned Colman's Comus "picked down into a skeleton," his production of King Henry VIII, and the new play Cross Purposes.] Receipts: #172 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Gave King's footmen by Desse #2 2s.; his chairmen by Wright #2 2s.; Queen's footmen by Rumford #2 2s.; her Chairmen by Webster #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #135 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid Mrs Baks for walking 13 nights in King Henry VIII to 15th Inst.: #3 5s. (Account Book). [Mrs Baks as a walking super seems to have done better in salary at 4s. 1d. per night than did the men (Gard &c.) who perform'd as Ostriches, Asses, Hogs &c. in the afterpieces at 2s. 6d. per night. The difference may have depended upon whether one was a mute in a mainpiece or an afterpiece.] Receipts: #159 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: The Stratagem Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: IV: The Fingalian Dance with Double Hornpipe, as17720921; End: New Dance, as17730206

Event Comment: Rec'd Stopages #29 10s. 6d.; Paid salary list #522 18s.; Mr King 29 nights additional salary (29th inst. incl.) #14 10s.; Mr Loutherbourg's draft #120. Receipts: #241 15s. 6d. (Treaurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Event Comment: Mr G. very fine in Hastings Miss Young's first appearance in Alicia pretty well She was a little too Mad Mrs Canning a Widow made her first appearance upon the Stage in Jane Shore a Small mean figure very little power (very So, So.) great applause (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly in wording.] Rec'd Stopages #30 5s. 6d.; Paid Salary list #522 18s.; Mr King 6 nights extra salary #3; Mr Johnston's Music Bill for Alfred, &c. #19 16s. 9d.; Mr Baddeley on note per Mr. G G #21. Receipts: #267 11s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as 18 Sept

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Rec'd Stopages #29 8s. 6d.; Paid Salary List at #88 3s. 8d. per diem--#529 2s.; Mr King's extra salary #3; Mrs Greville, 12 nights not on list #5; Mrs Canning on acct #10 10s. Receipts: #160 8s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Event Comment: Paid Salary list #529 2s; Mr King's extra salary #3; Mr J. French on acct #5 5s.; Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #4 1s.; 2 extra flutes 10s. Receipts: #142 17s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17730928