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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Smith; Duke-Aickin; Cacafogo-Moody; Juan-Packer; Sanchio-Norris; Alonzo-R. Palmer; Copper Captain-King; Margaretta-Miss Sherry; Clara-Miss Collett; Altea-Mrs Love; Old Woman-Mr Baddeley; Maid-Mr Waldron; Estifania-Mrs Abington .
Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duplicity

Performance Comment: As17811013, but Mrs Mattocks (1st appearance in this Comedy) in place of Miss Younge. Prologue spoken by Lee Lewes. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Mattocks. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances (see17811013).] hathi.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Master Edwin; Lord Grizzle-Edwin; Ghost-Reinhold; Noodle-Robson; Doodle-Davies; King-Quick; Huncamunca-Mrs Kennedy; Glumdalca-Mrs Webb; Queen Dollalolla-Miss Catley .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Dance: End of Epilogue, as17811024

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of King Arthur; afterpiece of The Lyar, both announced on playbill of 30 Oct.] Receipts: #202 12s. (155/7/0; 47/0/6; 0/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Sir Bashful Constant Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Tattle-King; Valentine-Farren; Sir Sampson Legend-Moody; Scandal-Bensley; Foresight-Parsons; Jeremy-Baddeley; Trapland-Waldron; Ben-Yates; Angelica-Miss Farren; Mrs Frail-Miss Pope; Mrs Foresight-Miss Sherry; Nurse-Mrs Love; Miss Prue-Mrs Abington .
Cast
Role: Tattle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Smith; Colonel Briton-Brereton; Don Lopez-Baddeley; Don Pedro-Parsons; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Moody; Alguazile-Wrighten; Vasquez-R. Palmer; Lissardo-King; Flora-Miss Pope; Isabella-Mrs Sharp; Inis-Mrs Wells; Violante-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Lissardo Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dissipation

Performance Comment: Sir Andrew Acorn-King; Alderman Uniform-Parsons; Charles-Brereton; Labradore-Baddeley; General Probe-Aickin; Dr Quintessence-Bannister Jun.; Metaphor-Suett; Trusty-Waldron; Gold Waiter-R. Palmer; Coquin-Lamash; Lord Rentless-Palmer; Miss Uniform-Mrs Cargill; Harriet-Mrs Brereton; Winifred-Mrs Love; Jew's Daughter-Miss Barnes; Lady Rentless (with the original Epilogue)-Mrs Abington .
Cast
Role: Sir Andrew Acorn Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Divorce

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces the 8th night of King Arthur and as afterpiece the 8th night of The Divorce, but they were not acted. The substitute plays are listed in the Account-Book. King Arthur, "The Eight Night," was next acted on 11 Dec; The Divorce, "The 8th Night," on 17 Dec] Account-Book, 1 Dec.: Paid Billstickers, Change of Play, 1s. 6d. Receipts: #118 4s. (82/17; 34/12; 0/15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: End of mainpiece The Devonshire Minuet, as17810915

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Lewis; King-Clarke; Gonzalez-Hull; Garcia-Whitfield; Selim-Robson; Alonzo-Fearon; Heli-L'Estrange; Perez-Thompson; Zara-Miss Younge; Leonora-Miss Ambrose; Almeria-Mrs Yates .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Agreeable Surprise

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Performance Comment: Warwick-Lewis; Suffolk-Hull; Pembroke-Whitfield; Officers-Thompson, J. Bates; King Edward-Wroughton; Lad) Eliz. Grey-Mrs Inchbald; Lady Clifford-Mrs Poussin; Margaret of Anjou-Mrs Yates .
Cast
Role: King Edward Actor: Wroughton
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 10 years [acted 15 May 1776]. Receipts: #123 1s. 6d. (90/1/0; 31/15/0; 1/5/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Impostor

Performance Comment: Trappanti-King; Don Philip-Bensley; Don Octavio-Brereton; Soto-Baddeley; Diego-Suett; Don Lewis-R. Palmer; Corrigidore-Wrighten; Alguazile-Griffiths; Servant-Phillimore; Don Manuel-Yates; Viletta-Miss Pope; Flora-Mrs Wells; Rosara-Miss Wheeler; Hippolita-Mrs Cargill .
Cast
Role: Trappanti Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Lun's Ghost

Dance: As17820112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17811231, but King-Clarke; Polonius (1st time)-Edwin; Marcellus-Fearon; Bernardo-Booth .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Clarke
Role: Player King Actor: L'Estrange

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Miss Matthews
Role: Her Mother Actor: Mrs Pitt
Event Comment: [Miss Glassington's 1st appearance on the stage was at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, 15 Mar. 1781, also as Rosalind (Hibernian Magazine, Mar. 1781, p. 146).] Receipts: #103 12s. (73/6/0; 30/1/6; 0/4/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-King; Orlando-Brereton; Amiens (with songs')-Du-Bellamy; Duke Senior-Aickin; Adam-Moody; Oliver-Packer; Duke Frederick-Chaplin; Jaques-Palmer; Caelia (1st time, with the Cuckow song)-Miss Wheeler; Audrey-Mrs Wrighten; Rosalind-A Young Lady (1st appearance on the [London] stage [Miss Glassington]) .London] stage [Miss Glassington]) .
Cast
Role: Touchstone Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece, as17820223

Song: In Act V of mainpiece song by Miss Field

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wright. Account-Book adds: "Mrs Sharp [who was at first advertised as sharing in the benefit] having sold her 1/2 to Miss Wright." Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 6 Apr. 1780]. Receipts: #244 17s. 6d. (67/17/0; 18/9/6; 0/11/0; tickets: 158/0/0) (charge: #107 13s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-King; Mr Strictland-Bensley; Frankly-Palmer; Bellamy (1st time)-Farren; Jack Meggot-Dodd; Tester-Burton; Buckle-Wright; Ranger's Servant-Phillimore; Jacintha (1st time)-Mrs Wells; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Brereton; Lucetta (1st time)-Mrs Hopkins; Milliner-Miss Barnes; Landlady-Mrs Love; Clarinda-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Ranger Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17820223

Event Comment: Benefit for Burton, Williames & Harwood, prompter. Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Harwood, Blackmoor Street, Clare-market [others not listed]. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. [The playbill assigns the song in Act II to Williames, but a MS annotation on the Kemble playbill substitutes Du-Bellamy.] Receipts: #252 19s. (66/15; 34/7; 0/11; tickets: 151/6) (charge: #106 9s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Smith; Myrtle-Palmer; Cimberton-Parsons; Mr Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Packer; Humphrey-Wrightcn; Daniel-Burton; Tom-King; Phillis-Miss Pope; Lucinda-Mrs Sharp; Isabella (1st time)-Mrs Hedges; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Love; Indiana-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Tom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Linco's Travels

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpicce a Minuet and Gavot by Zuchelli and Miss M. Stageldoir

Song: In Act II of mainpiece a song by Du-Bellamy; End of Act III The Soldier tir'd of War's Alarms, as17820420

Event Comment: Benefit for Zuchelli, Delpini & the Miss Stageldoirs. Mainpiece: With Alterations [by Richard Brinsley Sheridan]. Afterpiece [1st time; P 2, author unknown]: The whole under the direction of Delpini and Zuchelli. The Music by the celebrated Chevalier Clough. An Historical Account of the Pantomime, with the Songs, may be had at the Theatre. Morning Herald, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Zuchelli, No. 81, Hay-market; Ibid, 30 Apr.: of the Miss Stageldoirs at their house, No. 26, Crown-street, Little Russel-street, Covent-garden [Delpini not listed]. Receipts: #226 13s. (67/7; 28/12; 0/3; tickets: 130/11) (charge: #120 16s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Bellmour-Smith; Heartwell-Bensley; Fondlewife-Yates; Vainlove-Packer; Captain Bluff-Moody; Setter-Baddeley; Sharper-Farren; Sir Joseph Wittol-King; Belinda-Miss Farren; Araminta-Mrs Sharp; Silvia-Mrs Brereton; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Laetitia-Miss Pope .
Cast
Role: Sir Joseph Wittol Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan; or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Zuchelli, Menage, Lemercier, Duprez, Chaplin, Phillimore, Dclpini; Miss Simson, Miss Romanzini, the two Miss Stageldoirs. [Cast from scenario (G. Bigg, 1782): Don Juan Tenorio-Zuchelli; Don Henriques-Menage; Don Pedro-Duprez; Governor-Chaplin; Covielo [on playbill the only assigned part, called The Clown]-Delpini; Leonora-Miss Simson. Lemercier, Phillimore, Miss Romanzini, the two Miss Stageldoirs are unassigned.] hathi. hathi.

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new Masquerade Dance, in which a Minuet by Zuchelli and Miss M. Stageldoir; Afterpiece to conclude with a Dance of Furies (performers not listed)

Song: In Masquerade Dance a favorite song by Miss Romanzini, and to conclude with a Serious and Comic Air by Delpini

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Young Bevil to Smith, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Brereton's.] Receipts: #141 9s. 6d. (106/19/0; 34/6/6; 0/4/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Brereton; Myrtle-Palmer; Cimberton-Parsons; Mr Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Packer; Humphrey-Wrighten; Daniel-Burton; Tom-King; Phillis-Miss Pope; Lucinda-Miss Wheeler; Isabella-Mrs Hedges; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Love; Indiana-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Tom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17820917

Song: In Act II of mainpiece song by Miss Field

Monologue: 1782 09 19 As 17 Sept

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Lady Sneerwell to Miss Sherry, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Whitfield. Miss Sherry was ill; she died early in October.] "Sheridan has also despised the faults of another school, trap claps. Not a word in The School for Scandal is to be found in praise of Laws, Jack Tars, Innocence, an Englishman's castellum, or Liberty" (Reynolds, II, 227). Receipts: #193 13s. 6d. (155/11/0; 37/12/6; 0/10/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Performance Comment: Sir Peter Teazle-King; Sir Oliver Surface-Aickin; Joseph Surface-Palmer; Sir Benjamin Backbite-Dodd; Crabtree-Parsons; Rowley-Packer; Moses-Baddeley; Snake-Wrighten; Careless-Farren; Trip-Lamash; Charles-Smith; Mrs Candour-Miss Pope; Maria-Mrs Brereton; Lady Sneerwell-Mrs Whitfield [of CG]; Lady Teazle-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Sir Peter Teazle Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17820921

Song: In Act III of mainpiece song by Williames. [This was sung, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances, except on 10 Dec]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Sciolto-Clarke; Lothario-Lewis; Altamont-Whitfield; Rossano-Davies; Horatio-Aickin; Lavinia-Miss Cleland; Lucilla-Mrs Poussin; Calista-A Gentlewoman (1st appearance at this theatre and 3rd on any stage [Mrs Wheatley]) .Mrs Wheatley]) .

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Master Edwin; Grizzle-Edwin; Ghost-Reinhold; Noodle-Mahon; Doodle-Davies; King-Quick; Huncamunca-Mrs Kennedy; Glumdalca-Mrs Webb; Queen Dollalolla-Mrs Martyr (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Quick

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820925

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-King; Orlando-Brereton; Amiens (with songs)-Williames; Duke Senior-Aickin; Adam-Moody; Oliver-Packer; Duke Frederick-Chaplin; Silvius-R. Palmer; Jaques de Bois-Lamash; Corin-Waldron; Charles-Wrighten; William-Burton; Le Beu-Phillimore; Jaques-Palmer; Caelia (with the Cuckow song)-Miss Wheeler; Audrey-Mrs Wrighten; Phoebe-Miss Wright; Rosalind-Mrs Bulkley .
Cast
Role: Touchstone Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Song: In Act v of mainpiece song by Miss Field

Event Comment: "When Brabantio speaks to Iago and Roderigo from the Window, Aickin should not show to the audience that he stands upon a Ladder, which he manifestly does, by getting down first, and pulling the Window down after him ... Mrs Ward and Mrs Hopkins seemed to have forgot their Engagement on the Stage, and dressed themselves for a Card Party ... frizzed, hooped and fly-capp'd" (Public Advertiser, 4 Oct.). [Afterpiece: Prologue by George Colman, the elder.] Receipts: #152 0s. 6d. (107/7/0; 44/11/0; 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello-Farren; Roderigo-Dodd; Cassio-Palmer; Brabantio-Aickin; Lodovico-Packer; Duke-Chaplin; Montano-Norris; Gratiano-Wrighten; Iago-Bcnsley; Emilia-Mrs Hopkins; Desdemona-Mrs Ward .
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Farren

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Performance Comment: Sir John Trotley (with the original Prologue)-King; Colonel Tivy-Brereton; Davy-Parsons; Jessamy-Lamash; Lord Minikin-Dodd; Lady Minikin-Miss Pope; Gymp-Miss Simson; Miss Tittup-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 26 Apr. 1779]-Receipts: #164 8s. 6d. (121/16/0; 42/2/6; 0/10/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Performance Comment: Wilding-King; Hazard-Palmer; Barnacle-Parsons; Nephew-Dodd; Careless (with a song)-Williames; Dwindle-Waldron; Acreless-Chaplin; Littlestock-Fawcett; Sellaway-Lamash; Box-Keeper-Wright; Drawer-Alfred; Mrs Wilding-Mrs Bulkley; Penelope-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Wilding Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Capricious Lovers

Performance Comment: Hobbinol-Suett; Astolpho-Phillimore; Damon-Waldron; Fabian-Norris; Colin-Williames; Phoebe-Miss Wheeler; Emily-Miss Wright; Clara-Miss Simson; Lisetta (with the mock Italian song)-Mrs Wrighten .

Dance: End of Act I of afterpiece The Irish Fair by Blurton, Miss M. Stageldoir

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years [not acted since 16 Apr. 1773]. Receipts: #128 8s. 6d. (103/15/0; 24/7/0; 0/6/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Performance Comment: Cecil-King; Sir Harry Newburg-Palmer; Lord Winworth-Brereton; Sidney-Bannister Jun.; Colonel Rivers-Bensley; Lady Betty Lambton-Mrs Bulkley; Miss Marchmont-Mrs Brereton; Miss Rivers-Miss Wheeler; Sally-Miss Simson; Mrs Harley-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Cecil Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: As17820921

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Performance Comment: Lovemore-Smith; Sir Brilliant Fashion-Dodd; William-Baddeley; Sideboard-Burton; John-Phillimore; Sir Bashful Constant-King; Mrs Lovemore-Mrs Bulkley; Muslin-Miss Pope; Lady Constant-Mrs Brereton; Mignionet-Miss Hale; Widow Belmour (with a song)-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Sir Bashful Constant Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 19 Apr. 1779]. Receipts: #97 11s. 6d. (67/7/0; 29/17/0; 0/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady's Cure

Performance Comment: Atall-King; Sir Solomon Sadlife-Parsons; Careless-Brereton; Clerimont-Farren; Old Wilful-Wrighten; Sir Harry Atall-Fawcett; Finder-R. Palmer; Supple-Suett; Dr Blister-Norris; Rhubarb-Chaplin; Clarinda-Mrs Bulkley; Lady Dainty-Mrs Ward; Sylvia-Mrs Brereton; Wishwell-Mrs Wrighten; Lady Sadlife-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Atall Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece The Devonshire Minuet, as17821003

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Lewis; King-Clarke; Gonsalez-Hull; Garcia-Whitfield; Heli-Davies; Alonzo-Fearon; Selim-Booth; Perez-Thompson; Zara-Miss Younge; Leonora-Miss Platt; Almeria-Mrs Yates .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Clarke