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2302 results for: Keyword - Lewis Granom
We found 1175 matches on Performance Comments, 1110 matches on Author, 122 matches on Event Comments, 8 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1
31 May 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By Lewis Theobald.] Never Acted before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Persian Princess; Or, The Royal Villain

Related Works
Related Work: The Persian Princess: or, The Royal Villain Author(s): Lewis Theobald

2
21 February 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By Lewis Theobald.] Never Acted before. Receipts: #25 8s. 6d. Preface: I am only sorry, it did not answer so well to Mr Rich, as I hop'd it would have done....The Play was got up with indefatigable Application, in Twelve Days time from the first Reading, which is less than ever any Tragedy was known to be got ready in

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perfidious Brother

Related Works
Related Work: The Perfidious Brother Author(s): Lewis Theobald

3
14 January 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [Text by Lewis Theobald. Set to Music by John Galliard.] A new Opera of one Act. With Scenes, Machines, Habits, Dances, and all other Decorations proper to the same, entirely new

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: Pan and Syrinx

Related Works
Related Work: Pan and Syrinx Author(s): Lewis Theobald

4
22 March 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [Written by Lewis Theobald.] The Music by Mr Galliard. By Subscription. A new Comic-Dramatic Opera. With all new Cloaths, and the Scenes are Machines after the Venetian Manner. N.B. There are above two Thousand Ells of Cloath employ'd in the Painting. Pit and Boxes by tickets only. Stage Boxes 15s. First Gallery 3s. Box in the Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Triumph

Related Works
Related Work: The Lady's Triumph Author(s): Lewis Theobald

5
10 December 1719 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By Lewis Theobald.] With new Scenes and Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Second

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Richard II Author(s): Lewis Theobald

6
14 January 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Afterp1ece: [By Lewis Theobald.] With new Scenes, Machines, Cloaths, and other Decorations. Receipts: #150 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald

7
03 April 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Never Acted before [By Lewis Theobald.] Receipts: #133 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orestes

Related Works
Related Work: Orestes Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Song: Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Rochetti, Salway, Mrs Wright, Mrs Carter, Mrs Cantrel

Dance: Salle, Nivelon, DuPre, Poitier, Glover, Newhouse, Pelling, DuPre Jr, Salle, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

8
04 April 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: A New Tragedy. [By Lewis Theobald.] Preface, edition of 1735: But such was its Fate then, that, appearing in a Season when the Weather was warm, and the Town in a political Ferment, it was prais'd and forsaken. Receipts: #47 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Secret

Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Secret Author(s): Lewis Theobald

9
14 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Recruiting Officer, announced on playbill of 12 Oct.] Afterpiece [1st time; P 2(?), by James Messink. Not in Larpent MS; synopsis of action in London Chronicle, 15 Oct.]: The Scenes partly new and partly compiled from Rich's Pantomimes [i.e. The Rape of Proserpine, Perseus and Andromeda, Apollo and Daphne, all three written by Lewis Theobald (Morning Chronicle, 15 Oct.)]. The new Music by Dibdin. The new Scenes painted by Carver

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Performance Comment: Millamour-Lewis; Malvil-Wroughton; Bygrove-Aickin; Sir Harry Lizard-Whitfield; Sir John-Fearon; Capt. Bygrove-Booth; Dashwou'd-Lee Lewes; Miss Neville-Miss Leeson; Mrs Bromley-Mrs Jackson; Lady Jane-Mrs Morton; La Rouge-Miss Ambrose; Lady Bell-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Millamour Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All

Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: Afterpiece: The dances-Aldridge, Dagueville, Miss Valois. [These were danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent Performances.

10
08 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Song: Mrs Chambers, Mrs Barbier, Mrs Wright, particularly a Trumpet Song-Mrs Chambers, -Lewis Granom

Dance: HHighlander-Sally, Mrs Laguerre; Dutch Clown-Nivelon; Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour

11
30 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Last Night of performing before the Holidays. [See first version of this afterpiece under title What We Must All Come To, 9 Jan. 1764. It was damned then but now met with success. A Comedy by Arthur Murphy. The reviewer for the Westminster Magazine for April stamped the afterpiece with his approval.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: As17750920, but Ranger-Lewis, first time; Bellamy-Young; Frankly-Wroughton, first time.
Cast
Role: Ranger Actor: Lewis, first time

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks After Marriage

Performance Comment: Parts by Lewis, Lee Lewes, Young, Quick, Mrs Green, Mrs Pitt, Miss Dayes, and Mrs Mattocks. Sir Charles Rackett-Lewis; Woodley-Young; Drugger-Quick; Lovelace-Lee Lewes; Lady Rackett-Mrs Mattocks; Dimity-Mrs Green; Mrs Drugget-Mrs Pitt; Nancy-Miss Dayes (Edition of 1776) the Edition lists Lovelace-$Booth, who took over the part on 11 April.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Rackett Actor: Lewis

Entertainment: End: (By Particular Desire) Bucks Have At Ye All, with alterations, spoken-Lewis

Dance: Before Farce: The Merry Sailors, as17760314

12
02 May 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By David Lewis.] Benefit the Author. N.B. By reason of the Heat of the Weather, the said Tragedy will be perform'd only for the Benefit of the Aug&thor (this Season). Receipts: money #18 15s.; tickets #126 16s. Probable attendance: boxes, 16 by money and 386 by tickets; stage, 12 by money; pit, 30 by money and 202 by tickets; slips, 1 by money; first gallery, 34 by money; second gallery, 34 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philip Of Macedon

Related Works
Related Work: Philip of Macedon Author(s): David Lewis

13
22 November 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Thomas Lewis O'Beirne, based on Le Dissipateur; ou, L'Honnete Friponne, by Philippe Nericault, dit Destouches. Prologue by Frederick Pilon (Crouch, 1, 90). Author of Epilogue unknown. For Pastoral Interlude see 23 Nov.]: With new Scenery and Dresses. Public Advertiser, 13 Dec. 1780: This Day at Noon is Published The Generous Impostor (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #197 3s. 6d. (183.4.0; 13.10.6; 0.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Impostor

Related Works
Related Work: The Generous Impostor Author(s): Thomas Lewis O'Beirne

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

14
14 December 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; MD 5, by Matthew Gregory Lewis; incidental music by Michael Kelly (see 2 Feb. 1798), with one selection from Jomelli. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (Monthly Mirror, Dec. 1797, pp. 357-58)]: With new Dresses, Scenery, and Decorations. The Scenery designed by the late Mr Greenwood [who died on 1 Nov.], and executed by his Son, Pugh, and others. Times, 15 Jan. 1798: This day is published The Castle-Spectre (2s.). "There is a sufficient number of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, Cells and Trap-doors to serve for a pantomimical exhibition of the most extravagant nature, and the whole may, with no breach of propriety, be termed a Speaking Pantomime, of which Kemble is made the Harlequin and Mrs Jordan the Columbine" (Morning Herald, 16 Dec.). Receipts: #316 18s. 6d. (257.6.6; 58.17.0; 0.15.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Related Works
Related Work: The Castle-Spectre Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

15
21 May 1798 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Performance Comment: As17980409, but added; Mrs Powell [the only time her name is in the playbill of this play (and see17971214)]; Wentworth_; Gibbon_; Original Epilogue-Mrs Jordan; (for that night only) a new Additional Dialogue[, written by M. G. Lewis, Esq., Author of the Play,-Mrs Jordan, Mrs Powell.
Related Works
Related Work: The Castle-Spectre Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Escape

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

16
27 March 1790 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. 1st piece: In 3 Acts. Not acted these 4 years. 3rd piece: Never acted at this Theatre. Public Advertiser, 22 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, in Bow-street. Receipts: #346 0s. 6d. (254.19.6; 3.8.0; tickets: 87.13.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; with an Address in character-Lewis; Sir George Airy (1st time)-Holman; Sir Jealous Traffic-Thompson; Charles Gripe-Davies; Whisper-Farley; Footman-Ledger; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Isabinda-Mrs Lewis; Patch-Miss Stuart; Scentwell-Mrs Platt; Miranda-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Marplot Actor: Lewis
Role: with an Address in character Actor: Lewis
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: Glib (for that night only)-Lewis; Sir Toby Fuz-Powel; Sir Macaroni Virtu-Bernard; Patent-Thompson; Wilson-Macready; Mervin-Evatt; Prompter-Farley; Carpenter-Rock; Miss Fuz-Mrs Lewis; Sweepers-Mrs Powell, Mrs Davenett; Lady Fuz-Mrs Webb; Characters in the Burletta: Orpheus-Davies; Shepherds-Darley, Reeve, Blurton, Lee, Cubitt; Old Shepherd-Blanchard; Rhodope-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Glib Actor: Lewis
Role: Miss Fuz Actor: Mrs Lewis

17
18 March 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Morning Chronicle, 15 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis at his house, Broad-Court. Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years [not acted since 2 May 1758]. 2nd piece [1st time in London; INT I: ascribed to John Philip Kemble, 1st acted at York, 27 Mar. 1779]. Receipts: #230 5s. (192.9; tickets: 37.16) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady Cured

Performance Comment: Atall-Lewis; Careless-Wroughton; Clerimont-Whitfield; Finder-Wewitzer; Captain Strutt-Brunsdon; Sir Harry Atall-Thompson; Mr Wilful-Fearon; Bolus-Booth; Rhubarb-Jones; Supple-W. Bates; Sir Solomon Sadlife-Quick; Lady Dainty-Mrs Mattocks; Clarinda-Miss Ambrose; Sylvia-Mrs Lewis; Wishwell-Mrs Wilson; Situp-Mrs Poussin; Lady Sadlife-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Atall Actor: Lewis
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The School For Scandal Scandaliz'd

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

18
02 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. 1st piece: With a Representation of the Trial at Westminster Hall. Public Advertiser, 22 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, Broad-court, Bow-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #205 19s. (183.13; tickets: 22.6) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First

Performance Comment: King Charles-Wroughton; Oliver Cromwell-Aickin; Bishop Juxon-Hull; Duke of Richmond-Davies; Ireton-Peile; Bradshaw-L'Estrange; Lindsay-Thompson; Tomlinson-J. Wilson; Fairfax-Lewis; Lady Fairfax-Mrs Lewis; Queen-Mrs Inchbald.
Cast
Role: Fairfax Actor: Lewis
Role: Lady Fairfax Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Cast
Role: Prince of Wales Actor: Lewis
Role: Lady Percy Actor: Mrs Lewis.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: 2nd piece: a Dance of Sailors Sailor's Dance-Aldridge

19
15 March 1788 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Mrs Billington's severe Illness rendering it impossible to perform Fontainbleau [advertised on playbill of 13 Mar.], Lewis hopes the above Comedy will prove acceptable to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have Places, and to the Public in general. Public Advertiser, 11 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, Bow-street, Covent-garden. Receipts: #242 16s. 6d. (156.12.6; 5.10.0; tickets: 80.14.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Performance Comment: Belville-Lewis; General Savage-Ryder; Conolly-Aickin; Torrington-Quick; Leeson-Farren; Captain Savage-Davies; Leech-Fearon; Ghastly-Wewitzer; Spruce-Brown; Crow-Thompson; Miss Walsingham-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Rachel Mildew-Mrs Webb; Mrs Tempest-Mrs Morton; Miss Leeson-Mrs Brown; Mrs Belville-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Belville Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt-[see17880328

20
16 April 1791 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by John O'Keeffe. Prologue by John Taylor. Epilogue by George Colman, ynger (see text)]. "No piece in the remembrance of this writer was ever better acted. No piece was ever better cast...The palm of acting, however, must be given to Blanchard. One short scene of rustic generoisity, in which he gives his purse to Farmer Banks, displayed finer efforts than we ever saw before" (Oracle, 18 Apr.). Public Advertiser, 15 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, Bow-street. Receipts: #315 (225.6.6; 3.15.6; tickets: 85.18.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats; Or, The Strolling Gentlemen

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Lewis, Quick, Holman, Blanchard, Wilson, Munden, Hull, Cubitt, Macready, Thompson, Powel, Rock, Evatt, Reeve, C. Powell, Cross, Farley, Ledger, Milburne, Master Simmons, Mrs Wells, Miss Chapman, Mrs Pope.[Cast from O'Keeffe's Dramatic Works, Vol. II (T. Woodfall, 1798), and text (Dublin: For the Booksellers, 1791): Rover-Lewis; Sir George Thunder-Quick; Harry-Holman; Sim-Blanchard; John Dory-Wilson; Ephraim Smooth-Munden; Banks-Hull; Gammon-Cubitt; Muz [in subsequent seasons: Midge]-Macready; Sailors-Thompson, Farley, Milburne; Landlord-Powel; Twitch-Rock; Trap-Evatt; Zachariah-Reeve [in text: Rees (see17911012)]; Lamp-C. Powell; Sheriff's Officers-Cross, Ledger; Waiter-Master Simmons; Jane-Mrs Wells; Amelia-Miss Chapman; Lady Amaranth-Mrs Pope; Prologue-Harley; Epilogue-Mrs Pope. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 10 performances only (see17910530).]These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 10 performances only (see17910530).]
Cast
Role: Rover Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Mrs Lewis

Dance: As17901204

21
31 March 1792 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. 1st piece: In 3 Acts [i.e. abridged from the original 5]. Morning Herald, 19 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, Bow-street. Receipts: #347 5s. 6d. (234.1.0; 4.14.6; tickets: 108.10.0) (charge: #105). Pencilled in the Account-Book. 234.1.0-money [taken at the doors] 4.14.6-after money [taken at the doors] 238.15.6 105-charge 133.15.6-owing Lewis [on 18 Apr. he was paid 133.14.0] [The amount of his tickets, 108.10.0, he retained; hence his profit on this night was #242 4s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fashionable Levities

Performance Comment: Welford-Lewis; Mr Ordeal-Aickin; Captain Douglas-Farren; Nicholas-Munden; Cheaterly-Macready; Colonel Staff-Evatt; Sir Buzzard Savage-Quick; Clara (with a song in character)-Mrs Esten; Constance-Miss Chapman; Widow Volatile-Miss Stuart; Grace-Mrs Harlowe; Mrs Muslin-Mrs Platt; Lady Flippant Savage-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Welford Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Glib (the Author)-Lewis; Sir Toby Fuz-Wilson; Sir Macaroni Virtu-Fawcett; Wilson-Macready; Patent-Powel; Mervin-Evatt; Prompter-Farley; Carpenter-Rock; Lady Fuz-Mrs Webb; Sweepers-Mrs Powell, Mrs Davenett; Miss Fuz-Mrs Davis; Characters in the Burletta: Orpheus-Davies; Shepherds-Powel, Follett, Linton, Cross, Rees, Noble, Letteney, Rowson, Blurton, Milburne, Simmons, Coombes; Old Shepherd-Munden; Rhodope-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: Glib Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

22
19 March 1796 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. 1st piece [1st time: C 3, by John O'Keeffe, altered by him from his The Toy]. [2nd piece in place of The Irish Mimick, advertised on playbill of 17 Mar.] Oracle, 15 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, No. 6, Bow-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #384 18s. (272.4; 12.8; tickets: 100.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lie Of The Day; Or, A Party At Hampton Court

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Lewis, Quick, Fawcett, Harley, Middleton, Knight, Miss Chapman, Mrs Davenport, Miss Wallis. [Cast from text (T. N. Longman, 1800), and Genest, VII, 268: Aircourt-Lewis; +Alibi-Quick; +Metheglin-Fawcett; +Sir Carrol O'Donovan-Harley; +Young O'Donovan-Middleton; +Larry Kavanagh-Knight; +Povot-Simmons; +Footman-Blurton; +Lady Arable-Miss Chapman; +Katty Kavanagh-Mrs Davenport; +Sophia-Miss Wallis; +Fib-Mrs Watts.]
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Lewis, Quick, Fawcett, Harley, Middleton, Knight, Miss Chapman, Mrs Davenport, Miss Wallis.
Role: Aircourt Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Taylor-Simmons; Biondello-Townsend; Grumio-Quick; Catharine-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Treasure 0

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Treasure 1

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Treasure 2

23
16 March 1799 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. 1st piece [1st time; C 3, by Thomas John Dibdin. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (London Chronicle, 18 Mar.)]. Morning Chronicle, 12 Apr. 1799: This Day is published Five Thousand a Year (price not listed). Ibid, 8 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, Bow-street. Receipts: #542 0s. 6d. (383.9.0; 2.19.0; tickets: 155.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Five Thousand A Year

Performance Comment: [Principal Characters by Lewis, Pope, Munden, H. Johnston, Murray, Farley, Waddy, Simmons, Rees, Abbot, Miss Betterton, Mrs Pope, Miss Murray (1st appearance this season]), Mrs Mattocks. [Cast from text (G. G. and J. Robinson [1799]: George Fervid-Lewis; Frederick Fervid-Pope; Sir Matthew Maxim-Munden; Henry Hastings-H. Johnston; Mr Goulding-Murray; Paragraph-Farley; Truepenny-Waddy; Dick-Simmons; Officer-Rees; Servants to Sir Matthew-Abbot, Wilde; Servant to Frederick-Curties; Boy-Master Webb; Maria-Miss Betterton; Lady Julia-Mrs Pope; Aurelia-Miss Murray [in text: Mrs H. Johnston (see17990325; Lady Maxim-Mrs Mattocks; Prologue (partly Musical)-Munden; Epilogue-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: George Fervid Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Baptista-Thompson; Hortensio-Claremont; Biondello-Farley; Taylor-Simmons; Music@Master-Rees; Grumio-Munden; Bianca-Miss Leserve; Curtis-Mrs Platt; Catherine-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: Lewis

Dance: In 2nd piece: Ballet-Blurton, Mrs Watts

Song: End 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon

24
18 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. The doors to be opened at half past 5. To begin at half past 6 o'clock. [For Gentleman who played Othello, See bill for 25 May.] Charges #73 8s. Profit to Lewis #57 15s., plus #24 10s. from tickets (Box 61; Pit 43; Gallery 28) Receipts: #131 3s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: As17731127, but Petruchio-Lewis, first time; Grumio (that night only)-Shuter; Taylor-_; Baptista-_.
Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: Lewis, first time

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17731007

Entertainment: After dance: Ode on the Passions-the Gentleman who performed Lysimachus

25
18 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis, Dancer & J. Smith. Tickets to be had of Lewis at the Europa; of Smith at the Ship, Seven Houses

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Captain Plume-Comerford; Worthy-Johnson; Captain Brazen-Russell; Justice Ballance-Lewis; Bullock-Newton; ThomasAppletree-Kenny; Costar Pearmain-Dancer; Serjeant Kite-Smith; Sylvia-Miss Reynolds; Melinda-Mrs West; Lucy-Miss Taylor; Rose-A Young Lady of Rotherhithe (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]).unidentified]).
Cast
Role: Justice Ballance Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady; or, Jack in Distress-; [with a Hornpipe [in character,-a Lady from London [unidentified]

Song: As17760925

Entertainment: Imitations. As17760930 Monologue. Teague's Ramble to London. Captain O'Blunder-Broderick