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Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Shakespear. Daily Journal, 28 Oct.: The same Night [Thursday 26] a Gentlewoman fancying she saw Smoke issue from under the Stage, as she sat in the Pit, during the Play Time,...and at the same time believing she smelt Fire, declared her Opinion so loud, and by her precipitate Endeavours to get out, gave such an Alarm all over the House, as was attended with the fatal Consequence of one Woman big with Child being press'd to Death, and several others Persons were very much bruised. [See also Daily Post, 27 Oct. A reward of #20 was offered by John Rich for the apprehension of the malicious ill designing Persons" who presumably occasioned the incident.-Daily Journal, 31 Oct.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Booth
Role: Wolsey Actor: Cibber
Role: Cranmer Actor: Mills
Role: Gardiner Actor: Johnson
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Porter.
Event Comment: Receipts: #163 18s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 230 paid and 3 orders; stage, 28 paid; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 273 paid and 3 orders; slips, 57 paid; first gallery, 420 paid and 4 orders; second gallery, 195 paid. Daily Journal, 28 Feb.: Whereas Mrs Barbier has advertized that the Beggar's Opera is to be performed, for her Benefit, on the 16th of March next; This is to inform the Publick, That such Advertisement was published without Consent of Mr Rich, and that the same will not be allow'd of

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Younger. [There is some confusion concerning this performance. Daily Journal advertises The Fortune Hunters for its second performance, but Rich's Register gives The Beggar's Opera, 33d time; this numbering is recongnized in the bills by 16 March.] Receipts: money #35 2s.; tickets #115 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 41 by money and 247 by tickets; stage, 12 by money; pit, 59 by money and 203 by tickets; slips, 6 by money; first gallery, 66 by money and 203 by tickets; second gallery, 74 by money. Tickets for Volpone will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: [The Bill calls this the 33d performance; Rich's Register labels it the 34th. See 11 March.] Receipts: #183 3s. Probable attendance: boxes, 246 paid and 5 orders; stage, 73 paid; pit, 292 paid and 4 orders; slips, 65 paid; first gallery, 435 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 192 paid. Daily Journal, 12 March: N.B. During the Course of the Benefits, this Opera will be performed every Tuesday and Saturday

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Receipts: #176 14s. Probable attendance:'boxes, 224 paid and 3 orders; stage, 75 paid; pit, 279 paid and 5 orders; slips, 60 paid and 1 orders; pidgeon holes, 3 paid; first gallery, 444 paid and 4 orders; second gallery, 193 paid. [Both Daily Journal and Rich's Register call this the 35th performance; see 11 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: The Fifty-Sixth Night. Tickets for A Bold Stroke for a Wife taken. Receipts: #87 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 120 Paid and 11 orders; stage, 7 paid; pit, 211 paid and 15 orders; slips, 17 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 163 paid and 25 orders; second gallery, 9 paid and 2 orders. [Rich's Register also lists #10 18s. in tickets for Mrs Chianova.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: [By Samuel Madden.] Receipts: #114 2s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 146 paid and 16 orders; stage, 2 paid; pit, 287 paid and 1 order; slips, 62 paid; first gallery, 209 paid and 3 orders; second gallery, 170 paid. Preface to 1729 edition: Yet, with all its Faults, I did not think this Piece deserv'd so severe Treatment, as to be peremptorily refused, after the most earnest and early Sollicitations, at the Old House for two Winters together; which however, I have the less Reason to complain of, since Mr Rich's great Civility, and the agreeable Action of most of his Company, have prevailed on all the unprejudiced Part of the Town, to have every Day a better Opinion of this Piece

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles, The Lover Of His Country

Cast
Role: Principal Parts Actor: Walker, Quin, Ryan, Milward, Chapman, ggden, Mrs Berriman, Mrs Buchanan
Role: Xerxes Actor: Walker
Role: Artaban Actor: Chapman
Role: Mardonius Actor: Milward
Role: Themistocles Actor: Quin
Role: Aristides Actor: Ryan
Role: Demaratus Actor: Ogden
Role: Artemisia Actor: Mrs Berryman
Role: Nesiptolema Actor: Mrs Buchanan
Role: Prologue Actor: Quin
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Egleton.
Event Comment: Receipts: #103 11s. 6d. [According to Rich's Register, the afterpiece was Apollo and Daphne.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Cast
Role: Ramble Actor: Ryan
Role: Townly Actor: Walker
Role: Lady No Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Wiseacre Actor: Bullock
Role: Doodle Actor: Hall
Role: Dashwell Actor: Morgan
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Holiday
Role: Engine Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Hob Actor: Legar
Role: Sir Thomas Actor: Hippisley
Role: Friendly Actor: Salway
Role: Old Hob Actor: Hall
Role: Roger Actor: Clarke
Role: Dick Actor: Pitt
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Cantrell
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Egleton.
Related Works
Related Work: Flora's Vagaries Author(s): Richard Rhodes
Event Comment: Receipts: #75. [The Rival Queens was advertised for this night, but Rich's Register lists Macbeth.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Gods of the Woods Actor: St.Luce, _Poitier
Role: Females Actor: Mrs _Bullock.
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Barbier
Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Chambers
Role: Jupiter Actor: Rochetti
Role: Mercury Actor: Legar
Role: Sylvans Actor: Mrs Legar, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Vincent, Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden
Role: Sicilians Actor: Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Delagarde Jr, Newhouse
Role: Pluto Actor: Leveridge
Role: Demons Actor: Salle, Dupre, Newhouse, Lanyon
Role: Yeoman Actor: Nivelon
Role: Clodpole Actor: Hippisley
Role: Old Man Actor: Smith
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Old Woman Actor: Miss LaTour
Role: Countrymen and Lasses Actor: Newhouse, Lanyon, Delagarde Jr, Mrs Cantrel, Miss Holliday, Mrs Rice
Role: Savoyard Actor: Salway
Role: Gardeners Actor: Smith, Legard
Role: Earth Actor: Dupre
Role: Air Actor: Pelling
Role: Fire Actor: Poitier
Role: Water Actor: Salle
Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #74 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turn'd Fabulist

Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Milward
Role: Neptune Actor: Morgan
Role: Apollo Actor: Salway
Role: Mars Actor: Walker
Role: Plutus Actor: Hippisley
Role: Vulcan Actor: Hall
Role: Mercury Actor: Ray
Role: Momus Actor: Hulett
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Egleton
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Cantrell
Role: Aegle Actor: Miss Rogers.
Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #58 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turn'd Fabulist

Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Milward
Role: Neptune Actor: Morgan
Role: Apollo Actor: Salway
Role: Mars Actor: Walker
Role: Plutus Actor: Hippisley
Role: Vulcan Actor: Hall
Role: Mercury Actor: Ray
Role: Momus Actor: Hulett
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Egleton
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Cantrell
Role: Aegle Actor: Miss Rogers.
Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #106 7s. 6d. Rich's Register: Bespoke by the Dutchess of Richmond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Dance: FFrench Sailor-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; French Peasant-Poitier; Grand Dance in Momus Turned Fabulist-

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #158 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country House

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Perseus Actor: Mrs Barbier
Role: Cepheus Actor: Leveridge
Role: Mercury Actor: Laguerre
Role: Stheno Actor: Salway
Role: Cassiope Actor: Mrs Seedo
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Chambers
Role: Medusa Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Euryale Actor: Papillion
Role: Ethiopians Actor: Thompson, Harrison
Role: Cyclops Actor: Hall, Delagarde, DuPre Jr, St.Luce, Smith
Role: Amazons Actor: Mrs Cantrel, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Hill, Miss LaTour
Role: Infernals Actor: Papillion, Salle, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
Role: Petit Maitre Actor: Poitier
Role: Spanish Servant Actor: Hippisley
Role: Valet de Chambre Actor: Ray
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Spaniard Actor: Nivelon.
Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #96 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Perseus Actor: Mrs Barbier
Role: Cepheus Actor: Leveridge
Role: Mercury Actor: Laguerre
Role: Stheno Actor: Salway
Role: Cassiope Actor: Mrs Seedo
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Chambers
Role: Medusa Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Euryale Actor: Papillion
Role: Ethiopians Actor: Thompson, Harrison
Role: Cyclops Actor: Hall, Delagarde, DuPre Jr, St.Luce, Smith
Role: Amazons Actor: Mrs Cantrel, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Hill, Miss LaTour
Role: Infernals Actor: Papillion, Salle, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
Role: Petit Maitre Actor: Poitier
Role: Spanish Servant Actor: Hippisley
Role: Valet de Chambre Actor: Ray
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Spaniard Actor: Nivelon.
Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Benefit J. Rich. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #177 7s. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Spanish Servant Actor: _ now called
Role: Hussar Actor: Nivelon
Role: Hussar's Servant Actor: Hippisley.
Role: Perseus Actor: Mrs Barbier
Role: Cepheus Actor: Leveridge
Role: Mercury Actor: Laguerre
Role: Stheno Actor: Salway
Role: Cassiope Actor: Mrs Seedo
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Chambers
Role: Medusa Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Euryale Actor: Papillion
Role: Ethiopians Actor: Thompson, Harrison
Role: Cyclops Actor: Hall, Delagarde, DuPre Jr, St.Luce, Smith
Role: Amazons Actor: Mrs Cantrel, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Hill, Miss LaTour
Role: Infernals Actor: Papillion, Salle, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
Role: Petit Maitre Actor: Poitier
Role: Valet de Chambre Actor: Ray
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Spaniard Actor: Nivelon.
Event Comment: [By Thomas Walker.] With Rich New Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Villainy

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Giffard, Huddy, W. Giffard, Smith, W. Williams, Bardin, Mrs Giffa rd, Mrs Purden
Role: King of Arragon Actor: Will. Giffard
Role: Ramirez Actor: Huddy
Role: Rinaldo Actor: Williams
Role: Sebastian Actor: Henry Giffard
Role: Alonzo Actor: Smith
Role: Victoria Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Bellamante Actor: Mrs Purden
Role: Prologue Actor:
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Giffard.
Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 23 Oct,: Yesterday being the Anniversary of the Princess Royal's Birth-Day, a Masque was prepared at His Royal Highness's Command, on that Occasion, by Mr Rich, and perform'd by his Company in His Royal Highness's@Gardens at Cue, which were illuminated with above a thousand Lamps

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Masque

Related Works
Related Work: The Comickal Masque of Pyramus and Thisbe Author(s): Richard Leveridge
Related Work: Pyramus and Thisbe Author(s): Richard Leveridge
Event Comment: Receipts: #32 4s. [Universal Spectator, 16 Jan., reports that the subscription for Rich's new playhouse in Covent Garden has reached #6,000 and that James Sheppard, the architect, has completed the plans for the structure.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Periander

Cast
Role: Periander Actor: Quin
Role: Lycophron Actor: Clarke
Role: Procles Actor: Ryan
Role: Aristides Actor: Milward
Role: Zeno Actor: Hulet
Role: Alcander Actor: Chapman
Role: Hypsenor Actor: Walker
Role: Lycon Actor: Ogden
Role: General Actor: Haughton
Role: Melissa Actor: Mrs Buchanan
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Templer
Event Comment: Receipts: #72 18s. 6d. [For an essay on Rich as manager, see Daily Courant, 26 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
Role: Clown Actor: Nivelon
Role: Servant Actor: Ray
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Laguerre
Role: Witches Actor: Leveridge, Salway, Papillion
Role: Bird Catchers Actor: Hippisley, Pelling
Role: Petit Maitre Actor: Legar
Role: Italian Actor: Rochetti
Role: Pluto Actor: Leveridge
Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Seedo
Role: Sysiphus Actor: Dupre Jr
Role: Prometheus Actor: Glover
Role: Ixion Actor: Delagarde Jr
Role: Clotho Actor: Mrs Ogden
Role: Lachesis Actor: Miss LaTour
Role: Atropos Actor: Mrs Pelling
Role: Furies Actor: Dupre, Newhouse, Pelling.
Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 22 Nov.: A Latin Play of Terence's, call'd Eunuchus; the Theatre was newly built by the said Mr Galliardy, and is large enough to contain 150 Spectators; the Scenes were all new, and the House neat and well lighted; the Performers were young Lords, and Sons of Gentlemen of Distinction, whose Propriety of Speech and Justness of Action, exceeded all that had ever been done of the kind; the Dresses were exceeding rich, and after the Eastern Fashion; the Decorations handsome, and every thing performed...to the intire Satisfaction and Applause of the Audience

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eunuchus

Event Comment: Not Acted these Fourteen Years (i.e., by Rich's Company). Written by Mr Wycherley. Receipts: #101 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Plain Dealer Actor: Quin
Role: Freeman Actor: Milward
Role: Varnish Actor: Ryan
Role: Plausible Actor: Hippisley
Role: Novel Actor: Chapman
Role: Jerry Actor: Neale
Role: Olivia Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Fidelia Actor: Mrs Buchanan
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Egleton
Role: Eliza Actor: Miss Holiday.

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Fingalians-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judith

Performance Comment: Advertised but apparently dismissed (Rich's Register).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Secret

Performance Comment: Advertised but Dismissed (Rich's Register).
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Butler. [Some uncertainty exists as to whether this performance was given, for Rich's Register does not list it; it is , however, recorded in BM Egerton 2320 .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Hastings Actor: W. Mills
Role: Dumont Actor: Bridgwater
Role: Gloster Actor: Cibber Jr
Role: Bellmour Actor: A. Hallam
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Charke.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Doctor Actor: Cibber Jr
Role: Dorcas Actor: Miss Raftor
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Butler.
Event Comment: Benefit Shepard (Rich's Register)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Cast
Role: Timon Actor: Mills
Role: Evandra Actor: Mrs Horton
Related Works
Related Work: Timon of Athens Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor