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Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Soldiers

Performance Comment: Lenox-Johnstone; Nipperkin-Munden; Capt. Cruizer-Powel; Major Tactic-Haymes; Sinclair-Incledon; Mary-Mrs Clendining.
Cast
Role: Major Tactic Actor: Haymes

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Song: In the course of the Evening: The Life of Poor Jack (composed by Dibdin), Admiral Benbow-Incledon; Honesty in Tatters-Townsend; Arthur O'Bradley (1st time, written by O'Keeffe)-Munden

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Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Afterpiece Title: The Chapter of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Soldiers

Performance Comment: Nipperkin-Munden; Lenox-Trueman; Sinclair-Philipps; Major Tactic-Davies; Captain Cruiser-Davenport; Corporal Squib-Abbot; Mary-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Major Tactic Actor: Davies

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Mainpiece Title: The Rival Soldiers

Performance Comment: Lenox-Johnstone; Nipperkin-Munden; Capt. Cruizer-Powel; Major Tactic-Davenport; Sinclair-Incledon; Mary-Mrs Clendining.
Cast
Role: Major Tactic Actor: Davenport

Afterpiece Title: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

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Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Betterton; Stockwell-Murray; Major O'Flaherty-Johnstone; Capt. Dudley-Hull; Charles-Wheatley; Fulmer-Thompson; Stukely-Powel; Varland-Quick; Louisa-Mrs Mountain; Lady Rusport-Mrs Davenport; Mrs Fulmer-Mrs Gilbert; Lucy-Miss Leserve; Charlotte Rusport-Miss Betterton. [No afterpiece.]No afterpiece.]
Cast
Role: Major O'Flaherty Actor: Johnstone

Dance: End II: Les Delassemens Militaires-Mrs Wild, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg, Didelot, Fialon; End: Peggy's Love-Mrs Wild, Mme Rose, Mlle DeLaCroix, Mme Hilligsberg, Didelot, Fialon

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Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Mr Oakly (1st time [in London])-Murray; Sir Harry Beagle-Fawcett; Lord Trinket-Betterton; Capt. 0'Cutter-Johnstone; Charles Oakly-Holman; Russet-Munden; Tom-Rees; Paris-Dyke; John-Wilde; Major Oakly-Quick; Chamber@maid-Miss Leserve; Toilet-Mrs Platt; Lady Freelove-Mrs Mattocks; Harriet-Mrs Mountain; Mrs Oakly-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Major Oakly Actor: Quick

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Sir Jacob Jollup-Hollingsworth; Major Sturgeon-Bannister; Jerry Sneak-Bannister Jun.; Heeltap-Wewitzer; Bruin-Maddocks; Roger-Grimaldi; Snuffle-Wathen; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Goodall; Mrs Bruin-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Major Sturgeon Actor: Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Afterpiece Title: A Naval Interlude

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Jerry Sneak (with an old new song)-Cussans; Sir Jacob Jollup-Meredith; Bruin-Wilkinson; Roger-Harley; Major Sturgeon-Egerton; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Egerton.
Cast
Role: Major Sturgeon Actor: Egerton

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Song: 2nd piece: With Songs-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She's Eloped

Performance Comment: Characters by Aickin, Palmer, Suett, Wroughton, Dowton, Russell, R. Palmer, Bannister Jun., Maddocks, Webb, Palmer Jun., Chippendale, Fisher, Wentworth, Mrs Powell, Mrs Jordan, Miss Pope, Miss Mellon. Cast from London Chronicle, 21 May: Lord Villeure-Aickin; Sir Charles Hyacinth-Palmer; Major Blenner-Suett; Aylmer-Wroughton; Appesley-Dowton; Jerkin-Russell; Joe Clinckum-R. Palmer; Plodden-Bannister Jun.; Mrs Egerton-Mrs Powell; Miss Villeure-Mrs Jordan; Miss Highbury-Miss Pope; Grace-Miss Mellon; unassigned-Maddocks, Webb, Palmer Jun., Chippendale, Fisher, Wentworth; Prologue-Palmer; Epilogue-Mrs Jordan.
Cast
Role: Major Blenner Actor: Suett

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inquisitor

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Performance Comment: Captain Greville-D'Arcy (1st appearance); Major Benbow-Suett; Capt. Wilson-Bannister; Justice Benbow-Usher; Kilderkin-Ledger; Ned-Abbot; Putty-Waldron Jun.; Tipple-Munden; Eliza-Mrs Edward (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Major Benbow Actor: Suett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Lacy; Major Oakly-Wilmot Wells; Charles-Macready; Mrs Oakly-Mrs Abington; And, with Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane: Russet-Hollingsworth; Sir Harry Beagle-R. Palmer; Lord Trinket-Russell; Captain O'Cutter-Caulfield; Paris-Wewitzer; William-Ryder; John-Surmont; Tom-Webb; Lady Freelove-Mrs Sparks; Harriet-Miss Heard; Toilet-Mrs Cuyler.
Cast
Role: Major Oakly Actor: Wilmot Wells

Afterpiece Title: Between II and III of the above,Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: In II 3rd piece: A Mock Minuet-R. Palmer, Miss Pope

Song: End I 1st piece: Little Taffline-Mrs Bland

Entertainment: MonologuePrevious 1st piece: Occasional Address-Lacy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Laugh When You Can

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Performance Comment: Capt. Greville-Incledon; Capt. Wilson-Townsend; Major Benbow-Davenport; Justice Benbow-Waddy; Kilderkin-Dyke; Ned-Abbot; Putty-Rees; Tipple-Munden; Eliza (1st time)-Mrs Atkins.
Cast
Role: Major Benbow Actor: Davenport

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Mr Oakly-Powell; Major Oakly-Dowton; Charles Oakly-Mansel (from cg, by permission of the Proprietor); Russet-Aickin; Sir Harry Beagle-R. Palmer; Lord Trinket-Russel; Captain O'Cutter-Caulfield; Paris-Maddocks; Mrs Oakly-Miss Edmead (from the Theatre Royal Norwich; 1st appearance on this stage); Lady Freelove-Mrs Walcot; Harriet-Miss Stuart; Toilette-Miss Tidswell; Chambermaid-Mrs Coates.
Cast
Role: Major Oakly Actor: Dowton

Afterpiece Title: Feudal Times

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakley-Pope; Major Oakley-Aickin; Charles-Clarke; Russet-Davenport; Sir Harry Beagle-Fawcett; Lord Trinket-Palmer; Captain O'Cutter-Johnstone; Paris-Caulfield; William-Ledger; John-Abbot; Tom-Chippendale; Lady Freelove's Servant-Lyons; Lady Freelove-Mrs Harlowe; Harriet-Miss Heard; Toilet-Miss Leserve; Chambermaid-Mrs Jones; Mrs Oakley-Mrs Mattocks (1st appearance on this stage, and in that character).
Cast
Role: Major Oakley Actor: Aickin

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

Entertainment: Monologue End: Epilogue pourtraying Characteristick Jealousies of the Spaniard the Italian the Dutchman the Frenchman and the Englishman [by Garrick]-Mrs Mattocks [see cg, 1 May 1798]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

Performance Comment: Captain Greville-Johnstone; Major Benbow-Davenport; Capt. Wilson-Bannister; Justice Benbow-Usher; Kilderkin-Ledger; Ned-Abbot; Putty-Chippendale; Tipple-Suett; Eliza-Mrs Edward.
Cast
Role: Major Benbow Actor: Davenport

Afterpiece Title: Ways and Means

Afterpiece Title: Fortune's Frolick

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Mainpiece Title: Management

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Performance Comment: Capt. Greville-Hill; Capt. Wilson-Townsend; Major Benbow-Davenport; Justice Benbow-Waddy; Kilderkin-Gardner; Ned-Abbot; Putty-Rees; Tipple-Munden; Eliza-Mrs Atkins.
Cast
Role: Major Benbow Actor: Davenport

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Lewis; Major O'Flaherty-Johnstone; Varland-Emery; Capt. Dudley-Hull; Charles-Claremont; Fulmer-Thompson; Stukely-Waddy; Stockwell-Murray; Louisa-Miss Murray (1st appearance in that character); Lady Rusport-Mrs Davenport; Mrs Fulmer-Mrs Gilbert; Lucy-Miss Leserve; Charlotte Rusport-Miss Betterton.
Cast
Role: Major O'Flaherty Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Performance Comment: Captain Greville-Trueman; Major Benbow-Davenport; Capt. Wilson-Bannister; Justice Benbow-Waldron; Kilderkin-Ledger; Ned-Abbot; William-Atkins; Putty-Chippendale; Tipple-Suett; Eliza-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Major Benbow Actor: Davenport
Event Comment: Edition of 1660: The Royal Oake, with Other various and delightfull Scenes presented on the Water and the Land, Celebrated in Honour of the deservedly Honoured Sir Richard Brown, Bar. Lord Mayor of the City of London, The 29th day of October...and performed at the Costs and Charges of the Right Worshipfull Company of Merchant-Taylors. [Tatham refers to Dyamond, a Lightfoot, Paynter; Thomas Whitein, Joyner; and Richard Cleere, Carver.] Pepys, Diary: And I...at the Key in Cheapside; where there was a company of fine ladies, and we were very civilly treated, and had a very good place to see the pageants, which were many, and I believe good, for such kind of things, but in themselves but poor and absurd. Evelyn, Diary: My Lord Majors shew stop'd me in cheape-side: one of the Pageants represented a greate Wood, with the royal Oake, & historie of his Majesties miraculous escape at Bosco-bell &c

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Mainpiece Title: The Royal Oake

Event Comment: Edition of 1661: By the Worshipful Company of Grocers. Evelyn, Diary: I saw the Lord Major passe in his Water Triumph to Westminster being the first solemnity of this nature after 20 years. Pepys, Diary: I was (after office was done) ready to go to my Lord Mayor's feast, as we are all invited; but the Sir Williams were both loth to go, because of the crowd, and so none of us went....This Lord Mayor, it seems, brings up again the custom of Lord Mayors going the day of their instalment to Paul's, and walking round about the Cross, and offering something at the altar

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Mainpiece Title: London's Triumphs

Event Comment: Edition of 1662: Being a True Relation of the Honourable the City of Londons Entertaining Their Sacred Majesties Upon the River of Thames, and Welcoming them from Hampton-Court to White-Hall. Expressed and set forth in several Shews and Pageants, the 23 day of August 1662. According to the printed version, the management of the pageant was under the care of Peter Mills, Surveyor; Malin, Water Bayliff; Thomas Whiting, Joyner; Richard Cleere, Carver. The songs were set by John Gamble, one of His Majesty's Servants. Evelyn, Diary: I this day was spectator of the most magnificent Triumph that certainly ever floted on the thames, considering the innumerable number of boates & Vessels, dressed and adorned with all imaginable Pomp: but above all, the Thrones, Arches, Pageants, & other representations, stately barges of the Lord Major, & Companies, with various Inventions, musique, & Peales of Ordnance both from the vessels & shore, going to meete & Conduct the new Queene from Hampton Court to White-hall, at the first time of her Coming to Towne.... his Majestie & the Queene, came in an antique-shaped open Vessell, convered with a State or Canopy of Cloth of Gold, made in forme of a Cupola, supported with high Corinthian Pillars, wreathd with flowers, festoones & Gyrlands: Pepys, Diary: We got into White Hall garden, and so to the Bowling-green, and up to the top of the new Banqueting House there, over the thames, which was a most pleasant place as any I could have got; and all the show consisted chiefly in the number of boats and barges; and two pageants, one of a King, and another of a Queen, with her Maydes of Honour sitting at her feet very prettily; and they tell me the Queen is Sir Richard Ford's daughter. Anon come the King and Queen in a barge under a canopy with 10,000 barges and boats, I think, for we could see no water for them, nor discern the King nor Queen. And so they landed at White Hall Bridge, and the great guns on the other side went off

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Mainpiece Title: Aqua Triumphalis

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary, 20 Oct.: Young Killigrew did so commend The Villaine, a new play made by Tom Porter, and acted only on Saturday at the Duke's house, as if there never had been any such play come upon the stage. The same yesterday was told me by Captain Ferrers; and this morning afterwards by Dr Clerke, who saw it. Downes, p. 23: Written by Major Thomas Porter; this Play by its being well perform'd, had Success extremly beyond the Company's Expectation....It Succeeded 10 Days with a full House, to the last. [Downes especially praises Price. The edition of 1663 has a Prologue but no actors' names and no epilogue.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Villain

Event Comment: The Lord Mayor's show. Evelyn, Diary: Was my L. Majors shew with a number of sumptuous pageantry, speeches & Verses: I was standing in an house in Cheape side, against the place prepared for their Majesties. The Prince & heire of Denmark was there, but not our King

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Mainpiece Title: London's Triumph: Presented In Severall Delightfull Scaenes

Event Comment: Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 8) gives a cast for Julius Caesar [by William Shakespeare] which includes Richard Bell, who died in the Drury Lane fire at the end of this month. It is not known when a performance of this play occurred, but a Prologue to Julius Caesar is in Covent Garden Drollery, 1672. Downes lists: Julius Caesar-$Bell; Cassius-$Major Mohun; Brutus-$Hart; Anthony-$Kynaston; Calphurnia-$Mrs Marshal. [Downes adds Portia-$Mrs Corbet, but this probably refers to a later performance.

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Event Comment: The King's Company. This day marks the resumption of acting by the King's Company after the disastrous fire at Bridges Street, Drury Lane; the players turned to the theatre in Lincoln's Inn Fields which the Duke's Company had recently left. The Prologue was printed in Covent Garden Drollery, 1672. Sloane MS. 4455 folio 26 verso: The Prologue of a Play entitled Witt without Money-Spoken at the Dukes old Theatre (after the Kings was burnt) by the King's players, Feb. 26 1671. The Curtaine being drawne up all the Actors were discover'd on the stage in Melancholick postures, & Moone [Mohun] advancing before the rest speaks as follows, addressing chiefly to ye King then [present]. Langbaine (English Dramatick Poets, p. 216): Wit Without Money: a Comedy which I have seen acted at the Old House in little Lincolns-Inn-Fields with very great Applause: the part of Valentine being Play'd by that compleat Actor Major Mohun deceas'd. This was the first Play that was acted after the Burning the King's House in Drury-lane: a New Prologue being writ for them by Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Event Comment: G. Lady Chaworth to Lord Roos, 2 Nov. 1676: I have not yet seen Mr Pack, being att Lord Major's show when hee was heere....The pageants were but three and worse then others formerly, but the King, Queen, Duke and Duchess finer in both clothes, liveries, coaches and traine then ever, to the honour of the Citty (HMC, 12th Report, Part V, Rutland Papers, II, 31)

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Mainpiece Title: London's Triumphs