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Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Mainpiece: Not acted this season. Charges #65 17s. Deficit to Hull #17, covered by #121 3s. from tickets (Box 233; Pit 280; Gallery 209). Paid Hull for The Garland, The Spanish Lady and Altering the Comedy of Errors #50. Paid Miss Mary Twist and Miss Charlotte Twist for walking 12 nights in Man and Wife #1 10s. apiece (Account Book). Receipts: #48 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Song: II: The Blackbirds, a Cantata-Miss Potts

Dance: End: The Reel, as17700329

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Miss _Cantrell.
Role: add Parts Actor: Miss Cantrell.

Entertainment: Overture-; Favourite Hunting Song-Barnshaw; A favourite Scot's air-Miss Dowson; An Overture-Abel; O What a Charming Thing's a Battle-Barnshaw; Sweet Echo-Mas. Lyon; Act II: Soldier Tir'd-Miss Dowson; New Song-Barnshaw; Overture in Otho-; Water Parted from the Sea-Mas. Lyon; Trumpet Concerto-Mas. Green (pupil of Jones); British Wives-A. Smith; Concerto on Violin-Smart. After which will be displayed a grand Transparent Painting 40 feet wide and 30 feet high

Performance Comment: Lyon; Act II: Soldier Tir'd-Miss Dowson; New Song-Barnshaw; Overture in Otho-; Water Parted from the Sea-Mas. Lyon; Trumpet Concerto-Mas. Green (pupil of Jones); British Wives-A. Smith; Concerto on Violin-Smart. After which will be displayed a grand Transparent Painting 40 feet wide and 30 feet high.
Cast
Role: Soldier Tir'd Actor: Miss Dowson
Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Each piece for only time this season. [But see 24 May.] Part of Pit will be laid in Boxes. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Charges #64 10s. Profit to Miss Macklin #87 10s. 6d., plus #131 from 524 Box and Pit tickets sold at Box prices (Account Book). [The payroll this night is the highest for the season, #613 11s., due largely to the fact that Ross appears on it for what seems to be a whole season's pay in one sum: #255 15s.] Receipts: #152 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Bensley; Gratiano-Lewes, first time; Lorenzo-(with song)-Mattocks; Launcelot-Shuter; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Baker; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Love-a-La-Mode

Performance Comment: Callaghan-Shuter; Groom-Lewes; Goodchild-Dunstall; Mordecai-Quick; Charlotte-Miss Macklin; Archy-Macklin.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin

Dance: II: Minuet-Fishar, Miss Macklin; IV: The Bird Catchers, as17721207; End: A Double Hornpipe, as17730218

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Cast
Role: Phaedra Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Night Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Alcmena Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: I: A Hornpipe-Master Whitlow, Miss Lings; III: A New Wooden Shoe Dance-Mas. Whitlow, Miss Lings, Miss Wilkins, scholars of Giorgi

Performance Comment: Whitlow, Miss Lings, Miss Wilkins, scholars of Giorgi.
Event Comment: By Desire. Benefit for Miss Abrams (who perform'd the Little Gipsey). Tickets deliver'd for The Maid of the Mill, and by Mr Norris and Mrs Veal will be taken. Rec'd Stopages #11 9s. 6d. Paid salary list #621 16s. 6d.; Mr Gardner (By Order) one night #5 5s. Receipts: #78 16s. Charges: #70 5s. 6d. Profits to Miss Abrahams: #8 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Performance Comment: As17760409 but Hurry-Waldron, first time; Architect-Norris; Maria-Miss P. Hopkins; Shepherdess, with songs incident to the piece-Miss Abrams; Vocal Parts-Mrs Smith, Mrs _Scott.

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Miss Wilelmina Actor: Mrs Jewell

Song: V: (By Desire) The Soldier Tir'd-Miss Abrams

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs Lampe, and Mrs Jones, Mrs Masters (formerly Miss Lalauze), Besford, Miss Cranfield, Bates, Widow Wise, Widow Emery, and Ledger, and those deliver'd for She Stoops to Conquer will be taken. Doors open half past 5. To begin at half past 6 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17751031, but Polly (for that Night only)-Mrs Weichsel; Hornpipe-Miss Besford.

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Dance: I: A Minuet-Holloway, Miss Cranfield; II: A Minuet-Dagueville, Mrs Masters (Daughter of the late Mr Lalauze)

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Public Advertiser, 3 Oct.: Tickets to be had of Miss Catley, No. 12, Cockspur-street. Receipts: #297 13s. (187.19; tickets: 109.14) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Cast
Role: Pallas Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Catley.

Dance: End: a New Rural Ballet-Palladini, Sga Tinte (their 1st appearance on this stage); End I afterpiece: As17761015

Song: A favouriteScotch Air of Dr Arne's, Hunting Song-Miss Catley

Music: End I: a Solo on the violin-Fisher

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. No Part of the Pit can on any Account be laid into the Boxes. Public Advertiser, 3 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Catley at Wilson's, Watchmaker, No. 150, Drury-Lane. Receipts: #302 3s. (209.13; tickets: 92.10) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Semira Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Catley

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Dance: As17761123

Song: End afterpiece: Push about the Jorum, and an additional Versesuitable to the Night-Miss Catley

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin [and her last appearance on the stage]. Public Advertiser, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss Macklin, No. 59, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #191 16s. (151.6; tickets: 40.10) (charge: #64 10s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Jessica Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin.

Dance: End I: Minuet-Aldridge, Miss Macklin; End III: The Shepherd's Wedding, as17770215; End IV: The Frolick, as17761120

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Walpole. Public Advertiser, 15 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss Walpole, No. 150, Drury-lane. Receipts: #153 5s. (56.19; 26.13; 0.12; tickets: 69.1) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Collett
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Walpole

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: Whittle-Parsons; Sir Patrick O'Neale-Moody; Nephew-Davies; Bates-Baddeley; Thomas-Burton; Kecksey-Dodd; Widow Brady (with an Epilogue Song)-Miss Walpole (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Miss Walpole

Dance: End II: The Minuet de la Cour, as17771111; End: Hornpipe-Miss Walpole; End I afterpiece: The Sailors' Revels, as17780425

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Harper. Tickets delivered for The Nabob and The Provoked Husband will be admitted. Afterpiece: By Permission of the Author. Public Advertiser, 24 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Miss Harper at Guy's, Catherine-street, Strand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Anne Bullen Actor: Miss Hale
Role: with a song] Actor: Miss Twist

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Cast
Role: Eliza Actor: Miss Harper.

Dance: As17780624

Song: End II: In love should there meet a fond pair-Miss Harper

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Walpole. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Public Advertiser, 26 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Walpole, No. 15, Henrietta-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #203 19s. 6d. (100.2.0; 15.10.0; 3.15.6; tickets: 84.12.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair-Miss Walpole; Col. Standard-Brereton (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Alderman Smuggler-Parsons; Clincher Jun.-Waldron; Vizard-Packer; Dicky-Burton; Tom Errand-Griffiths; Beau Clincher-Palmer (1st appearance in that character); Angelica-Mrs Brereton; Lady Darling-Mrs Johnston; Parley-Mrs Love; Lady Lurewell-Miss Pope (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Miss Fuz Actor: Mrs Davies

Dance: End: a Dance-Miss Walpole

Event Comment: Benefit for Chaplin, Griffiths, Holcroft & Miss Field. Tickets delivered by Stevens, Collins and the Miss Stageldoirs will be taken. Receipts: #253 8s. (30.5; 13.7; 2.22.12; tickets: 207.4) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Miss Field

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Major Sturgeon (1st time)-Griffiths; Sir Jacob Jollup-Waldron; Mr Bruin-Wright; Lint-Wrighten; Heeltap-Burton; Jerry Sneak (1st time)-Holcroft; Mrs Bruin-Miss Kirby; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Miss Kirby

Dance: In: Master Morey, 3 Miss Stageldoirs

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Phillips. Tickets delivered for Artaxerxes will be taken. Public Advertiser, 20 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss Phillips, No. 56, Drury-Lane. Receipts: #201 12s. (57.14.0; 19.16.6; 0.9.6; tickets: 123.12.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Fathers

Performance Comment: Lionel-Mattocks (of cg); Colonel Oldboy-Parsons; Sir John Flowerdale-Aickin; Jenkins-Bannister; Harman-Fawcett; Jessamy-Dodd; Diana-Miss Collett; Lady Mary Oldboy-Mrs Hopkins; Jenny-Mrs Wrighten; Clarissa-Miss Phillips (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Collett
Role: Clarissa Actor: Miss Phillips

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Miss Doiley Actor: Mrs Brereton.

Dance: As17801117

Song: End: The Soldier tir'd of Wars Alarms-Miss Phillips

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: Belinda Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Laetitia Actor: Miss Pope

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: Tickets delivered by J. Wilson, Jackson, Prosser, Eves, Rowson, S. Besford, Mrs Lampe, Miss Francis, Mrs Wise, Mrs Dalrymple, Miss Ellington, Mrs Hamilton will be admitted. Receipts: #260 (81/17; 5/9; tickets: 172/14)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: Miss Ogle Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Letitia Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Retaliation

Dance: End of mainpiece The Waterman by Jackson, Prosser, Eves, Miss Rowson

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss George. Gazetteer, 10 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss George, No. 23, King-street, St. Ann's. Mainpiece: With a Grand Procession of the different Orders of the Knights of Chivalry. Receipts: #141 19s. 6d. (60/8/0; 22/4/6; 0/15/0; tickets: 58/12/0) (charge: #117/19/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: Cymon-Barrymore (1st appearance in that character); Dorus-Parsons; Merlin (1st time)-Staunton; Dorilas-Chaplin; Damon-Fawcett; Linco-Dodd; Urganda (ist time)-Miss Wheeler; Fatima-Mrs Wrighten; Cupid-Miss J. Stageldoir; Shepherdesses-Miss Simson, Miss Tidswell; Dorcas-Mrs Love; Sylvia-Miss George (1st appearance in that character) .

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Luanda Actor: Miss M. Stageldoir

Dance: As17831004

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece fifteen Mary's Lamentations; End of mainpiece The Soldier tir'd of War's Alarms, both by Miss George

Event Comment: [The playbill retains Miss Younge as Juliet, but "In consequence of Miss Younge's having been suddenly taken ill, Juliet was taken at a very short notice and played by Mrs T. Kennedy" (Morning Chronicle, 27 Nov.).]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Song: As17841108, but added: Miss Francis

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss George. Morning Herald, 8 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss George, No. 23, King-street, St. Ann's, Soho. Receipts: #284 5s. 6d. (114/15/0; 26/0/0; 1/7/6; tickets: 142/3/0) (charge: #109 5s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Cast
Role: Annette Actor: Miss George

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Cast
Role: Penelope Actor: Miss Stageldoir
Role: Miss La Blond Actor: Miss Barnes

Dance: End of mainpiece The Sailors' Revels, as17860424

Song: In the course of the evening Collin cur'd of roving; End of Dancing Mad Bess (in character), both by Miss George

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Bannister Jun.; Stockwell-Aickin; Major O'Flaherty-Moody; Captain Dudley-Packer; Charles Dudley-Barrymore; Fulmer-Baddeley; Stukely-Benson; Sailor-Bates; Servant-Alfred; Varland-Parsons; Lady Rusport-Mrs Hopkins; Louisa Dudley-Mrs Brereton; Mrs Fulmer-Miss Tidswell; Charlotte Rusport-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Mrs Fulmer Actor: Miss Tidswell

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Collins.
Role: Miss Doiley Actor: Mrs Brereton.

Dance: End I: a Hornpipe-Bourk; End III: Minuet de la Cour-Brigg, Miss J. Stageldoir; End: Highland Reel-Bourk, the Miss Stageldoirs

Performance Comment: Stageldoir; End: Highland Reel-Bourk, the Miss Stageldoirs.
Event Comment: Benefit for Phillimore, Miss Barnes & Miss Tidswell. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years [acted 20 May 1783]. [Kean was from the hay.] Receipts: #283 11s. 6d. (15.12.0; 15.3.6; 0.16.0; tickets: 252.0.0) (charge: #106 1s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: George Hargrave-Barrymore; Drummond-Packer; Justice-Waldron; Sir Charles Seymour-Whitfield; Jarvis-Lamash; Mr Morely-Aickin; Mr Hargrave-Moody; Lady Dinah-Mrs Hopkins; Emily (1st time)-Miss Barnes; Susan-Miss Tidswell; Harriet-Mrs Kemble; Bella-Mrs Goodall.
Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Tidswell

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Collins.

Song: Between acts: Miss Barnes

Entertainment: Monologue. As17890527

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for this Evening [Account-Book: by Benson, Bourk, Booth, Dale, Johnston, Jones, Purser, Walker, Miss Davies, Mrs Heard, Mrs Lewis, Miss Stageldoir] will be admitted. [Afterpiece in place of The Doctor and the Apothecary, advertised on playbill of 8 June.] Receipts: #257 2s. 6d. (19.7.0; 7.8.6; 1.10.0; tickets: 228.17.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Performance Comment: As17880916, but Polixenes-Williames; Rogero-Benson; Perdita (1st time)-Miss Heard; Cleomenes-Chaplin; Countryman-Fawcett; Mopsa-Miss Barnes; Dorcas-Miss Cranford.
Cast
Role: Perdita Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Mopsa Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: Dorcas Actor: Miss Cranford.

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Romanzini

Dance: II: a Dance-Hamoir, Miss Stageldoir; End: Highland Reel, as17890502, but Bourk, _Keen

Song: I: the Sheep@shearing Song-Miss Romanzini

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss George. Public Advertiser, 8 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Miss George, No. 8, Panton-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Cast
Role: Wowski Actor: Miss George

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Song: End I afterpiece: a song (composed by Giordani)-Miss George

Entertainment: End: Imitations-Rees

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Broadhurst. 3rd piece [1st time; M. ENT 1, author unknown. Larpent MS 910; not published]: Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Percy, with some airs from Andreozzi and Stevens. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 24 May: Tickets to be had of Miss Broadhust at Mr Percy's, No. 13, Tavistock-street, Bedford-square. Receipts: #202 9s. (52.5.6; 3.17.6; tickets: 146.6.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: Miss Ogle Actor: Mrs Lewis
Role: Kitty Willis Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Linco's Travels

Afterpiece Title: The Cottage Maid

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Bannister, Incledon, Munden, Bernard, Macready, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Cross, Miss Broadhurst. Cast from Songs (T. Cadell, 1791): Reefwell-Bannister; Wakely-Incledon; Countryman-Munden; Sailor-Bernard; Squire Snareall-Macready; Margery-Mrs Pitt; Country Girl-Mrs Cross; Lydia-Miss Broadhurst.
Cast
Role: Lydia Actor: Miss Broadhurst.

Dance: In 3rd piece: a Hornpipe, Dance of Sailors-

Song: Masquerade Scene in 1st piece: Green Willow (composed by Percy)-Miss Broadhurst

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for this Evening [Account-Book: by Alfred, Appleby, Benson, Banks, Cooke, Jones, Maddocks, Stokes, Whitmell, Gregson, Pilsbury, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Bramwell, Miss Redhead, Miss Menage] will be admitted. Receipts: #466 18s. (82.15.6; 16.18.0; 4.11.6; tickets: 362.13.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At King's The Haunted Tower

Cast
Role: Lady Elinor Actor: Miss DeCamp

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Cast
Role: Sophia Actor: Miss Collins
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Tidswell.

Dance: End: Le Pas Russe-Master and Miss Menage; End I afterpiece: Dance-Whitmell