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Event Comment: Benefit Raftor, Mrs Clive's brother (Winston MS.). Bayes attempted by Mrs Clive, instigated to it by Cibber (as an) act of envy to Garrick, but he missed his aim, for she did it most wretchedly. It was believed she would not have gone through the part. A great house. If she had succeeded she meant to repeat it for her own Benefit. (Winston MS. from Dyer MS.) Mrs Clive did Bayes at the Desire of Several Ladies of Quality. Three rows of the Pit rail'd into the Boxes, where servants may keep places as well as on the stage. To prevent Mistakes in places already taken, it is desir'd that those Gentleman and Ladies, in whose names they are set down, would please to send for Tickets to Hobson at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Song: I: Beard; III: Lowe; IV: Miss Edwards

Dance: II: Serious Dance, as17430504; V: Tyrolean Dance, as17421129

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. Mainpiece: Never acted there Before. Amphitheatre on stage [see 12 March]. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets and places of Mrs Clive at her house in Great Queen St., Lincoln's Inn Fields; or of Page at the stage door of the theatre. Last Night their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales were at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden to see the Merchant of Venice; when the Song of Britons strike home was commanded to be sung, which was accordingly done, with the Chorus's, accompanied by Trumpets, Kettle-Drums, etc. and met with the Greatest Applause.--General Advertiser, 14 March. [The notice about Miss Edwards' first attempt means in an acting role; she was a singer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Merchant-Quin; Bassanio-Hale; Gratiano-Ryan; Shylock-Rosco; Launcelot-Chapman; Gobbo-James; Lorenzo (with songs in character)-Beard; Solarino-Ridout; Salanio-Gibson; Duke-Marten; Tubal-Stoppelaer; Nerissa-Mrs Pritchard; Jessica-Miss Edwards (her 1st attempt on any stage); Portia-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Jessica Actor: Miss Edwards

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Song: MMy Faith and Truth (Favourite Duette from Samson)-Miss Edwards, Mrs Clive; Britons Strike Home-

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Talbot [Theatrical Clippings, Folger Library]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Miser-Macklin; Lappet-Mrs Macklin; Mariana-Miss Talbot; Harriet-Miss Minors.
Cast
Role: Mariana Actor: Miss Talbot
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Minors.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: TThe Rapture-; and a favorite song out of Solomon called Tell me Gentle Shepherd Where-Miss Talbot

Event Comment: Benefit Simpson, Collins, Baudouin, Shawford, Berkley, Miss Story. Tickets deliver'd by Falwood, George and Steele will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Budgell

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: King-Winstone; Miller-Morgan; Dick-Simpson; Joe-Lowe; Lord Lurewell-Green; Peggy-Miss Cole; Margery-Miss Pitt; Kate-Mrs King.
Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Miss Cole
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Pitt

Dance: I: Muilment; II: Running Footman's Dance-Shawford; III: Minuet-Baudouin, Miss Story

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Harrison. [Prices 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17451113, but Scrub-Morgan; Bonniface-W. Hallam; Foigard-Julian; Cherry-Miss Haughton; Mrs Sullen-Miss Harrison; her third performance on the stage. Epilogue in the character of a Volunteer-Miss Harrison.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: The two Masters Granier, Miss Granier

Event Comment: Benefit Raftor and Miss Edwards. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Advertised as not acted for 5 years. Afterpiece not acted these 12 years [see 23 April 1734]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; or, The Merry Beggars

Performance Comment: Parts-Mills, Lowe, Blakes, Yates, Mrs Clive, Miss Edwards.

Song: ParticularlyO Sleep from Semele-Miss Edwards

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd out by Collins, Dickenson, Miss Royer, &c, and for The Fop's Fortune will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lying Lover

Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Minors.

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Performance Comment: As17460114, but Beatrice-Miss Royer.
Cast
Role: Beatrice Actor: Miss Royer.
Role: Angelica Actor: Miss Bradshaw
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Cole.

Song: II: Cantata-Lowe; IV: Colin and Phebe-Lowe, Miss Edwards

Event Comment: Benefit Dunstall, Vaughan, Stede, Laguerre. Tickets delivered out for Paddick, Messing, and Miss Faulkner will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Miss Hippisley.

Song: CCome let us Trip by Handel-Miss Faulkner

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Major. Prices 2s. 6d., 2s., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Performance Comment: As17461202, but add Morelove-Lee; Sir Charles-Furnival; Lady Graveairs-Miss Budgell; Lady Easy-Mrs Wignell; Edging-Miss Major.
Cast
Role: Lady Graveairs Actor: Miss Budgell
Role: Edging Actor: Miss Major.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17470206; but Kitty-Miss Major.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Major.

Dance: Master Morgan, Miss Baker

Event Comment: Benefit for Leveridge. [See his advance notices on 18 and 24 March.] Wednesday Next Hamlet, Towards the Relief of the Unhappy sufferers by the late Fire. The Monies arising by that to be lodg'd with Messrs Ironside and Belchior to be paid by them into the Hands of the Committee (that is or shall be appointed) to be apply'd with the other charitable Collection towards the relief of the unhappy sufferers by the late dreadful calamity. [Miss Faulkner's song "Liberty" was probably the aria from Judas Maccabaeus: Come, ever smiling Liberty [Deutsch, Handel, p. 649).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Hippisley
Role: Melinda Actor: Miss Copen

Song: I: Who'll Buy a Heart a Cantata by Stanley-Beard; II: Cupid's Power I Despise, Liberty-Miss Faulkner; III: a Song in the Anacreontic style- of Leveridge; IV: O Peace, Shepherd what art thou pursuing-Mrs Storer; V: Mirth Gives Courage-Leveridge; Epilogue of Thanks in Music-Leveridge

Dance: Master Granier, Miss Granier

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Dunstall, Mrs Lampe and Miss Young. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [see 4 Feb. 1746]. Tickets to be had at Lampe's, the Sign of the Holy Lamb, Drury Lane, near Long Acre; at Dunstall's in Hunt's Court, Castle St., Leicester Fields; and at the Stage Door. Afterpiece: Words by Shakespeare, Music by Lampe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Performance Comment: Worthy-Ryan; Sir Charles-Giffard; Flip-Dunstall; Beau Mizen-Cibber; Arabella-Mrs Dunstall; Rovewell-Gibson; Easy-Storer; Cribbige-Anderson; Purser-Paget; Belinda-Mrs Bland; Jenny Private-Miss Young; Jiltup-Miss Copen; Advocate-Miss Ferguson; Barmaid-Miss Haughton; Sailors-Morgan, James, Collins, Bencraft; Fair Quaker-Mrs Hale; In II, the Famous Song of Ninety Two-Beard; In III, Hornpipe-Oates.
Cast
Role: Jenny Private Actor: Miss Young
Role: Jiltup Actor: Miss Copen
Role: Advocate Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: Barmaid Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Song: I: Duet-Mrs Lampe, Miss Young; IV: Myself I Shall adore by Handel-Mrs Lampe

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Karver. A Concert, etc. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d. To begin at 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Song: Particularly by Desire Women and Wine-Miss Karver who sang some years ago at the Theatre-Royal in Drury Lane; since at Mr Foote's Theatre in the Haymarket

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Bellamy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Quin; Touchwood-Bridgwater; Careless-Ryan; Mellefont-Ridout; Brisk-Cibber; Froth-Gibson; Sir Paul Pliant-Collins; Saygrace-Paget; Lady Froth-Miss Bellamy 1st time; Lady Pliant-Mrs Hale; Cynthia-Mrs Ridout; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Woffington 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: Phoebe

Performance Comment: As17490404 but Tippet-Miss Young; Phoebe-Mrs Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Miss Young

Song: III: a Ballad call'd Lothario-Miss Norris

Dance: Comic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister

Event Comment: Benefit for Stoppelaer and Miss Young

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: Phoebe

Cast
Role: Tippet Actor: Miss Young

Song: Between the acts: Miss Young

Dance: I: Comic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister

Event Comment: Benefit for Collins, Mrs Bambridge, Mrs Cowper, and Miss Ferguson. Tickets deliver'd by Wilder, Mr Line and Widow Powell will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: As17481027, but Busy Body-Cibber; Isabinda-Mrs Cowper; Scentwell-Miss Ferguson.
Cast
Role: Scentwell Actor: Miss Ferguson.

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Cast
Role: Phillida Actor: Miss Young.

Song: A Dialogue of Jack and Jenny-Wilder, Miss Falkner

Dance: CComic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Norris. Tickets at Stage Door. Rec'd Cash #73 11s. 6d., plus #73 6s. from tickets. Total #146 17s. 6d. Paid Blandford (Tallow Chandler) #17 18s.; Paid Mr Field for Mr Killigrew's 9 s[hares] for 100 nights #105 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #160 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats

Song: Between the acts: Miss Norris

Event Comment: Benefit for Raftor, Reinhold and Miss Pitt. Rec'd cash #54 16s., plus #83 from tickets. Total #137 16s. Paid Mrs Reynolds for wax and brick dust 3s. 11d. (Treasurer's Book). Last time of performing the Afterpiece this season. Receipts: #160 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Cole

Afterpiece Title: Bayes in Petticoats

Song: IIf God could lengthen life forever-Reinhold; (by desire) Honour and Arms from the Oratorio Sampson,-Reinhold

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Maltere; Tambourine-Miss Foulcade

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Hillyard. Tickets deliver'd out for the 11th instant will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Cornet Actor: Miss Ferguson

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performance Comment: See17500924, but Damon-Lowe; Phillida-Miss Young.
Cast
Role: Phillida Actor: Miss Young.

Dance: I: (By Desire) Pigmalion, as17510412 III: Grand Scots Ballet, as17500926; End: Louvre and Minuet-Cooke, Miss Hillyard

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Hilliard, and Mrs Storer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: I: Grand Dutch Dance, as17511021; III: A Grand Scots Ballet, as17511009; V: Louvre, Minuet-Cooke, Miss Hilliard

Song: II: (By Particular Desire) an Irish Song call'd Ellen a@roon-Mrs Storer

Event Comment: Benefit for LaLauze. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets delivered by Miss Haughton will be taken. This Day Publish'd the last New Oratorio Jeptha, in Score, composed by Mr Handel at 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Royal Chace

Dance: I: Two Pierrots-Dennison, Settree (Scholars of LaLauze); II: Shepherd's Dance-Settree; III: Pigmalion, as17510925; IV: Le je ne scay quois-Dennison, Madem Camargo, Settree; V: "By Desire"Louvre, Minuet-Settree, Miss Hillyard

Event Comment: Benefit for Signor Maranesi and Miss Hilliard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: Lover His Own Rival

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Pitt

Dance: II: A New Dance Il Guastatore-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; III: Grand Scots Ballet, as17521216; IV: Mock Minuet-Sg Bugiani, Sga Bugiani; V: Minuet, Louvre-Cooke, Miss Hilliard

Event Comment: Benefit for Stede &c. Tickets deliver'd by Miss Ferguson will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Morrison

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Miles; the Clown-Bennet; IV: Grand Scots Ballet-Cooke, Miss Hilliard

Song: III: Smiling Dawn from Jeptha-Mrs Chambers

Event Comment: By Handel. Benefit for Miss Turner. Oratorios by Handel. At the Great Room, Dean St., Soho. To begin at 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Song: I: Praise the Lord- accompanied by Parry

Music: II: Concerto (Arne) on Harpsichord-Miss Turner

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Last time of Performing the Mainpiece this season. Afterpiece: Translated from the French by Macklin. Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Jacintha Actor: Miss Macklin
Role: Lucetta Actor: Miss Minors

Afterpiece Title: A Will and no Will; or, A new case for the Lawyers

Performance Comment: The Principal Characters-Yates, Palmer, Usher, Philips, Blakes, Simson, Mrs Bennet, Miss Minors.

Dance: II: New Sailor's Dance, as17560217; End: A Minuet-Miss Macklin, Leviez. By Desire

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Hilliard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Dance: II: New Dance-Granier, Miss Hilliard; III: Fingalian Dance, as17551126; IV: The Villagers, as17560315

Song: I: Mrs Chambers