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Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wrighten and Miss Rogers. Music and words by author and composer of Padlock [I. Bickerstaffe]. Book of the Entertainment to be had at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17710401 but Touchstone-King; Orlando-Brereton, first time; Jaques-Love; Duke Sen-Wrighten; Celia-Miss Rogers, first time.
Cast
Role: Celia Actor: Miss Rogers, first time.
Role: Phebe Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Ephesian Matron; or, The Widow's Tears

Song: I: The Sycamore Shade-Mrs Wrighten; IV: The Soldier Tir'd-Mrs Wrighten

Dance: End: A Minuet, Louvre-Noverre, Miss Rogers, his scholar

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Madden, Mr Thompson, Mrs Hartle, Symmonds, Walters. Tickets deliver'd by Francis, Abbot, Widow Trott, Wilkinson, Mrs Griffiths, Mrs Hitchcock, and Mr T. Ansell will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Miss Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Mrs Hartle; End of Play: A Minuet-Hussey, Miss Madden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Stede, Pilfold and others. Tickets deliver'd by Shuter, Norbury, Roberts, Frensdorff, Miller, Bassan and Stephenson will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Cast
Role: The Hornpipe Actor: Miss Stede.

Dance: IV: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Stede (his scholar)

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Thomas. Price 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Song: Reinhold, Miss Esser, Mrs Thompson; Musical Imitations-Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George-Wroughton; Truman-Perry; Thorowgood-Younger; Uncle-Hull; Blunt-Cushing; Maria-Miss Ward; Lucy-Mrs Green; Millwood-Mrs Mattocks; In Act I: Singing-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Ward

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Dolly Actor: Miss Helm
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Dance: End: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Fishar, Miss Twist, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17710412.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17710412.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Performance Comment: Selim-Savigny; Barbarossa-Bensley; Othman-Clarke; Sadi-Hull; Aladin-Gardner; Officer-Fox; Slave-Bates; Irene-Miss Miller; Zaphira-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Irene Actor: Miss Miller

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performance Comment: Drunken Col.-Yates; Goodall-Dunstall; Oldcastle-Quick; Charlotte-Miss Helme; Mrs Highman-Mrs Ferguson; Lettice-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Helme

Dance: End: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Miss Twist, Fishar, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Capon

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Capon.
Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Stede, Mrs Heard, Mrs Willems, Abbott and Furkins. Tickets deliver'd by Wilkinson, Wooley, Pilfold, T. Ansell, Mrs Hitchcock, Widow Trott, Sherrat, Bassin, Whatley, Doe and Mrs Paddick will be taken. Charges o. [House received in addition to the ready receipts half the value of each beneficiary's tickets.] @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value Half Value@Miss Stede 28 57 61 #21 13s. #10 16s. 6d.@Mrs Heard 19 34 .. #9 17s. #4 18s. 6d.@Mrs Williams .. 24 21 #5 14s. #2 17s.@Mr Abbott 18 95 75 #26 5s. #13 2s. 6d.@Furkins 22 37 26 #13 13s. #6 16s. 6d.@Wilkinson 28 27 20 #13 1s. #6 10s. 6d.@Wooley 9 42 79 #16 9s. #8 4s. 6d.@Pilfold 37 227 74 50 14s. #25 7s.@T. Ansell 9 66 64 #18 11s. #9 5s. 6d.@Mrs Hitchcock 27 15 45 #13 10s. #6 15s.@Widow Trott 24 4 8 #7 8s. #3 14s.@Sharratt 1 12 19 #3 19s. #1 19s. 6d.@Bassan .. .. .. .. ..@Whatley 5 18 57 #9 13s. #4 16s. 6d.@Doe 2 22 44 #8 4s. #4 2s.@Mrs Paddick 1 14 14 #3 15s. #1 17s. 6d.@Total 230 694 607 #222 6s. #111 3s.@ Receipts: #19 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Helme

Dance: I: A Dance-incident to the piece; II: A Minuet-Dumay, Mrs Heard; End of Opera: Hornpipe-Miss Stede

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Woodcock-Shuter; Hawthorn-Reinhold; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Sir W. Meadows-Saunders; Eustace-Owenson; Hodge-Dunstall; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Margery-Mrs Baker; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Miss Catley, first appearance in two years.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Dolly Actor: Miss Helme
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Dance: II: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Fishar, Miss Twist, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17110930.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17110930.]
Event Comment: Benefit for Hopkins, Prompter, and Mrs Hopkins. By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd for Mary Queen of Scots will be taken (playbill). Miss Hopkins made her first appearance upon the stage in Celia in As You Like It. Was rec'd with great applause (Hopkins Diary). House charges: #74 14s.; Profit to beneficiaries: #165 2s. Receipts: #239 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: As17721117, but Jaques-Aickin; Celia-Miss Hopkins, first appearance any stage; Phebe-Mrs Davies; Rosalind with Cuckoo Song-Mrs Barry; In Act V will be introduced a Song-Mrs Hunt.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Dolly Snip Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: I: A Dance-Daigville's scholars

Entertainment: End: (First time) an Address to the Town-Miss P. Hopkins

Event Comment: Benefit for Fox and Owenson. Tickets deliver'd by Holloway and Miss Bassan will be taken. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to beneficiaries #9 11s. 3d. apiece, covered by income from tickets: Fox #90 11s. (Box 123; Pit 328; Gallery 106); Owenson #69 7s. (Box 118; Pit 133; Gallery 199). Paid Mrs Singleton for walking 13 nights in Henry VIII, the 8th to 15th February #3 5s. and for walking 28 nights in the Sorcerer to the 13th inst. #3 10s. Paid Mrs Baks for the same #3 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #45 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Scentwell Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: As17730518, but Leander-Owenson, first time; Diego-Fox (first time); Leonora-Miss Wewitzer (first time).
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Wewitzer

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe (first time)-Miss Bassan; End: A Louvre and Minuet-Mr and Mrs Holloway

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Stede, Hollingsworth and Master Jones. Tickets deliver'd by Abbot, Wilkinson, Mrs Woolley, Pilford, T. Ansell, Mrs Hitchcock, Widow Trott, Sherrat, Whately, Doe, Mrs Paddick, Claridge, and Curteen will be taken. [No charges. House took half value of tickets plus ready receipts of #20 10s.] Receipts: #20 10s. (Account Book). @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value Half Value@Miss Stede 29 47 42 #18 10s. #9 5s.@Hollingsworth 3 6 17 #3 7s. #1 13s. 6d.@Mrs Jones - - - - -@Abbott 17 71 79 #22 16s. #11 8s.@Wilkinson 27 34 1 #11 19s. #5 19s. 6d.@Mrs Woolley 12 44 56 #15 4s. #7 12s.@Pilfold 36 249 93 #55 13s. #27 16s. 6d.@Ansell 11 58 60 #17 9s. #8 14s. 6d.@Mrs Hitchcock 37 44 24 #18 5s. #9 2s. 6d.@Mrs Trott 17 3 6 #5 6s. #2 13s.@Sharratt - 21 15 #4 13s. #2 6s. 6d.@Whatley - 9 35 #4 17s. #2 8s. 6d.@Doe 2 27 41 #8 13s. #4 6s. 6d.@Mrs Paddick 5 14 18 #5 3s. #2 11s. 6d.@Claridge 7 27 29 #8 14s. #4 7s.@Curteen 30 28 60 #17 14s. #8 17s.@Total 233 682 576 #218 3s. #109 1s. 6d.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: End: A Hornpipe[, in the character of a Sailor (for first time)-Miss Stede. [See17650510.

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Davies (Inglesina)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Performance Comment: See17740224, but With two additional songs-Miss Davies, in Act I, II.

Dance: I: Ballet-Mariottini, Nina Favier; II: Pastoral Ballet, parts-Nina Favier, Mariottini, Master Holland, Miss Armstrong (Scholars of Daigville, late Ballet Master of Drury Lane, who will dance a Minuet and Allemande); End Opera: The Adventures of the Haram of Ispahan-Pitrot, Mimi Favier, Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger, lately burnt out by the Fire in King Street, Covent Garden. Doors open at half past 5. To begin at exactly half past 6. [Miss Catley returned for this benefit. Description of the Fire in Gentlemen's Magazine, 1774, p. 234.] Charges #67 10s. Profit to Younger, #105 19s.. plus #67 12s. from tickets (Box 216; Pit 76; Gallery 22) (Account Book). [See dl 6 May where Garrick gave Younger & Kennedy #21 as a present to help them. See also dl 25 May.] Receipts: #173 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17731016, but Lady-Miss Mattocks; Song of Sweet Echo-Mrs Mattocks; Sabrina, Pastoral Nymph-Mrs Baker; Euphrosyne (for that night only)-Miss Catley; Brothers-_.

Song: End I: The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms-Miss Catley

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17740415 but Orange Woman-Miss Stede[; with Sixfold Hornpipe as17740415

Performance Comment: As17740415 but Orange Woman-Miss Stede[; with Sixfold Hornpipe as17740415.; with Sixfold Hornpipe as17740415.
Cast
Role: Orange Woman Actor: Miss Stede
Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Last time of performing it this season. Part of Pit laid into the Boxes where servants will be allowed to keep Places. [See additional performance 25 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Catley.

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin, with Additional Songs

Performance Comment: As17741029, but Guardian Angels-Miss Catley; To conclude with All I ask of Mortal Man, is to Love me while he can-, from Comus.
Cast
Role: Guardian Angels Actor: Miss Catley
Role: with Venus Actor: Miss Brown.
Role: Venus Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Iris Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Catley.

Song: End Piece: The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms, from the Opera Artaxerxes-Miss Catley

Dance: End Opera: Rural Merriment, as17741209

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Valois

Dance: I: New Comic Dance-Langrish (pupil to Aldridge), Miss Mathews; III: A New Pantomimical Dance call'd The Enchantress, as17750201; End: The Humours of Blackwall; or, The Indiaman Return'd-Aldridge, Mas. Jackson (his pupil), first appearance, Mrs Stephens, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: Jackson (his pupil), first appearance, Mrs Stephens, Miss Besford.
Event Comment: Under the direction of Dr Arne. Being desired again by several persons of Quality. Tickets delivered out for 27 April by Miss Donadieu and Mrs Farrel will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sot

Performance Comment: As17750216, but Clarinda-Miss Donadieu; Fairlove-Mrs Farrel; Pert-Miss Weller; Sir Thomas-A Gentleman; Squire Savage-a Gentleman.
Cast
Role: Clarinda Actor: Miss Donadieu
Role: Pert Actor: Miss Weller

Song: Catches and Glees-; Cymon and Iphigenia-a Gentleman; a Capital Trumpet Song-Miss Jameson

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd by Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones, Mrs Morris, Miss Cranfield and Mr Hollingsworth will be admitted. Doors opened at half past 5. To begin at half past 6

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Lewis, first time; Aimwell-Whitefield, first time; Scrub-Quick; Gibbet-Booth; Bonniface-Dunstall; Sir Charles Freeman-DuBellamy; Sullen-Thompson; Foigard-Fox; Dorinda-Mrs Mattocks; Cherry-Miss Brown; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Lessingham.
Cast
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Dayes

Dance: I: A Hornpipe-Miss Cranfield; II: The Pilgrim, as17750503

Event Comment: Last time of Performing the afterpiece this season. Tickets delivered by Cushing, Holloway, Leoni, Miss Bassan, Redman and Walters will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Dance: III: A Double Hornpipe-Leoni, Miss Bassan; IV: An Allemande-Holloway, Sga Daguville

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wilde. Mrs Barry's Indisposition prevents her appearing in the character of Rosalind this evening

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Performance Comment: As17741201, but Country Madcap-Miss Wilde, first time.
Cast
Role: Country Madcap Actor: Miss Wilde, first time.
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce

Dance: I: Comic Dance-Langrish[, as17750429

Song: II: (By Particular Desire) The Shady Blest Retreat-Miss Wilde

Event Comment: Benefit for Wild (prompter) and Miss Brown. Mrs Barry's indisposition prevents her appearing in the character of Athenais

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Cast
Role: Julia Actor: Miss Ogilvie
Role: Delia Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Flavilla Actor: Miss Dayes

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Cast
Role: Lauretta Actor: Miss Brown

Dance: III: A Minuet-King, Miss Brown

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue-Miss Brown, Mrs Baker, Reinhold, Mattocks; Dances-Aldridge

Performance Comment: End: True Blue-Miss Brown, Mrs Baker, Reinhold, Mattocks; Dances-Aldridge.
Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Send servants by 4 o'clock. Doors open half past 5. To begin at half past 6. [Macklin's first appearance here since his dismissal on 18 Nov. 1773.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Bensley; Gratiano-Lee Lewes; Lorenzo (with Songs)-Mattocks; Duke-Fearon; Launcelot-Shuter; Tubal-Thompson; 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: Sir Archy-Macklin; Groom-Woodward; Callaghan-Shuter; Mordecai-Quick; Sir Theodore-Dunstall; Charlotte-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin.

Dance: II: A Minuet-Daguville, Miss Macklin; End: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

Event Comment: Benefit for the City of London Lying-in Hospital. Mrs Greville-Indiana--$Miss Younge being ill (Hopkins Diary). Public Advertiser, 4 Dec.: Tickets to be had at the Hospital, in Oldstreet Road. Receipts: #253 9s. (70.14; 0.0; 0.0; tickets: 182.15) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Phillis Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Hopkins
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: End: Comic Dance-the two Miss Stageldoirs

Song: As17761025

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren, Baker & Miss Abrams. Receipts: #140 19s. 6d. (48.2.0; 15.5.6; 0.0.0; tickets: 77.12.0) (charge: #74 14s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: The Gamester-Reddish; Stukely-Palmer; Jarvis-Aickin; Bates-Packer; Dawson-Norris; Lewson-Farren; Charlotte-Miss Hopkins; Lucy-Miss Platt; Mrs Beverly-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Hopkins
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Mrs Beverly Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Song: End: The Soldier tir'd With war's Alarms-Miss Abrams

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Brown. The Words of the Pastoral Dialogue to be had Gratis at the Theatre. Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years. Receipts: #244 6s. 6d. (167.1.6; tickets: 77.5.0) (charge: #64 10s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Performance Comment: Lionel-Mattocks; Sir John Flowerdale-Hull; Harman-Mahon; Jenkins-Dunstall; Jessamy-Wewitzer; Colonel Oldboy-Wilson; Lady Mary Oldboy-Mrs Green; Diana-Miss Brown; Jenny-Mrs Wilson; Clarissa-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: As17761108, but Young Philpot-Lee Lewes; Maria-Miss Brown (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Brown

Dance: End Dialogue: As17761123; End I: Minuet-Aldridge, Miss Brown

Song: End: New Pastoral Dialogue [Tell me Silvia why so sad?] set to music by Dr Arnold-Miss Wewitzer, Miss Brown

Performance Comment: ] set to music by Dr Arnold-Miss Wewitzer, Miss Brown.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: With a Grand Procession of the different Orders of the Knights of Chivalryv. [This was included in all subsequent performances.] With new Dresses, and the Scenery entirely new painted. [Miss Simson is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #226 6s. 6d. (204.10.0; 21.12.0; 0.4.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: Cymon-Vernon; Merlin-Bannister; Dorus-Parsons; Daemon of Revenge-Legg; Dorilas-Chaplin; Damon-Lamash; Linco-Dodd; Urganda-Mrs Baddeley; Fatima-Mrs Wrighten; Dorcas-Mrs Bradshaw; Shepherdesses-Miss Collett, Mrs Davies; Sylvia-A Young Lady (1st appearance upon any stage [Miss Simson]).Miss Simson]).

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Cast
Role: Bell Actor: Miss Hopkins
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: [the following new Dances composed] by Gallet:I: [a Dance of Cupids-; IV: [a Dance of Daemons-; to conclude: Grand Ballet-Henry, Miss Armstrong, Mlle Dupre. [These were danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Music: Mainpiece: With a New Overture, and additional Airs, Chorusses-; the whole of the Music composed by Michael Arne