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Event Comment: Benefit for Aickin and Mrs Lee. House Charges #33 8s. Rec'd stopages #2 13s. (Treasurer's Book). Tickets deliver'd by Sg Giorgi and Miss Berkley will be admitted. Neville MS Diary: Went to ye Pit to see 2nd part of Henry IV. [Comments on performances of individual characters in general.] Falstaff very well by Love. This last uses his eyes with great propriety in this and many other characters....Pistol by Baddeley (King should have played it)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part Ii

Performance Comment: King-Powell; Prince of Wales-Aickin, 1st time; Prince John-J. Palmer; Moldy-Moody; Pistol-King; Gloster-J. Burton; Doll Tearsheet-Mrs Lee; Achbp York-Havard; Clarence-Mas. Cape; Chief Justice-Bransby; Westmorland-Burton; Hastings-Ackman; Lord Bardolph-Fawcett; Feeble-Weston; Justice Shallow-Yates; Justice Silence-Rooker; Poins-Packer; Page-Miss Rogers; Hostess-Mrs Bradshaw; Falstaff-Love [Public Advertiser assigns Pistol-$Baddeley.]
Cast
Role: Page Actor: Miss Rogers

Afterpiece Title: The Capricious Lovers

Dance: End: A Minuet-Miss Giorgi, Miss Collett Scholars to Sg Giorgi; End I of the Farce: Hearts of Oak, as17670212, but-Grimaldi, Mrs King

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Part of Pit will be laid into the Boxes. Come as early as possible to avoid confusion. Charges #64 10s. Balance to Miss Macklin #79 18s., plus #146 from Tickets (584 Box & Pit at one price of 5s. each); Paid Mr Monk #2 12s. 6d. for mending the Owl & a new Spring (Account Book). [The bonus value of the benefit to an actor or member of the company staff may be seen when one considers that Miss Macklin's regular salary was #7 per week, or about #28 per month. On this one benefit performance she made a profit in book value equal to her previous eight month's salary. Book value because the Account Book records, for the tickets which she delivered, only the face value of 5s. each. It is probable that many a wealthy theatre-goer gave her on this occasion, by way of appreciation for the pleasure of her performances, much more than the face value of the ticket.] Receipts: #144 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17700327 but Shylock-Macklin; Nerissa-Mrs Lessingham; Portia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

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

Dance: IV: The Whim, as17691123; End: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Macklin

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Ladies send servants by 4 o'clock. Part of Pit laid into Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Catley

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Catley.

Song: I: The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms-Miss Catley; II: The song Cease Gay@Seducer- to the favourite Scotch air; End Opera: Water parted from the sea-Miss Catley after the manner of the original

Dance: II: An Allemande-Aldridge, Miss Twist

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Afterpiece: For the only time this season. Pit and Boxes laid together. Servants are desired to be at the Stage Door by 4 o'clock. Ladies desired to come as early as possible to prevent Confusion in getting to their Seats. [See repetition of afterpiece 27 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Clarke; Bassanio-Bensley; Duke-Morris; Gratiano-Dyer; Lorenzo [with songs]-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: Sir Callaghan-Shuter; Groom-Lewes, first time; Sir Theodore-Dunstall; Mordecai-Quick; Charlotte-Miss Macklin; Sir Archy-Macklin.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin

Dance: II: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Macklin; IV: An Allemande-Mr Hamoir, Miss Hamoir

Event Comment: Benefit for Kear, Booth, Jacobs. Tickets deliver'd by Watkins, Costin, Miss Berkeley, and Mrs Hayward will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Performance Comment: As17710405 but Chambermaid-Mrs W. Palmer; Miss Flack-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: Miss Flack Actor: Miss Platt.
Role: Miss Griskin Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: II: The Allemande-Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong

Song: End of Play: A Song-Kear

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Entertainment: Between parts of Entertainment: In love should there meet a fond Pair, (for that night only) Water parted from the Sea, after the manner of the original, also The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, also The Wanton God who Pierces Hearts from Comus-Miss Catley; Singing-Reinhold, Miss Harper

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 27 Jan. 1770.] Afterpiece: For this night only this season (playbill). Charges #64 5s. Profit to Miss Macklin #19 4s., plus #43 from 172 Box tickets. Paid Whitefield one fourth year's salary due Lady Day last #25. Paid Mr Barber for a suit of regimentals embroider'd with gold, #12 12s. Paid Lowe and Lucas (linnen drapers) #13 19s.; Paid Evans for Spermecita candles as per bill #12. Paid Barrett (wax chandler) #3 4s. (Account Book). [Miss Macklin considered this a poor benefit, and on 6 May 1772 wrote to her father about the troubles she met in getting it underway. Woodward would not play in the farce since it did not belong to the theatre and since he had not be asked before she put his name in the bills. Kniveton labored hard and did quite well as Sir Archy. Ann Pitt so ill she could not do Lady Wrangle, but Mrs Hull sat up two nights, learned the part and acted it creditably (Harvard, Memoirs of Charles Macklin, Vol. II, pt. 2, after p. 55).] Receipts: #83 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal; Or, The Lady's Philosophy

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert-Yates; Frankly-Wroughton; Granger-Hull; Witling-Dyer; Cook-Dunstall; Lady Wrangle-Mrs Pitt; Betty-Mrs Green; Sophronia-Mrs Lessingham; Charlotte-Miss Macklin; In Act IV, a Minuet-Hamoir, Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin
Role: a Minuet Actor: Hamoir, Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin

Dance: End: A Dance in which will be an Allemande,-Hamoir, Miss Hamoir

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Neither piece acted this season. Part of Pit will be laid into Boxes. Fifth Night of She Stoops will be Thursday next. Charges: #77 4s. Profit to Miss Catley #76 5s., plus #118 10s. from tickets (Box and Pit 474) Paid Dall on acct of his salary #31 10s. (Account Book). [Miss Catley was the highest paid actress at cg this season.] Receipts: #153 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Artabanes-Reinhold; Artaxerxes-Mattocks; Arbaces-Mrs Mattocks; Rimenes-DuBellamy; Semira-Mrs Baker; Mandane-Miss Catley, first time.
Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Catley, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John-Mattocks; Jobson-Dunstall; Doctor-Wignel; Lady Loverule-Mrs Pitt; Nell (that Night Only)-Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Miss Catley.

Dance: End Opera: New Dance, as17730206

Cast
Role: A New Dance Actor: Aldridge, Miss Capon

Song: After Farce: By particular desire, The Wanton God, from Comus-Miss Catley

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Stede and T. Ansell. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd by Pilfold, Sherratt, Wilkinson, Mrs Hitchcock, Widow Emery, Widow Trott, Claridge and Doe will be taken as well as those delivered for Rule a Wife. Receipts: #39 15s. 6d. (Account Book). [No charges. House received the ready money receipts plus half-value of the tickets delivered]: @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value Half Value@Miss Stede 21 41 53 #16 14s. #8 7s.@Ansell 10 61 47 #16 7s. #8 3s. 6d.@Pilfold 43 284 74 #60 15s. #30 7s. 6d.@Sharratt .. 14 10 #3 2s. #1 11s.@Wilkinson 34 55 12 #17 19s. #8 19s. 6d.@Mrs Hitchcock 24 50 23 #14 6s. #7 3s.@Mrs Emery 15 84 100 #26 7s. #13 3s. 6d.@Mrs Trott 18 4 5 #5 12s. #2 16s.@Claridge 12 66 52 #18 2s. #9 1s.@Doe .. 36 54 #10 16s. #5 8s.@Total 177 685 430 #190 #95@

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: A Minuet (1st time)-Blurton, Miss Stede; End: A Hornpipe, in the character of a sailor-Miss Stede. [See17730522.

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Bassan and Abbott. Tickets delivered by Furkins, Longley, Robson, Flight, Curteen, Paddick, Stephenson, as well as those delivered for the Inconstant and Love for Love will be taken. [No charges. House received ready money receipts plus half-value of tickets]: @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value Half Value@Miss Bassan 22 38 43 #15 10s. #7 15s.@Abbott 18 52 72 #19 10s. #9 15s.@Furkins 27 42 19 #14 19s. #7 9s. 6d.@Longley 22 206 82 #44 12s. #22 6s.@Robson 13 107 42 #23 10s. #11 15s.@Flight .. 72 62 #17 #8 10s.@Curteen 24 57 55 #20 1s. #10 6d.@Mrs Paddick 7 30 13 #7 11s. #3 15s. 6d.@Stephenson 3 21 85 #12 8s. #6 4s.@Total 136 625 473 #175 1s. #87 10s. 6d.@ Paid Nichols (gilder) 1s. 6d., McMillen (shoemaker) #4 3s.; D. Almaine (embroiderer) #3 3s.; Morris (painter) #7 7s.; Rowson (gunsmith) #6 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

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

Dance: II: (By Desire) a Minuet (1st time)-Blurton, Miss Bassan; End Opera: Hornpipe-Miss Bassan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Lyric Ode; Alexander's Feast, And The Coronation Anthems

Music: After the Ode: A Miscellaneous Act-; New Overture-; Song-a Gentleman (his first appearance in Public); Concerto on Oboe-Fischer; Song-Miss M. Linley (composed by Bach); Concerto on violin-Linley Jr; Song-Miss Linley (composed by Sacchini); Duetto-the Two Miss Linley's (composed by Piccini); Chorus

Performance Comment: Linley (composed by Bach); Concerto on violin-Linley Jr; Song-Miss Linley (composed by Sacchini); Duetto-the Two Miss Linley's (composed by Piccini); Chorus. Chorus.
Cast
Role: Song Actor: Miss Linley
Role: Duetto Actor: the Two Miss Linley's
Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Ladies send servants by 4 O'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17751006, but a Song for Jessica-Miss Dayes.

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Performance Comment: As17751027, but Charlotte-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin.

Dance: II: A Minuet-Dagueville, Miss Macklin; III: The Pilgrim-Harris, Miss Mathews, as17750927; IV: Rural Merriment, as17751220

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Baccelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Sposa Fedele

Dance: I: New Grand Chaconne-Miss Baccelli; Pas de Deux-Mlle Sophie, Helm; II: La Fete du Village, as17760224; III: A Grand Serious Ballet with various Divertissements-Helm, Mlle Sophie, Fierville, Miss Baccelli

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd by Davis, Mrs Heard, Miss Bassan, Stoppelear, Mrs Morris, Mrs Lawr, Widow Warnuck, Rudd, Castephens, Potter, Walters, and Mas. Harrison, also those delivered for The Conscious Lovers will be taken this night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Cast
Role: Cephisa Actor: Miss Dayes

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Song: III: (By Particular Desire) The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms-Master Harrison

Dance: IV: A Minuet, Allemande-Rudd, Miss Cranfield; End: A Hornpipe-Miss Bassan

Event Comment: Benefit for Lamash, Legg & Blurton. Twelfth Night [announced on playbill of 7 May] is oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of 2 principal performers. Tickets delivered for Twelfth Night by the Miss Stageldoirs and Mrs Pulley will be taken. Receipts: #225 5s. 6d. (30.0.0; 10.6.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 184.18.0) (charge: #67 11s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Miss Field
Role: Lady Anne Actor: Mrs Robinson

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Wilhelmina Actor: Miss Walpole

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour-the Miss Stageldoirs; End: Double Hornpipe-Master Staples (scholar of Blurton; 2nd appearance), Miss Stageldoirs; End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair-Blurton, Mrs Sutton [1st appearance this season]

Event Comment: Benefit for W. Bates and Miss Ambrose. 3rd piece: The overture and the rest of the music composed by Fisher. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #232 17s. 6d. (105.17.6; tickets: 127.0.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary

Performance Comment: As17800421, but Mrs Skylight-Miss Ambrose.
Cast
Role: Mrs Skylight Actor: Miss Ambrose.
Role: Miss Skylight Actor: Miss Green

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: Harlequin-W.? Bates; Justice-Messink; Gypsies-Baker, Simpkinson, Mrs Morton; Pierrot-Delpini; Maid-Mrs Sharpe; Justice's Wife-Mrs Willems; Pierrot's Wife-Miss Matthews; Colombine-Miss Cranfield.

Dance: 3rd piece: Dancing-Dagueville, Langrish, Miss Besford, Miss Matthews

Entertainment: [Vaudeville.]3rd piece: a Leap through a Cask on Fire-

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Wordsworth, Jackson, Painter, J. Bates, Fox, Besford, Eves, Mrs Sharpe, Mrs Templeton, Miss Bassan, the widow of the late Miles, and the widow of the late Dr Arne will be taken this evening. Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #219 2s. 6d. (43.14.0; 4.5.6; tickets: 171.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End IV: Triple Hornpipe-Eves, Ratchford, Miss Lings; End: new dance, The Rakes of Mallow-Jackson, Miss Lings

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 10 years [not acted since 7 Dec. 1768]. With new Dresses and Decorations. [Miss Phillips is identified in Public Advertiser, 18 Nov. Afterpiece in place of The Lyar, announced in Public Advertiser, 10 Nov.] Receipts: #187 15s. (155.9; 32.6; 0.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Arbaces-Miss Prudom (from the King's Theatre; 1st appearance on this stage); Artaxerxes-Mrs Baddeley; Rimenes-Du-Bellamy; Artabanes-Vernon; Semira-Miss Wright; Mandane-A Young lady (who never appeared on any stage [Miss Phillips]).Miss Phillips]).
Cast
Role: Arbaces Actor: Miss Prudom
Role: Semira Actor: Miss Wright

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Kirby
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Farren.

Dance: End II: a Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong, Miss Simonet, Sga Zuchelli

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Receipts: #282 14s. (194/12; tickets: 88/2) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: As17820202, but Clara (for that night only)-Miss Catley .
Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Catley

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: Queen Dollalolla Actor: Miss Catley

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820221

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Halloo; End of Act II If o'er the cruel Tyrant, Love (from Artaxerxes); In afterpiece the original song to Fischar's Minuet; End of Act I The Wanton God (from Comus); End of afterpiece Push about the Jorum, with an additional verse to Miss Catley's Friends, all five sung by Miss Catley

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Harper. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: Queen Dollalolla Actor: Miss Catley

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece The Huntsman's street Halloo and The Death of the Stag by Miss Catley and a Young Gentleman (1st time [unidentified)); End of Act II The Early Horn by the same Gentleman; In afterpiece The Soldier tired of War's Alarms by Miss Catley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Dance: End of Act II an entirely new ballet, composed by Simonet, Le Dejeuner Espagnol, in Part I of which Sento ch' in Seno by Giordani, sung by Miss Theresa Simonet, only 8 years old, and who will dance a Minuet with her Father, and in Part II the Minuet de la Cour by Lepicq and Mme Simonet, a Gavotte by Henry and Mlle Theodore, a Chaconne, composed by Simonet, by Miss Theresa Simonet, a Fandango and two Pas Seuls, both as17830410; End of Opera Let Ruses de l'Amour, originally composed by Noverre, by Lepicq, Henry, Zuchelli, Sga Crespi, Mlle Theodore, Mme Rossi, in which Mme Simonet, in Man's Cloaths, will dance a Pas de Deux, incident to the Ballet, with Mlle Theodore, and another ballet, Les Caprices de Galatee, with Mlle Baccelli. The part of Cupid in the above Ballet by Miss De Camp, daughter to the celebrated Flute Player of that Name

Performance Comment: The part of Cupid in the above Ballet by Miss De Camp, daughter to the celebrated Flute Player of that Name .

Song: New set of Airs, as17830306athi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: End of Act I Le Reveil du Bonheur, as17840203, but added: Pas Seul, to the French air of Marlborough, by Miss Simonet (who never appears on the stage but at her Mother's Benefit), and omitted: Cupid; End of Opera an entirely new Ballet, composed by D'Auberval, Le Magnifique (the subject taken from the celebrated French Opera of that name) by Henry, Zuchelli, Vestris [Jun.], Mme Theodore, Mme Simonet, with the Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte by Miss De Camp and Miss Simonet (N. B. These two young Ladies, neither of whom has yet completed her ninth year, are both Pupils of Simonet, Father to the latter, and for some years Ballet-Master at the King's Theatre)

Performance Comment: ], Mme Theodore, Mme Simonet, with the Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte by Miss De Camp and Miss Simonet (N. B. These two young Ladies, neither of whom has yet completed her ninth year, are both Pupils of Simonet, Father to the latter, and for some years Ballet-Master at the King's Theatre) .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Kemble (1st appearance in that character); Mercury (1st time)-Barrymore; Amphitryon-Aickin; Gripus-Parsons; Phoebus-Wrighten; Polydas-Wright; Tranio-Fawcett; Sosia-Palmer (1st appearance in that character); Phaedra-Miss Pope; Bromia-Mrs Hopkins; Night-Miss Tidswell; Alcmena-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Phaedra Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Night Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Alcmena Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Miss Doiley Actor: Mrs Brereton

Song: dl

Dance: Plutus-Staunton; Wit-Miss George; the Dance by Mr and Miss Hamoir. End of Act I of mainpiece New Hornpipe by Master Butler (Scholar of Miller); End of Act III The Soldier Tir'd, as17840414; End of mainpiece The Minuet de la Cour and Allemande by the Miss Stageldoirs

Performance Comment: End of Act I of mainpiece New Hornpipe by Master Butler (Scholar of Miller); End of Act III The Soldier Tir'd, as17840414; End of mainpiece The Minuet de la Cour and Allemande by the Miss Stageldoirs .

Song: In mainpiece an Interlude of

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Alfred, Stageldoir, Dale, Daglish, Gibson, Blandy, Miss Hale, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Lewis, Miss Barnes will be taken. Receipts: #231 1s. 6d. (15/3/0; 6/9/0; 0/1/6; tickets: 209/8/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17840320but Miss Prue-Miss M. Stageldoir (1st appearance in that character); Mrs Foresight-Miss Tidswell; omitted: Nurse . omitted: Nurse .

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Performance Comment: As17831230, but Cymon-Alfred; Miss Kitty Sprightly (1st time)-Miss Barnes; omitted: William . omitted: William .

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece The Merry Roundelay, by Miss Barnes

Event Comment: [Mrs Gordon is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. Her 1st appearance on the stage was at the HAY, 30 May 1781, as Miss Lyon.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Rambler

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Brett, Gaudry, Doyle, Lloyd; Mrs Kennedy, Miss Wheeler, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Chalmers, Mrs Davenett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Bannister