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Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Paid Mr Weston per Mr G. G's note #4 16s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #230 3s. 6d. Charges: #64 13s. Profits to Dodd: #165 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: As17730106, but Sir Toby Belch-Palmer, first time.
Cast
Role: Sir Toby Belch Actor: Palmer, first time.
Role: Viola Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Dodd, first time; Grumio-Baddeley; Baptista-Wright; Hortensio-J. Bannister; Pedro-Griffith; Tailor-J. Burton; Bianca-Miss Platt; Catharine-Miss Pope; Biondello-Hartry; Music Master-Fawcett; Curtis-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: Dodd, first time
Role: Bianca Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Catharine Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: V: A New Dance call'd The Surprize-Master Holland, Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong, others, scholars of Daigville

Event Comment: Benefit for Merrifield, Dumay, Curtat. Charges #81 5s. Deficit to each beneficiary #3 11s. 6d., cover'd by tickets. Receipts: #70 1Os. 6d. (Account Book). @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value@Merrifield 101 145 79 #54 19s.@Dumay 194 111 105 #75 13s.@Curtat 58 123 133 #46 5s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: As17730112, but Jacintha-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Jacintha Actor: Miss Macklin.
Role: Milliner Actor: Miss Helme

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Performance Comment: As17730429 but the Dance-Miss Twist, Miss Valois.

Dance: III: Minuets, Cotillons-Merrifield, Dumay, Curtat, Settree, Miss Twist, Mrs Invill, Miss Mathews, Mrs Hartle

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17730424 but with a New Hornpipe-Fishar, Mas. Blurton, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist

Performance Comment: As17730424 but with a New Hornpipe-Fishar, Mas. Blurton, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-Lewis, his first appearance in tragedy; Jachimo-Smith; Pisanio-Hull; Cloten-Lewes; Cymbeline-Gardner; Bellarius-Clarke; Guiderius-Wroughton; Arviragus-R. Smith; Queen-Mrs P. Green; Imogen-Mrs Lessingham; In II, a Masquerade Scene-; Singing-Mrs Thompson.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Catley.

Dance: III: The Highland Reel-Aldridge, Miss Valois, Miss Besford. [See17730519.

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Sixth Night. For the author. Afterpiece: By Desire, an English Burletta not acted these two years. [See 18 March 1771.] Charges #64 5s. Profit to Author #96 16s. 6d. Receipts: #161 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Performance Comment: Pantaloon-Shuter; Leander-Reinhold; Colombine-Mrs Thompson; Isabella-Miss Brown, first time.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Brown, first time.

Dance: End: The Recruits-Aldridge, Harris, Miss Twist, Miss Capon. [See17721117.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: III: A New Comic Dance-Aldridge, Miss Capon [see17731023]; After Epilogue: The Frolick, as17740416

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Smith and Branson. Charges #66 2s. Deficit to each #10 19s. 9d., cover'd by income from tickets: Smith #45 1s. (Box 25; Pit 176; Gallery 124); Branson #61 14s. (Box 103; Pit 149; Gallery 136). Paid Varley (plumber) #13 8s. Receipts: #44 2s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Miss Besford

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416 but Miss _Capon, Mrs Stephens nee $Capon

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs P. Green, Hussey and Morris. Last time of performing till the holidays. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to each #8 18s. 8d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Green #44 2s. (Box 53; Pit 137; Gallery 103); Hussey, #59 18s. (Box 162; Pit 92; Gallery 56); Morris, #46 19s. (Box 39; Pit 114; Gallery 201). [The Account Book indicates that The Padlock was substituted as the afterpiece at the last minute.] Receipts: #37 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17740212, but Bonniface-Morris; Mrs Sullen-Mrs P. Green, first time.
Cast
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs P. Green, first time.
Role: Dorinda Actor: Miss Barsanti
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

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

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Blurton; IV: A Minuet-Hussey, Mrs Stephens; Cotillons-Hussey, Dumay, King, Curtat, Mrs Inville, Miss Bassan, Miss Matthews, Mrs Hartle, as17740518; End: A Comic Dance-Aldridge, Mrs Stephens, as17740517

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: Woodcock-Shuter; Hawthorn-Reinhold; Young Meadows-Mattocks; Sir W. Meadows-Quick (first time); Eustace-DuBellamy (first time); Hodge-Dunstall; Deborah-Mrs Pitt; Margery-Mrs Baker; Lucinda-Mrs Mattocks; Rosetta-Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Miss Catley.

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Performance Comment: Col. Tamper-Wroughton; Belford-DuBellamy; Prattle-Lewes; Bell-Mrs Bulkley; Mme Florival-Mrs Lessingham; Emily-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Belford Actor: DuBellamy

Dance: End of play: A Dance call'dThe Provencale-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong, Miss Ross. [See17720529.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Miss Besford

Afterpiece Title: No Ones Enemy but His Own

Dance: II: The Reel-Aldridge, Miss Valois, Miss Besford. [See17711030.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: As17750222, but Lydia Languish-Mrs Mattocks, first time replacing Miss Barsanti.

Afterpiece Title: The Druids

Dance: II: A New Double Hornpipe-Harris, Miss Besford [See17730929]; IV: The Pilgrim-Harris, Miss Mathews [see17740416]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-Lee Lewes; Old Wilding-Fearon; Sir James Elliot-Whitefield; Papillon-Quick; Miss Godfrey-Miss Ambrose; Miss Grantham-Mrs Bulkley.

Dance: End: The Frolick-Aldridge, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

Event Comment: Benefit for Moody. Tickets delivered for The Rivals will be taken. Receipts: #213 8s. 6d. (85.19.0; 24.14.6; 0.0.0; tickets: 102.5.0) (charge: #64 12s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Foresight Actor: Parsons
Role: Angelica Actor: Miss Younge
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: The Milesian

Performance Comment: As17770322but Charles Marlove-Lamash in place of Dodd; Patty-Miss Plattin place of Mrs Davies.

Dance: End: The Court Minuet-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong; +Allemande-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; P 2(?), by James Messink and Carlo Antonio Delpini. Not in Larpent MS; synopsis of action in London Chronicle, 26 Nov.]: The Scenery, Machinery, &c. painted new by Carver, Greenwood and Garvey. The Overture and the rest of the Music composed new by Fisher. Nothing under Full Price will be taken. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Account-Book, 3 Feb. 1778: Paid Fisher for composing songs, &c. in The Tempest [see 27 Dec. 1776], and other pieces, as per bill, #131 11s. Receipts: #190 16s. (182.18; 7.18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Cast
Role: Cleora Actor: Miss Leeson

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Lee Lewes, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Miss Matthews, Miss Cranfield, Sga Tinte; Pastoral-Reinhold, Miss Dayes; Rest of Vocal Parts-Battishill, Mahon, Baker. [Partial cast from Morning Chronicle, 26 Nov.: Harlequin-Lee Lewes; Clown-Delpini; Colombine-Sga Tinde. Airs (no pub., 1777) lists no cast, no act division; has songs sung by Justice, Constable, Colin, Lucy, Gypsies. For parts see17800506.] has songs sung by Justice, Constable, Colin, Lucy, Gypsies. For parts see17800506.]

Dance: Afterpiece: Dancing-Aldridge, Dagueville, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Smith; Macduff-Brereton (1st appearance in that character); Duncan-Chambers; Ross-Aickin; Malcolm-Davies; Banquo-Packer; Lenox-Norris; Donalbain-R. Palmer; Angus-Chaplin; Seward-Hurst; Doctor-Wright; Captain-Farren; Hecate-Bannister; Witches-Parsons, Moody, Baddeley; Lady Macduff-Miss Sherry; Lady Macbeth-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Queen Mab Actor: Miss Abrams

Song: In: the original Music by Matthew Locke, with full Chorusses and Additional Accompaniments,-Bannister, Gaudry, Legg, Edwards, Chaplin, Carpenter, Holcroft, Miss Abrams, Mrs Love, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Smith, Miss Collett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Brown

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-Lee Lewes; Old Wilding-Fearon; Sir James Elliot-Whitfield; Papillon-Quick; Miss Godfrey-Miss Ambrose; Miss Grantham-Mrs Bulkley.

Dance: End: a new dance, All in the Downs or Farewell to Deal-Aldridge, Master Jackson, Besford, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

Event Comment: Benefit for Aldridge. Tickets delivered for Love in a Village [announced on playbill of 1 May] will be admitted. Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Aldridge at the Carpet Warehouse, Piazza, Covent Garden. Receipts: #199 16s. [132.2; tickets: 67.14) [charge: #67 5s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: The Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Dance: End I: a new Comic Dance-Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings (pupils of Aldridge); End II: [The Cricket@Match [sic]The Cricketters, as17780128; [in which part of the celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge[, originally composed and danced by him; III: Hornpipe, as17771017

Ballet: End: a new, Grand Marine Pantomimical Dance, suited to the times, The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth; or, British Glory. in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile

Performance Comment: in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile.
Event Comment: Benefit for Miller, Longley & Colley. Tickets delivered by Robson, Stephenson, Robinson, Varley, Brereton, W. Ansell, Miller (constable), Smallwood, Haliburton, R. Ledger, Baker and Whittington will be received. Receipts: #286 6s. 6d. [151.0.6; 0.14.0; tickets: 134.12.0]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad Cap

Dance: End II: The Arts and Sciences, as17780509; in which an Assault-Master Dagueville, Master Holland; with a Minuet-Master Dagueville, Miss Bullock; Prince of Wales's New Court Minuet-Master Holland, Miss Simonet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

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.
Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Miss Walpole.

Dance: End I afterpiece: Minuet de la Cour-the Miss Stageldoirs; with the Allemande-the Miss Stageldoirs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Performance Comment: Caractacus-Digges (1st appearance in that character); Arviragus-Lewis; Elidurus-Wroughton; Vellinus-Whitfield; Aulus Didius-Peile; Modred-Aickin; Chief Bard-Hull; Bards-L'Estrange, Fearon; Evelina-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character); Principal Vocal Parts-Leoni, Reinhold, Mrs Farrell.
Cast
Role: Evelina Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Miss Matthews, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Morton, Sga Tinte.[For parts see17800506.]For parts see17800506.]

Dance: In afterpiece: Dagueville, Langrish, Miss Lings, Miss Valois. [These were the same in all subsequent performances.

Performance Comment: [These were the same in all subsequent performances.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Dance: I: a Masquerade Scene incident to the play-; and a Minuet-Dumay, Mrs Jackson

Song: End IV: the Funeral Procession of Julietv, with the Solemn Dirge Vocal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Miss Brown, Mrs Morton, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage

Performance Comment: Biron-Smith; Count Baldwin (1st time)-Packer; Carlos-Aickin; Belford-Chaplin; Sampson-Wrighten; Child-Master Pulley; Villeroy-Palmer; Nurse-Mrs Johnston; Isabella-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Belford Actor: Chaplin

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Dance: As17780922

Song: In III: an Epithalamium-; with Singing-Miss Collett, Miss Abrams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zemira E Azore

Dance: II: Ballet by Genii as17790223-Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli, young Miss Simonet; also Pedal Harp, as17790223; End II: Ballet by Fairies, as17790223, but _LeDet, _Henry, young Miss _Simonet, Slingsby; End Opera: +Le Couronnement de Zemire, as17790223

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Prelude And Prologue

Performance Comment: Characters by Wilson, Lee Lewes, Whitfield, Robson, Fearon, Hull, Miss Stewart, Mrs Poussin, Miss Platt. Cast from Morning Chronicle, 22 Mar.: Joe Type-Wilson; Ratsbane-Lee Lewes; Eustace-Whitfield; Greenwood-Hull; Passengers in a Stage-Miss Stewart; Landlady-Mrs Poussin; Mrs O'Flannagan-Miss Platt Larpent MS 472 adds: Lieut. of a Man of War, Sailor, Ostler, Boot Catcher, Printer's Devil, Chambermaid.

Afterpiece Title: Calypso

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Mrs Kennedy, Reinhold, Leoni, Miss Thornton, Miss Brown. Cast from text (T. Evans, 1779): Telemachus-Mrs Kennedy; Mentor-Reinhold; Proteus-Leoni; Antiope-Miss Thornton; Calypso-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Antiope Actor: Miss Thornton
Role: Calypso Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Ambrose

Dance: In: Incidental Dances-Dagueville, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Harris & Holloway. [For Wright see 13 May. Mrs Sutton was from dl.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, Sand-hill, behind the Foundling Hospital; of Harris, No. 42, Wells-street, Cavendish-square; of Holloway, Newington Butts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Brown.

Dance: End II: Minuet-Dumay, Miss Dagueville; and the Minuet de la Cour-Holloway, Miss Besford; End I afterpiece: New Dance-Harris, Mrs Sutton (1st appearance on that stage); with a New Allemande-

Ballet: End: The Humours of Newmarket. As17790503, but Jockeys-Holloway; Ladies-Miss +Besford

Performance Comment: As17790503, but Jockeys-Holloway; Ladies-Miss +Besford.
Cast
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss +Besford.
Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Mitchell and Sinclair. The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:00 precisely. Tickets to be had of Mitchell at the Old Castle Tavern, near Gray's Inn Gate, Holborn; of Sinclair, Church-Lane, near St. Martin's Church, Strand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: Douglas-Holmes; Glenalvon-Cooke; Lord Randolph-Sparks; Officers-Garden, Swords; Old Norval-Mitchell; Anna-Miss Randall; Lady Randolph-Mrs Jones (from the Theatre-Royal in Dublin).
Cast
Role: Anna Actor: Miss Randall

Afterpiece Title: Wits Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: The Brave Irishman

Dance: End Monologue: Hornpipe-Lapper

Song: End III: He's aye kissing me-Miss Harris; End: Hunting Song-Miss Harris

Music: Between the Acts: The original Scotch Music-

Entertainment: Monologue.End 2nd piece: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Lewis (1st appearance on that stage these 3 years)