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14808 results for: Keyword - Miss Vaughan
We found 13934 matches on Performance Comments, 4415 matches on Performance Title, 1789 matches on Event Comments, 28 matches on Roles/Actors, and 1 matches on Author.

501
06 April 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. By Particular Desire. Both pieces "for the last time this season" (playbill). Charges #64 10s. Balance to Miss Macklin #91 10s. 6d. plus #54 3s. in tickets (Box 205; Gallery 29) (Account Book). Receipts: #156 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Miss Macklin.

Dance: I: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Macklin; III: The Provenzales, as17680301 IV: The Irish Lilt, as17670921

502
02 May 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Radley and Miss Rogers. [It is uncertain from the make-up of the playbill whether the dancing of the Minuet and Louvre came between the acts, or was included in the dances incidental to the Tempest.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17690316 but Ariel-Miss Rogers (1st time).
Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Rogers

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: As17690428 but Leonora-Miss Radley.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Radley.

Dance: MMinuet and LouvreBy Particular Desire,-Noverre, Miss Rogers his scholar

503
26 April 1770 @ Covent Garden

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

504
03 September 1771 @ Grotto Gardens, St. George's Fields

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

505
17 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

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

506
28 May 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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.

507
20 April 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss P. Hopkins
Role: with songs incident to the piece Actor: Miss Abrams

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Miss Wilelmina Actor: Mrs Jewell

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

508
04 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

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.
Cast
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Miss Besford.
Role: in Act II a Hornpipe Actor: Miss Mathews

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Cast
Role: Miss Hoyden Actor: Mrs Wilson , first appearance that stage.

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

509
23 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

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

510
10 March 1777 @ Covent Garden

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

511
19 April 1777 @ Covent Garden

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

512
20 September 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Packer; Stephano-Moody; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Bannister; Gonzalez-Aickin; Alonzo-Wrighten; Ferdinand-Davies; Ariel-Miss Field; Miranda-Mrs Cuyler; Chorus of Spirits-Gaudry, Legg, Carpenter, Chaplin, Holcroft, Miss Abrams, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Smith.
Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Field
Role: Chorus of Spirits Actor: Gaudry, Legg, Carpenter, Chaplin, Holcroft, Miss Abrams, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Smith.

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert Pumpkin-Baddeley; Charles Stanley-Farren; Harry Stukely-Barrett; Diggery-Parsons; Miss Kitty Sprightly-Miss Hopkins; Miss Bridget Pumpkin-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Miss Kitty Sprightly Actor: Miss Hopkins
Role: Miss Bridget Pumpkin Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; [These were danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.] V: a Ballet, Demie Caractere, composed by Gallet, The Double Festival-Gallet, Slingsby, Miss Armstrong, Sga Dupre

Performance Comment: ] V: a Ballet, Demie Caractere, composed by Gallet, The Double Festival-Gallet, Slingsby, Miss Armstrong, Sga Dupre.
Cast
Role: The Double Festival Actor: Gallet, Slingsby, Miss Armstrong, Sga Dupre.

513
02 May 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

514
25 August 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

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

515
16 April 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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).
Cast
Role: Sir Harry Wildair Actor: Miss Walpole
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Miss Fuz Actor: Mrs Davies

Dance: End: a Dance-Miss Walpole

516
08 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Waldron and Miss Abrams. Morning Chronicle, 6 May: Tickets to be had of Waldron, No. 16, Glanville-street, Rathbone Place; of Miss Abrams, Little Bridges-street. Receipts: #138 5s. (50.10; 22.17; 0.9; tickets: 64.9) (charge: #71 4s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17781102, but Prospero-Bensley; Ariel-Miss Abrams [1st appearance in that character]; Chorus of Spirits-_Legg, _Carpenter, _Fawcett, Miss _Abrams.
Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Abrams
Role: Chorus of Spirits Actor: _Legg, _Carpenter, _Fawcett, Miss _Abrams.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17790501, but Pastoral Nymph-Miss Abrams.
Cast
Role: Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Abrams.
Role: Sabrina Actor: Miss Field

Dance: In IV: Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Song: As17790413

517
18 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

518
25 May 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Norris, Blurton, Miss Simson & Miss Armstrong. Tickets delivered by Dale will be admitted. Receipts: #150 16s. 6d. (15.1.0; 6.3.0; 3.19.6; tickets: 125.13.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Performance Comment: Teague-Moody; Colonel Blunt-Aickin; Mr Day-Baddeley; Obadiah-Parsons; Abel-Burton; Lieut. Story-Norris; Committee@Men-Waldron; Colonel Careless-Brereton; Mrs Day-Mrs Hopkins; Arabella-Mrs Brereton; Ruth-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Ruth Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Gillian Actor: Miss Simson.

Dance: End: Minuet de la Cour, Gavotte-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Entertainment: Monologue In IV: Description of a Man of War and Sea Fight-Moody

519
21 April 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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

520
10 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Lamash, Holcroft, Miss Barnes & Miss Kirby. 1st piece: Not acted these 4 years. Receipts: #203 4s. (38.7.0; 25.4.6; 1.19.6; tickets: 137.13.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Commodore Flip-Moody; Captain Mizen-Dodd; Captain Worthy-Brereton; Lieut. Cribbage-Williams; Sir Charles Pleasant-R. Palmer; Rovewell-Lamash; Binnacle (1st time)-Holcroft; Hatchway (with a song)-Bannister; Arabella Zeal (1st time)-Miss Kirby; Belinda-Mrs Sharp; Dorcas Zeal-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Arabella Zeal Actor: Miss Kirby
Role: Dorcas Zeal Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Cast
Role: A Dance of Shepherds and Shepherdesses Actor: Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Miss Armstrong
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Gymp Actor: Miss Kirby
Role: Miss Tittup Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Miss Doiley Actor: Mrs Brereton.

Dance: Scene IV: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End III: song-Miss Barnes (1st attempt on any stage); End 1st piece: the Grand Naval Review-; Rule Britannia-Gaudry, Edwards, Williams

521
11 January 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carnival Of Venice

Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Phillips
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Simson.

Afterpiece Title: Lun's Ghost

Dance: In mainpiece by Lemercier, Miss M. Stageldoir, &c; In afterpiece by Miss Armstrong, the Miss Stageldoirs, &c

Performance Comment: Stageldoir, &c; In afterpiece by Miss Armstrong, the Miss Stageldoirs, &c .

522
10 May 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Simson. Lemercier, Phillimore, Miss Romanzini, the two Miss Stageldoirs are unassigned.

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

523
10 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

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

524
14 April 1784 @ Drury Lane Theatre

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) .
Cast
Role: Urganda Actor: Miss Wheeler
Role: Cupid Actor: Miss J. Stageldoir
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Miss Simson, Miss Tidswell
Role: Sylvia Actor: Miss George

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

525
26 November 1784 @ Covent Garden

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