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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Barry; Myrtle-Ryan; Sir John-Bridgwater; Sealand-Sparks; Tom-Dyer; Phillis-Mrs Vincent; Cymberton-Arthur; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Bambridge; Lucinda-Miss Haughton; Humphrey-Anderson; Isabella-Mrs Barrington; Daniel-Collins; Indiana-Mrs Cibber; Singing-Lowe.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Singing Actor: Lowe.

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: As17521028

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17521031, but Lucinda-Mrs Ridout; singing-Mrs Chambers instead of by Lowe.
Cast
Role: singing Actor: Mrs Chambers instead of by Lowe.
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Singing Actor: Lowe.

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. In the afterpiece Being the Last time of Mr Maddox's performing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17521129, but Singing-Lowe.
Cast
Role: Singing Actor: Lowe.
Role: singing Actor: Mrs Chambers instead of by Lowe.
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Singing Actor: Lowe.

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Dance: Maranesi, Sga Bugiani

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Woodward he did buck in the Farce (Cross). On account of the extraordinary demand for places, Boxes and Pit will be laid together. Amphitheatre on Stage. Published Tuner No 3-31 pages, 6d. Receipts: #311 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17531022, but Buck (by desire)-Woodward , 1st time; Lucinda-Miss Haughton , 1st time; Singing Master-Beard, with a favorite French air; The Minuet-Devisse, Mlle Auguste.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Barry; Sir John-Bridgwater; Sealand-Sparks; Tom-Dyer; Phillis-Mrs Vincent; Cimberton-Arthur; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Bambridge; Lucinda-Mrs Baker; Humphrey-Anderson; Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Daniel-Collins; Myrtle-Smith, 1st time; Indiana-Miss Bellamy; Singing-Lowe.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Singing Actor: Lowe.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Anderson

Dance: Maranesi, Sga Bugiani

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg and Miss Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17540326 but Myrtle-Ryan; Sir John-Gibson; Singing-_.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Singing Actor: Lowe.

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: II: Isabella Young, who sang in the Oratorio Alfred; III: Honour and Arms out of the Oratorio Samson-Legg; V: By Particular Desire, a Bacchanal Song-Legg

Dance: IV: Italian Peasants, as17531120

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Ross; Indiana-Mrs Cibber; Myrtle-Palmer; Tom-Woodward; Phillis-Mrs Clive; Lucinda-Miss Minors; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Bennet; Sir John Bevil-Burton; Sealand-Berry; Cimberton-Taswell; Humphrey-Blakes; in ActII, Singing-Beard.
Cast
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Sealand Actor: Berry
Role: Singing Actor: Beard.

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Medley Concert

Performance Comment: Country Lass-Miss Valois; What's That To You? a Scots song,-Lauder; Oration-Miss Midnight; The Taylors-Master Settree, Miss Twist; Comic Lectures-Mr Cibber; Kitty or the Female Phaeton-Miss Gaudry; Cuckow Overture-; A new Scots Dance,with the Scots Measure,-Froment, Mme Dulisse; Singing-Sadler; Auction-Cibber; Italian Air-Signora Mimicotti; Dutch Peasant-Miss Valois; Marine Boys Marching to Portsmouth-; Hornpipe-Morris, Miss Durham; Comic Epilogueriding on an Ass-Miss Midnight; Voluntary on Cymbalo-Noel; Handel's Water Musick-; with Preamble on Kettle Drums-Woodbridge; Louvre, Minuet-Froment, Mme Dulisse.
Cast
Role: Singing Actor: Sadler

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Frolic

Event Comment: Receipts: #58 4s. Paid for sundries for Mr Ross, viz.: a hat at #1 1s. and a pair of shoes at 14 shillings for Essex; a pair of black shoes at 14 shillings and a pair of black shammy shoes at 10s. 6d. for Hamlet (Account Book). [See Hamlet in Shammy Shoes, by John Yoklavitch, Shakespear Quarterly, III (1952), pp. 209-18.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Ross; Myrtle-Smith; Sir John-Gibson; Sealand-Sparks; Cimberton-Arthur; Tom-Dyer; Humphrey-Anderson; Daniel-Collins; Lucinda-Mrs Baker; Phillis-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Stephens; Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Indiana-Mrs Hamilton; with Singing-Lowe.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: with Singing Actor: Lowe.

Afterpiece Title: Merlin Harlequin Skeleton

Dance: JJovial Coopers, as17571107

Event Comment: Benefit for Barry. Afterpiece: By MacNamara Morgan. Receipts: #133 14s. 6d. plus Tickets #163 3s. (boxes 479; pit 230; gallery 89). Charges #63. Total value of House: #296 17s. 6d. Profit to Barry #233 17s. 6d. Paid Samuel Wale for painting figures Boys & other decorations in a scene designed by Servandoni #5 5s. Paid Matthew Pearce, Bricklayer, #230, on account of the New Building. Paid Thomas Pervil for sundry cloaths as specified below, #112, 17s.: A Bloom Colored Brocade coat & Breeches with silver flowers & a Gold & Silver Brocaded Waistcoat & Coffs, #8; A Pompador Velvet Coat, Waistcoat & 2 pr. Breeches shot with silver, #11 11s.; A Blue cut and uncut Velvet Suit, Flower'd and Gold Ground, #10 10s.; A Dove colored Brocade Coat & Breeches, Gold & Flowers & a Gold & Silver Brocade waistcoat & Cuffs, #10 10s.; A Blue & Silver Brocade Coat & Breeches & Silver Brocade waistcoat & Cuffs, #10; a light color'd coat & Breeches & a blue silk waistcoat with gold lace, #14; A copper color'd velvet coat & breeches, and yellow waistcoat, embroider'd with gold, #20; A blue velvet suit, plain, #4 10s.; A crimson velvet Roab Surcoat, belt sword & Bonnet worn by a Peer in Parliament, & a Green velvet Roab, purple velvet surcoat & hood-a Knight of the Thistle's dress, #17 16s.; a plain crimson velvet suit, #6 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Stanley Actor: Anderson
Role: Brandon Actor: Wignel

Afterpiece Title: The Sheep Shearing or Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: Florizel-Barry; Polixenes-Ridout; Alcon-Sparks; Camillo-Redman; Clown-Costollo; Autolicus (The Ballad-Singing Pedlar)-Shuter; Dorcas-Miss Mullart; Mopsa-Miss Helm; Perdita-Mrs Bellamy; Singing Shepherds, Shepherdesses-Baker, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young; With a New Dabce , adapted to the Comedy,-Gallini; Music by Arne-; Epilogue in Character-Shuter.

Dance: As17571217

Ballet: TThe Judgment of Paris. As17571217

Event Comment: Benefit for Costollo and Mrs Green. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #56 0s. 6d. Charges: #63. Deficiency of #3 9s. 9d. each covered by income from tickets: Costollo, #92 17s. (boxes 72; pit 367; gallery 198); Mrs Green, #37 7s. (boxes 55; pit 106; gallery 77). Paid Robertson for working the Ostridge in [Harlequin] Sorcerer 6 nights at 2s. 6d. per night, 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17571215, but Occasional Prologue-_; Young Bevil-Barry; Cimberton-Costollo; (A song in Character for Tom;) Phillis-Mrs Green; Indiana-Mrs Bellamy; Singing-Mrs Chambers.
Cast
Role: Singing Actor: Mrs Chambers.
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: with Singing Actor: Lowe.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue

Dance: A Tambourine-Miss Vallois

Event Comment: Benefit for Rooker and Chamness. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17571217, but Macbeth-Mossop; Hecate-Champnes; Lady Macduff-_; Additional Singing-Beard.
Cast
Role: Additional Singing Actor: Beard.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Last time of performing till after the Easter Holidays

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Smith, 1st time; King-Ridout; Seleucus-Anderson; Ptolomy-Wignel; Lysimachus-Gibbs; Timon-Stoppelaer; Lieutenant-Shuter; Cerinthus-Bencraft; 1st Ambassador-R. Smith; 2d-Holtom; Physician-Redman; 1st Gentlemen-Bennet; 2d Gentlemen-Perry; Host-Marten; Leontius-Sparks; Gentleman Ushers-Collins, Dunstall; Magician-Baker; with the Incantation Song-Baker; Singing Spirits-Mrs Lampe, Miss Young; Leucippe-Mrs Pitt; Caelia-Miss Nossiter, 1st time; Old Woman-Miss Ferguson; Phoebe-Miss Allen.
Cast
Role: Seleucus Actor: Anderson
Role: Singing Spirits Actor: Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Dance: [Unspecified in the bill]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Smith; King-Ridout; Seleucus-Anderson; Ptolomy-Wignel; Lysimachus-Gibbs; Timon-Stoppelaer; Menippus-Costollo; Humorous Lieutenant-Shuter; Leontius-Sparks; Ushers-Collins, Dunstall; Physician-Redman; First Gentleman-Bennet; 2d Gentleman-Perry; Host-Marten; Magician-Baker; Incantation Song-Baker; Singing Spirits-Mrs Lampe, Miss Young; Leucippe-Mrs Pitt; Caelia-Mrs Ward, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Seleucus Actor: Anderson
Role: Singing Spirits Actor: Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17591208, but Indiana-Mrs Elmy; Singing-Miss Brent.
Cast
Role: Singing Actor: Miss Brent.
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Stephens

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Granier, Miss Hilliard; End: The Knife Grinders, as17600417

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17600421 but Phyllis-Mrs Stoppelaer1st appearance on stage; Lucinda-Miss Mullart; Indiana-Mrs Ward; singing-Lowe.
Cast
Role: singing Actor: Lowe.
Role: Singing Actor: Miss Brent.
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Stephens

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: III: The Fingalian Dance, as17591102; End: The Threshers, as17591005

Event Comment: Benefit for Gaudry and Mrs Midnight. To begin at seven. Prices: Box 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Mr Gaudry humbly hopes to have the favour of the company of the Ladies and Gentlemen, as he has been deprived of the Benefit at Marybone Gardens; and Mrs Midnight hopes the Ladies will favour her

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert

Performance Comment: In which will be introduced the Original Orations for (this night only) by Mrs Midnight. With a New Dish of Sweet Cream. Prologue-Mrs Midnight; The Echo of Anacreon-Gaudry; Scots Songs-Lauder; A Concerto-La Spoonatissiana; Singing-young Gentlewoman; Mock Italian Air-Sga Mimicottiaccompanied by Mynheer Broomsticado; Concerto on Violincello-Clogget; Advice to the Criticswith a specimen of ancient and modern acting-Mrs Midnight.
Cast
Role: Singing Actor: young Gentlewoman

Afterpiece Title: Britannias Triumph

Performance Comment: And a Rhapsody on the Death of Genral Wolfe by Gaudry.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Ross; Myrtle-Smith; Sir John Bevil-Gibson; Sealand-Sparks; Cimberton-Shuter; Tom (with song)-Dyer; Humphrey-Anderson; Daniel-Collins; Lucinda-Mrs Burden; Phyllis-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Stephens; Isabella-Mrs Ferguson; Indiana-Mrs Ward; singing-Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: singing Actor: Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17601129, but singing-_.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: singing Actor: Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Song: II: A Song-Roberts, accompanied on a Welch Harp by Evans; IV: A Piece on the Welch Harp-Evans

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17601215

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Edgar and Emmeline

Performance Comment: As17611211, but Singing Fairy-_.
Cast
Role: Singing Fairy Actor: Miss Wright

Song: I: Hearts of Oak-;[See17620209] End: song-Mrs Vincent

Event Comment: Benefit for Bennett and Legg. No Building on Stage; Tickets sold at Doors not admitted. Tickets and places to be had of Mr Bennett at the Antigallican Coffee-House behind the Change; of Mr Legg, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, and of Mr Sarjant at the Stage Door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17611024, but Myrtle-Hull; Sealand-Gibson; Sir John Bevil-Anderson; Indiana-Mrs Vincent; Singing-Legg; Humphry-Tindal; Daniel-Collins; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Stephens; Isabella-Mrs Ferguson; Phyllis-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Gibson
Role: Sir John Bevil Actor: Anderson
Role: Singing Actor: Legg
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Singing Actor: Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Davis

Dance: TThe Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Ross; Myrtle-Smith; Sir John Bevil-Gibson; Sealand-Sparks; Cimberton-Shuter; Tom (with song in character)-Dyer; Phillis-Miss Elliot; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Stephens; Lucinda-Miss Miller; Isabella-Mrs Ferguson; Indiana-Miss Macklin; Singing-Miss Polly Young.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Singing Actor: Miss Polly Young.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: TThe Sicilian Peasants; Man Peasant-Sga Manesiere, Women Peasant- Miss Wilford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Holland; Tom-King; Myrtle-Palmer; Cimberton-Love; Sealand-Havard; Indiana-Mrs Yates, first time; Phillis-Mrs Clive; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Humphrey-Packer; Sir John Bevil-Burton; Daniel-Vaughan; Lucinda-Mrs Hopkins; Isabella-Mrs Bennet; In II, singing-Miss Young.
Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Holland
Role: Sealand Actor: Havard
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: singing Actor: Miss Young.

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: TThe Provancalle, as17631014

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Ross; Myrtle-Smith; Sir John Bevil-Gibson; Sealand-Sparks; Cimberton-Shuter; Tom (with song in character)-Dyer; Phillis-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Stephens; Isabella-Mrs Ferguson; Lucinda-Miss Miller; Indiana-Miss Macklin with singing by Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Books of the afterpiece to be had at the Theatre. Afterpiece: Founded on the plan of the old Ballad of that name. The songs adapted to old English, Irish and Scotch tunes. [Shuter's Prologue is Larpent MS 218, wherein he enters in character of a Ballad singer, interrupting the music as the overture comes to a close. He sings snatches from some ten old ballads, stopping in the midst of each to comment on the superiority of modern circumstances which parallel those referred to in the old ballads. As the bell rings he introduces the afterpiece.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Cornwall Actor: Anderson.

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Performance Comment: Worthy (the English Officer)-Mattocks; Sea Lieutenant-Dunstall; Major Hearty-Perry; Ensign-R. Smith; Soldiers, Sailors-Buck, Weller, Murden; Anna-Miss Valois, 1st time in a singing character; Duenna-Mrs White; Elvira (the Spanish Lady)-Mrs Mattocks; New Prologue-Shuter.

Dance: IV: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17641101