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Event Comment: Benefit Quin. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. To prevent any imposition on the publick by counterfeit tickets, which are so frequently sold at the doors, no tickets so bought will be admitted into the house

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Dance: LLes Boufons du Cour, as17430305 Characters of Dancing, as17421108; Grand Ballet, as17421108

Event Comment: It is Humbly desir'd that Ladies who have taken Places, will please to send for their Tickets to Mrs Cibber's Lodgings, at Mr Salt's, at Henrietta St., Covent Garden. Benefit Mrs Cibber. By Command of their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales. Stage formed into an amphitheatre, and to prevent the ladies's catching cold ciel'd after the manner of the Oratorios. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Grand Ballet, as17421108

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: As17421004, but with an Epilogue-in the character of Lucy.

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing, as17421025; Tambourine-Cooke; Les Boufons du Cour, as17430305

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; La Provencale, as17421105

Event Comment: Benefit Anne Auretti. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets to be had of Anne Auretti at Mr Chisholm's, the Golden Head in Great Newport St., near Long Acre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Delamain, Anne Auretti; II: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; III: Characters of Dancing, as17421025; IV: Un Pas de Deux-Anne and Janneton Auretti; V: L'Aimable Vainqueur, Minuet-Picq, Anne Auretti

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts and Mrs Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; Peasants, as17421230; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; New Grand Comic Ballet, as17430407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing, as17421025; Tambourine-Cooke; Peasants, as17421230

Event Comment: Benefit Michael Lally. Two Rows of the Pits will be laid into the Boxes. And for the better accommodation of the ladies, the stage will be form'd into side boxes, where servants will be allow'd to keep places. Ladies desired to send servants by three

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Cast
Role: Amanda's Woman Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Dance: I: Dutch Skipper, as17421025; II: Characters of Dancing, as17421025; III: Grand Ballet, as17421108; IV: Grand Comic Ballet, as17430407 V: (By particular Desire) a Louvre, Minuet-Lally, Mlle Anne Auretti

Event Comment: Benefit Harrington, Master Gillier, Miss Allen, and others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing-Janneton Auretti; Tambourine-Master Gillier; L'Aimable Vainquers-Master Gillier, Mlle Janneton Auretti

Event Comment: Benefit Rosco, Lacy, and James

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper, as17421025; III: Characters of Dancing, as17421025; V: Grand Ballet, as17421108

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17430126, but Sealand-Stephens.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Stephens.
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Woodward.

Dance: NNew Comic Ballet-Picq, Mlle Auguste; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Les Boufons du Cour, as17430305 Grand Ballet, as17421108

Event Comment: Benefit Stoppelaer, Thompson, Miss Hillyard, Tickets deliver'd out by Gardiner, Miss Morrison, and others will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performance Comment: As17421029, but Shade of Leander-_.
Cast
Role: Shade of Leander Actor: Salway
Role: Shade of Hero Actor: Miss Davis

Dance: GGrand Ballet, as17421108; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Dutch Skipper, as17421025

Event Comment: Benefit Lawrence and Powell (Boxkeepers)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Grand Comic Ballet, as17430407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune

Performance Comment: Don Lewis (alias Don Cholerick-Snapshorto de Testy)-Hippisley; Carlos-Hale; Duart-Ryan; Antonio-Stoppelaer; Charino-James; Governor-Rosco; Manuel-Gibson; Sancho-Woodward; Jaques-Anderson; Angelina-Mrs Hale; Elvira-Mrs Stevens; Louisa-Mrs Horton; Clodio (alias Don Dismallo-Thickskullo de Halfwitto)-Chapman.
Cast
Role: Jaques Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: LLes Boufons du Cour, as17430305 Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Dutch Skipper, as17421025

Event Comment: Benefit Page (Housekeeper), Banks and Duck. See London Daily Post and General Advertiser for arrest and seizure of William Brown, notorious pick-pocket in cg playhouse passage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: Jaques Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: TThe Happy Lovers, as17421006; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Grand Comic Ballet, as17430407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Dance: TThe Happy Lovers, as17421006; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Grand Comic Ballet, as17430407

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman Is A Riddle

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: As17450415 Rope dancing-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil To Pay

Entertainment: Rope dancing-; juggling-Yeates

Event Comment: An Opera [possibly a pasticcio by Lampugnani (Alessandro nell Indie) and possibly by Handel; see 15 Nov. 1743.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Roxana

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): George Frideric Handel

Dance: At the end of the opera: Dancing-

Entertainment: With aRepresentation of Fireworks-

Event Comment: At the Tiled Booth on Blackheath. By Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. To begin at 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite Or The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Jockey dancing-Mr Adams

Event Comment: Benefit for Delane. To Mr H-. Sir: A Number of your Friends have wished to see performed the Oratorio of Joshua, which, if you would direct to be performed this season, would be much gratified, and in particular, Your Humble Servant, A Virtuoso (General Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: As17490207, but Belmour-Gibson; Ratcliff-Bencraft; Catesby-Anderson.
Cast
Role: Catesby Actor: Anderson.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Comic Dancing-Master J. and Miss Granier

Performance Comment: and Miss Granier.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lopera Du Gueux

Dance: II: Dancing-Mlle Roland her first time here

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Dance: II: Pigmalion, as17501102; IV: Comic Dance, as17501117

Ballet: End: A New Comic Entertainment of Dancing call'd The Bird Catchers. Peasants-Devisse, Mad Auretti; Shepherds-McNeil, Roger, G. Yates; Shepherdesses-Mad Camargo, Mad Mariet, Mrs Addison; Two Peasant Children-the Little Swiss, Miss Poplin; Bird Catchers-Pelling, Harvey, Shawford, Master Shawford, Miss Toogood, Mad Mimi, Mrs Shawford, Miss Shawford; a New Scene-; Decorations-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17510201, but Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Indiana-Mrs Elmy; Singing-Miss Falkner.
Cast
Role: Singing Actor: Miss Falkner.
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bambridge

Dance: I: Grand Ballet call'd Pigmalion-Cooke, Miss Hillyard; II: The Gondoliers, as17510117, but _Jardin; III: Grand Scots Ballet, as17500926; IV: Dancing-Mad Heutte being the first time of her appearing of the English Stage; End: Louvre and Minuet-Cooke, Miss Hillyard

Event Comment: Benefit for Leviez (Ballet Master). Tickets of Leviez, the corner of Marlet Court, Bow St., Covent Garden, and of Hobson at the Stage Door. Tickets for 17 April will be taken. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Berry
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Singing Actor: Master Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: The Last two Entertainments of Dancing-Devisse, Mad Auretti