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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Prince, with the Installation of the Knights of the Garter Author(s): Ben Jonson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Prince, with the Installation of the Knights of the Garter Author(s): Ben Jonson
Event Comment: Benefit for the Author with this advertisement: The Receipt of the House not answering on Tuesday last, Mr Rich has taken it to himself & given this night for the author (No charges) (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Constantine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Admeto

Event Comment: This was to have been Tamerlane for Mrs Bland's Benefit, but Mr Barry sprain'd his leg and it was Deferr'd. (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Ben Budge Actor: Bencraft
Role: Drawer Actor: Bennet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Dance: LLes Taileurs, as17531210

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Clive. A new Operetta. Farce dull & hiss'd at ye End (Cross). Music by D'Fesch. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Amphitheatre on Stage. N.B. Tis hoped Gentlemen won't take it ill that they can't be admitted into the Orchestra, as it will be impossible to perform the Entertainment without the whole band of Music. Tickets to be had of Mrs Clive at her Lodgings at the Wheatsheaf in Henrietta St. and of Mr Varney at the Stage Door. Receipts: #240 [Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Performance Comment: Loveless-Garrick; Sir Novelty-Woodward; Sir William Wisewood-Taswell; Young Worthy-Palmer; Snap-Yates; Narcissa-Mrs Clive; Hillaria-Mrs Mills; Flareit-Mrs Bennet; Amanda-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Flareit Actor: Mrs Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The London Prentice

Dance: Devisse, Mlle Auretti

Event Comment: Mainpiece reviv'd. Not acted in 17 years. Benefit for Mr Mossop. [Cross). Tickets at his lodgings at Newton's Warehouse, in Tavistock St., Covent Garden, and at the Stage Door. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Amphitheatre on Stage. Wed. next Macklin's Rooms will be open'd. Nothing less than silver taken. On Friday the subscription room for select Parties. Other Parties at Tavern. Receipts: #225 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ara

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Event Comment: Benefit Decay'd and Antient Masons. The Brothers are desir'd to meet at the Day of Performance at the Five Bells Tavern in the Strand, at 4 p.m. Tickets to be had of Mr Lauder at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Woman's Oratory

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Ross-Mlle Auguste had Tickets-(Cross). Tickets deliver'd out for the Provok'd Wife will be taken. Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Virginia

Cast
Role: Plautia Actor: Mrs Bennet

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs James and Miss Haughton. Tickets of Miss Haughton at a Grocer's, the corner of Broad Court, Bow St., Covent Garden, and of Mrs James at Mr Dale's Watch-maker in Little Wild St., and at the Stage Door. Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Suspicious Husband Author(s): Benjamin Hoadly

Afterpiece Title: The Shepherd's Lottery

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa, Queen Of Athens

Event Comment: By Mr Handel. Benefit for Sga Frasi.To begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets to be had of Sga Frasi, at her House in Gerrard St., Soho. All the Tickets delivered out for Samson will be taken. [See 2 April, King's.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Leviez (Cross). Tickets of Leviez at the last House on the right hand in Beaufort Buildings. No Building on Stage. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Cast
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: I: The Gipsey Tambourine- see17531012; II: The Country Amusements, as17540416 III: A Hornpipe-Granier, Harrison, Morris; IV: A Serious Dance-Devisse

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Pritchard--pretty well (Cross). Tickets at Pritchard's Warehouse. The only time this play and farce will be performed this season. Afterpiece: Taken from Sir Charles Sedley. [The Larpent MS 112 indicates additional parts in The Grumbler: Lovemore-$Jefferson; Capt. Bellmount-$Ackman; Sir John Rightou'd-?; +Rigant-$Marr; Shallow-$Vaughan; Victoria-$Mrs Simson; Sersnet-Miss ?; +Footboy-?; The MS contains prompt notes also.] Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Benedick Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: The Grumbler

Performance Comment: Grumbler-Yates; Clever-Blakes; Worthy-Burton; Pedant-Taswell; Manage-Miss Minors; Angelica-Mrs Benett; Victoria-Miss Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Benett

Dance: II: Masquerade Dance-

Event Comment: Benefit for Howard. Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [See 9 Dec. 1751.] Music composed by the late Mr Lampe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Dance: DDutch Dance, as17531018

Song: BBacchanalian Song, words by Dr Boyce-Howard

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr, Mrs and Master Simson. Tickets of Simson in Wild-Passage, Wild St., near Lincoln's Inn Fields, and at stage door. Mainpiece: Acted but once this season. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #206 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Song: I: Mary Scot (by particular desire)-Beard; III: A Scots Cantata-Beard; IV: Hooly and Fairly-Beard

Dance: CCountry Amusements, as17540416

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eliza

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mrs Midnight's New Carnival Concert

Dance: As17540815

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Frederick-Havard; Clerimont-Bransby; Ramilie-Palmer; Decoy-Simson; James-Clough; Miser-Yates; List-Marr; Furnish-Raftor; Mariana-Mrs Mills; Harriet-Mrs Davies; Wheedle-Mrs Bennet; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Cross; Lappet-Mrs Clivein which character will be introduced The Life of a Beau song.
Cast
Role: Wheedle Actor: Mrs Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Song: III: The School of Anacreon-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Lowe; Peachum-Arthur; Lockit-Dunstall; Player-Anderson; Beggar-Holtom; Mat-Stoppelaer; Budge-Bencraft; Filch-Cushing; Dreary-Smith; Twitcher-Redman; Drawer-Bennet; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Dunstall; Lucy-Miss Young; Coaxer-Miss Ferguson; Vixen-Mrs Griffiths; Jenny Diver-Miss Allen; Suky Tawdry-Miss Mullart; Molly Brazen-Miss Helm; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Pitt; Betty Doxey-Mrs Vallois; Dolly Trull-Miss Davis; Polly-Mrs Chambers; Hornpipein Act III-Miles; Country Dance-the characters of the Opera.
Cast
Role: Budge Actor: Bencraft
Role: Drawer Actor: Bennet

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit for the Poor by Mr Philips Company of Comedians. At the Playhouse by the Hand. Deferr'd from the 30th (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Performance Comment: Schoolboy-Shuter; Major Rakish-Dunstall; Young Rakish-Anderson; Benedict-Holtom; Friendly-White; Tom-R. Smith; Lettice-Mrs Baker; Lady Manlove-Mrs Pitt.
Cast
Role: Benedict Actor: Holtom

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Dance: II, End: As17541022

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Cast
Role: Benedict Actor: Holtom

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Dance: A New Dance Sga Sabatini, as17541115