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16826
12 October 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid John Sutherland for playing the Bagg Pipes 4 nights in Dr Faustus #1 (Account Book). Receipts: #190 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Minuet Actor: Sga Manesiere, Mrs _Bulkley.
Role: Romeo Actor: Powell, 1st time
Role: Capulet Actor: Gibson
Role: Friar Lawrence Actor: Hull
Role: Mercutio Actor: Woodward
Role: Benvolio Actor: Davis
Role: Paris Actor: Perry
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Barrington
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: In Act I a Minuet Actor: Fishar, Mrs Bulkley
Role: Masquerade Dance Actor: proper to the play
Role: the Funeral procession of Juliet Actor:
Role: the Vocal parts Actor: Mattocks, DuBellamy, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Baker, Legg, Dibdin, Ryley, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward.
Role: Others Actor: Legg, Mrs Baker, Morris, R. Smith, Banks, Wignel, Dibdin, Holtom, Weller, Mrs Copin, Baker, Mrs Lampe, Miss Helm, Mrs Dyer, Miss Pitt.
Role: Dances Actor: LaRiviere, Arnauld, Miss Valois, Fishar.

16827
06 November 1767 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid John Sutherland for playing Bagg Pipes 3 nights in Midas and 1 in Dr Faustus #1 (Account Book). Went into the Pit to see Woodward in the character of Brazen. He is a most inimitable fellow....This play is entertaining, but rather loose. End Act II, a pantomime Dance by Fishar and Manesiere. The entertainment was Harlequin Dr Faustus (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #145 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Plume Actor: A Gentleman, 1st appearance
Role: Worthy Actor: Hull
Role: Ballance Actor: Gibson
Role: Bullock Actor: Dunstall
Role: Brazen Actor: Woodward
Role: Kite Actor: Gardner, 1st time
Role: Welsh Collier Actor: Weller
Role: Recruits Actor: Bennet, Lewes
Role: Melinda Actor: Mrs Dyer
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Ward
Role: Sylvia Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward.
Role: Others Actor: Legg, Mrs Baker, Morris, R. Smith, Banks, Wignel, Dibdin, Holtom, Weller, Mrs Copin, Baker, Mrs Lampe, Miss Helm, Mrs Dyer, Miss Pitt.
Role: Dances Actor: LaRiviere, Arnauld, Miss Valois, Fishar.

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

16828
02 May 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger. Tickets deliver'd by Bryan and Branson will be taken. Tickets sold at doors will not be admitted. Charges #65 15s. Balance to Younger #58 10s. plus income from tickets. Younger 70 129 159 #52 15s. Bryan 4 49 61 #14 9s. Branson 26 102 134 #35 4s.@Total ticket value #102 8s. (Account Book).@ Rec'd #20 a year improv'd rent of the houses in Bow St. and part of the effects of the late John Rich...#250. Receipts: #124 5s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Cast
Role: in Act I song Actor: DuBellamy
Role: Truman Actor: a Young Gentleman, 1st appearance any stage.
Role: Blunt Actor: Cushing
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Singing Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Barnwell Actor: Powell, 1st time
Role: Trueman Actor: Perry
Role: sic] Actor: Gibson
Role: Uncle Actor: Hull
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Millwood Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: In Act I singing Actor: a Young Gentleman.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: 680421but Harlequin Actor: Miles.
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward.
Role: with a new scene called The Battle of the Wigs Actor:
Role: Infernal Spirit Actor: Legg
Role: Shade of Helen Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Furies Actor: Fishar, etc.
Role: Sir Epicure Relish Actor: Wignel
Role: Lady Relish Actor: Mrs Dyer.
Role: Others Actor: Morgan, _Weller, _Miles.
Role: Dances Actor: LaRiviere, Arnauld, Miss Valois, Fishar.

Dance: I: The Highland Reel, as17680307

16829
29 June 1768 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Cast
Role: Parts by Actor: Foote, Weston, Morgan, Castle, Keen, Casey, Lloyd, Pearce, Jacobs, Mahoon, Aickin, Gardner, Strange, Vandemire, Jackson, Graham, Walker, Mrs Gardner, and a Young Gentlewoman, 1st appearance. Devil-Foote
Role: Devil Actor: Foote
Role: Dr Last Actor: Weston
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Edwards , her first appearance

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John Loverule, with the Early Horn-Mahoon; Jobson-Vandermere; Lady Loverule-Mrs Pitt; Nell-Mrs Saunders.
Cast
Role: with the Early Horn Actor: Mahoon
Role: Jobson Actor: Vandermere
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Saunders.
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: As17680530

16830
03 December 1768 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Tragedy [by John Hoole] never perform'd. Paid Younger for a license for Cyrus & the New Occasional Prologue, #3 3s. (Account Book). [Account of the plot of the mainpiece, but without observational comment appeared in Lloyd's Evening Post, 2-5 Dec.] Receipts: #229 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Cast
Role: With a Prologue Actor:
Role: Epilogue Actor:
Role: Cyrus Actor: Powell
Role: Cambyses Actor: Smith
Role: Mithranes Actor: Bensley
Role: Astyages Actor: Clarke
Role: Harpagus Actor: Hull
Role: Mandane Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Aspasia Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: lists Mirza Actor:
Related Works
Related Work: Cyrus the Great; or, The Tragedy of Love Author(s): John Banks
Related Work: Cyrus Author(s): John Hoole

Afterpiece Title: Country Wife

Cast
Role: Pinchwife Actor: Hull
Role: Sparkish Actor: Dyer
Role: Dorilant Actor: Davis
Role: Harcourt Actor: Perry
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs DuBellamy
Role: Country Wife Actor: Miss Ward.
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): John Lee

16831
07 October 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Comedy of 3 Acts [by George Colman] never performed. [In the Shakespearean Pageant, with figures from seventeen of his plays, the chief effectiveness lay with the Musicians who ushered in each group with appropriate music: Martial Music-The Roman Characters of Coriolanus and Julius Caesar; Soft Music-Antony and Cleopatra; Grand Music, Old English Characters-King John, Richard III, Henry VIII: Magical Music, "above, about, underneath" for Prospero; Macbeth's Music; Fairy Music-Oberon and Titania; Solemn Music for Tragic Muse accompanied by Othello, Hamlet, the Ghost, Mad Ophelia and Lear with Cordelia; Dead March in Saul-Juliet's Bier with attendants; Allegro for the Comic Muse-Falstaff, Touchstone, Launcelot, Malvolio; Andante-Florizel and Perdita, Portia Antonio and Bassanio; Flourish-for Car drawn by the muses carrying Shakespeare's Bust; Final Song by Mrs Mattocks, "Sweetest Bard that Ever Sung, Nature's glory, Fancy's Child--." The Prelude is, in print, entirely favorable to Garrick's effort at Stratford. But it could be rendered in a mercilessly ironical manner if the three participating actors so chose. Mainpiece reviewed in the Freeholder's Magazine, Oct.] Receipts: #224 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Man And Wife; Or, The Shakespeare Jubilee

Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Woodward, Shuter, Morris, Lewes, R. Smith, Davis, Dunstall, Perry, Quick, Wignell, Fox, Herbert, Mrs Green, Mrs Gardner, A Young Gentlewoman, who never appeared on any stage, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Bulkley. With a Prelude-
Role: With a Prelude Actor:
Role: Marcourt Actor: Woodward
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Landlord Actor: Morris
Role: Luke Actor: Lewes
Role: Fleece Actor: R. Smith
Role: Buck Actor: Davis
Role: Kitchen Actor: Dunstall
Role: Frankly Actor: Perry
Role: Ostler Actor: Quick
Role: Snarl Actor: Wignell
Role: Passengers Actor: Fox, Herbert
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Sally Actor: A Young Gentlewoman who never appeared on any stage
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Passengers Actor: Miss Pearce, Mrs Copin
Role: Dapperwit Actor: Dyer
Role: Jenkins Actor: Hull
Role: Townly Actor: Wroughton

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Cast
Role: Damon Actor: DuBellamy
Role: Mopsus Actor: Dunstall
Role: Cymon Actor: Hamilton
Role: Corydon Actor: Wignell
Role: Arcas Actor: Davis
Role: Phillida Actor: Mrs Baker.

Entertainment: End II: Pageant exhibiting the characters of Shakespeare-; End III: Representation of the Amphitheatre at Stratford Upon Avon-; with a Masquerade-

16832
29 December 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 27 Nov. 1765. Hogan noted the following additions from the 1770 edn.: Mortimer-Lewes; Glendower-Morris; Prince John-Miss Cockayne; Northumberland-Redman; Gadshill-P. Smith; Peto-Wild.] Receipts: #149 17s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part I, With The Humours Of Falstaff

Cast
Role: Hotspur Actor: Smith
Role: King Actor: Gibson
Role: Worcester Actor: Hull
Role: Prince of Wales Actor: Wroughton
Role: Vernon Actor: Davis
Role: Douglas Actor: Gardner
Role: Falstaff Actor: Shuter
Role: Poins Actor: Perry
Role: Westmorland Actor: Cushing
Role: Blunt Actor: R. Smith
Role: Bardolph Actor: Wignell
Role: Francis Actor: Hamilton
Role: Carriers Actor: Dunstall, Quick
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lady Percy Actor: Mrs Bulkley.
Related Works
Related Work: The Conquest of Granada, Part I Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian, Part I Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Vespasian, Part II Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Destruction of Jerusalem, Part II Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: Aesop, Part II Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: Henry the Sixth: The First Part, With The Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Misery of Civil War Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards, Part II Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Dances Actor: Miss Capon, Miss _Valois.
Role: Other characters Actor: _C. Smith, Mrs Pitt, Barnshaw, Banks, Reyner, Holtom.
Role: Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Miss Valois.
Role: Scenery specified particularly as a Representation Actor: Lambert
Role: and a Grand Scene of the Palace of Pluto Actor: Servandoni.
Role: Pluto Actor: Reinhold
Role: Mercury Actor: Baker
Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lewes
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dyer
Role: Yeoman Actor: Morris
Role: Clown Actor: Miles
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Arnauld, Miss Valois, Dumay, Hussey, Petro, Merrifield, the Miss Twists, Miss Madan, Miss Garman.

Dance: II: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

16833
23 October 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid John Doe for sticking black Bills #4 19s. (Account Book). Receipts: #101 16s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Bensley
Role: Angelo Actor: Clarke
Role: Escalus Actor: Hull
Role: Claudio Actor: Wroughton
Role: Clown Actor: Dunstall
Role: Provost Actor: Gardner
Role: Lucio Actor: Yates
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Kniveton
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Yates.
Related Works
Related Work: Measure for Measure Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Nysa Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Midas Actor: Shuter
Role: Damaetas Actor: Fox
Role: Pan Actor: Dunstall
Role: Apollo Actor: Mattocks
Role: Sileno Actor: Baker
Role: Jupiter Actor: Legg
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: IV: The Jealous Woodcutters, as17711004

16834
02 January 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid John Doe, Claridge, and Smith each 15s. for performing six nights in the Ass and Hog to 1 Jan. [i.e., in Mother Shipton]. Receipts: #176 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Sir George Actor: Mattocks
Role: Charles Actor: Wroughton.
Role: be spoken Actor: Woodward.
Role: Marplot Actor: Woodward
Role: Sir Francis Actor: Shuter
Role: Sir Jealous Actor: Dunstall
Role: Whisper Actor: R. Smith
Role: Scentwell Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Patch Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: The Characters Actor: Lewes
Role: The Dance Actor: Fishar, Hamoir, Sga Manesiere, Miss Hamoir.

16835
21 March 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yates. Mainpiece: Altered from Corneille [by Colley Cibber?]. Never Performed There. Pit and Boxes laid together (playbill). Charges #66 7s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Yates #39 7s. 6d., plus #179 from tickets (Box and Pit 716). Paid Younger a Bill for writing parts #5 19s. 9d. Paid John Smith for a Blue cloth suit lac'd with gold #9 9s. (Account Book). Receipts: #105 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ximena; Or, The Heroic Daughter

Cast
Role: Don Carlos Actor: Smith
Role: Don Alvarez Actor: Bensley
Role: Don Gormaz Actor: Clarke
Role: Don Ferdinand Actor: Hull
Role: Don Sanchez Actor: Savigny
Role: Don Alonzo Actor: Wroughton
Role: Belzara Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Ximena Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: By Particular Desire an Epilogue Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Freeman Actor: Perry.
Role: Marcourt Actor: Woodward
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Kitchen Actor: Dunstall
Role: Buck Actor: Davis
Role: Luke Actor: Lewes
Role: Snarl Actor: Wignell
Role: Fleece Actor: R. Smith
Role: Landlord Actor: Morris
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Kniveton
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Sally Actor: by the young Lady who performed in the Maid of the Mill and the Fairy Prince.

Dance: End: The Whim, as17720312 End II Farce: A Comic Dance, as17711031

16836
26 March 1772 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Doe, Claridge and John Smith receiv'd 10s. apiece for performing 4 times in the Ass and Hog [Mother Shipton] to the 17th inst. (Account Book). Receipts: #231 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Ranger Actor: Woodward, 1st time
Role: Strickland Actor: Ross
Role: Frankly Actor: Bensley
Role: Bellamy Actor: Wroughton
Role: Meggot Actor: Lewes
Role: Tester Actor: Quick
Role: Buckle Actor: Cushing
Role: Simon Actor: R. Smith
Role: Mrs Strickland Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Jacintha Actor: Mrs Lessingham
Role: Lucetta Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Milliner Actor: Miss Helme
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lewes
Role: Dances Actor: Hamoir, Miss Valois added.
Role: Infernal Spirit Actor: Reinhold
Role: Miller Actor: Morris
Role: Miller's Wife Actor: Miss Twist
Role: Ballad Singer Actor: Dunstall
Role: Shade of Helen Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Lady Relish Actor: Mrs Dyer
Role: To Conclude with The Whim Actor: Aldridge, Sga Manesiere, as17720312.
Role: other Actor: Miss Twist, Mrs _Dyer.
Role: Dancing Actor: Fishar, Hamoir, Sga Manesiere, Miss Hamoir.
Role: The Characters Actor: _Lewes
Role: The Two Additional Scenes as exhibited in Harle Actor: Dunstall.
Role: The Dance Actor: Fishar, Hamoir, Sga Manesiere, Miss Hamoir.

Dance: II: The Lilt-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere. [See17701116.

16837
22 January 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Every Man in His Humour oblig'd to be Deferr'd. Paid Joseph Stephenson as per Certificate from Sir John Fielding, 10s. (Account Book). Receipts. #156

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Mrs Kniveton.
Role: Plume Actor: Smith
Role: Worthy Actor: DuBellamy
Role: Ballance Actor: Hull
Role: Bullock Actor: Dunstall
Role: Brazen Actor: Woodward
Role: Kite Actor: Morris
Role: Melinda Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Lessingham.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Willems
Role: Pluto Actor: Burton.
Role: a representation of the Pantheon Actor:
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lewes
Role: Pantaloon Actor: Morris
Role: Clown Actor: Cushing
Role: The Witches Actor: Mattocks, Miss Wewitzer, Legg, Baker, Owenson, Fox, Miss Valois, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones
Role: Shepherd Actor: DuBellamy
Role: Shepherdess Actor: Miss Wewitzer
Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: The Dances Actor: Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford.

16838
19 April 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. [See note for 6 March.] Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Ladies send servants by half past 4 o'clock, and those who have taken places in the Pit requested to come early to prevent Confusion in getting to their seats. Tickets deliver'd for Lady Jane Grey will be taken. Charges #65 10s. Profit to Smith #84 6s. 6d., plus #172 15s. from tickets (Box 640; Pit 85). Paid Blanchville Clark as per certificate from Sir John Fielding 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #149 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Cast
Role: Earl of Warwick Actor: Smith
Role: King Edward Actor: Bensley
Role: Pembroke Actor: Perry
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wignel
Role: Officer Actor: Thompson
Role: Messenger Actor: R. Smith
Role: Suffolk Actor: Gardner
Role: Lady Eliz Grey Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Lady Clifford Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Margaret of Anjou Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: The Original Epilogue by Garrick Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Marcourt Actor: Woodward
Role: Cross Actor: Shuter
Role: Kitchen Actor: Dunstall
Role: Freeman Actor: Perry
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Sally Actor: Miss Brown, who performed last season in the Fairy Prince and in Man and Wife.

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

16839
15 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A Comedy [by Richard Cumberland] never performed there. Paid John Doe for sticking Black Bills #3 12s. Paid Cooper (printer) as per bill #20 2s. (Account Book). [The Westminster Magazine held in reserve its judgment on Lewis as an actor until the reviewer could see him in another part.] Receipts: #137 4s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Belcour Actor: Lewis
Role: Stockwell Actor: Clarke
Role: Dudley Actor: Hull
Role: O'Flaherty Actor: Shuter
Role: Fulmer Actor: Dunstall
Role: Varland Actor: Quick
Role: Lady Rusport Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Louisa Dudley Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: House Keeper Actor: Miss Helme
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Willems
Role: Mrs Fulmer Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Charlotte Rusport Actor: Miss Barsanti
Role: Charles Dudley Actor: Wroughton.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Nysa Actor: Miss Valois.
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Thompson, her first appearance any stage in 3 years.
Role: Midas Actor: Shuter
Role: Apollo Actor: Mattocks
Role: Pan Actor: Dunstall
Role: Jupiter Actor: Fox
Role: Damaetas Actor: Hollingsworth
Role: Sileno Actor: Baker
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Baker

16840
02 March 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Oratorio by Benjamin Stillingfleet, words adapted from Milton, set to Music by John Christopher Smith (Biographia Dramatica)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Paradise Lost

Music: As17740218

16841
29 October 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medea

Performance Comment: Jason-Smith; Creon-Bensley; Aeson-Palmer; 1st Colchian-Packer; Lycander-Farren; Children-Miss Stageldoir, Master Pulley; Hecate-Bransby; Theano-Mrs Hopkins; Medea-Mrs Yates; Edition of 1792 (John Bell) adds: 1st Corinthian-Griffiths.
Cast
Role: Jason Actor: Smith
Role: Creon Actor: Bensley
Role: Aeson Actor: Palmer
Role: 1st Colchian Actor: Packer
Role: Lycander Actor: Farren
Role: Children Actor: Miss Stageldoir, Master Pulley
Role: Hecate Actor: Bransby
Role: Theano Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Medea Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: 1st Corinthian Actor: Griffiths.
Related Works
Related Work: Medea Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Cast
Role: Faladel Actor: Burton
Role: Good and Evil Spirits Actor: _Burton.
Role: Floridor Actor: Vernon
Role: Bonoro Actor: Bannister
Role: Nigromant Actor: Legg
Role: Tycho Actor: Dodd
Role: Robinette Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Camilla Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: The Other Characters Actor: Hurst, Burton, Lamash, R. Palmer, Wright, Fawcett, Kear, Master Pulley, Miss Platt, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarratt, Edition of 1776
Role: Radel Actor: Lamash
Role: Messengers Actor: R. Palmer, Master Pulley
Role: in various characters Actor: Hurst, Burton, Wright, Carpenter, Miss Platt, Mrs Scott, Miss Jarratt, Mrs Johnston, Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Account Actor: Book adds: Chorus Singers-Follett, Chaplin, Reynoldson, Webbe, Mrs J. Smith, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Pitt, Miss Abrams, Miss Boyd.
Role: Chorus Singers Actor: Follett, Chaplin, Reynoldson, Webbe, Mrs J. Smith, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Pitt, Miss Abrams, Miss Boyd.

Song: Azure God-Mrs Wrighten

16842
14 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With a New Scene and New Dresses. Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by Charles Dibdin and Edward Thompson. Thompson's name does not appear on the title-page of the text; it has been added by J. P. Kemble on the half-title of his copy now in the Huntington Library]: The Music chiefly composed by Dibdin [Public Advertiser, 15 Nov.: Three of the airs and the finale were composed by Samuel Arnold; one air by John Abraham Fisher]. With New Scenes [ibid: by Dall, Richards, and Carver], Dresses and Decorations. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Account-Book, 7 Feb. 1777: Paid Dibdin in full for copyright of the Seraglio #20; ibid, 2 June 1777: Received of Cooper for Songs & Books sold of The Seraglio #19 10s. 9d. [Mrs Ward was from the Birmingham theatre]. Receipts: #221 11s. 6d. (219.7.0; 2.4.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ethelinda; Or, The Royal Convert

Cast
Role: Hengist Actor: Wroughton
Role: Seofrid Actor: Hull
Role: Offa Actor: Whitefield
Role: Oswald Actor: Robson
Role: Priest Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Officers Actor: Fearon, Booth, Davis, Thompson
Role: Aribert Actor: Lewis
Role: Rodogune Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Ethelinda Actor: Mrs Hartley.

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Abdallah Actor: Mattocks
Role: Reef Actor: Reinhold
Role: Venture Actor: Quick
Role: Goodwill Actor: Dunstall
Role: Frederick Actor: Leoni
Role: Hassan Actor: Baker
Role: Gunnel Actor: Bates
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Elmira Actor: Miss Wewitzer
Role: Lydia Actor: Miss Brown.

Music: V: the Original Music for the Sacrifice by Purcell-

16843
25 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dibdin. In Act IV of mainpiece the Procession from the Abbey at the Coronation of Anne Bullenv. Paid John Doe for sticking Black Bills #6 3s. Receipts: none listed (charge: #84)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: King Henry Actor: Clarke
Role: Cardinal Wolsey Actor: Lee
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wroughton
Role: Cranmer Actor: Hull
Role: Surrey Actor: Ward
Role: Cromwell Actor: Whitefield
Role: Gardiner Actor: Wilson
Role: Lord Sands Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Lord Chamberlain Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Norfolk Actor: Davis
Role: Suffolk Actor: Booth
Role: Lord Chancellor Actor: Fearon
Role: Anne Bullen Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Patience Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley.

Afterpiece Title: The Seraglio

Cast
Role: Dr Arne Actor: Leoni
Role: on the violin] Actor: Fisher.
Role: butAbdallah Actor: Robson in place of Mattocks.
Role: Abdallah Actor: Mattocks
Role: Reef Actor: Reinhold
Role: Venture Actor: Quick
Role: Goodwill Actor: Dunstall
Role: Frederick Actor: Leoni
Role: Hassan Actor: Baker
Role: Gunnel Actor: Bates
Role: Williams Actor: Thompson
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Elmira Actor: Miss Wewitzer
Role: Lydia Actor: Miss Brown.

Dance: I: the Banquet, with Dancing-Dumay, Miss Matthews

16844
16 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: In 2 acts, taken from Wycherley [by John Lee (Public Advertiser, 14 Dec.)]. Paid Pattinson, Tallow Chandler, #41 19s. Receipts: #167 18s. (166.9.6; 1.8.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Cast
Role: Druids and Bards Actor: Aickin, Hull, L'Estrange, Fearon, others
Role: Principal Vocal Parts Actor: Leoni, Reinhold, Mrs Farrell
Role: Caractacus Actor: Clarke
Role: Arviragus Actor: Lewis
Role: Elidurus Actor: Wroughton
Role: Vellinus Actor: Ward
Role: Aulus Didius Actor: Whitefield
Role: Evelina Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: Modred Actor: Aickin
Role: Mador Actor: Hull.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Pinchwife Actor: Lee
Role: The Country Wife Actor: Mrs Wilson. see17761221 .
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): John Lee

16845
27 December 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never Performed There. On account of the Additional Airs, contracted into 3 Acts. [Public Advertiser, 30 Dec., notes that the principal omission was the conspiracy of Alonzo, Antonio, &c., and that the Masque in Act IV was removed to the concluding scene of the play.] With New Dresses, Scenery and Decorations. The Music by Purcell, John Christopher? Smith, Dr Arne and Fisher. [In afterpiece the playbill retains Delpini as Pierrot, but "[Hull] made an apology for the illness of Delpini, telling the audience that the Signor had hurt himself so much the preceding evening in performing the part of Pierrot that he could not come out of his room; the managers therefore hoped that the audience would accept of Wewitzer in the character" (Morning Chronicle, 28 Dec.). The playbill also adds Wewitzer as the Gardener; this part was perhaps omitted.] Paid Enderby, Oil Merchant, #258 17s. Receipts: #245 18s. (244.15; 1.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Prospero Actor: Hull
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Mattocks
Role: Stephano Actor: Wilson
Role: Trincalo Actor: Quick
Role: Caliban Actor: Dunstall
Role: Gonzalo Actor: Fearon
Role: Alonzo Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Sebastian Actor: Robson
Role: Antonio Actor: Booth
Role: Master Actor: Thompson
Role: Boatswain Actor: Bates
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Brown
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Dayes
Role: Ceres Actor: Miss Valois
Role: Ariel Actor: Mrs Farrell.
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks

Cast
Role: Pierrot Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Servant Actor: Stevens.
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Prometheus Actor: Mahon
Role: Pantaloon Actor: Baker
Role: Host Actor: Dunstall
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Valois.

Dance: In: Aldridge, Miss Valois, others [the dance was composed by Aldridge (Morning Chronicle, 26 Nov. 1779), and danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances]; In afterpiece: as17761226

16846
24 February 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Altered from [The Relapse, by] Sir John Vanbrugh [1st time; C 5, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Prologue by David Garrick (see edition of 1781)]. The Characters new dressed. Receipts: #229 7s. 6d. (217.13.0; 10.8.0; 1.6.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Cast
Role: Loveless Actor: Smith
Role: Lord Foppington Actor: Dodd
Role: Sir Tunbelly Clumsey Actor: Moody
Role: Townly Actor: Brereton
Role: Probe Actor: Parsons
Role: Lory Actor: Baddeley
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Reddish
Role: Miss Hoyden Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Berinthia Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: The other parts Actor: Burton, Lamash, Carpenter, Wrighten, Norris, Nash, Everard, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Booth, Miss Platt, Mrs Smith
Role: La Varole Actor: Burton
Role: Jewelle Actor: Lamash
Role: Shoemaker Actor: Carpenter
Role: Hosier Actor: Norris
Role: Taylor Actor: Baker
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Mrs Coupler Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Prologue Actor: King.

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Tugg Actor: Bannister
Role: Bundle Actor: Davies
Role: Robin Actor: Dodd
Role: Wilhelmina Actor: Miss Jarratt
Role: Mrs Bundle Actor: Mrs Wrighten.

Dance: End III: The Triumph of Love, as17761107:

16847
12 March 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Ode [1st time; composed by Thomas Linley Jun. (see 18 Mar. 1778), text by John Hoadly]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'allegro Il Penseroso; Judas Maccabaeus

Cast
Role: Principal Vocal Parts Actor: Edwards

Afterpiece Title: The Song of Moses; Judas Maccabaeus

Music: As17770214

16848
29 September 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Nicoll, III, 280, 390, states that this was an alteration of Shakespear's play by John Lee.] Receipts: #174 5s. (173.10.6; 0.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Romeo Actor: Wroughton
Role: Capulet Actor: Clarke
Role: Friar Lawrence Actor: Hull
Role: Mercutio Actor: Lewis
Role: Benvolio Actor: Booth
Role: Escalus Actor: Fearon
Role: Paris Actor: Whitfield
Role: Tibalt Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Peter Actor: Jones
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Jackson.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: The Apprentice Actor: Lewis
Role: Wingate Actor: Dunstall
Role: Gargle Actor: Thompson
Role: Simon Actor: Cushing
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Dayes.

Dance: I: Masquerade Scene incident to the Play-; I: Minuet-Dumay, Mrs Jackson

Song: End IV: the Funeral Procession of Juliet, with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, Miss Green

Cast
Role: ocal Parts Actor: Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Miss Dayes, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems, Miss Green.

16849
20 March 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Prelude [1st time;PREL I, probably by Richard Cumberland. Larpent MS 472; not published]. Mainpiece [1st time; M 3, by Richard Cumberland, based on Calypso and Telemachus, by John Hughes]: The Overture and all the Music entirely new, and composed by Butler. With new Scenery painted by Richards and Carver, and new Dresses. Books of the Masque to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 27 Mar. 1779: This Day is published Calypso (1s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Prelude And Prologue

Cast
Role: Joe Type Actor: Wilson
Role: Ratsbane Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: Eustace Actor: Whitfield
Role: Greenwood Actor: Hull
Role: Passengers in a Stage Actor: Miss Stewart
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Mrs O'Flannagan Actor: Miss Platt Larpent MS 472 adds: Lieut. of a Man of War, Sailor, Ostler, Boot Catcher, Printer's Devil, Chambermaid.

Afterpiece Title: Calypso

Cast
Role: Telemachus Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Mentor Actor: Reinhold
Role: Proteus Actor: Leoni
Role: Antiope Actor: Miss Thornton
Role: Calypso Actor: Miss Brown.
Related Works
Related Work: Calypso and Telemachus Author(s): John HughesJohn Galliard

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Marplot Actor: Lewis
Role: Sir George Airy Actor: Wroughton
Role: Charles Actor: Whitfield
Role: Sir Jealous Traffic Actor: Dunstall
Role: Sir Francis Gripe Actor: Quick
Role: Whisper Actor: Cushing
Role: Scentwell Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Lessingham
Role: Patch Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Grub Actor: Wilson
Role: Chapeau Actor: Lee Lewes
Role: George Bevil Actor: Whitfield
Role: Consol Actor: Jones
Role: Robin Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Bevil Actor: Booth
Role: Bevil Actor: Thompson
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Mrs Grub Actor: Mrs Green.

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

16850
16 December 1780 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [This was Vestris Jun.'s 1st appearance in England.] "Young Vestris astonished John Bull more by his agility than his grace, and some have been known to count the number of times he turned round like a tee-totum. This may be called les tours des jambes-not dancing' (Angelo, II, 320). "The theatre was brimful in expectation of Vestris. At the end of the second act he appeared; but with so much grace, agility, and strength, that the whole audience fell into convulsions of applause: the men thundered; the ladies, forgetting their delicacy and weakness, clapped with such vehemence, that seventeen broke their arms, sixty-nine sprained their wrists, and three cried bravo! bravissimo! so rashly, that they have not been able to utter so much as 'no' since, any more than both Houses of Parliament' (Walpole [17 Dec. 1780], XI, 340-41)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ricimero

Cast
Role: assigns Vitige Actor: Roncaglia
Role: Rodoaldo Actor: Ansani.

Dance: End I: The Fortunate Escape, as17801125, but Mme _Simonet, Henry; End II: +Grand Serious Ballet (composed by Simonet)-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Sga Crespi, Mlle Baccelli; to conclude with: Grand Chaconne-Vestris? Jun.; End III new ballet, Les Amans Surpris (composed by Simonet)-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Mlle Baccelli, Vestris? Jun

Cast
Role: Les Amans Surpris Actor: Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Mlle Baccelli, Vestris? Jun.
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