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Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.] Colman Opera Register: a full House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Event Comment: [The Royal Family present.] Colman Opera Register: A thin House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander

Event Comment: At the Old House in Crane Court, Fleet Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of Mortimer

Event Comment: By a New Company of Comedians who intend to Play the remaining Part of the Winter. On the Bowling-Green. To begin exactly at Six o'Clock, on the Penalty of 50 Pounds. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. The House is made commodious and warm, and the Passages new laid and rang'd with Lamps. No Money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up, nor any Person to be admitted behind the Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Entertainment: Between the Acts: Entertainment-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Thurmond. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and distinction. [Tickets at Thurmond's House, Haydon Square.] Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Sportsman

Dance: II: Pierrots-de Vallois, J. Delagarde; IV: Friendly Lasses-Miss Wherrit, Miss Sandham

Event Comment: By Command of Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal. Benefit Mills. Daily Post, 5 March: Colley Cibber...is so ill of a Cold he is not able to Act. Daily Advertiser, 7 March: On Monday Night last a great Disorder happen'd amongst the Footmen at [dl], occasion'd by one of the Orange Women, who meeting with some Affront, as she was passing from the Theatre to the Coffeehouse, drew out her Penknife, and stabb'd a Chairman and two Gentlemen's Servants therewith, before it could be wrench'd from her, and then took Sanctuary in the Coffee-house; but the same was immediately beset, and the People refusing either to produce the Woman, or acquaint the Footmen who she was, they forc'd themselves into the Room, broke all the Glasses and China

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Denoyer, Mrs Booth, Essex, Miss Robinson, Haughton, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Applebee's, 31 March: On Thursday 7-Night last at the Performance of...Love runs all Dangers...one of the Commedians took the Liberty to throw out some Reflections upon the Prime Minister and the Excise, which were not design'd by the Author; Lord Walpole being in the House, went behind the Scenes, and demanded of the Prompter, whether such Words were in the Play, and he answering they were not, his Lordship immediately corrected the Comedian with his own Hands very severely

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Love Runs All Dangers

Dance: End of Mainpiece: Hornpipe-Jones Sr; Concluding with a Dutch Skipper-Jones Sr, Jones Jr

Event Comment: Benefit Rosco. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction. [Tickets at Rosco's House, Mansfield Street, gf.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. Receipts: money #86 18s. 6d.; tickets #116 7s. Tickets of Hippisley at Will's Coffee House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, Beggar's Bush

Afterpiece Title: A Journey to Bristol; or, The Honest Welshman

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Pelling; Scottish Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, DuPre, Mrs Pelling, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden; (by Desire) Hippisley's Medley; or, Drunken Man-

Event Comment: Benefit Jovan D'Vallois. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. (Tickets at D'Vallois' House opposite the Theatre Tavern.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Le Menuet & La Marie-D'Vallois, Mrs Bullock, being particularly desired; II: La Payzane Mantaignez (new)-D'Vallois, D'Blainville, Pollet in Wooden Shoes; III: Two Pierrots-D'Vallois, Delagarde; IV: English Peasant-D'Vallois, Madam D'Vallois

Ballet: V: La Provansalle (newly composed by D'Vallois). Two Provansals-D'Vallois, Mrs Bullock; Other parts-Holt, Mrs D'Vallois, J. Delagarde, Miss Wherrit, Sandham, Mrs Haughton, Evans, Miss Sandham

Event Comment: Benefit Paget and Mrs Forrester. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear. Receipts: money #29 8s.; tickets #106. Tickets at Paget's House, next the Castle Tavern, Fleet Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Antient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: A Journey to Bristol

Dance: IV: Scottish Dance, as17330329 V: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; II of Farce: Tollet's Grounds-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Christian, formerly Miss Vaughan. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Sir Richard Steele. [Tickets at Christian's House, No. 23, Prescott Street.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: LLe Minuet-D'Vallois, Mrs Nelson; Pierrot and Pierraite-D'Vallois, J. Delagarde; La Provansalle-D'Vallois; V: French Wooden Shoe Dance-D'Vallois

Event Comment: Benefit Giles and Williams. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. [Tickets at Giles's Coffee House in Pall Mall.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Young Weeks, Scholar to Dupre; III: Masquerade Dance-; IV: Shepherd's Dance-Young Weeks

Song: a G Gentleman for his Diversion; A song, called Goodman's Fields Theatre address'd to the Merchants of the City of London-Excell , written by the Author of Bacchus one day gaily striding

Event Comment: At 7 p.m. Care will be taken to keep the House Cool

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Extravagance

Afterpiece Title: Momus Turn'd Fabulist

Dance: SSwedish Dal Karl-Delagarde, Mrs Ogden; French Peasants-de Vallois and Mlle de Vallois

Ballet: AAmorous Clowns. As17330626

Song: Cantata-Salway

Event Comment: As 6 July. Care will be taken to keep the House Cool

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: I: Young Cunningham

Event Comment: Daily Post, 25 Dec: Last Night there was a Rehearsal of a new Opera at the Prince of Wales's House in the Royal Gardens in Pall-Mall, where was present a great Concourse of the Nobility and Quality of both Sexes: some of the choicest Voices and Hands assisted in the Performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rehearsal Of A New Opera [ariadne

Event Comment: A new Comedy. [By William Popple.] All the Characters new drest. Preface to edition of 1734: A Report having been maliciously raised, and industriously spread all over the Town, that the Play was a Party Play, and supported by the Court, and therefore to be opposed, Numbers of Persons came into the House with an Intent ... to damn it at all Events. . . . However, the Play having had a fair Hearing, went off with infinitely more Applause than Blame

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Revenge; Or, The Rover Reclaim'd

Dance: By Malter and Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: Britannia; or, The Royal Lovers

Entertainment: [Author unknown.] The House will be adorned with the Portraits of the Royal Family, and his Highness the Prince of Orange; and a new Ceiling-piece of Apollo and the Muses. The Cloaths, Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations entirely new. On which Account the Boxes and Balconies on the Stage will be 5s. Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d

Performance Comment: ] The House will be adorned with the Portraits of the Royal Family, and his Highness the Prince of Orange; and a new Ceiling-piece of Apollo and the Muses. The Cloaths, Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations entirely new. On which Account the Boxes and Balconies on the Stage will be 5s. Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d .
Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 18 March: And on Friday [Giffard] invited the whole Company to a very grand Entertainment, prepar'd for 'em in the Play-house, where their Majesties, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Prince and Princess of Orange, the Royal Family, Success to Trade, Prosperity to the City of London, and many other Loyal Healths were drank; during which time the Arches were again illuminated, Fireworks play'd off, and the Night concluded with a Ball

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Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 29 April: [See 22 April] They are this Evening to Act the Fatal Extravagance, and the Devil to Pay, as may be seen by their Bills, which I observe they have printed on blue Paper, on purpose to be more conspicuous. I am well assur'd if the curious Part of the Town were once to see them perform, they would need no other Invitation to frequent their House, but to be advertis'd of the Plays, and Days, on which they were to Act

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Extravagance

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 20 May: A mad Company of Comedians having lately taken the Hay-market Theatre, propose to convert it into a Mad-house, and humbly hope the Town will be as mad as themselves, and come frequently to see their mad Performances. which will be madly exhibited, two or three Times a Week, during the Summer Season

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performance Comment: Advertised, but apparently dismissed. Rich's Register: by reason Madem Salle wou'd not come to the House .
Event Comment: [Prince of Wales and Princess Amelia present.] Lord Hervey to Henry Fox, 2 Nov.: No place is full but the Opera; and Farinelli is so universally liked, that the crowds there are immense. By way of public spectacles this winter, there are no less than two Italian Operas, one French play house, and three English ones. Heidegger has computed the expense of these shows, and proves in black & white that the undertakers must receive seventy-six thousand odd hundred pounds to bear their charges, before they begin to become gainers. Ilchester, Lord Hervey and his Friends, p. 211

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 30 Nov.: Last Night there was a Rehearsal of a new Opera before his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at his House in Pall-Mall, in which Farinelli and Senesino each of them perform'd a Part

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Toy Shop. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. N.B. Books of the Toy-Shop will be sold in the House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

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