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Event Comment: Benefit for Greene and Ansell (box-keepers). Tickets deliver'd for 25 May will be taken. Charges #81 10s. Deficit to Greene and Ansell #56 6s. 6d. covered by #129 14s. to Green from tickets (Box 414; Pit 148; Gallery 40) and #98 15s. to Ansell from his tickets (Box 281; Pit 174; Gallery 24). Total House of #253 12s. 6d. that night. Rec'd of Sarjant for his deficiency 30 May...#24 11s. 6d. Rec'd of Ellis for his 1!2 value of tickets 28 May...#2 2s. Receipts: #25 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

Event Comment: Benefit for Bates, Dumay, Curtat, Redman, Mrs Naylor. Tickets deliver'd for The Albion Queens will be taken. Charges #64 5s. Deficit #31 11s., covered by income from tickets: Bates #21 14s. (Box 8; Pit 66; Gallery 98); Dumay #49 13s. (Box 90; Pit 125; Gallery 84); Curtat #42 13s. (Box 61; Pit 90; Gallery 139); Redman #57 17s. (Box 35; Pit 180; Gallery 221); Mrs Naylor #33 9s. (Box 36; Pit 103; Gallery 90) (Account Book). Receipts: #32 14s. (Account Book). Stoppelaer and Sarjant paid up their deficiencies for 11th and 15th Inst

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: A Minuet-Dumay, Miss Madden; End: A Pantomime Dance-Fishar, Miss Capon

Event Comment: Benefit for Redman, Miss Besford, Dumay, Mrs Naylor, Curtat. Tickets deliver'd for All for Love will be taken. [The Account Book has crossed out The Jovial Crew and indicated the performance of The Beggar's Opera.] Charges #64 10s. Deficit to the 5 beneficiaries #7 4s. 7 1!2d. apiece, covered by income from tickets: Redman #32 11s. (Box 38; Pit 83; Gallery 106); Besford #18 1s. (Box 23; Pit 42; Gallery 60); Dumay #62 9s. (Box 165; Pit 88; Gallery 80); Mrs Naylor #30 17s. (Box 39; Pit 90; Gallery 76); Curtat #18 16s. (Box 12; Pit 68; Gallery 56). Sarjant and Condell paid up their deficiencies. Receipts: #28 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: II: A Minuet-Dumay, Miss Besford

Ballet: End Opera: The Wapping Landlady, Double Hornpipe,. As17700420

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant (box-book and house-keeper)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: IV: Comic Dance, as17701017

Event Comment: Paid Messrs. Raban & Kime (coal merchants) #56 15s.; Paid Sarjant half aear's rent for the House in Bow Passage due Mich. last #20 (Account Book). Receipts: #195 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: III: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House, as17711011; IV: The Lamplighter, as17711016

Event Comment: Tenth Night for the Tragedy. Paid Sarjant for a Trumpet Banner #2 10s. Paid Cooper (printer) #45 (Account Book). Receipts: #161 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zobeide

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Event Comment: Paid Sarjant one-fourth year's salary to Lady Day last #10 (Account Book). Receipts: #206 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Event Comment: Paid Mrs Lessingham in full for salary to 1 June last, #300. Paid Whitefield [master of wardrobe] half a year's salary due Mich. Last, #50; Paid Sarjant ditto #20; Paid Mrs Carne ditto, #15. Receipts: #154 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Event Comment: Paid Whitefield quarter year's salary due Xmas last #25, and Sarjant quarter year's salary due same time, #10. Advanc'd cash to Lee Lewes as per note #50 (Account Book). Receipts: #215 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Event Comment: Benefit for Dunstall. Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years. [See 29 Nov. 1764.] Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 2 Dec. 1769.] Charges: #64 5s. Profit to Dunstall #1 1s. 6d., plus #170 17s. from tickets (Box 433; Pit 410; Gallery 36). Paid Whitefield a quarter year's salary #25, and Sarjant ditto, #10. Paid Mrs Carne half year's salary #15 all due Lady Day last (Account Book). Receipts: #65 6s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A La Mode

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties. Present Their Majestes. Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s.; Paid Whitefield half year's salary due Mich Last #50; Paid ditto to Sarjant #20, and Mrs Carne #15. Receipts: #220 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: II: The Irish Lilt, as17731005; End Opera: The Corsican Sailors [Punch House]-Fishar, Miss Twist. [See17720930.

Event Comment: Paid Younger for writing parts a bill of #5 4s. 3d. Paid Whitefield for making cloaths #91 1s. 3d.; Paid Pattinson (tallow chandler) #31 15s. and Sarjant for incidentals #24 10s. Receipts: #189 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Event Comment: Sixth Night. For the Author. Afterpiece: By Desire. Charges: #67 15s. Profit to Hull #139 6s. 6d. Paid Whitefield one quarter year's salary due Xmas last #25, and Sarjant, ditto #10. Paid Bibb (sword cutler's) bill #14 13s. Receipts: #207 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant (Box-book and House-keeper). Doors open half past 5. To Begin at half past 6 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Humours of Blackwall, as17750429

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant (Box-keeper). Doors open half past 5. To begin half past 6 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad-Cap

Dance: End: The Humours of the New@Market Races, as17760503

Event Comment: Prelude [1st time; PREL 1, by Arthur Murphy]. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Afterpiece: Not acted these 5 years [acted 21 Nov. 1772]. The Doors to be opened at 5:3O. To begin at 6:3O [see 11 Nov.]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Sarjant (only) at the Stage-door. No persons admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money returned after the Curtain is drawn up. Receipts: #214 17s. 6d. (214.15.O; O.2.6.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: News From Parnassus

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Boxes 10s. 6d. Pit 5s. 1st Gallery 3s. 6d. 2nd Gallery 2s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Sarjant (only) at the Stage Door. Books of the Oratorios to be had at the Theatre. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same throughout oratorio season. The date of Tenducci's re-appearance in London seems to have been a matter of some uncertainty (see dl, 10 Feb.)]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: End of Part I: concerto on the violoncello-Cervetto; End of Part II: concerto on the violin-Lamotte

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant, box-book keeper. Tickets delivered for Monday the 12th will be received. Receipts: #253 17s. (67.16; tickets: 186.1) (charge: #84)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Event Comment: [Author of Prologue unknown. In afterpiece the playbill assigns Leander to Mahon, but "after the play Hull made a genteel apology for the non-attendance of Mahon...who, by some unaccountable accident, was not arrived in town, at the same time begging their acceptance of a young Gentleman' (Morning Post, 23 Sept.). For Bowles as Leander see 10 Oct.] Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Sarjant (only) at the Stage-Door. No Persons admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money returned after the Curtain is drawn up. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [see 13 Oct.]. Receipts: #187 13s. (186.4; 1.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant, box-book and house-keeper. Mainpiece: Procession as 11 May. Tickets delivered for Amphitryon will be taken. Receipts: #243 1s. (69.14; tickets: 173.7) (charge: #84)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Song: As17780511

Event Comment: Benefit for T. Ansell, Pilford, Marks & Furkins. Tickets delivered by Clarridge, Doe, Wells, Roberts, Walker, Whittington, Abbot, Sarjant, R. Ledger and Seymour will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #248 9s. 6d. (22.9.0; 1.3.6; tickets: 224.17.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Ballet: End IV: The Humours of New-Market. As17800518

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Coronation Anthem, God Save The King

Afterpiece Title: The Messiah

Performance Comment: Principal Vocal Performers-Harrison, Pearson (Principal Alto at the Concert of Ancient Music), Griffiths, Champness, Sale (Principal Basses at the Concert of Ancient Music), Miss Cantelo, Sga Storace; Among the Instrumental Performers-Richards (Leader of the Band), Ashley, Ashley's Sons, Sperati, Patria, Sarjant, Gariboldi, Boyce, Knyvett (Organ).

Music: End Part I Oratorio: concerto on the violin [by Viotti (World, 28 Feb.)]-Mme Gautherot (from Paris; 2nd public performance in this Kingdom)

Event Comment: Among the Instrumental Performers are G. Ashley (leader of the Band), Sperati, Sarjant, Patria, Reinagle, C. Ashley, Boyce, Mahon, Mountain, Holmes, Lyon, Schram, Kaye, the Leanders, &c. Double Drums by J. Ashley. The Organ on Fridays by Knyvett, and on Wednesdays by Greatorex. The whole conducted by Harrison and Ashley. The Band will consist of 150 Performers. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Brandon, at the Stage Door. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. No Money to be returned. Places may be taken in the Theatrical Orchestra at 5s. each [i.e. at the oratorios the instrumentalists sat on the stage]. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same throughout oratorio season]. Books of the Performances, with the names of the performers to their respective songs, to be had at the Theatre. And to prevent imposition in the Streets, the Managers have directed that they should be sold in the Theatre, at 6d. each

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah, Preceded By god Save The King(coronation Anthems)

Music: End II: a concerto on the violin-Mme Gautherot (from Paris)

Event Comment: Among the Instrumental Performers are Messrs Ashley and Sons, Patria, Sarjant, Billington, Mahon, Boyce, Mountain, J. Mahon, the Leanders, Ware, Kaye, Rawlings, Sharp, Lyon, &c. &c. &c. Double Drums by J. Ashley. The Whole under the Direction of Harrison and Ashley. No Money to be returned. Places for the Boxes to be had of Brandon at the Theatre. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same throughout oratorio season]. Books of the Performances, with the Names of the Performers to their respective Songs, to be had at the Theatre, Price Six-pence. And to prevent imposition in the Streets, the Manager's Books are printed with the following Words at the bottom of each Title Page: "Printed by H. Macleish, Duke's-Court, Drury-Lane.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection 0 Of Sacred Music, From The Works Of Handel

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3

Event Comment: Among the Instrumental Performers are C. Ashley, Patria, Sarjant, Mahon, Boyce, Mountain, Lavenu, Simpson, Gwilliam, Purney, Munro, Leander, Kaye, Sharp, Wood, &c. &c. Double Drums, Bass Trumpets, &c. The whole under the Direction of Ashley. Boxes 6s. Pit 3s. 6d. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. No Money to be returned. Places to be had of Brandon at the Box-Office in Hart-Street. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same throughout oratorio season]. Books of the Performance, 6d. each, may be had at the Theatre. The Director's Books have these words at the bottom of each Title Page: "Printed by H. Macleish, Recorder Office, Duke's-court, Drury-lane.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selection 0

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 1

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 2

Afterpiece Title: Grand Selection 3