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Event Comment: [L+Letter from Henry Woodward, Comedian, The Meanest of all Characters To Dr John Hill, Inspector-General of Great Britain, the greatest of all characters completely damns Hill as unsuccessful player, apothecary, doctor, scholar, writer, and gentleman. It ran to three editions in the year.] We hear great interest is being made to succeed Mr Serjeant Shore, deceased, as Serjeant Trumpet to his Majesty, which is in the gift of his Grace the Duke of Grafton as Lord Chamberlain; and that the contest lies chiefly between that excellent performer, Mr. Valentine Snow, Trumpet to the First Troop of Horseguards; Mr. Debourg, the violin; and Mr Beard, of the theatre Royal in Drury Lane (Public Advertiser). Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: AA Dutch Dance, as17521125

Event Comment: At Bridges, Cross, Burton and Vaughan's Great Theatrical Booth in the George Inn Yard, will be presented an Historical Drama never acted before call'd The Northern Heroes; or, The Bloody Contest between Charles XII, King of Sweden, and Peter the Great, Czar of Muscovy, with the Loves of Count Gillensternia, a Swedish General and the Fair Elimira, a Russian Princess, Containing the most remarkable Events of that Time; and concluding with the Memorable Battle of Pultowav, and Charles's Retreat into the Turkish Dominionv. Interspers'd with a Comic Interlude (never perform'd before) called The Volunteers; or, the Adventures of Roderick Random and his Friend Strap. Also the Comical Humours and Amours of Corporal Garbage and Serjeant Slim, with Mrs Vanspriggen the Swedish Sutler's Widow; the merry Pranks of her foolish son Janny, and several other diverting incidents. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. To begin each Day at Twelve o'clock. [This notice repeated during "the short Time of the Fair." Notice repeated 24, 26, 27 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Heros

Afterpiece Title: The Volunteers; or, The Adventures of Roderick Random and his Friend Strap

Dance: Mr Shawford, Mrs Shawford, Master Cross, Mrs Vaughan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mr Anthony

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mr Turbulent; Or, The Melanchollicks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Mr Abell; having had the Honour lately, to Sing to the Nobility and Gentry of Richmond and the Neighbouring Towns, thinks himself bound in Gratitude...to return his most Humble Thanks with a Performance of New Musick, in English, Latin, Italian, French-Mr Abell; &c....being Honour'd and Accompany'd-the Greatest Masters of Europe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Britain's Happiness

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers, Devonshire Girl

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mad Tom Of Bedlam; Or, The Distress'd Lovers: With The Comical Humours Of squire Numscul

Song: Mr Corse, age 12

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Sandham; Drunken Man-Wilcox; (On 8 Aug. and there after:) Mad Dance, Pierrot-Le Sieur Labisle, from France

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: I: A New Dance call'd The Hunters-Mas. Clinton, Miss Street, Miss Ford; II: The Faggot Binders-Aldridge, Miss Baker; End Opera: A Dance-Grimaldi, Lauchery, Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: I: The Sheep Shearers, as17640308 II: The Shepherdesses, as17640113; End Opera: Dance, as17640301

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: La Guinquette; or, Harlequin Turned Tapster

Dance: An Entertainment of Mimick Dancing, call'd, La Caprice-Harlequin (in Imitation of Mlle Provost, the Famous Dancer in the Opera at Paris)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Connoisseur; Or, Every Man In His Folly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: I: The Hunters, as17640224; The Faggot Binders, as17640224; End Opera: A Dance, as17640224

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Dance: II: The Faggot Binders, as17640224; End Opera: A Dance, as17640224

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Shepherd

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: I: The Sheep Shearers-Lauchery, Miss Baker; II: The Faggot Binders, as17640224; End Opera: A Dance, as17640319

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Mr Barry Sick Mr Havard did ye part with no name in the Bills (Cross). As17480314 but Jane Shore-Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: A Will and No Will

Dance: II: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; III: Comic Dance, as17480314 III: Dutch Dance, as17471128

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Shore-Havard; Gloster-Davies; Alicia-Mrs Cibber; Jane Shore-Mrs Yates; Darby-Scrase; Ratcliffe-Packer; Catesby-Mozeen; Bellmour-Blakes; Hastings-Garrick.
Cast
Role: Shore Actor: Havard
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Yates

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Almida

Afterpiece Title: Wit's Last Stake

Monologue: Interlude After: Musical The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Bannister; Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Dorman; Wife-Mrs Wrighten

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Dorman; Wife-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: Dance-Daigville's Scholars

Monologue: 1773 5 13 The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Bannister (with song, O What a Charming Thing's a Battle); Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Love; Wife-Mrs Wrighten

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister (with song, O What a Charming Thing's a Battle); Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Love; Wife-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; Countryman-Davies; Wife-Mrs Love; Mother-Mrs Hitchcock. These two parts are here transposed; correctly: Mother-Mrs Love; Wife-Mrs Hitchcock= [, as in all subsequent playbills.], as in all subsequent playbills.]
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Dance: Afterpiece: with a Dance [incident to the Piece-. [This was danced in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dissipation

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; Recruit-Suett; Old Woman-Mrs Love; Wife-Mrs Wrighten .
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Dance: In afterpiece a Postilion Dance incident to the piece; to conclude with a Country Dance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; Countryman-Wood; Old Woman-Mrs Love; Wife-Miss Morris .
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: The Dead Alive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Wood; Countryman-Davies (of CG); Old Woman-Mrs Love; Wife-Miss Morris .
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Wood

Afterpiece Title: The Receipt Tax

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece a favorite song by Miss George. vaudeville. In 2nd piece The Manual Exercise, with the Officer's Salute, &c, by Mrs Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant (with O what a charming thing's a Battle)-Sedgwick; Countryman-Suett; Mother-Mrs Edwards; Wife-Miss Romanzini.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Sedgwick

Afterpiece Title: Love for Love

Cast
Role: Serjeant Circuit Actor: Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Song: End II 2nd piece: Wake Sons of Odin (composed by Stevens)-Sedgwick

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Performance Comment: Serjeant-Bannister; with Oh, what a charming Thing's a Battle!-Bannister; Countryman-Blanchard; Mother-Mrs Davenett; Wife-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Actor: Bannister

Afterpiece Title: Rose and Colin

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: A Dissertation on Macaronyism-Bernard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Mr Ballance-Packer; Scale-Fawcett; Scruple-Maddocks; Mr Worthy-read byWhitfield; Captain Plume-Wroughton; Captain Brazen-Dodd; Serjeant Kite (1st time; with O! what a charming thing's a battle)-Caulfield; Bullock-Moody; Coster Pearmain-Hollingsworth; Tho. Appletree-Burton; Welch Collier-Suett; Constable-Banks; Sylvia (with a song)-Mrs Jordan; Melinda-Miss Heard (1st appearance in that character); Lucy-Miss Tidswell; Rose-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Serjeant Kite Actor: Caulfield

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners