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926
27 November 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Performance Comment: Capt. Clerimont-Ryan; Clerimont Sen-Hale; Biddy-Mrs Horton; Tipkin-Hippisley; Sir Harry-Mullart; Numps-James; Pounce-Rosco; Fainlove-Mrs Kilby; Aunt-Mrs James; Jenny-Miss Short; Mrs Clerimont-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Short

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

927
08 January 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17420105, but Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Mrs Lampe; Jupiter-Rebour; Mercury-Reinhold; 2nd Sylvan-Mrs Wright; 3rd Sylvan-Mrs LeBrun; 4th Sylvan-Mrs Moudet; 5th Sylvan-Mlle LeFont; Demons-Villeneuve, Richardson, Delagarde; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mlle Fabres; Country Lads, Lasses-Dupre, Lestrande, Davenport, Mlle Maudet, Mlle Renos, Miss Short; Gardeners-Davenport, Destrade; Elements Earth-Richardson, Mrs Wright; Aior-Villeneuve, Mlle Fabres; Fire-Mlle Auguste [alone]; Water-Picq, Mlle Bonneval.
Cast
Role: Lasses Actor: Dupre, Lestrande, Davenport, Mlle Maudet, Mlle Renos, Miss Short

928
30 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Ryan; Aimwell-Hale; Gibbet-Chapman; Sullen-Bridgwater; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Horton; Sir Charles Freeman-Gibson; Boniface-Marten; Foigard-Rosco; Dorinda-Mrs Bellamy; Cherry-Mrs Vincent; Lady Bountiful-Mrs James; Gipsy-Miss Short; Countrywoman-Mrs Martin; Scrub-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Gipsy Actor: Miss Short

Dance: LLes Boufons du Cour, as17421120; La Villageoise, as17421006; Les Jardiniers Suedois, as17421123

929
21 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; with the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Miss Hillyard; Jupiter-Roberts; Mercury-Reinhold; A Sylvan-Mlle Domitilla; 2nd Sylvan-Mrs Delagarde; 3rd Sylvan-Miss Hillyard; 4th Sylvan-Mrs Villeneuve; 5th Sylvan-Mrs LeFont; Follower of Ceres-Mlle Auguste; Demons-Villeneuve, Dumont, Delagarde, Dupre; Harlequin-Woodward; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Old Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Country Lads and Lasses-Dupre, Delagarde, Destrade, Miss Dodson, Mlle Maudet, Miss Short; Gardeners-Dumont, Destrade; Earth-Destrade, Mrs LeBrun; Air-Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; Fire-Dumont, Mlle Auguste; Water-Picq, Mlle Domitilla.
Cast
Role: Country Lads and Lasses Actor: Dupre, Delagarde, Destrade, Miss Dodson, Mlle Maudet, Miss Short

930
28 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17421221, but Demons-Richardson, _Dupre; Country Lads and Lasses-Mrs +Fawkes, Miss _Short; Earth-Richardson.
Cast
Role: Country Lads and Lasses Actor: Mrs +Fawkes, Miss _Short

931
07 September 1748 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: At Bridges, Cross, Burton, and Vaughan's Great Theatrical Booth on the Bowling Green, Southwark, (with a company from the theatres) during the short time of the Fair will be presented an Historical Drama (lately acted in Bartholemew Fair with universal applause) the Northern Heroes with the Loves of Count Gillensternia, a Swedish General, and the fair Ellimira a Russian Princess, containing the most remarkable events of that time; and concluding with the memorable battle of Putlowav, and Charles's retreat into the Turkish dominionsv. Interspersed with a comic interlude, The Volunteers. 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. As the Fair will be of so short continuance, we shall begin very early each day (General Advertiser). [See 24 Aug. 1748, bf]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Northern Heroes; Or, The Bloody Contest Between Charles The Twelfth, King Of Sweden, And Peter The Great, Czar Of Muscovy

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

Dance: Particularly a Hornpipe-

932
11 February 1752 @ Castle Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Woman's Oratory

Performance Comment: See17520204, but short bill when the Jews Harp-; Salt@Box-; Performances of Sig Bombasto-_; Sig Bamboozino-_. will be introduced.
Cast
Role: short bill when the Jews Harp Actor:

933
22 March 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: As17570314 but Prologue-_. Short cast only. Apprentice and Wingate.
Cast
Role: Prologue Actor: _. Short cast only. Apprentice and Wingate.

Dance: A Grand Masquerade Dance-; in which Minuet-Miss Pritchard (by Desire)

934
05 February 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Edgar and Emmeline

Performance Comment: As17610131, but short bill listing only Edgar-O'brien; Florimond-King; Emmeline-Mrs Yates; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: short bill listing only Edgar Actor: O'brien

935
22 April 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: As17601013, but short bill Marplot-Shuter; Sir George-Smith; Miranda-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: short bill Marplot Actor: Shuter

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: LLa Petite Bergere-Lalauze's Daughter, a child between 7 and 8 years of age; a Serious Dance(for 1st time)-Lalauze's Daughter; also by desire a Ball-Dance call'd The Louvre and Minuet-Lalauze, Lalauze's Daughter; After: (this night only) A Day of Taste-Shuteras17600320

936
08 May 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: High Life Below Stairs

Performance Comment: As17600930, but short bill only listing Tom-Watkins.
Cast
Role: short bill only listing Tom Actor: Watkins.

Song: The Mimic Comic Opera Song-Mrs Clive By Particular Desire, and for the last time this season

937
13 February 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17650920, but short bill listing Buck-Woodward; Sir John Buck-Gibson; Lucinda-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: short bill listing Buck Actor: Woodward

Dance: II: Rural Love, as17651115

938
27 August 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Major Sturgeon-Foote. Short bill, see17670617 .
Cast
Role: Major Sturgeon Actor: Foote. Short bill, see17670617 .

Dance: Miss Froment

939
31 August 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Performance Comment: School@Boy-Weston; Rakish-Shuter. Short bill, see17670807 .
Cast
Role: Rakish Actor: Shuter. Short bill, see17670807 .

Dance: End: Miss Froment

940
10 September 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Performance Comment: Trappolin-Shuter. Short bill. See17670722 .
Cast
Role: Trappolin Actor: Shuter. Short bill. See17670722 .

Dance: End: Miss Froment

941
19 January 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Performance Comment: As17740117 but to avoid confusion the cast is reconstituted as follows:, but Parts-Vernon, Bannister, Hurst, W. Palmer, Wright, Mas. Blanchard, Wheeler, Kear, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Hunt, Miss Platt, Weston, Dimond, Ackman, Burton, Fawcett, Wrighten, Blanchard, Scott, Courtney, Mrs Davies, Mrs Smith. "Parsons continuing ill Burton has undertaken his part at short notice and humbly hopes for the indulgence of the public."
Cast
Role: Parts Actor: Vernon, Bannister, Hurst, W. Palmer, Wright, Mas. Blanchard, Wheeler, Kear, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Hunt, Miss Platt, Weston, Dimond, Ackman, Burton, Fawcett, Wrighten, Blanchard, Scott, Courtney, Mrs Davies, Mrs Smith. "Parsons continuing ill Burton has undertaken his part at short notice and humbly hopes for the indulgence of the public."

Afterpiece Title: Neck or Nothing

942
12 March 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Performance Comment: As17740224, but Short bill listing only Harlequin-Lewes; Sylph-Miss Brown; Colombine-Miss Twist.
Cast
Role: Short bill listing only Harlequin Actor: Lewes

943
15 June 1792 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Poor Old Hay-market; Or, Two Sides Of The Gutter

Performance Comment: !! Characters by R. Palmer, Cubitt, Wrighten, Wewitzer, Bannister Jun., Parsons, Evatt, Wilson, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Powell, Mrs Gaudry, Miss Hale, Mrs Webb. Cast from European Magazine, June 1792, p. 474: Scene Carpenters-R. Palmer, Cubitt; Prompter-Wrighten; Project-Bannister Jun.; Parsons-Parsons; Mrs Edwin-Mrs Edwin; Mrs Powell-Mrs Powell; Mrs Gaudry-Mrs Gaudry; Miss Hale-Miss Hale; Mrs Webb-Mrs Webb (these last 6 in their own persons); unassigned-Wewitzer, Evatt, Wilson; Other parts listed in Larpent MS: Messenger-; Man in the Pit-; Short Lady-; Actresses-.
Cast
Role: Short Lady Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

944
09 April 1798 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Raft

Afterpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Return

Performance Comment: Principal Pantomime Characters. Harlequin-Bologna Jun.; Sammy Scrip-Simmons; Outre (his Man)-Bologna; Father to Columbine-Hawtin; Clown (his Man)-Follett; The other Pantomime Characters-Goostree Jun., Parsloe, Coombs, Noble; Columbine-Mlle St.Amand; Principal Vocal Characters. Jack Junk-Townsend; Fisherman-Linton; Harlequin's Father-Street; Mimic-Rees; Lawyers-Gray, Abbot, Blurton, Wilde; Country Boy-Miss Sims; Potter's Girl-Mrs Clendining; Milk@maid-Miss Wheatley; Harlequin's Mother-Mrs Henley; Lapland Witch-Mrs Iliff; Other Vocal Characters-Ms Castelle, Ms Watts, Ms Follett, Ms Norton, Ms Lloyd, Ms Burnett, Ms G. Walcup, Ms Bologna, Ms Gray; Sylph-Mrs Martyr; The Pantomime commences with a Sea View-the Father and Mother of Harlequin enter from their Hut and meeting their Friend, a Fisherman, according to Evening custom, deplore the absence of their Son, whom they conceive lost at Sea-a small Bark is discernable at a distance, which enlarging as it approaches, and making towards them, gives them hopes, which are realized by their Son's landing in the habit of a Sailor; but are dreadfully disappointed on finding that, being wrecked on the Coast of Lapland, a Witch of that Country, for his wishing to re-visit England, had struck him dumb; but to make amends bestowed on him an Enchanted Sword, which has the various qualities of becoming Sable when Danger is near, and being waved in different Directions produces the effect of making Dance, Laugh or Sleep those living objects it is employed upon-Escaped from the Witch, he has to contend with her Power-the Genius attendant on the Talismanic Influence of his Sword rises, promises assistance, and transforming him to the motley Hero, brings to his View his beloved Columbine-from hence the Harlequinade takes place, followed up by a variety of Changes, Tricks, Metamorphoses. A Short Description of the Scenery, Machinery.: Sea View. +Oft have our footsteps-Linton, Street, Mrs Henley; The wind blew fresh and fair-Townsend; Inside of Fisherman's Cottage, change to Corn-field. Brave offspring of Ocean-Mrs Martyr; Country Publicans. A Prize in the Lottery and its consequence. Outside of Town Hall. Behold natty Sammy-Simmons, Bologna; Changes to Inside of Ditto. Rustic rejoicings-Harlequin in armour, and Columbine's escape. Rural View. In the spring when the meadows-Miss Sims, Miss Wheatley; Milk pail change to Milk-maids, Garland, and Jack in the Green. Artist's Chamber. You take off good likenesses-Rees; in which a Variety of New Imitations-Rees; Fashionable Rout change to Billingsgate. Catch-Linton, Street, Gray, Abbot, Blurton, Wilde, Dyke, Curties, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Leserve, Mrs Bologna; Garden of Love. Chamber. Harlequin and Columbine in jeopardy-make their Pursuers dance to some tune. Landscape leading to the Pottery. Come buy my earthenware-Mrs Clendining; Inside View of the Pottery, change to Subterraneous Cavern. Rash stripling-Mrs Iliff; Bottle changes to Tarantula-the effects of its bite upon Harlequin, cured by Music. By sweet Music's powerful Note-Mrs Martyr; Cavern of Necromancy. With the entrance to the Fiery Gulph, where the Witch consults her Familiar, guarded by an immense Dragon, whose power is counteracted by that of the Sylph, who after singing the following air, Hither haste the young and gay-Mrs Martyr changes the Scene to The Bower of Constancy; The Lovers are united by their Parents, and the Piece concludes with an appropriate Finale-.
Cast
Role: Laugh or Sleep those living objects it is employed Actor: Escaped from the Witch, he has to contend with her Power-the Genius attendant on the Talismanic Influence of his Sword rises, promises assistance, and transforming him to the motley Hero, brings to his View his beloved Columbine-from hence the Harlequinade takes place, followed up by a variety of Changes, Tricks, Metamorphoses. A Short Description of the Scenery, Machinery.: Sea View. +Oft have our footsteps-Linton, Street, Mrs Henley
Role: he has to contend with her Power Actor: the Genius attendant on the Talismanic Influence of his Sword rises, promises assistance, and transforming him to the motley Hero, brings to his View his beloved Columbine-from hence the Harlequinade takes place, followed up by a variety of Changes, Tricks, Metamorphoses. A Short Description of the Scenery, Machinery.: Sea View. +Oft have our footsteps-Linton, Street, Mrs Henley
Role: brings to his View his beloved Columbine Actor: from hence the Harlequinade takes place, followed up by a variety of Changes, Tricks, Metamorphoses. A Short Description of the Scenery, Machinery.: Sea View. +Oft have our footsteps-Linton, Street, Mrs Henley

945
13 September 1660 @ no theater listed

Event Comment: The death of the Duke of Gloucester on this day apparently closed the theatres for a short time. Andrew Newport, writing on 15 Sept. 1660 to Sir Richard Leveson, stated: The court is in deep mourning and will continue so for 6 weeks (Sutherland MSS., HMC, 5th Report, Appendix, 1876, p. 156), but it is not until 27 Sept. 1660 that Rugg reported: playes are for present forbiden because of the death of the Duke of Gloucester (BM Add. Mss. 10116, folio 90v). The theatres may have opened on Monday 8 Oct. 1660; certainly they were acting by 11 Oct. 1660

Performances

946
18 November 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Theatre to see Philaster, which I never saw before, but I found it far short of my expectations. [An undated edition, the Sixth Impression, was published, probably, in this year, with no cast, no prologue, no epilogue.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

947
03 March 1662 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Event Comment: The King's Company. See Herbert, Dramatic Records, p. 118. BM Add. Mss. 34217, in Hotson, p. 246: @O' th' contrary Salendina for witt@Most say did come far short of it@And though I confesse there was some fault there@Yett this I'll say in defense of the Author@A good Plott though ill writt lookes more like a Play@Then all your fine lines when the plott is away.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zelindra

948
10 September 1664 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This apparently was not the first performance, but the time of premiere is not known. Pepys, Diary: My wife and I and Mercer to the Duke's house, and there saw The Rivalls, which is no excellent play, but good acting in it; especially Gosnell comes and sings and dances finely, but, for all that, fell out of the key, so that the musique could not play to her afterwards, and so did Harris also go out of the tune to agree with her. Downes (p. 23): The Rivals, A Play, Wrote by Sir William Davenant; having a very Fine Interlude in it, of Vocal and Instrumental Musick, mixt with very Diverting Dances: M Price introducing the Dancing, by a short Comical Prologue, gain'd him an Universal Applause of the Town....And all the Womens Parts admirably Acted; chiefly Celia, a Shepherdess being Mad for Love; especially in Singing several Wild and Mad Songs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

949
21 March 1667 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Pepys, Diary: I alone out and to the Duke of York's play-house, where unexpectedly I come to see only the young men and women of the house act; they having liberty to act for their own profit on Wednesdays and Fridays this Lent; and the play they did yesterday, being Wednesday, was so well-taken, that they thought fit to venture it publickly to-day; a play of my Lord Falkland's called The Wedding Night, a kind of tragedy, and some things very good in it, but the whole together, I thought, not so. I confess I was well enough pleased with my seeing it: and the people did do better, without the great actors, than I did expect, but yet far short of what they do when they are there, which I was glad to find the difference of

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Marriage Night

950
23 October 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the King's playhouse, and there saw The Black Prince again: which is now mightily bettered by that long letter being printed, and so delivered to every body at their going in, and some short reference made to it in heart in the play, which do mighty well; but, when all is done, I think it is the worst play of my Lord Orrery's. But here, to my great satisfaction, I did see my Lord Hinchingbroke and his mistress, with her father and mother; and I am mightily pleased with the young lady, being handsome enough--and, indeed, to my great liking, as I would have her. I could not but look upon them all the play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Black Prince