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Event Comment: Benefit the Author [Nicholas Rowe]. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [Announced as the last new farce, it had been originally scheduled for the week of 6-11 Nov. (Diverting Post, 4 Nov.), but postponed. It probably was acted before 25 Nov., for the Diverting Post of that date published the Prologue.] Thomas Davies: Did not the tragic Rowe write The Biter, a comedy; and was he not the only person of the audience that laughed during the acting of it [Dramatic Miscellanies, I, 94]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Biter

Performance Comment: Edition of 1705 lists: Sir Timothy Tallapoy-Betterton; Pinch-Pack; Clerimont-Verbruggen; Friendly-Booth; Scribblescrabble-Leigh; Bandileer-Knap; Trick-Fieldhouse; Grumble-Trout; Bohee-Freeman; Lady Stale-Mrs Leigh; Mariana-Mrs Bracegirdle; Angelica-Mrs Mountfort; Mrs Clever-Mrs Barry; Mrs Scribblescrabble-Mrs Lawson; Prologue-Betterton; Epilogue-Mrs Bracegirdle.
Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Mountfort
Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Event Comment: Benefit Smith and Isaac. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters

Event Comment: Benefit Mlle delaVal. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Dance: As17050109

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Cross. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secret Love

Related Works
Related Work: The Virgin Queen; or, The Captive Princess Author(s): Richard Barford

Song: Tell Me Why My Charming Fair, composed by Henry Purcell-Mrs Cross, Leveridge

Dance: Mrs Cross, duRuel, Cherrier

Event Comment: Benefit Corbett. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At 8 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music entirely New-the best Voices, best Masters

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Dance: As17041014

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. With an Addition of a new Scene. [By Susanna Centlivre. Date of premiere unknown. Flying Post, 22 Feb., refers to this performance as the twelfth.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Event Comment: Benefit Wilks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Song: Leveridge, the New Boy

Music: As17041127

Dance: As17041014

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs duRuel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Related Works
Related Work: Greenwich Park Author(s): William Mountfort

Song: As17050215

Dance: The Heroineby duRuel-duRuel [but see17050224] [and performed by him, Mrs duRuel

Event Comment: Benefit Pack and Mrs Bradshaw

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Agreeable Disappointment Or Loves Betrayd

Dance: Mrs Elford, Firbank, others

Song: Mrs Hodgson

Event Comment: Benefit Betterton. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Dance: As17050109Mlle delaVal, Mrs Elford

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs del'Epine. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secret Love

Related Works
Related Work: The Virgin Queen; or, The Captive Princess Author(s): Richard Barford

Dance: As17050303

Song: As17050104

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barry. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian King Of Portugal

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Dance: Mlle delaVal, Mrs Elford, both of l'Abbe's scholars

Event Comment: Benefit Estcourt. Not Acted there these Six Years. Written by Sir George Etheridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud If She Coud

Song: As17050226

Dance: As17050303

Event Comment: Benefit Dupree. At 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters

Event Comment: Benefit Cave Underhill. Mainpiece: Not Acted these Five Years. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. It being the last time of Acting at this House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Virtuoso

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Dance: Mlle delaVal, Mrs Elford, Firbank, others

Event Comment: Benefit Signora Celotti. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-; the vocal part-Signora Juliana Celotti; the instrumental part-twenty of the most eminent masters in London

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Quacks

Song: Leveridge, Hughs, Mrs Lyndsey, the new Boy

Music: Instrumental Music-Paisible, Banister, Lully, others

Dance: As17050303

Event Comment: Benefit the Composer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe Queen Of Cyprus

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. With the proper Scenes belonging to the Music. It being the last time of Acting till after May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion

Song: As17050410 particularly the Frost Music in Act IV of King Arthur, composed by Henry Purcell-

Dance: As17050303

Event Comment: Benefit Griffin. Written by the famous Ben. Johnson. At 5:30 p.m. No Money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Song: Purcell's Genius of England-Leveridge; A dialogue from King Arthur-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey; also the new Boy

Dance: As17050518

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Cross. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Evenings Love

Song: Henry Purcell's Eunuch's Dialogue-Mrs Cross, the new Boy; Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs Moss; A new dance-Mrs Cross, others

Event Comment: Benefit Wilks. Not acted these Twenty Years. [A revision by Henry Norris of the Beaumont and Fletcher Beggar's Bush.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant Or Beggars Bush

Performance Comment: Merchant-Wilks; The edition of ca. 1706 lists also: Woolfort-Williams; Gerrard-Keen; Hubert-Mills; Hemskirk-Bickerstaff; Vandunck-Bullock; Merchants-Carnaby, Phillips, Kent, Toms; Higgen-Estcourt; Prig-Norris; Snap-Kent; Ferret-Fairbank; Ginks-Tom. Wright; Boors-Sherman, Harris, Cross; Jaculine-Mrs Cox; Bertha-Mrs Rogers; Epilogue-Pinkeman mounted on an ass; a long wig on the ass's head. a long wig on the ass's head.
Cast
Role: Woolfort Actor: Williams

Song: As17050428

Dance: As17041124

Event Comment: Benefit Estcourt

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Solomon Single Or The Cautious Coxcomb

Performance Comment: Betty-Mrs Mountfort; and an Epilogue-Mrs Mountfort upon her first appearance on this Stage.

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