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Event Comment: Benefit Bridges, Blakes, Cross (Prompter). Mainpiece alter'd from Beaumont and Fletcher, not acted these 30 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage Or The Commonwealth Of Women

Afterpiece Title: The Vintner Trickd

Song: I: Scotch Dialogue, as17460310 III: Cantata-Lowe

Dance: II: Italian Peasants, as17460206; IV: Swiss Dance, as17460416

Event Comment: Benefit Johnson. Mainpiece: Written by Ben Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: PPeasant-Cooke; Les Allemandes-Cooke, Signora Campioni

Song: SSong of Diana, as17460313

Event Comment: Benefit Anderson, Dupre, Mrs Bland. Tickets delivered out for Goodall, Mrs Daniel, Miss Morrison will be taken. Mainpiece not acted these 5 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses Or The Custom Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Song: WWe're Gaily yet-Beard

Dance: Sodi

Event Comment: Benefit Hale and Rosco. Mainpiece not acted these 40 years. Afterpiece By Particular Desire. A farce never acted there before. Tickets that could not be admitted last night will be taken on Friday next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Liberty Asserted Or French Perfidy Displayed

Performance Comment: Beaufort-Ryan; Ulamar-Hale; Miramont-Cashell; Frotenac-Johnson; Zaphario-Gibson; Arimat-Ridout; Irene-Mrs Hale; Okyma-Mrs Vincent; Sakia-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Beaufort Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: A Plot or no Plot or Jacobite Credulity

Dance: PPeasant-Cooke; Les Allemandes, as17460421

Event Comment: Benefit Gluck, composer of the operas at the King's Opera House in the Haymarket. Pit and Boxes together Half a guinea, Gallery 5s. 6:30 p.m. Tickets at Prince of Orange Coffee House in Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert

Event Comment: Benefit Desse and Liviez. Mainpiece: At the Particular Desire of Several Persons of Quality. Tickets deliver'd by Fowlis will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: II: Italian Peasants, as17460206; IV: Swiss Dance, as17460416 V: Minuet, Louvre-Desse, Miss Hilliard

Event Comment: Benefit Picq, Bibby and Mrs Mann, Brownlow St., Long Ave

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Cast
Role: Welford Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

Performance Comment: Harlequin's Wife-Mrs Mann; Harlequin-Yates; Swiss-Blakes; Pierot-Leviez; Harlequin's Child-Miss Yates; Harlico-Collins; Goddess Hecate-Miss Edwards; Spright-Bibby; Shepherds, Shepherdesses-Desse, Shawford, Mrs Pritchard, Picq.

Song: Bibby

Dance: Picq, Miss Hilliard

Event Comment: Benefit James, Lodgings opposite Three Canisters in Little Wild St.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: TThe Drunken Tyrolese-Sodi

Event Comment: Benefit Marten and White. Mainpiece never acted there before. [See 7 July 1738. Care will be taken to prevent tickets illegitmately sold from being admitted.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Song: WWe're Gaily yet-Beard

Dance: LLes Allemandes, as17460421

Event Comment: Benefit Dunstall, Vaughan, Stede, Laguerre. Tickets delivered out for Paddick, Messing, and Miss Faulkner will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Song: CCome let us Trip by Handel-Miss Faulkner

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi

Event Comment: Benefit Delagarde, Thompson, Burton. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs LeBrun, Miss Allen, &c will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ladys Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi; being last time of his performing. Also dancing-Cooke, Sga Campioni=

Event Comment: Benefit Stoppelaer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

Event Comment: Benefit Lawrence, Gardiner, Powell [Boxkeepers]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Woolfort Actor: Rosco

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Event Comment: Benefit Vaughan and Evans [Boxkeepers] and Gwynn[Pit doorkeeper]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Event Comment: Benefit Mason and Cooper [Box Keepers], Page [Housekeeper]. Tickets deliver'd out by Verhuycke, Emmet, Palmer, and Bianchini will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: What Dye Call It

Event Comment: Benefit Shawford, Peacopp [Housekeeper], Currier, Fryar. Tickets deliver'd for the Beggar's Opera will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: V: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Event Comment: Benefit Driscoll, Banks, Trott. Tickets deliver'd out by Sadler, Garney, Mrs Tubman and others will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit Oates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: I: Lowe

Dance: IV: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Music: A Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Joseph Woodbridge; concluding with: Handel's Water Music-

Event Comment: Benefit Hobson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: I: Lowe; IV: O Peace out of Alfred -Mrs Clive

Dance: III: Muilment; V: Swiss Dance, as17460416

Event Comment: Benefit Barrisford, Plummer, Maccula, Neale [Boxkeepers]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Tragedy of Tragedies or Tom Thumb

Event Comment: Benefit Yates and Walker [Numberers]; Goodwin, Scullough, Lathbury, George

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: I: Lowe

Dance: The Mechels

Event Comment: Benefit I. Sparks. Tickets deliver'd out by Lloyd, Mason, Caustin, &c will be taken, and tickets deliver'd out by Brooks, Bride, Mrs Barclay, Mrs Fenn, and others for the Country Wife for Thursday last will be taken this night. Being the last time of the Company's performing this season. [The advance notice of this night had included the Musical Entertainment of Neptune and Amphitrite (compos'd by Arne), but this is omitted from the notice of the day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Song: CCantata-Lowe

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hussey. Shepherd's Market near Piccadilly. A Concert, etc. Boxes 2s. Pit or Gallery 1s. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Flora or Hob in the Well

Event Comment: Benefit Phillips, former Harlequin to the Old House, now a Prisoner. [Theatrical Clippings, Folger Library. Performance not named, but bill says This Day.

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit Perry. A Concert, etc. [repeated in all notices of this theatre.] Prices 3s., 2s., 1s. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield