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Event Comment: Benefit for Mortimer, Tomlinson, Carleton Sen., Woollams & Bayne. Tickets delivered by Devoto, Page, Finney and Barthrope will be taken. [Afterpiece in place of Who's the Dupe?, announced on playbill of 22 May.] Receipts: #24 13s. 6d. (19.1.0; 5.2.6; 0.10.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv

Cast
Role: Sir Richard Vernon Actor: Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Lubin Actor: Vernon
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

Event Comment: Benefit for Wood, Percey, Shade & Cameron. Tickets delivered by Gardner, Gibson, Morris and Leslie will be taken. Receipts: #15 6s. 6d. (12.19.0; 2.7.6; 0.0.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: End: Dance, as17791122; II afterpiece: Mock Minuet, as17791208

Event Comment: Benefit for Brereton, Longley, Colley & Robson, pit-door keeper. Tickets delivered by Stephenson, Robinson, Varley, W. Ansell, Smallwood and Shuter will be admitted this Evening. [This was Mrs Green's last appearance on the stage.] Receipts: #207 3s. 6d. (17.17.6; 1.9.0; tickets: 187.17.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Dance: As17800414

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Crawford. [The playbill assigns Roderigo to Lamash, but Barrett was "the substitute for Lamash, who was suddenly indisposed" (Morning Chronicle, 26 July).] Tickets to be had of Mrs Crawford at her house in Salisbury-street, Strand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello (for that night)-Crawford (1st appearance in that character); Cassio-Palmer; Roderigo-Barrett; Brabantio-Aickin; Duke-Usher; Lodovico-Egan; Montano-Davis; Iago-Bensley; Emilia-Miss Sherry; Desdemona (for that night)-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Crawford
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Crawford.

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: Whittle-Wewitzer; Kecksey-Blissett; Bates-Usher; Nephew-R. Palmer; Thomas-Barrett; Sir Patrick O'Neale-Egan; Widow Brady (for that night)-Mrs Crawford.
Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Mrs Crawford.

Dance: End I afterpiece: As17800615

Event Comment: Benefit for Du-Bellamy. Mainpiece: In Act I the Statute Scenev. Tickets to be had of Du-Bellamy, next door to the Theatre Coffee-House, Bow-street, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: End II: As17800615 I: Country Dance-the Characters

Song: End: Kate of Aberdeen-Du-Bellamy; I afterpiece: The Death of the Stag-Du-Bellamy, Bannister

Event Comment: Benefit for the New General Lying-In Hospital, Store-street, Tottenham-Court-Road

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Entertainment: End: (for that night only) a Variety of Imitations-G. Saville Carey

Event Comment: Benefit for Wilson. Tickets to be had of Wilson, Suffolk-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Son in law

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Webb. Tickets to be had of Mrs Webb at her house, No. 15, Bedford-Street, Covent-Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performance Comment: Henry (the Deserter)-Wood; Russet-Bannister; Simkin-A Gentleman (for that night only; 1st appearance on this stage [unidentified]); Flint-Stevens; Skirmish-Edwin (1st appearance in that character); Jenny-Mrs Hitchcock; Margaret-Mrs Love; Louisa-Mrs Cargill (1st appearance in that character).

Dance: As17800615

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. Tickets to be had of Bannister Jun. at a print shop, four doors below New-street, St. Martin's Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Dance: II afterpiece: As17800615

Entertainment: End: a Variety of Imitations-Bannister Jun

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of mainpiece

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell, treasurer. 2nd piece: Altered [in 3 acts from the original 5] from Dryden. Tickets to be had of Jewell at his house, adjoining to the Theatre, Suffolk-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Son in law

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Dance: As17800817

Event Comment: Benefit for Edwin. [Digges's 1st appearance as Shylock was at Edinburgh, 8 Apr. 1772.] Tickets to be had of Edwin, No. 76, Long Acre. Tickets delivered by Stevens will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Son in law

Dance: End III: The Country Wake-; End IV: The Italian Peasants, as17800530

Song: End: the following Catches: Suppose we sing a Catch, Soldier take off thy Wine, Poor Thomas Day-Bannister, Du-Bellamy, Wood, Edwin

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Farren

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Son in law

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Harper. Mainpiece: Never acted here. Tickets to be had of Miss Harper, No. 16, Catherine-street, Strand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Performance Comment: Colonel Oldboy-Edwin; Jessamy-Wood; Jenkins-Bannister; Harman-Bowles [From the Theatre Royal in Norwich]; Sir John Flowerdale-Aickin; Lionel-Du-Bellamy; Diana (for that night only)-Mrs Cargill; Jenny-Mrs Wilson; Lady Mary Oldboy-Mrs Webb; Clarissa-Miss Harper.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cargill. Tickets to be had of Mrs Cargill, No. 41, Suffolk-street, Charing-Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End: As17800530

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 8, Air-street, Piccadilly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Son in law

Dance: End: As17800615

Entertainment: After the dance: a Variety of Imitations , vocal and rhetorical, and (never attempted before) several in Dialogue-Messrs Bannister

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. 1st piece: Never acted here. 2nd piece: Altered from Prior. Never acted here. The Songs and Chorusses composed by Shield. Tickets to be had of Palmer at his house in Bow-street, Bloomsbury

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Palmer; Scandal-Bensley; Foresight-Edwin; Tattle-R. Palmer; Sir Sampson Legend-Usher; Jeremy-Baddeley; Trapland-Barrett; Ben-Wilson; (with a song in character) A soldier and a sailor-Wilson; Miss Prue-Mrs Wilson; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Lloyd; Mrs Frail-Mrs Cuyler; Nurse-Mrs Love; Angelica-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Foresight Actor: Edwin
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Lloyd

Afterpiece Title: Henry and Emma

Afterpiece Title: The Son in law

Dance: End 1st piece: As17800615

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author of the Farce [who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

Dance: End II: Rural Merriment-Aldridge, Miss Besford

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #100 0s. 6d. (72.18.0; 26.7.0; 0.15.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Impostor

Cast
Role: Trimbush Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Mrs Dangle Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Event Comment: Benefit for the Proprietors. Receipts: #253 11s. (252.6; 1.5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: End III: The Pilgrim, as17801106; End Act IV: Rural Merriment, as17801025

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #138 9s. (105.18; 30.12; 1.19; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Impostor

Cast
Role: Trimbush Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Cast
Role: Mrs Dangle Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Event Comment: Benefit for Macklin. Receipts: none listed (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: As17801102