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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Garrick; Constant-Havard; Heartfree-Palmer; Col. Bully (with song)-Vernon; Rasor-Yates; Rake-Ackman; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Abington; Mademoiselle-Mrs Cross; Belinda-Mrs Palmer; Lady Brute-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Bully Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Event Comment: For the author [Bickerstaffe] of the alterations in Mainpiece. Afterpiece with alterations by the author [Bickerstaffe]. Performed By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: Thomas-Vernon (with the song of Hearts of Oak); Squire-Dodd (first time); Dorcas-Mrs Love; Sally-Miss Wright; To conclude with a dance incident to the piece-.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Vernon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Love; King Henry-Havard; Prince of Wales-Palmer; Vernon-Lee; Worcester-Bransby; Blunt-Strange; Francis-Vaughan; Hostess-Mrs Bradshaw; Douglas-Aickin; Poins-Packer; Northumberland-Burton; Westmoreland-Ackman; Carriers-Moody, Parsons; Bardolph-Clough; Hotspur-Holland; Lady Percy-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Vernon Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Havard; Stephano-King; Caliban-Love; Ferdinand (with song)-Vernon; Trinculo-Yates; Ariel (with song)-Miss Young; Ceres-Mrs Vincent; Miranda-Mrs Palmer; Hymen-Kear; Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; The other Dances-Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Miss Baker.
Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Event Comment: Tomorrow, a New Comedy (never perform'd) call'd the Clandestine Marriage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Almena

Performance Comment: Principal parts-Vernon, Champnes, Kear, a Gentleman (first appearance on any stage), Mrs Vincent, Miss Young, Mrs Dorman, Miss Wright. [See17641123.]See17641123.]

Afterpiece Title: The Hermit

Dance: I: A Comic Dance-Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi; II: Hearts of Oak-Aldridge, Miss Baker

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for boxes to be had from Johnston at Stage Door; No money received at Stage Door, nor any returned after Curtain rises. Play will begin at exactly six o'clock; The passage from the Strand up Catherine Street to Drury Lane Theatre will be clear for Carriages. Paid Renters #8 (Drury Lane Treasurer's Book). [A constant expense nightly for 191 nights amounting to #1528 for the season. Will not be further itemized.] Receipts: #82 12s. 6d. (Drury Lane Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John Loverule-Vernon; Jobson-Love; Lady Loverule-Mrs Bennet; Nell-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon

Dance: End: The Venetian Travellers-Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Performance Comment: Daphne-Miss Wright; Amintor-Vernon; Mindora-Miss Young; Dancing incident to the piece-Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Miss Reynolds, Tassoni, Miss Tetley, Miss Rogers.
Cast
Role: Amintor Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: [M$Mrs King was formerly Miss Baker (Genest, V, 115).] Paid Watson and Smith (Box Office Keepers) #20 (Drury Lane Treasurer's Book). [This was operating cash, returned 4 June 1767.] Receipts: #135 14s. 6d. (Drury Lane Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Peachum-Yates; Lockit-Bransby; Filch-Parsons; Mat@o@Mint-Kear; Beggar-Burton; Player-Strange; Lucy-Mrs Abington; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Miss Wright; In Act III, Hornpipe-Mrs King; To conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King-Powell; Hubert-Havard; Salisbury-Packer; Pembroke-Fawcett; Prince Henry-Master Burton; Essex-Strange; Citizen-Hurst; Bastard-Holland; King Philip-Bensley; Arthur-Miss Rogers; Pandulph-Bransby; Dauphin-Aickin; Austria-Keen; French Herald-Ackman; English Herald-Moody; Chatillon-Vernon; Elinor-Mrs Bennet; Blanch-Miss Plym; Lady Falconbridge-Mrs Lee; Constance-Mrs Yates. [The Public Advertiser also assigns Pembroke to Aickin.]The Public Advertiser also assigns Pembroke to Aickin.]
Cast
Role: Chatillon Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Neck or Nothing

Cast
Role: Belford Actor: Packer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Peachum-Moody; Lockit-Bransby; Filch-Parsons; Mat@o@Mint-Kear; Lucy-Mrs Abington; Beggar-Burton; Player-Strange; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Johnston; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Mrs Arne.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Vernon

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Mrs King; A Country Dance-

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Reddish, 2nd appearance here; Paris-Fawcett; Tibalt-Aickin; Mercutio-Palmer; Escalus-Bransby; Benvolio-Packer; Montague-Hurst; Peter-Weston; Capulet-Burton; Friar Lawrence-Havard; Lady Capulet-Mrs Johnston; Nurse-Mrs Cross; Juliet-Mrs Palmer; With the Funeral Procession-; Vocal Parts-Vernon, Champnes, Miss Young, Mrs Baddeley, Mrs Dorman; In Act I, a Masquerade Dance-Duquesney, Sga Giorgi; Minuet-Giorgi, Mrs Palmer.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: Lord Chalkstone-Garrick; Charon-Moody; Old Man-Parsons; Frenchman-Baddeley; Bowman-Ackman; Drunken Man-Love; Fine Gentleman-Dodd; Mercury-Vernon; Aesop-Bransby; Fine Lady-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Mercury Actor: Vernon

Dance: II: The Gardners Holiday, as17671120; End: Hearts of Oak, as17671022

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widowd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora or Hob in the Well

Performance Comment: Hob-Moody; Friendly-Vernon; Sir ThomasTesty-Burton; Old Hob-Parsons; Dick-J. Burton; Countrymen-J. Palmer, Strange, Watkins; Hob's Mother-Mrs Bradshaw; Flora-Miss Young; Betty-Mrs Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Friendly Actor: Vernon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Barry; Macduff-Havard; Banquo-Palmer; Ross-Aickin; Witches-Burton, Love, Baddeley; Duncan-Bransby; Malcom-Packer; Seyton-Ackman; Angus-Keen; Lennox-Fawcett; Sergeant-Hurst; Fleance-Miss Rogers; Hecate-Champness; Lady Macduff-Mrs Reddish; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Dancer; The Vocal parts-Vernon, Champnes, Kear, Miss Young, Mrs Dorman; In Act IV, a Dance of the Furies-.

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zenobia

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: Thomas-Vernon; Squire-Dodd; Sally-Mrs Arne; Dorcas-Mrs Love; To conclude with Dance incident to the play-Shuter.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Before the King of Denmark. To being at 7:00 p.m. London Evening Post: Died Mrs Pritchard 20 August after an illness of 10 days. The pains she endured which were great indeed she bore with a fortitude and resignation which the true Christian could only support. She actually obtained a victory over Death, expressing in her last moment the utmost composure, felicity and firmest hope of a lofty change in life and death. She was in all a pattern of worthy immitation

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Garrick; Jack Meggot-Woodward; Clarinda-Mrs Bellamy; Bellamy-Wilkes; Tester-Weston; Strictland-Love; Frankly-Aickin; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Hopkins; Milliner-Miss Matthews; Lucetta-Mrs Love; Jacintha-Mrs Jeffries.
Cast
Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Performance Comment: Amintor-Vernon; Mindora-Mrs Scott; Daphne-Mrs Arne; with dances-Giorgi, Tassoni, Mrs King, Miss Tetley, Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Amintor Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Mrs Stephens 1st appearance at dl. For King of Denmark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Garrick; Constant-Cautherly; Heartfree-Aickin; Col. Bully (with a Song)-Vernon; Lord Rake-Ackman; Razor-Dibdin; Belinda-Mrs Jeffries; Mlle-Mrs Cross; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Bellamy; Lady Brute-Mrs Stephens, being her first Appearance upon that Stage.
Cast
Role: Bully Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Peachum-Moody; Lockit-Bransby; Filch-Parsons; Mat@o@Mint-Kear; Beggar-Burton; Player-Strange; Lucy-Miss Pope; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Mrs Arne.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Mrs King; End: Country Dance-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: Cymon-Vernon; Merlin-Bannister; Dorus-Parsons; 1st Demon of Revenge-Champness; Linco-King; Urganda-Mrs Baddeley; Fatima-Mrs Abington; Shepherdesses-Mrs Jeffries, Mrs Dorman; Dorcas-Mrs Bradshaw; Sylvia-Mrs Arne; The Dances-Grimaldi, Giorgi, Miss Rogers, Miss West, Miss Collett; With a Grand Procession of the Knights-of the different Orders of Chivalry.
Cast
Role: Cymon Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-King; Antonio-Reddish; Lorenzo (with proper songs)-Vernon; Gratiano-Dodd; Bassanio-Cautherly; Launcelot-W. Palmer; Portia-Mrs Barry; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Baddeley; Nerissa-Mrs Jeffries.
Cast
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Cast
Role: Forge Actor: Burton

Dance: III: The Wake, as17680929

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-King; Orlando-Reddish; Jacques-Love; Duke Senior-Hurst; Duke Frederick-Bransby; Oliver-Packer; Amiens (with songs)-Vernon; Adam-Moody; Le Beau-Ackman; Sylvius-Strange; William-Messink; Corin-Hartry; Jaques de Bois-Fawcett; Charles-Keen; Celia (with song)-Mrs Baddeley; Phebe-Mrs W. Palmer; Audrey-Mrs Bradshaw; Rosalind-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Amiens Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Dance: I: Hearts of Oak-Giorgi, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ruth

Performance Comment: Vocals-Vernon, Reynolds, Master Brown, Miss Lindley, Mrs Weichsell.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-Reddish; Iachimo-Holland; Cymbeline-Hurst; Cloten-Dodd; Belarius-Burton; Pissanio-Packer; Guiderius-Aickin; Arviragus-Palmer; Queen-Mrs Hopkins; Imogen-Miss Young; In Act II, a Masquerade Scene-; with Dancing-Giorgi, Tassoni, Sga Dagueville; Singing-Mrs Scott.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Leander-Vernon; Don Diego-Bannister; Mungo-Dibdin; Ursula-Mrs Dorman; Leonora-Miss Radley.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Dance: III: The Irish Haymakers-Giorgi, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Cautherly; Mercutio-Dodd; Fryar Lawrence-Love; Benvolio-Packer; Capulet-Burton; Tibalt-J. Aickin; Prince-Keen; Paris-Fawcett; Peter-J. Burton; Nurse-Mrs Cross; Lady Capulet-Mrs Johnston; Juliet-Miss Younge, first time; With the Funeral Procession-; Vocal Parts-Vernon, Champnes, Mrs Scott, Mrs Baddeley, Miss Radley, Mrs Dorman; In Act I, a Masquerade-; a Dance-Giorgi.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Cast
Role: Forge Actor: Burton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: Cymon-Vernon; Merlin-Bannister; Dorus-Parsons; Daemon of Revenge-Champnes; Linco-King; Urganda-Mrs Baddeley; Fatima-Mrs Abington; Shepherdesses-Mrs Jefferies, Miss Burton; Dorcas-Mrs Bradshaw; Sylvia-Miss Radley, first time; Dances-Grimaldi, Giorgi, Leppie, Mrs King, Sga Dagueville, Miss Rogers, Miss West, Miss Collet; With a Grand Procession of the Knights of the Different Orders of Chivalry-.
Cast
Role: Cymon Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost