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Event Comment: Benefit Richard Neale. For the Entertainment of several Persons of Quality. Tickets 3s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; particularly Mr Handel's Water@Musick-; Singing-Mrs Fitzgerald

Event Comment: Benefit Watson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Music: Select Pieces-; particularly a Concerto for Little Flute by Monsieur Dieupart-Mr Baston, others

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Miss Tenoe

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Dance: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Saraband-Mr Robinson's Daughter

Event Comment: Benefit Coe. At the Theatrical Booth in Bird Cage Alley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Entertainment: Singing-; Hornpipe-Jones; Tumbling-Mr Fawks's famous Boy

Event Comment: Benefit Betty Smith and Mrs Orfeur. All the Characters new dress'd. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca; Or, The British General

Dance: Dancing Proper to the Play-; particularly, Dancing-Girl of Six years of Age, for her Diversion, Scholar to Mr Roussau; being the first Time she ever appeared on the Stage

Event Comment: Benefit Dykes and Rudd, Boxkeepers to the Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: A Boy and Girl, Scholars to Mr Roussau

Event Comment: Benefit Widow Bowen and Widow Leigh. With all the Original Decorations of Rising, Sinking, and Flying; and Dances proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches; Or, Teague O'divelly

Performance Comment: Sir Edward-Shepard; Sir Timothy-Norris; Squire Heartford-Miller; Tom-Johnson; Teague-Williams; Belfort-W. Wilks; Doubty-Oates; Lady Shacklehead-Mrs Baker; Isabella-Mrs Horton; Theodosia-Mrs Willis Jr.
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Role: Squire Heartford Actor: Miller
Role: Belfort Actor: W. Wilks

Music: All the Witches Musick , both Vocal and Instrumental, by the late Mr Barret-

Event Comment: Benefit William Douglass, commonly called Prince. Tickets 5s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Concerto, Solo on Hautboy-Kytch; Solo on Violin-Michael Festing; Sonata-Mr China

Event Comment: Benefit Diggs. Receipts: money #37 2s.; tickets #107 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Song: Mrs Chambers; In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legar

Dance: Dupre, Nivelon Sr, Glover, Newhouse, Mr Rogier, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden; Flag Dance-Nivelon Sr

Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood, the Prompter. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: With all the Decorations of Flyings, Rising, Sinkings, and Dances proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches; Or, Teague O Divelly

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Music: Witches' Musick Vocal and Instrumental by the late Mr Barret-; One of Witches-Mrs Heron; Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: A Punch and His Wife-Two Children who never appear'd on the Stage before

Event Comment: Benefit Defonpre, the Arlequin. Pit and Boxes laid together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Quatres Arlequin Par Magie

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Docteur Faustus

Dance: vec un% Nouveau Ballet Comique & Autres Danses-Mr Roger

Event Comment: Benefit Castrucci, first Violin to the Opera. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several new compositions-; , particularly the Feasts of the Piazza y Spagnia-; , in which you will hear two Trumpets on the Violin-Mr Castrucci

Event Comment: Benefit Pinart

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Empereur Dans La Lune

Afterpiece Title: Les Tombeau de Mestre Andre

Dance: Dancing of Mr Roger's Composing-

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Linike

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Solo, Concerto Grosso on Hautbois-Mr Keitch

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse and Mrs Wall. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #14 12s.; tickets #108 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mariamne

Dance: I: A new Saraband by Dupre-Mrs Wall; II: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; III: Chacone-Dupre, Mrs Walls; IV: Tollet's Ground-Newhouse, Mrs Legare

Music: II: Concerto on small Flute-Mr John Jones

Ballet: V: Grand Dance in the following Characters:. Two Harlequins-Dupre, Salle; Two Punches-Newhouse, Pelling; Two Scaramouches-Lanyon, Dupre Jr; Harlequin Woman-Mrs Wall

Event Comment: Benefit Poitier. Receipts: money #24 1s. 6d.; tickets #30 2s. Probable attendance: boxes, 28 by money and 42 by tickets; stage, 1 by money; pit, 64 by money and 81 by tickets; slips, 1 by money; firstgallery, 33 by money and 74 by tickets; second gallery, 37 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: Of Poitier's Composition: A Jalousie of Three Pierots-Poitier, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden; Serious Dance-Dupre, Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss Latour; French Peasant-Poitier; A Grand Ballet-ten Persons of Different Characters

Music: End III: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality, Kettle Drums-Mr Poitier

Event Comment: Benefit Salway and Neale. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #16 17s.; tickets #175 13s. Probable attendance: boxes, 8 by money and 251 by tickets; balcony, 4 by money; pit, 32 by money and 540 by tickets; slips, 1 by money; first gallery, 32 by money and 319 by tickets; second gallery, 44 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Music: between the Aetween the Acts: Select Pieces of Musick-; Preamble beat on Kettle Drums-Mr Job Baker of His Majesty's Second Troop of Horse Grenadier Guards

Dance: PPierrot-Nivelon, Salle; French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle

Song: Salway

Event Comment: Benefit Corbett, lately arriv'd from Italy, being the first and the last time of his Performing in Publick. At 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: New Bizzaria's on all the New Gusto's of Italy-Mr Corbett for all Instruments and; Pieces on the Viol d'Amore-; Pieces on the two new Instruments call'd, The Chamber@Horns- (never heard in Publick)

Event Comment: Benefit Essex. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Afterpiece: Being particularly desir'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: End I: Dutch Dance-Miss Robinson; a Scholar of Mr Essex. II: Tambour Dance of Moors-Essex, Lally, Thurmond, Rainton, Haughton; III: La Pieraite-Roger, Mrs DeLorme; IV: A New Dance-Miss Robinson; in which will be expressed all the different Movements in Dancing. V: A New Grand Dance-Essex, Roger, Thurmond, Lally, Rainton, Houghton, Mrs Walter, Mrs DeLorme, Miss Williams

Event Comment: Benefit Sandham. At the Particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Song: Singing in Italian and English-a Gentlewoman that never appeared on the Stage before; particularly the Famous Mr Henry Purcell's Song, From Rosy Bowers-

Dance: Sandham, Burny, Eaton, Dukes, Mrs Haughton, Miss Sandham

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wright and Mrs Vincent. Receipts: money #23 3s.; tickets #113 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Ivth, Part I

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Barbier, Mrs Wright, Mrs Chambers; particularly several English Ballads-Leveridge, Mrs Wright

Music: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Mr Poitier

Dance: WWarlike Dance-Poitier, Pelling, others

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Thomas. Tickets for Oroonoko taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lady

Music: SSee@larce A Trumpet Farce-Burk Thumoth; accompanied-the rest of the Musick upon the Stage

Song: new Song, called Myra's Choice , to the Tune of the White Joke,-Mr Russell who sung Hunter at the Hay-Market

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Music: new Concerto on the Flute, to be play'd on the Stage, -Mr Jacob Price, who never perform'd in publick before

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentlewoman lately arriv'd. 5s. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: In which several Instruments, particularly on the Violin, she having been approv'd by Mr Handell, will play (besides Corelli's Vivaldi's,) some Pieces of her own Composing-a Gentlewoman

Event Comment: Benefit Milward. Written by Dryden and Lee. Receipts: money #39; tickets #98 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Dance: I: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; III: Pastoral-Salle, Mlle Salle

Music: t the Request of the Free and Accepted Masons a Piece of Vocal and Instrumental Musick (never perform'd in publick), Words by Charles De la Faye, Esq; and set to Musick by Mr Francisco-; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Hall, Papillion, Thompson