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Event Comment: Benefit Corey

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Villain

Performance Comment: Villain-the gentleman who played Matchiavell last Year, in Imitation of Mr Sandford.

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Davis

Dance: Firbank, Firbank's scholar, Miss Evans; Blouzabella-Prince, Mrs Clark

Event Comment: Benefit Leigh. Tickets 3s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-; viz. A full Piece of the late Mr Henry Purcell-Dean, Holmes, Feiston; A new Set of Airs for the Arch Lute and Violin Composed on purpose by Tho. Dean-; That celebrated Sonata for a Violin and Flute made by the famous Signor Gasperini, and played by him and Paisable often before her Majesty, and at the Theatre,-two young Gentlemen that never Play'd in Publick; who also perform some new Italian Sonatas of the most Eminent Masters in Europe, Double/stopped Solos of the Famous Archangelo Corelli-two young Gentlemen; Singing to the Lute-Dean; Several Pieces for Trumpets Flutes and Haut/boys-; Also Select Airs out of the Operas of Camilla and Thomyris, with their Symphonies-the best Performers

Performance Comment: A full Piece of the late Mr Henry Purcell-Dean, Holmes, Feiston; A new Set of Airs for the Arch Lute and Violin Composed on purpose by Tho. Dean-; That celebrated Sonata for a Violin and Flute made by the famous Signor Gasperini, and played by him and Paisable often before her Majesty, and at the Theatre,-two young Gentlemen that never Play'd in Publick; who also perform some new Italian Sonatas of the most Eminent Masters in Europe, Double/stopped Solos of the Famous Archangelo Corelli-two young Gentlemen; Singing to the Lute-Dean; Several Pieces for Trumpets Flutes and Haut/boys-; Also Select Airs out of the Operas of Camilla and Thomyris, with their Symphonies-the best Performers.
Event Comment: Benefit Cibber. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [Receipts: probably #115 1s. 1 1!2d., according to Baggs.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Event Comment: Benefit Keene. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Valentinian

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. London in 1710 (p. 96): It was a fine piece, and on that account had a large audience

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd If She Cou'd

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Event Comment: Benefit Cuthbert, Lovelace, and White. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Tickets 5s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Performers; particularly, several select Entertainments of the following (English Operas) Operas viz. The Indian Queen, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and Dioclesian, the Masque in Timon of Athens, the Pastoral in The Libertin-; with several Songs out of the St. Cecilia's Musick: All by that great Master the late Mr Henry Purcell-

Event Comment: Benefit Penkethman. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Orme. Tickets 3s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Performance Comment: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; wherein several Solos and Sonatas on two different Instruments never heard in England before-Gli Signori Vegelini (two select Musicians lately arriv'd); With some celebrated Songs of the late Mr Henry Purcell-; and an Addition of a famous Harp-.
Event Comment: Benefit the Baroness. Tickets 5s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music intirely New.-; Particularly several solos for the Violin-Mr Alexander Bitti newly arriv'd from Italy

Performance Comment: -; Particularly several solos for the Violin-Mr Alexander Bitti newly arriv'd from Italy.
Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: #86 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lucky Prodigal

Afterpiece Title: A Woman's Revenge

Song: As17151022

Dance: delaGarde, Moreau, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross; Italian Night Scene, as17151024

Event Comment: Benefit Signora Diana Vico. Admission as 1 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Robinson. Admission as 8 Dec. 1716

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amadis

Dance: deMirail's Scholar, Mlle Cerail

Event Comment: Benefit Oates. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, The Man Hater

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: Lads and Lasses-Shaw, Mrs Booth, others; Tollet's Ground-Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger; The Sailor and his Lass-Weaver, Mrs Bullock; Harlequin-Miss Lindar

Music: Imitation of the Tattoo- (never perform'd here)

Event Comment: Benefit Beckingham. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #15 17s.; tickets #74 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Event Comment: Benefit Bowman Jr and Mrs Orfeur

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

Song: Particularly Singing-Mrs Bowman

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Robinson, the Dancer, and Miss Robinson Jr, the Page in The Orphan. At the particular Desire of Persons of Quality. Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Foresight Actor: Johnson
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Horton

Dance: I: Passacaille-Miss Robinson; II: Peirette-Mrs Brett; III: Polonese-Miss Robinson, Rainton; IV: Harlequin-Rainton; V: Spanish Entry-Miss Robinson

Music: II: Serenade on Violin-Roger , to his Mistress in the Character of Pierot

Event Comment: Benefit Hulett and Downes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Penkethman, Son to the late Mr Penkethman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Shireburn, Wright, Miss Norris. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: Essex, Thurmond, Lally, Houghton, Tench, Mrs Booth, Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Robinson; particularly The Masques-; Highland Dance-a Native of that Country , for his Diversion

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts and Jones. Afterpiece: A New Ballad Opera of one Act [by Edward Phillips]. [For a puff of the afterpiece, see Daily Advertiser, 25 April, and Daily Post, 2 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Related Works
Related Work: The Weathercock Author(s): Theodosius Forrest

Afterpiece Title: The Livery Rake; or, The Intriguing Servants

Performance Comment: Phillis (Country Girl)-Miss Raftor; Tom (Footman)-Berry; Toby (Innkeeper)-Jones; Harry-Ridout; Lucy-Mrs Shireburn; Dorcas-Mrs Herle; Phillis (Chambermaid)-Mrs Mullart; but edition of 1733 lists as the cast: Tom-Berry; Toby-Harper; Harry-Ridout; James-E. Roberts; Dorcas-Mrs Sireburn; 1st Phillis-Mrs Pritchard; 2d-Miss Oates; Lucy-Miss Mann (possibly the cast for a later revival); Epilgoue-Miss Norris, Granddaughter of the late Mr Norris, commonly called Jubilee Dicky.

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-LeBrun; II: Saraband, Minuet-Lally Jr, Miss Mears; IV: English Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: The Watteau-Miss Robinson; End of Afterpiece: Bartholomew Fair-F. Tench, Mrs Delorme

Event Comment: Benefit Mr C. Avison. 7 P.M. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Concertos by Corelli and Geminiani. Favourite Songs of Mr Handel's. Solo upon the German Flute and Violin. A Concerto, the Solo Part upon the Harpsichord