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Event Comment: By Command of her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange. For the Entertainment of Tomo Chachi. .. and Senauki his Queen. For the Benefit of a Family that has sustain'd great Losses. Mainpiece: Written by the Author of The Miser

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote In England

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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Song: Songs proper to the Play. The Pleasant Month of May by a Gentlewoman, who never appeared on any stage before

Performance Comment: The Pleasant Month of May by a Gentlewoman, who never appeared on any stage before .
Event Comment: For the Benefit of the Author of the New Comedy. As 9 Oct

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

Performance Comment: Villeroy-Ryan; Biron-Bridgwater; Baldwin-Roberts; Carlos-Walker; Fernando-Hippisley; Frederic-Hale; Fabian-Wignell; Belford-Ridout; Jaquelin-Chapman; Sampson-Hall; Julia-Mrs Buchanan; Victoria-Mrs Stevens; Nurse-Mrs Martin; Isabella-Mrs Hallam .
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Role: Belford Actor: Ridout

Afterpiece Title: See If You Like It

Dance: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. Scots Dance, as17340920

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Lumber Troop. For the Benefit of a Comrade. 6 P.M

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Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor; Or, The Conquest Of Mexico By The Spaniards

Performance Comment: The Parts to be performed by young Gentlemen .
Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Daily Journal, 2 Dec.: We hear that the Tragedy of Junius Brutus is not to be acted a second Time for the benefit of the Author, till after the Meeting of Parliament

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance: La Coquette & Les Jaloux (new) by Denoyer, Poitier, and Mlle Roland. With New Habits

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Benefit a Person who has sustain'd great Losses in Trade

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Dance: The Medley by S. Lally, De la Garde, Miss Baston. Glover's Scots Dance (By Desire) by Glover, Miss Rogers, De la Garde, Mrs Ogden, Le Sac, Miss Baston. By Mlle Salle

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Benefit a Tradesman in Distress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Le Sac, Miss Baston, De la Garde, Mrs De L'Orme, La Coquette Francois by Lally, S. Lally, Mlle Salle

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit a Gentleman and his Family under Misfortunes. Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Dance: By Essex, Mrs Walter, &c., particularly English Maggot and Polonese

Event Comment: Tickets half a guinea. Benefit Mrs Segatti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Wherein Messieurs Arrigoni and Verachini will perform

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Le Misantrope

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Esprit Folet

Dance:

Event Comment: Tickets for Caius Marius taken, also tickets for the benefit of the author of Female Friendship and for Highat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: Hornpipe by Taylor

Song: A New Ballad (never sung before) In Praise of English Plumb Pudding by Mullart

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Egerton 2267: Benefit Dupre. Receipts: money #70 14s. 6d.; tickets #77 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Benefit Mrs Porter. Pit and Front Boxes together at 5s. Receipts: money #153 4s. 6d.; tickets #104 15s. [The Duke, Princess Caroline, and two youngest Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

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

Dance: II: Harlequin by Mlle De L'Isle. III: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, Tench, Livier, Desse, Dupre, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme, Miss Sandham, Miss Norman. IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Benefit Mills. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Event Comment: Written by the late Richard Steele. Benefit Mrs Wright and Mrs Stevens. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #19 9s. 6d.; tickets #146 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Dance: II: A new Comic Ballet in Cbaracters of Harlequin, Punch, and Colombine by Nivelon, Lallauze, Mlle De L'Isle. IV: Sailors Dance (from Orestes) by Glover, &c

Song: I: In the Anacreontick Stile by Leveridge. III: The opinion of the Ancients, as17360412 V: By Mrs Wright

Event Comment: The Fortieth Day. Benefit One who has wrote for the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Event Comment: Mainpiece: The Forty-fifth Day. Benefit Mrs Charke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Afterpiece Title: Tumble Down Dick

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Grand, and the Rest of the Brethren of the . . . Gregorians. Benefit Dukes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Foresight Actor: Lyon
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Haughton

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: II: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. III: The Medley of Jokes (new) by Dukes and Mrs Bullock. IV: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. V: By Desire of several Persons of Quality, in Modern Habits, The Union (a Ball Dance), with a Minuet by Dukes and Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performance Comment: Advertised for the benefit of a Gentlewoman, but dismissed .
Event Comment: Afterpiece: As 26 May. Benefit the Author of the Farce

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Captains

Event Comment: Tickets for James taken. Receipts: money #7 9s. 6d.; tickets #46 3s. [Benefit for Marshall, according to Egerton 2267.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Dance: By Glover, Tench, and Miss Rogers

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All Alive And Merry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 27 Jan.: We are inform'd there is now in Rehearsal at York Buildings (for one Night only) the Fair Penitent, to be acted the 31st instant. 'Tis said that this Play, for the Benefit of an unhappy Person, is cast, and got up by a Set of publick spirited Friends, some of whom have a pretty good Taste and Ability, though no ways inclin'd to the Stage; with a new Prologue and Epilogue adapted to the occasion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Benefit the Author of the King and the Miller of Mansfield [Dodsley]. N.B. The Boxes not being equal to the Demand for Places, for the better Accommodation of the Ladies, Side Boxes will be made on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Foresters Actor: Turbutt, Leigh, Marshall.
Event Comment: As 1 March. Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play [charles I]

Event Comment: Not Acted these Thirty Years. Benefit Mrs Roberts. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's The Mistress

Performance Comment: Gaylove-Johnson; Beauford-Wright; Sir D. Fancy-W. Giffard; Empty-Penkethman; Roger-Norris; Nicholas-Yates; Lady Fancy-Mrs Marshall; Harriet-Mrs Hamilton; Charlot-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Beauford Actor: Wright

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: I: Pierrots-Vallois, Delagarde; V: Scots Dance-Haughton, Mlle Roland

Song: II: The Early Horn Salutes the Morn-Miss Jones; III: Singing in Italian-Mrs Chambers