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Event Comment: Benefit Griffin. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Revis'd and alter'd by the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Whig And Tory Or The Double Deceit

Music: II: A Solo on the Violin-Charke

Dance: III: The Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; IV: Pierraite-Roger, Mlle Delorme; V: A Grand Spanish Dance-Lally, Essex, Thurmond, Haughton, Rainton

Song: The usual Song-Miss Raftor

Event Comment: Benefit DuPre and DuBois. Receipts: money #21 5s.; tickets #66 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: I: The Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; III: Scots Dance-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; IV: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; V: French Peasant-Poitier

Song: II: Leveridge, Laguerre

Ballet: End Afterpiece: A Dance of Six Ethiopians. Kettle Drum-Poitier upon the Sound of the; Trumpet-; where Flag Dance-Nivelon; 1st Ethiopian-Glover; 2d Ethiopian-Bellam; 3d Ethiopian-Newhouse; 4th Ethiopian-DuPre Jr; 5th Ethiopian-Laguerre; 6th Ehtiopian-St.Luce

Event Comment: Benefit W. Mills and Mrs Mills. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Song: A new Song proper to the Occasion-

Dance: WWhitson Holyday-Boval, Mrs Mills; Dutch Boor and his Wife-Roger, Rainton; Sultana-Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Bridgwater and Corey.At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius Or The Force Of Love

Afterpiece Title: Phebe or The Beggars Wedding

Dance: Essex, Lally, Thurmond, Haughton, Rainton, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme

Event Comment: Benefit Glover and Mrs Pelling. Receipts: money #27 14s.; tickets #118 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: Momus Turn'd Fabulist; or, Vulcan's Wedding Author(s): Ebenezer Forrest

Dance: End I: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Shepherd and Shepherdess-Salle, Mrs Pelling; V: Grand Dance-Glover, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, St.Luce; End of Opera: Grand Comic Dance of Sailors-; Hornpipe in the Character of a Boatswain-Salle

Event Comment: Benefit Charke and Miss Raftor. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Music: Solo on the Violin-Charke

Song: A New Cantata-Carey; and an old Scotch Ballad called Mary Scot-Miss Raftor

Dance: A new dance-Master Tench being the first Time of his Performance on the Stage

Event Comment: Benefit R. Williams. Mainpiece: Not Acted these Twenty Years. On this day the Lord Mayor and the Court of Aldermen of the City presented a petition to the King seeking the suppression of the theatre in Goodman's Fields. Thomas Odell, Master of the Theatre, also appeared before His Majesty and sought royal leave to continue acting.--See Grub St. Journal, 7 May, for a summary of the events, but see also Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer and London Journal, 2 May

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mans Bewitchd Or The Devil To Do About Her

Performance Comment: Faithful-Giffard; Captain Constant-W. Williams; Lovely-Huddy; Manage-W. Giffard; Trusty-Bardin; Sir David Watchum-Penkethman; Clinch-Collet; Roger-R. Williams; Slouch-Pearce; Old Constant-Mynns; Squire Num-W. Bullock; Belinda-Mrs Haughton; Laura-Mrs Seal; Maria-Mrs Mountfort; Dorothy-Mrs Palmer; Lucy-Mrs Thomas.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Mountfort

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turnd Dancing Master

Dance: TThe White Joke (new)-Eaton

Event Comment: Benefit Shepard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Music: Select Pieces-; In III: Concerto on Little Flute-John Bastor

Dance: End I: Polonese-Miss Brett; II: Sultaness-Miss Robinson; IV: Dutch Man and Woman-Roger, Rainton; V: A new Grand Dance-Essex, Thurmond, Lally, Haughton, Boval, Rainton, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme

Event Comment: Benefit Chapman and Mrs Berriman. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #16 1s.; tickets #117 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Related Works
Related Work: Momus Turn'd Fabulist; or, Vulcan's Wedding Author(s): Ebenezer Forrest

Music: Vocal Music proper to the Play,-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; A new Pierrot and Pierrette by de St.Luce-de St.Luce, Pelling; Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: Benefit Griffith, from the Theatre Royal in Dublin. By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: Roger, Essex, Lally, Houghton, Rainton, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Hollyday. By Command of His Royal Highness. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #35 4s. 6d.; tickets #70 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Rivals

Dance: End V: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour; End I of School Boy: French Peasant-Poitier; End of Farce: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Mainpiece: Written by the Author of the Beggars Wedding. Afterpiece: As it is contracted into one Act by the same Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Parson

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Wedding

Event Comment: Benefit Wood, Treasurer. Receipts: money #18 10s.; tickets #197 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: End I: Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour; II: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Miss Wherrit; III: Flag Dance-Nivelon; IV: Tollet's Grounds-Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden; V: Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon

Song: II: Now the Men and the Maids are Making of Hay-Leveridge, Salway; IV: The Merry Month of May-Miss Rogers, the Lilliputian Lucy

Event Comment: Benefit Castelman, the Treasurer. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Rainton, Mrs Walter; Pierot and Wife-Roger, Mrs Delorme; Dutch Boor and Wife-Roger, Rainton; Little Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson

Music: Concerto on Little Flute-John Baston

Event Comment: Benefit Lally

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Dance: End I: The Provinciaile (new)-Master Lally, Miss Brett; II: Pieraite-Roger, Mlle Delorme; III: A new Chacone-Lally, Essex, Rainton, Haughton, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme, Miss Williams; IV: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; V: Myrtillo-Lally, Mrs Booth, Boval, Mrs Mills, Rainton, Mrs Walter

Music: End III: Trumpet Sonata-; In IV: Concerto with Flutes-

Event Comment: Benefit Ford, the Numberer, and Mrs Cantrell. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #49 3s. 6d.; tickets #117 9s. [A Ticket (Pit, No. 119) for this performance is in the Folger Library; another (Pit, No. 107) is reproduced in Thaler, Shakespere to Sheridan, facing P. 52.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: Benefit Boman and Mrs Walter. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Jones, the Numberer, and Taylor and Cooper, Boxkeepers. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan and Mrs Morgan. Tickets delivered for Papillion and Machen taken at this play. Receipts: money #12 8s.; tickets #160

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Music: TTrumpet Cantata-Papillion

Dance: CComic Dance-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit de St.Luce and Lanyon. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #26 17s.; tickets #67 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: In Flora: Wrestling Dance-Lanyon, Newhouse; Entr'acte: French Peasant-de St.Luce; French Sailors-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Pierrot-de St.Luce; Flag Dance-Nivelon

Music: Preamble on Kettle Drum-Job Baker

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Heron. Afterpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses Or The Custom Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding and Skimmington

Related Works
Related Work: Momus Turn'd Fabulist; or, Vulcan's Wedding Author(s): Ebenezer Forrest

Dance: Essex, Thurmond, Roger, Boval, Haughton, Rainton, Mrs Mills, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman who has Wrote for the Stage: Receipts: money #16 13s. 6d.; tickets #62 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood.Afterpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently unpublished.] With new Songs to old Ballad Tunes and Country Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timoleon

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach Opera

Dance: End II: Dutch Man and Woman-Roger, Rainton; III: Sultana-Miss Robinson; IV: Grand Dance of Moors-

Music: End Act V: (by Desire) Handel's Water Music-; with a preamble on the Kettle Drums-Benjamin Baker

Event Comment: Benefit Salway. Receipts: money #21 6s. 6d.; tickets #73 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: As17300309 but Oroonoko-Boheme; Blandford-Milward; Governor-Ogden; Stanmore-Chapman.
Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Milward
Role: Blanford Actor: Milward

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: FFlag Dance-Nivelon; Saraband-Delagarde, Miss Wherrit

Music: (A(At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality) a Solo on the Hautbois-the celebrated Signior Martini, lately arriv'd from Italy