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We found 15926 matches on Event Comments, 2665 matches on Performance Comments, 704 matches on Performance Title, 131 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Receipts. #94 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Event Comment: Benefit for Oates and Villeneuve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift Or The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: Villeneuve, Mlle DeLaCointrie her 2nd appearance on English Stage; IV: Comic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister; End: Louvre and Minuet-Villeneuve, a Young Lady Scholar of Villenueve

Event Comment: Benefit for Stede, Hatchet, Miss Morrison, and Page (Housekeeper). Tickets deliver'd by Rawlings, the Widow Dupre, &c. will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Dance: As17490329

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Anna Laschi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Calascione

Event Comment: Benefit for Desse, Dupre, Froment. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: I: Comic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's sister; II: A New Scotch Dance, in which will be introduced by Particular Desire the Scotch Measure, the Highland Reel-Froment, Mad DeLaCointrie; V: Minuet-Froment, Mad DeLaCointrie

Event Comment: Benefit for Pritchard. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire, and the last time of performing it. Tickets and places to be had of Pritchard at his House in Duke's, late Earl's Court, Bow Street, Covent Garden, and of Hobson at the stage Door. Ladies are Desired to send their Servants by three o'clock. Receipts: #200 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat The Anatomist

Event Comment: Benefit for Winstone, King, and Palmer. Tickets and places of Hobson at the stage Door. Receipts: #130 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: TheSavoyards, as17480920; Hornpipe-the Child, as17490407

Event Comment: Benefit for Lawrence, Condell and Green (Box-keepers)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfort Actor: Mrs Bambridge

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: V: Drunken Peasant-Phillips

Event Comment: Benefit for Cross and Burton. Last time of acting Mainpiece this season. Afterpiece: A farce of my own, call'd the Henpeck'd Captain; or, the Humours of the Militia--damn'd before half over (Cross). [Afterpiece never printed. The Larpent MS lists the following characters: Capt. Teazable, Clermont, Mons Durtete, Brigadier? Sersnet, Capt? Druget, Col? Damask, Capt? Citern, Capt? Oldport, Capt? Patty@pan, Lt? Suet Pestle, Muster Master, Serjeant, Monsieur, Mrs Teazable, Angellica, Gusset. The men are all reserve officers in the Militia who parade occasionally in fine uniforms. See note, 1 May about publication.] Receipts: #139 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Henpeckd Captain

Song: George Burton 1st appearance on that stage

Event Comment: Benefit for Vaughan and Evans [Box-Keepers). [Handel's Oratorios Solomon and Susanna published and the favorite songs in the Comic opera Li Tre Cicisbei Ridicoli.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister

Event Comment: Benefit for Simpson, Raftor, Usher. Tickets and places of Hobson at the stage door. Receipts: #180 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel). [This month, the Gentleman's Magazine Register of Books listed as published Remarks on Three Plays of B. Johnson, viz: The Fox, Silent Woman, and Alchymist, by James Upton.] This week will be published The Hen Peck'd Captain,...as it was intended to be acted...on Saturday last. Taken from The Campaigners; or, the pleasant Adventures at Brussels with a Preface by R. Cross, prompter (General Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: SSavoyards, as17480920

Event Comment: Benefit for Shawford, Dickinson, and Jones. Receipts: #170 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: IV: Hornpipe-Master Shawford; V: The Periot's Dance-Master Shawford, Master Morrison

Event Comment: Benefit for Driscol, Banks, Carny, and Trott (Lobby Door Keeper). Tickets deliver'd by Elliot, Davis, Mrs Hanmore, &c will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Ridout

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Dance: IV: Comic Dance-J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrisford, Pritchard, Atkinson and Goodwin. Receipts: #100 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Dance: III: Hornpipe-the little Swiss

Event Comment: Benefit for Ray, George Burton, Mrs Pitt. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. [See 16 May 1744.] Tickets and places to be had of Hobson at the stage door. N.B. Tickets sold by the Orange@women at the doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #150 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant Or The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Anatomist

Music: Between the acts: Flute-the Child

Dance: Between the acts: Hornpipe-the Little Swiss

Song: Between the acts: George Burton

Event Comment: Benefit for Marr, Gray, Champness, and Harrison. Tickets and places of Hobson at the stage door. N.B. Tickets sold by the Orange@women at the doors will not be taken. Receipts. #148 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: HHornpipe-Harrison

Ballet: DDrunken Peasant. Peasant-Harrison; Clown-Master Shawford

Performance Comment: Peasant-Harrison; Clown-Master Shawford.
Cast
Role: Clown Actor: Master Shawford.

Music: Concerto on the Flute-the Child, as17480917

Event Comment: Benefit for Dunbar, Warner, Tomlinson, Mrs L'font. Tickets deliver'd out for A New Way to Pay Old Debts will be taken. Receipts: #110 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: HHornpipe-the Little Swiss; IV: Savoyards, as17480920

Music: Piece on Flute-the Child

Event Comment: Benefit for Hobson. Tickets of him at the stage Door. Tomorrow, By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Merope. Receipts: #189 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; V: Savoyards, as17480920

Music: IV: Piece on Flute-the Child

Event Comment: Benefit Sir Gregory Gazette and his Son Tim, viz. Messrs. Shuter and Costollo. To begin exactly half an hour after six. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Knights

Afterpiece Title: The Auction

Performance Comment: To conclude with a new Smuggling Epilogue, call'd Tit for Tat- or, The Smuggler foil'd at his own Weapons.
Event Comment: Benefit for Foley (Lobby Door Keeper), Saunders (Stage-Door Keeper), and Bride. Receipts: #100 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Music: II: A Piece on the Flute-the Child

Event Comment: Benefit for Poynter and Dancer. To begin at half after six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Knights

Performance Comment: As17490415 but To conclude with a New Smuggling Epilogue, call'd Tit for Tat- ; or, The Smuggler foil'd at his own Weapons. or, The Smuggler foil'd at his own Weapons.
Cast
Role: call'd Tit for Tat Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Auction

Event Comment: Benefit for Morgan and Miss Stevens. Tickets given out by Craven and Mrs Denton will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Knights

Performance Comment: As17490415 Epilogue, Tit For Tat, As17490519.

Afterpiece Title: The Auction

Event Comment: Benefit for a Grammar Schoolmaster. Given at half an hour after six. In the original Language with an Occasional Latin Prologue and by particular desire an English Epilogue. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. [Terence's Play, probably deferred until 24 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Andria

Event Comment: Benefit Coustos. Last time this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lopera Du Gueux

Dance: DDance a la Ronde-

Event Comment: Benefit Furnival and Sherman. To begin at hadf after six. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Knights

Performance Comment: As17490519. Epilogue, Tit For Tat, as17490519.
Cast
Role: call'd Tit for Tat Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Auction