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Event Comment: Benefit Woodward

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Slender Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal-Beard; Mercury-Leveridge; Diana-Miss Hillyard; Aerial Spirits-Cooke, Delagarde, Destrade, Dupre, Mlle Fabres, Mrs Lebrun, Mrs Villeneuve; Jupiter (Harlequin)-Woodward; Mercury-Reinhold; Doctor-Bencraft; Columbine-Mlle Bonnevile; Pierrot-Lalauze.
Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Woodward
Event Comment: Benefit Woodward. Mainpiece: Written by Ben Johnson. Never acted there before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Performance Comment: Sir John Daw-Cibber; Morose-Bridgwater; Truewit-Hale; Dauphin-Cashell; Clerimont-Ridout; Capt Otter-Marten; Cutbeard-James; Silent Woman-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Haughty-Mrs Hale; Mrs Centaure-Mrs Bland; Mrs Doll-Miss Hippisley; Mrs Otter-Mrs James; Sir Amorous La Fool-Woodward.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward
Event Comment: The Farce of Miss in Her Teens Anatomiz'd (Gentlemen's Magazine, Feb., pp. 71-72, from The Anatomist and News Regulator, 31 Jan.) [A critical analysis of the thin plot, thinner chcharacters, lack of moral, but excellent acting of Garrick, Woodward, and Mrs Pritchard, even in parts of nonsense, stupidity and bawdry. Deplores taste of the town which welcomed it for 18 nights.] Receipts: #187 14s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Sir Novelty-Woodward; Loveless-Ryan; Narcissa-Mrs Horton; Sir William-Hippisley; Snap-Chapman; Elder Worthy-Ridout; Young Worthy-Gibson; Hillaria-Mrs Hale; Flareit-Miss Hippisley; Amanda-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Sir Novelty Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Event Comment: The farce went off dull. Taken from a play so call'd (Cross). Part of pit laid into the boxes, and Stage formed into an Amphitheatre & Commodiously enclos'd for the Reception of Ladies. Ladies send servants by three. Doors opened at half past three. Benefit for Woodward. Boxes and Stage 5s. Receipts: #280 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Bobadill Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Taste

Performance Comment: Man of Taste-Woodward; Harcourt-Palmer; Cockade-Shuter; Sir Humphrey Henpeck-Winstone; Horatio-Mozeen; Maria-Miss Minors; Dorothea-Mrs Toogood; Lady Henpeck-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Man of Taste Actor: Woodward
Event Comment: 2 or 3 hiss'd W or 3 hiss'd $Woodward every time he went on or off (Cross). Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Garrick; Tester-H. Vaughan; Jacintha-Mrs Price; Landlady-Mrs Yates; Milliner-Mrs Toogood; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Davies; Lucetta-Miss Minors; Frankly-Palmer; Buckle-Mozeen; Chairman-Winstone; Strictland-Berry; Meggot-Woodward; Bellamy-Blakes; Valet-Shuter; Simon-Marr; Clarinda-Mrs Pritchard; To Conclude with a Country Dance-the characters of the play.
Cast
Role: Meggot Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Drunken Colonel Actor: Woodward

Dance: II: L'Entree de Flore, as17521116, but Mrs Preston, Miss _Raynor

Event Comment: Each of these 3 acts apiece, Alter'd by Garrick, from Shakespear-Applauded. Mrs Clive fell down in ye Farce, and accus'd Woodward wth doing it on purpose (Cross). [The Bill lists neither cast nor characters for either piece, but advertises them with proper music, songs, dances, and decorations. Beginning with 23 Jan. the Bill lists actors names. Casts here taken from the 1756 ed.] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Performance Comment: Leontes-Garrick; Polixenes-Havard; Camillo-Davies; Shepherd-Berry; Clown-Woodward; Autolycus-Yates; Cleomenes-Jefferson; Florizel-Holland; Gentleman-Blakes; Servant-Beard; Rogero-Walker; Perdita-Mrs Cibber; Paulina-Mrs Bennet; Dorcas-Miss Minors; Mopsa-Mrs Bradshaw; Hermione-Mrs Pritchard; Prologue-Garrick.
Cast
Role: Clown Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Woodward; Baptista-Burton; Hortensio-Mozeen; Grumio-Yates; Music Master-Jefferson; Biondello-Blakes; Pedro-Clough; Tailor-Vaughan; Nathaniel-W. Vaughan; Peter-Ackman; Nicholas-Atkins; Philip-Marr; Joseph-Lewis; Catherine-Mrs Clive; Bianca-Mrs Bennet; Curtis-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: Woodward
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in 15 years. [See 3 Nov. 1743.] Afterpiece: By Desire. Benefit for Woodward. Part of pit will be laid into the Boxes. Boxes and Stage 5s. No person can be admitted to any part of the House till the usual time of opening of doors, which will be exactly at Four o'clock. Ladies are desired to send their servants by Three o'clock. Receipts: #250 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Garrick, first time; Copper Captain-Woodward, first time; Estifania-Mrs Cibber, first time; Duke-Havard; Cacafogo-Berry; Old Woman-Yates; Margaretta-Mrs Davies.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Dick Actor: Woodward
Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. The Whole Pit will be laid into the Boxes, where servants will be admitted to keep places, and upon the Stage, which will be formed into an Amphitheatre and divided into Boxes. The Pit doors will be opened for the Ladies to pass to their places there, without incommoding those in the Front Boxes. Box, Pit and Stage at 5s. Nothing under full price will be taken during the performance. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock (Public Advertiser). [The Larpent MS 130 indicates the intended cast, and suggests Dizzy-Oliver; Ruffle-$Yates; and Mrs Dotterel-$Mrs Bennet.] Receipts: #320 ($Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Performance Comment: Leontes-Garrick; Countryman, Lasses 'with the Trio'-Beard, Mrs Vernon, Miss Young; Perdita-Mrs Cibber, with a song in character; Clown-Woodward; Hermione-Mrs Pritchard; Hogan adds from the Bill: Polixines-Havard; Florizel-Holland; Autolycus-Yates; Shepherd-Berry; Servant-Beard; Dorcas-Mrs Vernon; Mopsa-Miss I? Young.
Cast
Role: Clown Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Modern Fine Gentleman; or, 1757

Performance Comment: Daffodil-Woodward; Tukley-Palmer; Dizzy-Yates; Sophia-Miss Macklin; Arabella-Miss Minors; Mrs Dotterel-Miss Barton; Widow Damply-Mrs Cross; Lady Fanny Pewit-Mrs Bradshaw; Racket-Blakes; Sir William Whister-Burton; Sir Tan Tivy-Jefferson; Spinner-Walker; Ruffle-Usher; Waiters-Ackman, Atkins; Harry Clough; Prologue-Garrick (Genest, IV, 481).
Cast
Role: Daffodil Actor: Woodward
Event Comment: This is ye same farce that was play'd for Woodward's Benefit last Years, & call'd Ye Modern fine Gent: (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross). [See Theatrical Review, 1757 and Beginning of 1758 for comment on Male Coquette: 'On the whole the beauties of this little comedy exceed the faults in number and importance." The reviewer gives a nine-page review, cannot guess who wrote the piece, suggests Murphy.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette, or 1757

Performance Comment: Part-Woodward, Palmer, Yates, Blakes, Burton, Usher, Jefferson, Walker, Mrs Cross, Miss Minors, Miss Barton, Miss Macklin; Prologue-Garrick.
Event Comment: Benefit for Weller, Murden, Lewes. Afterpiece for 52nd and last time this season. Tickets deliver'd for Friday the 15th will taken. Tickets sold at the Door will not be admitted. Charges #65 10s. [Deficit to each beneficiary #1 14s. 4d., covered by income from tickets. Weller #41 14s. (Box 7; Pit 145; Gallery 182); Murden #41 12s. (Box 31; Pit 111; Gallery 172); Lewes #61 10s. (Box 45; Pit 239; Gallery 144).] Paid the Duke of Bedford half year's ground rent due Lady Day last for the theatre #41 13s. 4d. (#50 minus half year's Land Tax #8 6s. 8d.). Paid Duke of Bedford half year's ground rent for the New Building adjoining the theatre #12 10s. (#15 minus half year's Land Tax #2 10s.). (Account Book). Receipts: #60 1s. (Account Book). At 5 went to Covent Garden to see Conscious Lovers &c....Got a bad place hn the First Gallery...Lewis did Harlequin, but not so well as Woodward; and Miss D. Twist did ye Miller's Bride, Miss Wilford's Character. Mrs Mahon does the jealous fellow's wife (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17661209, but Tom-Woodward, 1st time; Humphrey-Perry; Daniel-Weller.
Cast
Role: Tom Actor: Woodward, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: IV: Double Hornpipe, as17670427

Ballet: IV: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

Event Comment: Paid John Sutherland for playing Bagg Pipes 3 nights in Midas and 1 in Dr Faustus #1 (Account Book). Went into the Pit to see Woodward in the character of Brazen. He is a most inimitable fellow....This play is entertaining, but rather loose. End Act II, a pantomime Dance by Fishar and Manesiere. The entertainment was Harlequin Dr Faustus (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #145 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-A Gentleman, 1st appearance; Worthy-Hull; Ballance-Gibson; Bullock-Dunstall; Brazen-Woodward; Kite-Gardner, 1st time; Welsh Collier-Weller; Recruits-Bennet, Lewes; Melinda-Mrs Dyer; Lucy-Mrs Pitt; Rose-Miss Ward; Sylvia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Brazen Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward.

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

Event Comment: DDon Felix pretty well by Powell....Lissardo inimitably by Woodward (the first time these 9 years). Read his part and that of Gibby. The play on the whole was pretty well performed. Baker does Beard's part in Midas. His not acting is a great loss to the public, as he was inimitable in some things. Stood in the well all night (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #163 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: Felix-Powell, 1st time; Briton-Smith; Lopez-Bennet; Pedro-Morris; Gibby-Shuter; Lissardo-Woodward, 1st time; Frederick-Gardner; Isabella-Mrs Mattocks; Flora-Mrs Pitt; Inis-Mrs Green; Violante-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Lissardo Actor: Woodward, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: II: The Female Archer, as17671029; IV: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Woodward (first appearance in that character); Capt. Dudley-Fearon; Charles Dudley-Didier; Stockwell-Gardner; Fulmer-F. Gentleman; Stukely-Dancer; Major O'Flaherty-Aickin; Servants-Vowell, Cornelys; Varland-Weston; Charlotte-Mrs Didier; Louisa-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Fulmer-Mrs Collins; Lucy-Mrs Granger; Housekeeper-Mrs White; Lady Rusport-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Belcour Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garrett

Dance: The Shoemaker-Master West, Miss West

Event Comment: The Fop's Fortune oblig'd to be deferr'd. Paid Woodward for 2 hats, a Tambour Waist-coat & a pair of Buckskin Breeches #7 2s. 6d. Paid Palmer (wax chandler's) bill #90 6s., and Pattinson (tallow chandler's) bill #34 14s. Paid Mrs Rich@&@Co. for half years rent for the House in Bow Passage due Mich. last #20 (Account Book). Receipts: #106 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Performance Comment: Young Mirabel-Smith; Old Mirabel-Shuter; Duretete-Woodward; Dugard-Gardner; Petit-Cushing; Oriana-Mrs Lessingham; Lamorce-Miss Ogilvie; Bizarre-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Duretete Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: IV: The Merry Sailors, as17721012

Monologue: 1772 11 12 Before: (By particular desire) New Occasional Prelude. As 27 Oct

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [See 26 May 1773.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Woodward; Strickland-Clarke, first time; Frankly-Lewis; first time, Bellamy-Wroughton; Jack Meggot-Lee Lewes; Tester-Quick; Mrs Strickland-Mrs Mattocks; Jacintha-Mrs Lessingham; Lucetta-Mrs Green; Milliner-Mrs Inville; Clarinda-Mrs Barry, first time; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters.
Cast
Role: Ranger Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Druids with two New Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Title Unknown

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Calisto; Or, The Chaste Nimph

Afterpiece Title: Calisto's Additional performers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fathers; Or, The Good Natur'd Man

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: As17780919

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist; Or, The Sham Doctor

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Achilles; Or, Iphigenia In Aulis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Marriage-hater Matched

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Citizen Turned Gentleman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Politiques