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Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Rec'd from Condell on Acct for Fruit Rent #20. Rec'd by an Overcharge in Mrs Lynn's Bill 7 Jan. last 12s., and by ditto in Messrs Benn and Pugh's Bill of 5 June last #2 14s. 6d. [Neither of these bills is recorded in the Account Books available.] Paid half year's water rate for the Theatre due Xmas, #3 (Account Book). Receipts: #218 15s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Cast
Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Baker
Event Comment: Paid Pearce & Son for Cloaths #38; Paid Mrs Mackmillan for Papier Machee Ornaments #4 4s. (Account Book). Receipts: #206 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Cast
Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Pallas Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: I: The Merry Sailors, as17721012; II: Rural Amusements, as17730206; End: New Dance, as17730206

Event Comment: Last time performing Mainpiece till the Benefits. Paid Mrs Jackson for women's cloaths #9 9s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #166 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Cast
Role: Penelope Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Mrs Wilding Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Mrs Barry

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Performance Comment: Parts-Mrs Smith, Miss Harper, Sga Galli (first performance her in 16 years), Vernon, Meredith (who never performed in public).

Music: Solo on the Violin-Agus Jr (scholar of Nardini) lately arriv'd from Italy; Concerto on Clarinet-Mahoon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzuma

Performance Comment: As17730223, but Prologue-Bensley; Epilogue-Mrs Hartley (Edition of 1773).

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah; Judith

Performance Comment: As17730226; Singers-Miss Catley, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Venables, Sg Ristorini, Reinhold.

Music: I: Concerto on French Horn-Spandau; II: Concerto on Organ-Arne

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Sands Actor: Quick.
Role: Brandon Actor: Fox
Role: Old Lady Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Patience Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Queen Catherine Actor: Mrs Hartley

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: As17721205, but Principal Parts-Miss Pearce, Mrs _Kniveton.

Dance: End: New Dance, as17730206

Entertainment: End of Farce: (By Particular Desire) The Cries of London-Shuter

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. N.B. The Sacred Oratorio The Messiah will be performed on Wednesday and Friday in the next week. Receiv'd of Mrs Johnston one year's rent to Lady Day 1772 #6. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson; Judas Maccabaeus

Performance Comment: As17730226 Parts were: Samson, Manoa, Micah, Israelite Officer, Chorus of Israelites, Dalila, Harapha, Chorus of Philistine Women and Priests of Dagon.

Music: I: Violin Concerto-ThomasLinley

Event Comment: At the Crown and Anchor. A Religious Allegorical Poem to be rehearsed, yet in Manuscript, and by the author himself the Reverend George Marriott after the example of the most ancient bards and minstrals, with the assistance of a full orchestra, and vocal performers in the chorusses. The Band conducted and the music (entirely new) composed by Arnold. Postponed by reason of unforseen difficulties in preparing sufficient musical copies of the great number of chorusses. To begin at 7:00 p.m. Prices a quarter guinea each

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jesuit

Performance Comment: Airs-Mrs Weichsel.
Cast
Role: Airs Actor: Mrs Weichsel.
Event Comment: Benefit for Pinto and Eichner. To begin at 7:00 p.m. Pit and Boxes 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. Second Gallery 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Performers: Vocal-Sga Grassi, Mrs Weichsel; Instrumental-Cramer, Abel, Fischer, Crosdell, Eichner, Pinto, Spandau.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: As17721031, but Cassio-Cautherly, first time; Iago-Palmer; first time; Desdemona-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Barry.
Role: Emelia Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Mrs Barry

Dance: V: A Comic Dance, as17730325 End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17721023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Wrighten, first time.
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Smirk, Mrs Cole-King, for that night only; Shift, with a variety of imitations both rhetorical and vocal-Bannister; Minor-J. Aickin; Sir William Wealthy-Baddeley; Transfer-Parsons; Loader-Palmer; Lucy-Miss Ambrose; Richard Wealthy-Wrighten; Dick-Burton.

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17730325

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: Young Mask-Dyer; Old Mask-Quick; Freeman-R. Smith; Rozin-Thompson; Lady Scrape-Miss Pearce; Laundress-Mrs Pitt; The Musical Lady-Miss Barsanti, first time.
Cast
Role: Laundress Actor: Mrs Pitt

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

Monologue: 1773 5 10Before the Play (Seventeenth Time): New Occasional Prelude. As 19 Jan., but Author-Quick

Event Comment: Benefit for Gardner and R. Smith. Tickets deliver'd for the tragedy of Julius Caesar will be taken. Charges #71 16s. 6d. Deficit to each beneficiary #4 9s. 7d., cover'd by income from tickets: Gardner, #46 8s. (Box 83; Pit 82; Gallery 131); R. Smith, #39 4s. (Box 17; Pit 161; Gallery 131). Rec'd from Mrs Bulkley for cash advanc'd last season #130 (Account Book). Receipts: #62 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Smith
Role: Cassander Actor: Gardner
Role: Sysigambis Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Statira Actor: Mrs Hartley

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17720928

Performances

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Loveit-LeMarsh; Fribble-Hamilton; Flash-Davis; Puff-Fearon; Jasper-Palmer; Biddy-Miss Craven; Tagg-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Tagg Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: I: The Medley, as17730517; End: A Double Hornpipe-Giorgi's Scholars

Event Comment: Benefit for Holtom, Bates and Hamilton; Tickets deliver'd by Thompson will be taken. Tickets sold at doors will not be admitted. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to each beneficiary #4 8s. 9d. covered by income from tickets. @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value@Wild 16 111 255 #46 3s.@Holtom 7 99 76 #24 4s.@Baks 33 145 #33 17s.@Hamilton 45 53 93 #28 10s.@Total 101 327 569 #132 14s.@ Cash advanc'd to Miss Miller as per note #90 (Account Book). Receipts: #46 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17730417 but Shylock (that night only)-Shuter; Gratiano-Dyer; Launcelot-Hamilton; Nerissa-Mrs Vincent; Duke-Morris; Salanio-Owenson; Salarino-Thompson; Tubal-Bates; Balthazar-Holtom; Old Gobbo-Saunders.
Cast
Role: Nerissa Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Jessica Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Cast
Role: Mrs Midnight Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Country Madcap Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: III: A New Dance-Langrish, Miss Besford, as17730426 IV: Hornpipe-Miss Stede, as17730522

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Potter and Evans (Box-Keepers). Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Charges #81 5s. Deficit to each beneficiary #13 8s. 6d., cover'd by income from tickets. Receipts: #40 19s. 6d. (Account Book). @Tickets Box Pit Gallery Value@Condell 186 145 57 #73 19s.@Potter 130 80 99 #54 8s.@Evans 174 233 93 #87 15s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Performance Comment: As17721112, but Oriana-Mrs Bulkley, first time.
Cast
Role: Oriana Actor: Mrs Bulkley, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: Mrs Loveit Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Macklin Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Miller, scholar to Fishar; IV: A New Dance-Langrish, Miss Besford, as17730426

Music: End: Concerto on Harpsichord-Master Condell

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Roberts, Palmer. Tickets deliver'd by Wood and Humphreys will be taken (playbill). Receipts: #245 12s. 6d. Charges: #84. Profits to Watson, Roberts and Palmer: #161 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17730208, but Iachimo-Palmer; Claudio-Griffith; Queen-Mrs Johnston.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Johnston.
Role: Helen Actor: Mrs T. Smith.
Role: Singing Actor: Mrs Scott.

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Margery Moorpout Actor: Mrs Love.

Dance: III: A Dance, as17730506

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have at Ye All-Mas. Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Performance Comment: As17730329 but Colombine-Mrs Willems.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Willems.
Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Davis, Castle, Hamilton, Fearon, Lloyd, Lings, Moody, Moss, Jacobs, Ward, Courtney, Pierce, Weston, Miss Platt, Mrs Jewell.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Mock Doctor-Fearon; Harry-Palmer; James-Lewis; Davy-Jacobs; Helebor-Hamilton; Leander-Courtney; Robert-Lings; Jasper-Moss; Dorcas-Miss Atkinson; Charlotte-Mrs Weston.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Courtney
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Weston.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Parts-Aickin, Fearon, Moss, Moody, Lloyd, Courtney, Palmer, Pierce, Weston, Mrs Williams, Miss Platt, Miss Craven.

Afterpiece Title: Cupid's Revenge

Cast
Role: Julippa Actor: Mrs Jewell.

Dance: II: A Double Hornpipe-; End: A new dance The Italian Peasants-Giorgi's scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Foote; other parts-Weston, Aickin, Davis, Jacobs, Howard, Fearon, Lloyd, Moody, Hamilton, Castle, Ward, Moss, Lings, Courtney, Pierce, Miss Atkinson, Miss Platt, Mrs Weston, Miss Lings, Miss Craven, Francis; with a Re-inforcement of Bayes's new rais'd troops-.
Related Works
Related Work: Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailors' Rehearsal Author(s): Edward Phillips

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Cast
Role: Phillida Actor: Mrs Jewell.

Dance: The Italian Peasants, as17730614

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Performance Comment: Parts-Reinhold first time, Miss Wilde first time, Mrs Thompson.

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: Gullwell-Fearon; Harwood-Howard; Irishman (with a Song)-Moody; Scotchman-Hamilton; Frenchman-Bolton; Lord Brilliant-Lamash; LeBrush-Ward; Frankly-Courtney; Trickit-Lings; Williams-Osborne; new Character-Mrs Williams; Maria-Miss Atkinson; Melpomene-Miss Lings; Margery-Miss Craven.
Cast
Role: new Character Actor: Mrs Williams

Dance: End: The Haymakers-

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Rovewell-DuBellamy; Argus-Follett; Robin-Fearon; Hearty-Lloyd; Taylor-Jacobs; Arethusa-young gentlewoman (first appearance any stage); Betty-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Palmer.

Dance: As17730728 The Haymakers-Giorgi's Scholars