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Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Mrs Wilson, widow of Richard Wilson, lately of the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden and Haymarket [whose 1st appearance on the stage was at Manchester, 26 Feb. 1796]. Tickets to be had of Mrs Wilson, No. 239, Piccadilly, near the Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Performance Comment: Captain Absolute-Palmer; Faulkland-Egerton; Julia-Mrs Wilson (1st time in a London Theatre, and 4th on any stage).
Cast
Role: Julia Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Lappet-Mrs Wilson; other Characters-The Ladies and Gentlemen of the Shakesperian Society.
Cast
Role: Lappet Actor: Mrs Wilson

Entertainment: Monologue Mainpiece: The Original Epilogue [by Richard Brinsley Sheridan]-Mrs Wilson

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Knight. Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years [acted 1 Oct. 1779]. Times, 1 May: Tickets to be had of Mr and Mrs Knight, No. 47, Rathbone-place. Receipts: #270 11s. 6d. (138.19.6; 4.9.6; tickets: 127.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Holman; Justice Clement-Munden; Old Knowell-Murray; Master Stephen-Knight; Brain@Worm-Townsend; Young Knowell-Clarke; Wellbred-Whitfield; Master Matthew-Simmons; Cash-Farley; Downright-Waddy; Formal-Rees; Cob-Thompson; Captain Bobadil (for that night only)-Cubitt (1st appearance on this stage these 3 [recte 4] years); Bridget-Miss Mansel; Tib-Mrs Gilbert; Mrs Kitely-Miss Betterton.
Cast
Role: Tib Actor: Mrs Gilbert
Role: Mrs Kitely Actor: Miss Betterton.

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lord Duke-Lewis; Lovel-Munden; Sir Harry-Knight; Freeman-Clarke; Phillip-Davenport; Kitty (with a song)-Mrs Knight.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Knight.

Dance: In afterpiece: Mock Minuet-Mr and Mrs Knight

Entertainment: Singing and Monologues.End: a Dialogue Duet (1st time), The Pledge of Love; or, British Tar's Farewell-Incledon, Mrs Mountain (the Music entirely New); The Barber's Petition, with a song in character, Wigs (including his Own Wig, The Doctor's Wig, Counsellor's Wig, The Lover's Wig, Coachman's Wig, etc.)-Knight; Ode on the Passions-Mrs Pope; Old Towler-Incledon

Performance Comment: End: a Dialogue Duet (1st time), The Pledge of Love; or, British Tar's Farewell-Incledon, Mrs Mountain (the Music entirely New); The Barber's Petition, with a song in character, Wigs (including his Own Wig, The Doctor's Wig, Counsellor's Wig, The Lover's Wig, Coachman's Wig, etc.)-Knight; Ode on the Passions-Mrs Pope; Old Towler-Incledon.
Event Comment: Benefit for Simpson, Powel, Rees & Mrs Henley. 3rd piece [1st time; P 1]: Selected from The Rape of Proserpine, Lord Mayor's Day, Harlequin's Museum, Harlequin Skeleton, Harlequin Sorcerer, Aladin, &c. In the course of the Compilation will be introduced: The Birth and Emancipation of Harlequin from the Egg-shell-the Dying Scene-the Skeleton-His Renovation-the celebrated Gladiator Scene, &c. In particular, among many surprising Escapes, the Jump through the Tea-chest; Flight from one Balcony to the other; a Leap over twelve Soldiers with fixed Bayonets; the Flight back and Jump through a Tamborine-and (for that night only) Simpson will run perpendicular up the Wall of a House, 30 Feet High. To conclude with a View of the Grotto of Magic. There are some imitations which almost identify the originals, but [Rees's as Dromio] was a vile caricature, which would never have been recognized but for the specification in the play bills" (Monthly Mirror, June 1798, p. 371). Receipts: #269 19s. 6d. (48.19.0; 20.17.6; tickets: 200.3.0, of which Simpson took #72 5s. 6d., Powel #27 10s. 6d., Rees #36 11s., Mrs Henley #61 16s., leaving #2 to be accounted for)

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Mrs Bundle Actor: Mrs Henley
Role: Amelia Actor: Mrs Gibbs
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Witches Revels; or, The Birth of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Simpson; Clown-Follett; Pantaloon-Hawtin; Kiddy Wigsby-Simmons; Crop (his servant)-Master Rees; Witches-Thompson, Street, Dyke; Principal Witch-Mrs Martyr; Mother-Mrs Lloyd; Colombine-Mlle St.Amand.
Cast
Role: Principal Witch Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Lloyd

Song: In III 1st piece: song in character-Mrs Henley; Old Towler-Incledon

Entertainment: Vaudeville.As17980528; In 2nd piece: new Imitations-Rees

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Litchfield and Miss Mitchell. 3rd piece: Not acted these 2 years. Morning Chronicle, 25 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Litchfield, No. 38, Bedford-street, Covent Garden; of Miss Mitchell, No. 3, Park-street, Grosvenor-square. Receipts: #304 15s. 6d. (76.7.6; 1.12.0; tickets: 226.16.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lie Of The Day; Or, A Party At Hampton Court

Performance Comment: Aircourt-Lewis; Alibi-Munden (1st appearance in that character); Metheglin-Fawcett; Larry Kavanagh-Knight; Sir Carrol O'Donovan-Waddy; Young O'Donovan-Clarke; Lady Arable-Miss Chapman; Katty Kavanagh-Mrs Davenport; Fib-Mrs Watts; Sophia (1st time)-Mrs Litchfield.
Cast
Role: Katty Kavanagh Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Fib Actor: Mrs Watts
Role: Sophia Actor: Mrs Litchfield.

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Cast
Role: Selina Actor: Mrs Castelle
Role: Dolly Actor: Mrs Norton
Role: Fanny Actor: Mrs Martyr.

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Performance Comment: General-Munden; Nicholas-Fawcett; Sebastian-Farley; Matthias-Emery; Ambrose-Thompson; Marquis-Betterton; Flora-Mrs Mattocks; Cecily-Mrs Davenport; Julia-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Cecily Actor: Mrs Davenport

Song: End II: The Death of Admiral Benbow-Incledon; End: a song-Townsend; End I 2nd piece: The Snug Little Island-Townsend; End 2nd piece: Old Towler-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue Alexander's Feast-Mrs Litchfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Cast
Role: Miss Peggy Actor: Mrs Jordan

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Cast
Role: Sally Shamrock Actor: Mrs Bland.

Song: In: The Blue Bell of Scotland, as18000512; accompanied on the Lute, as18000512; In course Evening: Crazy Jane-Mrs Bland; In 3rd piece: a new ballad, The Fisherman and the River Queen (Written and Composed by M. G. Lewis, Esq, M. P., Author of Crazy Jane.)-Mrs Bland

Performance Comment: G. Lewis, Esq=, M. P., Author of Crazy Jane.)-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Actor: Mrs Bland.
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bland. Morning Chronicle, 19 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Bland, No. 6, Southampton-place, Tottenham-Court-Road

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Performance Comment: Octavian-Barrymore; Virolet-Trueman; Kilmallock-Johnstone; Roque-Davenport; Lope Tocho-Suett; Goatherds-Ledger, Chippendale; Muleteers-Bannister, Klanert; Bulcazin Muley-Caulfield; Ganem-[J.] Palmer; Sadi-Wathen; Zorayda-Miss Chapman; Floranthe-Miss DeCamp; Agnes-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: Belville-Trueman; Capt. Belville-Caulfield; Rustic-Chippendale; Irishman-Abbot; William-Miss DeCamp; Phoebe-Mrs Bland; Dorcas-Mrs Davenport; Rosina-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Rosina Actor: Mrs Mountain.

Song: In course evening: Little Taffline; or, The Silken Sash-Mrs Bland

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Campion. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At 8 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; several Italian Sonatas- the Famous Gasperini, Signior Petto; several English and Italian Songs-Mrs Campion

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Prince. By reason of the Entertainment, the Play will be shortened. Boxes 6s., pit 4s., gallery 2s. 6d. [Genest, II, 293, lists this for 7 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Song: Four new songs, the Nightingale Song-Francisca Margarita del'Epine, with music composed by Jacomo Greber

Dance: As17030601 Also Mezzetin a Clown and two Chair/men-; Blouzabella-Prince, Mrs Elford

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Campion. For the Entertainment of his Excellency the Envoy Extraordinary from the King of Denmark and several other Foreign Ministers, and Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

Music: Instrumental Music-Gasperini, DuRuel; accompanied-Mrs Campion on the harpsichord

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Campion; particularly Purcell's Mad Dialogue, and another from The World in the Moon-; Several other new songs composed by Weldon-

Dance: DuRuel, Mrs Campion

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bicknell and Fairbank

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: Hoyden-Mrs Bicknell.
Cast
Role: Hoyden Actor: Mrs Bicknell.

Song: Purcell's Genius of England-Leveridge; Fair Iris-Leveridge, Mrs Campion

Dance: DuRuel

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mayers. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Song: A dialogue from The Island Princess-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey

Dance: As17040204

Music: A masque set by Henry Purcell-

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Song: Several new Songs-Mrs Hodgson; A New Song by way of Ballad, call'd The Misses' Lamentation for want of their Vizard Masks in the Play/house-Mr Boman

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Moore

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Song: Let the Dreadful Engines-Leveridge

Dance: Country Frenchman and his Wife, Dutch Skipper-duRuel, Mrs duRuel

Entertainment: Diverting ones Clinch of Barnet

Event Comment: Benefit Hall and Swiny. Not Acted these Five Years. [Mrs del'Epine sings] at the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband; Or, The Plotting Sisters

Dance: duRuel, Mrs duRuel; Cyclops Dance (from Psyche), in which Monsieur Cherrier perform'd the Part of Vulcan with great Applause-

Song: Singing In Italian and English-Mrs del'Epine; particularly Henry Purcell's O lead me to some peaceful Gloom-

Event Comment: Benefit Firbank and Bickerstaff. Mainpiece: Not Acted there these Four Years. Afterpiece: The Two Doctors' Scenes from the last Act. [Mrs del'Epine sings] at the Desire of several Persons of Quality [for her last appearance until winter]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Taming Of A Shrew; Or, Sawny The Scot

Afterpiece Title: Le Medicin Malgre Luy (last act)

Song: Several Italian songs-Mrs del'Epine, the music composed by Greber; and an English song composed by Purcell-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs duRuel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Song: As17050215

Dance: The Heroineby duRuel-duRuel [but see17050224] [and performed by him, Mrs duRuel

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barry. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Dance: Mlle delaVal, Mrs Elford, both of l'Abbe's scholars

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs duRuel. [In Daily Courant, 18 Feb., The Man of Mode had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Song: Leveridge, the Boy

Dance: New dances-duRuel, Mrs duRuel, Cherrier

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey, the Boy

Dance: As17051218

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Song: Several Musical Dialogues-

Dance: deBarques, Mrs Elford

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bracegirdle. The music of The Judgment of Paris set by Eccles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Dance: Comical dances-deBarques, Mrs Elford

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Rogers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Music: As17060110

Dance: Cherrier, Miss Santlow, Mrs Evans

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Knight

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vertue Betray'd; Or, Anna Bullen

Song: Leveridge, Ramondon, Mrs Lindsey, the Boy

Dance: As17051227

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Moore

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Leveridge, Hughes, Mrs Lindsey

Music: Instrumental Music-the best Masters

Dance: As17070123

Event Comment: benefit Mrs Bradshaw. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abra Mule; Or, Love And Empire

Performance Comment: Abra Mule-Mrs Bradshaw; Mahomet-Keene; Solyman-Booth; Pyrrhus-Powell.
Cast
Role: Abra Mule Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Dance: delaGarde, Mrs delaGarde; particularly a Swedish Peasant never performed before-