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Performances

Mainpiece Title: [entertainments Of Music And Dancing] A Grand Symphony By The Celebrated Band Of The Opera House

Performance Comment: The Peasant Metamorphosed, as17840430 Hornpipe, as17840430 A Grand Instrumental Concert. The Country Squabble, as17840430 New Pastoral Pas de Deux by Duquesney Jun. and Mlle Constance (from the Theatre Royal, Paris). The Rival Clowns, as17840430, but added: Mrs Dagville; in which Orpheo, as17840430.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Cast
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lady Percy Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: William Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Rosina Actor: Mrs Bannister

Dance: End of mainpiece The Charms of a Camp, as17840521

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Tally Ho! by Mrs Martyr; End of Act iv Poor ThomasDay by Edwin, Davies, Brett

Performance Comment: by Mrs Martyr; End of Act iv Poor ThomasDay by Edwin, Davies, Brett .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Pantomime [don Juan]

Performance Comment: Characters by Simonet, Henry, Menage, Mrs Dagville, Miss Cooper, the two Miss Simonets, and Clown-Delpini .

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for a Performer, thirty years a Servant of the Publick at Covent-garden and Haymarket Theatres [unidentified]. Mainpiece: Written by the ingenious Mrs Behn, with Alterations by a Gentleman well known in the Dramatick World and Republick of Letters. The Characters new dressed in the Habits of the Times. [Writers and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown.] Afterpiece: Altered from Sir John Vanbrugh. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Prince

Afterpiece Title: The Battle Royal

Dance: In Act V of mainpiece a Masquerade, and a Minuet de la Cour by Master Corbyn and Miss Keen

Song: End of mainpiece most of the favourite airs from The Poor Soldier [singers not listed]. Vaudeville. End of afterpiece a short Pantomimical Scene, in which Harlequin will leap through a Hogshead on Fire

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pinto (formerly Miss Brett). [And see 26 Apr. 1785.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Entertainment: Not specified

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Waldron. The last Night of performing this Season. [The above is an advance notice on playbill of 5 Aug.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Iago Actor: Ryder
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice; or, The Metamorphoses of Harlequin

Performance Comment: [Edition of 1739 (Tho. Wood) lists the parts: Orpheus, Pluto, Ascalax, Furies, Friends, Harlequin, Pantaloon, Gawkey, Drudge, Taylor, Shoemaker, Drawer, Hostler, Porter, Eurydice, Rhodope, Nymphs, Bacchants, Colombine, Mrs Mannerly, Witch, Frothwell, Maid, Dwarf Woman.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Achmet

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Song: As17890914, but Vocal Parts-Lee, W. _Thompson, Miss +MacGeorge, Mrs +Lefevre

Performance Comment: _Thompson, Miss +MacGeorge, Mrs +Lefevre.
Event Comment: [The playbill announces The Beggar's Opera (in place of The Maid of the Mill, advertised on playbill of 3 Dec., but "deferred on account of the Indisposition of Johnstone") and The Touchstone. But "Mrs Billington was taken ill & The Merry Wives of Windsor with The Deserter & Devil on Two Sticks were substituted for B. Opera & Touchstone" (MS annotation on BM bill: cg, Vol. VII). World, 5 Dec., states that The Mayor of Garratt was the afterpiece, but the Account-Book lists The Devil upon Two Sticks.] Receipts: #126 18s. (115.0.6; 11.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Devil upon Two Sticks

Dance: The Deserter-[, See17891113

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Zingari In Fiera

Dance: End I: A New Divertisement (composed by D'Egville)-Didelot, Mme Rose Didelot, Mr Laborie, Mme Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg, Deshayes (1st appearance in this country), Mlle Parisot (1st appearance at this theatre these 2 years); End Opera: a new Anacreontic Ballet, in 2 parts, Les Jeux d'Egle-Deshayes, Laborie, D'Egville, Didelot, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot, Mme Laborie, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mrs D'Egville, Mme Rose Didelot

Performance Comment: Hilligsberg, Mrs D'Egville, Mme Rose Didelot.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Zingari In Fiera

Dance: End I: A New Divertisement, as18000111; End Opera: [Ballet (composed by D'Egville with music by Bossi]), Hylas et Temire [subsequently entitled Hylas et Temire][; ou, La Statue Animee-Deshayes, Laborie, Didelot, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot, Mme Laborie, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mrs D'Egville, Mme Rose Didelot

Performance Comment: Hilligsberg, Mrs D'Egville, Mme Rose Didelot.
Related Works
Related Work: Cinna's Conspiracy Author(s): Colley Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Due Fratelli Rivali

Dance: End I: Hylas et Temire-[see18000128]; End Opera: Les Jeux d'Egle, as18000111, but Mlle J. _Hilligsberg, Mrs _D'Egville, Mme Rose _Didelot

Performance Comment: _Hilligsberg, Mrs _D'Egville, Mme Rose _Didelot.