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Event Comment: Benefit for Vernon. Rec'd Mrs Johnston's rent 1 year to Lady Day #6. Paid Powney (stationer) #7 2s. 6d.; Ray (linen draper) #25 6s. 6d.; Vaughan (haberdasher) #4 10s. 6d.; Norfolk (glazier) #2 3s.; Barrow and Co. Oil #54 15s. 6d.; Pryer (turner) #5 18s. 6d.; Carter (scowerer) #9 8s. 6d.; Evans for Spermacetti Candles #5; Watch Rate half year #18 15s.; Cubit (tinman) #2 6d. Receipts: #160 10s. Charges: #66 16s. Profits to Vernon: #93 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Mat@O@Mint-Kear; Ben Budge-Burton; Player-Whitfield; Beggar-Waldron; Filch-Parsons; Peachum-Moody; Lockit-Bransby; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Polly-Mrs Smith; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; In Act III, a Hornpipe-Mrs Sutton; To conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Love
Role: a Hornpipe Actor: Mrs Sutton

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Vernon; Trippit-Lamash; Mrs Gadabout-Miss Platt; Gayless-Davies; Kitty Pry-Mrs Davies; Melissa-Miss Hopkins; Justice-Griffiths; Cook-Wright.
Cast
Role: Mrs Gadabout Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Kitty Pry Actor: Mrs Davies

Dance: End Opera: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Jewell. By Permission. A Tragedy for Warm Weather, not acted these ten Years, written after the manner of the worst as well as the best English Poets [author unknown] Containing, amongst a Variety of Particulars curious, entertaining, and pathetic, the Rebellion of the Journeymen Tailors, their Military Preparations and Election of a Chief, their Skirmishes, Ambushes, Sieges, Councils and Combats; their Division into Flints, and Dungs; with the Defection of the Dungs, at the Pass of Butcher Row and total Overthrow of the Flints at the famous Battle of Temple Bar; together with the Captivit and End of their valiant leader. [Colman's shortened version of the 1767 play (Biographia Dramatica).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17750921, but Macheath-Bannister; Peachum-Shuter; Filch-Parsons; Lockit-Lloyd; Mat-Brett; Lucy-Mrs Greville; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Gardner; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Polly-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Greville
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Jewell.

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Performance Comment: Master Taylors-Franscisco, Parsons; Campbello-Griffiths; Regniades-R. Palmer; Flints-; Abrahamades-Palmer; Isaacos-Fearon; Jackides-Jackson; Barnado-Davis; Dungs: Zacharyades-Walters; Timotheus-Stephens; Ladies-Mrs Gardner, Mrs Love, Miss Platt, Mrs W. Palmer, Mrs Jewell.

Entertainment: The Cries of London-Shuter

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Kennedy. Receipts: #319 8x. (198/16; tickets: 120/12) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17821022, but Captain Macheath-Mrs Kennedy; Lockit-Mrs Webb; Lucy-Mrs Morton; Jenny Diver-Miss Morris; Polly-Mr Bannister; Mrs Davenett's name listed in playbill; omitted: Dolly Trull, Betty Doxey. hathi. Mrs Davenett's name listed in playbill; omitted: Dolly Trull, Betty Doxey. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace or Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal (with The early Horn)-Mrs Kennedy; Harlequin Jupiter-W. Bates; Punch-Rayner; Mars-Cranfield; Hercules-Dumay; Leander-Ratchford; Pantaloon-Thompson; Mercury-Davies; Anatomist-Jones; Pierrot-Stevens; Old Woman-Mr Wewitzer; Columbine-Miss Matthews .
Cast
Role: Chasseur Royal Actor: Mrs Kennedy

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Hornpipe by Miss Besford

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: See17311113, but Macheath-Mrs Roberts; Polly-Mrs Giffard; Peachum-Rosco; Lockit-Huddy; Lucy-Mrs Palmer; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Morgan.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Morgan.

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Event Comment: Benefit for Buck, Crudge, Plummer. Tickets deliver'd out by Mrs Gould, Mrs Gwinn, &c. will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17560220, but Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Pitt [she doubled as Mrs Peachum].she doubled as Mrs Peachum].
Cast
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Betty Doxy Actor: Mrs Vallois
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Cast
Role: Aerial Spirits Actor: Granier, Mrs +Granier.
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dyer
Event Comment: We play'd the Beggar's Opera & ye Oracle by Children for the Benefit of some distress'd Actors who formerly belong'd to the Theatres. There was #102 in the House, the following Persons receiv'd from it Mr Marshall #23. Mr Morgan #21. Mrs Edgerton #5 5s. Mr Bowman #5 5s. Mr Phenix #10 10s. Mrs Gardner (formerly printer to ye house) #2 2s. N.B.: Mrs Clive refus'd to play her part of Lucy , it was done by Miss Young. New performers engag'd Y: Fletewood, Obrien, Packer, Perry, Miss Glen (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Yates; Filch-Raftor; Polly-Miss Macklin; Lucy-Miss E. Young, her 1st appearance on any stage; Mat@o@Mint-Rooker; Lockit-Champnes; Beggar-Philips; Player-Bransby; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Cross; Diana Trapes-Mrs Havard; In Act III, a Hornpipe-Morris; To conclude with a Country Dance-the Characters of the Opera.
Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Havard

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Dance: II: The Prussian Sailors, as17580601 End Opera: The Faggot Binders, as17580601

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Johnston. Paid Mr Parsons in lieu of Benefit #105. Receipts: #73 17s. Charges: #64 15s. Profits to Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Johnston: #9 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17760325 but Mat@O@Mint-Wright; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Johnston.
Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Johnston.
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Smith
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: a Hornpipe Actor: Mrs Sutton

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Mrs Wrighten.
Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Mrs King, first time

Dance: End Opera: a Favourite Dance call'd The Gardeners, as17760116

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Mrs Jewell. The Out-standing Tickets of Mr Jewell [from his benefit on 3 Sept.], and those issued for King Richard III will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Capt. Macheath-Bannister; Peachum-Aickin; Lockit-Massey; Mat o' th' Mint-Griffiths; Filch-Parsons; Lucy-Miss Hale; Mrs Peachum, Diana Trapes-Mrs Love; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs W. Palmer; Polly-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs W. Palmer
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Jewell.

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Major Sturgeon-Bannister; Sir Jacob Jollup-Jackson [Public Advertiser: Massey]; Bruin-Griffiths; Heel@tap-T. Davis; Jerry Sneak-Parsons; Mrs Bruin-Miss Platt; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Burden (1st appearance in London these 8 years).
Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Mrs Burden

Dance: III: a Hornpipe-

Entertainment: ImitationsEnd: New Imitations Vocal and Rhetorical-Hutton

Event Comment: The Carmelite [announced on playbill of 11 Oct.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of the Indisposition of Mrs Siddons. Mainpiece: With accompaniments to the airs composed by Linley [Sen.]. Receipts: #75 16s. (53/12; 21/4; 0/0; tickets not come in: 1/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Capt. Macheath-Bannister; Peachum-Moody; Filch-Suett; Lockit-Baddeley; Mat o' th' Mint-Williames; Ben Budge-Burton; Player-Wrighten; Beggar-Waldron; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Hopkins; Diana Trapes-Mrs Love; Jenny Diver-Miss Hale; Polly-Mrs Crouch. hathi.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Crouch. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: Too Civil by Half

Performance Comment: Captain Freeman-Palmer; Butler-Baddeley; Bustle-Wrighten; Lieutenant Bumper-Chapman; Sir Toby Treacle-Parsons; Lady Treacle-Mrs Hopkins; Bridget-Mrs Wilson; Nancy-Mrs Crouch .
Cast
Role: Lady Treacle Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Crouch

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece The Provencalle, as17850922; In Act III Hornpipe by Mills

Event Comment: "The simple melody of 'Cease your funning' need alone be adverted to in proof of the pathos of Mrs Billington's manner; and when it was encored, the repetition had every mark of variety" (Morning Herald, 22 Feb.). Receipts: #218 7s. (217/0; 1/7)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Captain Macheath-Johnstone; Peachum-Booth; Lockit-Thompson; Filch-Doyle; Lucy-Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Webb; Jenny Diver-Mrs Morton; Polly-Mrs Billington. hathi.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Billington. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: Omai

Dance: As17850930

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Roberts; Polly-Mrs Charke; Lucy-Miss Jones; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Shireburn; Peachum-Turbutt; Lockit-Jones. hathi.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Charke
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Shireburn

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Mrs Charke
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Mock Doctor Actor: Mrs Charke
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Monlass
Role: Davy Actor: Mrs Jones

Dance: The Black and White Joak by Davenport and Miss Brett. Harlequin by Miss Brett

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Mrs Auretti strain'd her Leg upon ye Stage (Cross). Paid Mrs Heron her bill #14 13s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #60 (Cross); #67 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17490926, but Beggar-_; Mrs Slammekin-_; Sukey Tawdry-_; Mrs Coaxer-_; Jenny Diver-_; Mrs Vixen-_; Betty Doxy-_.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Pit
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Havard
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Sukey Tawdry Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Mrs Shawford
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Miss Cole
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Clive

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Performance Comment: As17491127, but Savages-Miss Baker, Mrs _Addison; Shepherds-_Simons, G. _Yates, Master _Shawford; Shepherdesses-Miss _Baker, Miss _Cole, Mrs _L'Font, Miss _Shawford.
Event Comment: NNeville MS Diary: In ye evening read ye part of Hartop in the Knights. Went into ye Pit just as ye Beggar and Player came on and saw ye Beggar's Opera for a third time running, Mrs Dancer has more command of her eyes than any woman I ever saw, and sings very sweetly, tho' with less power than ye mere singing Pollys. Barry cannot sing well. Mrs Mahon's expression and propriety in Lucy is delightful. Mrs Jeffries does Doll Trapes better than she does Mrs P

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17670805 but Diana Trapes-Mrs Jeffreys (Neville).
Cast
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Jeffreys
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Mahon
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Johnson
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Molly Brazen Actor: Mrs Burden
Role: Dolly Trull Actor: Mrs Kirby
Role: Betty Doxy Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Dancer.

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Performance Comment: Hartop-Shuter; Jenkins-Davis; Tim-Weston; Sir Gregory Gazette-Brownsmith; Jenny-Mrs Gardiner.
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Gardiner.

Dance: FFingalian-; New Hornpipe, as17670805

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Drury Lane--New Painted and Decorated. Miss Pope's good acting is said to have made up for her deficiency in singing (Genest, V, 314). On Sept. 19 Fisher, Musician, married the widow of the late Powell, Patentee of cg (Winston MS 10). Rec'd Mrs Johnston's 1 year's rent to Lady Day Last #6; Paid Mr French on Acct per order Mr G. G. #20. Paid Renters #8. [This payment occurs each playing night throughout the season, and is not noted further.] The total amounted to #1576 (Drury Lane Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #188 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Peachum-Moody; Lockit-Bransby; Filch-Parsons; Mat@o@Mint-Kear; Beggar-Burton; Player-Wheeler; Ben Budge-Ackman; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Polly-Mrs Wrighten, 1st time; Lucy-Miss Pope; In Act III: a Hornpipe-; To Conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Wrighten, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Daigville, Sga Vidini

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Kenny, Briggs, Pemberton, Newton, Leslie, Miss Heard, Miss Richards, Mrs Enoe will be taken. Receipts: #40 11s. 6d. (27/5/0; 13/6/6; 0/0/0; tickets: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17840416, but Lucy (1st time)-Mrs Wilson; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Hopkins; added: Sukey Tawdry-Mrs Heard. hathi.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Sukey Tawdry Actor: Mrs Heard. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Performance Comment: Griskin-Parsons; Cupid-Miss Heard; Chamberlain-Burton; Jemmy Twinkle-Bannister Jun.; Fillagree-Mrs Hopkins; Landlady-Mrs Love; Chambermaid-Miss Simson; Miss Flack-Miss Tidswell; Miss Griskin-Mrs Brereton .
Cast
Role: Fillagree Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Miss Griskin Actor: Mrs Brereton

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by a Young Lady [unidentified], Scholar of Briggs; In afterpiece a Postillion Dance incident to the piece (performers not listed)

Event Comment: Benefit for Driscol, Banks, Barnard, Miss Davis, and Trott (Lobby Doorkeeper). Tickets deliver'd by Mlle Huette, Mrs Hanmeuze, Mrs Griffith will be taken. Tomorrow the Fair Penitent and on Friday Romeo and Juliet, being the last time of the Company's performing this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17510215, but abbreviated cast only listed: Polly-Miss Davis; Macheath-Lowe; Peachum-Arthur; Lockit-Dunstall; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Dunstall; Lucy-Miss Young; Hornpipe-Atkins.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Dance: As17510511

Event Comment: Places for Boxes to be taken at the stage door of the theatre. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. To begin exactly at 6 o'clock. [Customary notices repeated throughout the season.] Mr W. Giffard and Mrs Bland from the Theatre in Dublin, are arrived in London, and will shortly make their appearance at Covent Garden (General Advertiser 14 Sept.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Lowe; Peachum-Macklin; Lockit-Dunstall; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Dunstall; Lucy-Miss Young; Polly-Mrs Chambers; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters of the Opera.
Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Mock Doctor-Dunstall; Dorcas-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Vincent.
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cargill. Tickets to be had of Mrs Cargill, No. 41, Suffolk-street, Charing-Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17800605 but Beggar-Barrett; Peachum-Wilson; Polly-Mrs Cargill; Filch-Blissett.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End: As17800530

Event Comment: Benefit Polly [Mrs Pullen], Mrs Rayner, Mrs Nottingham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17281130, but Lucy-Mrs Rayner.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Rayner.
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Pullin.
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Pullen and Mrs Nottingham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Polly-Mrs Pullen; Lucy-Mrs Nottingham.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Pullen
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Nottingham.

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vernon. Opera by Desire. Receipts: #101 4s. plus #44 4s. from tickets (Box 113; Pit 89; Gallery 26) (Account Book). Charges: #64 10s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17600924, but Lucy-Mrs Vernon, 1st time; with a New Musical Prologue-Mrs Vernon.

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: As17600924; End of Opera: The Waggoners, as17610228

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Green, Miles, and Sga Maranesi. Tickets deliver'd for The Pilgrim, as also those by Miss Sledge, will be taken. Mainpiece for last time this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17610924, but Mrs Peachum-Mrs Copin; Diana Trapes-_.
Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Copin
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Vernon
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Copin
Role: With a Hornpipe Actor: Mrs Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Performance Comment: Coupee-Shuter; Quaver-Mattocks; Blister-Marten; Wormwood-Davis; Goodwill-Redman; Thomas-Perry; Miss Lucy-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Miss Lucy Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: I: The Cossacks-Sg and Sga Maranesi, as17601014; II: The Taylors, as17620107; End Opera: A Minuet-Sg and Sga Maranesi

Event Comment: Benefit for Mortimer, Tomlinson, West, Lings. House charges #84. [Deficit to actors #60 4s.] Received Mr Evans and Miss Roger's deficiency #28 18s. 6d. Paid Ann Collett for a gold brocaided silk #10 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #23 16s. (Treasurer's Book). Went into ye Pit...Vernon is an excellent MacHeath. I don't like Yates as Peachum so well as Shuter, and Parsons is not so good a Filch as Holborn. Bransby ye Lockit and Mrs Abington Lucy pretty well...Polly-$Mrs Vincent, who is now too old for ye character, and I think wants feeling...One Tomlinson, who had a 4th of the Benefit, spoke an Epilogue in the character of a Beggar, but by one party hissing and a greater clapping, could not hear it.--At Covent Garden a Hurdy-Gurdy man and girl play in the whore's scene, and as the Highwaymen march out, one returns and kisses MacHeath, and Shuter says some things Yates did not, but perhaps they are additions of his own (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17661013, but Player-Lings; Epilogue as Beggar-Tomlinson; Polly-Mrs Vincent; Hornpipe-Miss Tetley.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Love
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Arne. Mrs Arne still continuing ill at Bristol, humbly hopes it will be a sufficient apology, to the Ladies and Gentlemen, who have honored her with taking Places, for her not being able to perform this evening

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Holland, 1st time; Ferdinand (with songs)-Vernon; Stephano-King; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Love; Sebastian-Hurst; Antonio-Strange; Alonzo-Bransby; Gonzalo-Burton; Boatswain-Clough; Ariel (with songs)-Mas. Brown (pupil of Dr Arne, 1st appearance on the stage); Hymen-Kear; Ceres-Mrs Dorman; Miranda (with a song)-Mrs Baddeley, 1st time; with a Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; the other dances-Giorgi, Sga Giorgi.
Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Dorman
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Baddeley, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Ursula Actor: Mrs Dorman
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Farrell. Public Advertiser, 9 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Farrell, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #266 3s. 6d. (135.1.6; tickets: 131.2.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17771027, but Lucy-Mrs Morton; Polly-A Young Lady (pupil of the late Dr Arne; 1st appearance in that character [probably Miss Twist]). 1st appearance in that character [probably Miss Twist]).
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs White.
Role: Macheath Actor: Mrs Farrell
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Green

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17771030, but 1st Bacchant-Mrs Morton; Sabrina, Pastoral Nymph-A Young Lady [unidentified].unidentified].
Cast
Role: 1st Bacchant Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Farrell

Dance: Hornpipe, as17771017; End: The Poney Races, as17780421