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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: As17791011, but Florella-Mrs Poussin.
Cast
Role: Florella Actor: Mrs Poussin.
Role: Serina Actor: Mrs Lewis
Role: Monimia Actor: Mrs Hartley

Afterpiece Title: The Mirror

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Prude Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Sicilians Actor: Mrs Willems, Miss Green

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Audrey Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Whitfield

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Performance Comment: Lively-Davies; Hunks-Reinhold; Gripe-Quick; Osman-Booth; Mustapha-Fox; Ali-Baker; Jenny-Mrs Morton; Harriet-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Morton

Dance: End I: The Dockyard, as17791204; V: a Dance of Foresters-Dagueville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Lord Hastings-A Gentleman [unidentified]; Duke of Gloucester-Gardner; Belmour-Griffith; Ratcliff-Dennis; Catesby-Scott; Earl of Derby-Squire; Dumont-Cresswick; Jane Shore-A Young Lady unidentified]; Alicia-Mrs Lefevre; Epilogue, [including a parody of Shakespeare's Seven Ages-Cresswick.
Cast
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Lefevre

Afterpiece Title: Wrangling Lovers; or, Like Master Like Man

Performance Comment: Carlos-Norris; Sancho-Cresswick; Leonora-A Lady [unidentified]; Jacintha-Mrs Lefevre.
Cast
Role: Jacintha Actor: Mrs Lefevre.
Related Works
Related Work: The Wrangling Lovers Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: Like Master Like Man Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Entertainment: Imitations. After the Epilogue: a Variety of new Imitations-Decastro; Monologue. End IV: Address to the Town, in which several Dramatic Characters will be introduced-Master Russell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Carlos Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Pinchwife-Hull; Sparkish-Lee Lewes; Harcourt-Robson; Dorilant-Whitfield; Alithea-Miss Ambrose; The Country Wife-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: The Country Wife Actor: Mrs Wilson.
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): John Lee

Dance: End: The Dockyard, as17791204

Event Comment: Fatal Falshood [announced on playbill of 1 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of Mrs Hartley. Receipts: #189 2s. (186.14; 2.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Every-where

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Prude Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Sicilians Actor: Mrs Willems, Miss Green

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17791012, but Tattle-Dodd; Foresight-Parsons; Trapland-Waldron; Miss Prue-Mrs Mattocks (of cg).
Cast
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Miss Sherry

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17791117, but Susan-Mrs Davies.
Cast
Role: Susan Actor: Mrs Davies.
Role: Lady Dinah Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Emily Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Brereton

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: End: The Minuet de la Cour-the Miss Stageldoirs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17791111, but Lorenzo (with songs)-Vernon; Jessica (1st time [song omitted])-Mrs Wilson.
Cast
Role: Jessica Actor: Mrs Wilson.
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End III: The Dockyard, as17791204; End IV: Dance-Master Dagueville, Master Holland, Miss Dagueville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Performance Comment: Alwin-Henderson (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Raymond-Wroughton; Grey-Clarke; Laroche-Whitfield; Morton-L'Estrange; Sir Ardolph-Fearon; Peasant-Booth; Knight-Robson; Ld. William-Miss Langrish; Eleanor-Mrs Lewis; Countess of Salisbury-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Eleanor Actor: Mrs Lewis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Every-where

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Prude Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Sicilians Actor: Mrs Willems, Miss Green

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Miss Hoyden Actor: Mrs Abington.

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: As17800112, but Principal Characters-Mrs Pulley, Miss _Collett.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Performance Comment: Mark Anthony-Smith; Cassius-Henry; Caska-read by Gardner [of hay]; Julius Caesar-Packer; Octavius Caesar-Farren; Trebonius-Chaplin; Decius Brutus-Wrighten; Metellus Cimber-Williams; Cinna-Norris; Pindarus-R. Palmer; Soothsayer-Fawcett; Servant to Anthony-Philimore; Lucius-Master Pulley; Plebians-Baddeley, Waldron, Burton, Holcroft; Brutus-Palmer; Calphurnia-Miss Sherry; Portia-Mrs Baddeley.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Baddeley.

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17791229, but Lucinda-Mrs Morton.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Morton.
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Wilson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Every-where

Cast
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Prude Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Sicilians Actor: Mrs Willems, Miss Green

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Falshood

Cast
Role: Julia Actor: Mrs Hartley

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Reinhold; Paris-Mattocks; Momus-Quick; Mercury (1st time)-Robson; Venus-Miss Brown; Pallas-Mrs Morton; Iris-Miss Valois; Juno (with a new Scotch air)-Miss Catley (1st appearance these 3 years).
Cast
Role: Pallas Actor: Mrs Morton
Event Comment: The 9th Night [Benefit for the Author (on playbill of 7 Feb.)] of Zoraida is obliged to be deferr'd on account of Mrs Yates's Illness. [The same Benefit was announced on playbill of 11 Mar., but the play was again deferred. See 1 May 1781.] Receipts: #132 16s. 6d. (103.17.0; 28.15.6; 0.4.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Cast
Role: Widow Blackacre Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Eliza Actor: Mrs Sharp
Role: Fidelia Actor: Mrs Robinson.
Related Works
Related Work: The Plain Dealer Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17791119, but King Lear-A Gentleman (1st appearance [Bludrick]); Cordelia-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Jackson.
Related Works
Related Work: King Lear Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: 2nd Bacchant Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: 2nd Spirit Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: 3rd Bacchant Actor: Mrs Morton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John DaltonJohn Milton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Discovery

Performance Comment: As17791109, but Miss Richly-Mrs Sharp.
Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Fatal Discovery Author(s): John Home

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17791230, but Chorus of Spirits-Mrs _Gaudry.
Cast
Role: Chorus of Spirits Actor: Mrs _Gaudry.
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Cicely Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Floretta Actor: Mrs Wrighten.
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Innocence; or, The Chamber-Maid Turn'd Quaker Author(s): John Leanerd
Related Work: The Young Quaker Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17791103; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17791103; IV: Grand New Dance, as17800228, but Sga _Crespi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: Hearty-Reinhold; Vincent-Mattocks; Hilliard-Wordsworth; Springlove-Whitfield; Oliver-Robson; Randal-Thompson; Oldrents-Booth; Justice Clack-Quick; Meriel-Miss Brown; Amie-Mrs Morton; Rachel-Miss Catley.
Cast
Role: Amie Actor: Mrs Morton

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: 2nd Bacchant Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: 2nd Spirit Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: 3rd Bacchant Actor: Mrs Morton
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John DaltonJohn Milton

Dance: In II: the original Crutch Dance-[This was danced in all subsequent performances]

Song: With additional songs, Ellen@a@Roon-Miss Catley, Miss Brown; Afterpiece: With Push about the Jorum, with an additional verse,-Miss Catley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Wroughton; Clytus (for that night only)-Aickin; Statira-Mrs Hartley; Roxana-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Statira Actor: Mrs Hartley
Related Works
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Related Work: The Amazon Queen; or, The Amours of Thalestris to Alexander the Great Author(s): John Weston

Afterpiece Title: A Fete The Fete Anticipated

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus (1st time)-Henry; Cloten-Dodd; Cymbeline-Hurst; Pissanio-Packer; Bellarius-Aickin; Guiderius (1st time)-R. Palmer; Arviragus-Davies; Lucius-Wrighten; French Gentleman-Chaplin; Philario-Wright; Iachimo-Smith; Queen-Miss Sherry; Imogen-Mrs Robinson (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Imogen Actor: Mrs Robinson

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Ursula Actor: Mrs Love

Dance: II: Masquerade scene with Dancing-Henry, Menage, Miss Armstrong; End III: Minuet-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Song: II: song-Miss Abrams; End afterpiece: song, Ellen a Roon, with the original Irish words-the Young Lady who performs Leonora

Event Comment: The Hypocrite [announced on playbill of 22 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Mrs Abington's Illness. Receipts: #151 2s. (108.3.0; 42.0.6; 0.18.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Chorus of Spirits Actor: Mrs _Gaudry.
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Cuyler
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin's Jubilee Author(s): John A. Fisher

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17791103; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17791103; IV: Dance, as17791103, but Delpini, Miss +Armstrong

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane (1st time)-Henderson; Moneses-Wroughton; Axalla-Whitfield; Bajazet (1st time)-Aickin; Selima-Mrs Jackson; Arpasia-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Selima Actor: Mrs Jackson

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Performance Comment: As17800410, but in Scene III Venus-Mrs Morton; added are: Scenes V, VI, VII. The May-Day Garland; or, Harlequin's Trip to Lisson-Green. Harlequin (with the jump through the tub)-W. Bates; Scene VIII originally Scene VI; Scene IX originally Scene VII. Scene VIII originally Scene VI; Scene IX originally Scene VII.

Afterpiece Title: The Elders

Related Works
Related Work: The Elder Brother Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: Philaster; or, Love Lies a Bleeding Author(s): John Fletcher

Song: In: To thee O gentle sleep-Leoni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Performance Comment: As17800126, but Deborah (with a song in character)-Miss Catley; Margery-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Rosetta (1st time)-Mrs Arne.
Cast
Role: Rosetta Actor: Mrs Arne.
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Morton.

Afterpiece Title: The Siege of Gibraltar

Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Moll Trumpet Actor: Mrs White
Role: Zayde Actor: Mrs Morton.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Performance Comment: As17791029, but Luciana (1st time)-Mrs Whitfield.
Cast
Role: Luciana Actor: Mrs Whitfield.
Role: Adriana Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Abbess Actor: Mrs Hartley.

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Mrs Barthelemon.
Role: Characters Actor: Reinhold, Robson, Baker, Mrs Morton.
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Morton.
Role: Feridon Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Gypsies Actor: Baker, Simpkinson, Mrs Morton
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Sharpe
Role: Justice's Wife Actor: Mrs Willems

Dance: End III: a new Tambourine Dance-; in which the Minuet de la Cour and Gavot-Harris, Miss Matthews; End IV: Minuet-Dumay, Miss Dagueville; a dew Minuet and Allemandecomposed by Dagueville-Holloway, Miss Lings; to conclude with: Quadrilles-; In afterpiece: Dancing, as17800510

Ballet: End: The Humours of New-Market. As17800508

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber; Or, The Fruitless Precaution

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Palmer; Singing Spirit-Du-Bellamy; Brothers-Lamash, Wood; 1st Spirit-R. Palmer; Principal Bacchanal-Bannister; Lady (with the song of Sweet Echo, accompanied on the hautboy by Sharp)-Miss Harper; Sabrina, Pastoral Nymph-Miss Twist; Bacchants-Mrs Hitchcock; Eurphosyne, Principal Bacchant-A Young Lady (who never appeared on any stage [Miss Hemet]).Miss Hemet]).
Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Hitchcock
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John DaltonJohn Milton

Music: With a Fandango Overture-. [This was performed in all subsequent performances.