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Event Comment: House

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Event Comment: House

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Related Works
Related Work: The Musical Lady Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: End: The Amusements of Strasburg, as17710422

Event Comment: House. Last time of performing the mainpiece this season. Afterpiece: By Desire

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: II: The Allemande-Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong (Scholars of Daigville); End: A New Dance call'd The Shepherds Frolic, as17710406

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Paid Printer's Bill #9 6s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #243 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Doors open at 5 o'clock. Play to begin promptly at six. Paid Printer's Bill #9 6s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #236 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherly; Heartwell-Hurst; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Cautherly
Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Ladies and Gentlemen are desired to come early. Paid Printer's Bill, #9 6s. Receipts: #238 8s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Constant Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Lovel Actor: Cautherly

Dance: End: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Doors open at 5 o'clock. Receipts: #232 3s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Mainpiece: For the 4th and last time this season. Afterpiece: By Desire, the 36th night. Full Prices. Receipts: #224 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Cast
Role: Others Actor: Mrs _Wrighten.
Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Afterpiece: By Desire and for last time this season. Paid salary list #520 7s. 6d.; Rec'd stopages #17 9s. 6d (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #215 8s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Nephew Actor: Cautherly

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

Monologue: 1773 5 22 Between Play and Farce: A Favourite Musical Interlude, The Recruiting Serjeant. As 13 May

Event Comment: House. This was to have been Mr Weston's Night but Miss Younge being ill he desired to have it deferr'd (Hopkins Diary). The School For Wives iS oblig'd to be deferr'd till Saturday, on acct of Mr Weston's indisposition (playbill). Receipts: #250 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Constant Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Note of Hand

Cast
Role: Rivers Actor: Cautherly
Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Paid salary list #525 2s.; Mr King's extra salary #3; Mr French on acct #5 5s.; Mr C. Bannister per order #19 10s.; Miss Hopkins 140 nights not on List #46 13s. 4d. Rec'd stopages #18 4s. 6d. Receipts: #165 3s. (Treasurer's Book)
Event Comment: House. Mr Reddish Still continuing a little Mad or So--Mr Cautherly plaid the Duke & very well was applauded (Hopkins Diary). Last time but one of performing before Easter. Paid Carpenter's Dinners &c. at Black Lyon #6 6s.; Tabor & Pipe 10 nights (1st inst. incl.) #5 5s.; Rec'd of Mr Rowland 1 yrs. rent to Lady Day last (#1 16s. Land tax deducted) #41 4s. Receipts: #180 3s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Performance Comment: As17750313 but Duke-Cautherly.
Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Cautherly.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jacket

Cast
Role: other characters Actor:

Dance: II: The Grand Garland Dance-Slingsby, Sga Hidou

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Last time of performing the Mainpiece this season. Mrs Smith's Benefit notice (see 22 April) changed to Love in a Village and the Deserter, with a note that tickets deliver'd for Cymbeline would be taken. Receipts: #137 4s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Being the last time of performing both pieces this season. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #154 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: V: Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202

Event Comment: House Pacini's Night Bought by the Managers (Hopkins Diary). The last time of performing till Easter. Paid salary #416 4s. 4d.; Mr Smith for Abrams [sic] the Jew #21; Miss Abrahams [sic] #10 10s. Receipts: #262 8s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: London's Great Jubilee Author(s): Matthew Taubman
Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). The new Comedy of The Runaway is unavoidably oblig'd to be deferred till Saturday. Rec'd Mr Stanley's Oratorio Account, 11 nights, #327 5s. Paid Lawrence (paper hanger) #13 7s.; Renters (for 11 Oratorio nights) #88; Cubit (tinman) #7 14s. 6d.; Gardner (shoemaker) #25; Chettle (timber merchant) #22 14s. 6d.; Mist andCo. (brazier) #10 8s.; Thomson (smith) #5 16s. 6d. Barrow andCo. (oil) #106 5s.; Tallow Chandler's 8th Bill #26 12s.; Palmer's Bill of Bath for Spermacetti Candles #162 10s. (Treasurer's Book). [MacMillan quotes from Kemble's note on the playbill, a Garrick interpolation in Drugger 's last speech (IV, vii): "Abel: Did you never see me play the Fool? Face: Yes. Abel: But the wise ones say I have played the Fool long enough; So I am going to leave it off and grow melancholy." [This note does not appear in the Hopkins Diary in the Folger Library.] Receipts: #265 17s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Performance Comment: As17751125, but Abel Drugger-Garrick, for the last time of performing it.

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

Related Works
Related Work: The Spleen; or, Islington Spa Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17751003

Event Comment: House (Mr Parsons) Bought by the Managers (Hopkins Diary). N.B. On 6 May treasurer paid Parsons in Lieu of a Benefit #105 (Treasurer's Book). Paid salary list #621 16s. 6d. Receipts: #153 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

Related Works
Related Work: The Spleen; or, Islington Spa Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: In: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

Event Comment: House (Mr Aickin's Night Bought by Managers) (Hopkins Diary). N.B. On 25 April the treasurer paid Mr Aickin in lieu of Benefit #60. Receipts: #269 6s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

Related Works
Related Work: The Spleen; or, Islington Spa Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Afterpiece: For the last time this season. [Public Advertiser, 20 April: The following Accident happened at Drury Lane on Thursday in the Entertainment of the Jubilee. As Mr Hurst and Mr Palmer were representing the characters of Posthumus and Iachimo in the Fighting Scene where they were engag'd with extreme violence, the former narrowly escaped losing his eye from a severe wound in the temple."] Paid Richard Barnard for detecting a pickpocket 10s. 3 extra trumpets #1 2s. 6d. Receipts: #121 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17760413but without the Dance in the course of the play.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Related Works
Related Work: London's Great Jubilee Author(s): Matthew Taubman
Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Garrick's last time of performing Kitely . Rec'd of Mr Aickin on Acct #20. Receipts: #250 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Mathew Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17751003

Event Comment: House Mr Baddeley's Night Bought by Managers (Hopkins Diary). Treasurer paid Mr Baddeley in lieu of Benefit #60. Rec'd Baddeley on acct #20. Paid salary list #621 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). On Monday Cymbeline. Before the Play the Musical Prelude call'd The Theatrical Candidates; to which will be added The Rival Candidates. Receipts: #297 6s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Garrick's last time of performing Leon . Receipts: #253 6s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760410