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Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Clemenza Di Scipione

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17780207; End II: La Serenade Interrompuee, as17780224; End Opera: Les Amans unis par l'Hymen, as17780404

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Vera Costanza

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17780207; End II: Les Bohemiens, as17771216; End Opera: Masquerade Dance, as17780303Minuet de la Cour=, as17780303Provencal, as17780303Allemande a la Strasbourgoise, as17780303

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: End I: Serious Ballet, as17780120; End II: Masquerade Dance, as17780303Minuet de la Cour and Gavot, as17780303Provencal, as17780303Allemande a la Strasbourgoise, as17780303End Opera: La Serenade Interrompuee, as17780224

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's 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: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Brothers Actor: Whitfield, Robson
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder

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

Event Comment: Benefit for Aldridge. Tickets delivered for Love in a Village [announced on playbill of 1 May] will be admitted. Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Aldridge at the Carpet Warehouse, Piazza, Covent Garden. Receipts: #199 16s. [132.2; tickets: 67.14) [charge: #67 5s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: The Commissary Actor: Quick

Dance: End I: a new Comic Dance-Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings (pupils of Aldridge); End II: [The Cricket@Match [sic]The Cricketters, as17780128; [in which part of the celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge[, originally composed and danced by him; III: Hornpipe, as17771017

Ballet: End: a new, Grand Marine Pantomimical Dance, suited to the times, The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth; or, British Glory. in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile

Performance Comment: in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile.
Event Comment: Benefit for Wright, Carpenter & Butler. Public Advertiser, 5 May: Tickets to be had of Carpenter at Sutton's, No. 11, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden; of Butler, next Door to the Theatre. Receipts: #283 15s. 6d. (42.2.0; 7.2.6; 0.2.0; tickets: 234.9.0) (charge: #74 14s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour, as17780508

Event Comment: The Last Night of the Subscription

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'amore Soldato

Dance: End I: Masquerade Dance, as17780303Minuet de la Cour and Gavot, as17780303Provencal, as17780303Allemande a la Strasbourgoise, as17780303End II: Les Bohemiens, as17771216; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17780120

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Dutiful Deception, announced on playbill of 13 May.] Tickets delivered by Thompson, Cushing, Jones, Bates, Miss Green, Mrs Sharp and the Widow Emery [Account-Book adds Whittington] will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #184 19s. (127.7; 1.13; tickets: 55.19)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: In afterpiece: As17771229; In: Hornpipe, as17771017

Event Comment: [Beginning with 2 June the new ballet was entitled L'Amour en Vendange.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'amore Soldato

Dance: End I: Les Bohemiens, as17771216; End II: Serious Ballet, as17780120; End Opera: new Ballet Demi-caractere (never performed), L'Amour dans la Vendange-Mons and Mlle Banti, Sg and Sga Zuchelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'amore Soldato

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17780207; with a Minuet-Mons and Mme Simonet; End II: L'Amour dans la Vendange, as17780519; End Opera: La Serenade Interrompuee, as17780224

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: End I: L'Amour dans la Vendange, as17780519; End II: The Masquerade Ballet-; in which a Minuet-Mme Simonet en homme, or in man's dress,, Mlle Baccelli; End Opera: La Serenade Interrompuee, as17780224; in which the Minuet Dauphin-Mme Simonet in man's dress, Mlle Banti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'amore Soldato

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17780526; End II: L'Amour dans la Vendange, as17780519; End Opera: La Serenade Interrompuee, as17780224

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Re Pastore

Dance: End II: Masquerade Dance, as17780303Minuet de la Cour and Gavot, as17780303but _Simonet, Mme Simonet; +Provencal, as17780303Allemande a la Strasbourgoise, as17780303End Opera: La Serenade Interrompuee, as17780224

Ballet: End I: La Surprize de Daphnis et Cephise. As17780331

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Bannister; Peachum-Aickin; Lockit-Massey; Mat o' th' Mint-Baker; Beggar-Blissett; Player-Davis; Filch-Parsons; Lucy-Mrs Hitchcock; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Jenny Diver-Mrs Poussin; Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt; Polly (1st time)-Miss Harper (who performed the part of Rosetta [on 22 May]).on 22 May]).

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors

Performance Comment: As17780521, but Warm@Weather Tragedians-_Walker, Egan.
Cast
Role: Warm@Weather Tragedians Actor: _Walker, Egan.
Role: Timotheus Actor: Stevens
Role: Dorothea Actor: Mrs Jewell

Dance: In III: Hornpipe-Master Byrn. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors

Cast
Role: Warm@Weather Tragedians Actor: _Walker, Egan.
Role: Timotheus Actor: Stevens
Role: Dorothea Actor: Mrs Jewell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'amore Soldato

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17780207; End II: L'Amour dans la Vendange, as17780519; End Opera: La Clochette, as17771115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creso

Dance: End I: La Polonaise Favourite, as17771104; End Opera: La Serenade Interrompuee, as17780224

Ballet: End II: La Surprize de Daphnis et Cephise. As17780331

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Dance: End: The Merry Lasses, as17780529

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Clemenza Di Scipione

Dance: End II: La Clochette, as17771115; End Opera: Les Amans unis par l'Hymen, as17780404

Ballet: End I: La Surprize de Daphnis et Cephise. As17780331

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Buxom Joan

Cast
Role: Mother Actor: Mrs Brett

Dance: End II: As17780624 End: The Gardeners (see17780618

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17780608 but Mat o'the Mint-Griffin.
Cast
Role: Mat o'the Mint Actor: Griffin.

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Dance: End II: As17780624

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Farrell; Peachum-Wilson; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Wewitzer; Mat o' the Mint-Baker; Lucy (1st time)-Miss Weller; Diana Trapes-Mrs White; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Green; Polly-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: III: a hornpipe-Miss Matthews

Event Comment: The Duenna [announced on playbill of 4 Nov.] is unavoidably postponed on account of Leoni's Illness

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Invasion

Performance Comment: As17781104, but Prologue-Lee Lewes [and thereafter].and thereafter].

Dance: As17781017

Event Comment: The new Tragedy [Buthred, announced on playbill of 11 Dec.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Wroughton's Hoarseness

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: III: a Hornpipe-Miss Besford; Afterpiece: a Minuet-Dagueville, Mrs Mattocks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Fraschetana

Dance: End I: La Noche Hollandoise, as17781124, but _Banti, LeDet; End II: +Les Moissonneurs, as17781222, but Sg and Sga _Zuchelli; End Opera: Les Nymphes de Diane, as17781124