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Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. Afterpiece written by Mr Garrick. Tickets to be had at Hippisley's in Bow St., Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

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Related Work: The Lying Valet Author(s): David Garrick

Dance: PPeasant-Cooke; Comic Ballet-Cooke, Sga Campioni

Song: SSong of Diana, as17460313 Genius of England-Beard

Event Comment: Benefit Garrick (Charges #60.) as author of the Farce (Account Books, Egerton 2268). Receipts: #194 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

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Related Work: Miss in her Teens Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: The Farce of Miss in Her Teens Anatomiz'd (Gentlemen's Magazine, Feb., pp. 71-72, from The Anatomist and News Regulator, 31 Jan.) [A critical analysis of the thin plot, thinner chcharacters, lack of moral, but excellent acting of Garrick, Woodward, and Mrs Pritchard, even in parts of nonsense, stupidity and bawdry. Deplores taste of the town which welcomed it for 18 nights.] Receipts: #187 14s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

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Related Work: Miss in her Teens Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: [Written by Garrick.] Mainpiece: At particular desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit Chapman. [Receipts: #63 7s. 6d., plus #76 8s.; charges #60.] Subscrib'd to the Hospital for Curing Smallpox #2 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

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Related Work: The Lying Valet Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: CCross: Mr Garrick first play'd Jaffier very fine-G: Applause. Genest, IV, 237: Barry's figure was pleasing and commanding in Pierre beyond description; but in a critical view he was not suited to the character. Receipts: #195 (Cross); #190 11s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Performance Comment: As17471020, but Jaffier-Garrick 1st time.
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Role: Jaffier Actor: Garrick 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

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Related Work: The Lying Valet Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: On Thursday next Hamlet, the part of Hamlet by Barry. And on Saturday the Foundling. N.B.: All Places taken by Ladies and Gentlemen for the Foundling this night [Tuesday] will be continued for Saturday, unless notice is given to the contrary (General Advertiser). This play was for the benefit of Mr Garrick, clear of all charges; and therefore I shall at the end of the account subtract this sum from the total amount, it being return'd him again. And the reason of entering it among the rest of the sums was, because the principle [sic] treasurer should know nothing of the matter; and therefore as it stands in their books in the same manner as above, I think it proper to set it down here (Powel). Receipts: #200 (Cross); #193 16s. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Lear Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

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Related Work: The Lying Valet Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: By Desire. It was talk'd about Town Mr Garrick wou'd be call'd upon this Night, to answer to some things concerning Monday last, but no such thing happen'd (Cross). Receipts: #180 (Cross); #164 6s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Cast
Role: Lear Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

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Related Work: The Lying Valet Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: Benefit for Master Mattocks and Mlle L'Contri. Paid Salary List #296 10s. 6d.; Mrs Hobson a bill 3s. (Treasurer's Book). [The George Garrick Treasurer's Book breaks off at this point. It records for 165 nights, a total income of #17,296 9s. as against a total outlay of #12,055 14s. 5d. Cross, who jots down receipts in round figures, and is almost always high, indicates the income from the 164th to the 174th and last night to be #1,446, but since all except one night (11 May) were benefits, the theatre probably received only about #800 (At #63 per benefit). Total income for this season is estimated to be, therefore, #18,096 9s. It is difficult to estimate end of season expenditures. At least #789 10s. 6d. went out in the three final pay days of the season and probably another #500 went out in bills before the books were closed at Midsummer. From this it appears that the profits to the managers that year came to about #4,600.] This day is Publish'd The Actor at 3s. In One Volume (dedicated to the Managers of the British Theatre. A treatise on the art of playing, interspersed with theatrical anecdotes, critical remarks on plays and occasional observations on audiences Printed for R. Griffiths (General Advertiser). Receipts: #120 (Cross). [Income missing from Treasurer's Book.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

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Related Work: Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades Author(s): David Garrick

Song: I: The Highland Lad (set by Master Arne)-Master Mattocks; III: Singing-Master Mattocks

Dance: II: La Sabotiere-Master Maltere, Miss Foulcade; IV: Les Fantasies de la Dance-Mlle DelaContri; End: Minuet-Mathews, Mlle Contri

Event Comment: Receipts: #40 (Cross). [The Epilogue Occasioned by the Two Occasional Prologues published in the General Advertiser. Fifty-one lines ending: @"No more shall either rack his brains to teaze ye@But let the Contest be who most shall please ye." [In the form of a story, mocking Garrick and Berry]: "Once on a time two boys were throwing dirt@A gentle youth was one, and one was somewhat pert.@Each to his Master with his tale retreated,@Who gravely heard their different parts repeated,@How Tom was rude, and Jack poor lad ill treated."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

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Related Work: Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades Author(s): David Garrick

Dance: III: New Running Footmen's Dance, as17501020; IV: Hornpipe-Mathews, the Little Swiss

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 10 years [see 15 Oct. 1743]. Garrick-Osmyn, Pritchd-Zara; Almeria-Bellamy ($Cross). Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Osmyn-Garrick for the first time; King-Berry; Gonzalez-Havard; Garcia-Palmer; Heli-Blakes; Zara-Mrs Pritchard for the first time; Almeria-Miss Bellamy; Alonzo-Burton; Selim-Simpson; Perez-Mozeen; Leonora-Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

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Related Work: The Lying Valet Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: Great Noise when Woodward came on in Ostrich--Mr Garrick advanc'd & said--Gentlemen, if Mr Woodward's oath don't satisfie you, pray defer ye Resentm[en]t till tomorrow when it will be corroborated by some others--all Quiet (Cross). Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Garrick
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): David Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

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Related Work: Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: Benefit for Davies & Wife (Cross). Tickets at Davies's lodgings at Mr Evans, in Tavistock Row, Covent Garden; and at Stage Door. [The Bill announces Garrick as Lothario for last time this season.] Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Lothario Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

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Related Work: Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades Author(s): David Garrick

Dance: III: Dutch Dance, as17521125; V: Country Amusements, as17530412

Song: I: A Cantata-Beard

Event Comment: fterpiece] A farce of 3 Acts taken from Shaks Taming ye Shrew (by Garrick) call'd new Catharine & Petruchio (Cross). Mrs Pritchard's Benefit. Tickets of Mrs Pritchard at her lodgings at Pritchard's Warehouse, in Tavistock St. Part of pit laid into boxes. Amphitheatre on stage. Receipts: #298 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Hastings Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

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Related Work: Catherine and Petruchio Author(s): David Garrick

Dance: Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste

Event Comment: Acted there but once. By Authority. Tickets deliver'd out by Miss Barton which could not get in on Thursday last, will be admitted this Night. [An Epistle from Mr Theophilus Cibber, to David Garrick, Esq. London: 1755, dated Nov. 20, 1755: When Th. Cibber returned from Guilford last July, he found a discharge from Covent Garden (p.5) He got a license from the Duke of Grafton to open Little Haymarket (p. 6). He began and acted ten nights in three weeks, with some success, but when Drury Lane opened, Th. Cibber was ordered to stop (p. 7). He then petitioned the Duke of Grafton to have The Haymarket for two or three times weekly for the rest of the season. He hoped that the Little Haymarket might be a nursery for young performers, as well as for new pieces (p. 24). See dl 24 Nov.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: A Peep Behind the Curtain; or, The New Rehearsal Author(s): David Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

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Related Work: Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades Author(s): David Garrick

Dance: PPierrots Dance-Settree, Walker, Sga Fiorentina; Hornpipe-a small jolly Tar, seven years old; La Dance de Village-Settree, Sga Fiorentina

Event Comment: This night the Chinese Festival was hotly call'd for by the Boxes, & strongly oppks'd by a few in the Pit, the Gentlemen came out, & insisted upon its being given out, wch at last Mr Garrick did; but not before it seem'd agreed that it shou'd be done 3 times a week for the Boxes, & other Entertainments the other 3 Days for the Pit, all Parties seem'd satisfied-but the Consequence prov'd otherways (Cross). Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Chamont-Garrick; Castalio-Ross; Chaplain-Blakes; Polydore-Havard; Acasto-Berry; Monimia-Mrs Cibber; Page-Master Cautherly; Ernesto-Simson; Serina-Miss Minors; Florella-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Chamont Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

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Related Work: The Lying Valet Author(s): David Garrick

Dance: LLilliputian Sailors, as17551104

Event Comment: In a Few Days will be publish'd at 1s. (as it is perform'd at Drury Lane) The Winter's Tale: A Dramatic Pastoral in three acts, from Shakespeare. With proper Music, Songs,Dances, and Decoration. Printed for J. and R. Tonson. This Day publish'd The Winter's Tale, a Play alter'd form Shakespeare, by C. Marsh: @Think'st thou, the Swan of Avon spreads her Wings,@Her brooding wings, for thee alone, to plume@And nestle there, O Garrick? Thou deserv'st@Indeed much cherishing; thy Melody@Charms every ear. But sure it ill beseems@One Cygnet thus to stretch its little pinions,@Ambitiously intent, to fill that nest,@Whose roomy limits well may shelter numbers.@ Printed for C. Marsh, at Cicero's Head, in Round Court in the Strand. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Cast
Role: Leontes Actor: Garrick
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Related Work: A Winter's Tale Author(s): David Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Peter Actor: Ackman
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Related Work: Catherine and Petruchio Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: Compos'd by Mr Smith--the Introduction, which was a Dialogue in Prose, between Mr Havard & Yates, Much hiss'd & dislik'd. The Opera had great Applause. Miss Young recover'd (Cross). The Opera never performed before with songs from Shakespear, Dryden, &c. The Music by Mr Smith. [The Bill lists no cast or actors. The cast has been retrieved by Hogan from the 1756 ed. plus the musical score published by J. Walsh. Note some parts were doubled. See "Shakespeare's Tempest at Drury Lane During Garrick's Management", G. W. Stone Jr, Shakespeare Quarterly, Winter 1956.] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

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Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

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Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: MMr Garrick's Benefit (Cross). Receipts: #212 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Garrick
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Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): David Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

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Related Work: Lethe; or, Esop in the Shades Author(s): David Garrick

Dance: NNew Comic Dance, as17560205

Event Comment: MMrs Cibber is recover'd & plays tonight-Mr Garrick taken ill, Holland did Chamont (Cross). [Probably Havard of Davies did Polydore, as both were familiar with the part.] Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Chamont-Garrick; Acasto-Berry; Ernesto-Simson; Monimia-Mrs Cibber; Page-Cautherly; Castalio-Ross; Polydor-Holland, 1st time; Chaplain-Blakes; Serina-Miss Minors; Florella-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Chamont Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

Related Works
Related Work: Lilliput Author(s): David Garrick

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

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Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): David Garrick

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Melissa-Mrs Jefferson; Gayless-Jefferson; Sharp-Yates; Kitty Pry-Miss Minors; Epilogue on Lying written by Garrick,-Yates.
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Related Work: The Lying Valet Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: MMaster Leoni's first appearance. Music by Smith. On account of Machinery and music no persons can be admitted behind Scenes or into the Orchestra. Nothing under full prices will be taken. Books of the Entertainment will be sold at the Theatre at 6d. each. The Enchanter, a new Musical Entertainment wrote by Mr Garrick, and set by Mr Smith, very well received.Master Leoni, a Jew, made his first appearance in this piece, and was received with great applause (Hopkins MS Notes)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic

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Related Work: The Enchanter; or, Love and Magic Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: Benefit for Havard. Mr King has kindly undertaken on a very short word, to speak the Original Prologue this evening as Mr Garrick performs both in the play and the Interlude

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Florizel And Perdita

Cast
Role: Leontes Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

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Related Work: Catherine and Petruchio Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: MMr Garrick Richard. The Play dress'd in the habits of the times (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17621005, but Richard-Garrick; Norfolk-Blakes; Lieutenant-Moody; Catesby-Packer; Ratcliffe-Castle.
Cast
Role: Richard Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

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Related Work: Miss in her Teens Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: Benefit For the Author. A Riot to demand the same [half-price after third act] agreed to (Cross Diary). [Advertised for Drury Lane that particulars will be published in a few days on the charge of innovation in prices which last night prevented the play being heard.] When Holland appeared for the Prologue-hiss'd. Garrick appeared and agreed to take half-price at the end of the third act to all performances except the first [Winter] of a New Pantomime (Winston MS 9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elvira

Cast
Role: Don Alonzo Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

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Related Work: Catherine and Petruchio Author(s): David Garrick
Event Comment: MMrs Love play'd Mrs Peachum very bad. Her fit seem'd a very Aukward Imitation of Mrs Pritchard in the Jealous Wife (Hopkins). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. No money received at the Stage Door. None returned after the curtain is up. Play to begin exactly at 6 o'clock. Places may be had of Mr Johnston at the Stage Door. Vivat Rex et Regina. [Customary notice, which will not be repeated here, Sept. 15 David Garrick & his Lady set out for Italy from his house in Southampton St. Covent Garden (Winston MS 9). Winston also refers to a Sept. 9 Letter from T. Davies, cg, to the poet Charles Churchill begging he would not introduce so unimportant a person as himself in his Smithfield Rosciad.] Receipts: #248 9s. (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Related Works
Related Work: Miss in her Teens Author(s): David Garrick