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Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mills. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Mills
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Mills

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: As17390405 but King-Mills; Kate-Miss Chetwood; Attendants-_; Foresters-_.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills

Dance: SSaraband-Miss Scott; Serious Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter; Minuet-Rector, Mrs Walter

Song: OOh Happy Pair-Beard

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. Tickets at Mills's House, Nassau St., Soho. Stage form'd into an amphitheatre and so enclosed as to prevent the Ladies taking cold. Afterpiece not acted for 15 years [but see 17 March 1732]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Cast
Role: Subtle Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; or, The Merry Beggars

Performance Comment: Oliver-Mills; Springlove-Cross; Old Rents-Turbutt; Hearty-Dunstall; Randal-Morgan; Patrico-Woodburn; Martin-Ray; Justice Clack-Taswell; Vincent-Blakes; Hillyard-Moreland; Rachel-Mrs Chetwood; Meriel-Miss Budgell; Amice-Miss Bradshaw; Beggars-Collins, Gray, Miss Scotts.
Cast
Role: Oliver Actor: Mills

Song: BBritons Strike Home-Moreland

Dance: Muilment, Mlle Auguste; A Dance-Desse, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: [See Mills' letter, 11 Dec., hay.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17441112, but Plume-Mills, 1st appearance here this season.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: As17441217

Dance: As17441217

Event Comment: Benefit Muilment. Mr Garrick's Indisposition not suffering him to play, I have prevail'd upon Mr Mills to endeavour to play his part, as well as the shortness of the time will permit, which I hope will be more agreeable to my Friends than changing the Play. Being the last time of performing till the Holidays. [Craftsman No. 580 this day, quoted in the Gentlemen's Magazine, included a brief plea for the present ministry to get the Play-house Act repealed.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: As17450207, but Lothario-Mills.
Cast
Role: Lothario Actor: Mills.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: II: New Grand Dance-Muilment; III: New Dance-Muilment; V: Muilment

Song: IV: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mills. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. [Letter in the General Advertiser in appreciation of the elegant fireworks displayed at the New Wells, Goodman's Fields, this evening.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Performance Comment: As17470328 but Antony-Giffard; Portia-Mrs Mills; Soothsayer-I. Sparks.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Caesar Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband Criticised

Song: I: Cantata-Sullivan; IV: Lowe

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; V: Comic Dance, as17470410

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mills. Tickets deliver'd out by Taswell, Sg Piettro, and Mr Oswald, as well as those for Lady Jane Gray will be taken. Receipts: #128 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: As17520319 but Hero-Mrs Mills; Margaret-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Shepherd's Lottery

Dance: Sg Piettro, Mad Janeton Auretti, Master Piettro

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Gardner. Afterpiece: From The Devil upon Two Sticks, written by the late Samuel Foote, Esq. [Mrs Mills is identified in Morning Chronicle, 1 Jan. 1783. For remarks on this night's performance, including references to Dunstan by Charles Lamb, see Theatre Notebook, VIII, 5.] Gardner having unavoidably been obliged to postpone his night from the 26th to the 30th, he thinks it his duty to inform his friends that tickets delivered for the 26th will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Lothario-A Gentleman (1st appearance on the stage [unidentified]); Sciolto-Gardner; Altamont-Wetherhead; Rossano-Spencer; Horatio-Usher; Lavinia-Miss King; Lucilla-Miss Painter; Calista-A Lady (1st appearance on the stage [Mrs Mills]) .Mrs Mills]) .

Afterpiece Title: The Fourth Act of The Merchant of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Dr Lasts's Examination BEFORE THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [Mrs Mills was from the Edinburgh theatre.] Receipts: #173 6s. 6d. (140/13/0; 32/11/0; 0/0/0; ticket not come in: 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus-Brereton; Bellarius-Aickin; Guiderius-Farren; Arviragus-Barry more; Cymbeline-Wrighten; Pissanio-Packer; Lucius-Phillimore; French Gentleman-Fawcett; Philario-Wright; Cornelius-Chaplin; Cloten (1st time)-R. Palmer; Iachimo-Smith; Queen-Mrs Hopkins; Imogen-Mrs Mills (1st appearance on that stage) .
Cast
Role: Imogen Actor: Mrs Mills

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Dance: In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade Scene, with Dancing by Williamson and Miss M. Stageldoir; End of Act III, as17820917

Song: In Masquerade, by Miss Romanzini

Event Comment: Benefit for Farley, Mrs Chapman & Mrs Mills. 1st piece: Not acted these 3 years. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1]. 3rd piece: With Alterations and Additions. Not acted these 20 years [acted 29 Oct. 1781.] Receipts: #313 12s. 6d. (95.13.0; 3.1.6; tickets: 214.18.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Life's Vagaries

Performance Comment: Lord Arthur D'Aimurle-Lewis; Dickins (1st time)-Emery; Timolin-Johnstone; Sir Hans Burges-Munden; George Burges-Fawcett; Lord Torrendale (1st time)-Waddy; Robin-Townsend; Leillet-Farley; Augusta (1st time)-Mrs Chapman; Fanny Dickins (1st time)-Mrs Mills; Miss Clare-Mrs Follett; Poor Woman-Mrs Whitmore; Lady Torrendale (1st time)-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: Fanny Dickins Actor: Mrs Mills

Afterpiece Title: Saturday Night at Sea; or, Tars at Anchor

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gipsies

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Bologna Jun.; Squire Breakneck-Farley; Beggar-Townsend; (with) A Beggar I am of low degree-Townsend; Natty Sammy-Simmons; Justice Smallwit-Whitmore; Deputy Paunch-Hawtin; Baker-Blurton; Captain Swagger-Coombs; Highwaymen-Dyke, Blurton [i.e. doubled Baker]; Waiters-Webb, Rees Jun.; Serjeant-Claremont; Corporal-L. Bologna; Countrymen-Abbot, Rees; Pierrot (for that night only)-Laurent (1st appearance on this stage); Hunter and Huntress-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Atkins; (with) Tantara-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Atkins; Gipsies-Ms Iliff, Ms Castelle, Ms Leserve, Ms Burnett, Ms Norton, Ms Masters, Mt Linton, Mt Street, Mt Thomas, Mt Lee, Mt Curties; (with) O who has seen the miller's wife-Ms Iliff, Ms Castelle, Ms Leserve, Ms Burnett, Ms Norton, Ms Masters, Mt Linton, Mt Street, Mt Thomas, Mt Lee, Mt Curties; Pierrot's Wife-Mrs Watts; Mother to Columbine-Mrs Whitmore; Nurse-Mrs Lloyd; Deputy's Lady-Mrs Gilbert; Columbine-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Mrs Mills.

Song: End II 1st piece: Admiral Benbow-Incledon; End 1st piece: The Group of Lovers-Munden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor; Or, The Conquest Of Mexico By The Spaniards

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Related Works
Related Work: Acis and Galatea Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Dance: L'Abbe, Mrs Elford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Bride

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Related Works
Related Work: Acis and Galatea Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Music: The New/year's/day Song and Musick-, as it was perform'd before her Majesty

Dance: l'Abbe, Mrs Elford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Find It

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Related Works
Related Work: Acis and Galatea Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Music: From The Mad Lover-

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Davis

Dance: Mrs Elford, Fairbanch

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Related Works
Related Work: Acis and Galatea Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Music: And the other Musical Entertainments that were perform'd in The Mad Lovers-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Related Works
Related Work: Acis and Galatea Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Music: As17040212

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Circe

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

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Related Work: Acis and Galatea Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Music: Bacchanalian Music from The Mad Lover-; A new piece of instrumental music-; with a solo-Dean

Dance: Between the Acts: Comical dances-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

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Related Work: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs duRuel, Mrs Moss

Song: Before and after Opera: Singing in Italian and English-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

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Related Work: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Song:

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

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Related Work: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe

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Related Work: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Dance: duRuel, Mrs duRuel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

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Related Work: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

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Related Work: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Dance: As17050303

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

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Related Work: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Dance: As17050303

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

Related Works
Related Work: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Dance: As17050303

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

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Related Work: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Dance: As17050303

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Virtuoso

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

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Related Work: Acis and Galatea Author(s): Peter A. Motteux

Dance: Mlle delaVal, Mrs Elford, Firbank, others