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Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. With all the Decorations proper to the Play. [Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
Event Comment: By Her Royal Highness's Command. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [The Prince and Princess present.] St. James's Evening Post, 29 July: And there was a very great Appearance of Quality and Gentry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

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Related Work: The Stage-Coach Author(s): George Farquhar
Related Work: The Stage-Coach; or, Inn in an Uproar Author(s): George Farquhar

Dance: Moreau, Mrs Moreau, Cook, Pelham

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Related Work: The Death of Captain Cook Author(s): Sir George Collier
Event Comment: Receipts: money #47 18s.; tickets #15 15s. The Prince present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

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Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): George Granville, Lord Lansdowne

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor; or, The Intriguing Dame

Song: As17200213

Dance: As17200224

Event Comment: Benefit Hallam, Rob. William, and Miss Tynte. Written by Shakespear. Th. Cibber (Lives and Characters, pp. 49-49): I remember, some Years ago, on Mr Giffard's coming from Ireland (then a young Actor) Mr Booth performed the Character of Hotspur one Night, when Mr Giffard played the Part of the Prince of Wales ; Mr Booth knowing Mr Giffard must be naturally prejudiced in favour of Mr Thomas Elrington, to whose Performance in Hotspur he had many times attended with no small Admiration-Mr Booth, piqued on this Occasion, exerted himself in a particular Manner, and played the whole Part with such Fire, and Engergy of Spirit, as rouzed his Auditors to an Extravagance of Applause, and made Mr Giffard confess (as he has often done in my Hearing) that, notwithstanding his Prepossession in favour of Mr Elrington,-Mr Booth, in Power, Spirit, and Judgment, went far beyond him in this Part; as he afterwards, with Admiration confessed,-he did in every other

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

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Role: Prince of Wales Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

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Related Work: The Stage-Coach Author(s): George Farquhar
Related Work: The Stage-Coach; or, Inn in an Uproar Author(s): George Farquhar

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #94 15s. [Prince of Wales and Princess Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

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Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Flora

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Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. [Prince and Princesses Amelia and Carolina were present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

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Related Work: The Stage-Coach Author(s): George Farquhar
Related Work: The Stage-Coach; or, Inn in an Uproar Author(s): George Farquhar
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Younger. By Command of His Royal Highness. Written by Mr Farquhar. Receipts: money #75 17s.; tickets #119 6s. Daily Journal, 21 March: After the Play...the Prince of Wales and a great Number of the Nobility being Present, Mr Leveridge (whose Benefit is also to come very shortly) advanced upon the Stage, and after paying his Honours to the Audience, invited them to his Benefit, by a humorous Song set to the merry Tune of the Black Joke; which was receiv'd by the whole House with a universal Encore

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

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Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Music: Preamble on the Kettle Drum-Poitier

Dance: End I: Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; II: French Sailor-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; III: Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Highlander and Mistress=-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; V: Polonese-Poitier, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach Opera

Dance: Roger, Essex, Lally, Rainton, Mrs Booth, Mrs Delorme, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, Duke, Princesses, and Duke of Lorrain present. See Lord Hervey and His Friends, p. 103.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

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Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Farquhar. [Prince of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

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Related Work: The Twin-Rivals Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. III: The Rover, as17360103

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness the Duke and their Highnesses the Princesses [who were present]. Prompter, 13 Jan.: the Rehearsal was perform'd by Command . . . Prince Prettyman's refusing to act. [See also a complaint in Grub St. Journal, 8 Jan., about Mlle Roland's immodest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

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Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Dance: ]

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Comic Interlude. [Music by Giuseppe Maria Orlandini. Prince and Princess of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

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Related Work: Merope Author(s): George Jeffreys

Afterpiece Title: Pourceaugnac and Grilletta

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

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Related Work: The Twin-Rivals Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: Denoyer, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

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Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Event Comment: Benefit Mills. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by Farquhar. Afterpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

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Related Work: The Twin-Rivals Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; IV: French Peasant-Vallois, Miss Scott; V: Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Song: In III: J'aime la Liberte-Beard; V: Ballad of Mary Scot-Mrs Clive

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

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Related Work: The Twin-Rivals Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

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Related Work: The Twin-Rivals Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: II: Punch-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: The Stratagem Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Walter Raleigh

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh Author(s): George Sewell

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: La Provencale-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. As 28 Nov

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

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Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Phebe; or, The Beggar's Wedding

Dance: I: Peasant-Lalauze; II: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: L'Allamande (new)-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Event Comment: Benefit Mlle Chateauneuf. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Part of the Stage will be formed into Side-Boxes. Tickets at Mlle Chateauneuf's Lodgings at Farnell's in Bridges Street, corner of Russell Court.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

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Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: II: L'Arlequinea deux Visage-Mlle Chateauneuf alone; II: Muilment; III: La Jalouzie-Desnoyer, Lalauze, Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Pierots-Lalauze, Livier; V: Hungarian Dance-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; End Afterpiece: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: V: Beard

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #161 8s. (Account Book); #200 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Related Works
Related Work: The Recruiting Officer Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call it

Dance: As17401027