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Event Comment: Benefit Anne Auretti. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets to be had of Anne Auretti at Mr Chisholm's, the Golden Head in Great Newport St., near Long Acre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Delamain, Anne Auretti; II: Tambourine-Anne Auretti; III: Characters of Dancing, as17421025; IV: Un Pas de Deux-Anne and Janneton Auretti; V: L'Aimable Vainqueur, Minuet-Picq, Anne Auretti

Event Comment: Benefit Cervetto. Mainpiece by Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets deliver'd out by Arthur for The Recruiting Officer will be taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: II: La Florana, as17430408

Song: III: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard, Lowe

Music: IV: New Violincello Concerto-Cervetto

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Gloster-Ryan; Hastings-Hale; Dumont-Bridgwater; Belmour-Gibson; Ratcliff-Rosco; Catesby-Anderson; Alicia-Mrs Woodward; Jane Shore-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Catesby Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Anderson.

Dance: II: Serious Ballet-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; V: New Scotch Dance-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde, Richardson, Delagarde, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LeFont

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: Archer-Giffard; Aimwell-Delane; Bonniface-Bridges; Scrub-Yates; Sullen-Winstone; Foigard-Taswell; Gibbet-Neale; Sir Charles-Anderson; Dorinda-Mrs E. Giffard; Cherry-Mrs Ridout; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Egerton; Gipsy-Miss Horsington; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Giffard.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Anderson
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Event Comment: Benefit for a Gentleman in Misfortune. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Donalbaine Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance: Cooke

Event Comment: Written by Mr Dryden. Benefit Quin. By command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. For the better accomodation of the ladies, the stage will be enclos'd and form'd into an Amphitheatre, where servants will be allow'd to keep places. Ladies send servants by three

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Performance Comment: Don Sebastian-Ryan; Dorax-Quin; Antonio-Chapman; Mufti-Hippisley; Almeyda-Mrs Pritchard; Morayma-Mrs Clive; Muley Moluch-Cashell; Benducar-Bridgwater; Mustapha-Rosco; Muley Zeydan-Anderson; Alvarez-Ridout; Orchan-Hayman; Johayma-Mrs Mullart.
Cast
Role: Muley Zeydan Actor: Anderson
Event Comment: Benefit Beard. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Afterpiece: By Command a Ballad Farce not acted these 3 years [see 30 Nov. 1742]. Amphitheatre on Stage. Send servants by three. Tickets to be had of Beard in Red Lion Square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: II: New Song by Handel-Beard; IV: To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold

Related Works
Related Work: The Genoese Pirate; or, Black-Beard Author(s): James Sanderson

Dance: III: Scotch Dance, as17431124; V: Ballet-Cooke, Mlle Domitilla

Event Comment: A concert. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Benefit Mrs Clive

Performances

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Temple of Dulness

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Dance: II: Serious Dance-Muilment; III: Grand Dance, as17450108; IV: Peasant Dance-Muilment

Event Comment: Last night the Dutch Children performed before their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and to a most numerous and polite audience, with universal applause; but by command were oblig'd to shorten their performance, and leave out several things that they will exhibit this night and the few nights they are to perform.--Daily Advertiser, 7 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequino Triumphante

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Benefit Garrick. Boxes and Pit laid together at 5s. Victor to Garrick: My closest attention was never more commanded than by you last night in Othello....I was most inclined to fear for you in your address to the Senate, but there, even there, you excelled your present rival (Quin) whose merit lies chiefly in declamation-I found you had very judiciously applied your study to the great and striking passages in the character--the trance had a fine effect, your manner of falling into it, and recovery from it, was amazingly beautiful...it would be ridiculous to doubt of your ability to act this part in the utmost perfection; but to arrive at that point there are some things to be done.--Genest, IV, 147

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Dance: II: Muilment

Song: III: A Cantata-Lowe

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Cibber. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Servants admitted to keep places on the stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Song: II: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne; IV: Vo Solcando a Favourite song of Farinelli's-Mrs Arne

Dance: III: a Serious Dance-Muilment; V: Turkish Dance-Muilment

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Song: GGenius of England, God Save the King-Beard

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: Lowe, Mrs Clive, Miss Edwards

Dance: I: Italian Peasants-the Mechels; III: Muilment; V: Grand Dance-Muilment, Desse, Miss Scott, Picq, Miss Hilliard

Event Comment: Benefit Essex. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Afterpiece: An Entertainment of Dancing (never performed before)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: Loves of Mars and Venus

Performance Comment: Mars-Cooke; Followers-Villeneuve, DuPre, Destrade, Vandersluys; Venus-Sga Campioni; The Graces-Miss Vandersluys, Mrs Gondou, Mrs Vaughan; Vulcan-Essex; Bacchus-Sodi; Cyclops-Bencraft, Vaughan, Smith.

Dance: II: Pigmalion-Cooke, Signora Campioni; III: The Revellers-Essex, Miss Vandersluys, Sodi

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave [Royal Chace]

Dance: I: Peasant-Cooke; II: Pigmalion, as17460409

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince and Princess of Wales, but they not there (Egerton 2268). Receipts: #142 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Quin; Portius-Ryan; Juba-Havard; Sempronius-Cashell; Lucius-Ridout; Marcus-Davies; Syphax-Gibson; Decius-Anderson; Lucia-Mrs Vincent; Marcia-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Decius Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Cast
Role: Steward Actor: Anderson
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: By Command. Ladies desired to send servants to keep places by three o'clock (General Advertiser). Present the Prince and Princess of Wales (Account Books, Egerton 2268). Receipts: #192 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Receipts: #187 8s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Event Comment: By Command. The Prince and Princess of Wales present. Paid Mr Davis for a pair of stays for Miss Granier #1 1s. Receipts: #85 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife