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Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Portius-Prince George; Juba-Prince Edward; Cato-Master Nugent; Sempronius-Master Evelyn; Lucius-Master Montague; Decius-Viscount Milsintown; Syphax-Lord North's son; Marcus-Master Madden; Marcia-Princess Augusta; Lucia-Princess Elizabeth; King George III (then Prince George) spoke the Prologue-Prince George.
Cast
Role: Marcia Actor: Princess Augusta
Role: Lucia Actor: Princess Elizabeth
Event Comment: By Command of the Prince of Wales. Present the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Edward, Lady Augusta, and Princess Elizabeth. Receipts: #219 1s. 6d. Paid Barry his one third of the surplus above #80 House Charges: #46 7s. 2d. Gave the yeoman of the Prince and Princess #1 1s. (Account Book)

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Mainpiece Title: Mariamne

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Ballet: The Judgment of Paris. As17571217

Dance: As17571217

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Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Little; or, The Rival Queans

Performance Comment: Alexander-Quick; Clytus-Wilson; Cassander-Munden; Polyperchon-Bernard; Philip-Reeve; Meleager-Williamson; Hibernian Fortune Teller-Rock; Hephestion and Lysimachus (a la Pugilistique)-Cubitt, Marshall; Second to Lysimachus-Follett; Second to Hephestion-Milburne; The Princess Statira-Mrs Webb; Sysigambis (Mother to the Princess)-Mrs Pitt; Roxana-Mrs Martyr.

Dance: End: The Jockies-Ratchford, Platt, Jackson, Mrs Goodwin

Song: End II: song-Incledon; Afterpiece: The Tragedy will be interspersed with Airs, Duets, Glees, composed by Arne, Arnold, Fischer, Dibdin, with a Grand Overture(A Finale, composed by Shield), Triumphal Entry of Alexander-

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Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast Or, the Power Of Music; Grand Selection 0

Afterpiece Title: Alexander's Feast 3

Performance Comment: [i.e. the ode being in 2 parts.] The Music- [by Handel--that was performed by Command of his Majesty, at St. James's on the late Marriage of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales (on 8 Apr. 1795); composed by Handel, to celebrate the Nuptials (in Apr. 1736) of his late Royal Highness Frederick, Prince of Wales, with the Princess of Saxe-Gotha; [To conclude with the Coronation Anthem, Zadock the Priest-.
Cast
Role: Princess of Saxe Actor: Gotha

Music: End Part I: concerto on the harp-Mme Delaval; Beginning Part II: concerto for two violins and violoncello obligato-, as originally composed for this Ode, by Handel and performed in the year 1736; End Part II: concerto on the Grand Piano Forte-Dussek

Event Comment: Edward Gower to Sir R. Leveson, 20 Nov. 1660: Yesternight the King, Queen, Princess, &c. supped at the Duke of Albemarle's, where they had the Silent Woman acted in the cockpit (HMC, 5th Report, 1876, p. 200). The King's Company. Pepys, Diary, 20 Nov. 1660: This morning I found my Lord in bed late, he having been with the King, Queen, and Princess, at the cockpit all night, where General Monk treated them; and after supper a play, where the King did put a great affront upon John? Singleton's musique, he bidding them stop and bade the French musique play, which, my Lord says, do much outdo all ours. The prologue was printed in 1660: The Prologue to His Majesty at the first Play presented at the cock-pit in Whitehall, Being part of that Noble Entertainment which Their Majesties received Novemb. 19. from his Grace the Duke of Albemarle. [The Prologue has been reprinted by Wiley, Rare Prologues and Epilogues, pp. 11-12. Bodleian Wood 398 has a MS note: By Sir Jo. Denham.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Fifth

Performance Comment: Owen Tudor?-Betterton; Henry V-Harris?; Princess Katherine-Mrs Betterton?. See also 13 Aug. 1664.
Cast
Role: Princess Katherine Actor: Mrs Betterton?. See also 13 Aug. 1664.
Event Comment: Sir Charles Lyttleton, 10 Nov. 1677: [The Princess of Orange] is gone to ye play to-night in these and all ye Duchesses jewells (Hatton Correspondence, Camden Society, 1878, XXII, 155). The Prince and Princess had been married on 4 Nov. 1677

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Mainpiece Title: The Injured Lovers; Or, The Ambitious Father

Performance Comment: Edition of 1688. Prologue to the Injur'd Lovers-Mr Mountfort; King of Sicily-Williams; Rheusanes-Betterton; Ghinotto-Griffin; Dorenalus-Mountfort; Old Colonel-Sanford; Soldiers-Lee, Jevon, Underhill; Princess Oryala-Mrs Barry; Antelina-Mrs Bracegirdle; Epilogue-Mr Jevon.
Cast
Role: Princess Oryala Actor: Mrs Barry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agnes De Castro

Performance Comment: Edition of 1696: Prologue by Mr Wycherley at the Author's Request, Design'd to be spoke-; Prologue-Mr Powell; Epilogue-Mrs Verbruggen in Men's Cloaths; King-Sympson; Prince-Powell; Alvaro-Verbruggen; Lorenzo-Cibber; Diego-Hill; Pedro-Mills; Princess-Mrs Temple; Agnes de Castro-Mrs Rogers; Elvira-Mrs Knight; Bianca-Mrs Kent.
Cast
Role: Princess Actor: Mrs Temple
Event Comment: Post Boy, 2-4 Feb. 1696@7: On Monday the King visited the Princess of Denmark and invited her to Whitehall on Saturday next, it being her Royal Highnesses Birth Day, and his Majesty has been pleased to give the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlaine Orders to have the Play called Love for Love, written by Mr Congreve, Acted there the better to Celebrate the Day. Post Boy, 6-9 Feb. 1696@7: Last Saturday being the Anniversary of her Royal Highness the Princess Ann of Denmark's birth...at night the King was pleased to Entertain her with a fine Comedy, call'd Love for Love, Written by Mr Congreve, Acted by his Majesty's servants at Whitehall, where the Court appeared very gay and splendid, suitable to the occasion. [Somewhat similar references appear also in Luttrell, A Brief Relation, IV, 180, and The Flying Post, 6-9 Feb. 1696@7.

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Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

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Mainpiece Title: Sir Mannerly; Or, The Country Wit

Performance Comment: with the last new Epilogue concerning the Life and Morals of the Observator, which was -Mr Powell on the first day of the Injur'd Princess, or the false Wager; Also a Dialogue between Heraclitus Ridens and the Observator by way of Prologue-.

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Mainpiece Title: Vertue Betray'd; Or, Anna Bullen

Performance Comment: Henry VIII-Estcourt; Princess Elizabeth-the Child [identified by Genest, II, 340, as Miss Younger]; a new Epilogue-the Child.
Cast
Role: Princess Elizabeth Actor: the Child

Song: Leveridge, Ramondon, Mrs Lindsey, the Boy

Dance: As17051227

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vertue Betray'd; Or, Anna Bullen

Performance Comment: Anna Bullen-Mrs Oldfield; Henry VIII-Powell; Wolsey-Cibber; Northumberland-Keene; Piercy-Wilks; Rochford-Mills; Lady Diana-Mrs Rogers; Lady Elizabeth-Mrs Porter; Princess Elizabeth-Miss Smith.
Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command, and for the Entertainment of their Highnesses, the Princess Royal and the Princess Amelia

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Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vertue Betray'd; Or, Anna Bullen

Performance Comment: Harry the 8th-Evans; Wolsey-Cibber; Piercy-Wilks; Rochford-Mills; Anna Bullen-Mrs Oldfield; Lady Blunt-Mrs Porter; Princess Elizabeth-the Little Child.

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Event Comment: By Command. For the Entertainment of the Princesses. [The King, the Three Young Princesses, and a great Number of Nobility and Gentry also there.] Pit and Boxes 5s. Stage Boxes 7s. 6d. Gallery 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Esprit Follet

Afterpiece Title: Le Divorce

Entertainment: Dancing and Tumbling-; particularly Dancing-Mr Glover being the first Time of his Performance in publick since his return from the Court of Paris; Salle, Mlle Salle

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of The Princesses. [The Young Princesses present.

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Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Laron, Grand Provost, Et Juge

Entertainment: Tumbling-; Leap over Man on large Coach Horse-; Italian Postures-

Event Comment: For The Entertainment of their Royal Highnesses the Young Princesses. [The Princesses present.] For comment on the current theatrical scene, see The Letters of the Late Thomas Rundle, pp. 18-22

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Mainpiece Title: Harlequin A Sham Astrologer, A Parrot, A Child, A Statue, And A Chimney Sweeper

Dance: Danjeville

Event Comment: Admission as 14 May. To be admitted on the Stage One Guinea. [The Princess of Wales and Princess Anne present.

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Mainpiece Title: Numitor

Event Comment: Admission as 19 Nov. Prince, Princess, and the young Princesses present

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Mainpiece Title: Astartus

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. At Penkethman's Theatre. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: a diverting Droll. Box Tickets at Penkethman's House in Richmond. Daily Post, 5 Sept.: Mr Penkethman...had the Honour to divert their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with Entertainments of Acting and Tumbling perform'd to Admiration; Likewise with his Picture of the Royal Family, down from the King of Bohemia to the young Princesses, in which is seen the Nine Muses playing on their several Instruments, in Honour of that August Family. There were present Nobility, Gentry and Ladies upwards of 200

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Mainpiece Title: Pyramus And Thisbe

Afterpiece Title: The Blind Beggar of Bednal Green; or, The Woman Never Vex'd

Music: Concerto on small Flute-John Baston

Dance: Several surprizing Entertainments of Rope Dancing-a Young Lad lately come from France, who flourishes the Colours, plays on the Violin, and turns several Times on the Rope without a Pole; Ladder Dancing-the greatest Performer in the World, who stands on the Top Round of the Ladder, drinks a Glass of Wine, with his other Hand above his Head in the Middle of the Stage; Dancing , both Serious and Comic,-Monsieur De Long Dents, Monsieur De Long Dents'@two@children , just arrived from Paris; To which will be added, Variety of Tumbling-Mons Tollard, others, just arrived from Madrid

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Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Vth; Or, The Conquest Of France By The English

Performance Comment: Edition of 1723 lists: King Henry-Booth; Dauphin-Wilks; King of France-Thurmond; Princess Catherine-Mrs Oldfield; Harriet-Mrs Thurmond; Charlot-Mrs Campbell; Duke of Exeter-Mills; Duke of York-Cory; Lord Scroop-Williams; Duke of Bourbon-Bridgwater; Duke of Orleans-Watson; Earl of Cambridge-Mills Jr; Sir Thomas Grey-Oates; French Officer-Roberts; Prologue-Wilks; Epilogue-Mrs Oldfield.

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Mainpiece Title: Virtue Betray'd; Or, Anna Bullen

Performance Comment: Henry VIII-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Northumberland-Thurmond; Piercy-Wilks; Rochford-Will. Mills; Anna Bullen-Mrs Oldfield; Diana-Mrs Johnson; Elizabeth-Mrs Horton; Young Princess Elizabeth-Miss Robinson Jr.

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Mainpiece Title: Otho