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Event Comment: [Prince and Princess of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orpheus

Event Comment: In Honour of the Royal Nuptials of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Music by Porpora.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feast Of Hymen

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Pit and Boxes put together. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 6 May: There was an exceeding great Audience, and great Numbers of Quality both in the Boxes and Pit. Their Highnesses' Box was handsomely ornamented with white Damask, adorn'd with Silver Laces and Fringes; over the Canopy was the Figure of Hymen, with a Label on which was this Motto: Concordia Cordium. Daily Journal, 6 May: The House was so full about Five o'Clock, that several Gentlemen and Ladies, unable to go to their Seats, was obliged to depart

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Henry VIII Actor: Quin
Role: Wolsey Actor: Mills
Role: Buckingham Actor: W. Mills
Role: Surrey Actor: Cibber
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Cranmer Actor: Milward
Role: Gardiner Actor: Johnson
Role: Sands Actor: Miller
Role: Anna Bullen Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Norfolk Actor: Berry
Role: Suffolk Actor: Boman
Role: Chamberlain Actor: Winstone
Role: Abergavenny Actor: Salway
Role: Campeius Actor: Shepard
Role: Cromwell Actor: Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Turkish Dancers Actor: Delamayne and Mrs Walter
Role: Adonis Actor: Essex
Role: Turkish Dancer Actor: Delamayne
Role: Phoebus Actor: Mrs Cantrell
Role: Phaeton Actor: Cross
Role: Clymene Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Ethiopian Actor: Essex
Role: Turk Actor: Salway
Role: Harlequin Actor: Le Brun
Role: Morocco Servant Actor: Poitier
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Colombine's Maid Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Harlequin's Good Genius Actor: Miss Cole
Role: Venus Actor: Mlle Anne Roland, but see17360304

Dance: I: Tambourine by Mlle Roland. II: Russian Sailor by Denoyer, &c. IV: French Peasants by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Event Comment: [Their Majesties, Prince and Princess of Wales, and rest of the Royal Family present.] At 7 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Feast Of Hymen

Event Comment: Prince and Princess of Wales expected to attend

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adriano

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Cast
Role: Calphurnia Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Caesar Actor: W. Mills
Role: Octavius Actor: Salway
Role: Brutus Actor: Quin
Role: Cassius Actor: Mills
Role: Antony Actor: Milward
Role: Caska Actor: Cibber
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Citizens Actor: Johnson, Miller, Harper, Griffin

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Cast
Role: Pierot Actor: Poitier
Role: Harlequin Actor: Le Brun
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Spaniard Actor: Salway
Role: Two Monkeys Actor: Towers, Roberts

Dance: I: By Denoyer's Prentice. II: Grand Serious Ballet by Denoyer, &c. IV: Minuet in Modern Habits by Denoyer and Mlle Anne Roland

Ballet:

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. 6:30 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Cast
Role: Elder Worthy Actor: Este
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Sir Novelty Actor: Cibber
Role: Sir William Actor: Johnson
Role: Loveless Actor: Milward
Role: Young Worthy Actor: W. Mills
Role: Snap Actor: Mechlin
Role: Sly Actor: Miller
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Hillaria Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Flareit Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Anne Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: Chloe Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lovemore Actor: Salway
Role: Stocks Actor: Harper
Role: Jack Stocks Actor: Cibber

Dance: III: By Denoyer's Apprentice. IV: By Mlle Anne Roland. V: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Event Comment: [Prince and Princess of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Event Comment: [Prince and Princess of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Event Comment: Benefit Turbutt and Mrs Pritchard. [Princess of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present], Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s. At 6 p.m. [For overlapping Performances at the Fairs, see 1735-36.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Sir John Actor: Mills
Role: Bevil Jr Actor: Quin
Role: Tom Actor: Cibber
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Cliver
Role: Myrtle Actor: W. Mills
Role: Sealand Actor: Milward
Role: Humphrey Actor: Shepard
Role: Daniel Actor: Leigh
Role: Cimberton Actor: Griffin
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Hollyday
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Cast
Role: Damon Actor: Este
Role: Phillida Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Cimon Actor: Miller
Role: Mopsus Actor: Oates
Role: Corydon Actor: Turbutt
Role: Arcas Actor: Cross
Role: Aegon Actor: Raftor.

Dance: End IV: Pierots-Poitier, Pelling; End Afterpiece: Les Bergeries-Essex, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by Southern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Cast
Role: Oroonoko Actor: Milward
Role: Aboan Actor: Quin
Role: Driver Actor: Johnson
Role: Governor Actor: Berry
Role: Blandford Actor: W. Mills
Role: Imoinda Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Daniel Actor: Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress: With Harlequin Grand Volgi

Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Harlequin Actor: Phillips
Role: Mordecai Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Debauchee Actor: Berry
Role: Poudre Actor: Este
Role: Constable Actor: Macklin
Role: Porter Actor: Rosamond
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Brett
Role: Mother Midnight Actor: Turbutt
Role: Brindle Actor: Leight
Role: Pompey Actor: Young Carney
Role: Justices Actor: Winstone, Raftor, Cole
Role: Ladies of Pleasure Actor: Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Anderson, Miss Brett
Role: Pierrot Actor: Rector
Role: Punch Actor: Janno
Role: Scaramouch Actor: Leigh
Role: Harlequin Grand Volgi Actor: Philips
Role: Mandarin Gormogons Actor: Livier, Pelling, Dukes, Villenuve
Role: Chinese Guards Actor: Bethan, Leigh, Wright, Grey.

Dance: I: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; III: Grand Polonese Ballet-Essex, Mrs Walter, Livier, Villeneuve, Dukes, Rector, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Anderson, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief

Cast
Role: Riot Actor: Quin
Role: Volatil Actor: W. Mills
Role: Sir Tristram Actor: Griffin
Role: Young Cash Actor: Macklin
Role: Spitefire Actor: Cibber
Role: Arabella Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Cynthia Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Aurelia Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Horatio Actor: Este
Role: Slur Actor: Berry
Role: Hazard Actor: Winstone.

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

Cast
Role: Phebe Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Hunter Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Quorum Actor: Harper
Role: Chaunter Actor: Berry
Role: Tippet Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Tib Tatter Actor: Mrs Willis
Role: Beggars Actor: Mechlin, Turbutt, Este, Winstone, Cross, Mrs Bennet.
Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Pit and Boxes put together at half a guinea each. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 2s. 6d. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 8 Nov.: The Box in which their Royal Highnesses sat, was of white Sattin, beautifully Ornamented With Festons of flowers, in their proper Colours, and in Front was a flaming Heart, between two Hymeneal Torches, whose different Flames terminated in one Point, and were surmounted with a Label, on which were wrote, in Letters of Gold, these Words, Mutuus Ardor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alcina

Cast
Role: states that Ruggiero Actor: Conti.
Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: Zara Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: King Actor: W. Mills
Role: Osmyn Actor: Milward
Role: Gonsalez Actor: Quin
Role: Almeria Actor: Mrs Thurmond.

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: II: Flight-Essex, Mrs Walter; IV: Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Porter.
Role: Macbeth Actor: Mills
Role: Macduff Actor: Milward
Role: Banquo Actor: W. Mills
Role: Lenox Actor: Cibber
Role: Hecate Actor: Johnson
Role: Duncan Actor: Boman
Role: Malcolm Actor: Cross
Role: Seyward Actor: Winstone
Role: Seyton Actor: Berry
Role: 1st Murderer Actor: Harper
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Miss Hollyday
Role: Witches Actor: Miller, Griffin, Shepard.

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Ballet Actor: Denoyer, Mlle Roland.
Role: Jupiter Actor: Winstone
Role: Neptune Actor: Turbutt
Role: Priest of Aurora Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Terra Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Phoebus Actor: Hill
Role: Phaeton Actor: Cross
Role: Clymene Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Ethiopian Actor: Essex
Role: Moors Actor: Pelling, Villeneuve, Dukes, Rector
Role: Turk Actor: Thurmond
Role: Harlequin Actor: Philips
Role: Morocco Servant Actor: Macklin
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Harlequin's Good Genius Actor: Miss Cole
Role: Adonis Actor: Denoyer
Role: Venus Actor: Mlle Roland
Role: with a Grand Ballet Actor: Denoyer, Mlle Roland.

Dance: Mons Muilment, laterly arrived from Paris, the first time of his performance in England

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 20 Nov.: We hear that Mr Giffard...last Night, upon the happy Occasion of her Royal Highness' s Birth-Day, entertained his Company with an elegant Supper and a Concert of Musick, where the Healths of their Majesties, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family were drank with universal Demonstrations of Joy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Jones
Role: Peachum Actor: Rosco
Role: Lockit Actor: Lyon
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Charke
Role: Filch Actor: Yates
Role: Mat Actor: Richardson
Role: Player Actor: Hewitt
Role: Beggar Actor: Dove
Role: Macheath Actor: Mrs Roberts.
Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Atalanta

Event Comment: A New Opera. Compos'd by Signior Hasse. [Text by Metastasio.] Pit and Boxes at half a guineas. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. [Prince and Princess of Wales present.

Performances

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by the late $J. Addison, Esq.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Cast
Role: Cato Actor: Quin
Role: Sempronius Actor: Mills
Role: Juba Actor: W. Mills
Role: Syphax Actor: Cibber
Role: Portius Actor: Milward
Role: Marcus Actor: Este
Role: Lucius Actor: Berry
Role: Decius Actor: Winstone
Role: Marcia Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Lucia Actor: Miss Holliday.

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: Denoyer, Muilment

Event Comment: [P$Prince and Princess of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. [For a discussion of actor, who have relinquished roles to other performers, see Grub St. Journal, 30 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Cast
Role: Wolsey Actor: Milward
Role: Cranmer Actor: Berry
Role: Norfolk Actor: Este
Role: Abergavenny Actor: Hill.
Role: Henry VIII Actor: Quin
Role: Buckingham Actor: W. Mills
Role: Surrey Actor: Cibber
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Sands Actor: Miller
Role: Gardiner Actor: Johnson
Role: Anna Bullen Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Suffolk Actor: Boman
Role: Lord Chamberlain Actor: Winstone
Role: Campeius Actor: Shepard
Role: Cromwell Actor: Cross.

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: Denoyer, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text possibly by A. Salvi. Music by Handel. Prince and Princess of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arminius

Cast
Role: Arminio Actor: Annibale
Role: Tusnelda Actor: Signora Strada
Role: Sigismonde Actor: Conti
Role: Ramise Actor: Signora Bertolli
Role: Segeste Actor: Reinhold
Role: Varo Actor: Beard
Role: Tullio Actor: Signora Maria Caterina Negri.
Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Comic Interlude. [Music by Giuseppe Maria Orlandini. Prince and Princess of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: Pourceaugnac and Grilletta

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Cast
Role: Laertes Actor: W. Mills.
Role: Ghost Actor: Boman
Role: Gravediggers Actor: _Macklin.
Role: Ostric Actor: Macklin
Role: Hamlet Actor: Milward
Role: King Actor: Quin
Role: Horatio Actor: Este
Role: Polonius Actor: Griffin
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Clive

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: Philips
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Turk Actor: Thurmond
Role: Morocco Servant Actor: Mechlin.