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We found 2551 matches on Performance Comments, 655 matches on Event Comments, 256 matches on Author, 115 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alonzo

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Ring

Cast
Role: Pandolpho Actor: Dibdin.
Role: Pandolfo Actor: Bannister
Event Comment: Mr Aickin, Evander well receiv'd (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for Mrs Barry. Pit and Boxes laid together. Send servants by 4 o'clock. Othello and Irish Widow deferr'd, for Barry's Illness. Paid salary list (4 days) #348 5s.; Mr Lutherberg on Acct, #80; Mr J. French's Draft on the managers, #50 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #281 18s. 6d. Charges: #65 19s. Profits to Mrs Barry: #215 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Performance Comment: As17721126, but Evander-Aickin, first time; Melanthon-Packer; Herold-Wright; With a New Occasional Epilogue-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Evander Actor: Aickin, first time

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Dance: V: Comic Dance, as17720922

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

Event Comment: Benefit for Cautherly. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 24 Nov. 1769.] Paid Tallow Chandler's 8th Bill #20 19s. 3d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #122 7s. 6d. Charges: #64 14s. Profit to Cautherley: #57 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Smirk, Mrs Cole-King, for that night only; Shift, with a variety of imitations both rhetorical and vocal-Bannister; Minor-J. Aickin; Sir William Wealthy-Baddeley; Transfer-Parsons; Loader-Palmer; Lucy-Miss Ambrose; Richard Wealthy-Wrighten; Dick-Burton.

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17730325

Event Comment: Benefit for Messrs Rooker, Messink and Giorgi. Paid salary list #520 7s. 6d.; Mr J. French on acct #20; Rec'd of Mr Hopkins in full #20; Stopages #18 6s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #196 4s. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to beneficiaries: #121 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: III: The Medley-Giorgi's Scholars

Event Comment: Benefit for Champness and Mrs Scott. House Charges #69 14s. 6d. Profits to Champness and Mrs Scott #55 2s. 6d. Receipts: #124 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Reddish; Macduff-Aickin; Duncan-Bransby; Ross-J. Aickin; Malcolm-Cautherly; Banquo-Packer; Lennox-Fawcett; Donalbain-Master Cape; Angus-Keen; Seton-Ackman; Siward-Hurst; Doctor-Wright; Captain-Davies; Fleance-Miss Collett; Hecate-Champness; Witches-Parsons, Moody, Baddeley; Lady Macduff-Miss Ambrose; Lady Macbeth-Miss Younge, first time; the vocal parts-Champness, Kear, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Hunt, Mrs Scott; And a proper dance-Sieur Daigville, others.

Afterpiece Title: Like Master Like Man

Dance: IV: A New Dance-Miss Gray, scholar of Tassoni; End: Cantata of Lydia, composed by Dr Arne-Mrs Scott

Event Comment: Benefit for Ackman. Tickets to be had at Pond's in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden; and of Mr Johnston, at the Theatre. House charges #84. Profit to Ackman #123 10s.; Paid Mr Davies's note to Liddell, #3 3s.; Paid extra Flute and Hautboy 10s.; Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #4 1s. Receipts: #207 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Packer; Ferdinand (with songs)-Vernon; Stephano (that night only)-G. A. Stevens; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Ackman; Sebastian-Keen; Gonzalo-J. Aickin; Alonzo-Bransby; Antonio-Hurst; Master of Ship-Wrighten; Francisco-Griffith; Ariel (with songs)-Mrs Scott; Hymen-Fawcett; Ceres-Mrs Wrighten; Miranda-Mrs Smith, first time and with a new song. With a; Grand Dance of Fantastic Spirits-.

Dance: Other dances-Atkins, Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have at ye All-Palmer; by Desire

Event Comment: Benefit for Mortimer, Tomlinson and Lings. Tickets delivered by Page, Carlton, Sen, and Walton will be taken. Receipts: #236 13s. Charges: #84. Profits to Mortimer, Tomlinson, and Lings: #152 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: I: A Hornpipe-Master Whitlow, Miss Lings; III: A New Wooden Shoe Dance-Mas. Whitlow, Miss Lings, Miss Wilkins, scholars of Giorgi

Event Comment: Benefit for Bowers, Cridland, Piercy. Tickets delivered by Hodges will be taken. Paid Mr J. French on acct #5 5s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #259 8s. 6d. Charges: #84. Profits to Bowers, Cridland, and Piercy: #175 8s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Varland Actor: Parsons
Related Works
Related Work: The West Indian Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bankrupt

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Courtney

Dance: End: New Tambourine Dance-Giorgi's scholars

Event Comment: By Permission. Benefit for Aikin and Mrs Fearon. Being Positively the last time of performing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Courtney

Monologue: 1773 9 20 Interlude. Piety in Pattens. As 23 Aug

Event Comment: Advanced Mr Watson (box office keeper) #10; Ditto to Mr Archeveque (Box office keeper) #15 (Treasurer's Book). [These sums were ready cash for operating, making change etc. and were returned at close of season.] Receipts: #166 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: III: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Event Comment: Receipts: #138 10s. 6d. Paid three days salary at #85 1s. 11d. per diem, #255 5s. 9d. [Paid the following items which occur regularly each Saturday pay day during the 37 weeks of the 1773-74 season: Lampmen #2 12s.; Billstickers #3 12s.; Handbills 8s.; Candlemen #3 18s.; Carpenter's Bills #8 14s. 6d.; Taylor's Bill #8 11s. 8d.; Mantua Maker's Bill #5 6s.; J. Stevens 18s; Mrs Abington's Cloaths #1; Mr Carver 11 days #11; Mr Royer 2 weeks #9; Mr J. French on act #8 8s.; Supernumeraries and Kettle Drummers #3 14s. (Treasurer's Book). N.B. This pay day was based on a three-day acting week. The average paid out for each of these items over the season, and the total for each computed on this average was as follows. [No further mention will be made of these items this season.] @ Average per week Total for season@Lampmen #3 2s. #113 14s.@Billstickers #2 14s. #99 18s.@Handbills 12s. #22 4s.@Carpenter's #5 10s. #203 10s.@Taylor's #10 2s. #373 14s.@Mantua Maker's #2 10s. #92 10s.@J. Stevens 18s. #33 6s.@Mrs Abington Cloaths #1 12s. 4d. #60@Carver at 1 per diem #189@Royer #4 10s. #166 10s.@Sups and Kettle Drum at #3 10s. per diem #661@Candlemen #7 14s. #277 4s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels-Atkins

Event Comment: Mainpiece by Command. Mrs Jefferson made her first appearance upon this Stage in Miss Grantham a Small figure not Handsome no Spirit & not at all like the Character. Some applause (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly in wording.] Masque of Alfred oblig'd to be deferr'd till Saturday next. Paid Mr Nicoll for lines #10 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #230 14s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End: The Mountaineers, as17730930

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Event Comment: Music for Masque by Dr Arne and Mr Augustus Smith. Masque publish'd 1s. 6d. Paid Chorus 3 nights (this incl.) #5 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #176 6s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter