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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Music: Musical Medley called The Topers; or The Sons of Bacchus. Written and set to Musick, by Sig Carini, Author of The Dragon of Wantley; Vocals-Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Roberts

Performance Comment: Written and set to Musick, by Sig Carini, Author of The Dragon of Wantley; Vocals-Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Roberts.

Dance: IV: Peasant-Lalauze, Mlle Roland; V: Clown-Nivelon; End Afterpiece: Dance of Sailors-Glover

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17380218, but Endymion-Roberts; Chasseurs-Vincent, Salway.
Cast
Role: Endymion Actor: Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; Ford-Milward; Evans-Macklin; Shallow-Johnson; Caius-Miller; Slender-Woodward; Host-Harper; Bardolph-Ray; Nym-Raftor; Pistol-Cross; Rugby-Leigh; Simple-Master Green; Robin-Miss Cole; Fenton-Hill; Page-Winstone; Anne Page-Miss Brett; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Grace; Mrs Ford-Mrs Roberts; Mrs Page-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV: Polonese-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: Turkish Dance-Muilment

Song: II: The Early Horn-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Quin; Wolsey-Milward; Buckingham-Mills; Cranmer-Wright; Gardiner-Johnson; Sands-Miller; Norfolk-Havard; Suffolk-Boman; Lord Chamberlain-Winstone; Abergavenny-Hill; Campeius-Turbutt; Cromwell-Cross; Queen Katharine-Mrs Roberts; Anna Bullen-Mrs Bannet? [Mrs Mills in Daily Advertiser]; Surrey-Cibber [Daily Advertiser only].Daily Advertiser only].
Cast
Role: Queen Katharine Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; II: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Haughton, Mrs Thompson; III: Polish Dance-Haughton, Mrs Walter; IV: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Scots Dance-Haughton, Vallois, Rector, Mrs Walter, Miss Thompson, Mrs Vallois

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Performance Comment: See17380426 but Lucy-Mrs Roberts; Varole-Bardin.
Cast
Role: 7380426 but Lucy Actor: Mrs Roberts

Dance: I: Punch-Master Ferg; III: Minuet, The Bretagne-Miss Wright, Miss Morrison; V: La Pierraite-Leviez, Mrs Thompson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Cast
Role: Mrs Amlet Actor: Mrs Roberts.

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Performance Comment: See17380525, but Lucy-Mrs Roberts; Epilogue-Miss Wright, as17380519.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Roberts

Dance: I: Minuet-Master Ferg, Miss Harwood; III: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; V: Grand Ballet, in Comic Characters, -the Lilliputians

Song: IV: See from the Silent Groves-Beard; End Afterpiece: The Life of a Beau-

Music: II: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amasis, King Of Egypt

Performance Comment: Parts-Stephens, Hallam, Roberts, Stevens, Mrs Vincent; edition of 1738 lists no actors' names of parts. edition of 1738 lists no actors' names of parts.

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; King-Wright; Prince-Mills; Hotspur-Milward; Glendower-Cibber; Worcester-Havard; Westmoreland-Turbutt; Dowglass-Furnival; Vernon-Cross; Blunt-Hill; Bardolph-Ray; Francis-Macklin; Carriers-Johnson, Harper [Egerton 2320: Harper ill Macklin did ye Carrier for him]; Kate-Mrs Mills; Hostess-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Roberts.

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Maskwell-Quin; Touchwood-Winstone; Sir Paul-Griffin; Froth-Macklin; Mellefont-Milward; Careless-Mills; Brisk-Cibber; Lady Touchwood-Mrs Butler; Lady Froth-Mrs Clive; Lady Pliant-Mrs Roberts; Sylvia-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Lady Pliant Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar: With The Death Of Brutus And Cassius

Performance Comment: Julius Caesar-Mills; Calphurnia-Mrs Butler; Brutus-Quin; Cassius-Milward; Octavius Caesar-Hill; Antony-Wright; Caska-Cibber; Portia-Mrs Roberts; Citizens-Johnson, Macklin, Harper, Griffin.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Quin; King Henry-Milward; Buckingham-Mills; Richmond-Cibber; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Roberts; Dutchess of York-Mrs Pritchard; Lady Anne-Mrs Mills; Prince Edward-Green; Duke of York-Miss Cole; Norfolk-Boman; Stanley-Havard; Ratcliff-Turbutt; Catesby-Hill; Tressel-Cross; Lord Mayor-Harper.
Cast
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Performance Comment: Tinsel-Cibber; Sir George-Mills; Fantome-Wright; Lady Trueman-Mrs Butler; Vellum-Johnson; Abigail-Mrs Roberts; Gardener-Griffin; Butler-Macklin; Coachman-Winstone.
Cast
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Performance Comment: Torrismond-Milward; Lorenzo-Mills; Bertran-Wright; Raymond-Boman; Alphonso-Furnival; Pedro-Cross; Fryar-Quin; Gomez-Griffin; Queen-Mrs Roberts; Elvira-Mrs Clive; Teresa-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: I: Black Joak-Philips, Miss Mann; II: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; III: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Burgomaster and Frow-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Milward; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Butler; Southampton-Mills; Burleigh-Havard; Countess of Rutland-Mrs Mills; Countess of Nottingham-Mrs Roberts.

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow; or, The Rival Sisters

Related Works
Related Work: The Rival Sisters; or, The Violence of Love Author(s): Robert Gould

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Quin; Bajazet-Milward; Axalla-Mills; Prince of Tanais-Furnival; Omar-Turbutt; Haly-Cross; Dervise-Winstone; Stratocles-Raftor; Zama-Ray; Moneses-Wright; Arpasia-Mrs Roberts; Selima-Mrs Mills; With the usual Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Arpasia Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: Flippanta-Mrs Clive; Dick-Havard; Moneytrap-Griffin; Gripe-Turbutt; Brass-Macklin; Clip-Raftor; Clarissa-Mrs Furnivall; Araminta-Mrs Pritchard; Corinna-Mrs Chetwood; Cloggit-Mrs Marshall; Mrs Amlet-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Mrs Amlet Actor: Mrs Roberts.

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Fair Penitent-Mrs Horton; Sciolto-Roberts; Lothario-Delane; Horatio-Walker; Altamont-Hallam; Lavinia-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Sciolto Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine; With the Birth and Adventures of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Ceres-Mrs Wright; Proserpine-Mrs Chambers; Jupiter-Roberts; Harlequin-Lun; Mercury-Laguerre; Sylvans-Mlle Roland, Mrs Bullock, Miss Cantrell, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun; Pluto-Leveridge; Furies-Lalauze, Villeneuve, Desse, Richardson, Dupre; Yeoman-Bencraft; Clodpole-Hippisley; Old Man-Smith; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Countrymen and Lasses-Dupre, Richardson, Thompson, Mrs Marshal, Miss Dancey, Miss Horsington; Savoyard-Salway; Gardeners-Thompson, Dupre; Earth-Richardson; Air-Villeneuve; Fire-Haughton; Water-Glover; Females-Mrs Bullock, Miss Oates, Miss Cantrel, Mlle Roland.
Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: Henry VIII-Quin; Wolsey-Milward; Buckingham-Mills; Queen Katherine-Mrs Roberts; Cranmer-Wright; Gardiner-Johnson; Sands-Griffin; Sir ThomasLovel-Ray; Norfolk-Havard; Suffolk-Boman; Lord Chamberlain-Winstone; Abergavenny-Ridout; Campeius-Shepard; Cromwell-Cross; Anna Bullen-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Queen Katherine Actor: Mrs Roberts

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens; Or, The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scotland

Performance Comment: Queen Mary-Mrs Horton; Norfolk-Ryan; Davison-Delane; Morton-Bridgwater; Cecil-Roberts; Dowglass-Mrs Stevens; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Hallam.
Cast
Role: Cecil Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Delane; Arthur-Mrs Vincent; Bastard Faulconbridge-Walker; Hubert-Bridgwater; Philip King of France-Ryan; Lewis the Dauphin-Hallam; Pandulph-Chapman; Salisbury-Stephens; Pembroke-Hill; Essex-Arthur; Prince Henry-A. Ryan; Queen Elinor-Mrs James; Lady Faulconbridge-Mrs Mullart; Chatilion-Salway; Austria-Mullart; Robert Faulconbridge-Clarke; Citizen of Angiers-Rosco; Constance-Mrs Hallam; Blanche-Mrs Stevens.
Cast
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part Ii

Performance Comment: King-Delane; Prince-Ryan; Lancaster-Hallam; Justice-Stephens; Westmoreland-Roberts; Moreton-Stevens; York-Chapman; Northumberland-Johnson; Mowbray-Rosco; Lord Bardolph-Hale; Hastings-Hill; Falstaff-Bridgwater; Poins-Salway; Bardolph-W. Hallam; Hostess-Mrs James; Doll Tearsheet-Miss Dancy; Pistol-James; Shallow-Hippisley; Silence-Neale; Feeble-Penkethman; Shadow-Bencraft; Bulcalf-Mullart; Wart-Yates; Mouldy-Stoppelaer.
Cast
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Performance Comment: King Henry-Delane; Canterbury-Chapman; Fluellin-Hippisley; Pistol-James; King of France-Johnson; Dauphin-Hallam; Burgundy-Walker; Constable of France-Bridgwater; Queen Isabel-Mrs James; Catherine-Mrs Ware; Exeter-Stephens; Glocester-Hill; Bedford-A. Ryan; Westmoreland-Roberts; Cambridge-Anderson; Scroop-Arthur; Gray-Stevens; Gower-Hale; Macmorris-Neale; Williams-Rosco; Bates-Mullart; Nym-Stoppelaer; Bardolph-W. Hallam; Page-Miss Ferguson; Hostess-Mrs Mullart.
Cast
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: SSerious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Delane; Sempronius-Walker; Juba-Hallam; Portius-Ryan; Marcus-Hale; Lucius-Roberts; Decius-Bridgwater; Marcia-Mrs Horton; Lucia-Mrs Stevens; Syphax-a Gentleman.
Cast
Role: Lucius Actor: Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: Margery; or, A Worse Plague than the Dragon : Being the Sequel to the Dragon of Wantley

Performance Comment: More of Morehall-Salway; Margery More-Mrs Lampe; Gaffer Gubbins-Laguerre; Margery Mauxalinda-Miss Esther? Young; but edition of 1738 adds: Herald-Reinhold; First Guest-Roberts.
Cast
Role: First Guest Actor: Roberts.

Dance: With Dances, incident to the Opera,-Glover, Lalauze, Haughton, Mlle Roland, Villeneuve, Richardson, Dupre, Thompson, Miss Oates, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Performance Comment: As17381129, but Portia-Mrs Roberts.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Roberts.

Afterpiece Title: Robin Goodfellow

Dance: III: As17381211