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Event Comment: Benefit the Author. By Their Royal Highnesses's command. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Captives

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses's Command. N.B. We are obliged to defer the New Tragedy, called Edwin, till further Notice. Receipts: #156 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses's Command. Receipts: #149 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Woman's Revenge

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Event Comment: By command of their Royal Highnesses, the young Princesses. Receipts: #151 19s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. The Pit and Front Roxes put together by tickets at 5s. Gallery Box 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth, Thurmond, Mrs Bullock, Topham, Miss Tenoe

Event Comment: Beenfit Shaw. By Their Royal Highnesses's Command. Pit and Front Boxes put together at 5s. [The Prince present.

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Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Song: As17240201

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth, Mrs Younger

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At Mr Penkethman's Theatre in Richmond. By a Company of Comedians from the Theatre Royal. Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. In proper Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces- , accompany'd with the Harpsicord, Flutes, and Hautboys

Song: The Dame of Honour-Mrs Willis

Dance: The Drunken Man-Harper

Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. N.B. Tickets given out for The Merry Wives of Windsor will be taken at this Play. [See Daily Post, 3 Aug., for Penkethman's celebration at Richmond on 1 Aug., the anniversary of the Hanoverian succession to the throne, and British Journal, 8 Aug., for an account of William Marshall, of lif, as an anti-Hanoverian demonstrator on 1 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: Drunken Man-Harper

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Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. Receipts: #146 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife; Or, A Comical Transformation

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Sorcerer

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Dance: Mrs Booth, Miss Robinson, Young Rainton

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. Pit and Front Boxes put together by Tickets at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Dance: As17250304

Event Comment: By their Royal Highnesses' Command. Written by Sir George Etheridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

Dance:

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. Written by the late Mr Wycherly. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: LLe Badinage Champetre-

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by the late Mr Farquhar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: LLe Badinage Champetre, as17251119

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. As it was alter'd by the late Duke of Buckingham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Song: As17251208

Event Comment: UUniversal Mercury, February 1726: Elisa...an Opera of a foreign Growth, and of which they promis'd us Wonders before it was brought over. But when it arriv'd, we soon found to our Cost, that its being far fetch'd and dear bought was the only thing that could recommend it: But even that would not do long, and Audiences grew so thin, that the Royal Academy, for fear of making another Call, was oblig'd to drop it

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elisa

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Dance: As17251009

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. The Pit and Front Boxes put together at 5s. [The Prince and Princess of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Dance: As17251204

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Karba, the famous Bassoon. By Her Royal Highness' Command. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consort of several Sorts of Instruments-

Event Comment: The same as it was acted at the Theatre Royal Italien at Paris. [In Daily Post, 29 March, a company of English actors had announced The Stratagem for this day at hay, but they postponed it to 12 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Feint Astrologue, Pagode, Ramoneur, Petit Infant, Statue & Perroquet

Dance: As17260328

Event Comment: Benefit Shaw. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. Three Rows of the Pit (at the particular Desire of several Ladies and Gentlemen) will be Rail'd in, at the Price of the Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Dance:

Event Comment: [Text by Rolli. Music by Handel.] At 7 p.m. Daily Journal, 7 May: On Thursday Night, Signiora Faustina, the famous Roman Songstress, performed his Majesty, their Royal Highnesses, and great Numbers of the Nobility and Quality, in...Alexander...with great Applause

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander