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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Holland; Myrtle-Palmer; Sir John-Burton; Sealand-Havard; Cimberton-Love; Humphrey-Packer; Daniel-Weston; Tom-King; Phyllis-Mrs Clive; Lucinda-Miss Reynolds; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Johnston; Indiana-Mrs Dancer; In Act II, singing-Miss Young.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17671008.

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, call'd The Gardners Holiday-Mr Shuter (his 1st appearance), Sga Giorgi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Castalio-Reddish, 1st time; Chamont-Holland; Acasto-Bransby; Polydore-Packer; Chaplain-Love; Ernesto-Castle; Page-Miss Rogers; Serina-Miss Reynolds; Florella-Mrs Johnston; Monimia-Mrs Dancer.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17671008.

Dance: I: Gardners Holiday, as17671120

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in 3 years. [See 18 May 1765.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Plume-Palmer; Brazen-King; Justice Balance-Havard; Worthy-Packer; Serjent Kite-Bransby; Bullock-Moody; Welsh Collier-Baddeley; Recruits-Parsons, Messink; Lucy-Mrs Love; Rose-Miss Reynolds; Melinda-Mrs Reddish; Sylvia-Mrs Dancer.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17671008.

Dance: II: The Gardners Holiday, as17671120

Event Comment: Mainpiece. By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: As17671030, but Lovewell-Cautherly.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17671008.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: Plain Dealer-Holland; Freeman-Palmer; Novel-King; Lord Plausible-Parsons; Major Oldfox-Love; Vernish-Packer; Jeremy Blackacre-Weston, 1st time; Quillett-Baddeley; Oakam-Moody; Fidelia-Mrs Jeffries, 1st time; Olivia-Mrs Pope; Eliza-Miss Reynolds; Widow Blackacre-Mrs Clive.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17671008.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: As17671105, but Dervise-Moody.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17671008.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. At 5 went into the Pit to see Love do Kite--like him better than Bransby in that character. End Act II a Pantomime dance by children called the Lilliputian Camp: Adjutant by Miss Rogers. J. Palmer did Bounce in Harlequin's Invasion, but not as well as Bransby. When King runs off in the Dancer's scene, Rooker comes on, jumps, King not being able, having had his thigh-bone broken 2 years ago (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17671126, but Kite-Love.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17671008.

Dance: I: Hearts of Oak, as17671022; II: The Lilliputian Camp-

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. N.B. Those ladies and gentlemen who haven taken tickets for the Widow'd Wife, are desired to send their servants sometime today, in order to ascertain same, otherwise they cannot be secured

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17671012, but Lucy-Miss Pope, 1st time; Polly-Mrs Baddeley.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: As17671008.

Dance: I: The Lilliputian Camp, as17671202

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17671013.

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performance Comment: As17680115.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17671013, but Queen-Mrs Reddish.

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performance Comment: As17680115.
Event Comment: Benefit for Grimaldi (Ballet master) and Moody. Moody as the Irishman in the Farce will introduce the song in Love a-la-Mode (playbill)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17680129, but Queen-Mrs Hopkins; Bellarius-Burton (?).

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: As17680212, but Harwood-J. Aickin.

Dance: II: The Cow@Keepers (with alterations and additions)-Grimaldi's apprentices; III: Grand Dance The Lilliputian Camp, as17671202; V: By Particular Desire, The Cotillion, as17680406 but Miss Egan to list of dancers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: Lear-Barry; Gloster-Burton; Edgar-Reddish; Bastard-Palmer; Kent-Bransby; Gent. Usher-Dodd; Albany-Packer; Cornwall-Hurst; Capt.-Ackman; 1st Officer-Keen; 2nd Officer-Fawcett; Old Man-Hartry; Regan-Mrs W. Barry; Goneril-Mrs Stephens; Cordelia-Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: As17690926, and Masquerade .
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Peachum-Moody; Lockit-Bransby; Filch-Parsons; Mat@o@Mint-Kear; Beggar-Burton; Player-Wheeler; Lucy-Miss Pope; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Mrs Baddeley; To Conclude with a Country Dance-; In Act III, a Hornpipe-Mrs King.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: As17690926.
Event Comment: MMr King--Richard 3d as you might expect (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17691113, but Richard-King, first time; Lady Anne-Mrs W. Barry; Oxford-Wheeler; Officer-Keen; Catesby-Packer; Ratcliff-Wright.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: As17690926.

Dance: II: A New Tambourine Dance-Atkins, Mrs King; IV: The English Gardeners, as17691206

Event Comment: For the Benefit of the British Lying In-Hospital for Married Women in Brownlow Street, Long Acre (Hopkins). Paid Salary list #501 13s. 6d.; Mrs Abington cloaths acct #2; Mrs S. French, 6 days #1 10s.; Mrs Weston 29 nights at 2s. 6d. per night #3 12s. 6d. Rec'd stopages #10 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #180 10s. 6d. Charges #84. Profit to hospital #96 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17711202.

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: As17711209, but to avoid confusion full cast listed: Irishman-Moody; LeBrush-Palmer; Gulwell-Packer; Harwood-J. Aickin; Williams-Ackman; Brilliant-Fawcett; Frankly-Davies; Frenchman-Baddeley; Scotsman-Love; Marjorie Moorpout-Mrs Love; New Character-Miss Pope.
Event Comment: Benefit for Keen, and Wright. By Desire of the Grand Hanoverian Lodge of the Ancient and Noble Order of Bucks. Paid extra Flute and Hautboy 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #197 8s. 6d. Charges: #69 5s. Profit to Keen and Wright: #126 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17711202, but Caliban-Wright; Gonzalo-J. Aickin; Hymen-Fawcett.

Afterpiece Title: The Absent Man

Performance Comment: As17720312.

Dance: V: The Drunken Peasant-Philips, the original

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Charges: #35

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah; Judith

Performance Comment: As17730226.

Music: I: Concerto on French Horn-Spandau; II: Violin solo-Barthelemon

Event Comment: Charges: #35

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson; Judith

Performance Comment: As17730226 Parts were: Samson, Manoa, Micah, Israelite Officer, Chorus of Israelites, Dalila, Harapha, Chorus of Philistine Women and Priest of Dagon.

Music: As17730303

Event Comment: Charges: #35

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus; Judith

Performance Comment: As17730226 Parts were: Judas, Israelite Man, Israelite Woman, Chorus, Simon (brother to Judas); Messenger, EupolemusR (Jewish Ambassador to Rome).

Music: As17730305

Event Comment: Charges: #35

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Performance Comment: As17730310.

Music: As17730303

Event Comment: Sacred Oratorio composed by Dr Arne. Charges #35

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Abel; Judith

Performance Comment: As17730226.

Music: I: Concerto on French Horn-Spandau; II: Violin Concerto-Barthelemon

Event Comment: Oratorio By Particular Desire. Charges: #35

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Performance Comment: As17730303.

Music: As17730303

Event Comment: Charges: #35

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Performance Comment: As17730303.

Music: As17730305

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Baker. Charges #75 9s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Baker #9 7s. 6d., plus #78 12s. from tickets (Box 98; Pit 272; Gallery 133). Paid Dr Goldsmith the balance of his three nights for the Mistakes of a Night, #502 18s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #84 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: As17730327.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: As17721029, but Lettice-a Young Lady, 2nd appearance on any Stage.

Dance: End Opera: a New Dance-Mas. Langrish as17730426; End II of Comedy: A Hornpipe-Miller, scholar to Fishar

Performance Comment: Langrish as17730426; End II of Comedy: A Hornpipe-Miller, scholar to Fishar.
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Green. Mainpiece: Written by Dr Goldsmith. Charges #64 5s. Profit to Mrs Green #16 1s. 6d., plus #34 6s. from tickets (Box 56; Pit 108; Gallery 41) (Account Book). Receipts: #80 6s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good Natured Man

Performance Comment: Croaker-Shuter; Honeywood-Bensley; Sir W. Honeywood-Clarke; Lofty-Lewes, first time; Leontine-Wroughton; Jarvis-Dunstall; Mrs Croaker-Mrs Pitt; Olivia-Mrs Baker; Garnet-Mrs Green; Miss Richland (with the original Epilogue)-Mrs Bulkley; In Act III, (by particular Desire) will be restored the Original scene of the Bailiffs-; Bailiffs-Morris, Quick.

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: As17730430 but Lettice-Mrs Mattocks; Landlady-_.

Dance: After the Epilogue: A Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley; End II of Comedy: A New Dance-Mas. Langrish as17730426 being his third appearance

Performance Comment: Langrish as17730426 being his third appearance.

Ballet: The Wapping Landlady, with Sixfold Hornpipe. As17730424

Performance Comment: As17730424.