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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Conrade Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi; also Comic Ballet call'd the Bird Catchers-Cooke, Sga Campioni, Sodi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ladys Last Stake

Performance Comment: AS 20 Dec. 1745, but Sir Friendly-Cashell; Lord George-Chapman; Lady Gentle-Mrs Vincent; Hartshorn-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Lord George Actor: Chapman
Role: Hartshorn Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Dance: I: New Grand Ballet-Cooke; II: Drunken Tyrolese-Cooke; V: Louvre, Minuet-Cooke, Sga Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bland

Song: In III: The Flocks shall leave the Mountains, as17460125

Dance: III: Peasant-Cooke; V: Comic Ballet-Cooke, Sga Campioni

Event Comment: Benefit Woodward. Mainpiece: An Historical Play, never acted there before [see 20 March 1738]. At the Particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. As written by Shakespear. Containing the wars of Cymbeline with the Romansr, in the reign of Augustus Caesar; the various distresses and Adventures of Imogen the King's Daughter; the noble repulse the Romans met with, on their invading Britain; their defeat, and many other historical passages. Ladies are desired to send their servants early to prevent mistakes. To be Lett, and enter'd upon on Monday next, the 7th instant Commodious Places in the Front and Upper Boxes...for the excellent reviv'd play of Shakespear... For further Particulars enquire of Mr Woodward, at his house near the theatre [in advance bills]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline King Of Britain

Performance Comment: Cymbeline-Cashell; Posthumus-Ryan; Jachimo-Hale; Bellarius-Johnson; Guiderius-Woodward; Arviragus (with the dirge set new by Mr Boyce)-Beard; Cloten-Chapman; Cornelius-Rosco; Pisanio-Bridgwater; Caius Lucius-Ridout; Philario-Anderson; Roman Captain-Bencraft; English Lord-Carr; French Gentleman-Hayman; Queen-Mrs James; Helena-Mrs Bland; Imogen-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Philario Actor: Anderson
Role: Helena Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performance Comment: As17460311 but Aerial Spirits-Mathews, Miss Vandersluys; Pluto-_; Rector-_; Neptune-_; Pan-_; Hercules-_; Apollo-_; Mars-_; Italian Peasants-_.

Dance: BBird Catchers-Cooke, Sga Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi; New Ballet never performed before, call'd The Flemish Peasant's Wedding-Sodi, Sga Campioni; Pigmalion, as17460409

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Conrade Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: Jealous Husband Deceivd

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Woodward; Jealous Husband-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Havard; Pierot-Lalauze;the other parts to the best advantage; To conclude with theDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi.
Cast
Role: Jealous Husband Actor: Bencraft

Dance: MMinuet(by Desire)-Lalauze, Sga Campioni; Pigmalion, as17460409

Song: GGenius of England-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Rosco
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs James
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: LLouvre, Minuet-Villeneuve, Sga Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Cast
Role: Queen of France Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Anderson
Role: Mrs Gadabout Actor: Mrs Bland

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Performance Comment: Lear-Garrick (1st time on that stage); Edgar-Ryan; Gloucester-Bridgwater; Bastard-Cashell; Kent-Chapman; Albany-Oates; Cornwall-Burton; Burgundy-Paddick; Usher-Philips; Goneril-Miss Haughton; Regan-Mrs Bland; Cordelia-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Regan Actor: Mrs Bland

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees

Dance: II: Grand Ballet-Sga Paduana, Muilment, Mechel, Mlle Mechel, Salomon's Son

Event Comment: New Dresses and Decorations for the dances (General Advertiser). [See commentary on the two Dances, 22 Jan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ladys Last Stake

Performance Comment: As17461211, but Mrs Hartshorn-Mrs Macklin, and no song mentioned for Mrs Clive.

Dance: Two Entertainments-Salomon, Mlle Violette, Muilment, Sga Padouana, Cook, 1st appearance that stage

Event Comment: Benefit Barry. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Ladies send servants by three. Tickets at his lodgings in Bow St

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discoverd

Dance: II: Salomon, Mlle Violette, Cook, Salomon's Son; III: Muilment; V: Grand Comic Dance-Salomon, Mlle Violette, Cooke, Sga Padouana

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Salomon's Son

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Bevil Jun-Barry; Tom-Macklin; Sealand-Sparks; Indiana-Mrs Elmy; Phyllis-Mrs Clive; Sir John Bevil-Berry; Myrtle-Mills; Cimberton-Taswell; Humphrey-Bridges; Lucinda-Mrs Ridout; Isabella-Mrs Bennet; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Bridges; In Act II Singing-Lowe.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bridges

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana, the Mechels

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Benefit Mrs Giffard. Tickets to be had of her at her house, No 11 in Craven Buildings, Drury Lane, and of Hobson at the stage door where places may be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Muilment, Salomon's Son, the Mechels

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Salomon, Cook, Sga Padouana, Muilment, Salomon's Son, the Mechels

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd out by Miss Copin for the Merchant of Venice will be taken to the Conscious Lovers (General Advertiser). This day is publish'd, Price 1s., A Letter of Complaint to the Ingenious author of a Treatise on the Passions, so far as they regard the stage; with a critical Enquiry into the theatrical merit of Mr G-k, Mr Q-n, and Mr B-y, &c. With some further remarks on Mr M-n. And a few hints on our modern Actresses, particularly Mrs C-r and Mrs P-d. Magna est Veritas, & pravalebit. Printed for C. Corbett, over against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet St. (General Advertiser). [Illuminating discussion of actors' abilities]: The Stage is much indebted to Mr M- for his incessant successful endeavours; he not only grac'd it with his own personal merits, but rais'd up several Branches who tho' they have not yet quite eclips'd Mr Giffard's Nursery from Goodman's Fields, will certainly in time prove stars of the first magnitude.--(p. 28). Touch Messrs. Giffard and Ryan and give them better voices; there is nothing else wanting. Help Mr Delane to a new manner and judgment to display the best pipe that ever was heard. Polish a little the rough Beauties of Mr L. Sparkes, give the sensible Mr Havard a few more spirits; and mend the Humour of Hippisley, Chapman, Barrington, and Blakes if you can. Poor Yates wants nothing but a front of brass, a necessary self-sufficient Manner of pushing himself upon a Publick.--(p. 31). If Mrs Giffard's Manner was equal to her understanding, she wou'd compell everybody to acknowledge her a surprising Performer. In Lady Macbeth she is excellent; and Hermione was very near eclipsing a much more popular actress; in short in every Part she performs, the severest of her enemies cannot but own she is more than decent.--(pp. 32-33). [Gives two pages each to discussion of Mrs Clive, Mrs Woffington, Mrs Cibber, and Mrs Pritchard.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bridges

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: New entertainments-Salomon, Sga Padouana, Salomon's son

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber Jun. Tickets and places to be had of Hobson at the stage door. Tickets deliver'd out by Mr Moore, and tickets deliver'd out for the Distress'd Wife dated 16 March will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode Or Sir Fopling Flutter

Performance Comment: Sir Fopling Flutter-Cibber Jun; Dorimant-Mills; Young Bellair-Blakes; Mrs Loveit-Mrs Woffington; Belinda-Mrs Elmy; Pert-Mrs Macklin; Medley-Bridges; Old Bellair-Taswell; Shoemaker-Neale; Handy-Usher; Smirk-Simpson; Page-Master Wilks; Harriet-Mrs Mills; Emilia-Mrs Ridout; Lady Townly-Mrs Bennet; Lady Woodly-Mrs Cross; Busy-Miss Minors; Orange Woman-Mrs Bridges; New Epilogue-Mrs Woffington in Man's Cloaths, and address'd to the Young Gentlemen who call themselves the Town.
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Mode; or, Sir Fopling Flutter Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: I: Mrs Mozeen; III: Lowe

Dance: II: The Mechels; IV: Muilment; V: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Salomon's son

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband Criticized

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Salomon's Son

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marry Or Do Worse Or No Wit Like A Womans

Related Works
Related Work: Worse and Worse Author(s): George Digby, Earl of Bristol

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Song: I,IV: Lowe

Dance: II: Muilment; III: The Mechels; V: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Salomon's Son

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17470312 but Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Daniel-Collins.
Cast
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bridges

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Muilment, the Mechels, Salomon's son

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Mlle Mechel, Salomon's Son

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Bridges

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Salomon's Son

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Being the most tragical tragedy that ever was tragedized by a company of tragedians. At the Particular Desire of Several Persons of Quality (General Advertiser). [The following unsigned statement of the financial condition of the theatre on 11 April is in the Harvard Collection of Documents dealing with affairs of Drury Lane, folio MS Thr. 12. This itemizes the outstanding liabilities to the amount of #8,808 14s. including #1,275 of arrears in actors' salaries]: I told Mr- the intended purchaser that the whole would not amount to #12,000. He said if it was more it should rest on me, for that was the utmost shilling he would give. But upon strict enquiry I find it will amount to #12,808 14s. This difference is not altogether owing to an error in calculation, but has been likewise heightened by a falling off of business, nor is it possible to ascertain the debt of a theatre for a day, it is of so fluctuating a nature. Q: whether this loss ought to light upon me, who have endeavored to get a purchaser & increased the value of the Estate to the utmost of my power? Errors excepted. [James Lacy or John Powel are the most likely authors of this statement. Whatever the authority, it is clear that settlement had not yet been made for transfer of ownership. For Powel, see G. W. Stone, Jr., The Authorship of Tit for Tat," Theatre Notebook, X (1955), 22-28.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana