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Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer, Russell & Dowton. 1st piece [1st time; B 1, by Edward Henry Iliff. The title-page has "by Edmund Spenser, Ynger." On his copy, now in Huntington Library, J. P. Kemble has written, "Iliffe [sic] is the real Name of the Authour"; he has made a similar notation on the playbill]: Founded on the 17th Number of The Spectator. 3rd piece [1st time; MF 1. Larpent MS 1219; not published. The characters are all taken from previous plays by John O'Keeffe, as follows: Sadboy (The Young Quaker); Signor Arionelli and Bowkitt (The Son-in-Law); Motley (The Dead Alive); Tully (The London Hermit); Lingo and Cowslip (The Agreeable Surprise); Ephraim Smooth (Wild Oats); Nipperkin (Sprigs of Laurel); Jemmy Jumps and Betty Blackberry (The Farmer); Mrs Casey (Fontainbleau)]: Written by Mr O'Keeffe. Times, 4 June: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 2, Queen's-row, Pimlico; of Russell, No. 19, Martlet-court, Bow-street; of Dowton, No. 5, Strand-lane, Surry-street, Strand. Receipts: #413 11s. 6d. (76.17.6; 37.7.0; 1.0.0 tickets: 298.7.0) (charge: #215 10s. 5d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ugly Club

Afterpiece Title: The Castle-Spectre

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Wewitzer

Afterpiece Title: A Nosegay of Weeds; or, Old Servants in New Places

Performance Comment: Sadboy-Palmer; Signor Arionelli-Miss DeCamp; Motley-Hollingsworth; Tully-R. Palmer; Lingo-Dowton; Ephraim Smooth-Wewitzer; Nipperkin-Wathen; Jemmy Jumps-Russell; Bowkitt-Bannister Jun.; Mrs Casey-Mrs Sparks; Betty Blackberry-Miss Mellon; Cowslip-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Signor Arionelli Actor: Miss DeCamp

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Song: Signor Gaetano Phillipo Rochetti, being the first Time of his performing on the British Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Hippisley

Dance: Signor Grimaldi, detto Gamba di Ferro, Mlle Auguste. (Being the 1st time of his appearing on the English stage.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alphonso

Dance: Signor and Signora Campioni will dance this Day for the first time in England

Event Comment: [Kemble's 1st appearance as Shylock was at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 3 Dec. 1781. In mainpiece the playbill assigns Antonio to Bensley, but "Clarke played Antonio in the room of Bensley, who was taken ill" (Morning Chronicle, 23 Jan.).] Receipts: #167 19s. 6d. (167/12/0; 0/5/0; ticket not come in: 0/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Kemble (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Gratiano-Palmer; Bassanio-Farren; Launcelot-Parsons; Duke-Packer; Lorenzo (with songs)-Williames; Antonio-Clarke [of CG]; Jessica (with a song)-Miss Wheeler; Nerissa (1st time)-Mrs Wilson; Portia-Miss E. Kemble .
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Junior

Dance: End of Act III, as17830918; End of Act IV, as17831204

Event Comment: The New Comedy, The School for Wives, (which was to have been performed this evening) oblig'd to be deferred till tomorrow. Reddish hoarse. Paid tallow chandler's 3rd bill #44 19s. 11d.; Mr Smeltzer for men's cloaths #5; J. Stevens on note #3 3s. (Treasurer's Book). [In the bill for the first planned performance of Twelfth Night this season (namely for 4 Dec.) Antonio was to be done by Fawcett; Sir Toby by Love; and the Clown by Davies.] Receipts: #122 6s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: Orsino-Jefferson; Antonio-Davies; Fabian-Waldron; Maria-Mrs Hopkins; Sir Toby-Palmer; Malvolio-King; Sir Andrew-Dodd; Sebastian-Cautherly; Clown (with Original Epilogue song)-Vernon; Viola-Miss Younge; Maria-Mrs Hopkins; Olivia (with Song)-Mrs Abington (playbill).
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Clarke as Antonio, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Hull.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17841110, but Antonio-Hull .
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: End of Act in of mainpiece, as17840922; End of Act IV, as17840917

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
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Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: As17781124

Ballet: Annette et Lubin. As17781124

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
Related Works
Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: As17781124

Ballet: Annette et Lubin. As17781124

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
Related Works
Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: As17781124

Ballet: Annette et Lubin. As17781124

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'avaro Deluso

Cast
Role: Calandrano Actor: Antonio Rossi
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Related Work: L'Avaro Deluso Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: End I: Les Oiseleurs, as17790123; End II: Ballet by Fairies, as17790302End Opera: New Ballet, as17790227

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Performance Comment: Edition of 1711 lists: Godfredo-Signora Francesca Vanini Boschi; Eustacio-Valentino Urbani; Rinaldo-Cavaliero Nicolino Grimaldi; Argantes-Gioseppe Boschi; Magician-Giuseppe Cassani; Herald-Laurence; Armida-Signora Elizabetta Pilotta Schiavonetti; Almirena-Mlle Isabella Girardeau.
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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

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Related Work: Rinaldo Author(s): Antonio Sacchini

Dance: duBreil, Mlle leFevre, just arriv'd from Bruxelles