Afterpiece Title: The Genoese Pirate; or, Black-Beard
Performance Comment: Principal Ballet Characters-Follett, Bologna Jun., Bologna Sen., Dyke, Whitmore, Abbot, Wilde, Blurton, Platt, Jackson, Hawtin, Powers, Findlay, Rayner, Webb, Farley, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Bologna, Miss Burnett, Mrs Ward, Miss Bologna, Mrs Wybrow (1st appearance); Vocal Characters-Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Tett, Curties, Master Standen, Miss Gray; [Larpent MS lists the parts: Abdallah, Capt. Teach, Garrat Gibbons, Cesar, Gunner, Carpenter, Seamen-William,
Drunken Negro-$Simmons,
Servants,
Negro Boy-$Master Standen,
Lieut. Maynard,
Sailors,
Nancy, Servants,
Orra,
Ismena. For the three assigned parts see Songs, below.] the following new Scenes, Songs: Grand Cabin.
While the jolly grog-Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Abbot; [Entrance into Cabin.
My Willy was a Sailor bold-Miss Gray; [Between Decks.
Stand to your guns our cannons thunder-Townsend, Hill; [Entrance into Cabin.
A pirate's Life-Townsend; [Roads of
Madagascar. Negro Air:
When sunny Beams-Master Standen; [Sea Ballad.
Three Years I've bade sweet Home adieu-Hill; [Inside of Black-Beard's Hut. West Indian View. Seaman and Drunken Negro:
In Search of a Pirate-Clarke, Simmons; [Romantic Heights, with Black-Beard's Ship at a Distance. Grand cabin by Moonlight.
No longer heave the heart@felt sigh-Hill, Miss Gray [The Powder Magazine. To conclude with a representation of the recent Glorious Engagement fought by
His Majesty's Sloop, L'Espoir, of 14 Guns, and the Genoese Pirate's Ship, $the Liguria">Clarke,
William,
Drunken Negro-$Simmons,
Servants,
Negro Boy-$Master Standen,
Lieut. Maynard,
Sailors,
Nancy, Servants,
Orra,
Ismena. For the three assigned parts see Songs, below.] the following new Scenes, Songs: Grand Cabin.
While the jolly grog-Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Abbot; [Entrance into Cabin.
My Willy was a Sailor bold-Miss Gray; [Between Decks.
Stand to your guns our cannons thunder-Townsend, Hill; [Entrance into Cabin.
A pirate's Life-Townsend; [Roads of
Madagascar. Negro Air:
When sunny Beams-Master Standen; [Sea Ballad.
Three Years I've bade sweet Home adieu-Hill; [Inside of Black-Beard's Hut. West Indian View. Seaman and Drunken Negro:
In Search of a Pirate-Clarke, Simmons; [Romantic Heights, with Black-Beard's Ship at a Distance. Grand cabin by Moonlight.
No longer heave the heart@felt sigh-Hill, Miss Gray [The Powder Magazine. To conclude with a representation of the recent Glorious Engagement fought by
His Majesty's Sloop, L'Espoir, of 14 Guns, and the Genoese Pirate's Ship, $the Liguria, of 42 Guns and 120 Men [on 7 Aug. 1798, off
Malaga], with the Striking the Black Flag, and Plunging the Pirate into the Sea.The Powder Magazine. To conclude with a representation of the recent Glorious Engagement fought by
His Majesty's Sloop, L'Espoir, of 14 Guns, and the Genoese Pirate's Ship,
the Liguria, of 42 Guns and 120 Men [on 7 Aug. 1798, off
Malaga], with the Striking the Black Flag, and Plunging the Pirate into the Sea.
Cast
Role: Seamen Actor: Clarke, William, Drunken Negro-Simmons, Servants, Negro Boy-Master Standen, Lieut. Maynard, Sailors, Nancy, Servants, Orra, Ismena. For the three assigned parts see Songs, below.Related Works
Related Work: The Genoese Pirate; or, Black-Beard Author(s): John Cartwright Cross