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Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Stevens and Mlle Roland. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17381125, but Margaretta-Mrs Stevens.
Cast
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Stevens.
Role: Sanchio Actor: Stevens

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Dance: II: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; IV: Scots Dance-Glover; Mlle Roland

Event Comment: Benefit Clarke and Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Performance Comment: Major Rakish-Hippisley; School Boy-Clarke; Friendly-Anderson; Young Rakish-Stevens.
Cast
Role: Young Rakish Actor: Stevens.

Dance: A new Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailors-Glover; Hornpipe-J. Thompson

Event Comment: Benefit Mullart and Lawrence (Boxkeeper). Tickets deliver'd by Stevens, Stoppelaer, and Mrs Lamball will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 2 Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Performance Comment: Madam Bernard-Mrs Lamball; Marquis-Chapman; Lucca-Woodward; M Bernard-Marten; Young Bernard-Stevens; Crissard-Harrington; Clarinda-Mrs Hale; Maulkin-Mrs Kilby; LaJupe-Miss Hillyard; Janno-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Young Bernard Actor: Stevens

Dance: As17420505; Chacone, as17411230

Event Comment: Benefit for Stevens, a bookseller. A Concert, etc. Prices: 3s., 2s., 1s. To begin at 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Performance Comment: Barnwell-Stevens (by Desire) his first on any stage.
Cast
Role: Barnwell Actor: Stevens

Song:

Dance:

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Eminent Citizens. A concert, etc. Benefit for Stevens (bookseller). Mainpiece: Written by E. Young, author of the Midnight Thoughts. Boxes 5s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Busiris, King Of Egypt

Performance Comment: Nicanor-Stevens; Miris-Mrs Hickson; Mandana-Young Lady, first time on any stage; with an Occasional Prologue-a gentleman, lady in the character of the ghosts of Mr Booth and Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Nicanor Actor: Stevens

Song: IV: A Cantata-Doorsming, who never appeared in public

Dance: V: Drunken Peasant-Matthews

Event Comment: Benefit for Costollo, Bennet, Stevens. [Advance bill had listed Barnaby-R. Smith but he was omitted on 12 May bill.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: As17541014, but Fondlewife-Shuter first time; Sir Joseph-Costollo; Setter-Bennet; Bluff-Stevens.
Cast
Role: Bluff Actor: Stevens.

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Song: II: Rule Britannia-Lowe

Dance: As17550430

Event Comment: Benefit for Stevens, Weston, Courtney. Tickets deliver'd by Randall will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Stevens, first time; Ford-Havard; Sir Hugh Evans-Williams, first time; Shallow-Weston; Mrs Ford-Mrs Pritchard; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Bradshaw; Dr Caius-Blakes; Page-Packer; Fenton-Scrase; Slender-O'Brien; Rugby-Marr; Mrs Page-Miss Haughton; Anne Page-Mrs Hippisley; Host-Philips; Simple-Vaughan; Pistol-Ackman; Bardolph-Clough; Nym-Watkins.
Cast
Role: Falstaff Actor: Stevens, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

Song: Between the Acts: Randall; II: Mrs Vincent

Dance: III: Hearts of Oak, as17620421

Entertainment: By Particular Desire, Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Rudd, Ledger, Stevens, Mountford, Mrs Heard, Mrs Morris and Miss Bassan [Account-Book adds: Thompson, Jones, Bates] will be taken this Evening. Miss Brown being ill, Lionel and Clarissa [announced on playbill of 8 May] is obliged to be set aside. Receipts: #158 1s. (40.4; 1.9; tickets: -116.8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: As17760927, but Consol-Stevens.
Cast
Role: Consol Actor: Stevens.

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour and Allemande-Rudd, Miss Ross; End: Double Hornpipe-Rudd, Miss Bassan

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Delpini, Fox, Jones, Bates, Stevens will be received

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17790111, but Sullen-Thompson; Scrub-Stevens; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Scrub Actor: Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

Performance Comment: As17781014, but Principal Characters-_Painter, L'Estrange, _Thompson, _Stevens, _Ledger, _Brunsdon.

Dance: End IV: Hornpipe-Delpini

Event Comment: Benefit for Edwin. [Digges's 1st appearance as Shylock was at Edinburgh, 8 Apr. 1772.] Tickets to be had of Edwin, No. 76, Long Acre. Tickets delivered by Stevens will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Digges (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Antonio-Bensley; Gratiano-Lamash; Gobbo-Blissett; Tubal-Stevens; Lorenzo (with songs)-Du-Bellamy; Launcelot-Edwin; Duke-Usher; Solarino-Davis; Salanio-Egan; Bassanio-Palmer; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Hitchcock; Nerissa-Mrs Wilson; Portia-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Tubal Actor: Stevens

Dance: End III: The Country Wake-; End IV: The Italian Peasants, as17800530

Song: End: the following Catches: Suppose we sing a Catch, Soldier take off thy Wine, Poor Thomas Day-Bannister, Du-Bellamy, Wood, Edwin

Event Comment: Benefit for Fearon, L'Estrange, Thompson & Stevens. Tickets delivered for The Funeral and a favourite Comedy will be admitted. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #265 18s. (75.10; tickets: 190.8) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Performance Comment: As17810426, but added: Amble-Stevens.
Cast
Role: Amble Actor: Stevens.

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer's Return from London

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Ballet: End III 1st piece: St. David's Day. As17810501

Event Comment: Benefit for Booth, Egan, Stevens & Branson. Afterpiece: Never performed here. Receipts: #259 3s. (72/13; tickets: 186/10) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Performance Comment: Diggery-Edwin; Charles Stanley-Whitfield; Harry Stukeley-Davies; Sir Gilbert Pumpkin-Booth; Cymon-Stevens; Wat-Painter; Waiter-J. Wilson; Hostler-Bates; Kitty Sprightly-Mrs Wilson; Miss Bridget Pumpkin-Mrs Webb .
Cast
Role: Cymon Actor: Stevens

Dance: End of mainpiece a new pantomimical Dance, Anticipation; or, Harlequin's Visit to Greenwich on Whit-Monday, in which will be introduced two favorite Scenes from Harlequin Skeleton. The Pantomime Parts by W. Bates, Baker, Jones, Stevens; Miss Matthews; the Dance by Aldridge, Langrish, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford

Performance Comment: The Pantomime Parts by W. Bates, Baker, Jones, Stevens; Miss Matthews; the Dance by Aldridge, Langrish, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford .

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece, as17820423; End of Dance Rule Britannia by Darley

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Mrs Bellamy [Account-Book adds Stevens] for a Comedy will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #137 16s. (122/15; 4/3; tickets: 10/18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17811217, but Hecate-Davies; 3rd Witch-Stevens .
Cast
Role: 3rd Witch Actor: Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Cast
Role: Clown Actor: Stevens

Song: As17811217, but added: Davies; omitted: Reinhold, Doyle

Event Comment: Benefit for Booth, Egan, Stevens & the widow of the late Mr Branson. Receipts: #204 2s. (none listed; tickets: 204/2) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17821017, but Slender-Stevens; Mrs Page-Mrs Whitfield; omitted: Simple, Bardolph . omitted: Simple, Bardolph .
Cast
Role: Slender Actor: Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Performance Comment: As17830423, but Clinch-Stevens; Dolly-Mrs Morton .
Cast
Role: Clinch Actor: Stevens

Dance: As17820927

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Hollo!, as17830516; End of Dance ThomasDay. Goody Cramp-Bannister; Goody Rheum-Brett; Goody Twitch-Edwin

Event Comment: Benefit for Booth, Guard & Stevens. 3rd piece: Not acted these 12 years [not acted since 25 Apr. 1770]. Receipts: #233 1s. (73/10; tickets: 159/11) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Jubilee In Commemoration Of Handel

Afterpiece Title: The Funeral; or, Grief a-la-Mode

Performance Comment: Camply-Lewis; Sable-Quick; Trusty-Hull; Lord Brumpton-Clarke; Puzzle-Booth; Tom-Stevens; Trim-Bonnor; Nathan Matchlock-Ledger; Darby-Tattoo-Helme; Hugh Clump-Thompson; Jeffery Tatter-Besford; Lord Hardy-Wroughton; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Bates; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Kemble; Fardingale-Mrs Poussin; Mademoiselle-Mrs Whitfield; Tattleaid-Mrs Pitt; Lady Harriet-Mrs Mattocks .
Cast
Role: Tom Actor: Stevens

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Performance Comment: Hob-Edwin (1st appearance in that character); Sir ThomasTesty-Thompson; Dick-Stevens; Old Hob-Booth; Puzzlepate-Bates; John-Helme; Roger-Darley; Countryman-Painter; Friendly-Davies; Betty-Mrs Chalmers; Hob's Mother-Mrs Pitt; Flora-Mrs Martyr .
Cast
Role: Dick Actor: Stevens

Dance: End of mainpiece The Charms of a Camp (performers not listed, but see17840521)

Event Comment: Benefit for Stevens and Miss Besford [who had hitherto appeared only as a dancer]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Performance Comment: Sir Giles Over-reach-Henderson; Lord Lovel-Davies; Justice Greedy-Quick; Allworth-Farren; Order-Jones; Furnace-Wewitzer; Marall-Stevens; Wellborn-Wroughton; Lady Allworth-Mrs Inchbald; Froth-Mrs Pitt; Margaret-Miss Besford (1st appearance in a speaking character) .
Cast
Role: Marall Actor: Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece the Minuet de la Cour by Harris and Miss Besford; After Mrs Kennedy's song The Wapping Landlady; or, Jack in Distress by Blurton

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Alas! Poor Sue, as17850418; End of mainpiece a favourite song by Mrs Kennedy

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Stevens. Receipts: money #81 10s. 6d.; seals #85 15s. (Account Book); #200 (Rylands MS.). [Mrs Stevens was charged #60 for her benefit.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: Lady Lurewell-Mrs Stevens; Standard-Bridgwater; Beau Clincher-Cibber; Smugler-Hippisley; Vizard-Hale; Clincher Jr-Neale; Dicky-James; Errand-Clarke; Constable-Mullart; Lady Darling-Mrs James; Angelica-Mrs Vincent; Parly-Mrs Kilby; Sir Harry-(by particular Desire) Mrs Woffington.
Cast
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Mrs Stevens

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Dance: LLes Matelots-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Tambourine-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

Event Comment: Three Brothers of ye Delavals play'd ye Eldest Othello, ye next Iago, ye next Cassio--+Brabantio & Lodovico Mr Pine Roderigo-Cap. Stevens and Wife Emelia $Mrs Quan did Desdemona, the performance was very decent & met with great applause the Audience from ye Boxes to the upper Gallery were fill'd with people of ye first rank & make a most brilliant appearance. & ye greatest Crowd at ye Doors I ever saw. their Agreement for ye House was a receipt of one of the Alfred Houses upon an Averidge. they had all new cloaths, & very nicely ornamented with Diamonds (Cross). [See eulogy and criticism in some detail concerning the acting, by John Hill, Inspector No 3.] All Gentlemen and Ladies who intend going in coaches this evening to Drury Lane Theatre, are desired to order their coachmen to drive thro' Covent Garden, and stop at Bridges St. Door, and as soon as they have set down the company to drive off directly towards the Strand.--Those who go in chairs, are requested to order the men to the New Door in Russel St., and to prevent the avenues being stopt up no person will be admitted to either passage without first showing their tickets at the outward door (General Advertiser). Tickets Lost. If any person has found three tickets (numbers forgot) for the private play this night at Drury Lane, and will be so kind as to bring them to the Bar of the Rainbow Coffee House, Ironmonger Lane, shall receive 15s. for the whole, or in proportion for one or two of them (General Advertiser). Tomorrow Morning at 8 o'clock will be published' (price 6d.) by Thomas Carnan, at Mr Newberry's, at the Bible and Sun in St Paul's Churchyard; An Occasional Prologue and Epilogue to Othello, as it will this night be acted at the theatre-Royal in Drury Lane, by Persons of distinction, for their diversion. Written by Christopher Smart, A.M., Fellow of Pembroke Hall in the University of Cambridge. To be had at the place above mentioned, and at the pamphlet shops at the Royal Exchange and Charing Cross. This Prologue and Epilogue will be entered in the Hall Book of the Company of Stationers, and whoever presumes to pyrate them, or any part of them, will be persecuted as the Law directs (General Advertiser). [Both pieces by Christopher Smart, according to the Daily Advertiser. See two exceedingly favorable critical comments and one derogatory reprinted in the Gentleman's Magazine, March 1751 (pp. 119-22): "The greatest part of the play was much better performed than it ever was on any stage before. In the whole, there was a face of nature that no theatrical piece, acted by common players ever came up to." Macklin was Delaval's dramatic coach, according to one of these articles.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, By Gentlemen

Performance Comment: Othello-Sir Francis Delaval; Iago-John Delaval Esq; Cassio-E. Delaval Esq; Brabantio, Lodovico-Sim Pine Esq; Roderigo-Capt. Stevens; Desdemona-Mrs Quarme (Hogan) , Mrs Quan (Cross), Mrs Qualm (Winston); Emelia-Mrs Stevens (Hogan).
Cast
Role: Roderigo Actor: Capt. Stevens
Role: Emelia Actor: Mrs Stevens
Event Comment: Benefit Hall and Mrs Stevens. Receipts: money #28 12s. 6d.; tickets #110 1s. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Performance Comment: As17330203, but Caelia-Mrs Stevens; Peregrine-_.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; III: Scottish Dance, as17330329 V: Mock Minuet, as17330412

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wright and Mrs Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: Lady Dainty-Mrs Horton; Atall-Chapman; Clerimont-Walker; Careless-A. Hallam; Sir Solomon-Hippisley; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Bullock; Sylvia-Miss Norsa; Clarinda-Mrs Stevens, but see17350214.

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Dance: The Grecian Sailors, as17350417 Also The Faithful Shepherd, as17350417

Song: By Leveridge and Mrs Wright

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Stevens, Mrs Wright

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: As17370314 but Othello-Stephens; Desdemona-Mrs Stevens.
Cast
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Stevens.

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Song: A Cantata-Mrs Wright; Caelia has a Thousand Charms (set by Purcell)-Beard; The Agreement-Leveridge, Laguerre, Mrs Wright

Dance: GGrecian Sailors-Glover

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Tickets for Mlle Roland and Mrs Stevens taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: As17380111, but Lady Grace-Mrs Stevens; Trusty-Mrs Mullart.
Cast
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: I: Two Pierrots-Lalauze, Nivelon; II: Two Tambourines-Mlle Roland; IV: Grand Ballet, as17380318 V: French Peasant-Lalauze, Mlle Roland; End Afterpiece: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by the performers in the orchestra, Delpini, Brandon, Stevens and Guard will be taken. [Account-Book lists in boxes 349 tickets, in pit 511, in galleries 682-a total of 1542.] Receipts: #277 11s. (160.2; 1.8; tickets: 116.1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Aickin (1st appearance in that character); Macduff-Clarke; Duncan-Hull; Malcolm-Whitfield; Banquo-Wroughton; Lenox-L'Estrange; Seyton-Thompson; Hecate-Reinhold; Witches-Dunstall, Stevens, Quick; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Jackson [1st appearance in that character].1st appearance in that character].
Cast
Role: Witches Actor: Dunstall, Stevens, Quick

Afterpiece Title: St

Song: Vocal Parts-Mattocks, Mahon, Baker, Fox, Miss Brown, Mrs Morton, Mrs Willems, Miss Valois, Miss Green

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Extravagance

Afterpiece Title: The Stage-Mutineers; or, A Playhouse To Be Lett

Performance Comment: Pistole-Aston; Mrs Squeamish-Mrs Stevens; Lady Haughty-Mrs Cantrell; 1st Manager-Hale; 2d Manager-Giles; Truncheon-Mullart; Prompter-Clarke; 1st Player-Stevens; Comic-Jones; Crambo-Cole; Miss Lovemode-Miss Rogers; Miss Prudely Crotchet-Miss Norsa.
Cast
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Mrs Stevens
Role: 1st Player Actor: Stevens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Delane; Portius-Ryan; Sempronius-Walker; Juba-A. Hallam; Syphax-Chapman; Lucius-Aston; Decius-Ridout; Marcus-Stevens; Marcia-Mrs Horton; Lucia-Mrs Stevens.
Cast
Role: Marcus Actor: Stevens
Role: Lucia Actor: Mrs Stevens.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Ferguson; III: Two Pierrots-Lalauze, Nivelon; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover; End Afterpiece: Comical Medley of the Drunken Man-Hippisley

Song: II: The Lady's Lamentation, as17370414 IV: Dialogue-Leveridge, Laguerre

Music: End Afterpiece: Concerto, Preamble on Kettle Drums-Benjamin Baker