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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performance Comment: Goodall-Bransby; Drunken Colonel-King (first time); Oldcastle-Baddeley; Valentine-Wheeler; Lord Pride-J. Bannister; Lord Puff-Yates; Security-Wrighten; Trusty-Burton; Slap-Griffith; Mrs Highman-Mrs Cross; Charlotte-Miss Platt; Lettice-Mrs Abington, for that night only.
Cast
Role: Drunken Colonel Actor: King

Dance: V: A New Dance-Tassoni's Scholar; End Farce: (By Particular Desire) a Hornpipe-Tassoni's Scholar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Delicacy

Performance Comment: Col. Rivers-Jefferson, first time; Miss Marchmont-Miss Mansell, first time; Miss Rivers-Miss Jarratt, first time; Sally-Mrs Millidge; Cecil-King; Lord Winworth-Reddish; Sir Harry Newberg-Palmer; Sidney-Cautherly; Lady Betty Lambton-Mrs Abington; Mrs Harley-Mrs Barry; With Original Epilogue (By Desire)-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Cecil Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Dance: End of Play: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

Event Comment: Benefit for Weston. Mainpiece: By Desire. Tickets deliver'd for A Comedy will be taken. Paid 6 days salary list at #86 14s. 7d. per diem, #520 7s. 6d.; Mr G. Garrick on acct #50; Rec'd from Sinking Fund #45; Stopages #15 17s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #149 9s. Charges: #64 12s. Profits to Weston: #84 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17730119, but Archer-King; Bonniface-Ackman; Mrs Sullen-Miss Younge (first time).
Cast
Role: Archer Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Performance Comment: Earl of Warwick-Smith; King Edward-Bensley; Pembroke-Perry; Buckingham-Wignel; Officer-Thompson; Messenger-R. Smith; Suffolk-Gardner; Lady Eliz Grey-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Clifford-Miss Pearce; Margaret of Anjou-Mrs Yates; The Original Epilogue by Garrick-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: King Edward Actor: Bensley
Role: Buckingham Actor: Wignel

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17721028

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: I: A New Comic Dance, call'd The Cumberland Corn@thrashers-Mas. Blurton (Apprentice to Fishar), Miss Mathews; II: (By Particular Desire) a Minuet-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; III: A Hornpipe, first time-Miller (Scholar to Fishar)

Monologue: IV: a New Grand Ballet (that night only) called The Festival of the Black Prince(As performed at Paris by Fishar with universal applause). Black Prince-Fishar; Favourites-Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist; Pages-Mas. Blurton, Miller; Dancers and Attendants-Hussey, Petrie, Dumay, Settree, King, Merrifield, Curtat, Holloway, Miss Capon, Mrs Willems, Miss Stede, Mrs Inuill, Miss Matthews, Miss Bassan, Sodi, Mrs Holloway. With dresses in the mode

Performance Comment: Black Prince-Fishar; Favourites-Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist; Pages-Mas. Blurton, Miller; Dancers and Attendants-Hussey, Petrie, Dumay, Settree, King, Merrifield, Curtat, Holloway, Miss Capon, Mrs Willems, Miss Stede, Mrs Inuill, Miss Matthews, Miss Bassan, Sodi, Mrs Holloway. With dresses in the mode.

Ballet: V: First time this season The Wapping Landlady. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Nosegay Woman-Sga Manesiere; with a New Hornpipe-Fishar, Mas. Blurton, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist, Miss Capon, Miss Besford (Six principal dancers)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: Olivia-Mrs Egerton, first time; Oldfox-Hurst; Jerry Blackacre-W. Palmer; Plain Dealer-Aickin; Novel-King; Vernish-Packer; Freeman-Palmer; Fidelia-Miss Younge; Widow Blackacre-Mrs Hopkins; Lord Plausible-Parsons; Quillet-Baddeley; Oakum-Wright.
Cast
Role: Novel Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

Dance: End: Comic Dance, as17730325

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Smirk, Mrs Cole-King, for that night only; Shift, with a variety of imitations both rhetorical and vocal-Bannister; Minor-J. Aickin; Sir William Wealthy-Baddeley; Transfer-Parsons; Loader-Palmer; Lucy-Miss Ambrose; Richard Wealthy-Wrighten; Dick-Burton.

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17730325

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Performance Comment: Philaster-Brereton, first time; King-Bransby; Pharamond-Palmer; Dion-J. Aickin; Cleremont-J. Bannister; Countryman-Parsons; Captain-Baddeley; Bellario-Miss Younge; Arethusa-Miss Hopkins; Megra-Miss Sherry; Messenger-Master Cape; Galatea-Miss Platt; Thrasiline-Ackman.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Bransby
Related Works
Related Work: The Restoration; or, Right Will Take Place Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Cast
Role: Glib Actor: King

Dance: I: A Dance-Daigville's scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: King Actor: J. Aickin

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: As17730501, King By Desire repeating his parts; Bannister playing Shift, but with no mention of his various imitations.

Monologue: 1773 5 11 After the Play: True Blue; or, The Press Gang. True Blue-Davies; Lieut.-Bannister; Careful-Wright; Nancy-Mrs Wrighten; In which will be introduced a Hornpipe-Atkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Performance Comment: Jenny-Mrs Millidge; Lord Lace-King; Stocks-Parsons; Lovemore-Bannister; Irishman-Hartry; Lady Lace-Mrs Abington (Winston MS 10, and Macmillan); Mrs Stocks-Mrs Bradshaw; Whisk-Ackman.
Cast
Role: Lord Lace Actor: King

Dance: I: Dance-Daigville's Scholars

Monologue: 1773 5 13 The Recruiting Serjeant. Serjeant-Bannister (with song, O What a Charming Thing's a Battle); Countryman-Dibdin; Mother-Mrs Love; Wife-Mrs Wrighten

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Kent

Performance Comment: Parts by Vernon, Parsons, Palmer, Moody, Packer, Davies, Baddeley, Waldron, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Pope, Miss Younge. Prologue-King; Epilogue-Miss Younge; Sir ThomasRichacre-Parsons; George-Palmer; Dr Goodman-Packer; Metre-Waldron; William-Vernon; Lord Sealand-Davies; O'Connor-Moody; La Poudre-Baddeley; Emily, the Maid of Kent-Miss Younge; Patty-Miss Pope; Dame Quickset-Mrs Bradshaw; Robert-Griffith (Genest, V, 357; MacMillan). MacMillan).
Cast
Role: Prologue Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Cadwallader Actor: King

Ballet: I: The Drunken Peasant. Drunken Peasant-Atkins; Clown-Wright

Event Comment: Benefit for Dickinson (1st Gallery office keeper). Paid Mr Cook's@6@boys in King Arthur 28th April #2 5s.; Mr Wrighten's note #21 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #269 3s. 6d. Charges: #84. Profits to Dickinson: #185 3s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Tom Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Cadwallader Actor: King

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Walker; V: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-King; Stockwell-Aickin; O'Flaherty-Moody; Capt. Dudley-Packer; Charles Dudley-Cautherly; Fulmer-Baddeley; Varland-Parsons; Lady Rusport-Mrs Hopkins; Louisa Dudley-Miss Hopkins; Mrs Fulmer, first time-Miss Sherry; Housekeeper-Mrs Bradshaw; Lucy-Mrs Love; Charlotte Rusport-Mrs Abington; with Original Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Belcour Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamesters

Performance Comment: Wilding-King; Hazard (with song)-Reddish; Barnacle-Parsons; Nephew-Dodd; Dwindle-Waldron; Acreless-Wheeler; Littlestock-Fawcett; Sellaway-Keen; Boxkeeper-Ackman; Drawer-Griffith; Mrs Wilding-Miss Younge; Penelope-Mrs Abington; Page-Miss P. Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Wilding Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Garrick; Young Knowell-J. Aickin; Wellbred-Jefferson; Cash-Brereton, first time; Bridget-Mrs Davies; Bobadil-King; Justice Clement-Hartry; Cob-Moody; Mrs Kitely-Miss Younge; Brainworm-Baddeley; Downright-Bransby; Tib-Mrs Bradshaw; Mr Stephen-Weston; Mr Matthew-W. Palmer; Old Knowell-Hurst.
Cast
Role: Bobadil Actor: King
Role: Mr Matthew Actor: W. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Dance: End: The Mountaineers, as17730930 Como, Sga Crespi (2nd appearance)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred

Performance Comment: Alfred-Reddish; Earl of Devon-Jefferson; Hermit-J. Aickin; Corin-Bannister; Danish King-Palmer; 1st Dane-Brereton; 2nd Dane-J. Bannister; Eltruda-Miss Younge; Edwin-Wright; Attendant-Miss Platt; Vocal Parts-Vernon, Bannister, Champness, Fawcett, Kear, Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Scott, Mrs Hunt, Mrs Smith; The Dances-Como, Grimaldi, Giorgi, Atkins, Mrs Sutton, Sga Giorgi, Sga Crespi; To conclude with a Grand Occasional Scene-; Edition of 1773 adds Emma-Mrs Smith; Edith-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast
Role: Danish King Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred

Cast
Role: Danish King Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-King; Grumio-Baddeley; Baptista-Wright; Biondello-Hartry; Music Master-Fawcett; Tailor-Burton; Hortensio-J. Bannister; Pedro-Griffith; Bianca-Miss Platt; Curtis-Mrs Bradshaw; Catharine-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred

Cast
Role: Danish King Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Performance Comment: Prattle-King; Col. Tamper-Palmer; Major Belford-Packer; Mrs Florival-Mrs Davies; Bell-Miss Hopkins; Emily-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Prattle Actor: King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Smith; King-Gardner; Ghost-Bensley; Horatio-Hull; Ostrick-Dyer; Laertes-Davis; Polonius-Shuter; Grave Diggers-Dunstall, Stoppelaer; Ophelia-Miss Macklin; Queen-Miss Miller.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Gardner

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: Leon-Garrick; Duke-J. Aickin; Cacafoggo-Love; Juan-Packer; Sanchio-Hurst; Alonzo-Ackman; Copper Capt.-King; Margaretta-Miss Robinson, first time; Clara-Mrs Jefferson; Altea-Mrs Love; Old Woman-Mr Baddeley; Maid-Mr Waldron; Estifania-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Copper Capt. Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Event Comment: The part of the Widow by Mrs Greville being her 1st appearance upon this Stage. So, So (Hopkins Diary). Paid Properties 14s. 2d.; Mr King (glassman) #5 15s. 2d.; Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #4 1s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #163 4s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred

Cast
Role: Danish King Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Jaques-Love; Rosalind-Mrs Barry; Celia (With Cuckoo song)-Miss Jarratt, first time; Touchstone-King; Adam-Moody; Oliver-Packer; Amiens (with song)-Vernon; Orlando-Brereton; Audrey-Mrs Bradshaw; Phoebe-Mrs Davies; Duke Sen-Hurst; Duke Frederick-Bransby; LeBeau-Ackman; Silvius-Wheeler; Charles-Keen; Jaques de Bois-Fawcett; Corin-Waldron; William-Messink; In V will be introduced a Song-Mrs Hunt.
Cast
Role: Touchstone Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: I: The Mountaineers, as17730930

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: Malvolio Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: Sterling-Hurst; first time, Traverse-Keen; Fanny-Miss Hopkins; Ogleby-King; Sir John-Aickin; Lovell-Cautherly; Serj. Flower-Bransby; Trueman-Fawcett; Canton-Baddeley; Brush-Palmer; Miss Sterling-Miss Pope; Betty-Mrs Love; Chambermaid-Mrs Davies; Mrs Heidleberg-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Ogleby Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Song: (By Particular Desire) O! What a Charming Thing's a Battle!-Mr Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-King; Old Philpot-Baddeley; Wilding-J. Aickin; Sir Jasper-Wright; Beaufort-Wheeler; Dapper-Jacobs; Quildrive-Burton; Corinna-Miss Platt; Maria-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Young Philpot Actor: King