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Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Harricks and Williams. Mainpiece: The Characters to be dressed in the Habits of the Times. [Author and speaker of Address not known.] Tickets delivered for The Wonder will be taken. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:15. Tickets to be had and Places taken of Rice, at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Harricks (from the Theatre Royal, York); Henry-Hunter; Buckingham-Thompson; Tressel-Cross; Lord Stanley-Stannard; Catesby-Powell; Lieutenant-Kenrick; Norfolk-Farrell; Prince Edward-Miss Beaufield; Duke of York-Miss Barnard; Richmond-Brown (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh); Lady Anne-A Young Lady [unidentified]; Duchess of York-Mrs Barnard; Queen-Mrs Lefevre. Preceding the Play an Occasional Address .

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Monologue: 1783 12 15 End of Act I of afterpiece The Farmer's Blunder by Kenrick

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Griffiths. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:30. Tickets to be had of Griffiths, No. 3, Southampton-buildings, Holborn; at the Royalty Coffee-house, Well Close Square; King's Arms, Leadenhall-street; Band Coffee-house; Sun-tavern, Foster-lane; Grotto, Southampton-buildings; Angel, St. Giles's; Cock and Bottle, Upper Brook-street; Nag's Head, Carnaby-market; One Tun, St. James's Market; Fox's Coffee-house, Bow-street; the Go, the Jump, and the Finish; and of Rice, at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Baker; Stockwell-Simpson; Young Dudley-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on that stage); Captain Dudley-Lloyd; Fulmer-Jackson; Varland-Cooper; Stukeley-Smith; Major O'Flaherty-Griffiths; Louisa Dudley-Mrs Fox; Lady Rusport-Mrs Crisp; Mrs Fulmer-Mrs Waldron; Lucy-Miss Clerk; Charlotte Rusport-Miss Powell (from the Theatre-Royal, Richmond).
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Role: Theatre Actor: Royal, Richmond.

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Song: End: This is the life of a frolicksome fellow-the Gentleman who performs Young Dudley; Four@and@twenty fidlers-Simpson

Entertainment: After Singing: Theatrical Imitations, vocal and rhetorical,-Weston (1st appearance on any stage)

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by the late Mr Otway. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Dance: Pastoral Dance of Myrtillo-

Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: Lovers Opera

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Revellers, as17340910 Pierrots, as17341023

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness [who was present]. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Dance: By Command: II: French Peasants by Poirier and Mlle Roland. III: Pierots by Nivelon and Lalauze. V: Harlequin and Harlequine by Poirier and Mlle Roland

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness [who was present]. Receipts: #89 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: Denoyer, Haughton, Miss Thompson

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved; Or, A Plot Discovered

Dance: CComic Dance-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; La Provencale-Picq; Dancing-Picq, Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade, Mrs Delagarde, Mrs Wright, Mrs Lebrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Maudet

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Duke, and the Princesses Amelia, Caroline, and Louisa

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Dance: II: Sicilian Peasant, as17430310 IV: Neopolitan Punch, as17430324

Song: III: Stella and Flaviaa Ballad-Beard

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Amelia, Caroline, and Louisa

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: As17430413

Dance: III: Tyrolean Dance, as17421129

Event Comment: Benefit Davies, Bookseller (General Advertiser). Tickets to be had of Mr Cummins, Bookseller, under the Royal Exchange; at the Horn Tavern in Fleet St.; at Mr Waller's, Bookseller, over against Fetter Lane End; The Temple Exchange Coffee-House; at Lebeck's Head in the Strand; and at Mr Davies in Old Round Court in the Strand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: Beard

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

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 Discover'd

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

Event Comment: The Last Time of the Company's performing this Season. Account-Book, 21 July: Received of Their Majesties and the Princess Royal #66. Receipts: #206 6s. 6d. (195.1.0; 10.8.0; 0.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Event Comment: [Extra night] Benefit for the General Lying-In Hospital, at Bays-water. Under the Patronage of Her Majesty. [Braham's 1st appearance at this theatre was on 21 Apr. 1787.]. The Orchestra under the Direction of Mountain. Principal Oboe by W. Parke. To the Renters of Covent Garden Theatre, it is humbly requested by the Promoters of the Charity, for which the Opera performed this Evening is appropriated, that they will humanely forego their claim on that Night, it being out of the Manager's Season, and an additional expence to the Charity. Those Gentlemen willing to resign their demand on the above occasion are requested to send word t the Theatre which will be thankfully received by the promoters of the Charity. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00. Tickets to be had at the Hospital; The Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand; Longman and Broderip's; and of Brandon at the Theatre, where places for the Boxes may be taken. Receipts: none listed in Account-Book, but Monthly Visitor, July 1797, p. 63, reports that #401 was received

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: Antonio (by permission of the Managers of Vauxhall)-Dignum; Ferdinand-Clarke (from the Theatre Royal Edinburgh; 1st appearance on this stage); Don Jerome-Powel; Isaac-Baker; Father Paul-Haymes; Lopez-Pitt; Starved Friar-Evans; Carlos (by Permission of the Proprietors of the king's Theatre)-Braham (1st appearance in that character, and on this stage); Louisa-Mrs Martyr; The Duenna-Mrs Wentworth; Clara (by Permission of the Proprietors of the king's Theatre)-Sga Storace.

Dance: End II: Peggy's Love (by permission of the Proprietors of the king's Theatre), as17970614 End Opera: Cupid and Psyche, as17970614 With Corps de Ballet from the Opera House

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Hippisley. Tickets to be had at the Fleece Tavern; and at Edward Giffard's, Box-keeper, at the Stage Door of the Theatre, Stage form'd into Amphitheatre, etc

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: TThe Leek, as17420224

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. Tickets to be had at Delane's Lodgings, in Queen's Court, King St., Covent Garden; Places to be taken for Boxes of Hobson at the stage door of the theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved; Or, A Plot Discovered

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: II: Beard; III: The Noontide Air from Comus-Miss Edward; IV: Lowe

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cibber (Cross). And the Stage (for the better Accommodation of the Ladies) will be form'd into Front and Side Boxes, where Servants will be allow'd to keep Places, as well as in the Boxes and the Pit. Ladies are desired to send Servants to keep Places by 3 o'clock. Tickets to be had of Mrs Cibber, at her house in Thrift St, Soho, and of Hobson, at the Stage Door of the Theatre, where Places may be taken. Tomorrow The Foundling (being the 13th Night). Receipts: #250 (Cross); house charges, #60 (Powel); cash, #81 17s.; tickets, #187 5s. 6d. (Clay MS). This charge was also set down that the principle [sic] treasurer should not know to the contrary, because it was told him that Mrs Cibber paid for her benefit, and if he had imagin'd otherwise, he perhaps would have insisted upon the same terms for his wife (Mrs Pr-h-d). I must therefore subtract it with Mr G-k's Benefit, it standing in their Books exactly in the same manner as his (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: Cooke, Anne Auretti

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, James St. A concert, etc. Benefit for Edward. Prices 3s., 2d., 1s. To begin at six o'clock (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Event Comment: Benefit for White, Treasurer. No building on stage. Particular care will be taken to prevent any tickets sold at the doors of the theatre being admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: AA Peasant Dance-Cooke, Miss Hilliard; The Italian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green, Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restored

Music: [Unspecified.

Event Comment: Books of the Farce to be had at the Theatre. Mr Powell's first appearance in Jaffier. Got much applause (Hopkins). Mr Powell's first appearance in Jaffier--he performed the first part of it with feeling, but in the fourth act he was wild, and wanted power--But was much applauded (Hopkins Diary--MacMillan). Tomorrow, The Midsummer Night's Dream, Written by Shakespear; with Alterations; Interspersed with Airs, Compos'd by the most eminent English Masters. Receipts: #235 7s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: Love at First Sight