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Event Comment: Benefit for Arthur. Mainpiece: Not acted in 5 years. [See 1 Dec. 1749.] Printed books of the Entertainment will be sold at the Theatre. Price 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The Press Gang

Dance: PPantomime Peasant Dance, as17550104

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrington and Miss Young. Books of the opera will be sold at the theatre, at 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: HHornpipe-Poitier (by Particular Desire); Comic Dance-Granier and Mrs Granier

Event Comment: Benefit for Varney (Housekeeper). Tickets of Varney at the Stage Door of the Theatre. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Music: III: (By Desire) A Piece upon the Harp-Parry

Dance: A Hornpipe-Walker

Event Comment: [Masque] words by Mallet and Music by Arne and a Prologue by Mr Garrick (Cross). Books of the Masque will be sold at the theatre. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: Never perform'd but twice. Books of the Masque sold at the theatre. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Books of the Masque to be sold at the Theatre. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Event Comment: Books of the Masque will be sold at the Theatre. Receipts: #150 [Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Event Comment: MMr Garrick made a Speech and so Ended the Season (Cross). Books of the Masque sold at the Theatre. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, George Inn Yard, West Smithfield. Afterpiece: A new Pantomime. By a Company of Comedians from the Theatres. Pit 1s. 6d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Quaker; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: A Morning's Frolick; or, A Ramble Through Covent Garden

Music: Kettle Drum-Woodbridge

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, George Inn Yard, West Smithfield. By a Company of Comedians from the Theatres. With a Band of Music

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Quaker

Afterpiece Title: A Morning's Frolick

Entertainment: Bird and Animal Imitator-Cloesong

Music: As17550903

Event Comment: DDrury Lane Theatre open'd Sat: Sept 13th. The House new Gilt, Painted & ornamented wth Festoons &c. Mr Mossop left us. Mr Wilder discharg'd. Mrs Mills is gone to end her Days in Wales, wth an Allowance of #20 per An: from the Managers (Cross). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. No money returned after the Curtain is up. No Persons to be admitted behind the Scenes. Places for Boxes to be had of Mr Varney at the Stage Door. [Notice customarily repeated and will not be further noted.] Receipts: #109 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Event Comment: At the New Theatre, Bowling Green. By Mr Phillips's Company of Comedians, will be presented a new Droll. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 2s. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. To begin each day at 12 noon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Injur'd Merchant; Or, The Extravagant Son

Afterpiece Title: The Jew in Distress; or, Harlequin turn'd Sharper

Song: Phillips, Mrs Vaux, Mrs St.John

Dance: Phillips, Mrs Vaux, Mrs St.John

Event Comment: Mon: 29 Sept. Mr Rich open'd wth ye Nonjuror. Mr Smith not coming to town, Mr Palmer, from Drury Lane, play'd Frankly wth great Applause (Cross). Jno. Rich paid to Charlotte Lane for the Theatre for Mr Sparks in Dr Wolfe for a superfine full trim'd black cloth coat and breeches, 14s. Sewing silk & twist 4s. 6d. Buckram stays 2s. 6d. Frilly sleeve lining, pockets, & interlining Cuffs 2s. 6d. Hair Cloth, wadding & Poll Davy 5s. Dimety lining, leather pockets, & silk garters 6s. 6d. 4 doz 2 Coat Death's Head Buttons at 14d.-4s. 11d. 12 breast ditto at 7d.-7s. 7d. 5 yds fine black shaloon at 2s. 2d.-10s. 10d. Making a Camblet Surtout Coat, 7s. 6d. Sewing silk, twist, buckram & stays, 4s. Velvet to line the collar, 1s. 17 Coat, 1 breast black basket buttons, 1s. 8d. (MS list Folger Library, Davies, Life of Garrick, Extra Illustrated, II, 322)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Non Juror

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for Boxes to be taken at the Stage Door of the Theatre. To begin exactly at Six o'clock. [Notice repeated in subsequent bills.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: A New Opera. Musick composed by Jomelli. Pit and Boxes 1!2 guinea. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. By His Majesty's Command, no Person admitted behind the Scenes. [Repeated in the bills.] The Subscribers to the Operas for the ensuing Season, are desir'd to pay their Subscription money to Mr Crawford, Treasurer of the said Theatre. Pit Tickets, for Tuesdays only, 15 Tickets for five Guineas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Andromaca

Dance: With new Dances- [repeated several times]

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. A great Noise, the whole House against us-When Garrick appear'd one from the Slips cry'd out Monsieur, & great Numbers Hiss'd-the play went on-wch done, the Mutiny began, amazing noise-no plating, except one Apple; ye pit to ye Boxes cry'd-now draw yr Swords, wch makes us think, the Riot was occasion'd by the Box people being so busy & turning some out of the pit & Gall: before. Some benches were pull'd up, & Mr Lacy gave up the Dance to appease 'em-being Sat: our friends were at ye Opera, & the common people had leisure to do Mischief (Cross). [Lynham in The Chevalier Noverre, quotes from the Journal Etranger of 25 Nov. 1775: 'The blackguards...tore up the benches and threw them into the Pit on the opposing party; they broke all the mirrors, the chandeliers, &c., and tried to climb onto the stage to masacre everybody; but, as there is a magnificent organization in this theatre, in three minutes all the decor had been removed, all the traps were ready to come into play to swallow up those who might venture up, all the wings were filled with men armed with sticks, swords, halberds, &c., and behind the scenes the great reservoir was ready to be opened to drown those who might fall on the stage itself."Cross lists no Receipts.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Chinese Festival

Event Comment: Several Advertisements in ye Papers this day for meetings to redress Injuries done by the Boxes &c., &c. All quiet at ye Theatre (Cross). Last time of performing the afterpiece this season. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Event Comment: As the words of the songs in the Pastoral have been desired they are printed and will be delivered gratis in the theatre (playbill). Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: CComic Dance-

Event Comment: MMiss Young so hoarse she cou'd not sing one Song--Yet all went Calm (Cross). Books of the Masque will be sold at the Theatre. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lecture

Performance Comment: A Dissertation on the Theatres ; the subjects various; some topics new-Cibber.
Event Comment: The Introduction (tho left out of the Bills) was call'd for, & had some Applause (Cross). Books of the opera sold at the theatre. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Dance: I: New Dance-; II: Dance of Fantastical Spirits-; End: A Grand Pantomime Dance call'd The Garlands-the Children

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Books of the Masque will be sold at the theatre. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Event Comment: Books of the opera will be sold in the theatre for 1s. each. Receipts: #90 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Dance: As17560213

Event Comment: Pit and Boxes to be laid together. No Person to be admitted without tickets, which will be deliver'd this day at the office of the Theatre at Half a Guinea each. First Gallery, 5s. Second Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries to be opened at Half an HoUr after Four o'Clock. Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin exactly at Six. This Day publish'd, Athalia, an Oratorio by Handel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athalia

Event Comment: [S$Simpson, the slack wire performer, ran a sword into his leg in a performance at The Theatre, James St., near the Haymarket; he has receovered and will continue (Daily Advertiser).

Performances