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Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Wife Well Managed

Afterpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Performance Comment: Young Sadboy-Bannister Jun.; Chronicle (1st time)-Baddeley; Spatterdash-R. Palmer; Captain Ambush-Williamson; Shadrach-Barrett; Old Sadboy-Gardner; Clod-Edwin; Lady Rounceval-Mrs Webb; Araminta-Miss George; Dinah Primrose-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Young Sadboy Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Duke and No Duke; or, Trappolin's Vagaries

Song: End 2nd piece: Four@and@twenty Perriwigs all on a Row-; In 3rd piece: Quoz-Edwin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Performance Comment: Young Sadboy-Bannister Jun.; Capt. Ambush-C. Kemble; Chronicle-Suett; Shadrach-Wathen; Spatterdash-Benson; Old Sadboy-Burton; Clod-Fawcett; There was a little woman I've heard tell(, sung in Crotchet Lodge)-Fawcett; Araminta-Mrs Gibbs; Lady Rounceval-Mrs Hopkins; Pink-Miss Logan (2nd appearance on any stage [see17950803]); Mrs Millefleur-Mrs Booth; Judith-Mrs Hale; Dinah Primrose-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Young Sadboy Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Auld Robin Gray

Song: End: Mock Italian Song from The Irish Mimic; or, Blunders at Brighton-Fawcett

Entertainment: MonologueIn evening: Monsieur Tonson-Fawcett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse

Afterpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Performance Comment: Young Sadboy-Bannister Jun.; Captain Ambush-C. Kemble; Chronicle-Suett; Shadrach-Wathen; Spatterdash-R. Palmer; Old Sadboy-Abbot; Goliah-Master Menage; Twig-Waldron Jun.; Lounge-Lyons; Malachi-Chippendale; Coachman-Ledger; Clod-Fawcett; Araminta-Mrs Gibbs; Lady Rounceval-Mrs Hopkins; Pink-Miss Logan; Mrs Millefleur-Mrs Booth; Judith-Mrs Hale; Dinah Primrose-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Young Sadboy Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Cast
Role: Young Random Actor: Caulfield
Related Works
Related Work: Sylvester Daggerwood Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Performance Comment: Young Sadboy-Palmer; Captain Ambush-C. Kemble; Chronicle-Suett; Shadrach (for that night only)-Wewitzer; Spatterdash-R. Palmer; Clod-Munden; Araminta-Mrs Gibbs; Lady Rounceval-Mrs Davenport; Pink-Mrs Harlowe; Dinah Primrose-Miss DeCamp.
Cast
Role: Young Sadboy Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar on Horseback

Song: In course: Four and Twenty Fidlers all on a Row-Munden; The Groupe of Lovers; or, Beauty at her Levee-Munden

Entertainment: Monologue Benjamin Bolus; or, The Newcastle Apothecary-Munden; In the course of the evening: Imitations (including several new ones)-Caulfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Performance Comment: Young Sadboy-C. Kemble (1st appearance in that character); Captain Ambush (1st time)-J. Palmer; Chronicle-Suett; Shadrach-Wathen; Spatterdash-Palmer; Clod-Fawcett; Twig-Chippendale; Lounge-Klanert; Old Sadboy-Abbot; Araminta-Mrs Gibbs; Lady Rouncival-Mrs Davenport; Pink-Miss Gaudry; Mrs Millefleur-Mrs Whitmore; Judith-Mrs Hale; Dinah Primrose-Miss DeCamp.
Cast
Role: Young Sadboy Actor: C. Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Obi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Performance Comment: Young Townly-Palmer; Captain Dupely-Aickin; Mr Dupely-Booth; Beaufort-Bannister Jun.; Postillion-Barrett; Waiter-Swords; Sir ThomasTownly-Baddeley; Crape-Davies; Dicky Ditto-Edwin; Tippet-Miss George; Charlotte-Mrs Bannister .
Cast
Role: Young Townly Actor: Palmer
Related Works
Related Work: Two to One Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Poor Old Haymarket; or, Two Sides of the Gutter!!! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Widow's Vow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Performance Comment: Young Townly-Bannister Jun.; Captain Dupely-Aickin; Mr Dupely-Moss; Beaufort-R. Palmer; Postillion-Barret; Waiter-Swords; Sir Charles Townly-Baddeley; Crape-Davies; Dicky Ditto-Edwin; Tippet-Miss George; Charlotte-Mrs Bannister.
Cast
Role: Young Townly Actor: Bannister Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: Two to One Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Poor Old Haymarket; or, Two Sides of the Gutter!!! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale; or, The Descent of the Balloon

Dance: End: The Scheming Jockey and the Fortune Teller, as17870613

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Two To One

Performance Comment: Young Townly-Bannister Jun.; Captain Dupely-Aickin; Mr Dupely-Moss; Beaufort-R. Palmer; Sir Charles Townly-Baddeley; Crape-Davies; Dicky Ditto-Edwin; Tippet-Miss George; Charlotte-Mrs Bannister.
Cast
Role: Young Townly Actor: Bannister Jun.
Related Works
Related Work: Two to One Author(s): George Colman, the younger
Related Work: Poor Old Haymarket; or, Two Sides of the Gutter!!! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Dance: Several Entertainments-the Three young Graniers

Event Comment: [P$Potter reprinted his letter of 18 Jan., and added the footnote: "The person who took the House was a man of genteel appearance, said his name was William Nicholls, and directed letters to be left for him at the Bedford Coffee House, Covent Garden."] [The Prologue and Epilogue spoken by the children of the Prince of Wales on their performing Cato at Leicester House, printed in the General Advertiser.] [This day published] A Letter to Mr G-k, relative to his treble Capacity of Manager, Actor, and Author; with some remarks upon Lethe. All Three! All three! Gay. Sold by W. Reeve in Fleet St.; and A. Dodd, at the Peacock opposite St. Clements Church in the Strand (General Advertiser). [This day published] Lethe, A Dramatick Satire, by David Garrick as it is perform'd at Drury Lane. Printed for P. Vaillant, facing Southampton Street in the Strand. Receipts: #140 (Cross); #144 17s. 6d. (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Performance Comment: Young Belmont-Garrick; Sir Charles-Barry; Faddle-Woodward; Col. Raymond-Havard; Sir Roger-Yates; Villiard-Winstone; Rosetta-Mrs Pritchard; Fidelia-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Young Belmont Actor: Garrick

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Music: I: By Desire, a piece of Music-the Child

Dance: II: Savoyards, as17480920; V: New Scotch Dance, as17490118

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. Mainpiece: In Three Acts Never Performed there. [This seems to be some adaptation of Garrick's Florizel and Perdita in three acts, but without the character Rogero.] Charges #72 16s. Profit to Woodward #129 17s. 6d., plus #57 from tickets (Box 228). Receipts: #202 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-Woodward; Old Philpot-Shuter; Maria-Mrs Mattocks; With the Epilogue-Woodward, Shuter.
Cast
Role: Young Philpot Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Event Comment: NNeville MS Diary: The last three he [Foote] has not done for some time. I like Woodward better in young Philpot. Both add some crochets of their own. I don't think he took off Mr Whitefield well. Cole, Shift and Smirk he does inimitably. He has a great command of features in the ludicrous way, not such as that of Garrick

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-Foote for the first time these two years; Young Wilding-Davis; Dapper-Quick; Beaufort-Smith; Sir Jasper-Newton; Old Philpot-Shuter; Maria-Mrs Mahon for the first time.

Dance: II: New Serious Dance-; End: New Comic Dance, The Gallant Peasant-Miss Froment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fortune Hunters; Or, Two Fools Well Met

Performance Comment: Young Wealthy-Ryan; Sir William-Bullock; Tom Wealthy-Walker; Shamtown-Hippisley; Lady Sly-Mrs Berriman; Sophia-Mrs Bullock; Mrs Spruce-Mrs Egleton; Maria-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Young Wealthy Actor: Ryan
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Younger.

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention; or, Love and Jealousy

Performance Comment: Burgomaster-Nivelon; Burgomaster's Wife-Mrs Younger; Boor Servant-Ray; Highlander-Salle; Highlander's Wife-Mrs Laguerre; Scots Servant-Laguerre; others-DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, DuPre Jr, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour, Mrs Hill.
Event Comment: Afterpiece: In Three Acts. "[Emery] does not disdain the mechanical usages of actors, but makes them secondary and subordinate to more important considerations" (Monthly Mirror, Oct. 1798, p. 233). Receipts: #225 17s. (220.6; 5.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Cure For The Heart Ache

Performance Comment: Young Rapid-Lewis; Vortex-Waddy; Charles Stanley-Pope; Old Rapid-Munden; Frank Oatland-Emery (from the Theatre Royal York; 1st appearance on this stage); Sir Hubert Stanley-Murray; Heartley-Hull; Bronze-Farley; Farmer Oatland-Thompson; Landlord-Whitmore; Ellen-Miss Mansel; Jessy Oatland-Mrs Gibbs; Miss Vortex-Mrs Litchfield.
Cast
Role: Young Rapid Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Miser

Event Comment: [Young Gentleman identified by Hopkins MS Notes. See also 28 Oct.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-A Young Gentleman [Mr Young]; Peachum-Shuter; Lockit-Dunstall; Filch-Wewitzer; Mat@o@Mint-Baker; Lucy-Miss Catley (by desire) first time; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Baker; Diana Trapes-Mrs Pitt; Polly-Mrs Mattocks; [In III, Hornpipe-Miss Besford; [Concluding with a Country Dance-the characters in the play.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: A Young Gentleman

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928

Event Comment: Mainpiece: not acted these two years. [See 23 May 1773.] [Young Lady identified by Hopkins MS Note.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Lewis, first time; Myrtle-Wroughton; Sealand-Clarke; Sir John Bevil-Fearon; Cimberton-Shuter; Humphry-Thompson; Daniel-Hollingsworth; Tom-Woodward; Phillis-Mrs Mattocks; [first time; Lucinda-Mrs Whitefield; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Pitt; Isabella-Mrs Hull; Indiana-a Young Lady [never on any stage [Mrs Armstead]; [In II, a Song-DuBellamy.
Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Lewis, first time
Role: Indiana Actor: a Young Lady

Afterpiece Title: The Sylphs

Dance: III: A New Grand Ballet, call'd The Vintage Festival-Daguville, Sga Vidini, [first time on that stage, and Mr Helm[, first appearance in England. [See dl 11 Oct. 1766.

Event Comment: Young Gentlewoman-Miss E. Miller, marryed since to Mr Thomas Baker, an actor of cg, and a singing master. Mrs Baker is at present separated from her husband (1792) and performs only at Sadler's Wells in Pantomimes &c! Qu: Count Haslang and Mrs Baker (Hopkins MS Notes). Income from Boxes #27 2s. 6d. Nightly expense as usual #32 16s. 11d. Receipts: #74 7s. 6d. (Winston Theatrical Record)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Performance Comment: Rovewell-Mattocks; Argus-Collins; Hearty-Redman; Robin-Dunstall; Betty-Mrs Pitt; Arethusa-A Young Gentlewoman who never appeared on any stage Miss Miller.

Dance: TThe Pedlar Trick'd, as17611001

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Pope. Mr Lee-Young Belmont (Hopkins). No Building on Stage; The Deuce is in Him oblig'd to be deferr'd. The Foundling not in 16 years. [See 26 March 1750.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Performance Comment: Young Belmont-Lee; Fadle-King; Sir Charles Raymond-Powell; Sir Roger Belmont-Yates; Col. Raymond-Packer; Villiard-Bransby; Rosetta-Miss Pope; Fidelia-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Young Belmont Actor: Lee

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Dance: II: The Shepherdesses, as17631014; End: The Irish Lilt, as17630922

Event Comment: [Young Gentlewoman identified as Miss Potts, said to be a niece of Hull's. See playbill of 28 Feb. 1772.] Receipts: #127 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Performance Comment: Aimworth-Mattocks; Sir Harry-Shuter; Fairfield-Hull; Giles-Reinhold; Mervin-DuBellamy; Ralph-Dyer; Lady Sycamore-Mrs Pitt; Theodosia-Mrs Baker; Fanny-a Young Gentlewoman; Patty-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Fanny Actor: a Young Gentlewoman

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Young Bevil to Smith, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted and a MS annotation substitutes Brereton's.] Receipts: #141 9s. 6d. (106/19/0; 34/6/6; 0/4/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Brereton; Myrtle-Palmer; Cimberton-Parsons; Mr Sealand-Aickin; Sir John Bevil-Packer; Humphrey-Wrighten; Daniel-Burton; Tom-King; Phillis-Miss Pope; Lucinda-Miss Wheeler; Isabella-Mrs Hedges; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Love; Indiana-Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Brereton

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: As17820917

Song: In Act II of mainpiece song by Miss Field

Monologue: 1782 09 19 As 17 Sept

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Merchant of Venice; afterpiece of Love a-la-Mode, both announced on playbill of 2 Nov. In afterpiece the playbill assigns Young Wilding to Bonnor, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Palmer.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-Palmer [of DL]; Old Wilding-Fearon; Sir James Elliot-Davies; Papillon-Wewitzer; Miss Godfrey-Mrs Morton; Miss Grantham-Mrs Lewis .
Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Palmer

Dance: As17841022

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 4 years. [Bannister Jun.'s 1st appearance as Young Philpot was at the hay, 7 Sept. 1789.] Receipts: #191 5s. 6d. (162.7.0; 27.3.0; 1.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: Young Philpot-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character on that stage); Wilding-R. Palmer; Sir Jasper Wilding-Burton; Beaufort-Haymes; Quildrive-Banks; Dapper-Fawcett; Old Philpot-Baddeley; Corinna-Miss Tidswell; Maria-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Young Philpot Actor: Bannister Jun.

Song: As17891017

Event Comment: Wrote by Sir Richard Steele...acted by the young Ladies educated at Mrs Defenne's@French@Boarding-School, at Wansworth in Surrey, with such Vivacity, Exactness, ad Justice, as charmed the Audience

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Ladies.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Distress'd Innocence; Or, The Princess Of Persia

Performance Comment: Edition of 1691: Epilogue-Mrs Knight by Mr Montfort; Isdigerdes-Bowman; Hormidas-Montfort; Theodosius-Powell; Audas-Hodgson; Cleontes-Bright; Otrantes-Kynaston; Rugildas-Sandford; Three Persian Magi-Freeman, Baker, Verbruggen; Orundana-Mrs Barry; Cleomira-Mrs Bracegirdle; Doranthe-Mrs Corey.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: III: Serious Dance-Muilment; V: Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Muilment