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Event Comment: Benefit Michael Lally. At the Desire of several Ladies of Qualit(. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. [Two Rows of Pit and part of Stage formed into Side-Boxes. Tickets at Lally's House in Southampton-Row, Bloomsbury.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Performance Comment: Micher-Hippisley; Basil-A. Ryan; Somebody-James; Jolt-Mullart; Macahone-Neale; Landlord-Stoppelaer; Fetch-Gibson; Isabella-Mrs Vincent; Dolly-Miss Burgess.
Cast
Role: Dolly Actor: Miss Burgess.
Related Works
Related Work: The Stage Coach Opera Author(s): William Chetwood

Dance: I: Wooden Shoe Dance-French Boy; II: Je ne scai quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Ball Dance, Minuet-Lally, Mlle Roland; End Afterpiece: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: Benefit Mechel, Mlle Mechel (the French Boy and Girl). Afterpiece: a new Pantomime Entertainment. [Tickets at Mechel's in Newport Street.] Receipts: money #70 8s. 6d.; seals #71 14s. (Account Book); #150 (Rylands MS.). [The two dancers were charged #60 for their benefit. This is the last entry in the incomplete Account Book.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Situp Actor: Miss Burgess.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Barber

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Master Ferg; Colombine-Mlle Mechel; Petit Maitre-Miss Woffington; Drawer-Little French Boy; Servant to Colombine-Miss Bellamy, who never appeared on any stage before; Pierot-Mechel Jr.

Dance: I: Concerto-Mlle Mechel; II: Minuet, French Rigadoon-Mechel the Father, who never appeared in any theatre in England, Mlle Mechel the Daughter; Minuet-Mechel the Son, Miss Polly Woffington, the first time of her appearing on the stage; IV: The Metamorphoses of the Windmills-Mechel, Mlle Mechel, Miss Woffington, Master Ferg, a little French Boy; lately come from France. End Afterpiece: A Wooden Shoe dance called Les Sabotiers de Piemont-Mechel Sr, Mechel Jr., Mlle Mechel, little French Boy

Event Comment: Benefit Cervetti, Collins, Gray, Miss Bradshaw and the two Miss Scotts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: As17440125, but Miser-Collins; Wheedle-Miss Scott; Harriet-Miss Isabella Scott (1st Time); Lappet-Miss Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Wheedle Actor: Miss Scott
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Isabella Scott
Role: Lappet Actor: Miss Bradshaw.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lettice Actor: Miss Cole

Dance: II: Mlle Auguste

Song: IV: Miss Scott

Music: V: Concerto on Violincello-Cervetti

Event Comment: Benefit for Marten and White (Treasurer). Afterpiece: A farce in Two Acts [Anonymous] never acted there before. [See 14 Jan. 1743, at lif.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Drums Demolish'd or Bickerstaff's Unburied Dead

Song: I: Go Rose-Beard; II: Ah Se Amanti Fasti Mai, Felice Belve-Miss Faulkner; IV: Come Ever Smiling Liberty, Tis Liberty-Miss Faulkner

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire; Last time of performing it this season. Afterpiece: Not acted these two years. Pit and Boxes laid together at 5s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Stage 5s. Those who have places either in the Boxes or the Pit are requested to come thro the Box-Lobby, as at an Oratorio; and to send their servants to keep places by 3 o'clock. Tickets to be had of Mr Beard, at his house next Old Slaughter's, St Martin's Lane; and of Mr Sarjant at the Stage Door where places for the Boxes may be taken. Receipts: #129 1s. plus #246 from tickets (Boxes and Pit 984). Total income #375 1s. Charges #63. [Beard found his own wax candles]

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: CCountry Dance-Characters of the Opera; A Hornpipe-Miss Dawson; End II: A New Dance call'd The Shepherdess-Miss Wilford

Event Comment: A new Opera composed by Giardini. With two entire new sets of Scenes at the Managers Expense. New dresses. New Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Enea E Lavinia

Dance: I: Le Mariage du Village, as17640414 II: A New Dance-Fischer, Miss Auretti, Berardi, Miss Tetley

Ballet: III: Le Masquerade. As17640331

Event Comment: Benefit for Sg Daigville & Signa Vidini. [24 April letter signed Ned Shuter dated from his Majesty's Bench of Justice, St Georges Fields: "Theatrical Memoirs giving circumstantial account of my family-Admit my father was a chairman, my mother sold oysters in winter and cucumbers in summer. I was not born in a cellar but in a two pair of stairs front room at one Mrs Merit's an eminent Chimney Sweeper, Vine Street, St Giles" (Winston MS 10). Thomas Weston's apology for the delay of his Benefit. It was owing to his distressed affairs which he had new laid open to the managers. See comment form Edinburg Evening Courant, 29 April.] Paid Renters #88 for Oratorio nights; Mr Dibdin's draft on managers #50; Master Brown 5 nights, #1 17s. 6d.; Rec'd from Messrs Smith and Stanley charges for 11 Oratorio nights at 28# per night, plus candles &c . #342 4s.; Rec'd stopages #9 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #151 4s. Charges: #65 11s. Profits to Daigville & Sga Vidini: #85 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Cast
Role: Viola Actor: Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: I: The European in America (for 1st time this Season)-Messieurs Daigvilles, Miss Ross, Sga Vidini; II: A Comic Dance, as17720326 V: Psiche, a Grand Historical Ballet (Never performed before)-Daigville, Giorgi, Sga Daigville, Miss Ross, Sga Vidini

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Sixth Night. For the author. Afterpiece: By Desire, an English Burletta not acted these two years. [See 18 March 1771.] Charges #64 5s. Profit to Author #96 16s. 6d. Receipts: #161 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

Afterpiece Title: The Portrait

Performance Comment: Pantaloon-Shuter; Leander-Reinhold; Colombine-Mrs Thompson; Isabella-Miss Brown, first time.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Brown, first time.

Dance: End: The Recruits-Aldridge, Harris, Miss Twist, Miss Capon. [See17721117.

Event Comment: "The appearance of Mrs Abington in the two characters of the Capricious Lady and Lady Bab Lardoon cannot fail of being considered as a high Treat ... as the first exhibits the coy, formal Manners of the last Age, and the latter the free degagee Breeding of the present" (Public Advertiser, 13 Feb.). Receipts: #227 12s. 6d. (211/10/0; 16/2/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Capricious Lady

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Oaks

Performance Comment: Old Groveby-Wilson; Dupely-Whitfield; Old worth-Clarke; Sir Harry Groveby-Davies; Hurry-Edwin; Maria (with a song)-Mrs Kemble; Lady Bab Lardoon-Mrs Abington. The Musical Characters by Brett, Miss Stuart, Mrs Morton .

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17830917; In Act I of afterpiece Dance by Harris, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford

Event Comment: [Extra night] Benefit for The General Lying-In-Hospital, Bayswater. Under the Patronage of Her Majesty. N.B. 51765 Women have been Delivered since the first Institution of this Charity in 1752, & the humane Purposes are now extended to the Infant Poor, the two first Years after Birth, & to the Distressed Wives of Sailors & Soldiers in their Country's cause. "The house exhibited a deplorable appearance of empty seats" (Dramatic Censor, II, 281). Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 21 Apr. 1798]. Afterpiece: Taken from Solyman the Magnificent of Marmontel. [Mrs Baster is identified in Thespian Dictionary, 1805. This was the second successive evening on which Mrs Jordan appeared at both dl and cg.] Receipts: none listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: Isaac Mendoza-Quick; Ferdinand-Clarke (by Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane); Don Jerome-Baynes (1st appearance on this stage); Antonio-Hill; Father Paul-Thompson; Lopez-Wilde; Don Carlos-A Lady (1st appearance [Mrs Baster]); The Duenna-Mrs Whitmore; Louisa-Mrs Martyr; Clara-Mrs Atkins (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Performance Comment: Solyman-Barrymore; Osman-Clarke (by Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane); Ismene-Miss Wheatley; (with a) song-Miss Wheatley; accompanied on the Harp-Weippert; Elmira-Mrs Follett; Roxalana (with The Blue Bell of Scotland)-Mrs Jordan [of dl].of dl].
Cast
Role: Ismene Actor: Miss Wheatley
Role: song Actor: Miss Wheatley

Dance: End I: Hornpipe-Miss Rogers (2nd appearance on any stage see18000611); In course Evening: by Permission of the Proprietors of the Royal Circus, a new Anacreontic Pantomimical Ballet, composed by Byrne, The Animated Statue Principal Characters-Byrne, Mrs Byrne, Platt, Mrs Watts, the three Miss Adams', Master Byrne

Song: End: Laughing Song-Dighton

Entertainment: After Singing: Imitations-Rees (positively his last appearance on any stage)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Dance: Dancing on the Ropes , after the French and Italian Fashion-a Company of the finest Performers that ever yet have been seen in the whole World; For in the same Booth will be seen the two Famous French Maidens , so much admir'd in all Places and Countries where ever they come, (especially in May-Fair last) where they gain'd the highest Applause from all the Nobility and Gentry, for their wonderful Performance on the Rope, both with and without a Pole....To which is added; Vaulting on the High/Rope-; Tumbling on the Stage-; As also Vaulting on two Horses, on the great Stage, at once-

Performance Comment: ...To which is added; Vaulting on the High/Rope-; Tumbling on the Stage-; As also Vaulting on two Horses, on the great Stage, at once-.
Event Comment: Benefit delaGarde's Two Sons. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Pit and Boxes laid together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman's A Riddle

Dance: Dutch Skipper-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock; A new Scotch Highlander-delaGarde's Two Sons

Event Comment: Benefit delaGarde's Two Sons. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Pit and Boxes together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats

Dance: Sultan and Sultaness-delaGarde's Two Sons

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Egleton. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: a new Ballad Opera of two Acts. Written by Mrs Egleton. [Apparently not published.] Receipts: money #28 12s. 6d.; tickets #102 3s. (or #102 5s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: The Maggot

Performance Comment: Parts-Salway, Hulet, Hippisley, Laguerre, Mrs Cantrell, Miss Binks, Miss Rogers, Mrs Martin, Mrs Kilby, Mrs Egleton.

Dance: new Hornpipe in the Character of a Sailor and his Wife-Jones, Mrs Ogden; Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling

Event Comment: Benefit Beard, Two Rows of the Pit will be laid into the boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: (IIn Daily Advertiser) I: Two Pierrots-Lalauze, Nivelon; III: Clown-Nivelon; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

Song: (IIn Daily Advertiser)II: A new Cantata-Beard; In III: Chacon a Boire-Leveridge, Salway; IV: Beard; End I Afterpiece: Since Times are so bad (Purcell)-Leveridge, Salway

Event Comment: Benefit Two Citizens in Distress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Miss Wilson.

Song: II: Miss Jones

Dance: V: Two Pierrots-Vallois, Delagarde

Event Comment: For the Benefit and Increase of a Fund established for the Support of Decayed Musicians and their Families. Boxes half a guinea. Pit 5s. Galleries 3s. and 2s. Each Subscriber's Ticket will admit one into the Boxes or Pit, or two into the Gallery. 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Music: With the two new Concertos-; performed in the same this Season, for several Instruments. Also the last new Ode- of Mr Dryden's; And the Concerto on the Organ, that was by Mr Handel- on the same Occasion this Season

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in two years.[See 27 April 1768.] Afterpiece: Altered from Richard Brome's Jovial Crew by James Love. [Dance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Performance Comment: Theodosius-Reddish; Varanes-Barry; Marcian-Aickin; Atticus-J. Aickin; Leontine-Hurst; Lucius-Keen; Aranthes-Palmer; Delia-Mrs Smith; Julia-Miss Platt; Athanais-Mrs Barry; Pulcheria-Mrs W. Barry; Vocal parts-Champnes, Kear, Fawcett, Mrs Scott, Mrs Dorman.
Cast
Role: Julia Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies' Frolick

Performance Comment: Oliver-Dodd; Justice Clack-Parsons; Hilliard-Bannister; Vincent-Davies; Beggars-Wright, Waldron, Kear, Booth, Messink, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Love; Meriel-Miss Rogers; Rachel-Miss Radley; In Act I, a Crutch Dance-.
Cast
Role: Meriel Actor: Miss Rogers
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Radley

Dance: End: A Comic Dance-two children, scholars of Daigville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Omnipotence

Song: As17740225

Music: After the Song: New Concerto (Barthelemon) for two Trumpets-Serjeant Jr, Mas. Green (Scholars of Jones); After Part II: Concerto for Two Violins, as17740323

Performance Comment: Green (Scholars of Jones); After Part II: Concerto for Two Violins, as17740323.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Druids with two New Scenes

Performance Comment: As17750316 but Sig_ Rossignol and "With Alterations to make room for Two Entire New Scenes; The Characters of the Pantomime and Dances as Usual".
Event Comment: A new Comic Opera [in 2 acts]; the Music entirely new by Paisiello, under the direction of [i.e. with additions by] Cherubini. Public Advertiser, 26 Jan.: "Il Marchese Tulipano was in its original state a petite piece [in 1 act] of Paisiello [entitled Le Finte Contesse; performed at this theatre on 26 Mar. 1778 as Il Marchese Villano], enlarged to the size in which it is now before us by Cherubini." By Their Majesties Command no Person can be admitted behind the Scenes. Pit 10s. 6d. 1st Gallery 5s. 2nd Gallery 3s. The Doors to be opened at 6:30. To begin exactly at 7:30 [same throughout season]. Subscriptions are received at Messrs. Ransom, Morland and Hammersley's, Bankers, No. 57, Pall-mall, who will deliver the Subscription Tickets. The Nobility and Gentry, Subscribers to the Opera-house, are respectfully entreated to send for them, in order to prevent future mistakes, as nobody can be admitted without producing a ticket. N.B. To prevent Inconvenience to the Nobility and Gentry in getting to their Carriages they are most respectfully entreated to give positive Orders to their Servants to set down and take up with their Horses Heads towards Pall-Mall. The Doors in Market-Lane for Chairs only. All Persons claiming free Admission into this Theatre by Renters' Shares or otherwise are requested to bring their Titles to the Office every Day, from Eleven to Twelve o'clock in the Forenoon, in order that they may be registered previous to the opening of the House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Marchese Tulipano

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Babbini, Morigi, Schinotti; Sga Sestini, Miss Wheeler, Sga Ferrarese del Bene. [Cast from Larpent MS 720: Giorgino-Babbini; Il Marchese Tulipano-Morigi; Il Barone-Schinotti; La Baronessa-Sga Sestini; La Contessa-Miss Wheeler; Vespina-Sga Ferrarese del Bene.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: La Contessa Actor: Miss Wheeler

Dance: End of Act I a new Divertissement Serieux (composed by Giroux) by Vestris, Sga Carolina, the two Mlles Simonet, Duquesney Jun., Mlle Mozon, &c, and to conclude with a Grand Chaconne, [the music] composed by Sacchini; End of Opera a new Divertissement Villageois (composed by D'Egville) by Vestris, Sga Carolina, Mme Crespi, the two Mlles Simonet, Duquesney Jun., Spozzi, Mlle Mozon, &c

Performance Comment: , Mlle Mozon, &c, and to conclude with a Grand Chaconne, [the music] composed by Sacchini; End of Opera a new Divertissement Villageois (composed by D'Egville) by Vestris, Sga Carolina, Mme Crespi, the two Mlles Simonet, Duquesney Jun., Spozzi, Mlle Mozon, &c .
Event Comment: The original Music [of the TE DEUM] is in two Scores, MS., one of them in the possession of the King of Naples, and the other in that of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, by whose gracious condescension the use of this Score will be allowed for that night. The new Organ, built by Green (organ-builder to his Majesty) for the new Subscription Room, will be played upon this occasion by Greatorex. Boxes to be taken of Rice. Pit 10s. 6d. 1st Gallery 5s. 2nd Gallery 3s. No Money to be returned. The Doors to be opened at 7:00. To begin at 8:00

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Grand Selec Tion Of Music From The Most Eminent Masters

Afterpiece Title: THE GRAND TE DEUM, composed by Paisiello, upon the return of his Majesty the King of the Two Sicilies, from Vienna to Naples, in the summer of 1791

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: Townly-Mrs Charke; Lady Townly-Mrs Roberts; Sir Francis-Jones; Manly-Woodbourne; Basset-Este; Richard-Master Arne; Lady Grace-Mrs Shireburn; Lady Wronghead-Mrs Freeman; Jenny-Miss Brett; Mirtilla-Mrs Castel .
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Brett

Dance: II: Les Bergeres Heureux by Davenport and Miss Brett. IV: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Olbeldiston. V: Saraband and Minuet by Davenport and Miss Brett

Performance Comment: IV: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Olbeldiston. V: Saraband and Minuet by Davenport and Miss Brett .

Song: 1: A Teneri Afferti by Master Arne and Miss Jones. III: Rise Glory (with French Horns) by Miss Jones

Performance Comment: III: Rise Glory (with French Horns) by Miss Jones .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Music: First Musick: A Concerto for Hautboys, &c. Second Musick: A Concerto of Geminiani. Third Musick: Overture to Ariadne. The Act Tunes for French Horns, Trumpets, &c. V: Handel's Water Musick

Related Works
Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): C Robinson

Dance: I: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Flanderkins by Duke and Mrs Ogden. III: Two Pierrots by Duke and Delagarde. IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Flanderkins by Duke and Mrs Ogden. III: Two Pierrots by Duke and Delagarde. IV: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers .

Song: V: As17350422

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: I: A new Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. II: Dance of Sailors (in Opera o{ orestes) by Glover and others. III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. 1v: Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c

Performance Comment: II: Dance of Sailors (in Opera o{ orestes) by Glover and others. III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. 1v: Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c .