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Event Comment: Paid half year's Poor's Rate for Theatre due Mich. Last #21 17s. 6d., and for House in Bow Passage 15s. 8d. (Account Book). Receipts: #219 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Fingalian Dance with Double Hornpipe, as17720921

Event Comment: Paid Cooper (printer) #20 19s. (Account Book). Receipts: #166 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Performance Comment: As17720925, but J. Fungus-Morris; Gruel-Thompson.

Dance: II: The Fingalian Dance with Double Hornpipe, as17721009

Event Comment: Paid a tow bill 10s. (Treasurer's Book). [This charge occurs about once a month throughout the season for wicks and will not be noted further, total payments this season #4 10s.] Receipts: #265 6s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Event Comment: Paid Master Brown 6 nights (this incl.) #2 5s.; Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #5 1s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #85 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Event Comment: Paid chorus 2 nights this night incl. #4 16s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #119 15s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: As17721020, but with fuller statement about the Dances: viz. In the course of the Drama will be introduced the following Dances: A Dance of Cupids, a Dance of Daemons, a Dance of Warriors, Grand Concluding Dance-.

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Event Comment: Paid Shropshire for brushes #4 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #149 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Event Comment: Paid supers and Kettle drums 3 nights in Alexander (this night incl.) #19 7s.; Two extra hautboys in the Rehearsal, 10s. (Treasurer's Book). [N.D. at 5s. per night for the kettle drums and 2s. 6d. for each super, it would appear that each performance of Alexander required 5 supers.] Receipts: #213 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Related Works
Related Work: The Amazon Queen; or, The Amours of Thalestris to Alexander the Great Author(s): John Weston

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Weston

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17721023

Event Comment: Paid Philip Hoggins as per certificate from Justice Wright 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #163 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Monologue: Before: By Particular Desire, the eleventh night, New Occasional Prelude. Characters first listed: Manager-Dyer; Author-Kniveton; Young Actress-Miss Basanti; See 21 Sept.

Event Comment: Paid half year's paving &c. due Mich. last #26 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #215 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Butts Actor: Stoppelaer

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Event Comment: Paid Hodgson (coal merchant) as per bill #47 14s. (Account Book). Receipts: #183 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Butts Actor: Stoppelaer

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Event Comment: Paid Scott (copper lace man) #113 14s., and Whitefield for making cloaths #53 16s. 5d. (Account Book). Receipts: #136 5s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Butts Actor: Stoppelaer

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Performance Comment: As17721104, but Daphne-Miss Wewitzer.
Event Comment: Paid Partridge (hosier) #28 2s., and Hughes (linnendraper) #12 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #161 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17721012

Event Comment: Paid chorus 2 nights this incl. #5 1s. Receipts: #116 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Performance Comment: As17721106, but Grand Chorus-Mrs _Wrighten, _Bannister.
Cast
Role: Abram Actor: Weston

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17720922

Event Comment: Paid Dobosh (furrier) #2 7s. 4d., and Hewetson & Co. (lacemen) #186 3s. (Account Book). Receipts: #150 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Recruits, as17721117

Event Comment: Paid a cotton bill #2 11s. 4d. Receipts: #232 2s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Event Comment: Paid for licensing The Irish Widow and The Rose, #4 4s. Receipts: #118 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Cast
Role: Abram Actor: Weston

Dance: I: The Sailors Revels, as17720919

Event Comment: Paid Chorus 3 nights (this incl.) #7 11s. 6d. Receipts: #141 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Related Works
Related Work: The Amazon Queen; or, The Amours of Thalestris to Alexander the Great Author(s): John Weston

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Event Comment: Paid Tallow Chandler's 3rd bill, #46 16s. 11d. Receipts: #229 11s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: As17721120, but Young Cape-Palmer.

Dance: End: The Butterfly-Daigville, Sga Vidini

Event Comment: Paid 4 extra trumpets six nights (3rd inst. incl.) #9 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #251 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: As17721021, but Others-_Griffith, Wright.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: III: The Butterfly, as17721204

Event Comment: Paid Younger for Licenses for Prelude, Elfrida, Cross Purposes, and Golden Pippin #8 8s. Gave Hamilton #21 (Account Book). Receipts: #206 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: A New Pantomime Ballet call'd The Bird Catchers-Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See dl 27 Nov. 1750.

Event Comment: Paid Dall on Account of his salary #31 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #115 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: As17721020, but Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Marplot's Address to the Public-.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Event Comment: Paid Bulmer (scowerer) #5 11s. (Account Book). Receipts: #156 11s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: As17720923, but Chambermaid-Kniveton.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Event Comment: Paid Palmer (wax chandler) #282 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #177 5s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Event Comment: Paid one year's insurance to Xmas next #15 (Treasurer's Book). [Copies of the annual insurance policies were extant in the Sun Insurance Office, 63 Theadneedle St. London, E. C. 2, as of Dec. 1951.] Receipts: #134 8s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: As17721231, but Bell Edition 1773 Valentine-Wheeler; Captain-Wright.

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

Event Comment: Paid Cooper (printer) #42 8s., and Mrs Lynn for a Lady's white and gold Flower'd suit of Cloaths #12 12s. (Account Book). Receipts: #141 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fox

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer