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Event Comment: Rec'd stopages #14 19s. 6d.; Paid salary list #567 11s.; J. French on acct #5 5s.; Miss Robins (Country Girl) on acct #20. Receipts: #199 5s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Man

Cast
Role: Jack Nightshade Actor: Weston

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jacket

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid remaining of Sewer's rate to 9th Aug. 1771, #2 10s. 8d. Receipts: #175 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jacket

Event Comment: Rec'd Stopages #15; Paid salary list #567 11s.; J. French on acct #5 5s. Receipts: #205 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jacket

Event Comment: Rec'd stopages #14 7s.; Paid salary list #567 11s.; Tallow chandler's 6th bill #38 8s. 7d.; J. French on acct #5 5s. Receipts: #254 5 s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jacket

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. 6th night (Treasurer's Book). Paid Tabor & Pipe 7 nights incl. #3 13s. 6d. Receipts: #266 14s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Man

Cast
Role: Jack Nightshade Actor: Weston

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Cast
Role: Spy Actor: Weston

Dance: End: The Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202

Event Comment: Rec'd stopages #13 19s. 6d.; Paid salary list #567 11s.; J. French on acct #5 5s. Receipts: #226 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: As17750204, but Pedro-Everard.
Event Comment: Rec'd stopages #14 4s. 6d. Paid Salary List #567 11s.; J. French on acct #30. Receipts: #242 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Cast
Role: Spy Actor: Weston
Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Paid Miss Robins in full of salary to 16th inst. incl. (now on the pay list) #9 6s. 8d. (Treasurer's Book). Benefit for Miss Younge. Tickets deliver'd for Zenobia will be taken. Mainpiece: Never performed there. Receipts: #259 15s. 6d. Charges #68 14s. Profits to Miss Younge: #191 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End: The Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202; End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17740917

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Hidou. Paid 1 yrs. Poor's Rate for Covent Garden parish to Lady Day last #2 16s. 8d.; one yrs. ditto for St Martin's to Xmas last #60 6s. 7d. (Treasurer's Book). Main characters in the New Ballet New Dressed. Receipts: #170 3s. 6d. Charges: #66 4s. 6d. Profits to Sga Hidou: #103 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Performance Comment: As17750209, but Belville-Brereton, first time; Capt. Savage-a Gentleman, first appearance on this stage.
Cast
Role: Torrington Actor: Weston

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Dance: I: A New Ballet (for that Night Only) call'd The Force of Love-M LaRavier (his first appearance on that stage), Sga Hidou, Como, Sga Como, Two Children, first appearance; End: The Grand Provencalle Dance, as17750202

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in two years. [See 13 May 1772.] Benefit for Miss Pope. Last time of performing till Easter. Part of p1t laid into boxes. Last play till Holidays. Paid 4 days salary list #378 10s. 8d.; J. French on acct #5 5s.; Tallow chandler's 8th bill #27 11s. 4d. Receipts: #287 3s. Charges: #66 3s. 6d. Profits to Miss Pope: #220 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton

Performance Comment: As17750327 but Gymp-Mrs Davies (MacMillan).
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Sutton. Paid half yrs. water to Xmas last #3 2s. Receipts: #156 8s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to Mrs Sutton: #81 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17741029, but King Henry-J. Aickin (playbill).

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jacket

Dance: II: A New Pastoral Dance-Lariviere, Mrs Sutton; IV: Comic Dance-Lariviere, Mrs Sutton; V: (By Particular Desire) The Louvre, Minuet-Froment, Mrs Sutton (his scholar)

Event Comment: Benefit for Messrs Grimaldi and Hurst. Rec'd from Sinking Fund #420; from Stopages #11 7s. 6d. Paid salary list #564 16s.; J. French on acct #5 5s. Receipts: #166 16s. 6d. Charges: #70 19s. Profits to Grimaldi and Hurst: #95 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: As17750504, but Orpheus-Vernon; Sir Toby-Bransby; Add Norris. Add Norris.

Dance: End: The Lilliputian Camp-, not performed these 6 years

Event Comment: Mrs Bradshaw & Mrs Johnston great Applause to the Farce (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Johnston. Afterpiece: Written by Henry Fielding, not played for 25 years. [Actually last played there 19 May 1759.] Music compiled from the works of the most eminent composers. Rec'd from Sinking Fund (2nd) #525, from Stopages #14 2s. Paid salary list #564 16s.; J. French on acct #5 5s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #114 2s. 6d. Charges: #66 12s. 6d. Profits to Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs Johnston: #47 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: As17750328 but Ranger-King; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Baddeley; Lucetta-Mrs Johnston; Milliner-Miss Jarratt; Jacintha-Mrs Davies; first time. Concludes with a Country Dance-.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Roberts, Wilson and Palmer. Tickets deliver'd by Humphreys will be taken. Paid a cotten Bill #2 11s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #254 1s. 6d. Charges: #84. Profits to beneficiaries: #170 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: As17750417 but Blunt-Hurst; Obadiah-Wrighten; Mrs Chat-Mrs Cartwright (MacMillan); Rhetorical Description of a Man of War and Sea Fight-_.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17740920

Event Comment: At the Foundling Hospital. To begin at 12:00 noon. Tickets half a Guinea. No collection. The Chapel will be matted, and every attention paid the same shall be warm

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: First Violin, Concerto-Hay; Organ-Stanley

Event Comment: Afterpiece: performed for the last time this season. Paid salary list #623 6s. 6d. Receipts: #145 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: As17751122, but Cubitt presumably for Messink.

Dance: II: The Savage Hunters, as17751118

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Paid salary list #623 6s. 6d.; Mrs Cooper #1. (Treasurer's Book). [Mrs Cooper received this payment weekly hereafter in the same account with Heath and his wife. Her total #20. No further itemization will be made of the ammount.] Receipts: #124 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressd Mother

Afterpiece Title: May Day

Performance Comment: As17751121, but Country lasses-Miss _Robins; Waldron, Carpenter. Waldron, Carpenter.

Dance: III: The Merry Peasants, as17751018

Event Comment: Mainpiece. By Particular Desire. Paid half years Land and Window tax, #3 3s. 6d. Licensing Little Gipsey, City Manners, New Epilogue to Maid of the Oaks and Sultan #7 7s. Receipts: #198 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid additional flutes 3 nights #1 10s. Receipts: #187 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Braganza

Performance Comment: As17751221, but Roderic-Wright; Antonio-Wrighten.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. The Comedy of Twelfth Night oblig'd to be deferred. Paid salary list #630 1s. 6d. Receipts: #170 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Event Comment: Mrs Oakly first time Miss Young-So, so (Hopkins Diary). Paid salary list #624 6s. 6d. Receipts: #115 11s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Event Comment: Mrs Abington Ill. Maid of the Oaks deferr'd. Paid Everard on note #30. Receipts: #221 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Performance Comment: As17751114, but Lady Elizabeth Gray-Mrs King; first time, and Original Epilogue-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Event Comment: Rec'd stopages #11 18s.; Paid Daniel Maltoss [sic] Esq one year's rent due Xmas #31 10s. 10d. (Treasurer's Book). [Evidently Daniel Malthus. Although Victor was still Treasurer and Evans sub-treasurer this season, some new bookkeepers seem to be recording the financial transactions, for several different hands appear in the manuscript. The spelling by one of these bookkeepers is bad even by eighteenth-century standards. DeLoutherbourg's name is spelled a half-dozen different ways, including Lutenborgh, Lutterbourg, and Latherbourg.] Receipts: #266 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Master Stephen Actor: Weston

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Performance Comment: As17751010, but Spy-Baddeley; Gardners-Garland, _Kear.

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17751003

Event Comment: King continuing ill. The Spleen Deferr'd. Paid 4 days salary list #416 4s. 4d. Receipts: #239 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distressd Mother

Dance: The Grand Garland Dance-Slingsby, Como, Sga Crespi, Sga Paccini

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Paid 3 extra trumpets 6 nights #6 15s. Receipts: #253 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Performance Comment: As17760229, but Prologue-_; Epilogue (By Particular Desire)-Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan