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Performances

Mainpiece Title: the Non Juror

Performance Comment: The Provok'd Husband (Cross). Cast: [Dr Wolf-Yates, first time] for Provok'd Husband, See17521219. for Provok'd Husband, See17521219.
Cast
Role: Dr Wolf Actor: Yates, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: [I: A +Hornpipe-the Little Swiss, a child 5 years old; II: A Grand Ballet-Devisse, Mlle Auguste; III: A Serious Dance-Janeton Auretti; V: The Louvre, Minuet-Mathews, Janeton Auretti

Ballet: [IV: +La Chacone des Characters. Harlequin-Mlle Auretti; Punch-Devisse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: As17530412 but Fribble-Garrick first time this Season; Flash-Woodward.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17521220, but Hamlet-Lacey first time; Horatio-Havard; Player Queen-Mrs Bennet; Francisco-_.
Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Lacey first time

Afterpiece Title: Scapin

Dance: V: A Scot's Dance-Harvey, Miss Shawford; End Farce: A Minuet-Lacey, Mad Janeton Auretti

Song: II: A Song-Wilder; IV: Singing-Master Vernon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A la mode

Performance Comment: Brumpton-Gibson; Hardy-Ridout; Campley-Dyer; Puzzle-Dunstall; Tom-Collins; Cabinet-Anderson; Grave Digger-Wignel; Trusty-Bridgwater; Sable-Arthur; Tim-Shuter, 1st time; Swagger-Barrington; Bumpkin-Paddick; Tatter-Bencraft; Rag-Bennet; Matchlock-Redman; Kate Matchlock-Stoppelaer; Lady Harriot-Mrs Vincent; Charlotte-Mrs Barrington; Tattleaid-Mrs Bambridge; Mademoiselle-Miss Morrison; Lady Brumpton-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Tim Actor: Shuter, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Ross, 1st time; Governor-Burton; Blandford-Palmer; Stanmore-Bransby; Capt. Driver-Taswell; Aboan-Berry; Daniel-Yates; Jack Stanmore-Mozeen; Hotman; Blakes; Widow Lackit-Mrs James; Lucy-Mrs Minors; Imoinda-Miss Haughton; Charlot Welldon-Mrs Cowper.*a1753 10 10 dl Harlequin Ranger. As17531009*c1753 10 10 dl Receipts: #120 (Cross).
Cast
Role: Oroonoko Actor: Ross, 1st time

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Orlando-Smith, 1st time; Jaques-Sparks; Duke Senior-Ridout; Duke Frederick-Gibson; Oliver-Anderson; Sylvius-Bennet; Touchstone-Shuter; Corin-Dunstall; LeBeau-White; Charles-Bencraft; William-Collins; Adam-Bridgwater; Amiens (with songs adapted to the play)-Lowe; Audrey-Mrs Pitt; Phoebe-Miss Cockayne; Celia-Mrs Vincent; Rosalind-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Smith, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Dance: Grandchamps, Mlle Camargo

Event Comment: MMiss Nossiter did Belvidera-vast applause (Cross). [$Murphy in Gray's Inn Journal, 16 Nov., noticed Miss Nossiter's appearance in Belvidera, commenting "that she is, upon many occasions Mistress of the Surprising Attitude and Action," agreeing that she gave promise of excellence, wishing that her voice would mellow into more harmony and softness, and delivering a paragraph of advice from Quintilian on the error of false emphasis in elocution.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd Or A Plot Discovered

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Barry; Pierre-Sparks; Priuli-Bridgwater; Bedamar-Gibson; Renault-Ridout; Belvidera-Miss Nossiter, 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert Wrangle-Macklin; Frankly-Palmer; Witling-Yates; Granger-Davies; Cook-Blakes; Charlotte-Miss Macklin, 1st time; Lady Wrangle-Mrs Macklin; Betty-Miss Minors; Sophronia-Mrs Clive; In Act IV The Cantata proper to the play,-Beard; A Farewell Prologue-Macklin.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Event Comment: Last Time of performing till the Holidays

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Cast
Role: Chasseur Royale Actor: Lowe

Dance: LLes Taileurs, as17531210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Performance Comment: Durete-Woodward, 1st time; Petit-Vernon; Young Mirabel-Palmer; Old Mirabel-Yates; Dugard-Blakes; Lamorce-Mrs Bennet; Oriana-Mrs Davies; Bissarre-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Durete Actor: Woodward, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: IV: Hornpipe-the Little Swiss

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse Or Virtue In Danger

Performance Comment: Foppington-Cibber; Loveless-Smith, 1st time; Young Fashion-Dyer; Sir Tunbelly-Martin; Coupler-Arthur; Worthy-Ridout; Seringe-Shuter; Lory-Stevens; Varole-Bencraft; Shoemaker-Paddick; Bull-Stoppelaer; Amanda-Mrs Barrington; Hoyden-Miss Baker; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Berinthia-Mrs Bland; Occasional Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Loveless Actor: Smith, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Granier, Mlle Camargo

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cibber. Last time of acting it this season. [Seven rows of Pit laid into Boxes, and amphitheatre on stage. Send servants at 3 o'clock.] Receipts: #240 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Mossop, 1st time
Role: the Bastard Actor: Garrick, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Devisse, Mlle Auretti, Mlle Auguste

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Sharp-Shuter, 1st time; Gayless-Anderson; Guttle-Dunstall; Melissa-Mrs Vincent; Kitty Pry-Mrs Pitt.
Cast
Role: Sharp Actor: Shuter, 1st time

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17540307 Les Taileurs, as17531210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Jane-Mrs Bland; Gloster-Sparks; Dumont-Ryan; Hastings-Barry; Belmour-Ridout; Catesby-Anderson; Ratcliff-Usher; Alicia-Mrs Gregory, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Hastings Actor: Barry
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Gregory, 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Sharp Actor: Shuter, 1st time

Dance: LLes Taileurs, as17531210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Barry; Sir John-Bridgwater; Sealand-Sparks; Tom-Dyer; Phillis-Mrs Vincent; Cimberton-Arthur; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Bambridge; Lucinda-Mrs Baker; Humphrey-Anderson; Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Daniel-Collins; Myrtle-Smith, 1st time; Indiana-Miss Bellamy; Singing-Lowe.
Cast
Role: Myrtle Actor: Smith, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Sharp Actor: Shuter, 1st time

Dance: Maranesi, Sga Bugiani

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Bellamy. Afterpiece: A farce in two acts never acted there, and being the last time of performing it this season. [N.B. Its run this season had been at Drury Lane, and both Foote and Costollo were with the Drury Lane company this season.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Cast
Role: Hastings Actor: Barry
Role: Alicia Actor: Mrs Gregory, 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Dance: LLes Taileurs, as17531210; Les Charboniers, as17540307

Event Comment: Benefit for Havard. Last time this season for mainpiece, and afterpiece. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Buck Actor: Woodward , 1st time
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Haughton , 1st time

Song: I: Rise Glory Rise-Beard; III: (By desire) a Ballad-Beard

Dance: II: Devisse, Mad Auretti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Old Womans Oratory

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Fribble

Performance Comment: Principal performers-Timbertoe, Sga Mentoreni, Sga Gapatoona, Miss Midnight. Third time.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17530921, but Richard-Shuter, 1st time, and by Particular Desire; King Henry-Ridout; Richmond-Dyer; Norfolk-Bencraft; Oxford-Wignell; Prince Edward-Miss Mullart.

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: LLes Taileurs, as17531210; Les Charboniers, as17540307

Event Comment: Benefit for Arthur. By Particular Desire. No Building on Stage. Last time of performing the Holidays

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Sharp Actor: Shuter, 1st time

Entertainment: DDialogue@Epilogue between Tom Jarvis (an itinerant Turner) and his Horse-

Dance: LLes Taileurs, as17531210; Italian Peasants, as17531120

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Performance Comment: King Henry-Barry; Exeter-Ridout; Canterbury-Sparks; France-Gibson; Constable-Bridgwater; Pistol-Dyer; Catherine-Mrs Dyer; Chorus-Ryan; Fluellin-Shuter,1st time.
Cast
Role: Fluellin Actor: Shuter,1st time.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Entertainment: I: Cries of London-Shuter

Music: II: A Trio taken out of Florizel and Perdita,-Shuter, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Dance: IV: Italian Peasants, as17531120; End: Epilogue in Florizel and Perdita-Shuter, by Desire, in character of a Pedlar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune

Performance Comment: Carlos-Smith, 1st time; Clodio-Dyer; Duart-Ryan; Antonio-Dunstall; Charino-Collins; Sancho-Cushing; Monsieur-Holtom; Manuel-Ridout; Governor-Usher; Choleric-Arthur; Elvira-Mrs Vincent; Angelina-Mrs Dyer; Louisa-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Carlos Actor: Smith, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Dance: DDutch Dance, as17531018

Song: BBacchanalian Song, words by Dr Boyce-Howard

Event Comment: Benefit for Philips and Mrs Cowper. Tickets deliver'd by Jefferson, Dennison, Ward, and Mrs Wright will be taken. Buck in the afterpiece being by Particular Desire, and the last time of his performing it this season. Tickets of Philips at his house in Martlet Court, Bow St., Covent Garden; of Mrs Cowper, at Fryer's, Hosier, corner of James St., Long-Acre. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Buck Actor: Woodward , 1st time
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Haughton , 1st time

Dance: IV: The Pierrot's Dance-Dennison, Granier; V: A Punch Dance-Dennison

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Dunstall, 1st time; Ford-Ryan; Page-Ridout; Fenton-Gibson; Shallow-Collins; Caius-Stoppelaer; Slender-Bennet; Rugby-C. Smith; Evans-Arthur; Mrs Page-Mrs Barrington; Anne Page-Mrs Baker; Simple-Bencraft; Robin-Miss Mullart; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Pitt; Pistol-Cushing; Nym-Holtom; Bardolph-Wignel; Host-Marten; Mrs Ford-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Falstaff Actor: Dunstall, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120; Les Taileurs, as17531210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17530924, but Nell-Mrs Chambers, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Chambers, 1st time.

Song: II: Jenny Bright as the Day-Mrs Chambers; IV: The Favourite Dialogue of No Never-Legg, Mrs Chambers

Dance: III: Italian Peasants, as17531120