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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius, The First Christian King Of Britain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius, The First Christian King Of Britain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius, The First Christian King Of Britain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Violin-Michael Christian Festin; Lute-Francisco Weybough; Hautboy-Kytch [but see hay]

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [By George Lillo.] Prompter, 18 Feb.: And, indeed, the Pulpit seems the properest Theatre for such Representations, and the Clergy, the properest Actors in the Religious Drama. This then, of itself, sufficiently justified the Town in its Reception of this Piece

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Christian Hero

Performance Comment: Parts by Quin, Milward, Mills, Cibber, W. Mills, Berry, Winstone, Hewit, Este, Mrs Thurmond, Mrs Butler, Mrs Pritchard; but edition of 1735 lists: Amurath-Quin; Mahomet-W. Mills; Hellena-Mrs Thurmond; Osmyn-Berry; Kister Aga-Hewit; Cleora-Mrs Pritchard; Scanderbeg-Milward; Aranthes-Mills; Althea-Mrs Butler; Amasie-Cibber; Paulinus-Winstone. Prologue spoken by Cibber. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Clive .
Cast
Role: Scanderbeg Actor: Milward

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Christian Hero

Cast
Role: Scanderbeg Actor: Milward

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Christian Hero

Cast
Role: Scanderbeg Actor: Milward

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Christian Hero

Cast
Role: Scanderbeg Actor: Milward

Dance: Drunken Peasant by Le Brun. Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter

Performance Comment: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Ross; Sir John Bevil-Burton; Sealand-Berry; Myrtle-Palmer; Cimberton-Taswell; Tom-Woodward; Humphrey-Blakes; Daniel-Vaughan; Phillis-Mrs Clive; Lucinda-Mrs Mills; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Bennet; Indiana-Mrs Cibber; In Act II Singing-Beard.
Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Berry
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cross

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Dance: II: A New Dance call'd the Gipsey Tambourine-Mlle Auguste, Gerard, Christian

Related Works
Related Work: The German Hotel Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes
Related Work: Trau, Schau, Wem! Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Garrick; Strictland-Berry; Frankly-Palmer; Bellamy-Blakes; Jack Meggot-Woodward; Tester-H. Vaughan; Buckle-Mozeen; Simon-Marr; Valet-Vernon; Landlady-Mrs James; Milliner-Miss Toogood; Jacintha-Mrs Cowper; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Davies; Lucetta-Miss Minors; Clarinda-Mrs Pritchard; To conclude with a Country Dance-the characters of the play.
Cast
Role: Strictland Actor: Berry
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs James
Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: II: A New Dance call'd the Gipsey Tambourine-Mlle Auguste, Gerard, Christian

Related Works
Related Work: The German Hotel Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes
Related Work: Trau, Schau, Wem! Author(s): Johann Christian Brandes
Event Comment: At the Famous Dutchwoman's Booth against the Hospital Gate. At Barnes and Finley's Rope-Dancing Booth between the Crown Tavern and the Hospital Gate, over against the Cross-Daggers in Smithfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Dance: [By] 6 Companies of Rope Dancers; who] [are joyned in one, they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women, and Children, that could be found beyond the Seas, where will be performed such wonderful variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack Rope, the Sloaping Rope-; [you will see a wonderful Girl of 10 years of Age, who walk backward up the sloaping Rope-Girl of 10 years[, driving a Wheel-barrow behind her; [also you will see the Great Italian Master, who not only passes all that has yet been seen upon the low Rope, [but he Dances[ without a Pole upon the Head of a Mast [as high as the Booth will permit, and afterwards stands upon his Head on the same-Great Italian Master; [You will also be entertained with the many Conceits of an Italian Scaramouch, who Dances on the Rope [with 2 Children and a Dog in a Wheel-barrow, and a Duck on his Head-Italian Scaramouch

Dance: Such variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack/Rope, Tumbling, as has never been seen in this Fair before-

Event Comment: N.B. Their [the Children's] Stay will be short in England. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s. Receipts: #47 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Performance Comment: Essex-Elrington; Southampton-J. Leigh; Burleigh-Keene; Sir Walter-Ogden; Queen-Mrs Knight; Rutland-Miss Rogers; Nottingham-Mrs Kent.
Cast
Role: Rutland Actor: Miss Rogers

Dance: Serious and Comic Dancing-two Children Scholars of M Ballon, lately arriv'd from the Opera at Paris [M and Mlle Salle]; [particularly Two Punchanellos, Two Harlequins and a Dame Ragonde-; The Harlequins-the two Children

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Woman's Revenge; Or, A Match In Newgate

Song: Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: The two Children; Dame Ragonde-Cook, Moreau, Newhouse; with Harlequin, Harlequiness-the Children

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: I: Overture to Rodelinda on Flute-the Child; III: Music-the Child

Dance: V: Savoyards, as17480920

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Music: I: Scots Sonato on Flute-the Child; IV: A Piece of Music on Flute-the Child

Dance: II: L'Entree de Flore, as17481027; III: The Savoyards, as17480920

Ballet: V: Vertumnus and Pomona. Cooke, Anne Auretti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Performance Comment: Olivia-Mrs Clive; Orsino-Mills; Sebastian-Havard; Sir Toby-Berry; Sir Andrew-Woodward; Curio-Bransby; Valentine-Usher; Fabian-Winstone; Captain-Blakes; Malvolio-Neale; Clown-Yates; Maria-Mrs Green; Viola-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Sir Andrew Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Music: I: Scots Sonato-the child; IV: Piece of Music-the Child

Dance: III: New Comic Dance call'd Italian Cabaret-Matthews, Mrs Addison

Ballet: V: Vertumnus and Pomona. As17481103

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Music: I: Concerto on Flute-a Child; III: Piece of Music-the Child

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heir At Law

Cast
Role: Phoebe Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Rosina Actor: Miss Andrews.

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Italian Monk

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Song: As17970816

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Italian Monk

Afterpiece Title: The Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Song: 1st piece: General Chorus, as17970816

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse

Afterpiece Title: The London Hermit

Cast
Role: Florella Actor: Miss Andrews.
Role: Laura Actor: Miss Andrews

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: My Grandmother

Cast
Role: Baron of Oakland Actor: Baddeley
Role: Lewis Actor: Bland
Role: Cicely Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Afterpiece Title: HARLEQUIN PEASANT

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule Britannia

Afterpiece Title: PEEPING TOM

Cast
Role: Caroline Sandford Actor: Miss Leak
Role: Charles Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. 1st piece: with Grand Naval Review, as 20 Aug. Morning Chronicle, 28 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 59, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Britain's Glory

Afterpiece Title: THE SURRENDER OF CALAIS

Cast
Role: Madelon Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Harcourt Actor: Bland
Role: Page Actor: Miss MenageSally-Mrs Bland
Role: Miss MenageSally Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Monologue: 1794 08 30 End of Act I of 3rd piece Collins's Ode on the Passions by Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Auld Robin Gray

Performance Comment: As17940730 but Mrs Harlowe in place of Mrs Bland .

Afterpiece Title: THE SON-IN-LAW

Cast
Role: Caroline Sandford Actor: Miss Leak
Role: Charles Actor: Bland
Role: Arionelli Actor: Bland

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Dance: As17940826