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Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play. At Common Prices

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Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear, by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

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Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Event Comment: Benefit Williams

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Mainpiece Title: Marplot

Performance Comment: Marplot-Williams.
Cast
Role: Marplot Actor: Williams.

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus

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Related Work: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Author(s): William Mountfort
Related Work: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Made into a Farce Author(s): William Mountfort

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Event Comment: [By William Philips.] Receipts: #26 19s. 6d. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 18 April: But how contemptible an Opinion must the next Generation have of this Age, if it should be known amongst them; that the first Night this Tragedy appear'd upon the Stage, it did not Bring half a House, because it happen'd to be upon a Masquerade Night

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Mainpiece Title: Belisarius

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Related Work: Belisarius Author(s): William Philips
Event Comment: Mainpiece: As it was alter'd from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play. At Common Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea; or, The Country Wedding

Event Comment: Benefit Cory and William Mills. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Shakespear

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Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant

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Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Event Comment: Benefit Hallam, Rob. William, and Miss Tynte. Written by Shakespear. Th. Cibber (Lives and Characters, pp. 49-49): I remember, some Years ago, on Mr Giffard's coming from Ireland (then a young Actor) Mr Booth performed the Character of Hotspur one Night, when Mr Giffard played the Part of the Prince of Wales ; Mr Booth knowing Mr Giffard must be naturally prejudiced in favour of Mr Thomas Elrington, to whose Performance in Hotspur he had many times attended with no small Admiration-Mr Booth, piqued on this Occasion, exerted himself in a particular Manner, and played the whole Part with such Fire, and Engergy of Spirit, as rouzed his Auditors to an Extravagance of Applause, and made Mr Giffard confess (as he has often done in my Hearing) that, notwithstanding his Prepossession in favour of Mr Elrington,-Mr Booth, in Power, Spirit, and Judgment, went far beyond him in this Part; as he afterwards, with Admiration confessed,-he did in every other

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Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

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Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Fourth, Part I Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Siege of Rhodes, Part I Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Siege of Rhodes, Part II Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: Henry ye Fourth, Part II Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Henry the Sixth: The First Part, With The Murder of Humphrey Duke of Glocester Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Misery of Civil War Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

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Related Work: The Stage Coach Opera Author(s): William Chetwood

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: As it was altered from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play. [The Rural Modes intended, but deferred by the indisposition of a player.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Event Comment: Benefit Hallam, Robert Williams, and Peplow. Mainpiece: As it was alter'd from Shakespeare by Sir Wm D'Avenant and Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

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Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Strolers

Performance Comment: As17270503, but Truncheon-R. Williams; Fidelia-Miss Tenoe; Mrs Buskin-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Truncheon Actor: R. Williams

Dance: End I: The Muzette-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; III: Whitson Holidays-Boval, Miss Tenoe

Ballet: End Farce: The Cobler's Jealous Wife. As17270505

Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

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Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Event Comment: Alter'd from Shakespear by Sir William Davenant and Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

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Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Song: Vocal Parts-Boman, Rainton, Ray, Miss Raftor, Mrs Willis, Mrs Boman

Dance: DDance of Winds and Masque of Devils, Waterman's Dance, Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite, Grand Dance of Infernal Spirits as perform'd before the Grand Signior, by the Kister Aga and black Eunuchs of the Seraglio, at the Byram Feast.-Thurmond, Essex, Lally, Boval, Haughton, Rainton, Harper, Bridgwater, others

Event Comment: [By William Hatchett.] With New Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Father; Or, The Death Of Achilles

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Related Work: The Rival Father; or, The Death of Achilles Author(s): William Hatchett
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear, by Sir William Davenant and Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Patie and Peggy

Performance Comment: See17301125, but Sir William-Corey; Patie-Mrs Roberts; Roger-Cibber Jr; Glaud-Fielding; Symon-A. Hallam; Peggy-Miss Raftor; Jenny-Miss M. Vaughan; Margery-Mrs Shireburn.
Cast
Role: Sir William Actor: Corey
Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood and Miss Williams. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

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Related Work: Henry The Eighth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Alter'd form Shakespear by Sir William Davenant and Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: A New Tragedy. [By William Havard.] Boxes 3s. Boxes and Balconies on the Stage 4s. Pit 2s. Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scanderbeg

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Related Work: Scanderbeg Author(s): William Havard
Event Comment: Benefit: The Deceas'd Author's Friend or The Author [the bills vary]. A new Tragedy. [By William Bond. For a discussion of the play, see a letter from Hill to Victor, in Victor, History of the Theatres, II, 196-97. Hill states that the youth who speaks the Prologue is Harvey, a young man of eighteen or nineteen.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tuscan Treaty; Or, Tarquin's Overthrow

Related Works
Related Work: The Tuscan Treaty; or, Tarquin's Overthrow Author(s): William Bond

Afterpiece Title: The Stage-Mutineers

Dance: As17330814

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [By William Duncombe.] 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s. Prompter, 18 Feb.: Accordingly, the Reception it met with, answer'd what the Author might have expected, if parental Fondness had not over-rated it in his Esteem.... The ill Success then this Play met with, gave me as much Satisfaction, as I had already conceived Indignation against the Poet, for having been so servile, as to stoop to translate a Frenchman's Plagiarism

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Mainpiece Title: Junius Brutus

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Related Work: Junius Brutus Author(s): William Duncombe
Event Comment: [P$Peter Promptwell writes a letter (Daily Gazetteer) commenting on William Hint's two letters. (See 13, 20, 23 Oct. He discourses on the history of the English stage, emphasizing that theatres were better directed heretofore than they are at present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragical History of King Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Columbine Courtezan

Event Comment: As alter'd by Mr Dryden and Sir William Davenant, from Shakespear. Last night the Play of the Tempest, with all the Musick and Decorations belonging to it, was perform'd at the New Wells in Goodman's Fields.--Daily Advertiser, 15 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Event Comment: fterpiece by William Shirley; music by Arne.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: King Pepin's Campaign

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Related Work: King Pepin's Campaign Author(s): William Shirley
Event Comment: Will be perform'd several new exercises of Rope Dancing and Tumbling, by M. Duge, Vangable and others, divided into two Parts. Boxes [as 26 Dec. 1744]. Between the two Parts of the Exercises will be given gratis the Tempest as alter'd by Mr Dryden and Sir William Davenant from Shakespear. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Event Comment: By Command. Present The King, Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince George, Prince Edward and Prince William, and the Lady Augusta (Account Books, Egerton 2268) Receipts: #103 18s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

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Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare