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Event Comment: Written by the most Ingenious William Wycherly Esq. And for the Reputation of the most Judicious Author, care is taken to have each part performed to the best advantage

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Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

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Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: The Country Girl Author(s): William Wycherley
Event Comment: [By William Burnaby. Date of premiere unknown. Published 5 Feb.

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Mainpiece Title: The Modish Husband

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Related Work: The Modish Husband Author(s): William Burnaby
Event Comment: [By William Burnaby. Date of premiere unknown. Published 11 Feb.

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Mainpiece Title: Love Betrayed; Or, The Agreeable Disappointment

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Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William ShakespeareWilliam Burnaby
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Event Comment: [By William Taverner. Date of premiere unknown. Published in June.

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Mainpiece Title: The Faithful Bride Of Granada

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Related Work: The Faithful Bride of Granada Author(s): William Taverner
Event Comment: Written by Mr William Shakespear

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Mainpiece Title: Titus Andronicus

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Related Work: Titus Andronicus; or, The Rape of Lavinia Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Titus Andronicus Author(s): William Shakespeare

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Event Comment: [By William Taverner.] Never Acted before

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Mainpiece Title: The Female Advocates

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Related Work: The Female Advocates: or, The Frantick Stock-Jobber Author(s): William Taverner
Event Comment: [By William Taverner.] Never Acted before. The Dresses for all the Characters being entirely new. Receipts: #58 4s

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Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

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Related Work: The Artful Husband Author(s): William Taverner
Event Comment: Benefit Miss Smith, Kellom's Scholar, Buck, Cross, Williams. Receipts: money #9 8s.; tickets #61 4s

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Mainpiece Title: The Taming Of The Shrew

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Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Taming of the Shrew Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Catherine and Petruchio Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: Thurmond, Miss Smith; particularly a new Swedish Dale Karle-

Event Comment: [By William Taverner.] Never Acted before. All the Characters being new Drest

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Mainpiece Title: The Artful Wife

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Related Work: The Artful Wife Author(s): William Taverner
Related Work: The Female Chevalier Author(s): William Taverner
Event Comment: Benefit Shepherd, Williams, and Oates. Written by Shakespear

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Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William ShakespeareSir William Davenant
Event Comment: As it was alter'd (from Shakespear) by the late Sir William Davenant and Mr Dryden

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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
Event Comment: Benefit Corey and Williams. Written by Shakespear

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Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

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

Dance: Weaver, Thurmond Jr, Lallie, Mrs Booth, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Tenoe

Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear by Sir William D'avenant and Mr Dryden. With all Decorations and Dances proper to the Play. Being the last Time of Acting this Summer

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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
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

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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: [By William Phillips.] Never Acted before. The Characters all new Dress'd. Receipts: #57 10s. 6d

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Mainpiece Title: Hibernia Freed

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Related Work: Hibernia Freed Author(s): William Philips
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

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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: 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.
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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

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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: 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

Performances

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

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 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