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Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: A Friend in Need

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Song: As17970210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Bantry Bay

Related Works
Related Work: Bantry Bay Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Mimick

Related Works
Related Work: The Irish Mimick; or, Blunders at Brighton Author(s): William Shield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Cast
Role: William Actor: Sedgwick.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Cure For The Heart Ache

Afterpiece Title: Bantry Bay

Related Works
Related Work: Bantry Bay Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Related Works
Related Work: Cross Purposes Author(s): William O'Brien

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Cure For The Heart Ache

Afterpiece Title: Bantry Bay

Related Works
Related Work: Bantry Bay Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: Two Strings to your Bow

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Related Works
Related Work: Coriolanus Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Song: As17970222

Monologue: The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. As 22 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Cure For The Heart Ache

Afterpiece Title: Bantry Bay

Related Works
Related Work: Bantry Bay Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Related Works
Related Work: Cymbeline Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Cape St

Performance Comment: Vincent; or, British Valour Triumphant. Commodore Broadside-Palmer; Splicem-Kelly; Endless-Suett; Robin-Barrymore; Tom Oakum-Bannister; William-C. Kemble; Ben-Sedgwick; Busy-Caulfield; Boys-Master Welsh, Master Chatterley; Mary-Miss DeCamp; Susan-Miss Leak; Old Woman-Mrs Booth; Nancy-Miss Menage. [Text adds Cottager-Maddocks, and specifies Tom-Master Welsh; Bill-Master Chatterley.]
Cast
Role: William Actor: C. Kemble

Song: III: a Masquerade Scene-; with Hark! the Lark at Heaven's Gate sings-Sedgwick, Dignum, Welsh, Master Welsh

Ballet: End: The Labyrinth; or, The Country Madcap. Joseph-Gentili; Robert-Grimaldi; Philip-Master Menage; Rosina-Sga Bossi DelCaro; Countess-Mrs Wild; Lauretta-Miss S. DeCamp

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are

Cast
Role: Sir William Dorrillon Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: Bantry Bay

Related Works
Related Work: Bantry Bay Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Sailor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are

Cast
Role: Sir William Dorrillon Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: Bantry Bay

Related Works
Related Work: Bantry Bay Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Afterpiece Title: Cape St

Song: In 1st piece: as17961010, but Mrs Bland_

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are

Cast
Role: Sir William Dorrillon Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: Bantry Bay

Related Works
Related Work: Bantry Bay Author(s): William Reeve

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Sailor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes or The Castle of Lindenbergh

Related Works
Related Work: Raymond and Agnes; or, The Castle of Lindenbergh Author(s): William Reeve

Song: Afterpiece: Vocal Parts-Gray, Linton, Street, Mrs Henley, Mrs Castelle, Miss Leserve. [Not listed on playbill, but in Songs (see below).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Song: Vocal Parts, as17970222, but Miss Granger, Master _Welsh

Monologue: The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. As 22 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Cape St

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Related Works
Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Cape St

Dance: II: Masquerade-; with a Dance, as17970112

Song: Sigh no more Ladies, as17970112, but Miss Leak, Miss +Granger, Master _Welsh, Mrs _Bland

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Guardian

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performance Comment: Robin (1st time)-Fawcett; Crop (1st time)-Townsend; Endless (1st time)-Simmons; William-Haymes; Louisa-Mrs Clendining; Dorothy-Mrs Martyr; Nelly-Mrs Castelle; Margaretta (by permission of the Proprietor of the Opera House)-Sga Storace (1st and only appearance at that Theatre); Lullaby-Sga Storace.
Cast
Role: William Actor: Haymes

Afterpiece Title: The Comedy of Errors

Related Works
Related Work: The Comedy of Errors Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: In 3rd piece: as17970107

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Related Works
Related Work: As You Like It Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed

Song: V: song-Mrs Bland

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Related Works
Related Work: Twelfth Night Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William Burnaby

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: Diamond Cut Diamond or Venetian Revels

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Related Works
Related Work: Cross Purposes Author(s): William O'Brien

Song: In: Ma chere Amie-Incledon; End Act I 2nd piece: to conclude with a Grand Serenade-, by Moonlight, on the Water, representing a View in the Bay of Venice, with distant Illuminations; A Madrigal-Incledon, Gray, Linton, which is echoed from various Gondolas, as they pass and repass, sounding their Oars to the Time of the Singers; The Storm-Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Related Works
Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Crotchet Lodge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: End II piece: The Storm-Incledon; End: The Beggar-Townsend

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): William Wycherley

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Cast
Role: William Actor: Haymes

Dance: End: Peggy's Love (By permission of the Proprietors of the king's Theatre)-Mme Rose, Didelot, Gentili, Mlle Parisot, Mme Hilligsberg; End afterpiece: Cupid and Psyche-the same.Mme Rose, Didelot, Gentili, Mlle Parisot, Mlle Hilligsberg

Entertainment: Monologue. Preceding 1st ballet: [a favorite Epilogue-Mrs Abington (1st appearance on this stage these 8 [recte 7] years)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: II afterpiece: Mock Minuet, as17960920

Ballet: End: The Scotch Ghost. As17970605