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We found 14952 matches on Performance Comments, 4436 matches on Performance Title, 1983 matches on Event Comments, 256 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

3001
20 November 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #260 12s. (259.17; 0.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Mahon
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Brown
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-Lee Lewes; Old Wilding-Fearon; Sir James Elliot-Whitefield; Papillon-Quick; Miss Godfrey-Miss Ambrose; Miss Grantham-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Miss Godfrey Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Dance: End: The Frolick-Aldridge, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

3002
03 April 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Moody. Tickets delivered for The Rivals will be taken. Receipts: #213 8s. 6d. (85.19.0; 24.14.6; 0.0.0; tickets: 102.5.0) (charge: #64 12s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Miss Younge
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Abington

Afterpiece Title: The Milesian

Performance Comment: As17770322but Charles Marlove-Lamash in place of Dodd; Patty-Miss Plattin place of Mrs Davies.
Cast
Role: Patty Actor: Miss Plattin place of Mrs Davies.
Role: Melinda Actor: Miss Collett

Dance: End: The Court Minuet-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong; +Allemande-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong

3003
25 November 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; P 2(?), by James Messink and Carlo Antonio Delpini. Not in Larpent MS; synopsis of action in London Chronicle, 26 Nov.]: The Scenery, Machinery, &c. painted new by Carver, Greenwood and Garvey. The Overture and the rest of the Music composed new by Fisher. Nothing under Full Price will be taken. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Account-Book, 3 Feb. 1778: Paid Fisher for composing songs, &c. in The Tempest [see 27 Dec. 1776], and other pieces, as per bill, #131 11s. Receipts: #190 16s. (182.18; 7.18)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Cast
Role: Cleora Actor: Miss Leeson
Role: By Particular Desire the New Occasional Prologu Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Lee Lewes, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Miss Matthews, Miss Cranfield, Sga Tinte; Pastoral-Reinhold, Miss Dayes; Rest of Vocal Parts-Battishill, Mahon, Baker. [Partial cast from Morning Chronicle, 26 Nov.: Harlequin-Lee Lewes; Clown-Delpini; Colombine-Sga Tinde. Airs (no pub., 1777) lists no cast, no act division; has songs sung by Justice, Constable, Colin, Lucy, Gypsies. For parts see17800506.] has songs sung by Justice, Constable, Colin, Lucy, Gypsies. For parts see17800506.]
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Lee Lewes, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Miss Matthews, Miss Cranfield, Sga Tinte
Role: Pastoral Actor: Reinhold, Miss Dayes

Dance: Afterpiece: Dancing-Aldridge, Dagueville, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

3004
05 January 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Smith; Macduff-Brereton (1st appearance in that character); Duncan-Chambers; Ross-Aickin; Malcolm-Davies; Banquo-Packer; Lenox-Norris; Donalbain-R. Palmer; Angus-Chaplin; Seward-Hurst; Doctor-Wright; Captain-Farren; Hecate-Bannister; Witches-Parsons, Moody, Baddeley; Lady Macduff-Miss Sherry; Lady Macbeth-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Miss Sherry
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Queen Mab Actor: Miss Abrams

Song: In: the original Music by Matthew Locke, with full Chorusses and Additional Accompaniments,-Bannister, Gaudry, Legg, Edwards, Chaplin, Carpenter, Holcroft, Miss Abrams, Mrs Love, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Smith, Miss Collett

3005
09 March 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #282 11s. (280.11.6; 1.19.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Mahon
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Brown
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-Lee Lewes; Old Wilding-Fearon; Sir James Elliot-Whitfield; Papillon-Quick; Miss Godfrey-Miss Ambrose; Miss Grantham-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Miss Godfrey Actor: Miss Ambrose
Role: Miss Grantham Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Dance: End: a new dance, All in the Downs or Farewell to Deal-Aldridge, Master Jackson, Besford, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

3006
02 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Aldridge. Tickets delivered for Love in a Village [announced on playbill of 1 May] will be admitted. Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Aldridge at the Carpet Warehouse, Piazza, Covent Garden. Receipts: #199 16s. [132.2; tickets: 67.14) [charge: #67 5s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: The Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Miss Ambrose.

Dance: End I: a new Comic Dance-Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings (pupils of Aldridge); End II: [The Cricket@Match [sic]The Cricketters, as17780128; [in which part of the celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge[, originally composed and danced by him; III: Hornpipe, as17771017

Ballet: End: a new, Grand Marine Pantomimical Dance, suited to the times, The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth; or, British Glory. in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile

Performance Comment: in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile.
Cast
Role: Bobby Flip the Boatswain Actor: Aldridge
Role: Molly Topknot Actor: Miss Besford
Role: Susan Constant Actor: Miss Valois

3007
22 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Cast
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Miss Leeson.
Role: Miss Hardcastle Actor: Mrs Bulkley.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad Cap

Performance Comment: Cantileno (with imitations)-Reinhold; Ballad-Mahon; Zorobabel-Quick; Lord Bawble-Robson; The Country Mad@Cap-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: The Country Mad@Cap Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: End II: The Arts and Sciences, as17780509; in which an Assault-Master Dagueville, Master Holland; with a Minuet-Master Dagueville, Miss Bullock; Prince of Wales's New Court Minuet-Master Holland, Miss Simonet

3008
19 September 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Performance Comment: Whittle-Parsons; Sir Patrick O'Neale-Moody; Nephew-Davies; Bates-Baddeley; Thomas-Burton; Kecksey-Dodd; Widow Brady (with an Epilogue Song)-Miss Walpole.
Cast
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Miss Walpole.

Dance: End I afterpiece: Minuet de la Cour-the Miss Stageldoirs; with the Allemande-the Miss Stageldoirs

3009
22 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Afterpiece: The Scenery, Machinery, &c. painted by Carver, Greenwood and Garvey. The Overture and the rest of the Music composed by Fisher. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Performance Comment: Caractacus-Digges (1st appearance in that character); Arviragus-Lewis; Elidurus-Wroughton; Vellinus-Whitfield; Aulus Didius-Peile; Modred-Aickin; Chief Bard-Hull; Bards-L'Estrange, Fearon; Evelina-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character); Principal Vocal Parts-Leoni, Reinhold, Mrs Farrell.
Cast
Role: Evelina Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Miss Matthews, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Morton, Sga Tinte.[For parts see17800506.]For parts see17800506.]
Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Miss Matthews, Miss Cranfield, Mrs Morton, Sga Tinte.

Dance: In afterpiece: Dagueville, Langrish, Miss Lings, Miss Valois. [These were the same in all subsequent performances.

Performance Comment: [These were the same in all subsequent performances.]

3010
26 October 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Wroughton; Capulet-Clarke; Friar Lawrence-Hull; Benvolio-Booth; Paris-Whitfield; Prince-Fearon; Balthasar-Robson; Tibalt-L'Estrange; Montague-Baker; Peter-Jones; Apothecary-Stevens; Mercutio-Lewis; Lady Capulet-Mrs Poussin; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Juliet-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Apothecary Actor: Stevens

Afterpiece Title: The Medley

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Garland, Rayner, Delpini, Messink, Cushing, Thompson, Stevens, Ledger, Brunsdon, Wewitzer, Jones, Mahon, Baker, Painter, R.? Smith, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross, Mrs White, Sga Tinte.

Dance: I: a Masquerade Scene incident to the play-; and a Minuet-Dumay, Mrs Jackson

Song: End IV: the Funeral Procession of Julietv, with the Solemn Dirge Vocal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Miss Brown, Mrs Morton, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems

3011
27 October 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #220 15s. 6d. (193.9.0; 26.15.0; 0.11.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Cast
Role: Commander@in@Chief at the Camp Actor: Farren
Role: Lady Sash Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Countrywomen Actor: Mrs Love, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby
Role: Nancy Actor: Miss Walpole.

Dance: As17780922

Song: In III: an Epithalamium-; with Singing-Miss Collett, Miss Abrams

3012
02 March 1779 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zemira E Azore

Dance: II: Ballet by Genii as17790223-Sg Zuchelli, Sga Zuchelli, young Miss Simonet; also Pedal Harp, as17790223; End II: Ballet by Fairies, as17790223, but _LeDet, _Henry, young Miss _Simonet, Slingsby; End Opera: +Le Couronnement de Zemire, as17790223

3013
20 March 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Prelude [1st time;PREL I, probably by Richard Cumberland. Larpent MS 472; not published]. Mainpiece [1st time; M 3, by Richard Cumberland, based on Calypso and Telemachus, by John Hughes]: The Overture and all the Music entirely new, and composed by Butler. With new Scenery painted by Richards and Carver, and new Dresses. Books of the Masque to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 27 Mar. 1779: This Day is published Calypso (1s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Prelude And Prologue

Performance Comment: Characters by Wilson, Lee Lewes, Whitfield, Robson, Fearon, Hull, Miss Stewart, Mrs Poussin, Miss Platt. Cast from Morning Chronicle, 22 Mar.: Joe Type-Wilson; Ratsbane-Lee Lewes; Eustace-Whitfield; Greenwood-Hull; Passengers in a Stage-Miss Stewart; Landlady-Mrs Poussin; Mrs O'Flannagan-Miss Platt Larpent MS 472 adds: Lieut. of a Man of War, Sailor, Ostler, Boot Catcher, Printer's Devil, Chambermaid.
Cast
Role: Passengers in a Stage Actor: Miss Stewart
Role: Mrs O'Flannagan Actor: Miss Platt Larpent MS 472 adds: Lieut. of a Man of War, Sailor, Ostler, Boot Catcher, Printer's Devil, Chambermaid.

Afterpiece Title: Calypso

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Mrs Kennedy, Reinhold, Leoni, Miss Thornton, Miss Brown. Cast from text (T. Evans, 1779): Telemachus-Mrs Kennedy; Mentor-Reinhold; Proteus-Leoni; Antiope-Miss Thornton; Calypso-Miss Brown.
Cast
Role: Antiope Actor: Miss Thornton
Role: Calypso Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Ambrose

Dance: In: Incidental Dances-Dagueville, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

3014
08 May 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Harris & Holloway. [For Wright see 13 May. Mrs Sutton was from dl.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Dumay, Sand-hill, behind the Foundling Hospital; of Harris, No. 42, Wells-street, Cavendish-square; of Holloway, Newington Butts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Brown.

Afterpiece Title: The Liverpool Prize

Cast
Role: Principal Characters Actor: Quick, Wilson, Lee Lewes, Whitfield, Robson, Fearon, Wewitzer, Brunsdon, Jones, Clarke, Mrs Morton, Miss Stewart, Miss Brown. Cast from text
Role: Adelaide Actor: Miss Stewart
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Brown

Dance: End II: Minuet-Dumay, Miss Dagueville; and the Minuet de la Cour-Holloway, Miss Besford; End I afterpiece: New Dance-Harris, Mrs Sutton (1st appearance on that stage); with a New Allemande-

Ballet: End: The Humours of Newmarket. As17790503, but Jockeys-Holloway; Ladies-Miss +Besford

Performance Comment: As17790503, but Jockeys-Holloway; Ladies-Miss +Besford.
Cast
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss +Besford.

3015
10 May 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Mitchell and Sinclair. The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:00 precisely. Tickets to be had of Mitchell at the Old Castle Tavern, near Gray's Inn Gate, Holborn; of Sinclair, Church-Lane, near St. Martin's Church, Strand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: Douglas-Holmes; Glenalvon-Cooke; Lord Randolph-Sparks; Officers-Garden, Swords; Old Norval-Mitchell; Anna-Miss Randall; Lady Randolph-Mrs Jones (from the Theatre-Royal in Dublin).
Cast
Role: Anna Actor: Miss Randall
Role: Theatre Actor: Royal in Dublin.

Afterpiece Title: Wits Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: The Brave Irishman

Performance Comment: Captain O'Blunder-A Gentleman (from the Theatre-Royal in Dublin; 1st appearance on the English stage [unidentified]). 1st appearance on the English stage [unidentified]).
Cast
Role: Theatre Actor: Royal in Dublin

Dance: End Monologue: Hornpipe-Lapper

Song: End III: He's aye kissing me-Miss Harris; End: Hunting Song-Miss Harris

Music: Between the Acts: The original Scotch Music-

Entertainment: Monologue.End 2nd piece: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Lewis (1st appearance on that stage these 3 years)

Performance Comment: End 2nd piece: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Lewis (1st appearance on that stage these 3 years).

3016
22 September 1779 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Liverpool Prize, announced on playbill of 20 Sept.] Receipts: #203 0s. 6d. (202.13.0; 0.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: Ferdinand-Mattocks; Isaac-Quick; Jerome-Wilson; Lopez-Wewitzer; Father Paul-Booth; Carlos-Mrs Kennedy (late Mrs Farrell; Ist appearance in that character); Antonio-Vernon; Clara-Miss Brown; Louisa-Mrs Mattocks; The Duenna-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Brown
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performance Comment: Grub-Wilson; Chapeau-Lee Lewes; George Bevil-Whitfield; Consol-Jones; Robin-Wewitzer; H. Bevil-Booth; F. Bevil-Thompson; Emily-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Grub-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Ambrose

Dance: End: new dance, The Dockyard-Dagueville, Langrish, Holland, Miss Matthews, Miss Valois. With a new scene painted by Carver

3017
14 December 1779 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A new Comic Opera (in 2 acts); the music by Sacchini. Afterpiece: A serious Opera [1st time; SER I, author unknown; a pasticcio]. The music selected from several eminent Composers [BUC lists only Bertoni]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Contadina In Corte

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Trebbi, Rovedino, Sga Prudom, Sga Bernasconi. [Libretto (E. Cox, 1782) lists the parts: Ruggiero, Berto, Dottor Stoppino, Clarice, Sandrina, Tancia.]Libretto (E. Cox, 1782) lists the parts: Ruggiero, Berto, Dottor Stoppino, Clarice, Sandrina, Tancia.]

Afterpiece Title: Il Soldano Generoso

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Pacchierotti, Manzoletto, Sga Pozzi, Mme LeBrun. [Larpent MS 502 lists the parts: Osmano, Ferdinando, Omar, Isabella, Fatima.]Larpent MS 502 lists the parts: Osmano, Ferdinando, Omar, Isabella, Fatima.]

Dance: End I: new Pantomime Dance (composed by Zuchelli) Il Desertore-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, young Miss Andreas, Miss Simonet; End II: a grand Masquerade Dance-the other partsSg and Sga Zuchelli, Sga Tantini, Henry, Slingsby; in which a Chaconne(in character by the various Masks)-; and which will open with a Minuet-Favre Guiardele, Mme Simonet (1st appearance this season); End afterpiece: new Grand Balletconnected with the Opera-Favre Guiardele, Mme Simonet, Sga Tantini, Slingsby

3018
18 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Henry. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #147 15s. 6d. (80.0.0; 29.6; 0.11.0; tickets: 37.5.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: Posthumus (1st time)-Henry; Cloten-Dodd; Cymbeline-Hurst; Pissanio-Packer; Bellarius-Aickin; Guiderius (1st time)-R. Palmer; Arviragus-Davies; Lucius-Wrighten; French Gentleman-Chaplin; Philario-Wright; Iachimo-Smith; Queen-Miss Sherry; Imogen-Mrs Robinson (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Queen Actor: Miss Sherry

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: II: Masquerade scene with Dancing-Henry, Menage, Miss Armstrong; End III: Minuet-Henry, Miss Armstrong

Song: II: song-Miss Abrams; End afterpiece: song, Ellen a Roon, with the original Irish words-the Young Lady who performs Leonora

3019
02 May 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lolimpiade

Dance: End I: Pastoral Ballet-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Sga Tantini, Miss Andreas, Miss Simonet; End II: La Bergere Coquete, as17800408; End Opera: Serious Ballet, as17800122; Grand Chaconne, as17800122

3020
10 May 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for L'Estrange, Thompson & Mrs Webb. Tickets delivered for The Gamester will be taken. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #204 14s. (75.0; tickets: 129.14) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary

Cast
Role: Mrs Skylight Actor: Miss Ambrose.
Role: Miss Skylight Actor: Miss Green

Afterpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Cast
Role: Pedro the Pilgrim Actor: Lewis
Role: Miss Louisa Balmer Actor: Mrs Morton

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Mrs Barthelemon.
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by Larpent MS, see17790104.
Role: Pierrot's Wife Actor: Miss Matthews

Dance: 3rd piece: Dancing, as17800506, but Miss _Matthews, Miss Valois

Song: As17800422

Ballet: End IV 2nd piece: The Humours of New-Market. As17800508

Cast
Role: Ladies Actor: Miss Matthews, Miss Valois.

3021
12 May 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17800422, but Miss _Andreas; End II: Il Filosofo, as17800509; End Opera: Grand Serious Ballet, as17791127, but _Slingsby, Mme Simonet; with a +Grand Chaconne, as17800422

Cast
Role: The Rural Sports Actor: Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Miss Andreas, Miss Simonet, Sga Crespi
Role: accompanied on the guitar Actor: Noferi

3022
27 May 1780 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Dance: End I: The Rural Sports, as17800512, but Miss _Simonet; End II: La Fete Pastorale, as17800520; End Opera: Serious Ballet-; connected with the Opera, in which a Grand Chaconne ([the music] composed by Floquet)-Favre Guiardele, Mme Simonet, Slingsby, Sga Tantini, Mlle Baccelli

Cast
Role: The Rural Sports Actor: Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Miss Andreas, Miss Simonet, Sga Crespi
Role: accompanied on the guitar Actor: Noferi

3023
20 September 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [On 17 Apr. 1781 the playbill notes that Mrs Kennedy acted Carlos, it being "her 1st appearance in that character this season". This is perhaps a misprint for "2nd"; i.e. on 21 Sept. 1780 the Gazetteer reviews her performance as Carlos.] Receipts: #191 1s. 6d (190.12.6; 0.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: Ferdinand-Mattocks; Isaac-Quick; Jerome-Wilson; Lopez-W. Bates; Father Paul-Booth; Carlos-Mrs Kennedy; Antonio-Reinhold; The Duenna (1st time)-Mrs Webb; Louisa-Mrs Mattocks; Clara-Miss Catley (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Catley

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End: The Frolick-Aldridge (1st appearance here these 2 years), Miss Besford, Miss Valois

3024
23 September 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Paid Billstickers #4 1s.; Tailor #3 16s. 11d. Receipts: #144 9s. 6d. (97.4.0; 45.12.6; 1.13.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-Bensley; Stephano-Moody; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Bannister; Gonzalez-Aickin; Alonzo-Wrighten; Antonio-Phillimore; Sebastian-Lamash; Francisco-Norris; Ferdinand-Farren; Miranda-Mrs Cuyler; Ariel-Miss Field; Chorus of Spirits-Gaudry, Chaplin, Holcroft, Fawcett, Philimore, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby, Mrs Smith, Mrs Granger, Miss Coats.
Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Field
Role: Chorus of Spirits Actor: Gaudry, Chaplin, Holcroft, Fawcett, Philimore, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Kirby, Mrs Smith, Mrs Granger, Miss Coats.

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert Pumpkin-Waldron; Charles-Farren; Harry Stukely-Lamash; Cymon-Burton; William-Norris; Waiter-Phillimore; Wat-Griffiths; Diggery-Parsons; Miss Kitty Sprightly-Mrs Brereton; Miss Bridget-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Miss Kitty Sprightly Actor: Mrs Brereton
Role: Miss Bridget Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: a Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong

3025
25 September 1780 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, announced on playbill of 22 Sept.] Afterpiece: The Overture and the rest of the music composed by Dr Fisher. Paid Music 22nd Inst. #7 15s. 4d.; Properties 22nd Inst. 9s. 8d.; Wardrobe #6 11s. 6d.; Supernumeraries #1 19s.; Chorus Singers #1 5s.; Guard [master carpenter] for Scene Men #10 19s. 5d. Receipts: #194 13s. 6d. (193.18.0; 0.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: As17800922, but Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Davenett; added: Mrs Slammekin-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Platt.
Role: Mat o' the Mint Actor: Robson
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley.

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: Harlequin-W. Bates; Justice-Messink; Gypsies-Baker, Simpkinson, Mrs Morton; Clown-Stevens; Justice's Wife-Miss Platt; Maid - Mrs Sharpe; Pierrot's Wife [in all subsequent bills: Clown's Wife]-Miss Matthews; Colombine-Mrs Ratchford.
Cast
Role: Justice's Wife Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Clown's Wife] Actor: Miss Matthews

Dance: As17800921; Afterpiece: Dancing-Harris, Langrish, Miss Besford, Miss Matthews

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