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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17970222, but Ariel-Miss Granger.
Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Miss Granger.
Role: Dorinda Actor: Miss Farren.

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

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

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

Performances

Afterpiece Title: A Grand Sacred Selection 1

Performance Comment: As17970310but Why does the God of Israel?-Braham [Samson]; Total eclipse-_; O first created beam-_.

Afterpiece Title: A Grand Sacred Selection 3

Performance Comment: As17970310but Happy Iphis-Master Elliot [Jephtha]; Great Jehovah's awful-_; Conclude with Rule Britannia-; Britons strike home-; God save the King-.

Music: End II: concerto on Piano Forte-Miss MacArthur

Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. Under the Patronage of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence. Benefit for the Unfortunate Sufferers in the Glorious Action between Sir John Jervis, and the Spanish Fleet, off Cape St. Vincent [on 14 Feb. 1797]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Eddington

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts, as17970123, but Master _Willoughby, Master Paul, A Young _Lady, Miss +Jones; End: +Ye Gentleman of England-; and the Companion, To all you Ladies now at Land-; A Sea Song, The Muffin Man-Master Sincock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Goodall
Role: Miss Peggy Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Heard.

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Leak
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Jannette Actor: Miss Tidswell

Song: End IV: Listen to the Voice of Love-Master Welsh

Music: End: A Lilliputian Performance-; consisting of a Quintetto for First Violin-Master Pinto, aged 11 years; Second Violin-Master Sharp, aged 11; Violoncello-Master Ware, aged 10; Piano Forte-Miss Hoffman, aged 9; Voice-Master Welsh. The Musick composed expressly for the Occasion by Dr Arnold

Performance Comment: The Musick composed expressly for the Occasion by Dr Arnold.
Event Comment: Benefit for a Fund for the Relief of those whose Infirmities oblige them to retire from the Stage. Receipts: #179 8s. (75.11; 50.14; 3.7; tickets: 49.16) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Cicely Copsley Actor: Miss Mellon

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

Cast
Role: Theresa Actor: Mrs Booth.

Song: End II: Ally Croaker-Miss Leak, Master Welsh; End IV: The Black Bird (composed by Hook)-Master Welsh

Music: End: A Lilliputian Performance, As17970518

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Cast
Role: Deborah Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Cicely Copsley Actor: Miss Mellon

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Festival

Cast
Role: Oberon Actor: Miss Granger
Role: Puck Actor: Miss Wheatley
Role: Titania Actor: Miss Wentworth
Role: Redstar Actor: Miss Leak
Role: The Horde Actor: Wentworth, Maddocks, Welsh, Evans, Annereau.

Afterpiece Title: The Wandering Jew

Performance Comment: As17970516, but Phillimore; unassigned-Wewitzer, Miss _Stuart. Prologue as17970515.
Cast
Role: unassigned Actor: Wewitzer, Miss _Stuart. Prologue as17970515.
Role: Oberon Actor: Miss Granger
Role: Puck Actor: Miss Wheatley
Role: Titania Actor: Miss Wentworth
Role: Redstar Actor: Miss Leak
Role: The Horde Actor: Wentworth, Maddocks, Welsh, Evans, Annereau.
Role: Toby Actor: Wathen
Role: Lady Swallow Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Camilia Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Lydia Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Tidswell

Dance: As17970513

Song: End II: Ally Croaker-Miss Leak; End IV: Little Taffline-Mrs Bland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Performance Comment: As17970630 but Corporal-Davenport; Gregory Gubbins-Wathen; Duke of Somerset-_; Prince of Wales-_; Drummer-_; Fifer-_; Marquis of Montague-_; Egbert-_; Villagers-_.
Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Thieves

Performance Comment: As17970629 but The Tight Irish Boy-_.

Dance: End: Hornpipe-Sga Bossi DelCaro

Music: After Dancing: a favourite concerto by Dussek upon the Grand Piano Forte-Miss Gaudry (1st appearance in public)

Song: End I afterpiece: a favourite song by Webbe-Master Sincock

Entertainment: In the course of the Evening: a Variety of Imitations-Caulfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Iron Chest

Cast
Role: Helen Actor: Miss DeCamp
Related Works
Related Work: The Iron Chest Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Dr Pedant Actor: Wathen
Role: The Mogul Actor: C. Kemble
Role: Irene Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Emma Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Fringe Actor: Miss DeCamp.
Role: Laura Actor: Miss Andrews
Role: Grumio Actor: Wathen

Song: Mainpiece: General Chorus, as17970814, but added: Lyons, Miss +Andrews, _Walker, _Dibble, _Caulfield Jun., Ms _Edward, Ms _Gaudry, Ms _Hale

Event Comment: Afterpiece: 7th Time [i.e. in continuation of the reckoning for the previous season, and for 19 Oct.]. Receipts: #296 13s. (243.8.6; 51.8.0; 1.16.6)

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 Wandering Jew

Cast
Role: Toby Actor: Wathen
Role: Lady Swallow Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Camilla Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Lydia Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Tidswell.

Song: In III: Epithalamium-; Vocal Parts-Mrs Bland, Miss Leak

Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Rose Didelot. Semiramide [advertised in Morning Chronicle, 18 Apr.] cannot be given this evening on account of the necessary Machinery in the new Ballet. Tickets to be had of Mme Rose Didelot, No. 8, Hay-Market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cinna

Dance: End I: A New Divertisement-; Minuet de la Cour-Didelot, Mme Rose; End Opera: a new grand Ballet, composed by Gallet, Enee et Didon-Didelot, Mme Rose, Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg, Miss Hilligsberg, Mme Laborie, St.Pierre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Eccentric Lover

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Lewis, Quick, Holman, Munden, Fawcett, Murray, Knight, Whitfield, Waddy, Simmons, Rees, Curties, Miss Betterton, Mrs Pope, Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Mattocks. [Cast from Times, 1 May: Sir Francis Delroy-Lewis; Peter Crowfoot-Quick; Fenton-Holman; Admiral Delroy-Munden; Doctor Crisis-Fawcett; Gangrene-Murray; Gabriel-Knight; Sir Henry Netterville-Whitfield; Ostrich-Waddy; Tom Transit-Simmons; John Seagrave-Rees; Admiral's Servant-Curties; Eleanor de Ferrars-Miss Betterton; Constantia-Mrs Pope; Widow Blandy-Mrs Gilbert; Fidelia-Mrs Mattocks; [Times does not spell all the parts as they are listed in the text, in Cumberland's Posthumous Dramatic Works, 1813, Vol. II, which assigns no parts, but in which they are spelled as above. Times erroneously assigns Doctor Crisis to Farley, and lists Mrs Mattocks' part as Mrs Crowfoot; it does not assign Gabriel or the Servant.] Prologue-Holman; Epilogue-Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

Dance: Afterpiece to conclude with: Dance of Savoyards-Platt, Miss Cranfield, Mlle St.Amand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Clarissa Actor: Miss Griffiths

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Cast
Role: Sheepface Actor: Wathen

Song: In III: a new duet Adieu , composed by Kelly-Kelly, Miss Griffiths

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Alonzo-Barrymore; Carlos-C. Kemble; Alvarez-Packer; Manuel-Maddocks; Zanga-Kemble; Leonora-Mrs Powell; Isabella-Miss Tidswell.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Tidswell.
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performance Comment: Crop-Dignum; Frederick-Kelly; Endless-Suett; Robin-Bannister Jun.; William-Sedgwick; Servant-Webb; Dorothy-Mrs Bland; Louisa-Miss Wentworth; Margaretta-Miss Leak; Nelly-Mrs Roffey.
Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Miss Wentworth
Role: Margaretta Actor: Miss Leak

Song: End: the official news of Nelson's victory at the Nile, on 1 August 1798, was given out; the audience called for Rule Britannia-Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick, Miss Leak, Mrs Bland; God save the King- [(London Chronicle, 4 Oct.)]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Don Pedro-Holland; Leonato-Aickin; Don John-Caulfield; Claudio-Barrymore; Benedick-Kemble; Balthazar-Dignum; Antonio-Packer; Borachio-Trueman; Conrade-Surmont; Dogberry-Suett; Verges-Dowton; Friar-Maddocks; Sexton-Hollingsworth; Seacoal-Sparks; HeoHero-Miss Mellon; Beatrice-Mrs Jordan; Margaret-Miss Tidswell; Ursula-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: HeoHero Actor: Miss Mellon
Role: Margaret Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Ursula Actor: Miss Heard.

Afterpiece Title: Blue Beard

Cast
Role: Irene Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Beda Actor: Miss Leak
Related Works
Related Work: Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Song: In II: a Masquerade-; and Stevens' Glee, Sigh no More Ladies-Sedgwick, Dignum, Danby, Miss Leak, Mrs Roffey

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stranger

Cast
Role: The Stranger Actor: Kemble
Role: Countess Wintersen Actor: Miss Biggs
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Stuart.

Afterpiece Title: The Outlaws

Cast
Role: Martia Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Leak

Music: To welcome mirth and harmless glee-Miss Leak

Dance: As17980915

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Cast
Role: Celia Actor: Miss Mellon
Role: Phebe Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Audrey Actor: Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Mrs Meddle Actor: Miss Tidswell.
Related Works
Related Work: The Humourists Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: V: song-Miss Leak

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abroad And At Home

Performance Comment: Harcourt (with the Battle Song, from The Italian Villagers, composed by Shield)-Incledon; Sir Simon Flourish (1st time)-Emery; Captain O'Neill-Johnstone; Old Testy-Munden; Young Flourish-Fawcett; Young Testy-Knight; Bluff-Townsend; Snare-Claremont; Tipstaff-Simmons; Kitty-Mrs Martyr; Lady Flourish-Mrs Litchfield; Miss Hartley-Miss Poole; (for that night only; a New Obligato Song-Miss Poole;, accompanied on the violin-Mountain.

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Performance Comment: Muns-Fawcett; Jack Connor-Betterton; Lord Edmond-Mansel; Father Frank-Waddy; Frill-Farley; Tough-Rees; Dowdle-Munden; Rachael-Miss Sims; Mary-Mrs Gibbs; Adelaide-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: Father Frank Actor: Waddy
Role: Rachael Actor: Miss Sims
Role: Adelaide Actor: Miss Chapman.

Afterpiece Title: Fun and Frolic or Sailors Revels

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Munden, Fawcett, Incledon, Townsend, Linton, Street; With a jolly full bottle- [see17990528]; Boxing the Compass-Fawcett; Young William-, the melody by Incledon [and see17990606; Four and Twenty Fidlers-Munden; Brave Betty was a maiden Queen-Johnstone; Song-Townsend; The New Mariners-Chorus.

Song: In course Evening: The Storm-Incledon; Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; Mad Tom of Bedlam (in character)-Incledon; Together let us range (composed by Boyce)-Incledon, Miss Poole

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Get Married

Performance Comment: Tangent-Lewis; Toby Allspice-Emery; Captain Faulkner-Pope; Caustic-Munden; Dick Dashall-Fawcett; M'Query-Waddy; Landlord-Rees; Bailiff-Thompson; John-Claremont; Undertaker-Street; Clementina Allspice-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Sorrel-Mrs Davenport; Fanny-Miss Leserve; Julia Faulkner-Miss Betterton.
Cast
Role: Fanny Actor: Miss Leserve
Role: Julia Faulkner Actor: Miss Betterton.

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Song: End IV: Boxing the Compass-Fawcett; End Monologue: The Group of Lovers; or, Beauty at her Levee-Munden; 2nd piece: I was called knowing Joey-Simmons; At dawn of life our Vows were plighted-Miss Wheatley; The turban'd Turk who scorns the world-Johnstone; Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; The Land of Potatoes-Johnstone; Fa la la-Incledon, Johnstone, Street, Linton

Entertainment: Monologue. End 1st piece: A Fig for the Fellows (Introductive of some Comic Reasons, which it is hoped will pass Current)-Mrs Mattocks, in the character of Miss Allspice, the Grocer's Daughter

Performance Comment: End 1st piece: A Fig for the Fellows (Introductive of some Comic Reasons, which it is hoped will pass Current)-Mrs Mattocks, in the character of Miss Allspice, the Grocer's Daughter.
Event Comment: 2nd piece [1st time; F 1, by Thomas John Dibdin; incidental music by John Moorehead]: Altered from [Die Witwe und das Reitpferd, This Day is published The Horse and the Widow (1s.). 3rd piece: Altered into Two acts. Receipts: #187 17s. 6d. (180.6.6; 7.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Afterpiece Title: The Horse and the Widow

Afterpiece Title: Albert and Adelaide

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Incledon, Emery, Clarke, Betterton, Townsend, Miss Gilbert, Simmons, Claremont, Mrs Atkins, Miss Walcup, Mrs Whitmore, Mrs Chapman; Chorus of Soldiers and Followers in the Black Forest-Oddwell, Clarke, Sawyer, Curties, Little, Thomas, Everett, J. Linton, Smith, Lee; Chorus of Guards in the Castle-Linton, Street, Abbot, Kenrick, Silvester, Jones, Fairclough, Tett, Russel. [And see17981211.]And see17981211.]

Dance: In 3rd piece: Procession and Dance of Swabian Peasants, as17981211, but Miss _Gray

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Laugh When You Can

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Dance: End: A Scotch Divertisement-Jackson, Platt, Dyke, Miss Bologna, Mrs Watts

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull and Waddy. 3rd piece: In 3 acts. Not acted these 3 years. Morning Chronicle, 30 May: Tickets to be had of Waddy at M'Knowl's, No. 8, Great Wild-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. [Hull not listed.] Receipts: #348 8s. 6d. (214.13.6; 3.0.0; tickets: 130.15.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Horse And The Widow

Afterpiece Title: Inkle and Yarico

Related Works
Related Work: Inkle and Yarico Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The School for Arrogance

Performance Comment: Count Conolly Villars-Holman; M'Dermot-Johnstone; Mr Dorimont-Hull; Sir Paul Peckham-Waddy; Sir Samuel Sheepy-Munden; Picard-Farley; Exempt-Thompson; Bailiff-Wilde; Lucy-Miss Chapman; Lydia-Miss Sims; Lady Peckham-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Chapman
Role: Lydia Actor: Miss Sims

Dance: In II 2nd piece: Negro Dance, as17990513, but added: Blurton

Song: In course Evening: Young William was a Seaman true-Incledon; A favorite new song-Miss Waters; comic song-Munden; Old Towler-Incledon; Boxing the Compass-Fawcett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sighs

Cast
Role: Miss Die Actor: Miss Heard

Afterpiece Title: Tars at Torbay or Sailors on Saturday Night

Performance Comment: Tack and Half Tack (1st time)-Fawcett; Nongtongpaw-Johnstone; Around the Old Oak right Jolly and Gay-Suett, Bannister, Wathen; Ben and Mary-Trueman; Midst of the Sea-Fawcett; Ye Gentlemen of England-Johnstone, Linton, Suett; Rule Britannia-Fawcett, Johnstone, Suett, Bannister, Wathen, Trueman, Davies, Story, Linton, Brown, Caulfield Jun., Aylmer, Dibble, Willoughby, Little, Kenrick.

Afterpiece Title: The Castle of Sorrento

Cast
Role: Sir Matthew Medley Actor: Davenport
Role: Florella Actor: Miss Griffiths.
Role: James Actor: Wathen
Role: Quirk Actor: Wathen
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Miss Nancy Actor: Mrs Edward
Role: Rosina Actor: Miss Griffiths
Role: Widow Belmont Actor: Miss DeCamp
Related Works
Related Work: The Castle of Sorrento Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Song: End 1st piece: Crazy Jane (composed by Miss Abrahams [recte Abrams])-Mrs Bland

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Authority of the Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household. Benefit for Waldron, prompter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Iron Chest

Related Works
Related Work: The Iron Chest Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: Tars at Torbay

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Entertainment: Vaudeville End: Satan's Address to the Sun , from Milton's Paradise Lost-the Young Gentleman who last year (see17980917) recited a portion of Gray's Bard; Musical Pasticcio, The Cryer-Suett; My mother bids me bind my hair (Haydn)-Master Suett; a Comic Song descriptive of Bartholomew Fair-Wathen; Mad Tom (Purcell)-Story; The Irish Newsman-Clarke; Crazy Jane (Miss Abrams)-Mrs Bland; Imitations-Caulfield

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 Apprentice

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Mellon.

Song: In III: Epithalamium Vocal Parts-Mrs Bland, Miss Leak