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Event Comment: Benefit Williams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Cast
Role: Sir Charles Actor: Wilks

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Performance Comment: Somebody-Miller; Macahone-Williams; Isabella-Mrs Butler.
Cast
Role: Macahone Actor: Williams
Event Comment: Benefit W. Williams. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Afterpiece: Never perform'd before [but see 26 April 1728]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Cast
Role: Colonel Fainwell Actor: Williams
Role: Sir Phillip Actor: Bullock
Role: Sackbut Actor: R. Williams

Afterpiece Title: The Coblers Opera or The Humours of Billingsgate

Performance Comment: Melton-Stoppelaer; Pyfleet-Rosco; Harry Pyfleet-Bardin; Lieutenant-R. Williams; Cobler-Morgan; Player-Havard; Peggy Welfleet-Mrs Palmer; Jenny Pyfleet-Mrs Thomas; Apleek-Pearce.
Cast
Role: Lieutenant Actor: R. Williams
Event Comment: The Tragedy of Zara, Made English [by Aaron Hill]. Applauded Thirty-Six Nights running at Paris. The Characters, by a Sett of Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, who never acted before. None will be admitted but by Tickets into the Room that Night, which (by Reason of the Smallness of the Place) will be all commodiously made into Boxes, for the easy Reception of those many Great Personages, who have read and perus'd this Play with Approbation, and desir'd a long Time to see it acted; and charitably agreed to favour and encourage this Design, for the Benefit of [Mr William Bond, the Proprietor], who brings it on at a great Expence (tho' all that act in it, are so good to appear Gratis for him) who has lain ill of the Gout, and Rheumatism, upwards of Four Years. [This bill, in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser, differs considerably in phraseology, though not in basic fact, from that in the Daily Advertiser.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duke Of Milan

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Dance: End: The Dockyard, as17790924, but _Langrish, Ratchford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green.

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Dance: As17791115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Cast
Role: Leosthenes Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: William and Nanny

Dance: As17791115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth With The Humours Of Sir John Falstaff

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Cast
Role: Father Paul Actor: Booth
Role: The Duenna Actor: Mrs Green.

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Dance: As17791123

Event Comment: The Merchant Of Venice and Love a-la-Mode [both announced on playbill of 26 Nov.] are obliged to be deferred on account of Macklin's Indisposition. Receipts: #57 8s. (55.7; 2.1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Wilson; Tony Lumpkin-Quick; Marlow-Lee Lewes; Hastings-Whitfield; Sir Charles Marlow-Fearon; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Green; Miss Neville-Mrs Lewis; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Sir Charles Marlow Actor: Fearon

Afterpiece Title: William And Nanny

Dance: As17791123

Event Comment: Benefit for the Voluntary Contribution now open at the Bank, for the Defence of our Country. Boxes 10s. 6d. Pit 5s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Tickets to be had and Places to be taken of Brandon, at the Stage-Door in Hart-street. Tickets also to be had at the Bar of Lloyd's Coffee-House. [Prologue by William Boscawen (Monthly Mirror, Mar. 1798, p. 178. Author of Address unknown.] "A subscription was set on foot behind the scenes," to which most of the performers contributed #10 apiece (Monthly Mirror, ibid). Account-Book, 12 May: Paid into the Bank of England in aid of the Voluntary Contribution #394 15s. Receipts: #518 8s. (280.9; 12.2; tickets: 225.17) [the difference of #123 13s. appears to have been the house charge]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: England Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Sailor or Little Bob and Little Ben

Performance Comment: Lieutenant Battledor (the Poor Sailor)-Incledon; Compass-Davenport; Bumbo-Farley; O'Daub-Waddy; Freakish-Townsend; Lieutenant-Gray; Capt. Battledor-Munden; Little Bob-Young Standen; Miss Ann Battledor-Mrs Davenport; Nancy-Miss Wheatley; Eliza (alias Little Ben)-Mrs Martyr.

Dance: In afterpiece: Triple Hornpipe-Blurton, Mrs Watts, Mlle St.Amand

Song: End: Interlude of Songs, Glees, and Chorusses: With a jolly full Bottle, Great Britain still her Charter boasts, The Wooden Walls, Queen Betty was a famous Queen, To arms to arms-Incledon, Johnstone, Townsend, Linton, Gray, Street, Lee, Curties, Blurton, Wilde

Entertainment: Monologues. Preceding: An Occasional Prologue-Holman; Preceding singing: An Address to the Audience (instead of Epilogue)-Pope

Performance Comment: Preceding: An Occasional Prologue-Holman; Preceding singing: An Address to the Audience (instead of Epilogue)-Pope.
Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Wycherley, Author of the Plain Dealer and the Country Wife

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Wood

Cast
Role: Sir Simon Addleplot Actor: Miller
Role: Vincent Actor: Williams
Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Dryden. All the Habits being entirely new. With Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Another Priest Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Cast
Role: Octavius Actor: Williams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Cast
Role: Alcibiades Actor: Williams

Dance: Shaw, Denoye, Thurmond, Boval, Mrs Booth, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Bullock, Miss Tenoe; Myrtillo-; Swedish Dal Karle-

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladiesof Quality. Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Cast
Role: Garcia Actor: Williams
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Dolabella Actor: Williams
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: