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Event Comment: Powell: The Jew rehearsed at 10 (for Palmer); Irish Widow at 12. Receipts: #416 15s. 6d. (353/14/6; 61/7/0; 1/14/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: THE IRISH WIDOW

Performance Comment: Sir Patrick O'Neale-Moody; Whittle-Waldron; Nephew-Benson; Bates-Maddocks; Kecksey-Dodd; Thomas-Burton; Footman-Webb; Blackboy-Master Gregson//Widow Brady (with the Epilogue Song)-Mrs Goodall .

Song: As17940428

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

Event Comment: At the New Wells near the London Spa Clerkenwell. By Desire. For one night only. Benefit for Yeates Jun. A Concert, etc. Prices: 2s., 1s. 6d., 1s. To begin exactly at 6 p.m. There will be fires in proper Places to keep the Wells warm. It will be moonlight. Mr Yeates entreats the favor of those Gentlemen and Ladies who intend to honour him...that they will please to come at the time prefix'd on account of the length of the Performances; and they may depend on the whole being conducted with the utmost Decorum (General Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Yeates Jun; Polly-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Yeates Jun
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Yeates.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Flash-Yeates Jun; Biddy-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Flash Actor: Yeates Jun
Role: Biddy Actor: Mrs Yeates.
Event Comment: At Yeates' Great Theatrical Booth, facing the King's Head at Tottenham Court,

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Damon And Phillida: With The Comical Humours Of Simon And Mopsus

Performance Comment: The Crying Brother-Taylor; Laughing Brother-Dove; Damon-Cross; Arcas-Yeates Jr; Corydon-Jones; Phillida-Miss Yeates.
Cast
Role: The Crying Brother Actor: Taylor
Role: Laughing Brother Actor: Dove
Role: Arcas Actor: Yeates Jr
Role: Phillida Actor: Miss Yeates.
Event Comment: At Yeates' Booth, Upper Moorfields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Damon And Phillida

Performance Comment: Arcas-Thomas; Corydon-Williams; Damon-Yeates; Simon-Taylor; Mopsus-Bird; Phillida-Miss Yeates.
Cast
Role: Damon Actor: Yeates
Role: Phillida Actor: Miss Yeates.
Event Comment: At Yeates' Booth. Noon to 10 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All Alive And Merry; Or, The Happy Miller Just Arriv'd: Being The Humourous Magical Mill That Grinds Old Men And Women Young Again

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rosoman; Noble Venetian-Yeates; Bravo-Hill; Miller-James; Pierot-Warner; Colombine-Mrs Warner; with the Grand Scaramouch Dance-Yeates, James, Rosoman, Price, Parker.
Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. For one night only. Benefit for Mrs Yeates. A concert, etc. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d. To begin at six o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Yeates Jun; Peachum-Sturgess; Lockit-Morgan; Mat-George; Filch-Coleman; Jack-Jones; Ned-Wilson; Budge-Pearson; Jenny Diver-Mrs Pearson; Sukey-Mrs Wilson; Moll Brazen-Mrs Johnson; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Morgan; Diana-Mrs Williamson; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs George; Lucy-Mrs Daniel; Polly-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Yeates Jun
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Yeates.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Performance Comment: Lucy-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Yeates.
Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green. Benefit Cushing and Yeates, Jun. To begin at seven (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Cushing; Flash-Yeates; Biddy-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Flash Actor: Yeates
Role: Biddy Actor: Mrs Yeates.
Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, Blackheath. Benefit Mr and Mrs Yeates. To begin at seven

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Yeates; Polly-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Yeates
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Yeates.

Afterpiece Title: The Amours of Harlequin

Dance: [Entertainments unspecified.

Event Comment: At Yeates' Booth at the Welch Fair. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merlin; Or, The Devil Of Stone-henge: With Harlequin Highlander

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rosoman; Highlander-Yeates; Gubby-Warner.
Cast
Role: Highlander Actor: Yeates
Related Works
Related Work: Merlin; or, The Devil of Stone-Henge Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance:

Music: A Band

Event Comment: PPhillips and Yeates' Booth, opposite Hospital Gate, West Smithfield, during the time of bf. Boxes, 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. There is an extraordinary Band of Music promis'd. [Notice repeated 26 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Merchant; Or, The Happy Pair; Interspers'd With The Comical Humours Of The intriguing Chambermaid, sir John Oldcastle, And The drunken Colonel

Performance Comment: A Comedy of two Acts. Merchant-Dove; Oldcastle-Smith; Colonel-Phillips; Rakert-Yeates; Valentine-Wallis; Pride-Powell; Puff-Davis; Security-Johnson; Trick-Evenel; Constable-Wood; Slap-Archer; Mrs Highman-Mrs Tucker; Charlotte-Miss Ferguson; Lady Pride-Mrs Habito; Lady Ruff-Mrs Simmons; Lettice-Mrs Phillips, from Theatre Royal in Drury Lane.

Afterpiece Title: The Miser Bit; or, Harlequin Reveller

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips, from Theatre Royal in Drury Lane; Miser-Smith; Colombine-Mrs Dove; Clown-Dove.

Song: I: Bumper Squire Jones-Phillips

Dance: LLa Mason and Sabotiers-Phillips, Mrs Dove

Event Comment: 5 p. p.m. Benefit $Yeates Jun.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Damon And Phillida

Performance Comment: Damon-Yeates Jun.
Cast
Role: Damon Actor: Yeates Jun.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turn'd Cook

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Alcmena

Event Comment: A Concert etc. at the Great Tiled Booth. Benefit for Mr and Mrs Yeates (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Yeates.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Yeates.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Performance Comment: Lucy-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Yeates.
Event Comment: At the New Wells, London Spa. To begin at two o'clock and at five o'clock. [This house managed by Matthews, Dancer, and Yeates. See Daily Advertiser 13 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sacrifice Of Iphigenia

Performance Comment: Agamemnon-Nicholls, his first here; Calchas-Rooker; Iphigenia-Mrs Yeates; First Priest-Master Budd; Diana-Mrs Smith (1750 ed.).
Cast
Role: Iphigenia Actor: Mrs Yeates

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Mountebank; or, The Squire Electrified

Dance: Matthews, M'Neil, Mrs Addison, Miss Rayner (1750 ed.)

Related Works
Related Work: Tartuffe; or, The French Puritan Author(s): Matthew Medbourne
Related Work: London's Anniversary Festival, Performed on Monday October the 29th, 1688 Author(s): Matthew Taubman
Related Work: London's Great Jubilee Author(s): Matthew Taubman
Related Work: The Spendthrift Author(s): Matthew Draper
Related Work: The Parthian Hero; or, Love in Distress Author(s): Matthew Gardiner
Related Work: The Sharpers; or, The Female Match-Maker Author(s): Matthew Gardiner
Related Work: Vertumnus and Pomona Author(s): Matthew Feilde
Related Work: The Castle-Spectre Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis
Related Work: The Twins; or, Is It He, or his Brother? Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis
Related Work: The East Indian Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis
Related Work: Primrose Green; or, Love in the Country Author(s): Matthew Peter King
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yeates. A Concert, For One Night Only. To begin at six by reason of the length of the Performance. Boxes 2s. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Performance Comment: Lucy-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Yeates.
Event Comment: At a large commodious Room in Artichoke Yard at Mile-End, during the Time of the Fair ... a diverting Ballad Opera. Noon to 8 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Performance Comment: Colonel-Julian; Spruce-Yeates Jr; Waggoner-Thomas; Jew-Williams; Julio-Master Brown; Flogwell-Paterson; Constable-Bright; Bawd-MacGuire; Moll Hackabout-Mrs Frost; Alice-Miss Yeates .
Cast
Role: Spruce Actor: Yeates Jr
Role: Alice Actor: Miss Yeates
Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Entertainment: Yeates Junior's Inimitable Dexterity of Hand

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. The date of the first performance is not known. As Evelyn saw it on 27 April, it seems likely that it was first performed before Easter (April 10). It was not licensed for printing until 8 July 1664. Preface to edition of 1664: I Cou'd not have wish'd my self more fortunate than I have been in the success of this Poem:...The Acting of it has lost me no Reputation. Downes, Roscius Anglicanus, p. 25: @Sir Nich'las, Sir Fred'rick, Widow and Dufoy, Were not by any so well done, Mafoy.@ The clean and well performance of this Comedy, got the Company more Reputation and profit than any preceding Comedy; the Company taking in a months time at it #1000

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge; Or, Love In A Tub

Performance Comment: Edition of 1664: The Prologue-; The Epilogue-the Widow, Wheadle; No actors' names. Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, pp. 24-25): Lord Beauford-Betterton; Colonel Bruce-Smith; Lovis-Norris; Sir NicholasCully-Nokes; Palmer-Underhill; Wheadle-Saunford; Graciana-Mrs Betterton; Aurelia-Mrs Davies; Widow-Mrs Long; Sir Frederick Frollick-Harris; Dufoy-Price.
Cast
Role: The Prologue Actor:
Role: The Epilogue Actor: the Widow, Wheadle
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Long
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales [who were present]. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop. [For a letter on the disputes between the footmen and the gentlemen, see Grub St. Journal, 17 March.] [There is in the Bennett Collection, I, 93, in the Birmingham Library, an exceptionally curious advance notice for a performance to be given at Drury Lane soon after Easter of The Conscious Lovers and The Devil to Pay, with no cast for either play in the bill. The announcement appears to refer to the spring of 1737 and presumably appeared around the middle of March. It is intended for the benefit of a Widow under Misfortunes and the bill bears the heading: Gift and Pleasure. According to the announcement, the widow has been left Italian pictures, antiqees, jewels, and precious stones; and she intends, for the encouragement of her benefactors, to make a gift of all the objects, which will be placed in three hundred parcels. Tickets for the performance are advertised at five shillings, and no one is to be admitted without a ticket. The pit and boxes are to be put together at two tickets for each person, and the first and second galleries are placed together at one ticket for each spectator. The tickets are not to be left with the door-keepers as usual, but only shewn and kept. On the day following the benefit a raffle will be held, by Mr Foubert's Patent Mathematical Machine, at Hickford's Great Room in Brewers Street, Golden Square, and only holders of tickets will be admitted to the raffle, After this entry was set, an advertisement was found in the Daily Advertiser, 18 April 1738, announcing this performance for 13 May 1738. The Daily Advertiser on 5 May 1738, however, announced that the proposed performance had been cancelled.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Scornful Lady-Mrs Furnival, the first time of her appearance on that stage; Elder Loveless-Mills; Young Loveless-Cross; Welford-Milward; Savil-Johnson; Morecraft-Shepard; Sir Roger-Griffin; Poet-Oates; Captain-Winstone; Martha-Miss Holiday; Widow-Mrs Grace; Abigail-Mrs Willis.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Widow And No Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit the Widow of a Baronet [Sir Richard Perrott] and a large Infant Family. [Address by John Taylor (True Briton, 21 Sept.).] Tickets to be had of the Widow, No. 28, Spring-street, Portman-square [and see 28 Jan. 1799]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: Moody-G. Aickin (1st appearance in London); Harcourt-Egerton; Belville-Walgrave; Footman-Powell; Servant-Lyons; Countryman-Waldron Jun.; Sparkish-Palmer Jun.; Lucy-Mrs Harlowe; Alithea-Mrs G. Aickin; The Country Girl-Mrs Jordan.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs G. Aickin
Role: The Country Girl Actor: Mrs Jordan.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Occasional Address-the Widow (see below); After which: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs G. Aickin

Performance Comment: End: Occasional Address-the Widow (see below); After which: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs G. Aickin.
Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: And my wife, and by coach to the King's playhouse, and meeting Creed took him up, and there saw The Scornfull Lady well acted; Doll Common [Mrs Corey] doing Abigail most excellently, and Knipp the widow very well, and will be an excellent actor, I think. In other parts the play not so well done as used to be, by the old actors. Anon to White Hall by coach, thinking to have seen a play there to-night, but found it a mistake, so back again

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: See16661210 l666 Elder Loveless-Burt?; Younger Loveless-Kynaston?; Welford-Hart?; Sir Roger-Lacy?; The Lady-Mrs Rebecca? Marshal?; Martha-Mrs Rutter?; Abigail-Mrs Cory; Widow-Mrs Knipp.
Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Rebecca? Marshal?
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Knipp.
Event Comment: Benefit Rowland and the Widow White. Receipts: money #8 7s. 6d.; tickets #111 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Injur'd Love

Performance Comment: As17221214, but Widow Richlove-Mrs Boheme; Sir Saveal-_.
Cast
Role: Widow Richlove Actor: Mrs Boheme

Dance: Galliard-Lally, Mrs Cross; Dutch Skipper-Pelling, Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. Benefit the late Mr Wilks's Widow. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. Part of the Seats on the Stage (for the better Accommodation of the Ladies) will be form'd into Side-Boxes. Part of the Pit (by Desire) will be rail'd in at the Price of the Boxes. [Their Majesties, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present. The Epilogue is in Weekly Miscellany, 10 March 1733.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Sir Roger-Cibber; Savil-Johnson; Scornful Lady-Mrs Heron; Elder Loveless-Wm. Mills; Young Loveless-A. Hallam; Welfort-Bridgwater; Martha-Miss Hollyday; Abigail-Mrs Willis; Widow-Mrs Butler; With a new Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Butler

Dance: Denoyer, Mrs Booth, Miss Robinson, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: At Bridges, Cross, Burton and Vaughan's Great Theatrical Booth in the George Inn Yard, will be presented an Historical Drama never acted before call'd The Northern Heroes; or, The Bloody Contest between Charles XII, King of Sweden, and Peter the Great, Czar of Muscovy, with the Loves of Count Gillensternia, a Swedish General and the Fair Elimira, a Russian Princess, Containing the most remarkable Events of that Time; and concluding with the Memorable Battle of Pultowav, and Charles's Retreat into the Turkish Dominionv. Interspers'd with a Comic Interlude (never perform'd before) called The Volunteers; or, the Adventures of Roderick Random and his Friend Strap. Also the Comical Humours and Amours of Corporal Garbage and Serjeant Slim, with Mrs Vanspriggen the Swedish Sutler's Widow; the merry Pranks of her foolish son Janny, and several other diverting incidents. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. To begin each Day at Twelve o'clock. [This notice repeated during "the short Time of the Fair." Notice repeated 24, 26, 27 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Heros

Afterpiece Title: The Volunteers; or, The Adventures of Roderick Random and his Friend Strap

Performance Comment: Roderick Random-Cross; Garbage-Bridges; Slim-Storer; Strap-Paddick; Widow Vanspriggen-Mrs Bridges; Moll-Mrs Vaughan; Mrs Rank-Miss Ferguson; Mrs File-Mrs Shawford; Mrs Machegogan-Mrs Paddick; Madge-Miss Tyler; Janny-Vaughan.

Dance: Mr Shawford, Mrs Shawford, Master Cross, Mrs Vaughan

Event Comment: At Bridges, Cross, Burton, and Vaughan's Great Theatrical Booth on the Bowling Green, Southwark, (with a company from the theatres) during the short time of the Fair will be presented an Historical Drama (lately acted in Bartholemew Fair with universal applause) the Northern Heroes with the Loves of Count Gillensternia, a Swedish General, and the fair Ellimira a Russian Princess, containing the most remarkable events of that time; and concluding with the memorable battle of Putlowav, and Charles's retreat into the Turkish dominionsv. Interspersed with a comic interlude, The Volunteers. Also the comical humours and amours of Corporal Garbage and Serjeant Slim, with Mrs Vanspriggen the Swedish Sutler's widow, the merry pranks of her foolish son Janny, and several other diverting incidents. As the Fair will be of so short continuance, we shall begin very early each day (General Advertiser). [See 24 Aug. 1748, bf]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Northern Heroes; Or, The Bloody Contest Between Charles The Twelfth, King Of Sweden, And Peter The Great, Czar Of Muscovy

Afterpiece Title: The Volunteers; or, The Adventures of Roderick Random and His Friend Strap

Performance Comment: Roderick-Cross; Corporal Garbage-Bridges; Slim-Storer; Strap-Paddick; Widow Vanspriggen-Mrs Bridges; Moll Trotfutter-Mrs Vaughan; Mrs Rank-Miss Ferguson; Mrs File-Mrs Shawford; Mrs Machegogan-Mrs Paddick; Madge-Miss Tyler; Janny-Vaughan.

Dance: Particularly a Hornpipe-