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351
04 March 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Widows

Cast
Role: : Sir William Freelove Actor: Hippisley
Role: Modern Actor: Bridgwater
Role: Freelove Actor: Ryan
Role: Young Modern Actor: Chapman
Role: Lady Bellair Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lady Lurcher Actor: Mrs Hallam
Role: Double Actor: Mrs Stephens

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: : Master of the Shop Actor: Chapman
Role: Gentlemen Actor: Bridgwater, Wignell, Hallam, Hale
Role: Beau Actor: Neale
Role: Old Man Actor: James
Role: 2d Actor: Hippisley
Role: Ladies Actor: Mrs Bullock, Miss Norsa, Mrs Mullart, Miss Bincks. Epilogue
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft
Role: Savoyard Actor: Thompson
Role: 2d Gardener Actor: Dupre
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Proserpine Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Jupiter Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Mercury Actor: Vincent
Role: Sylvans Actor: Miss Rogers, Mlle De L'Orme, Mrs Ogden, Miss Baston, Mlle Villepierre
Role: Pluto Actor: Leveridge
Role: Demons Actor: Lally, S. Lally, Le Sac, De la Garde, Duke
Role: Clodpole Actor: Hippisley
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
Role: Colombine Actor: Mlle Quinault, the first time of her appearance on this stage
Role: Countrymen and Lasses Actor: Du Pre, Bencraft, Ferguson, Mrs Forrester, Miss Horsington, Miss Brunette
Role: Gardeners Actor: Smith, De la Garde
Role: Earth Actor: S. Lally
Role: Air Actor: Glover
Role: Fire Actor: Le Sac
Role: Water Actor: Lally
Role: Females Actor: Miss Baston, Miss Rogers, Mrs Ogden, Mrs De L'Orme
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

352
06 March 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit the Author [of Mainpiece]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Widows

Cast
Role: Lady Bellair Actor: by the Author
Role: : Sir William Freelove Actor: Hippisley
Role: Modern Actor: Bridgwater
Role: Freelove Actor: Ryan
Role: Young Modern Actor: Chapman
Role: Lady Lurcher Actor: Mrs Hallam
Role: Double Actor: Mrs Stephens

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Cast
Role: : Master of the Shop Actor: Chapman
Role: Gentlemen Actor: Bridgwater, Wignell, Hallam, Hale
Role: Beau Actor: Neale
Role: Old Man Actor: James
Role: 2d Actor: Hippisley
Role: Ladies Actor: Mrs Bullock, Miss Norsa, Mrs Mullart, Miss Bincks. Epilogue

Dance: The Faithful Shepherd

353
27 March 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Savoyard Actor: Thompson
Role: : Master of the Shop Actor: Chapman
Role: Gentlemen Actor: Bridgwater, Wignell, Hallam, Hale
Role: Beau Actor: Neale
Role: Old Man Actor: James
Role: 2d Actor: Hippisley
Role: Ladies Actor: Mrs Bullock, Miss Norsa, Mrs Mullart, Miss Bincks. Epilogue
Role: Yeoman Actor: Bencraft
Role: 2d Gardener Actor: Dupre
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Proserpine Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Jupiter Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Mercury Actor: Vincent
Role: Sylvans Actor: Miss Rogers, Mlle De L'Orme, Mrs Ogden, Miss Baston, Mlle Villepierre
Role: Pluto Actor: Leveridge
Role: Demons Actor: Lally, S. Lally, Le Sac, De la Garde, Duke
Role: Clodpole Actor: Hippisley
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
Role: Colombine Actor: Mlle Quinault, the first time of her appearance on this stage
Role: Countrymen and Lasses Actor: Du Pre, Bencraft, Ferguson, Mrs Forrester, Miss Horsington, Miss Brunette
Role: Gardeners Actor: Smith, De la Garde
Role: Earth Actor: S. Lally
Role: Air Actor: Glover
Role: Fire Actor: Le Sac
Role: Water Actor: Lally
Role: Females Actor: Miss Baston, Miss Rogers, Mrs Ogden, Mrs De L'Orme
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

354
23 April 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Templer

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

355
30 December 1735 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Cast
Role: Brittle Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Old Woman Actor: Miss Rogers
Role: Clown Actor: Lalauze
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Proserpine Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Jupiter Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Mercury Actor: Vincent
Role: Sylvans Actor: Miss Rogers, Mlle Delorme, Mrs Ogden, Miss Sandham, Miss Norman
Role: Pluto Actor: Leveridge
Role: Demons Actor: Lally, Tench, Desse, Livier, Richardson
Role: Yeoman Actor: Nivelon
Role: Clodpole Actor: Hippisley
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
Role: Old Man Actor: Smith
Role: Countrymen and Lasses Actor: Delagarde, Bencraft, Ferguson, Mrs Forrester, Miss Horsington, Miss Brunette
Role: Savoyard Actor: Thompson
Role: Gardeners Actor: Smith and Delagarde
Role: Earth Actor: Desse
Role: Air Actor: Glover
Role: Fire Actor: Tench
Role: Water Actor: Lally
Role: Females Actor: Miss Sandham, Miss Rogers, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme
Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

356
04 August 1736 @ Tottenham Court

Event Comment: The New Theatre by the Pound. [From 4 Aug. to 20 Aug. At 1 P.M. and end at Nine. Sometimes it is called Jones' and Lacey's Company. For a puff, see Daily Advertiser, 9 Aug.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France By The English: [in It] A Ballad Opera, Call'd The Amorous Old Widow; Or, I Must Have A Comforter: With The Comical Humours Of The Rival Cowards; Or, The Whimsical Lovers

Performance Comment: The Characters to be perform'd by Poet Fustian, and the Mayor of Pasquin, and his Brethren .

Music: By a Band of Musick just arriv'd from Naples [9 Aug. and afterwards.]

357
07 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Cast
Role: Barnaby Actor: Griffin
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Johnson
Role: Clodpole Actor: Miller
Role: Merryman Actor: Harper
Role: Lovemore Actor: W. Mills
Role: Cunningham Actor: Este
Role: Jeffery Actor: Macklin
Role: Jeremy Actor: Leigh
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Willis
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Grace.

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Ethiopian Actor: Muilment.
Role: Phaebus Actor: Hill
Role: Phaeton Actor: Green
Role: Mercury Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Clymene Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Turk Actor: Thurmond
Role: Harlequin Actor: Philips
Role: Morocco Servant Actor: Macklin
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Harlequin's Good Genius Actor: Miss Cole
Role: Ballet Actor: Essex, Mrs Walter.

358
08 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Taken from the French of Moliere. [For Occasional Prompter II, see Daily Journal, 8 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Barnaby Actor: Griffin
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Johnson
Role: Clodpole Actor: Miller
Role: Merryman Actor: Harper
Role: Lovemore Actor: W. Mills
Role: Cunningham Actor: Este
Role: Jeffery Actor: Macklin
Role: Jeremy Actor: Leigh
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Willis
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Grace.

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Cast
Role: Ethiopian Actor: Muilment.
Role: Phaebus Actor: Hill
Role: Phaeton Actor: Green
Role: Mercury Actor: Stoppelaer
Role: Clymene Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Turk Actor: Thurmond
Role: Harlequin Actor: Philips
Role: Morocco Servant Actor: Macklin
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Mann
Role: Harlequin's Good Genius Actor: Miss Cole
Role: Ballet Actor: Essex, Mrs Walter.

359
09 December 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Barnaby Actor: Griffin
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Johnson
Role: Clodpole Actor: Miller
Role: Merryman Actor: Harper
Role: Lovemore Actor: W. Mills
Role: Cunningham Actor: Este
Role: Jeffery Actor: Macklin
Role: Jeremy Actor: Leigh
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Miss Holliday
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Willis
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Grace.

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Cast
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Bluff Actor: Macklin.

Dance: III: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; IV: Black Joak-Philips, Miss Mann

360
17 November 1737 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lovemore Actor: Walker
Role: Cunningham Actor: Hallam
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Rosco
Role: Jeffrey Actor: James
Role: Clodpole Actor: Arthur
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs James
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Cook
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Miss Horsington
Role: Damaris Actor: Miss Bincks
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Barnaby Actor: Hippisley
Role: Merryman Actor: Penkethman.

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Cast
Role: More of More Hall Actor: Salway
Role: Mauxlinda Actor: Miss
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Isabella
Role: Gubbin Actor: Laguerre
Role: Dragon Actor: Reinhold
Role: with Dancing Actor: Delamaine.

Dance: As17371116

361
11 March 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Vincent.
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lovemore Actor: Walker
Role: Cunningham Actor: Hallam
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Rosco
Role: Jeffrey Actor: James
Role: Clodpole Actor: Arthur
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs James
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Cook
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Miss Horsington
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Barnaby Actor: Hippisley
Role: Merryman Actor: Penkethman.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Mezzetin Actor: Villeneuve.
Role: Pierrot Actor: Lalauze
Role: Endymion Actor: Salway
Role: Chasseurs Actor: Vincent, Roberts
Role: Nymphs of the Chace Actor: Miss Brunette, Miss Rogers
Role: Diana Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Merlin Actor: Leveridge
Role: Cupid Actor: Glover
Role: Graces Actor: Miss Moreau, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun
Role: Hour Actor: Miss Cantrell
Role: Zephyrs Actor: Tench, Desse, Richardson, Baudouin
Role: Psyche Actor: Mlle Roland
Role: Jupiter Actor: Lun
Role: Pluto Actor: Baudouin
Role: Neptune Actor: Dupre
Role: Pan Actor: Richardson
Role: Hercules Actor: Desse
Role: Apollo Actor: Glover
Role: Mars Actor: Tench
Role: Mercury Actor: Laguerre
Role: Country Lads Actor: Dupre, Bencraft, Baudouin
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Miss Norman, Miss Dancey, Mrs LeBrun
Role: Doctor Actor: Nivelon
Role: Doctor's Wife Actor: Mrs Kilby.

362
20 March 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Taken from Moliere by the late Mr Betterton. Six Rows of the Pit will be railed into the Front Boxes. [Tickets at Mrs Clive's House in Cecil-street, in the Strand.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Barnaby Actor: Griffin
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Johnson
Role: Clodpole Actor: Miller
Role: Merryman Actor: Harper
Role: Lovemore Actor: Mills
Role: Cunningham Actor: Havard
Role: Jeffery Actor: Macklin
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Philadephia Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Marshall
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Blister Actor: Harper
Role: Coupee Actor: Mechlin
Role: Goodwill Actor: Turbutt
Role: Thomas Actor: Raftor
Role: Quaver Actor: Beard.

Dance: III: Tambourine-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Ballet-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Song: IV: Ballad of Mary Scot-Mrs Clive

363
30 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Marshall, Gray, Peploe, Rumball (Boxkeeper), Bishop (Gallery Keeper). Mainpiece: Taken from Moliere by the late Mrs Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Miss Brett.
Role: Barnaby Actor: Griffin
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Johnson
Role: Clodpole Actor: Miller
Role: Merryman Actor: Harper
Role: Lovemore Actor: Mills
Role: Cunningham Actor: Havard
Role: Jeffery Actor: Macklin
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Philadephia Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Marshall
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Cast
Role: Peggy Actor: Mrs Pritchard.
Role: 7380413 but King Actor: Hill
Role: Miller Actor: Miller.

Dance: I: Minuet-Master Ferg, Miss Harwood; II: La Pieraite-Leviez, Miss Thompson; IV: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

Song: III: Beard

364
22 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lovemore Actor: Walker
Role: Cunningham Actor: Hallam
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Rosco
Role: Barnaby Actor: Hippisley
Role: Merryman Actor: Penkethman
Role: Jeffery Actor: James
Role: Clodpole Actor: Dove
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs James
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Cook
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Mullart.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Infernals Actor: Haughton.
Role: Perseus Actor: Salway
Role: Cepheus Actor: Leveridge
Role: Aethiopian Actor: Thompson
Role: Cassiope Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Andromeda Actor: Mrs Chambers
Role: Mercury Actor: Vincent
Role: Amazons Actor: Mrs James, Miss Oates, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Ozanne, Miss Norman, Mrs LeBrun, Miss Dancey
Role: Hussar Actor: Bencraft
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Hussar's Servant Actor: Hippisley
Role: Valet Actor: James
Role: Petit Maitre Actor: Lalauze
Role: a Fawn Actor: Glover.
Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald

365
19 May 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: with a New Song Actor: in CharacterMrs Clive
Role: Lovemore Actor: Mills
Role: Cunningham Actor: Havard
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Johnson
Role: Barnaby Actor: Griffin
Role: Merryman Actor: Turbutt
Role: Jeffery Actor: Cross
Role: Clodpole Actor: Raftor
Role: Jeremy Actor: Leigh
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Marshall
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Cast
Role: Grand Ballet Actor: Muilment, Mrs Walter.
Role: Egg Woman Actor: Gray
Role: Ballet Actor: Muilment.
Role: Harlequin Actor: Lun Jr
Role: Sea God Actor: Muilment
Role: Tritons Actor: Leviez, Baudouin, Rector, Carney
Role: Pantaloon Actor: Winstone
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Hamilton
Role: Haymakers Actor: Baudouin, Rector, Fromont, Miss Thompson, Miss Bennet, Mrs Vallois
Role: Clown Actor: Macklin
Role: with a Grand Ballet Actor: Denoyer, Muilment, Miss Thompson, Baudoin, Leviez, Carney, Miss Mann, Miss Kilby, Mrs Vallois.

Dance: I: Punches-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: Two Pierots-Leviez, Pelling; III: Chacone-Miss Kilby; In IV: French Peasants-Poitier, Mlle Roland

Song: V: The Life of a Beau-Mrs Clive

366
28 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Prudence Actor: Miss Brunette.
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lovemore Actor: Walker
Role: Cunningham Actor: Hallam
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Rosco
Role: Barnaby Actor: Hippisley
Role: Merryman Actor: Penkethman
Role: Jeffery Actor: James
Role: Clodpole Actor: Dove
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Cast
Role: 7390319 but Tanner Actor: Rosco
Role: Mrs Bark Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Modish Actor: Salway
Role: Mrs Modish Actor: Mrs Marshall
Role: Simon Actor: Hippisley.

Dance: PPierots-Lalauze, Desse; Hornpipe-J. Thomson; Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; Glover's Grecian Sailors-

Cast
Role: Ballet Actor: Desse, Miss Oates
Role: 's Grecian Sailors Actor: .

367
07 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Cast
Role: Wanton@Wife Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Barnaby Actor: Griffin
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Johnson
Role: Lovemore Actor: Mills
Role: Merriman Actor: Penkethman
Role: Clodpole Actor: Macklin
Role: Cunningham Actor: Havard
Role: Jeffery Actor: Yates
Role: Jeremy Actor: Leigh
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Marshall
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Bennet.

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Cast
Role: Jack Stocks Actor: Macklin
Role: Chloe Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Stocks Actor: Turbutt
Role: Lovemore Actor: Beard.

Dance: A new Grand Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Music: Beginning dance: the Overture of Flavius-

368
07 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Barnaby Actor: Hippisley
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Rosco
Role: Lovemore Actor: Hallam
Role: Cunningham Actor: Gibson
Role: Merryman Actor: James
Role: Clodpole Actor: Arthur
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Miss Burgess
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Woodward
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Cook
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Mullart.

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Cast
Role: Lettice Actor: Miss Brunette
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Davis.
Role: Major Rakish Actor: Hippisley
Role: Young Rakish Actor: Hale
Role: Friendly Actor: Gibson
Role: Benedict Actor: James
Role: Manlove Actor: Mrs Martin.
Role: School Boy Actor: Cibber.

Dance: I: Tambourine-the French Girl; II: Comic Dance-Richardson, Mrs LeBrun; III: Miss Morrison; IV: A new Serious Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

369
07 March 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses Prince George and the Lady Augusta. Benefit Desnoyer. Receipts: money #116 15s. 6d.; seals #105 17s. (Account Book); #230 (Rylands MS.). [According to the Account Book, Desnoyer received a Free Benefit, i.e., no deduction for the nightly charges.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs James
Role: Lovemore Actor: Hallam
Role: Cunningham Actor: Hale
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Rosco
Role: Merryman Actor: James
Role: Clodpole Actor: Arthur
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Mullart
Role: Jeffery Actor: Oates
Role: Jeremy Actor: Clarke
Role: Barnaby Actor: Hippisley.

Dance: SSerious Dance to Favourite Tunes from the Opera of Lothario-Desnoyer; The Matelots-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; By Command, The Comic Dance of the Old Woman-with Pierot in the Basket; Louvre, Minuet-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

370
16 April 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb the Great

Cast
Role: Tom Thumb Actor: Miss Naylor.

Dance: SScotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Miss Naylor; The Parting Lovers-; Drunken Peasant-Chettle

Song: DDialogue of the Widow and the Rake-Laguerre, Mrs Jones

371
01 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Desnoyer. Mainpiece: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets deliver'd for the Careless Husband, will be taken. Servants allow'd to keep Places on the stage, which will be form'd into an amphitheatre. Tickets to be had at M Desnoyer's House in Gloucester Court, St. James's St.; and of Page at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Brittle Actor: Hippisley
Role: Lovemore Actor: Hale
Role: Cunningham Actor: Gibson
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Rosco
Role: Jeffrey Actor: James
Role: Clodpole Actor: Marten
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs James
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Woodward
Role: Merryman Actor: Woodward.

Dance: I: New Scots Dance-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina; II: Tambourine-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina; V: A Ball Dance call'd the Britannia, Louvre-; concluding with: a Minuet-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina, By Command

Ballet: IV: Rural Assembly. See17420121, but only Chasseur-Desnoyer; Nymph-Sga Barbarina

Cast
Role: only Chasseur Actor: Desnoyer
Role: Nymph Actor: Sga Barbarina.

372
27 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Damaris Actor: Miss Hillyard, .
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Brittle Actor: Hippisley
Role: Lovemore Actor: Hale
Role: Cunningham Actor: Gibson
Role: Sir Peter Actor: Rosco
Role: Jeffrey Actor: James
Role: Clodpole Actor: Marten
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs James
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Woodward
Role: Merryman Actor: Woodward.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Cast
Role: Peasants Actor: Picq, Mlle Auguste.
Role: Pantalon Actor: Rosco.
Role: Orpheus Actor: Salway
Role: Villagers Actor: Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade.
Role: 4th Nymph Actor: Mrs LeBrun
Role: 5th Nymph Actor: Mrs Villeneuve.
Role: Nymph Actor: Mlle Bonneval
Role: 2nd Nymph Actor: Mlle Renos
Role: 3rd Nymph Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Vocal Parts Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Miss Davies
Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward. and Concluding with a Grand Ballet .
Role: the Villagers Actor: Waltz, Thompson, Roberts, Miss Davis included in the Metamorphoses of Harlequin pantomime
Role: 1st Nymph Actor: Signora Domitella replaces Sga Barberina
Role: Goody Gurton Actor: Marten.
Role: Rhodope Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Eurydice Actor: Miss Young
Role: Pluto Actor: Leveridge
Role: Ascalax Actor: Roberts
Role: Demons Actor: Villeneuve, Delagarde, Richardson
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Kilby
Role: Squire Gawky Actor: Bencraft
Role: Mrs Mannerly Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Drudge Actor: Hippisley
Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: a French Boy
Role: Country Lads Actor: Villeneuve, Delagarde, Richardson, Dupre
Role: Country Lasses Actor: Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve, Miss Davies, Miss Short.

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance-Richardson, Delagarde, Mrs Jackson; IV: Sailor's Dance-Richardson

373
05 May 1746 @ May Fair

Event Comment: YYeates's Great Theatrical Booth. 12:00 to 9:00 p.m. A Concert, etc. Boxes 2s. Pit 1s. 6d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. [Notice repeated 6 and 12 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow's Wish; Or, An Equippage Of Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Mariner; or, The Wapping Landlady

Song: A grand Song and Chorus upon the late Happy Victory-

374
28 April 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Macklin. Mainpiece [by John Ford]: Reviv'd not acted these Hundred years. Afterpiece: A New Farce never acted before by Charles Macklin. Note: Tickets deliver'd out for 22 April will be taken. Tickets to be had of Mrs Macklin in Bow St., and of Hobson at the Stage door. Cross: The play lik'd--farce not. Receipts: #93 (Cross); house charges, #60 (Powel); cash, #80 19s. 6d.; tickets, #12 15s. (Clay MS)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Melancholy

Cast
Role: Principal Parts Actor: Barry, Sparks, Berry, Winstone, Macklin, Blakes, Delane, Havard, Neale, Mrs Macklin, Mrs Green, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Club of Fortune Hunters; or, The Widow Bewitch'd

Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Macklin, Winstone, Taswell, I. Sparks, Usher, Blakes, Mrs Bennet, Miss Cole, Mrs Macklin.

Dance: III: Savoyards, as17471215; V: Pastoral Dance, as17480326

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06 January 1752 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these six years. [See 17 April 1746.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Cast
Role: Barnaby Brittle Actor: Macklin
Role: Lovemoor Actor: Dyer
Role: Cunningham Actor: Gibson
Role: Merryman Actor: Dunstall
Role: Sir Peter Pride Actor: Paddick
Role: Jeffrey Actor: Cushing
Role: Jeremy Actor: Collins
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Miss Pitt
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Ridout
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Clodpole Actor: Arthur
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Chambers
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Macklin
Role: Mrs Brittle Actor: Mrs Dyer.

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Infernals Actor: Dennison, _Christian
Role: Amazons Actor: Miss +Mullart.
Role: Perseus Actor: Lowe
Role: Cepheus Actor: Howard
Role: Aethiopian Actor: Baker
Role: Cassiope Actor: Miss Young
Role: Mercury Actor: Vincent
Role: Andromeda Actor: Miss Falkner
Role: Cyclops Actor: Roberts, Smith, Bennet, Davis
Role: Harlequin Actor: Miles
Role: Hussar Actor: Bencraft
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Haughton
Role: Hussar's Servant Actor: Arthur
Role: Valet Actor: Holtham
Role: Petit Maitre Actor: LaLauze.
Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Music: Concerto on the Cymbal-Noell