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We found 3967 matches on Performance Comments, 826 matches on Performance Title, 753 matches on Author, 624 matches on Event Comments, and 2 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten Years. As it was alter'd from Beaumont and Fletcher, by C. Cibber. Daily Journal, 5 Jan.: Last Night the Rival Fools...was violently hiss'd, upon which Mr Cibber, in a very civil manner, address'd himself to the Audience, and told'em, 'That they did not offer that Play as one of their most polite Entertainments, that they had been reflected on by the Town for not pushing forward their young Actors; that this Play had been revived for no other Purpose, that it was impossible for the old ones to last forever, and therefore he beg'd the Audience to be silent, and give those who were desirous of it the liberty of hearing.' This Speech was interupted by a thundering Clap, and produced a good effect for an Act, and then the hissing began again, and grew so violent towards the latter end, that they were obliged to give the Play out two or three times, and much ado had the ingenious Mr Penkethman to be heard at last. (See also Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 6 Jan.

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Mainpiece Title: The Rival Fools; Or, Wit At Several Weapons

Event Comment: Written by Doctor Young

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Mainpiece Title: Busiris, King Of Aegypt

Related Works
Related Work: Busiris Author(s): Edward Young
Event Comment: Edition of 1722: A Pastoral Opera perform'd on Easter Monday. At the School in Old Boswel-Court, near Clement's Inn. By Daniel Bellamy

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Mainpiece Title: Love Triumphant; Or, The Rival Goddesses

Performance Comment: The Young Ladies of Mrs Bellamy's School; Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Event Comment: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. St. James's Journal, 8 Dec.: The Revival of Philaster was an Attempt that deserv'd more Success than it met with: The natural Rise of the Distress in that Play, that Simplicity of Passion in the young Maid, with the many fine Passages throughout, pleas'd every one who has a just Taste of those Entertainments; and notwithstanding the Success of the Conscious Lovers, the Town are certainly ne'er the better Judges, while that Piece of Fletcher is acted to an empty House

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Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Related Works
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Younger. No Persons to be admitted into the Front Boxes or behind the Scenes, but by printed Tickets at 5s

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Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Dance: As17221012

Event Comment: For the Encouragement of a Young Author. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #11 15s. 6d; tickets #13 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

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Role: Theseus Actor: Boheme
Event Comment: [By Richard Savage.] Edition of 1724: I think it my Duty also, to return Thanks to the Town, for their favourable Reception of this Play; and for the Applause their Indulgence bestow'd on the Performance of the Young Actors: Particularly for my own Success, in a double Capacity, as Actor and Author

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Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Event Comment: London Journal, 14 Dec.: The Duke and Duchess of Richmond, the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, and a great Number of Gentry were present. [See also 23 Nov.

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: The young Gentlemen of Mr Weston's Academy.
Event Comment: By command of their Royal Highnesses, the young Princesses. Receipts: #151 19s. 6d

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Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Event Comment: Benefit Penkethman. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. And for the Entertainment of his Excellency Hegabdelcader Perez, Embassador from the Emperor of Fez and Morocco

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Epsom Wells

Performance Comment: Wilks, Mills, Johnson, Wilks Jr, Norris, Harper, Penkethman, Mrs Thurmond, Mrs Younger, Mrs Heron, Mrs Baker, Miss Tenoe.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Mrs Hill, who never appear'd on this Stage before

Event Comment: Benefit Norris Jr, alias the Young Jubilee Dicky. Boxes 5s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d

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Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Hob; or, The Country Wake

Dance: To be express'd in tne great Bills

Event Comment: Benefit Ray, May, Mrs Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: As17250511

Event Comment: [By Richard West.] Preface: I shall offer but one Reason more...why this Tragedy did not succeed; and that is, It was not heard. A Rout of Vandals in the Galleries intimidated the young Actresses, disturb'd the Audience, and prevented all Attention

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Mainpiece Title: Hecuba

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Mainpiece Title: Otho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scipio

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Brett and Mrs Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: I: Pastoral-Boval, Mrs Brett; III: La Peirrette-Roger, Mrs Brett; V: A new Saraband, Minuet-Boval, Mrs Brett

Event Comment: Benefit Norris and Young Rainton. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Dance: LLe Badinage Champetre-; A new Dance, Le Jeuness-

Event Comment: Written Originally by Shakespear. [By Lewis Theobald.] Theophilus Cibber: [Booth's] Illness...returned soon after his playing King Henry VIII. He was then studying the Part of Julio in the Double Falsehood; he rehearsed it several times,-when the Play begin ready for acting, he was prevented appearing in it, by a Relapse into his former Indisposition.-The Part was supplied a few Nights by Mr Charles Williams (a promising Player, who died young) to whom Mr Booth had given the Part to study, as doubting the Certainty of his being able to appear in it himself: But, at Mr Theobald's Entreaty (backed by many Gentlemen and Ladies) he good-naturedly (but fatally) disregarded his Indisposition, which was then an intermitting Fever, and acted that Part from the fifth to the twelfth Night; which was alas! the last time of his Appearance on tle Stage.-Lives and Characters, pp. 82-83

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood; Or, The Distrest Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: His Royal Highness the Duke present. Mainpiece: By Terence. Afterpiece: Imitated from the Phormio by Moliere, and translated into English by Mr Otway, with some Alterations; acted by the younger King's Scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phormio

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performance Comment: The Scholars of the School; A New Prologue, Epilogue , address'd to his Royal Highness-.

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Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Performance Comment: The young Noblemen of the Westminster School. Julius Caesar-Lord Danby; Mark Anthony-Roberts; Brutus-Master Hay; Cassius-Lord Middlesex; Portia-Lord Dorset's son; Octavius-another of Lord Dorset's sons.
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Younger. [There is some confusion concerning this performance. Daily Journal advertises The Fortune Hunters for its second performance, but Rich's Register gives The Beggar's Opera, 33d time; this numbering is recongnized in the bills by 16 March.] Receipts: money #35 2s.; tickets #115 17s. Probable attendance: boxes, 41 by money and 247 by tickets; stage, 12 by money; pit, 59 by money and 203 by tickets; slips, 6 by money; first gallery, 66 by money and 203 by tickets; second gallery, 74 by money. Tickets for Volpone will be taken

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Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit a Young Gentleman

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Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Escapes of Harlequin

Event Comment: UUniversal Spectator, 16 Nov.. On Thursday last one Leigh, a young Lad belonging to...Drury-Lane, was descending in a Machine, at the Rehearsal of the New Entertainment of Perseus and Andromeda, when the same was let down with such a Force, that the poor Boy broke both his Arms

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Event Comment: Benefit the Orphan Children of the late Mr Farquhar. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Tickets for Roberts, Mrs Moore, and Young Leigh taken

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Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Lover's Opera

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. [The Epilogue is printed in Daily Post, 12 Aug., which added: There was a very handsome Audience, and the young Actors were dismiss'd with general Applause.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

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Music: Harpsichord-Magnes