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Event Comment: At Bence's Great Theatrical Booth, upper end of Bowling Green

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Intriguing Captains; Or, The Lover's Contrivances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Intriguing Captains

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Intriguing Captains

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Female Captain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Entertainment: Monologues End: A Dissertation on Hobby Horses , in which (the speaker) will mount upon their different Hobbies the following Personages: The Ladies , Patriots , Statesmen , Captains , Lawyers , Macaronies , Soldiers , Fidlers , Manager , and his own Hobby-Brown; End afterpiece: Dr Goldsmith's Epilogue in the Character of Harlequin , to conclude with a Leap eight feet high-Brown

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Captain Cook

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatist

Related Works
Related Work: The Female Dramatist Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

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Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Captain Cook

Afterpiece Title: Wild Oats

Performance Comment: As17910416, but Prologue-_; Epilogue-_ thereafter.
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: _ thereafter.

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Event Comment: [Extra night] Benefit for the Fund for the Relief of those who, through Age of Infirmity, shall be obliged to retire from the Stage. [Epilogue by Edward Topham (European Magazine, Jan. 1792, p. 67).] Receipts: none listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Captain Cook

Afterpiece Title: Wild Oats

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: a New Epilogue (in Honour of the Fund,)-Mrs Wells; with an Imitation-

Performance Comment: End 2nd piece: a New Epilogue (in Honour of the Fund,)-Mrs Wells; with an Imitation-.
Event Comment: 2nd piece [1st time; T 3, by Henry James Pye. Authors of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]: With new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. Morning Chronicle, IO June 1794: This day is published THE SIEGE OF MEAUX (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #125 9s. (117/2; 8/7)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Captain Cook

Afterpiece Title: THE SIEGE OF MEAUX

Afterpiece Title: NETLEY ABBEY

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Martyr.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bank Note

Cast
Role: Father Actor: Hull
Role: Young Bloomfield Actor: Miss Standen

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Faulknor

Afterpiece Title: Sprigs of Laurel

Song: In course of 2nd piece: As17950506; Incidental to 1st piece: The Irishman's Peep at the Continent-Johnstone; In course of entertainments: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon; Old Towler-Incledon

Music: 3rd piece: With the favorite Overture by Shield for Arrived at Portsmouth-; with a violin and oboe obligato-Mountain, W. Parke

Event Comment: Benefit for Middleton. 3rd piece [in place of The Frolics of an Hour, advertised on playbill of 1 June]: Engagement and Funeral Processionv as 6 May. Morning Chronicle, 30 May: Tickets to be had of Middleton, No. 53, Great Marlborough-street, Oxford-street. Receipts: #172 9s. 6d. (106.3.0; 6.9.0; tickets: 59.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bank Note

Cast
Role: Father Actor: Hull
Role: Young Bloomfield Actor: Miss Standen

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Faulknor

Song: 3rd piece: As17950506; Incidental to 1st piece: The Irishman's Peep at the Continent-Johnstone; In course of entertainments: The Storm-Incledon

Event Comment: [This was Bernard's last appearance in London.] The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:15, and so continue till further Notice [see 31 Mar. 1796]. Receipts: #196 2s. (194.16; 1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Song: As17951019

Event Comment: 2nd piece: Books of the Opera to be had at the Theatre. [3rd piece in place of The Doldrum, advertised on playbill of 3 May.] Receipts: #195 15s. (194.2.6; 1.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Death Of Captain Cook

Afterpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Cast
Role: Captain Septimus Actor: Middleton
Role: Captain Slash Actor: Haymes

Afterpiece Title: St

Event Comment: [1st piece in place of Ramah Droog; 2nd piece of The Jew and the Doctor, both advertised on playbill of 21 Oct.] 2nd piece: To conclude as 3rd piece, 21 Oct. Receipts: #180 1s. 6d. (177.0.6; 3.1.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Cast
Role: Captain Bertram Actor: Munden

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Afterpiece Title: The Naval Pillar

Dance: In 3rd piece: As17991007

Song: In 3rd piece: As17991011

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lover's Vows

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Afterpiece Title: The Naval Pillar

Dance: In 3rd piece: As17991007

Song: In 3rd piece: As17991011

Event Comment: Afterpiece: To conclude as 3rd piece, 21 Oct. [The playbill includes Incledon in Vocal Parts, but he was ill.] The New Comic Opera, called The Turnpike Gate, is unavoidably deferred on account of Incledon's Hoarseness [see 14 Nov.]. Receipts: #177 13s. 6d. (175.10.0; 2.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Song: Vocal Parts, as17990930, but _Dyke, Whitmore, added: Ms +Litchfield, Ms +Mills, Ms +Dibdin, _Incledon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Dance: SShepherd and Shepherdess-Young Sandham, Young Sandham's Sister; Scaramouch-Young Sandham; Serious Dance-Lally, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Horner-Wilks; Pinchwife-Booth; Sparkish-Cibber; Harcourt-Mills; Dorilant-Watson; Sir Jasper-Norris; Quack-Shepard; Alithea-Mrs Heron; Lady Fidget-Mrs Horton; Mrs Dainty-Miss Lindar; Mrs Squeamish-Mrs Young; Country Wife-Mrs Cibber; With the same Prologue, Epilogue-Miss Robinson , as Captain of the Lilliputians.

Music: Eighth of Corelli's Concerto s-

Dance: End I: La Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett; II: Peasant-Young Sandham, Young Sandham's Sister; III: La Jeunesse-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; IV: Matlose-Lally, Miss Tenoe; V: The Cobler's Jealous Wife-

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Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Song: Between the parts: singing-two Young Ladies; The Midshipman-a Young Lady; Jack Rattling (in character)-a Young Lady

Entertainment: Monologues.An Address to the Ladies-Miss C?. Kent (a Child of 6 years of Age); Collins' Ode on the Passions, Garrick's Picture of a modern Fine Lady-Miss Kent; conclude: an Address of Thanks-Kent

Performance Comment: An Address to the Ladies-Miss C?. Kent (a Child of 6 years of Age); Collins' Ode on the Passions, Garrick's Picture of a modern Fine Lady-Miss Kent; conclude: an Address of Thanks-Kent.
Cast
Role: the Ladies">i>An Address to the Ladies Actor: Miss C?. Kent

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music , especially the former-; A young Gentlewoman will perform that has learnt of Mr Weely several Years; besides great variety of Entertainments too long to be inserted here-A young Gentlewoman

Event Comment: The lowest Price 6d. The rest 1s. Pit 1s. 6d. and the Stage 2s. 6d. At 6 p.m. For the Diversion of the Quality and Gentry. [The same company performed occasionally during the winter.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: Mr Gibbons's Company of French Rope Dancers; where you will see stiff Rope-little Child (about two Years and a half old) perform such wonderful things, as is surprising to all that behold him; extraordinary Dancing on the stiff Rope-A Young Maiden who dances to Admiration; Dancing on the Rope, Playing on the Violin-the famous Scaramouch lately come from France, who turns himself as if he was going on the Ground; Walking on the Slack Rope after the Italian manner-A Young Man; Lastly Tumbles-The Famous Gibbon who has had the honour to perform before most of the Courts in Europe, for Lightness, and Agility, far beyond what has ever yet been seen; You will likewise be entertained with good Musick-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Dance: Weaver, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Topham, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Lindar; Tollet's Ground-Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger; English Clown-Weaver

Event Comment: Benefit Walker, to make up the Deficiency of his last. Mainpiece: An Ancient Story Written by Mr Phillip Massenger. Now Revis'd, with Alterations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turn'd Judge

Dance: Weaver, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger, Mrs Tenoe; Tollet's Ground-Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Younger