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Event Comment: The Proprietor of Drury Lane Theatre having receiv'd letters from several Gentlemen pressing him to revive the Tragedy of King John; to comply with this request (as he shall always make it his business to oblige the Publick) he immediately put the play in rehearsal; but upon information that the author of a Play on the same subject, had insinuated that this was calculated only to prejudice him, the Revival was intended to be deferr'd till the run of his play should be over; but upon perusal of the Bills he finds this is no Alteration, as was thought, but a new Tragedy founded only upon that plan; therefore in compliance with the above request, and at the same time to take off all imputation of an injury to this author, the Proprietor has deferr'd the bringing it on till Tuesday next, the day after the author's benefit, when will be exhibited the Historical Play of King John, as written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Event Comment: Tickets 5s. each. 7 p.m. Tickets at Walsh's in Katherine St; Simpson in Swithin's Alley; Johnson, in Cheapside; and at the place of performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert Of Musick

Event Comment: An Organ is Erected on the Occasion. Performance By Desire. Being the last time Mr Arne can have the Theatre to perform it this season. Mr Arne being inform'd that some persons have objected to the small addition of Prices, will (notwithstanding he performs at above #70 Expence) oblige the Town with this Performance at the Usual Benefit prices, viz: 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s. To begin at half an hour past Six. Tickets to be had of Arne Next door to the Crown &c. [see 20 March]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred The Great

Music: I: a Concerto new by Arne on the Violin-Gordon; II: a Concerto on the Organ-Burgess

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: King Pepin's Campaign

Event Comment: Will be perform'd several new exercises of Rope Dancing and Tumbling, by M. Duge, Vangable and others, divided into two Parts. Boxes [as 26 Dec. 1744]. Between the two Parts of the Exercises will be given gratis the Tempest as alter'd by Mr Dryden and Sir William Davenant from Shakespear. 7 p.m

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: Cooke, Picq, LaLauze, others; Scotch Dance-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde, Delagarde, Destrade, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Villeneuve

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan. By Particular Desire. Last night of the season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Bridges

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Performance Comment: As17441124, but School Boy-Young Shuter; Major/Rakish-Morgan; Father Benedict-Green; Friendly-Bransby; Lettice-Mrs Horsington.
Cast
Role: Father Benedict Actor: Green

Song: I: Cantata-Lowe; III, IV: Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: Cooke, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-attempted by a young actor [Stevens (Hogan, Shakespear in the Theatre, p. 36)]; Ophelia-Mrs Woffington; Laertes-Marshall; King-Bridges; Ghost-Delane; Polonius-Taswell; Lucianus-Yates; Horatio-Havard; Queen-Mrs Bennet; Gravediggers-Macklin, Ray; Marcellus-Turbutt; Rosencraus-Simpson; Guildenstern-Goodfellow; Ostrick-Neale; Bernardo-Winstone; Player Queen-Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: V: a New Dance-M and Mlle Mechel; followed by a Ball Country Dance-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Massacre Of Paris

Cast
Role: Queen Mother Actor: Mrs James

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: Cooke, Mlle Campioni; Comic Dance call'd The Peasants-Cooke; New Grand Ballet call'd Les Allemandes-Cooke, Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse; Or, Virtue In Danger

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees

Cast
Role: Father Martin Actor: Taswell

Dance: II: Mechel; IV: Mlle Mechel

Song: V: a Chorus song- [set by Handel, for the Gentlemen Volunteers of the City of London, Stand around, my brave boys written by John Lockman (Deutsch, Handel, p. 624)]

Related Works
Related Work: The Faithful Shepherd Author(s): George Frederic Handel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Bridges

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist; or, The Sham Doctor

Dance: III: Grand Comic Dance, as17450926

Song: V: As17451114, but Lowe

Event Comment: 1 Written by Shakespear. Benefit Powell, Howard, and others; by particular Desire. Afterpiece: Never acted there before. [The Debauchees; or, The Jesuit Caught, originally issued as The Old Debauchees by Henry Fielding, 1 June 1732, dl. Concluding the program with the National Anthem now omitted from the advertisements.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: 1 Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: 1 The Debauchees

Performance Comment: Old Laroon-Morgan; Isabel-Mrs Phillips; Father Martin-Paget; Young Laroon-Kennedy; Old Jourdain-Cushing; Beatrice-Mrs Cushing.
Cast
Role: Father Martin Actor: Paget

Song: 1 Brett

Dance: 1 As17451028

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: II: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Song: IV: Lowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Song: As17460108

Event Comment: As written by Shakespeare, never acted there before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: Prospero-L.? Sparks; Ferdinand-Delane; Caliban-I. Sparks; Stephano-Macklin; Trinculo-Barrington; Anthonio-Goodfellow; Alonzo-Bridges; Gonzalo-Berry; Boatswain-Blakes; Miranda-Miss Edwards; Ariel-Mrs Clive (with proper songs); Francisco-Woodburn; Sebastian-Marshall; With the Original Decorations; particularly, The Grand Masque-; by Mr Arne; The Part of Juno-Mrs Arne; Iris-Miss Young; Ceres-Mrs Sibella With proper Chorus's and Dances.
Cast
Role: The Grand Masque Actor:
Role: The Part of Juno Actor: Mrs Arne

Opera: Concluding with a Musical Entertainment (compos'd by Arne) of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Lowe; Amphitrite-Mrs Arne; Sea Nymphs-Mrs Young, Mrs Sibella; The whole interspers'd with Dances-Muilment, Desse, Miss Scott

Performance Comment: Neptune-Lowe; Amphitrite-Mrs Arne; Sea Nymphs-Mrs Young, Mrs Sibella; The whole interspers'd with Dances-Muilment, Desse, Miss Scott.
Event Comment: New Pantomime with Songs by Dr Arne; Scenes in Scotland; background of defeat of the rebellion (Biographia Dramatica). Scenes and Decorations New. No persons can be admitted behind the Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Related Works
Related Work: The Constant Couple; or, A Trip to the Jubilee Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Incendiary; or, Colombine Cameron

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Yates; Miser-Collins; Carlos-Blakes; Pope-Bibby; Magistrate-I. Sparks; Beau-Liviez; Colombine (with proper songs)-Mrs Clive; Highlander-Winstone; Scotch Servant-Barrington; Thirsis, a Volunteer-Lowe; Amoret-Miss Edwards; With Proper Dances (Scotch and other)-Muilment, the Mechels, Desse, Roger, Shawford, Miles; Victory-Mrs Arne; Fame-Miss Young.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: Elder Loveless-Mills; Younger Loveless-Foote; Savil-Yates; Morecraft-Taswell; Sir Roger-Macklin; Captain-Blakes; Poet-Collins; Lady-Mrs Woffington; Abigail-Mrs Macklin; Welford-Havard; Traveller-Goodfellow; Martha-Miss Edwards; Widow-Mrs Cross; With an Epilogue in the Character of a Female Volunteer,-Mrs Woffington.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: II: Lowe; IV: Colin and Phebe-Lowe, Mrs Arne

Dance: III: Italian Peasants, as17460206 V: Muilment

Event Comment: Benefit Rector, Mrs Gondou, and Miss Vandersluys. Tickets deliver'd for Miss Ferguson and others will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: The Stratagem Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi, Miss Vandersluys; The Peasants-Mathews, Miss Vandersluys

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: As17451127, but an Epilogue in the character of Lord Foppington--_; Lord Foppington-Cibber; Amanda-Mrs Cross; Hoyden-Miss Minors; Bull-Leigh; Young Fashion-Cross, .

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: II: Scotch Dialogue, as17460310 IV: Cantata-Lowe

Dance: III: Italian Peasants, as17460206 V: Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: PPigmalion, as17460409 Peasant-Cooke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Cast
Role: Younger Loveless Actor: Foote

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

Song: Bibby

Dance: Picq, Miss Hilliard

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave [Royal Chace]

Dance: I: Peasant-Cooke; II: Pigmalion, as17460409

Event Comment: At the particular desire of several persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: The Stratagem Author(s): George Farquhar

Dance: Cooke