03 December 1729
Event Information
Theatre:
Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season:
1729-1730
Volume:
3
Comments:
[By Ebenezer Forrest.] By Command of His Royal Highness. After the Manner of the Beggar's Opera. All the Habits and Scenes entirely New. Receipts: #161 18s. 6d. [For a comment on this performance, see Thomas Edwards to John Clerke, "Unrecorded Comments on John Gay, Henry Travers, and Others", N & Q (August 1953), p. 338.
Performance List
Mainpiece
Comments:
Edition of 1729 lists: Jupiter-Milward; Neptune-Morgan; Apollo-Salway; Mars-Walker; Plutus-Hippisley; Vulcan-Hall; Mercury-Ray; Momus-Hulett; Juno-Mrs Egleton; Venus-Mrs Cantrell; Aegle-Miss Rogers.
Edition of 1729 lists: Jupiter-Milward; Neptune-Morgan; Apollo-Salway; Mars-Walker; Plutus-Hippisley; Vulcan-Hall; Mercury-Ray; Momus-Hulett; Juno-Mrs Egleton; Venus-Mrs Cantrell; Aegle-Miss Rogers.
Cast:
- Role: Jupiter Actor: Milward
- Role: Neptune Actor: Morgan
- Role: Apollo Actor: Salway
- Role: Mars Actor: Walker
- Role: Plutus Actor: Hippisley
- Role: Vulcan Actor: Hall
- Role: Mercury Actor: Ray
- Role: Momus Actor: Hulett
- Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Egleton
- Role: Venus Actor: Mrs Cantrell
- Role: Aegle Actor: Miss Rogers.