20 April 1747
Event Information
Theatre:
Covent Garden
Theatrical Season:
1746-1747
Volume:
3
Comments:
Benefit Woodward. [Receipts: #81 3s. 6d., plus #59 9s. from tickets. Charges #63.] Paid Servandoni #10 10s. Paid Price a bill for carpenter's work at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre last week #2 19s. 9d. Tickets to be had of Woodward at his lodgings in King St. (near the Churchyard Gate) Covent Garden; at the Bedford Coffee House; at the Salutation Tavern in Nicholas Lane; and of Page at the stage door. Tomorrow The Distress'd Mother and Miss in her Teens, the part of Fribble by Garrick.--General Advertiser. Daily Advertiser: By Particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. [On 13 April Woodward published a letter of thanks to the former schoolfellow who sent him this speech, promised to present it, and assured him that no copy would be made. See Theatrical Clippings, Folger Library.
Performance List
Mainpiece
Comments:
Brutus-Quin; Cassius-Ryan; Antony-Havard; Caesar-Bridgwater; Plebeians-Hippisley, Chapman, Woodward; Calphurnia-Mrs James; Portia-Mrs Pritchard.
Brutus-Quin; Cassius-Ryan; Antony-Havard; Caesar-Bridgwater; Plebeians-Hippisley, Chapman, Woodward; Calphurnia-Mrs James; Portia-Mrs Pritchard.
Afterpiece
Title:
Orpheus and Eurydice
Comments:
As17470309 but Country lads-_; Country lasses-_; Woman Dwarf-_.
As17470309 but Country lads-_; Country lasses-_; Woman Dwarf-_.
Cast:
- Role: in the character of Pierot Actor: Lalauze.
- Role: Country lasses Actor: Mrs Vaughan, Mrs _LeFont.
- Role: Orpheus Actor: Beard
- Role: Rhodope Actor: Mrs Lampe
- Role: Eurydice Actor: Miss Younge
- Role: 1st Nymph Actor: Sga Campioni
- Role: Harlequin Actor: Woodward
- Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Havard
- Role: Pantaloon Actor: Arthur
- Role: Gawky Actor: Bencraft
- Role: Mrs Mannerly Actor: Mrs Martin
- Role: Goody Gurton Actor: Marten
- Role: Drudge Actor: Hippisley
- Role: Woman Dwarf Actor: French Boy
- Role: Country lads Actor: Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade
Entertainment
Comment:
Between Play and Afterpiece: An Alarm to Britons-the Spirit of King Henry V (After the manner of Shakespeare's Chorus) usher'd in with Trumpets, Kettle Drums and other Warlike Instruments