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28 April 1748

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1747-1748
Volume: 4
Comments: Benefit for Mrs Macklin. Mainpiece [by John Ford]: Reviv'd not acted these Hundred years. Afterpiece: A New Farce never acted before by Charles Macklin. Note: Tickets deliver'd out for 22 April will be taken. Tickets to be had of Mrs Macklin in Bow St., and of Hobson at the Stage door. Cross: The play lik'd--farce not. Receipts: #93 (Cross); house charges, #60 (Powel); cash, #80 19s. 6d.; tickets, #12 15s. (Clay MS)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p??dl Lover's Melancholy. Principal Parts-Barry, Sparks, Berry, Winstone, Macklin, Blakes, Delane, Havard, Neale, Mrs Macklin, Mrs Green, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Pritchard. *a??dl The Club of Fortune Hunters; or, The Widow Bewitch'd. Principal parts-Macklin, Winstone, Taswell, I. Sparks, Usher, Blakes, Mrs Bennet, Miss Cole, Mrs Macklin. *d??dl III: <i>Savoyards</i>, as 15 Dec. 1747; V: <i>Pastoral Dance</i>, as 26 March. *c??dl Benefit for $Mrs Macklin=. Mainpiece [by $John Ford=]: Reviv'd not acted these Hundred years. Afterpiece: A New Farce never acted before by $Charles Macklin=. Note: Tickets deliver'd out for 22 April will be taken. Tickets to be had of Mrs Macklin in <i>Bow St.</i>, and of $Hobson= at the Stage door. $Cross=: The play lik'd--farce not. Receipts: #93 ($Cross=); house charges, #60 ($Powel=); cash, #80 19s. 6d.; tickets, #12 15s. (<i>Clay MS</i>).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1748 04 28 dl Lover's Melancholy. Principal Parts-Barry, Sparks, Berry, Winstone, Macklin, Blakes, Delane, Havard, Neale, Mrs Macklin, Mrs Green, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Pritchard.*a1748 04 28 dl The Club of Fortune Hunters; or, The Widow Bewitch'd. Principal parts-Macklin, Winstone, Taswell, I. Sparks, Usher, Blakes, Mrs Bennet, Miss Cole, Mrs Macklin.*d1748 04 28 dl III: <i>Savoyards</i>, ^as17471215^; V: <i>Pastoral Dance</i>, ^as17480326^.*c1748 04 28 dl Benefit for $Mrs Macklin=. Mainpiece [by $John Ford=]: Reviv'd not acted these Hundred years. Afterpiece: A New Farce never acted before by $Charles Macklin=. Note: Tickets deliver'd out for 22 April will be taken. Tickets to be had of Mrs Macklin in <i>Bow St.</i>, and of $Hobson= at the Stage door. $Cross=: The play lik'd--farce not. Receipts: #93 ($Cross=); house charges, #60 ($Powel=); cash, #80 19s. 6d.; tickets, #12 15s. (<i>Clay MS</i>).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 24225 | 17480428 | dl | Benefit for $Mrs Macklin=. Mainpiece [by $John Ford=]: Reviv'd not acted these Hundred years. Afterpiece: A New Farce never acted before by $Charles Macklin=. Note: Tickets deliver'd out for 22 April will be taken. Tickets to be had of Mrs Macklin in <i>Bow St.</i>, and of $Hobson= at the Stage door. $Cross=: The play lik'd--farce not. Receipts: #93 ($Cross=); house charges, #60 ($Powel=); cash, #80 19s. 6d.; tickets, #12 15s. (<i>Clay MS</i>)
    Performance: 48248 | 24225 | p | Lover's Melancholy | Principal Parts-Barry, Sparks, Berry, Winstone, Macklin, Blakes, Delane, Havard, Neale, Mrs Macklin, Mrs Green, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Pritchard.
    Cast:
    78759 | 48248 | Principal Parts | Barry, Sparks, Berry, Winstone, Macklin, Blakes, Delane, Havard, Neale, Mrs Macklin, Mrs Green, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Pritchard.
    Performance: 48249 | 24225 | a | The Club of Fortune Hunters; or, The Widow Bewitch'd | Principal parts-Macklin, Winstone, Taswell, I. Sparks, Usher, Blakes, Mrs Bennet, Miss Cole, Mrs Macklin.
    Cast:
    78760 | 48249 | Principal parts | Macklin, Winstone, Taswell, I. Sparks, Usher, Blakes, Mrs Bennet, Miss Cole, Mrs Macklin.
    Performance: 48250 | 24225 | d | III: <i>Savoyards</i>, as17471215; V: <i>Pastoral Dance</i>, as17480326
    AsSeeDate: 48250 | dl | d | As | 17471215

Mainpiece

Title: Lover's Melancholy
Comments:
Principal Parts-Barry, Sparks, Berry, Winstone, Macklin, Blakes, Delane, Havard, Neale, Mrs Macklin, Mrs Green, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Pritchard.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: The Club of Fortune Hunters; or, The Widow Bewitch'd
Comments:
Principal parts-Macklin, Winstone, Taswell, I. Sparks, Usher, Blakes, Mrs Bennet, Miss Cole, Mrs Macklin.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1730
Author: John Mottley
Birth: 1692
Death: 1750

Dance

Comment: III: Savoyards, as17471215; V: Pastoral Dance, as17480326

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 28 April 1748 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed April 3, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=24225.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 28 April 1748 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=24225. Accessed 3 April 2025.