London Stage Event: 23 December 1749 at Covent Garden

23 December 1749

Event Information

Theatre: Covent Garden

Theatrical Season: 1749-1750

Volume: 4

Comments: [M$Mr Carata the Turk, 2nd Week's salary #26 5s. A Dancer on the slack rope. Met general approbation in London two years earlier. Engaged this season at the Haymarket, where he first perform'd "after the Turkish Manner with surprising execution on the slack wire" 31 Oct. 1749. Rich took him over in December and kept him on the payroll at #26 5s. weekly for thirteen weeks until 10 May 1750. His salary included pay for this equipment and apparently a small company of assistants, as the Account Book refers to him often as Carata the Turk & Co.] Receipts: #105 14s

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*p?wcg Lady Jane Gray. As 16 Dec. *a?wcg Perseus and Andromeda. As 23 Nov. *c?wcg [$M$Mr Carata= the Turk, 2nd Week's salary #26 5s. A Dancer on the slack rope. Met general approbation in London two years earlier. Engaged this season at the Haymarket, where he first perform'd "after the Turkish Manner with surprising execution on the slack wire" 31 Oct. 1749. $Rich= took him over in December and kept him on the payroll at #26 5s. weekly for thirteen weeks until 10 May 1750. His salary included pay for this equipment and apparently a small company of assistants, as the Account Book refers to him often as Carata the Turk & Co.] Receipts: #105 14s.
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*p1749 12 23 cg Lady Jane Gray. ^As17491216^.*a1749 12 23 cg Perseus and Andromeda. ^As17491123^.*c1749 12 23 cg [$M$Mr Carata= the Turk, 2nd Week's salary #26 5s. A Dancer on the slack rope. Met general approbation in London two years earlier. Engaged this season at the Haymarket, where he first perform'd "after the Turkish Manner with surprising execution on the slack wire" 31 Oct. 1749. $Rich= took him over in December and kept him on the payroll at #26 5s. weekly for thirteen weeks until 10 May 1750. His salary included pay for this equipment and apparently a small company of assistants, as the Account Book refers to him often as Carata the Turk & Co.] Receipts: #105 14s.
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Event: 25041 | 17491223 | cg | [$M$Mr Carata= the Turk, 2nd Week's salary #26 5s. A Dancer on the slack rope. Met general approbation in London two years earlier. Engaged this season at the Haymarket, where he first perform'd "after the Turkish Manner with surprising execution on the slack wire" 31 Oct. 1749. $Rich= took him over in December and kept him on the payroll at #26 5s. weekly for thirteen weeks until 10 May 1750. His salary included pay for this equipment and apparently a small company of assistants, as the Account Book refers to him often as Carata the Turk & Co.] Receipts: #105 14s

Performance: 49999 | 25041 | p | Lady Jane Gray | As17491216.
AsSeeDate: 49999 | cg | p | As | 17491216

Cast:
363911 | 49999 | Lady Jane | Mrs Woffington

363912 | 49999 | Dudley | Ryan

363913 | 49999 | Northumberland | Sparks

363914 | 49999 | Pembroke | Delane

363915 | 49999 | Suffolk | Ridout

363916 | 49999 | Sussex | Anderson

363917 | 49999 | Dutchess of Suffolk | Mrs Horton

363918 | 49999 | Gardiner | Quin.

Performance: 50000 | 25041 | a | Perseus and Andromeda | As17491123.
AsSeeDate: 50000 | cg | a | As | 17491123

Cast:
363919 | 50000 | Perseus | Lowe

363920 | 50000 | Cepheus | Leveridge

363921 | 50000 | Aethiopian | Baker

363922 | 50000 | Cassiope | Mrs Wright

363923 | 50000 | Mercury | Wilder

363924 | 50000 | Amazons | Miss Young, Miss Allen, Miss Ferguson, Miss Hippisley, Miss Morrison

363925 | 50000 | Cyclops | Roberts, Smith, Holtham, Bennet, Davis

363926 | 50000 | Infernals | Waltz, Villeneuve, Desse, Froment, Delagarde, Dupre, Dumont

363927 | 50000 | Harlequin | Oates

363928 | 50000 | Hussar | Bencraft

363929 | 50000 | Hussar's servant | Arthur

363930 | 50000 | Colombine | Miss Haughton

363931 | 50000 | Valet de Chambre | Atkins

363932 | 50000 | Petit Maitre | LaLauze

363933 | 50000 | Concluding with the Original Grand Dance

363934 | 50000 | Andromeda | Miss Falkner.