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15 December 1753

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1753-1754
Volume: 4
Comments: [G+Gray's Inn Journal contains a puff' for Macklin's coming benefit (see 20 Dec.), deplores his dismissal from Covent Garden, and hopes for a good audience to help set him up in his new venture.] Receipts: #100 (Cross)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?odl The Old Batchelor. As 24 Oct. *a?odl The Englishman in Paris. As 27 Oct., but <i>Occasional Prologue</i>-. *c?odl [<i>G+Gray's Inn Journal</i> contains a puff' for $Macklin='s coming benefit (see 20 Dec.), deplores his dismissal from <i>Covent Garden</i>, and hopes for a good audience to help set him up in his new venture.] Receipts: #100 ($Cross=).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1753 12 15 dl The Old Batchelor. ^As17531024^.*a1753 12 15 dl The Englishman in Paris. ^As17531027^, but <i>Occasional Prologue</i>-.*c1753 12 15 dl [<i>G+Gray's Inn Journal</i> contains a puff' for $Macklin='s coming benefit (see 20 Dec.), deplores his dismissal from <i>Covent Garden</i>, and hopes for a good audience to help set him up in his new venture.] Receipts: #100 ($Cross=).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 26800 | 17531215 | dl | [<i>G+Gray's Inn Journal</i> contains a puff' for $Macklin='s coming benefit (see 20 Dec.), deplores his dismissal from <i>Covent Garden</i>, and hopes for a good audience to help set him up in his new venture.] Receipts: #100 ($Cross=)
    Performance: 53941 | 26800 | p | The Old Batchelor | As17531024.
    AsSeeDate: 53941 | dl | p | As | 17531024
    Cast:
    383766 | 53941 | Fondlewife | Foote
    383767 | 53941 | Bellmour | Palmer
    383768 | 53941 | Sir Joseph Wittol | Woodward
    383769 | 53941 | Setter | Blakes
    383770 | 53941 | Noll Bluff | Yates
    383771 | 53941 | Vainlove | Jefferson
    383772 | 53941 | Sharper | Havard
    383773 | 53941 | Heartwell | Berry
    383774 | 53941 | Lucy | Mrs Bennet
    383775 | 53941 | Laetitia | Mrs Pritchard
    383776 | 53941 | Belinda | Miss Haughton
    383777 | 53941 | Araminta | Mrs Davies
    383778 | 53941 | Sylvia | Mrs Cowper
    383779 | 53941 | In Act III a <i>Dance</i> proper to the play, | Gerard, Mad Lussant.
    Performance: 53942 | 26800 | a | The Englishman in Paris | As17531027, but <i>Occasional Prologue</i>-.
    AsSeeDate: 53942 | dl | a | As | 17531027
    Cast:
    89129 | 53942 | <i>Occasional Prologue</i> | .
    383780 | 53942 | Buck | Foote
    383781 | 53942 | Lucinda | Miss Macklin
    383782 | 53942 | Other characters | <i>Lacey.

Mainpiece

Title: The Old Batchelor
Comments:
As17531024.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date:
Author: Samuel Foote
Baptism: 1721
Death: 1777
Publish Date:
Birth: 1670
Death: 1729

Afterpiece

Title: The Englishman in Paris
Comments:
As17531027, but Occasional Prologue-.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1753
Author: Samuel Foote
Baptism: 1721
Death: 1777

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 15 December 1753 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed April 2, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=26800.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 15 December 1753 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=26800. Accessed 2 April 2025.