02 December 1774

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pcg Artaxerxes. As 29 Nov. *aThe Romance of An Hour. [Parts by: Shuter, Bensley, Clarke, Lee Lewes, Quick, Dunstall, Miss Pearce, Mrs Green, Mrs Bulkley. With a New <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i>.% Sir Hector Strangeways-Shuter; Brownlow-Bensley; Col. Ormsby-Clarke; Bussora-Lee Lewes; Orson-Quick; Pillage-Dunstall; James-Bates; Jenny-Miss Pearce; Lady Di Strangeways-Mrs Green; Zelida-Mrs Bulkley; [With a New% <i>Prologue</i> [by $Kelly=%-Lee; <i>Epilogue</i> [by Kelly%-Mrs Bulkley (Edition of 1774). *dI: <i>The Vintage Festival</i>, as 7 Oct.; End Opera: <i>The Irish Lilt</i>-Aldridge, Miss Valois. [See 5 Oct. 1773] *cAfterpiece: A New Comedy (by $Hugh Kelly=] of 2 Acts never perform'd. [Written, as the author states in his Advertisement to the Edition of 1774, at the instigation of and on the inspiration of $Mrs Abington=. The <i>Larpent MS 379</i> lists a partial cast and the lengths for each part: 10 <i>Hector Strangeways</i>r-$Shuter=; 7 <i>Brownlow</i>r-$Bensley=; 5 <i>Ormsby</i>r-$Clarke=; 6 <i>Bussora</i>r-...; 5 <i>Orson</i>r-...; 6 <i>Pillage</i>r-$Dunstall=; 1!2 <i>Servant</i>r-...; 5 <i>Lady Strangeways</i>r-$Mrs Green=; 7 1!2 <i>Zelinda</i>r 1!2 <i>Jenny</i>r-....(A Length was 42 lines of dialogue.)] [From the <i>Westminster Magazine</i>, Dec: Though there is scarce anything new in the Plot, Characters, Dialogue of this piece; yet upon the whole we found it extremely entertaining. The <i>Indian servant</i> is well introduced to satirize the follies and vices of the metropolis; and <i>Sir Hector</i>r and his son give us a good dish of sea terms, well served up by Messrs $Shuter= and $Quick=."]
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    *p1774 12 02 cg Artaxerxes. ^As17741129^.*a1774 12 02 cg The Romance of An Hour. Parts by: Shuter, Bensley, Clarke, Lee Lewes, Quick, Dunstall, Miss Pearce, Mrs Green, Mrs Bulkley. With a New <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i>. Sir Hector Strangeways-Shuter; Brownlow-Bensley; Col. Ormsby-Clarke; Bussora-Lee Lewes; Orson-Quick; Pillage-Dunstall; James-Bates; Jenny-Miss Pearce; Lady Di Strangeways-Mrs Green; Zelida-Mrs Bulkley; With a New <i>Prologue</i> by $Kelly=-Lee; <i>Epilogue</i> by Kelly-Mrs Bulkley (Edition of 1774).*d1774 12 02 cg I: <i>The Vintage Festival</i>, ^as17741007^; End Opera: <i>The Irish Lilt</i>-Aldridge, Miss Valois. [^See17731005^] .*c1774 12 02 cg Afterpiece: A New Comedy (by $Hugh Kelly=] of 2 Acts never perform'd. [Written, as the author states in his Advertisement to the Edition of 1774, at the instigation of and on the inspiration of $Mrs Abington=. The <i>Larpent MS 379</i> lists a partial cast and the lengths for each part: 10 <i>Hector Strangeways-$Shuter</i>; 7 <i>Brownlow-$Bensley</i>; 5 <i>Ormsby-$Clarke</i>; 6 <i>Bussora-...; 5 +Orson-...; 6 +Pillage-$Dunstall</i>; 1!2 <i>Servant-...; 5 +Lady Strangeways-$Mrs Green</i>; 7 1!2 <i>Zelinda</i>r 1!2 <i>Jenny-....(A Length was 42 lines of dialogue.)] [From the +Westminster Magazine</i>, Dec: Though there is scarce anything new in the Plot, Characters, Dialogue of this piece; yet upon the whole we found it extremely entertaining. The <i>Indian servant</i> is well introduced to satirize the follies and vices of the metropolis; and <i>Sir Hector</i>r and his son give us a good dish of sea terms, well served up by Messrs $Shuter= and $Quick=."]
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 37896 | 17741202 | cg | Afterpiece: A New Comedy (by $Hugh Kelly=] of 2 Acts never perform'd. [Written, as the author states in his Advertisement to the Edition of 1774, at the instigation of and on the inspiration of $Mrs Abington=. The <i>Larpent MS 379</i> lists a partial cast and the lengths for each part: 10 <i>Hector Strangeways-$Shuter</i>; 7 <i>Brownlow-$Bensley</i>; 5 <i>Ormsby-$Clarke</i>; 6 <i>Bussora-...; 5 +Orson-...; 6 +Pillage-$Dunstall</i>; 1!2 <i>Servant-...; 5 +Lady Strangeways-$Mrs Green</i>; 7 1!2 <i>Zelinda</i> 1!2 <i>Jenny-....(A Length was 42 lines of dialogue.)] [From the +Westminster Magazine</i>, Dec: Though there is scarce anything new in the Plot, Characters, Dialogue of this piece; yet upon the whole we found it extremely entertaining. The <i>Indian servant</i> is well introduced to satirize the follies and vices of the metropolis; and <i>Sir Hector</i> and his son give us a good dish of sea terms, well served up by Messrs $Shuter= and $Quick=."
    Performance: 79150 | 37896 | p | Artaxerxes | As17741129.
    AsSeeDate: 79150 | cg | p | As | 17741129
    Cast:
    505551 | 79150 | Arbaces | Mrs Mattocks
    505552 | 79150 | Artaxerxes | Mattocks
    505553 | 79150 | Artabanes | Reinhold
    505554 | 79150 | Rimenes | DuBellamy
    505555 | 79150 | Semira | Mrs Baker
    505556 | 79150 | Mandane | Miss Catley.
    Performance: 79151 | 37896 | a | The Romance of An Hour | Parts by: Shuter, Bensley, Clarke, Lee Lewes, Quick, Dunstall, Miss Pearce, Mrs Green, Mrs Bulkley. With a New <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i>. Sir Hector Strangeways-Shuter; Brownlow-Bensley; Col. Ormsby-Clarke; Bussora-Lee Lewes; Orson-Quick; Pillage-Dunstall; James-Bates; Jenny-Miss Pearce; Lady Di Strangeways-Mrs Green; Zelida-Mrs Bulkley; With a New <i>Prologue</i> by $Kelly=-Lee; <i>Epilogue</i> by Kelly-Mrs Bulkley (Edition of 1774).
    Cast:
    135389 | 79151 | Sir Hector Strangeways | Shuter
    135390 | 79151 | Brownlow | Bensley
    135391 | 79151 | Ormsby | Clarke
    135392 | 79151 | Bussora | Lee Lewes
    135393 | 79151 | Orson | Quick
    135394 | 79151 | Pillage | Dunstall
    135395 | 79151 | James | Bates
    135396 | 79151 | Jenny | Miss Pearce
    135397 | 79151 | Lady Di Strangeways | Mrs Green
    135398 | 79151 | Zelida | Mrs Bulkley
    135399 | 79151 | Kelly= | Lee
    135400 | 79151 | <i>Epilogue</i> by Kelly | Mrs Bulkley
    Performance: 79152 | 37896 | d | I: <i>The Vintage Festival</i>, as17741007; End Opera: <i>The Irish Lilt</i>-Aldridge, Miss Valois | [See17731005] .
    AsSeeDate: 79152 | cg | d | As | 17741007

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Afterpiece

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Parts by: Shuter, Bensley, Clarke, Lee Lewes, Quick, Dunstall, Miss Pearce, Mrs Green, Mrs Bulkley. With a New Prologue and Epilogue. Sir Hector Strangeways-Shuter; Brownlow-Bensley; Col. Ormsby-Clarke; Bussora-Lee Lewes; Orson-Quick; Pillage-Dunstall; James-Bates; Jenny-Miss Pearce; Lady Di Strangeways-Mrs Green; Zelida-Mrs Bulkley; With a New Prologue by Kelly-Lee; Epilogue by Kelly-Mrs Bulkley (Edition of 1774).
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Comment: I: The Vintage Festival, as17741007; End Opera: The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, Miss Valois. [See17731005]

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