The London Stage Database team will be retiring the Legacy Search on May 1, 2025. Please take a moment before that date to reproduce any pre-2021 searches and export any resulting datasets you may wish to preserve for future use. We are making this change in order to free up computational resources for new features and data, currently in development with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Watch this space for more updates and, coming soon, new ways to keep up with the latest project developments!

28 April 1778

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1777-1778
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Mrs Wrighten. Morning Post, 6 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wrighten, No. 56, Drury-lane. The Battle of Hastings [announced on playbill of 27 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Mrs Yates' Indisposition. Tickets delivered for the Battle of Hastings will be taken. Receipts: #288 10s. 6d. (74.0.0; 7.7.0; 0.8.6; tickets: 206.15.0) (charge: #66 2s.). Account-Book totals the charge as follows: Ord[inary] Charge #64 4s.; Nosegay 1s. 6d.; Tea for three 1s. 6d.; Negus 1s. 2d.; Bread & Cheese 4d.; K[ettle] D[rum] 5s.; 19 Carp[enter]s #1 8s. 6d

Performance List

Event Downloads

JSON XML CSV

  • Your web browser doesn't have a PDF plugin. Instead, click here to download the PDF file

  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p dl The Runaway. As 10 Jan., but Susan-Mrs Wrighten. *aThe Waterman. As 19 Nov. 1777. *dEnd III: as 25 Apr. *sBetween Acts: [her two favorite <i>Vauxhall</i> songs% <i>He's Aye Kissing Me</i>, <i>Tally Ho!</i>-Mrs Wrighten. *cBenefit for $Mrs Wrighten=. <i>Morning Post</i>, 6 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wrighten, No. 56, <i>Drury-lane</i>. <i>The Battle of Hastings</i> [announced on playbill of 27 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred on account of $Mrs Yates=' Indisposition. Tickets delivered for the Battle of Hastings will be taken. Receipts: #288 10s. 6d. (74.0.0; 7.7.0; 0.8.6; tickets: 206.15.0) (charge: #66 2s.). Account-Book totals the charge as follows: Ord[inary] Charge #64 4s.; Nosegay 1s. 6d.; Tea for three 1s. 6d.; Negus 1s. 2d.; Bread & Cheese 4d.; K[ettle] D[rum]5s.; 19 Carp[enter]s #1 8s. 6d.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1778 04 28 dl The Runaway. ^As17780110^, but Susan-Mrs Wrighten.*a1778 04 28 dl The Waterman. ^As17771119^.*d1778 04 28 dl End III: ^as17780425^.*s1778 04 28 dl Between Acts: her two favorite <i>Vauxhall</i> songs <i>He's Aye Kissing Me</i>, <i>Tally Ho!</i>-Mrs Wrighten.*c1778 04 28 dl Benefit for $Mrs Wrighten=. <i>Morning Post</i>, 6 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wrighten, No. 56, <i>Drury-lane</i>. <i>The Battle of Hastings</i> [announced on playbill of 27 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred on account of $Mrs Yates=' Indisposition. Tickets delivered for the Battle of Hastings will be taken. Receipts: #288 10s. 6d. (74.0.0; 7.7.0; 0.8.6; tickets: 206.15.0) (charge: #66 2s.). Account-Book totals the charge as follows: Ord[inary] Charge #64 4s.; Nosegay 1s. 6d.; Tea for three 1s. 6d.; Negus 1s. 2d.; Bread & Cheese 4d.; K[ettle] D[rum] 5s.; 19 Carp[enter]s #1 8s. 6d.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 39837 | 17780428 | dl | Benefit for $Mrs Wrighten=. <i>Morning Post</i>, 6 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Wrighten, No. 56, <i>Drury-lane</i>. <i>The Battle of Hastings</i> [announced on playbill of 27 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred on account of $Mrs Yates=' Indisposition. Tickets delivered for the Battle of Hastings will be taken. Receipts: #288 10s. 6d. (74.0.0; 7.7.0; 0.8.6; tickets: 206.15.0) (charge: #66 2s.). Account-Book totals the charge as follows: Ord[inary] Charge #64 4s.; Nosegay 1s. 6d.; Tea for three 1s. 6d.; Negus 1s. 2d.; Bread & Cheese 4d.; K[ettle] D[rum] 5s.; 19 Carp[enter]s #1 8s. 6d
    Performance: 84181 | 39837 | p | The Runaway | As17780110, but Susan-Mrs Wrighten.
    AsSeeDate: 84181 | dl | p | As | 17780110
    Cast:
    144373 | 84181 | Susan | Mrs Wrighten.
    531734 | 84181 | George Hargrave | Smith
    531735 | 84181 | Drummond | Bensley
    531736 | 84181 | Justice | Parsons
    531737 | 84181 | Jarvis | Palmer
    531738 | 84181 | Mr Morley | Aickin
    531739 | 84181 | Sir Charles Seymour | Brereton
    531740 | 84181 | Mr Hargrave | Moody
    531741 | 84181 | Lady Dinah | Mrs Hopkins
    531742 | 84181 | Emily | Mrs Robinson
    531743 | 84181 | Harriet | Miss P. Hopkins
    531744 | 84181 | Bella | Miss Younge.
    Performance: 84182 | 39837 | a | The Waterman | As17771119.
    AsSeeDate: 84182 | dl | a | As | 17771119
    Cast:
    531745 | 84182 | Tugg | Bannister
    531746 | 84182 | Bundle | Davies
    531747 | 84182 | Robin | Lamash
    531748 | 84182 | Wilhelmina | Miss Walpole
    531749 | 84182 | Mrs Bundle | Mrs Wrighten.
    Performance: 84183 | 39837 | d | End III: as17780425
    AsSeeDate: 84183 | dl | d | As | 17780425
    Performance: 84184 | 39837 | s | Between Acts: her two favorite <i>Vauxhall</i> songs <i>He's Aye Kissing Me</i>, <i>Tally Ho | </i>-Mrs Wrighten.
    Cast:
    144374 | 84184 | /i> | Mrs Wrighten.

Mainpiece

Title: The Runaway
Comments:
As17780110, but Susan-Mrs Wrighten.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Runaway
Publish Date: 1776
Author: Hannah Cowley
Birth: 1743
Death: 1809

Afterpiece

Title: The Waterman
Comments:
As17771119.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1774
Baptism: 1745
Death: 1814

Dance

Comment: End III: as17780425

Song

Comment: Between Acts: her two favorite Vauxhall songs He's Aye Kissing Me, Tally Ho!-Mrs Wrighten

Cite this page

Chicago:
MLA: