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23 December 1778

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1778-1779
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for a Fund for the relief and support of Performers and others retiring from the Stage. 3rd piece: With Alterations

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg The Distress'd Mother. As 19 Nov. *aThe Wives Revenged. As 18 Sept. *aThe Spendthrift. As 21 Dec. [<i>Prologue</i> as 21 Dec.% *dEnd: <i>The Embarkment for Cytherea</i>, as 27 Nov. *cBenefit for a Fund for the reliefand support of Performers and others retiring from the Stage. 3rd piece: WithAlterations.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1778 12 23 cg The Distress'd Mother. ^As17781119^.*a1778 12 23 cg The Wives Revenged. ^As17780918^.*a1778 12 23 cg The Spendthrift. ^As17781221^ <i>Prologue</i> ^as17781221^ .*d1778 12 23 cg End: <i>The Embarkment for Cytherea</i>, ^as17781127^.*c1778 12 23 cg Benefit for a Fund for the relief and support of Performers and others retiring from the Stage. 3rd piece: With Alterations.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 40168 | 17781223 | cg | Benefit for a Fund for the relief and support of Performers and others retiring from the Stage. 3rd piece: With Alterations
    Performance: 85114 | 40168 | p | The Distress'd Mother | As17781119.
    AsSeeDate: 85114 | cg | p | As | 17781119
    Cast:
    536490 | 85114 | Pyrrhus | Aickin
    536491 | 85114 | Pylades | Whitfield
    536492 | 85114 | Phoenix | L'Estrange
    536493 | 85114 | Orestes | Wroughton
    536494 | 85114 | Hermione | Mrs Crawford
    536495 | 85114 | Cephisa | Mrs Morton
    536496 | 85114 | Cleone | Mrs Poussin
    536497 | 85114 | Andromache | Mrs Yates.
    Performance: 85115 | 40168 | a | The Wives Revenged | As17780918.
    AsSeeDate: 85115 | cg | a | As | 17780918
    Cast:
    536498 | 85115 | Don Manuel | Dunstall
    536499 | 85115 | Don Philip | Wroughton
    536500 | 85115 | Don Octavio | Whitfield
    536501 | 85115 | Don Louis | Booth
    536502 | 85115 | Trappanti | Lee Lewes
    536503 | 85115 | Flora | Mrs Lessingham
    536504 | 85115 | Rosara | Miss Leeson
    536505 | 85115 | Viletta | Mrs Pitt
    536506 | 85115 | Hyppolita | Mrs Bulkley.
    536507 | 85115 | Mr Vermilion | Mattocks
    536508 | 85115 | Alderman Tokay | Wilson
    536509 | 85115 | Deputy Dimity | Quick
    536510 | 85115 | Mrs Dimity | Miss Weller
    536511 | 85115 | Mrs Tokay | Mrs Morton
    536512 | 85115 | Mrs Vermilion | Mrs Mattocks.
    Performance: 85116 | 40168 | a | The Spendthrift | As17781221 <i>Prologue</i> as17781221 .
    AsSeeDate: 85116 | cg | a | As | 17781221
    Cast:
    536513 | 85116 | Principal Characters | Quick, Whitfield, Dunstall, Wewitzer, Brunsdon, Booth, Robson, Fearon, Jones, Cushing, Mrs Willems, Mrs White, Mrs Morton
    Performance: 85117 | 40168 | d | End: <i>The Embarkment for Cytherea</i>, as17781127
    AsSeeDate: 85117 | cg | d | As | 17781127

Mainpiece

Title: The Distress'd Mother
Comments:
As17781119.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: The Wives Revenged
Comments:
As17780918.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1778
Baptism: 1745
Death: 1814

Afterpiece

Title: The Spendthrift
Comments:
As17781221 Prologue as17781221 .
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1731

Dance

Comment: End: The Embarkment for Cytherea, as17781127

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 23 December 1778 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed March 31, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=40168.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 23 December 1778 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=40168. Accessed 31 March 2025.