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06 April 1779

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1778-1779
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 16 Feb. 1778]. Mrs Mattocks' Benefit has been unavoidably obliged to be deferred till this Day. Tickets delivered for Tuesday the 23d of March will be admitted. Public Advertiser, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mattocks at her house in Covent Garden

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg The Fair Penitent. Sciolto (1st time)-Digges; Lothario-Lewis;Altamont-Farren; Servant-Thompson; Rossano-L'Estrange; Horatio-Aickin; Lavinia-Mrs Mattocks; Lucilla-Mrs Morton; Calista-Mrs Crawford. *aTrue-Blue. As 5 Apr. *aMidas. As 27 Mar. *dAs 5 Apr. *cBenefit for $Mrs Mattocks=. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 16 Feb. 1778]. Mrs Mattocks' Benefit has been unavoidably obliged to be deferred till this Day. Tickets delivered for Tuesday the 23d of March will be admitted. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mattocks at her house in <i>Covent Garden</i>.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1779 04 06 cg The Fair Penitent. Sciolto (1st time)-Digges; Lothario-Lewis; Altamont-Farren; Servant-Thompson; Rossano-L'Estrange; Horatio-Aickin; Lavinia-Mrs Mattocks; Lucilla-Mrs Morton; Calista-Mrs Crawford.*a1779 04 06 cg True-Blue. ^As17790405^.*a1779 04 06 cg Midas. ^As17790327^ .*d1779 04 06 cg ^As17790405^.*c1779 04 06 cg Benefit for $Mrs Mattocks=. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 16 Feb. 1778]. Mrs Mattocks' Benefit has been unavoidably obliged to be deferred till this Day. Tickets delivered for Tuesday the 23d of March will be admitted. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mattocks at her house in <i>Covent Garden</i>.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 40355 | 17790406 | cg | Benefit for $Mrs Mattocks=. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 16 Feb. 1778]. Mrs Mattocks' Benefit has been unavoidably obliged to be deferred till this Day. Tickets delivered for Tuesday the 23d of March will be admitted. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mattocks at her house in <i>Covent Garden</i>
    Performance: 85577 | 40355 | p | The Fair Penitent | Sciolto (1st time)-Digges; Lothario-Lewis; Altamont-Farren; Servant-Thompson; Rossano-L'Estrange; Horatio-Aickin; Lavinia-Mrs Mattocks; Lucilla-Mrs Morton; Calista-Mrs Crawford.
    Cast:
    147036 | 85577 | Sciolto | Digges
    147037 | 85577 | Lothario | Lewis
    147038 | 85577 | Altamont | Farren
    147039 | 85577 | Servant | Thompson
    147040 | 85577 | Rossano | L'Estrange
    147041 | 85577 | Horatio | Aickin
    147042 | 85577 | Lavinia | Mrs Mattocks
    147043 | 85577 | Lucilla | Mrs Morton
    147044 | 85577 | Calista | Mrs Crawford.
    Performance: 85578 | 40355 | a | True-Blue | As17790405.
    AsSeeDate: 85578 | cg | a | As | 17790405
    Cast:
    539224 | 85578 | Characters | Mahon, Reinhold, Baker, Mrs Morton.
    539225 | 85578 | Careful | Mahon
    539226 | 85578 | Lieutenant Dreadnought | Reinhold
    539227 | 85578 | True | Blue-Baker
    539228 | 85578 | Blue | Baker
    539229 | 85578 | Nancy | Mrs Morton.
    539230 | 85578 | Telemachus | Mrs Kennedy
    539231 | 85578 | Mentor | Reinhold
    539232 | 85578 | Proteus | Leoni
    539233 | 85578 | Antiope | Miss Thornton
    539234 | 85578 | Calypso | Miss Brown.
    539235 | 85578 | Marplot | Lewis
    539236 | 85578 | Sir George Airy | Wroughton
    539237 | 85578 | Charles | Whitfield
    539238 | 85578 | Sir Jealous Traffic | Dunstall
    539239 | 85578 | Sir Francis Gripe | Quick
    539240 | 85578 | Whisper | Cushing
    539241 | 85578 | Scentwell | Mrs Poussin
    539242 | 85578 | Isabinda | Mrs Lessingham
    539243 | 85578 | Patch | Mrs Pitt
    539244 | 85578 | Miranda | Mrs Mattocks.
    539245 | 85578 | Grub | Wilson
    539246 | 85578 | Chapeau | Lee Lewes
    539247 | 85578 | George Bevil | Whitfield
    539248 | 85578 | Consol | Jones
    539249 | 85578 | Robin | Wewitzer
    539250 | 85578 | Bevil | Booth
    539251 | 85578 | Bevil | Thompson
    539252 | 85578 | Emily | Miss Ambrose
    539253 | 85578 | Mrs Grub | Mrs Green.
    539254 | 85578 | Debenture | Booth
    539255 | 85578 | Principal Characters | Quick, Wilson, Lee Lewes, Whitfield, Robson, Fearon, Wewitzer, Brunsdon, Jones, Clarke, Mrs Morton, Miss Stewart, Miss Brown. Cast from text
    539256 | 85578 | Teneriffe | Wilson
    539257 | 85578 | Midships | Lee Lewes
    539258 | 85578 | George Belford | Whitfield
    539259 | 85578 | Wilmot | Robson
    539260 | 85578 | Breeze | Fearon
    539261 | 85578 | Monsieur Coromandel | Wewitzer
    539262 | 85578 | Bronze | Brunsdon
    539263 | 85578 | Old Belford | Clarke
    539264 | 85578 | Fanny | Mrs Morton
    539265 | 85578 | Adelaide | Miss Stewart
    539266 | 85578 | Harriet | Miss Brown
    Performance: 85579 | 40355 | a | Midas | As17790327 .
    AsSeeDate: 85579 | cg | a | As | 17790327
    Cast:
    539267 | 85579 | Midas | Wilson
    539268 | 85579 | Apollo | Mattocks
    539269 | 85579 | Pan | Mahon
    539270 | 85579 | Jupiter | Fox
    539271 | 85579 | Damaetas | Wewitzer
    539272 | 85579 | Sileno | Baker
    539273 | 85579 | Juno | Mrs Poussin
    539274 | 85579 | Daphne | Miss Brown
    539275 | 85579 | Mysis | Mrs Morton
    539276 | 85579 | Nysa | Mrs Mattocks.
    Performance: 85580 | 40355 | d | As17790405
    AsSeeDate: 85580 | cg | d | As | 17790405

Mainpiece

Title: The Fair Penitent
Comments:
Sciolto (1st time)-Digges; Lothario-Lewis; Altamont-Farren; Servant-Thompson; Rossano-L'Estrange; Horatio-Aickin; Lavinia-Mrs Mattocks; Lucilla-Mrs Morton; Calista-Mrs Crawford.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1703
Author: Nicholas Rowe
Birth: 1674
Death: 1718

Afterpiece

Title: True-Blue
Comments:
As17790405.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: Midas
Comments:
As17790327 .
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: Midas
Publish Date: 1764
Author: Kane O'Hara
Birth: 1711/12
Death: 1782

Dance

Comment: As17790405

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