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20 December 1779

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1779-1780
Volume: 5
Comments: Receipts: #152 16s. (148.17.6; 3.18.6)

Performance List

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg The Chances. As 11 Dec. *aThe Touchstone. As 11 Oct., but Booth[; Rayner_%. *cReceipts: #152 16s. (148.17.6; 3.18.6).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1779 12 20 cg The Chances. ^As17791211^.*a1779 12 20 cg The Touchstone. ^As17791011^, but Booth; Rayner_.*c1779 12 20 cg Receipts: #152 16s. (148.17.6; 3.18.6).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 40700 | 17791220 | cg | Receipts: #152 16s. (148.17.6; 3.18.6)
    Performance: 86510 | 40700 | p | The Chances | As17791211.
    AsSeeDate: 86510 | cg | p | As | 17791211
    Cast:
    545149 | 86510 | Don John | Henderson
    545150 | 86510 | Duke | Peile
    545151 | 86510 | Petruchio | Whitfield
    545152 | 86510 | Antonio | Quick
    545153 | 86510 | Peter | W. Bates
    545154 | 86510 | Antony | Booth
    545155 | 86510 | Francisco | Robson
    545156 | 86510 | Surgeon | Fearon
    545157 | 86510 | Frederick | Wroughton
    545158 | 86510 | 1st Constantia | Mrs Bulkley
    545159 | 86510 | Mother | Mrs Green
    545160 | 86510 | Landlady | Mrs Pitt
    545161 | 86510 | Nurse | Miss Stewart
    545162 | 86510 | Niece | Miss Platt
    545163 | 86510 | 2nd Constantia | Miss Younge.
    Performance: 86511 | 40700 | a | The Touchstone | As17791011, but Booth; Rayner_.
    AsSeeDate: 86511 | cg | a | As | 17791011
    Cast:
    545164 | 86511 | Harlequin | Lee Lewes
    545165 | 86511 | Keel | Wilson
    545166 | 86511 | Scaramouchi | Delpini
    545167 | 86511 | French Officer | Wewitzer
    545168 | 86511 | Pierrot | Reinhold
    545169 | 86511 | Feridon | Mrs Kennedy
    545170 | 86511 | Colombine | Miss Brown. For additional, unassigned characters listed by <i>Larpent MS</i>, see17790104.

Mainpiece

Title: The Chances
Comments:
As17791211.
Cast:

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Afterpiece

Title: The Touchstone
Comments:
As17791011, but Booth; Rayner_.
Cast:

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Publish Date:
Baptism: 1745
Death: 1814

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 20 December 1779 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 6, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=40700.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 20 December 1779 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=40700. Accessed 6 April 2025.