15 February 1783
Event Information
Theatre:
King's Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1782-1783
Volume:
5
Comments:
"The company [of spectators] was so numerous that there was hardly room on the stage for the performers to go through their pans . . . Mme Simonet displayed all that power of acting for which she has been so justly celebrated since the first introduction of the ballets called 0?Action when first Vestris held the sceptre of Terpsychore at the King's Theatre [in 1780-81]" (Public Advertiser, 18 Feb., which also has a synopsis of the action)
Mainpiece
Title:
Il Convito
Comments:
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Cast:
- Role: : I1 Cavalier del Lampo Actor: Viganoni
- Role: Don Massimo Actor: Morigi
- Role: I1 Conte Polidoro Actor: Bartolini
- Role: Checco Actor: Schinotti
- Role: Giacomina Actor: Sga Gherardi
- Role: Lisctta Actor: Sga Pollone
- Role: Alfonsina Actor: Sga Allegranti.
Dance
Comment:
End of Act I Le Tuteur Trompe, as17830128; End of Act II an entirely new ballet of Serious, Comic, and Demi-characters, composed by Lepicq, Les spouses Persanes; or, The Persian Wives, by Lepicq, Mme Rossi, Slingsby, Henry, Zuchelli, Sga Crespi, Mlle Theodore, Mme Simonet. [Cast from Public Advertiser, 18 Feb.: Tamas-Lepicq; Hircana-Mme Rossi; Osman-Slingsby; Mahmoud-Henry; Boulganzar-Zuchelli; Slaves-Sga Crespi, Mlle Theodore; Fatima-Mme Simonet; Assan-Degville Sen.]