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03 February 1785

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1784-1785
Volume: 5
Comments: The Natural Son [announced on playbill of 2 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of the Indisposition of Bensley. Receipts: #135 0s. 6d. (102/9/0; 31/18/0; 0/6/0; tickets not come in: 0/7/6)

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1785 02 03 dl The Beggar's Opera. As 25 Sept. 1784. Also The Caldron. As 28 Jan. DANCING. As 2 Oct. 1784. comment. The Natural Son [announced on playbill of 2 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of the Indisposition of Bensley. Receipts: �135 0s. 6d. (102/9/0; 31/18/0; 0/6/0; tickets not come in: 0/7/6).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1785 02 03 dl The Beggar's Opera. ^As17840925^. hathi.*a1785 02 03 dl The Caldron. ^As17850128^.hathi.*d1785 02 03 dl ^As17841002^ .hathi.*c1785 02 03 dl The Natural Son [announced on playbill of 2 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of the Indisposition of Bensley. Receipts: #135 0s. 6d. (102/9/0; 31/18/0; 0/6/0; tickets not come in: 0/7/6) .hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 43663 | 17850203 | dl | hathi | The Natural Son [announced on playbill of 2 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of the Indisposition of Bensley. Receipts: #135 0s. 6d. (102/9/0; 31/18/0; 0/6/0; tickets not come in: 0/7/6)
    Performance: 94171 | 43663 | p | The Beggar's Opera | As17840925. hathi.
    AsSeeDate: 94171 | dl | p | As | 17840925
    Cast:
    593199 | 94171 | . Macheath | Bannister
    593200 | 94171 | Peachum | Moody
    593201 | 94171 | Filch | Suett
    593202 | 94171 | Lockit | Baddeley
    593203 | 94171 | Mat o' th' Mint | Williames
    593204 | 94171 | Ben Budge | Burton
    593205 | 94171 | Player | Wrighten
    593206 | 94171 | Beggar | Waldron
    593207 | 94171 | Lucy | Mrs Wrighten
    593208 | 94171 | Mrs Peachum | Mrs Hopkins
    593209 | 94171 | Diana Trapes | Mrs Love
    593210 | 94171 | Jenny Diver | Miss Hale
    593211 | 94171 | Polly | Miss Phillips. hathi.
    Performance: 94172 | 43663 | a | The Caldron | As17850128.
    AsSeeDate: 94172 | dl | a | As | 17850128
    Cast:
    593212 | 94172 | Harlequin | Wright
    593213 | 94172 | Clown | Grimaldi
    593214 | 94172 | Colombine | Miss M. Stageldoir. The other Principal Characters by Suett, R. Palmer, Burton, Williames, Waldron, Staunton, Wrighten, Fawcett, Chaplin, Wilson, Phillimore, Spencer, Alfred
    593215 | 94172 | 1st Singing Witch | Chapman
    Performance: 94173 | 43663 | d | As17841002 | hathi.
    AsSeeDate: 94173 | dl | d | As | 17841002

Mainpiece

Title: The Beggar's Opera
Comments:
As17840925. hathi.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1728
Author: J.C. Pepusch
Author: John Gay
Birth: 1685
Death: 1732

Afterpiece

Title: The Caldron
Comments:
As17850128.
Cast:

Dance

Comment: As17841002

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 03 February 1785 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed April 9, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=43663.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 03 February 1785 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=43663. Accessed 9 April 2025.