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12 February 1785

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1784-1785
Volume: 5
Comments: Beaumarchais' New Comedy [The Follies of a Day announced on playbill of 10 Feb.] is unavoidably postponed, on Account of Mrs Bates's Indisposition. [Afterpiece in place of The Poor Soldier, similarly announced.]

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1785 02 12 cg Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. As 27 Oct. 1784. Also The Sultan. As 27 Oct. 1784. dancing. Afterpiece to be concluded as 27 Oct. 1784. comment. Beaumarchais' New Comedy [The Follies of a Day announced on playbill of 10 Feb.] is unavoidably postponed, on Account of Mrs Bates's Indisposition. [Afterpiece in place of The Poor Soldier, similarly announced.]

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1785 02 12 cg Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. ^As17841027^ .hathi.*a1785 02 12 cg The Sultan. ^As17841027^ .hathi.*d1785 02 12 cg Afterpiece to be concluded ^as17841027^ .hathi.*c1785 02 12 cg Beaumarchais' New Comedy [The Follies of a Day announced on playbill of 10 Feb.] is unavoidably postponed, on Account of Mrs Bates's Indisposition. [Afterpiece in place of The Poor Soldier, similarly announced.] hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 43682 | 17850212 | cg | hathi | Beaumarchais' New Comedy [The Follies of a Day announced on playbill of 10 Feb.] is unavoidably postponed, on Account of Mrs Bates's Indisposition. [Afterpiece in place of The Poor Soldier, similarly announced.]
    Performance: 94213 | 43682 | p | Rule A Wife And Have A Wife | As17841027 .
    AsSeeDate: 94213 | cg | p | As | 17841027
    Cast:
    593397 | 94213 | Leon | Henderson
    593398 | 94213 | Duke | Cubitt
    593399 | 94213 | Cacafogo | Booth
    593400 | 94213 | Juan | Davies
    593401 | 94213 | Sanchio | Thompson
    593402 | 94213 | Alonzo | Fearon
    593403 | 94213 | Copper Captain | Lewis
    593404 | 94213 | Margaretta | Mrs Inchbald
    593405 | 94213 | Clara | Miss Platt
    593406 | 94213 | Altea | Mrs Morton
    593407 | 94213 | Old Woman | Mrs Pitt
    593408 | 94213 | Maid | Mr Besford
    593409 | 94213 | Estifania | Mrs Abington
    Performance: 94214 | 43682 | a | The Sultan | As17841027 .
    AsSeeDate: 94214 | cg | a | As | 17841027
    Cast:
    593410 | 94214 | Solyman | Davies
    593411 | 94214 | Osman | Fearon
    593412 | 94214 | Ismene | Mrs Martyr
    593413 | 94214 | Elmira | Mrs Inchbald
    593414 | 94214 | Roxalana | Mrs Abington
    Performance: 94215 | 43682 | d | Afterpiece to be concluded as17841027 | hathi.
    AsSeeDate: 94215 | cg | d | As | 17841027
    Cast:
    593415 | 94215 | Chief of the Bostanges | Harris
    593416 | 94215 | Principal Female Dancers | Mrs Ratchford, Miss Besford

Mainpiece

Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife
Comments:
As17841027 .
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1640
Author: John Fletcher
Birth: 1579
Death: 1625

Afterpiece

Title: The Sultan
Comments:
As17841027 .
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Sultan
Publish Date:
Author: Thomas Arne
Birth: 1710
Death: 1778

Dance

Comment: Afterpiece to be concluded as17841027

Cite this page

Chicago: "London Stage Event: 12 February 1785 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 12, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=43682.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 12 February 1785 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=43682. Accessed 12 April 2025.