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17 February 1785

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1784-1785
Volume: 5
Comments: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Siege of Damascus; afterpiece of The Critic, both announced on playbill of 15 Feb.]

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1785 02 17 cg Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. As 27 Oct. 1784. Also Barnaby Brittle. As 20 Nov. 1784, but Clodpole-Fearon; added: Damaris-Mrs Wilson. dancing. As 1 Oct. 1784. comment. By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Siege of Damascus; afterpiece of The Critic, both announced on playbill of 15 Feb.]

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1785 02 17 cg Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. ^As17841027^ .hathi.*a1785 02 17 cg Barnaby Brittle. ^As17841120^, but Clodpole-Fearon; added: Damaris-Mrs Wilson .hathi.*d1785 02 17 cg ^As17841001^ .hathi.*c1785 02 17 cg By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Siege of Damascus; afterpiece of The Critic, both announced on playbill of 15 Feb.] hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 43693 | 17850217 | cg | hathi | By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Siege of Damascus; afterpiece of The Critic, both announced on playbill of 15 Feb.]
    Performance: 94242 | 43693 | p | Rule A Wife And Have A Wife | As17841027 .
    AsSeeDate: 94242 | cg | p | As | 17841027
    Cast:
    593527 | 94242 | Leon | Henderson
    593528 | 94242 | Duke | Cubitt
    593529 | 94242 | Cacafogo | Booth
    593530 | 94242 | Juan | Davies
    593531 | 94242 | Sanchio | Thompson
    593532 | 94242 | Alonzo | Fearon
    593533 | 94242 | Copper Captain | Lewis
    593534 | 94242 | Margaretta | Mrs Inchbald
    593535 | 94242 | Clara | Miss Platt
    593536 | 94242 | Altea | Mrs Morton
    593537 | 94242 | Old Woman | Mrs Pitt
    593538 | 94242 | Maid | Mr Besford
    593539 | 94242 | Estifania | Mrs Abington
    Performance: 94243 | 43693 | a | Barnaby Brittle | As17841120, but Clodpole-Fearon; added: Damaris-Mrs Wilson .
    AsSeeDate: 94243 | cg | a | As | 17841120
    Cast:
    163437 | 94243 | Clodpole | Fearon
    163438 | 94243 | Damaris | Mrs Wilson
    593540 | 94243 | Barnaby Brittle | Quick
    593541 | 94243 | Lovemore | Davies
    593542 | 94243 | Jeremy | Edwin
    593543 | 94243 | Sir Peter Pride | Booth
    593544 | 94243 | Lady Pride | Mrs Pitt
    593545 | 94243 | Mrs Brittle | Mrs T. Kennedy
    Performance: 94244 | 43693 | d | As17841001 | hathi.
    AsSeeDate: 94244 | cg | d | As | 17841001

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: Barnaby Brittle
Comments:
As17841120, but Clodpole-Fearon; added: Damaris-Mrs Wilson .
Cast:

Dance

Comment: As17841001

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