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18 March 1786

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Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1785-1786
Volume: 5
Comments: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by A Lady [unidentified], based partly on L'Amitie A l'epreuve, by Charles Simon Favart and Claude Henri de Fusee de Voisenon]: The Overture and the new Music composed by Hook. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 30 Mar. 1786: This Day at Noon is published The Peruvian (1s. 6d.). [The music was printed under the title of The Fair Peruvian (S. A. & P. Thompson [1786]), which was the original title as given in the MS (Larpent 727).] Receipts: #246 8s. (242/16/6; 3/11/6)

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1786 03 18 cg The Peruvian. Characters by Johnstone, Quick, Edwin, Palmer, Booth, Darley, Meadows, Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Billington. [Cast from text (J. Bell, 1786): Belville-Johnstone; Sir Gregory Craveall-Quick; Dry-Edwin; Frankly-Palmer; Sir Harry Cripplegate-Booth; Captain-Darley; Sailor-Meadows; Blandford-Mrs Kennedy; Servant-Swords; Clara-Mrs Martyr; Susan-Mrs Morton; Coraly-Mrs Billington.] Also The Country Wife. As 7 Feb. comment. Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by A Lady [unidentified], based partly on L'Amitie A l'epreuve, by Charles Simon Favart and Claude Henri de Fusee de Voisenon]: The Overture and the new Music composed by Hook. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 30 Mar. 1786: This Day at Noon is published The Peruvian (1s. 6d.). [The music was printed under the title of The Fair Peruvian (S. A. & P. Thompson [1786]), which was the original title as given in the MS (Larpent 727).] Receipts: �246 8s. (242/16/6; 3/11/6).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1786 03 18 cg The Peruvian. Characters by Johnstone, Quick, Edwin, Palmer, Booth, Darley, Meadows, Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Billington. [Cast from text (J. Bell, 1786): Belville-Johnstone; Sir Gregory Craveall-Quick; Dry-Edwin; Frankly-Palmer; Sir Harry Cripplegate-Booth; Captain-Darley; Sailor-Meadows; Blandford-Mrs Kennedy; Servant-Swords; Clara-Mrs Martyr; Susan-Mrs Morton; Coraly-Mrs Billington.] hathi.*a1786 03 18 cg The Country Wife. ^As17860207^.hathi.*c1786 03 18 cg Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by A Lady [unidentified], based partly on L'Amitie A l'epreuve, by Charles Simon Favart and Claude Henri de Fusee de Voisenon]: The Overture and the new Music composed by Hook. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 30 Mar. 1786: This Day at Noon is published The Peruvian (1s. 6d.). [The music was printed under the title of The Fair Peruvian (S. A. & P. Thompson [1786]), which was the original title as given in the MS (Larpent 727).] Receipts: #246 8s. (242/16/6; 3/11/6) .hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 44319 | 17860318 | cg | hathi | Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by A Lady [unidentified], based partly on L'Amitie A l'epreuve, by Charles Simon Favart and Claude Henri de Fusee de Voisenon]: The Overture and the new Music composed by Hook. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 30 Mar. 1786: This Day at Noon is published The Peruvian (1s. 6d.). [The music was printed under the title of The Fair Peruvian (S. A. & P. Thompson [1786]), which was the original title as given in the MS (Larpent 727).] Receipts: #246 8s. (242/16/6; 3/11/6)
    Performance: 95824 | 44319 | p | The Peruvian | Characters by Johnstone, Quick, Edwin, Palmer, Booth, Darley, Meadows, Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Billington. [Cast from text (J. Bell, 1786): Belville-Johnstone; Sir Gregory Craveall-Quick; Dry-Edwin; Frankly-Palmer; Sir Harry Cripplegate-Booth; Captain-Darley; Sailor-Meadows; Blandford-Mrs Kennedy; Servant-Swords; Clara-Mrs Martyr; Susan-Mrs Morton; Coraly-Mrs Billington.] hathi. hathi.
    Cast:
    166864 | 95824 | : Belville | Johnstone
    166865 | 95824 | Sir Gregory Craveall | Quick
    166866 | 95824 | Dry | Edwin
    166867 | 95824 | Frankly | Palmer
    166868 | 95824 | Sir Harry Cripplegate | Booth
    166869 | 95824 | Captain | Darley
    166870 | 95824 | Sailor | Meadows
    166871 | 95824 | Blandford | Mrs Kennedy
    166872 | 95824 | Servant | Swords
    166873 | 95824 | Clara | Mrs Martyr
    166874 | 95824 | Susan | Mrs Morton
    166875 | 95824 | Coraly | Mrs Billington.
    Performance: 95825 | 44319 | a | The Country Wife | As17860207.
    AsSeeDate: 95825 | cg | a | As | 17860207
    Cast:
    602259 | 95825 | Pinchwife | Hull
    602260 | 95825 | Sparkish | Palmer
    602261 | 95825 | Harcourt | Davies
    602262 | 95825 | Dorilant | Cubitt
    602263 | 95825 | Alithea | Mrs Bates
    602264 | 95825 | The Country Wife | Mrs Brown

Mainpiece

Title: The Peruvian
Comments:
Characters by Johnstone, Quick, Edwin, Palmer, Booth, Darley, Meadows, Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Mrs Billington. [Cast from text (J. Bell, 1786): Belville-Johnstone; Sir Gregory Craveall-Quick; Dry-Edwin; Frankly-Palmer; Sir Harry Cripplegate-Booth; Captain-Darley; Sailor-Meadows; Blandford-Mrs Kennedy; Servant-Swords; Clara-Mrs Martyr; Susan-Mrs Morton; Coraly-Mrs Billington.] hathi. hathi.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: The Country Wife
Comments:
As17860207.
Cast:

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 18 March 1786 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 6, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=44319.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 18 March 1786 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=44319. Accessed 6 April 2025.