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24 May 1786

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1785-1786
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Palmer and Meadows. Morning Chronicle, 20 May: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 36, Bow-street, Covent Garden; of Meadows, John-street, Golden-square. Receipts: #208 10s. (36/19/6; 9/11/6; tickets: 141/19/0) (charge: #105)

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1786 05 24 cg The Comedy of Errors. As 30 Dec. 1785, but Luciana (1st time)-Miss Rowson. Also The Quaker. Steady-Davies; Lubin-Meadows; Easy-Thompson; Countrymen-Helme, Painter; Solomon-Edwin; Floretta-Mrs Wilson (of DL); Cicely-Mrs Davenett; Gillian-Mrs Bannister. dancing. As 12 Nov. 1785. vaudeville. End of Act II of mainpiece a Variety of Imitations of Birds by Meadows. COMMENT. Benefit for Palmer and Meadows. Morning Chronicle, 20 May: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 36, Bow-street, Covent Garden; of Meadows, John-street, Golden-square. Receipts: �208 10s. (36/19/6; 9/11/6; tickets: 141/19/0) (charge: �105).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1786 05 24 cg The Comedy of Errors. ^As17851230^, but Luciana (1st time)-Miss Rowson .hathi.*a1786 05 24 cg The Quaker. Steady-Davies; Lubin-Meadows; Easy-Thompson; Countrymen-Helme, Painter; Solomon-Edwin; Floretta-Mrs Wilson (of DL); Cicely-Mrs Davenett; Gillian-Mrs Bannister .hathi.*d1786 05 24 cg ^As17851112^. vaudeville. End of Act II of mainpiece a Variety of Imitations of Birds by Meadows .hathi.*c1786 05 24 cg Benefit for Palmer and Meadows. Morning Chronicle, 20 May: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 36, Bow-street, Covent Garden; of Meadows, John-street, Golden-square. Receipts: #208 10s. (36/19/6; 9/11/6; tickets: 141/19/0) (charge: #105) .hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 44447 | 17860524 | cg | hathi | Benefit for Palmer and Meadows. Morning Chronicle, 20 May: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 36, Bow-street, Covent Garden; of Meadows, John-street, Golden-square. Receipts: #208 10s. (36/19/6; 9/11/6; tickets: 141/19/0) (charge: #105)
    Performance: 96159 | 44447 | p | The Comedy Of Errors | As17851230, but Luciana (1st time)-Miss Rowson .
    AsSeeDate: 96159 | cg | p | As | 17851230
    Cast:
    167291 | 96159 | Luciana | Miss Rowson
    603934 | 96159 | Antipholis of Syracuse | Lewis
    603935 | 96159 | Antipholis of Ephesus | Palmer
    603936 | 96159 | Duke | Gardner
    603937 | 96159 | Aegeon | Hull
    603938 | 96159 | Dromio of Syracuse | Edwin
    603939 | 96159 | Dromio of Ephesus | Quick
    603940 | 96159 | Abbess | Mrs Inchbald
    603941 | 96159 | Adriana | Mrs Bates
    Performance: 96160 | 44447 | a | The Quaker | Steady-Davies; Lubin-Meadows; Easy-Thompson; Countrymen-Helme, Painter; Solomon-Edwin; Floretta-Mrs Wilson (of DL); Cicely-Mrs Davenett; Gillian-Mrs Bannister .
    Cast:
    167292 | 96160 | Steady | Davies
    167293 | 96160 | Lubin | Meadows
    167294 | 96160 | Easy | Thompson
    167295 | 96160 | Countrymen | Helme, Painter
    167296 | 96160 | Solomon | Edwin
    167297 | 96160 | Floretta | Mrs Wilson
    167298 | 96160 | Cicely | Mrs Davenett
    167299 | 96160 | Gillian | Mrs Bannister
    Performance: 96161 | 44447 | d | As17851112 | vaudeville. End of Act II of mainpiece a Variety of Imitations of Birds by Meadows .
    AsSeeDate: 96161 | cg | d | As | 17851112

Mainpiece

Title: The Comedy Of Errors
Comments:
As17851230, but Luciana (1st time)-Miss Rowson .
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date:
Birth: 1564
Death: 1616
Publish Date: 1779
Author: Thomas Hull
Birth: 1728
Death: 1808
Publish Date:
Birth: 1564
Death: 1616

Afterpiece

Title: The Quaker
Comments:
Steady-Davies; Lubin-Meadows; Easy-Thompson; Countrymen-Helme, Painter; Solomon-Edwin; Floretta-Mrs Wilson (of DL); Cicely-Mrs Davenett; Gillian-Mrs Bannister .
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Quaker
Publish Date: 1777
Baptism: 1745
Death: 1814

Dance

Comment: As17851112. vaudeville. End of Act II of mainpiece a Variety of Imitations of Birds by Meadows

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 24 May 1786 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 4, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=44447.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 24 May 1786 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=44447. Accessed 4 April 2025.