The London Stage Database team will be retiring the Legacy Search on May 1, 2025. Please take a moment before that date to reproduce any pre-2021 searches and export any resulting datasets you may wish to preserve for future use. We are making this change in order to free up computational resources for new features and data, currently in development with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Watch this space for more updates and, coming soon, new ways to keep up with the latest project developments!

25 September 1786

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1786-1787
Volume: 5
Comments: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 31 Dec. 1783. Pope had acted Beverley in Edinburgh in the summer of 1786 (Morning Post, 26 Sept.). The playbill assigns Stukeley to Aickin, but he "having had the misfortune to lose his wife, Stukeley was played by Inchbald" (Morning Chronicle, 26 Sept.), from the York theatre, 1st appearance on this stage (see 4 Oct.)]. Afterpiece: Never acted there. Paid Properties the 22nd Instant 6s. 8d.; Wardrobe #6 2s. 6d.; Guard [master carpenter] for Scenemen #10 18s. 6d.; Supernumeraries #4 7s. 6d. Receipts: #194 16s. (193.0.6; 1.15.6)

Performance List

Event Downloads

JSON XML CSV

  • Your web browser doesn't have a PDF plugin. Instead, click here to download the PDF file

  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg The Gamester. Beverley-Pope (1st appearance in that character [in <i>London</i>]); Lewson-Farren; Jarvis-Hull; Bates-Fearon; Dawson-Thompson; Stukeley-Inchbald [1st appearance on this stage]; Charlotte-Mrs Wells (1st appearance in that character); Lucy-Miss Platt; Mrs Beverley-Mrs Pope. [Edition of 1792 ($John Bell=) adds: <i>Waiter</i>r-$Ledger=.] *aThe Romp. Watty-Brown; Capt. Sightly-Cubitt; Old Cockney-Thompson; Barnacle-Booth; Penelope-Miss Stuart; Mrs La Blonde-Miss Brangin; Priscilla Tomboy-Mrs Brown. *cMainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 31 Dec. 1783. $Pope= had acted <i>Beverley</i>r in <i>Edinburgh</i> in the summer of 1786 (<i>Morning Post</i>, 26 Sept.). The playbill assigns <i>Stukeley</i>r to $Aickin=, but he "having had the misfortune to lose his wife, Stukeley was played by $Inchbald=" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 26 Sept.), from the <i>York theatre</i>, 1st appearance on this stage (see 4 Oct.)]. Afterpiece: Never acted there. Paid Properties the 22nd Instant 6s. 8d.; Wardrobe #6 2s. 6d.; $Guard= [master carpenter] for Scenemen #10 18s. 6d.; Supernumeraries #4 7s. 6d. Receipts: #194 16s. (193.0.6; 1.15.6).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1786 09 25 cg The Gamester. Beverley-Pope (1st appearance in that character [in <i>London</i>]); Lewson-Farren; Jarvis-Hull; Bates-Fearon; Dawson-Thompson; Stukeley-Inchbald [1st appearance on this stage]; Charlotte-Mrs Wells (1st appearance in that character); Lucy-Miss Platt; Mrs Beverley-Mrs Pope. [Edition of 1792 ($John Bell=) adds: <i>Waiter-$Ledger</i>.]*a1786 09 25 cg The Romp. Watty-Brown; Capt. Sightly-Cubitt; Old Cockney-Thompson; Barnacle-Booth; Penelope-Miss Stuart; Mrs La Blonde-Miss Brangin; Priscilla Tomboy-Mrs Brown.*c1786 09 25 cg Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 31 Dec. 1783. $Pope= had acted <i>Beverley</i>r in <i>Edinburgh</i> in the summer of 1786 (<i>Morning Post</i>, 26 Sept.). The playbill assigns <i>Stukeley</i>r to $Aickin=, but he "having had the misfortune to lose his wife, Stukeley was played by $Inchbald=" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 26 Sept.), from the <i>York theatre</i>, 1st appearance on this stage (see 4 Oct.)]. Afterpiece: Never acted there. Paid Properties the 22nd Instant 6s. 8d.; Wardrobe #6 2s. 6d.; $Guard= [master carpenter] for Scenemen #10 18s. 6d.; Supernumeraries #4 7s. 6d. Receipts: #194 16s. (193.0.6; 1.15.6).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 44595 | 17860925 | cg | Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 31 Dec. 1783. $Pope= had acted <i>Beverley</i> in <i>Edinburgh</i> in the summer of 1786 (<i>Morning Post</i>, 26 Sept.). The playbill assigns <i>Stukeley</i> to $Aickin=, but he "having had the misfortune to lose his wife, Stukeley was played by $Inchbald=" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 26 Sept.), from the <i>York theatre</i>, 1st appearance on this stage (see 4 Oct.)]. Afterpiece: Never acted there. Paid Properties the 22nd Instant 6s. 8d.; Wardrobe #6 2s. 6d.; $Guard= [master carpenter] for Scenemen #10 18s. 6d.; Supernumeraries #4 7s. 6d. Receipts: #194 16s. (193.0.6; 1.15.6)
    Performance: 96560 | 44595 | p | The Gamester | Beverley-Pope (1st appearance in that character [in <i>London</i>]); Lewson-Farren; Jarvis-Hull; Bates-Fearon; Dawson-Thompson; Stukeley-Inchbald [1st appearance on this stage]; Charlotte-Mrs Wells (1st appearance in that character); Lucy-Miss Platt; Mrs Beverley-Mrs Pope. [Edition of 1792 ($John Bell=) adds: <i>Waiter-$Ledger</i>.]
    Cast:
    168309 | 96560 | Beverley | Pope
    168310 | 96560 | Lewson | Farren
    168311 | 96560 | Jarvis | Hull
    168312 | 96560 | Bates | Fearon
    168313 | 96560 | Dawson | Thompson
    168314 | 96560 | Stukeley | Inchbald
    168315 | 96560 | Charlotte | Mrs Wells
    168316 | 96560 | Lucy | Miss Platt
    168317 | 96560 | Mrs Beverley | Mrs Pope.
    168318 | 96560 | <i>Waiter | $Ledger</i>.
    Performance: 96561 | 44595 | a | The Romp | Watty-Brown; Capt. Sightly-Cubitt; Old Cockney-Thompson; Barnacle-Booth; Penelope-Miss Stuart; Mrs La Blonde-Miss Brangin; Priscilla Tomboy-Mrs Brown.
    Cast:
    168319 | 96561 | Watty | Brown
    168320 | 96561 | Sightly | Cubitt
    168321 | 96561 | Old Cockney | Thompson
    168322 | 96561 | Barnacle | Booth
    168323 | 96561 | Penelope | Miss Stuart
    168324 | 96561 | Mrs La Blonde | Miss Brangin
    168325 | 96561 | Priscilla Tomboy | Mrs Brown.

Mainpiece

Title: The Gamester
Comments:
Beverley-Pope (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Lewson-Farren; Jarvis-Hull; Bates-Fearon; Dawson-Thompson; Stukeley-Inchbald [1st appearance on this stage]; Charlotte-Mrs Wells (1st appearance in that character); Lucy-Miss Platt; Mrs Beverley-Mrs Pope. [Edition of 1792 (John Bell) adds: Waiter-$Ledger.]
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Gamester
Publish Date: 1637
Author: James Shirley
Baptism: 1596
Death: 1666
Work Title: The Gamester
Publish Date: 1705
Baptism: 1669
Death: 1723
Work Title: The Gamester
Publish Date: 1753
Author: Edward Moore
Birth: 1712
Death: 1757
Work Title: The Gamesters
Publish Date: 1758
Author: David Garrick
Birth: 1717
Death: 1779
Publish Date:
Author: John O'Keeffe
Birth: 1747
Death: 1833
Work Title: The Gamester
Publish Date:
Baptism: 1669
Death: 1723

Afterpiece

Title: The Romp
Comments:
Watty-Brown; Capt. Sightly-Cubitt; Old Cockney-Thompson; Barnacle-Booth; Penelope-Miss Stuart; Mrs La Blonde-Miss Brangin; Priscilla Tomboy-Mrs Brown.
Cast:

Related Works

Work Title: The Romp
Publish Date: 1786
Baptism: 1745
Death: 1814
Author: T.A. Lloyd

Cite this page

Chicago:
MLA: