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20 May 1790

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1789-1790
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Sedgwick. Public Advertiser, 19 May: Tickets to be had of Sedgwick, No. 66, St. Martin's Lane. Receipts: #218 5s. (47.12.0; 19.19.6; 1.12.6; tickets: 149.1.0) (charge: #110 9s. 2d.)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p dl The Inconstant. As 5 Nov. 1789, but Bravoes-_. *aThe Court of Apollo [i.e. <i>The Sons of Anacreon</i>]. President-R. Palmer; [In which (forthat night only)% <i>The Anacreontic Song</i>-Sedgwick; [following glees:% <i>Now is the Month of Maying</i> ($Morley=), <i>Could a Man be Secure</i> ($Goodwin=)-Dignum, Sedgwick; <i>Sigh no more Ladies</i> ($Stevens=), <i>Poor Jack</i> ($Dibdin=)-Dignum; <i>Welcomethe Covert</i> ($Mellish=), <i>Here's a Health to all good Lasses</i>, <i>Wake Sons of Odin</i> ($Stevens=)-Sedgwick; <i>Sing Old Rose and Burn the Bellows</i>-. *aComus. As 21 Oct. 1789, but Comus-Sedgwick (1st appearance in that character); Spirit-Haymes; Bacchanals-_Sedgwick; Bacchants-Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw. *cBenefit for $Sedgwick=. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 19 May: Tickets to be had of Sedgwick, No. 66, <i>St.Martin's Lane</i>. Receipts: #218 5s. (47.12.0; 19.19.6; 1.12.6; tickets: 149.1.0) (charge: #110 9s. 2d.).

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    *p1790 05 20 dl The Inconstant. ^As17891105^, but Bravoes-_.*a1790 05 20 dl The Court of Apollo [i.e. <i>The Sons of Anacreon</i>]. President-R. Palmer; In which (for that night only) <i>The Anacreontic Song</i>-Sedgwick; [following glees: <i>Now is the Month of Maying</i> ($Morley=), <i>Could a Man be Secure</i> ($Goodwin=)-Dignum, Sedgwick; <i>Sigh no more Ladies</i> ($Stevens=), <i>Poor Jack</i> ($Dibdin=)-Dignum; <i>Welcome the Covert</i> ($Mellish=), <i>Here's a Health to all good Lasses</i>, <i>Wake Sons of Odin</i> ($Stevens=)-Sedgwick; <i>Sing Old Rose and Burn the Bellows</i>-.*a1790 05 20 dl Comus. ^As17891021^, but Comus-Sedgwick (1st appearance in that character); Spirit-Haymes; Bacchanals-_Sedgwick; Bacchants-Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw.*c1790 05 20 dl Benefit for $Sedgwick=. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 19 May: Tickets to be had of Sedgwick, No. 66, <i>St. Martin's Lane</i>. Receipts: #218 5s. (47.12.0; 19.19.6; 1.12.6; tickets: 149.1.0) (charge: #110 9s. 2d.).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 46687 | 17900520 | dl | Benefit for $Sedgwick=. <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 19 May: Tickets to be had of Sedgwick, No. 66, <i>St. Martin's Lane</i>. Receipts: #218 5s. (47.12.0; 19.19.6; 1.12.6; tickets: 149.1.0) (charge: #110 9s. 2d.)
    Performance: 102064 | 46687 | p | The Inconstant | As17891105, but Bravoes-_.
    AsSeeDate: 102064 | dl | p | As | 17891105
    Cast:
    643530 | 102064 | Mirabel | Wroughton
    643531 | 102064 | Old Mirabel | Aickin
    643532 | 102064 | Petit | R. Palmer
    643533 | 102064 | Dugard | Haymes
    643534 | 102064 | Bravoes | Maddocks, Phillimore, Alfred, Webb
    643535 | 102064 | Duretete | Dodd
    643536 | 102064 | Oriana | Mrs Goodall
    643537 | 102064 | Lamorce | Miss Tidswell
    643538 | 102064 | Bisarre | Miss Farren.
    Performance: 102065 | 46687 | a | The Court of Apollo [i | e. <i>The Sons of Anacreon</i>]. President-R. Palmer; In which (for that night only) <i>The Anacreontic Song</i>-Sedgwick; [following glees: <i>Now is the Month of Maying</i> ($Morley=), <i>Could a Man be Secure</i> ($Goodwin=)-Dignum, Sedgwick; <i>Sigh no more Ladies</i> ($Stevens=), <i>Poor Jack</i> ($Dibdin=)-Dignum; <i>Welcome the Covert</i> ($Mellish=), <i>Here's a Health to all good Lasses</i>, <i>Wake Sons of Odin</i> ($Stevens=)-Sedgwick; <i>Sing Old Rose and Burn the Bellows</i>-.
    Cast:
    180549 | 102065 | President | R. Palmer
    180550 | 102065 | <i>The Anacreontic Song</i> | Sedgwick
    180551 | 102065 | <i>Could a Man be Secure</i> | Dignum, Sedgwick
    180552 | 102065 | <i>Poor Jack</i> | Dignum
    180553 | 102065 | <i>Wake Sons of Odin</i> | Sedgwick
    180554 | 102065 | <i>Sing Old Rose and Burn the Bellows</i> | .
    Performance: 102066 | 46687 | a | Comus | As17891021, but Comus-Sedgwick (1st appearance in that character); Spirit-Haymes; Bacchanals-_Sedgwick; Bacchants-Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw.
    AsSeeDate: 102066 | dl | a | As | 17891021
    Cast:
    180555 | 102066 | Comus | Sedgwick
    180556 | 102066 | Spirit | Haymes
    180557 | 102066 | Bacchanals | _Sedgwick
    180558 | 102066 | Bacchants | Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw.
    643539 | 102066 | <i>Sweet Echo</i> | Mrs Crouch,accompanied-Parke.
    643540 | 102066 | accompanied | Parke.
    643541 | 102066 | Brothers | Benson, Banks
    643542 | 102066 | The Lady | Mrs Ward
    643543 | 102066 | Pastoral Nymph | Miss Hagley
    643544 | 102066 | Sabrina | Miss Romanzini
    643545 | 102066 | Principal Bacchant | Mrs Edwards
    643546 | 102066 | Euphrosyne | Mrs Crouch

Mainpiece

Title: The Inconstant
Comments:
As17891105, but Bravoes-_.
Cast:

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Afterpiece

Title: The Court of Apollo [i
Comments:
e. The Sons of Anacreon]. President-R. Palmer; In which (for that night only) The Anacreontic Song-Sedgwick; [following glees: Now is the Month of Maying (Morley), Could a Man be Secure (Goodwin)-Dignum, Sedgwick; Sigh no more Ladies (Stevens), Poor Jack (Dibdin)-Dignum; Welcome the Covert (Mellish), Here's a Health to all good Lasses, Wake Sons of Odin (Stevens)-Sedgwick; Sing Old Rose and Burn the Bellows-.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: Comus
Comments:
As17891021, but Comus-Sedgwick (1st appearance in that character); Spirit-Haymes; Bacchanals-_Sedgwick; Bacchants-Miss _Barnes, Mrs _Shaw.
Cast:

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 20 May 1790 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database. Accessed April 18, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=46687.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 20 May 1790 at Drury Lane Theatre." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=46687. Accessed 18 April 2025.