Performance: 113628 | 51159 | p | The Busy Body | As17971004, but Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Miranda-Miss Betterton.

Performance: 113629 | 51159 | a | Joan of Arc; or, The Maid of Orleans | Ballet Characters. English: Young Talbot-Bologna Jun.; General Talbot-Bologna; Herald-Helme; Officers-Blurton, Wilde, Abbot, L? Bologna; [French: Alenson-Farley; Charles (King of France)-Simpson [in Airs: $Claremont= (see17980214)]; Cardinal-Powel; Abbot-Thompson; Nobles and Officers-Dyke, Lee, Curties; Joan of Arc-Mrs Parker; [Infernals: Lucifer-Follett; Demons-Goostree, Parsloe, Letteney, Goodwin, Wilkins; [Vocal Characters. British Officer-Incledon; Edwin (the Page) [in Airs: Aerial Spirit, disguised as...(see17980226)]-Miss Sims; French and English Officers and Choristers-Linton, Street, Gray; Minstrel-Mrs Clendining; Female Choristers-Mrs Henley, Mrs Follett, Mrs Watts, Miss D'Evelyn, Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Norton, Mrs Masters, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Lloyd, Miss Walcup, Mrs Ward, Mrs Iliff, Mrs Bologna, Miss Leserve; Blanche-Mrs Mountain; Grand Historical Pageant-. [The Argument. <i>Joan of Arc</i> and her sister <i>Blanche</i>, being placed in the power of the English Troops besieging Orleans, become both enamoured of <i>Young Talbot--he prefers Blanche, which urges Joan to revenge, and then by employing Magic, she is gifted by +Lucifer</i>, for a stated time with supernatural Power, which she employs against the English with success--in the midst of her triumphs her power is crushed by the superior influence of Courage of and Virtue, and she is consigned a Victim to the Fiend whose agency she solicited--Then <i>Britannia</i> seated in the Clouds, attended by Commerce, Plenty and Neptune, beholds A Grand Historical Pageant of the following Illustrations of British Heroism: <i>Caractacus</i>' Magnanimity before the Throne of <i>Claudius</i>. <i>Alfred</i> disguised in the Danish Camp as an Harper, and discovering himself to his desponding Countrymen. <i>Richard Coeur de Lion</i> imprisoned in Germany, & liberated by the Voluntary Contributions of his fair Countrywomen. <i>King John</i> uniting his Kingdom by signing Magna Charta. <i>Henry the Third--The Effects of French Invasion--the +Dauphine</i> subdued, and the magnanimous conduct of England towards him. <i>Edward and Eleanora--The affectionate Wife sucks from her husband's arm the Venom of a poisoned Arrow, by which Edward was wounded in Palestine. +The Black Prince--His taking the French King prisoner at the Battle of Poictiers, and his gallantly serving him at a Banquet. +Henry V--The Triumphs of Agincourt, and his Marriage with +Catherine</i>. <i>Britannia</i> then pays honour to her Heroes--and a Grand Chorus (wherein Englishmen are exhorted to emulate the Glories of their Ancestors) concludes the Piece. [For a more detailed synopsis of the action see17980216] .The Argument. <i>Joan of Arc</i> and her sister <i>Blanche</i>, being placed in the power of the English Troops besieging Orleans, become both enamoured of <i>Young Talbot--he prefers Blanche, which urges Joan to revenge, and then by employing Magic, she is gifted by +Lucifer</i>, for a stated time with supernatural Power, which she employs against the English with success--in the midst of her triumphs her power is crushed by the superior influence of Courage of and Virtue, and she is consigned a Victim to the Fiend whose agency she solicited--Then <i>Britannia</i> seated in the Clouds, attended by Commerce, Plenty and Neptune, beholds A Grand Historical Pageant of the following Illustrations of British Heroism: <i>Caractacus</i>' Magnanimity before the Throne of <i>Claudius</i>. <i>Alfred</i> disguised in the Danish Camp as an Harper, and discovering himself to his desponding Countrymen. <i>Richard Coeur de Lion</i> imprisoned in Germany, & liberated by the Voluntary Contributions of his fair Countrywomen. <i>King John</i> uniting his Kingdom by signing Magna Charta. <i>Henry the Third--The Effects of French Invasion--the +Dauphine</i> subdued, and the magnanimous conduct of England towards him. <i>Edward and Eleanora--The affectionate Wife sucks from her husband's arm the Venom of a poisoned Arrow, by which Edward was wounded in Palestine. +The Black Prince--His taking the French King prisoner at the Battle of Poictiers, and his gallantly serving him at a Banquet. +Henry V--The Triumphs of Agincourt, and his Marriage with +Catherine</i>. <i>Britannia</i> then pays honour to her Heroes--and a Grand Chorus (wherein Englishmen are exhorted to emulate the Glories of their Ancestors) concludes the Piece. [For a more detailed synopsis of the action see17980216] .