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22 May 1798

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1797-1798
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Whitfield. Times, 10 May: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No. 10, Clifford's Inn. Receipts: #343 6s. 6d. (60.6.0; 3.16.0; tickets: 279.4.6)
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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p cg Every One has His Fault. Sir Robert Ramble-Lewis; Solus-Waddy; Irwin-Pope; Harmony-Munden; Lord Norland-Murray; Placid-Whitfield; Hammond-Powel; Edward-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Mrs Placid-Mrs Mattocks; Miss Wobourn-Miss Chapman; Miss Spinster-Mrs Davenport; Lady Eleanor Irwin-Mrs Pope. *aHooly and Fairly. As 5 May. *aLock and Key. As 25 Sept. 1797, but Servants and Sailors-_. *dIn 2nd piece: <i>Highland Reel</i>, as 28 Apr. *sEnd III 1st piece: <i>Black Ey'd Susan</i>-Incledon. *cBenefit for Whitfield. <i>Times</i>, 10 May: Tickets to be had of $Whitfield=, No. 10, <i>Clifford's Inn</i>. Receipts: #343 6s. 6d. (60.6.0; 3.16.0; tickets: 279.4.6).
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1798 05 22 cg Every One has His Fault. Sir Robert Ramble-Lewis; Solus-Waddy; Irwin-Pope; Harmony-Munden; Lord Norland-Murray; Placid-Whitfield; Hammond-Powel; Edward-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Mrs Placid-Mrs Mattocks; Miss Wobourn-Miss Chapman; Miss Spinster-Mrs Davenport; Lady Eleanor Irwin-Mrs Pope.*a1798 05 22 cg Hooly and Fairly. ^As17980505^.*a1798 05 22 cg Lock and Key. ^As17970925^, but Servants and Sailors-_.*d1798 05 22 cg In 2nd piece: <i>Highland Reel</i>, ^as17980428^.*s1798 05 22 cg End III 1st piece: <i>Black Ey'd Susan</i>-Incledon.*c1798 05 22 cg Benefit for Whitfield. <i>Times</i>, 10 May: Tickets to be had of $Whitfield=, No. 10, <i>Clifford's Inn</i>. Receipts: #343 6s. 6d. (60.6.0; 3.16.0; tickets: 279.4.6).
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 51338 | 17980522 | cg | Benefit for Whitfield. <i>Times</i>, 10 May: Tickets to be had of $Whitfield=, No. 10, <i>Clifford's Inn</i>. Receipts: #343 6s. 6d. (60.6.0; 3.16.0; tickets: 279.4.6)
    Performance: 114116 | 51338 | p | Every One Has His Fault | Sir Robert Ramble-Lewis; Solus-Waddy; Irwin-Pope; Harmony-Munden; Lord Norland-Murray; Placid-Whitfield; Hammond-Powel; Edward-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Mrs Placid-Mrs Mattocks; Miss Wobourn-Miss Chapman; Miss Spinster-Mrs Davenport; Lady Eleanor Irwin-Mrs Pope.
    Cast:
    210110 | 114116 | Sir Robert Ramble | Lewis
    210111 | 114116 | Solus | Waddy
    210112 | 114116 | Irwin | Pope
    210113 | 114116 | Harmony | Munden
    210114 | 114116 | Lord Norland | Murray
    210115 | 114116 | Placid | Whitfield
    210116 | 114116 | Hammond | Powel
    210117 | 114116 | Edward | A Young Gentleman
    210118 | 114116 | Mrs Placid | Mrs Mattocks
    210119 | 114116 | Miss Wobourn | Miss Chapman
    210120 | 114116 | Miss Spinster | Mrs Davenport
    210121 | 114116 | Lady Eleanor Irwin | Mrs Pope.
    Performance: 114117 | 51338 | a | Hooly and Fairly | As17980505.
    AsSeeDate: 114117 | cg | a | As | 17980505
    Cast:
    768436 | 114117 | Aimwell | Pope
    768437 | 114117 | Scrub | Munden.
    768438 | 114117 | added to <i>Principal Pantomime Characters</i> | <i>Lee.
    768439 | 114117 | Principal Pantomime Characters | Bologna Jun., Bologna, Follett, Dyke, Hawtin,Blurton, Abbot, Wilde, Curties, Findlay, Cranfield, Parsloe, Davis, Master Blackmore, Mrs Parker, Mlle St.Amand, Mrs Follett, Mrs Norton, Miss Leserve, Mrs Henley
    768440 | 114117 | Principal Vocal Characters | Townsend, Linton,Simmons, Gray, Street, Rees, Smith, Tett, Oddwell, Thomas, Everett, Little, J. Linton, Mrs Clendining, Miss Sims, Miss Wheatley, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Miss Walcup, Mrs Masters, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Bologna
    768441 | 114117 | Harlequin | Bologna Jun.
    768442 | 114117 | Sancho | Bologna
    768443 | 114117 | Scaramouchillo | Follett
    768444 | 114117 | Don Quixotte | Dyke
    768445 | 114117 | Grandee | Hawtin
    768446 | 114117 | Inca | Townsend
    768447 | 114117 | Chinese Magician | Linton
    768448 | 114117 | Colembine | Mrs Parker
    768449 | 114117 | Savoyard Girls | Mlle St.Amand, Mrs Watts
    768450 | 114117 | Goddess of Silence | Mrs Follett
    768451 | 114117 | Maritornes | Mrs Henley. Commencing with the Representation of the Ruins of a <i>Peruvian Temple</i>, where an injured Inca and his Son had taken refuge from the malice of their Persecutors-the $Inca= in his retirement, making Magic his study, persuades his Son, from a happy presage, to attempt the re-obtainment of his right, by procuring the hand of his Oppressor's Daughter, who is a Spanish Grandee, and has betrothed her to the Knight Errant of La Mancha <i>Don Quixotte-to prevent their union, he transforms his Son to +Harlequin</i>, the <i>Magic Arm</i> appearing to guard him in the hour of Peril-they take leave, and he commences his career of adventure, by darting through the ruined Columns of the Temple, and re-appears near the Grandee's House in $Grenada=, where an interview takes place with the object of his choice, who elopes with him, and after experiencing a variety of Adventures in the Spanish Territories, seeking shelter in $The Alhambra=v, a <i>Moorish Palace</i> of great Antiquity, pursued by Don Quixotte, <i>Sancho</i>, the <i>Grandee</i> and <i>Scaramouchillo</i>, at length arrive in Old <i>England</i>
    768452 | 114117 | where an injured Inca and his Son had taken refuge | the $Inca= in his retirement, making Magic his study, persuades his Son, from a happy presage, to attempt the re-obtainment of his right, by procuring the hand of his Oppressor's Daughter, who is a Spanish Grandee, and has betrothed her to the Knight Errant of La Mancha <i>Don Quixotte-to prevent their union, he transforms his Son to +Harlequin</i>, the <i>Magic Arm</i> appearing to guard him in the hour of Peril-they take leave, and he commences his career of adventure, by darting through the ruined Columns of the Temple, and re-appears near the Grandee's House in $Grenada=, where an interview takes place with the object of his choice, who elopes with him, and after experiencing a variety of Adventures in the Spanish Territories, seeking shelter in $The Alhambra=v, a <i>Moorish Palace</i> of great Antiquity, pursued by Don Quixotte, <i>Sancho</i>, the <i>Grandee</i> and <i>Scaramouchillo</i>, at length arrive in Old <i>England</i>
    768453 | 114117 | to attempt the re | obtainment of his right, by procuring the hand of his Oppressor's Daughter, who is a Spanish Grandee, and has betrothed her to the Knight Errant of La Mancha <i>Don Quixotte-to prevent their union, he transforms his Son to +Harlequin</i>, the <i>Magic Arm</i> appearing to guard him in the hour of Peril-they take leave, and he commences his career of adventure, by darting through the ruined Columns of the Temple, and re-appears near the Grandee's House in $Grenada=, where an interview takes place with the object of his choice, who elopes with him, and after experiencing a variety of Adventures in the Spanish Territories, seeking shelter in $The Alhambra=v, a <i>Moorish Palace</i> of great Antiquity, pursued by Don Quixotte, <i>Sancho</i>, the <i>Grandee</i> and <i>Scaramouchillo</i>, at length arrive in Old <i>England</i>
    768454 | 114117 | and has betrothed her to the Knight Errant of La M | to prevent their union, he transforms his Son to +Harlequin</i>, the <i>Magic Arm</i> appearing to guard him in the hour of Peril-they take leave, and he commences his career of adventure, by darting through the ruined Columns of the Temple, and re-appears near the Grandee's House in $Grenada=, where an interview takes place with the object of his choice, who elopes with him, and after experiencing a variety of Adventures in the Spanish Territories, seeking shelter in $The Alhambra=v, a <i>Moorish Palace</i> of great Antiquity, pursued by Don Quixotte, <i>Sancho</i>, the <i>Grandee</i> and <i>Scaramouchillo</i>, at length arrive in Old <i>England</i>
    768455 | 114117 | the <i>Magic Arm</i> appearing to guard him in the | they take leave, and he commences his career of adventure, by darting through the ruined Columns of the Temple, and re-appears near the Grandee's House in $Grenada=, where an interview takes place with the object of his choice, who elopes with him, and after experiencing a variety of Adventures in the Spanish Territories, seeking shelter in $The Alhambra=v, a <i>Moorish Palace</i> of great Antiquity, pursued by Don Quixotte, <i>Sancho</i>, the <i>Grandee</i> and <i>Scaramouchillo</i>, at length arrive in Old <i>England</i>
    768456 | 114117 | and re | appears near the Grandee's House in $Grenada=, where an interview takes place with the object of his choice, who elopes with him, and after experiencing a variety of Adventures in the Spanish Territories, seeking shelter in $The Alhambra=v, a <i>Moorish Palace</i> of great Antiquity, pursued by Don Quixotte, <i>Sancho</i>, the <i>Grandee</i> and <i>Scaramouchillo</i>, at length arrive in Old <i>England</i>
    768457 | 114117 | warned from the Grotto of the Goddess Pleasure by | they take shelter in one of the +East India Company's Warehouses</i>, which on their being closely pursued, is transform'd into a Picturesque <i>Chinese Apartment</i>. In this country he is deprived, by an adverse Magician, of his <i>Columbine</i>
    768458 | 114117 | 980327but Malvina | Mlle St.Amand.
    768459 | 114117 | unassigned | _Wilde
    768460 | 114117 | Female Choristers | Mrs Blurton
    768461 | 114117 | Young Talbot | Bologna Jun.
    768462 | 114117 | General Talbot | Bologna
    768463 | 114117 | Herald | Helme
    768464 | 114117 | Officers | Blurton, Wilde, Abbot, L? Bologna
    768465 | 114117 | Alenson | Farley
    768466 | 114117 | Charles | Simpson
    768467 | 114117 | Cardinal | Powel
    768468 | 114117 | Abbot | Thompson
    768469 | 114117 | Nobles and Officers | Dyke, Lee, Curties
    768470 | 114117 | Joan of Arc | Mrs Parker
    768471 | 114117 | Lucifer | Follett
    768472 | 114117 | Demons | Goostree, Parsloe, Letteney, Goodwin, Wilkins
    768473 | 114117 | British Officer | Incledon
    768474 | 114117 | ] | Miss Sims
    768475 | 114117 | French and English Officers and Choristers | Linton, Street, Gray
    768476 | 114117 | Minstrel | Mrs Clendining
    768477 | 114117 | Blanche | Mrs Mountain
    768478 | 114117 | Grand Historical Pageant | .
    768479 | 114117 | Oscar | Bologna Jun.
    768480 | 114117 | Fingal | Bologna
    768481 | 114117 | Male Domestics | Blurton, Platt, Wilde, Dyke, T. Cranfield, Gourion, Pitman, Parsloe
    768482 | 114117 | Male Bards | Linton, Street, Sawyer, Smith
    768483 | 114117 | Malvina | Mrs Parker
    768484 | 114117 | Female Domestics | Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Bologna, Miss Cranfield, Miss Burnett, Miss Cox, Miss Crow, Miss Davenett
    768485 | 114117 | Female Bards | Mrs Castelle, Mrs Henley, Miss Wheatley, Miss Gray
    768486 | 114117 | Carrol | Follett
    768487 | 114117 | Draco | Simpson
    768488 | 114117 | Morven | Farley
    768489 | 114117 | Scotch Lad | Mrs Martyr
    768490 | 114117 | Scotch Pedlar | Simmons
    768491 | 114117 | Farmer | Gray
    768492 | 114117 | Scotch Lassie | Mrs Mountain.
    Performance: 114118 | 51338 | a | Lock and Key | As17970925, but Servants and Sailors-_.
    AsSeeDate: 114118 | cg | a | As | 17970925
    Cast:
    768493 | 114118 | Cheerly | Incledon
    768494 | 114118 | Brummagem | Munden
    768495 | 114118 | Ralph | Fawcett
    768496 | 114118 | Captain Vain | Knight
    768497 | 114118 | Servants and Sailors | Gray, Lee, Street
    768498 | 114118 | Laura | Mrs Mountain
    768499 | 114118 | Selina | Mrs Castelle
    768500 | 114118 | Dolly | Mrs Norton
    768501 | 114118 | Fanny | Mrs Martyr.
    Performance: 114119 | 51338 | d | In 2nd piece: <i>Highland Reel</i>, as17980428
    AsSeeDate: 114119 | cg | d | As | 17980428
    Performance: 114120 | 51338 | s | End III 1st piece: <i>Black Ey'd Susan</i>-Incledon

Mainpiece

Comments:
Sir Robert Ramble-Lewis; Solus-Waddy; Irwin-Pope; Harmony-Munden; Lord Norland-Murray; Placid-Whitfield; Hammond-Powel; Edward-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Mrs Placid-Mrs Mattocks; Miss Wobourn-Miss Chapman; Miss Spinster-Mrs Davenport; Lady Eleanor Irwin-Mrs Pope.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Comments:
As17980505.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Comments:
As17970925, but Servants and Sailors-_.
Cast:

Dance

Comment: In 2nd piece: Highland Reel, as17980428

Song

Comment: End III 1st piece: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon

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