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Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mills. Tickets deliver'd out by Taswell and Morris will be taken. Tickets of Mrs Mills at her lodgings at Gardyner's a Printer, in Russel St., and at the Stage Door. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Grumbler

Cast
Role: Clever Actor: Blakes

Song: I: The School of Anacreon-Beard; IV: A Ballad-Beard

Dance: II: Country Amusements, as17540416 III: The Drunken Peasant-Morris; the Clown-Shawford; V: A Hornpipe-Morris

Event Comment: Benefit for Scrase, Vaughan, and the Sub-Treasurer [Boutcher]. Receipts: #202 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Cast
Role: Suffolk Actor: Blakes.

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr, Mrs and Master Simson. Tickets of Simson in Wild-Passage, Wild St., near Lincoln's Inn Fields, and at stage door. Mainpiece: Acted but once this season. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #206 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Caius Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Song: I: Mary Scot (by particular desire)-Beard; III: A Scots Cantata-Beard; IV: Hooly and Fairly-Beard

Dance: CCountry Amusements, as17540416

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Last time of performing it this season. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

Event Comment: Benefit for Raftor, Mozeen and Wilder. That this Entertainment may be perform'd with the proper scenes and Decorations, there will be no building on the Stage. Receipts. #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Jeremy Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The London Prentice

Dance: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504

Event Comment: Benefit for Roger, Shawford, Reinhold, & Gerard, he run away (Cross). Mons Gerard left England. His tickets not admitted (Winston MS 8). Last time of performing the Mainpiece this Season. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Cast
Role: Dick Actor: Blakes

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: A Hornpipe-Walker

Song: Dialogue call'd% Damon and Chloe-Master Reinhold, Miss Thomas

Event Comment: At the chapel of the Foundling Hospital. [Beard and Ch. Smith gave their services free. Deutsch notes that this is the first list of Messiah performers preserved at the Foundling Hospital. The treasurer of the Hospital recorded receipts from 1,219 tickets and by cash-#666 15s. and an outlay of #58 17s. 6d., for Musicians, singers, constables, &c. Net to Hospital: #607 17s. 6d.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Event Comment: Benefit for Harrison, Sturt, Bullbrick, Rooker. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Petulant Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Cast
Role: Dick Actor: Blakes

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: A Hornpipe-Harrison

Song: IV: Miss Thomas

Event Comment: Benefit for Parr, Berrisford, Robinson and Goodwin. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Cast
Role: Le Medicin Actor: Blakes

Song: I: A Ballad (by Desire)-Beard; IV: Song-Miss Thomas

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; V: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for Foley and Veil. Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Cast
Role: Basset Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Cast
Role: Dick Actor: Blakes

Song: II, IV: Singing-Miss Thomas

Dance: III: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for Gray, Dunbar, Smith and Broad. Receipts: #223 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mat o Mint Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller

Cast
Role: Dick Actor: Blakes

Dance: II: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504

Event Comment: Benefit for Tomlingson, Baker & 4 more (Cross). [Bride, Robinson, Palmer, Walker.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Blakes

Dance: III: The Pierrot's Dance, as17540504; IV: Hornpipe-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for Varney. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Vizard Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: II: Miss Thomas

Dance: IV: Hornpipe to tune of Ali Croaker-Walker

Event Comment: Last time this season for the afterpiece. By Particular Desire. Receipts: 100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Bellamy Actor: Blakes
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By particular Desire. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Welch Collier Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Event Comment: Play bo Particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Tibalt Actor: Blakes
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Cast
Role: Gardner Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Event Comment: We staid 'till ten Minutes after six when ye Audience made a great noise to begin, & when the Curtain went up, pelted the Actors and wou'd not suffer'em to go on till Mr Garrick told'em, we began by the green room Clock, & that we had not much exceeded the time-one above call'd out it was half an hour after six but we proceeded without farther Interuption (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: Blakes

Dance: A New Dance Sga Sabatini, as17541115

Event Comment: This Day a Paragraph appear'd in the papers that we always began by ye green room Clock which was kept by Mr Grignions regulator of equal time, & was now slower than ye Sun 16 Minutes (Cross). Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Event Comment: By Command of The King (Cross). Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: Blakes

Dance: II: A New DanceSga Sabatini, as17541115

Event Comment: Benefit for one Barbat -no name in ye bills (Cross). Both pieces by Desire. Tickets deliver'd out for this night will be taken. Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: A New DanceSga Sabatini, as17541115

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Last time of performing the afterpiece this season. Receipts: #90 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Cast
Role: Gardner Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Event Comment: MMiss Haughton did second Constantia-Mrs Cibber gave it up-some days ago ($Cross). [Early in the next year was published The Devil upon Crutches in England; or, Night Scenes in London. By a Gentleman of Oxford. Chapter V gives a Short View of the Theatres including sharp criticism of 'the most barefaced bawdry Farce...that ever disgraced the stage, in which the Manager, who has caused it to be reviv'd, is to perform the principal part. The Play, Sir, is call'd the Chances...and this is the tenth night of its representation to crowded houses...Your fair country women...are fond of the most fulsome obscenity on the stage."] Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: Blakes

Song: II: (By desire) The School of Anacreon-Beard

Dance: IV: The Shepherd's Holiday, as17541008

Event Comment: A poor Woman had Tickets,-a great Snow (Cross). Tickets deliver'd out for The Chances will be taken this night. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #50 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Cast
Role: Gardner Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Borachio Actor: Blakes

Afterpiece Title: The Genii