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Event Comment: Gave Princess of Wales' Footmen #1 1s.; and Chairmen #1 1s. Paid James Dyer 9 nights as extra dancer #1 17s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #97 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexander

Event Comment: Rec'd of Condell for Fruit Rent #20 (Account Book). Receipts: #203 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexander

Event Comment: The composer's Night. Charges #84. Balance due Composer #82 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #166 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexanders

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particula9 Desire. Paid Mrs Lessingham on account of her salary #50 (Account Book). Receipts: #148 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Court of Alexander

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #214 5s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: [W+Winston MS 10 notes that O. Smith suggests Miss Spencer. Winston suggests Mrs Greville. The Town and Country Magazine (From Theatre No XIII): "Mrs Gladeau...has appeared as Rosetta in Love in a Village." Comments that she does not know much about music but "has a pleasing voice and an agreeable figure and will probably be a valuable acquisition to the stage. Received with applause."] Receipts: #217 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: Dutch Dance, as17691111

Event Comment: [The Young Gentleman who played Posthumus is identified by Kemble and Winston as Mr Warboys.] Gave Duke of Cumberland's Footmen #2 2s. (Account Book). [Town and Country Magazine (quoting Theatre No XIII) remarked on Warboys acting: "The success he met with will probably deter him from following the profession of the stage...not happy either in person or in physiognamy."] Receipts: #250 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: III: The Whim, as17691123

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #169 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: TThe Brothers and The Spanish Lady oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of some of the performers. Receipts: #117 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Event Comment: [This is the first playbill to assign parts to actors in The Brothers, or to suggest parts in the Spanish Lady.] Receipts: #185 3s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Dance: End: The Whim, as17691123

Event Comment: CCyrus oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of Indisposition of Mrs Yates. Receipts: #124 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: II of the Comedy: The Whim, as17691123

Event Comment: The Afterpiece a New Pantomime [by Henry Woodward, satirizing Garrick's Jubilee] with New Music by Fisher. New Scenes painted by Messrs Dahl and Richards. Nothing under Full Prices will be taken. [Full Prices notice throughout the run of the pantomime this season. Town and Country Magazine (from Theatre No XIII) comments: "In the Pageant scene several of the characters that walk at Drury Lane are highly ridiculed, particularly Mark Antony and Cleopatra, who dance off with their black retinue to the playing of casquets." The scene closes with the descent of the statue of the late Mr Rich under the name of Lun, and the Harlequins all pay him honour.] Receipts: #250 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: TTamerlane oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of a Principal Performer. Receipts: #246 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: MMas. Lyon played under that name at close of season, 29 May, in Full #10 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #243 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: Paid the person for performing the Bells 4 nights #1 10s. [in Jubilee?] (Account Book). Receipts: #242 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: Paid Mr Richards, Painter as per Bill #74 11s. (Account Book). Receipts: #213 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: Paid Henry Williams for performing the Bells #1 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #210 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Dance: II: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

Event Comment: MMacbeth cannot be perform'd on account of the Indisposition of Mrs Yates. Receipts: #150 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: Paid Wm Gard for performing in the Lyon 12 Nights #1 10s. Paid Thomas Singleton for the same #1 10s.; Paid Henry Williams for performing the Bells 4 nights #1 10s. (Account Book). [Epilogue is Larpent MS 306.] Receipts: #194 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years. [See 4 Dec. 1750.] Charges #72 16s. 6d. Balance to Woodward #153 3s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #226

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Dance: IV: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #187 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: LLalauze stated he had been 42 years an inhabitant of this country,--retained by Rich 32 years, who promis'd him an annuity of #50 a year whenever he was incapable of performing. This was not in his Will but the Executors allowed it him 3 years. Having sold the property they discontinued it; The new parties engag'd him last year but they would not this season. So Foote gave him the House of 14 Feb. at Haymarket gratis (Winston MS 10). Paid Henry Williams for performing the Bells 4 nights #1 10s. Paid Wm Gard 4 nights in the Lyon 10s.--and Thos Singleton for same 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #188 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Dance: IV: Dutch Dance, [The Dutch Milk Maid] as17691111

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years. [See 15 March 1762.] Receipts: #185 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Acted but once these 6 years. Receipts: #190 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Event Comment: [The usual payments to Williams, Gard, and Singleton for 4 nights' work. See 15 Feb.] Receipts: #157 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee