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Event Comment: By Particular Desire of their Excellencies the Persian Ambassadors. Benefit for Wild. Wild begs leave to inform his friends Mons. DeLoutherbourg has no concern whatever in the invention or painting any of the above scenes [in Phusimimesis]. Receipts: #288 9s. (210.14; tickets: 77.15) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Farmers Return From London

Afterpiece Title: All for Love

Afterpiece Title: Phusimimesis or Resemblances of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace or Harlequin Skeleton

Song: End II 2nd piece: The Huntsman's Sweet Halloo, as17810226; 4th piece: The Early Horn-Cubitt; Scene I: When Phoebus the tops of the hills, as17810425

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Guard will be taken this Evening. Receipts: #140 1s. 6d. (87.10.6; 3.1.0; tickets: 49.10.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: End: The Sports of the Green, as17810501

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. 1st piece: Never Acted Here. 2nd piece: Written by G. Colman Esq., with Alterations [from his Occasional Prelude]. 3rd piece: Not acted these 10 years [not acted since 17 May 1763]. Receipts: #207 18s. 6d. (89.5.0; 29.19.0; 1.13.6; tickets: 87.1.0) (charge: #106 13s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Young Actor

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Butterfly, as17800921; In 3rd piece: The Minuet de la Cour-Henry, Miss Collett

Event Comment: Benefit for Du-Bellamy. Public Advertiser, 21 Apr.: Tickets to be had of DuBellamy, No. 6, Queen's Buildings, Brompton. Receipts: #170 17s. 6d. (60.4.0; 18.4.6; 2.1.0; tickets: 90.8.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End: The Irish Fair, as17800930

Song: End II: Kate of Aberdeen-; End IV: Bessy Bell, Mary Gray-DuBellamy

Event Comment: Benefit for Peile. Receipts: #181 10s. 6d. (107.10.6; tickets: 74.0.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Chit Chat

Afterpiece Title: Whod have Thought It

Dance: End 2nd piece: The Sports of the Green, as17810501

Song: As17810115

Event Comment: Benefit for Lamash, Holcroft, Miss Barnes & Miss Kirby. 1st piece: Not acted these 4 years. Receipts: #203 4s. (38.7.0; 25.4.6; 1.19.6; tickets: 137.13.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Or The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Dance: Scene IV: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End III: song-Miss Barnes (1st attempt on any stage); End 1st piece: the Grand Naval Review-; Rule Britannia-Gaudry, Edwards, Williams

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Charles Macklin, a re-writing of his The True-Born Scotsman, based partly on Nanine, by Voltaire, 1st acted at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 10 July 1764. Author of prologue unknown. Epilogue by Frederick Pilon (Public Advertiser, 28 May 1781). Text 1st published (unauthorized), Dublin, 1785]: The Characters new dressed. Receipts: #173 14s. 6d. (172.12.0; 1.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren. [Afterpiece in place of The Devil to Pay, announced on playbill of 10 May.] Tickets deliver'd by Daglish, Mrs Pulley and Miss Armstrong will be taken. Public Advertiser, 9 May: Tickets to be had of Farren, No. 60, Theobald's Road. Receipts: #225 18s. (37.3; 11.7; 0.4; tickets: 177.4) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

Dance: End III: Minuet and Allemande-Master Daigville, Miss Armstrong; After the singing: The Force of Love, as17801018

Song: As17810504

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield and Miss Ambrose. Receipts: #192 17s. (69.10; tickets: 123.7) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Lyon, Devoto, Gardner, Gibson, Barthrope, Finney, Burroughs, Blandy will be taken. Receipts: #148 6s. 6d. (29.14.0; 8.3.6; 2.18.0; tickets: 107.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Song: As17801109

Event Comment: By desire of their Excellencies the Persian Ambassadors. Benefit for Booth, Egan & Bates. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #219 5s. (79.0; tickets: 140.5) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Event Comment: Benefit for Delpini and Grimaldi [who are named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #171 17s. (135.12; 0.15; tickets: 35.10) (charge: #125 11s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dissipation

Afterpiece Title: Robinson Crusoe

Dance: End: The Dutch Quaker, as17810312but Sga Crespi in place of Sga _Tantini, Miss Armstrong in place of Sga Crespi

Event Comment: Benefit for Brandon, box-book and house-keeper. Tickets sold at the Doors will no be admitted. 3rd piece: With the Stockwell Scenes. Receipts: #289 6s. (80.12; tickets: 208.14) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Phusimimesis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton i

Event Comment: The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same for rest of season]. Receipts: #150 17s. 6d. (149.12.0; 1.5.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Event Comment: Benefit for Fearon, L'Estrange, Thompson & Stevens. Tickets delivered for The Funeral and a favourite Comedy will be admitted. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #265 18s. (75.10; tickets: 190.8) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: The Farmers Return from London

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Ballet: End III 1st piece: St. David's Day. As17810501

Event Comment: Benefit for Thompson, Nix, Mrs Booth & Miss Field. Public Advertiser, 5 May: Tickets to be had of Thompson, No. 7, Great Marlborough-street; of Nix, Mrs Booth and Miss Field, No. 8, Broad-court, Longacre. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [same for rest of season]. Receipts: #180 3s. 6d. (29.15.0; 21.4.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 129.3.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Dance: End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17800930

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Bucks have at ye all; or, The Picture of a Playhouse-R. Palmer

Event Comment: Benefit for Burton and Harwood, prompter. Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [not acted since 27 Oct. 1774]. Tickets delivered by the Miss Stageldoirs will be taken. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #208 9s. 6d. (37.17.0; 26.6.6; 0.16.0; tickets: 143.10.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End IV: The Devonshire Minuet (1st time)-the Miss Stageldoirs (scholars of LeMercier); End: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End I: As17810424

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free Mason

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Nash, Edwards, Helme, Master Pulley, Master Benson, Dale, Leslie, Kaygill, Mrs Byrne will be taken. Receipts: #180 4s. 6d. (31.7.0; 17.0.6; 0.5.0; tickets: 131.12.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Dance: End: The Butterfly, as17800921

Entertainment: Monologue. After Dancing: Bucks have at ye All-Master Pulley; End afterpiece: an Epilogue-Master Benson

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Harris & Holloway. Receipts: #296 11s. (48.12; tickets: 247.19) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belles Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: IV: Minuet de la Cour en Quatre-Holloway, Holland, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews; a Minuet-Harris, Miss Younge; End IV: a new Pastoral Dance-Harris, Miss Matthews

Ballet: End: St. David's Day. As17810501

Monologue: End II: The Humours of New-Market; with the Poney Races. Jockeys-Harris, Holland, Ratchford, Holloway; Ladies-Miss Besford, Miss Francis, Miss Matthews

Event Comment: Benefit for Crawford. Received from Miss Giles #100 for Fruit Office. Receipts: #111 13s. (45.9.0; 17.15.6; 0.3.6; tickets: 48.5.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Music: End: a favorite trio performed on a guittar (composed by Giardini) for a violin, guittar and Violoncello,-Crawford

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Prosser, Simpkinson, Jackson, J. Wilson, Smith, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Hamilton, Miss Willis, the Widow Wise, the Widow of the late Dr Arne will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #169 (50.14.6; 5.2.6; tickets: 113.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: End II: The Rakes of Mallow, as17810501; End IV: Hornpipe-Prosser

Ballet: End: St. David's Day. As17810501

Event Comment: By particular desire of their Excellencies the Persian Ambassadors. Benefit for Griffiths, Norris, Spencer & Williams. [Afterpiece in place of The Flitch of Bacon, announced on playbill of 21 May.] Receipts: #251 0s. 6d. (35.14.0; 14.17.6; 4.8.0; tickets: 196.1.0) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Dance: End: The Devonshire Minuet, as17810517

Event Comment: Benefit for Green and Ansell, box-keepers. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #292 11s. (33.9; tickets: 259.2) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

Dance: As17810402

Event Comment: Benefit for Phillimore, Chaplin, Walker & Kirk, house-keeper. Receipts: #305 7s. (18.18; 7.11; 0.0; tickets: 278.18) (charge: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: Whos the Dupe

Dance: End: Hornpipe, as17800921; End I afterpiece: The Butterfly, as17800921

Song: End IV: The Early Horn-Groves (1st appearance in public)