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Event Comment: Afterpiece: Compressed into 2 Acts. Receipts: #165 4s. (158.12; 6.12)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

Event Comment: Paid Dick for making Cloaths #28 2s. 6d. Afterpiece: Taken from Vanburgh's [sic] Mistake. Receipts: #214 0s. 6d. (209.18.6; 4.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau Or Our Way In France

Afterpiece Title: Lovers Quarrels

Event Comment: Afterpiece: To conclude with the Representation of an Engagement between the English and Spaniards, and the Storming of Fort Omoa, on the Spanish Main. Account-Book: Paid Chorus to 11th Inclusive #7 10s.; Poor Rate 1@2 Year #45 17s. 10d.; Thompson on Acct. Supernumeraries #10. Receipts: #212 3s. 6d. (179.13.0; 30.13.6; 1.17.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Event Comment: Mainpiece: 15th [recte 14th] Time [i.e. in continuation of the reckoning for the previous season]. With new Dresses, Scenes, Machinery and Decorations. The Music partly from Cimarosa, Gluck, Martin y Soler?, Reeve, Dr Arne. The rest by Shield. The Chorusses selected from Handel, to be sung by the Performers from the Concert of Ancient Music. [Miss Williams was from the Exeter theatre.] Receipts: #137 1s. 6d. (133.7.0; 3.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Crusade

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Event Comment: "Although [Mrs Esten] is rather under-hung, her face may fairly be pronounced pretty, and her figure engaging. Her voice, in the pathetic tones, resembles that of Mrs Siddons, but is more clear and articulate' (Diary, 21 Oct.). Receipts: #182 14s. 6d. (180.12.0; 2.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Dance: End I: The Irish Lilt-Mr Ratchford, Mrs Ratchford; In V: Dance of Forresters-

Event Comment: ["The Lord Ogleby of (The Clandestine Marriage) raised Mr King to the summit of comic excellence, which his more recent great character, Sir Peter Teazle in The School for Scandal, has established him in the unrivalled possession of" (Johnson, ed. Waldron, 169).] Receipts: #245 (211.9; 33.6; 0.5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Event Comment: Paid Scott, Copper lace man, #100. Mainpiece: Masquerade as 13 Sept. Receipts: #200 7s. 6d. (196.6.0; 4.1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Song: As17900913, but Solemn Dirge-_Cubitt, Miss _Rowson

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Dramatist; afterpiece of Cymon, both advertised on playbill of 25 Oct.] Receipts: #154 15s. 6d. (150.17.6; 3.18.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A revived Grand Pantomimical Ballet. To conclude with a superb Prospect of the Infernal Regions. [This was included in all subsequent performances; and see 6 Nov.] Books of the Pantomime to be had at the Theatre. With new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. The Scenes designed and painted by Greenwood. Receipts: #272 14s. (238.18; 32.4; 1.12)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan or The Libertine Destroyed

Dance: In afterpiece: under the Direction of D'Egville, Hamoir, Bourk, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp, Edition of 1790 adds: Fairbrother, Whittow, Kirk, Whitmell, Walker, Bidotti, Nicolini, Mrs Davis, Mrs Brooker, Mrs Haskey, Mrs Brigg, Mrs Barrett, Mrs Harris, Mrs K. Davis, Miss Bourk

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. To conclude with the Glorious Defeat of the Spanish Armada, and a Grand Procession. [These were included in all subsequent performances.] Receipts: #265 14s. (217.12; 45.10; 2.12)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: The Critic or A Tragedy Rehearsed

Song: In V: a song-Miss Hagley

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Dryden. Receipts: #128 14s. (125.18.6; 2.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Event Comment: The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:15 [see 25 Apr. 1791]. Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [Prologue by George Colman, elder.] Receipts: #195 8s. (156.4.0; 32.17.6; 6.6.6.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton or High Life above Stairs

Event Comment: The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:15 [see 26 Apr. 1791]. Receipts: #130 9s. (123.16; 6.13)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Afterpiece Title: Lovers Quarrels

Event Comment: [Epilogue by Miles Peter Andrews.] Receipts: #168 15s. (162.19.6; 5.15.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

Afterpiece Title: The Dramatist

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Event Comment: A new and correct Edition of the Farce [J. Debrett, 1790] to be had at the Theatre. Paid Perrott, Coal Merchant, #139 13s. Receipts: #166 7s. (126.1; 39.7; 0.19)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Oriana to Mrs Goodall, but she "being indisposed, Miss Collins appeared as her substitute" (Diary, 5 Nov.).] Receipts: #207 (145.3; 60.6; 1.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant Or The Way To Win Him

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years. Afterpiece [1st time: CO 2, by John O'Keeffe; altered by the author from his The Czar. Larpent MS 881; not published]: In which will be introduced a few Scenes and Songs from The Czar, performed last season [on 8 Mar. 1790]. The Music composed and compiled by Shield. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. [Mrs Harlowe was from Sadler's Wells.] Receipts: #194 11s. 6d. (181.18.6; 12.13.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Fugitive

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Clandestine Marriage, advertised on playbill of 4 Nov.] Receipts: #148 18s. 6d. (102.4.0; 44.18.0; 1.16.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Afterpiece Title: The Spoild Child

Event Comment: Afterpiece: To conclude with a Superb Prospect of the Infernal Regions, and a Rain of Fire. [This was included, as here described in all subsequent performances.] Account-Book, 27 Nov.: Paid 3 Showers of Fire in Don Juan #3 12s. Receipts: #189 3s. 6d. (145.12.0; 41.11.0; 2.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: As17901026

Event Comment: 1st piece: Taken from Moor's Comedy of Gil Blas. 3rd piece: With the Original French Music, Dresses, Scenery, Machinery, and Decorations. [For a detailed synopsis of the action, see 16 Nov.] Receipts: #122 5s. 6d. (118.9.6; 3.16.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Pursuit Or Stop Her Who Can

Afterpiece Title: The Fugitive

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Receipts: #268 7s. (245.2.0; 22.4.6; 1.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Song: In III: song-Williames. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances, except on 3 Mar. 1791.

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, usually ascribed to Thomas Holcroft, but probably by James Marshall; adapted from Trau, Schau, Wem! (later entitled Der Gasthof), by Johann Christian Brandes. Authors of Prelude and Epilogue unknown]. Account-Book, 23 Nov.: Paid Marshall, author, in full, #99 8s. [not the actor, engaged at cg this season, whose Christian name was Thomas]. Diary, 23 Nov. 1790: This Day is published The German Hotel (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #179 14s. (166.4; 13.10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The German Hotel

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp or Patrick in Prussia

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire of the Cherokee Chiefs. [These six Chiefs had recently come to England to enlist aid in their dispute with Mexico (London Chronicle, 2 Nov.). The playbill retains Bannister as Robin Hood, but "Previous to the curtain's drawing up...Farley walked forward and apologized for the absence of Bannister, informing the audience that their favourite singer was suddenly indisposed, and that Davies had undertaken to play Bannister's part" (Diary, 13 Nov.). Davies's part of Scarlet was probably acted by Farley (see 18 Nov.).] Receipts: #201 17s. 6d. (187.5.0; 14.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The German Hotel

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

Event Comment: [In afterpiece the playbill retains Dodd as Dangle, but he "would not act the Part...Benson studyed and did it, at a few Hours Notice" (Kemble Mem.).] Receipts: #262 14s. 6d. (204.11.0; 55.9.0; 2.14.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #164 12s. (146.6; 18.6; tickets: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The German Hotel

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier