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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Woodward; Constant-Fearon; Heartfree-Robson; Lord Rake-Davis; Col. Bully-Dibdin (first appearance on this stage); Justice-Lings; Constable-Collet; Watchmen-Castle, Farrel; Taylor-Cornelys; Razor-Vandermere; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Didier; Belinda-Mrs Granger; Mlle-Mrs Gardner; Cornet-Mrs Farrell; Lovewell-Mrs White; Lady Brute-Miss Ambrose (from Dublin, first appearance this stage).
Cast
Role: Razor Actor: Vandermere

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Don Diego-Phillips; Leander-Robson; Scholars-Dancer, Vowell; Mungo-Dibdin; Ursula-Mrs Didier; Leonora-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Robson

Dance: The Shoemaker, as17710517

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties. Present their Majesties. Gave Yeomen of the Guard #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #223 11s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: III: The Lamplighter-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere [see17701009]; End: Corsican Sailor's Punch House, as17711011

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Performance Comment: Cupid-Miss Hopkins, 1st time; Griskin-Parsons; Sotherton-Palmer; Jemmy Twinkle-Brereton; Chamberlain-W. Palmer; Miss Grishin-Miss Pope; Housemaid-Miss Platt; Miss Flack-Miss Ambrose; Filagree-Mrs Bradshaw; Landlady-Mrs Lowe; With Dance incidental to the piece,-Giorgi, Atkins, Mrs King; To Conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Lowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: Amelia

Related Works
Related Work: Amelia Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Event Comment: [Last time of performing till the Holidays. Miss Brown identifield by Winston MS 10 and playbill for 29 Oct. 1772 as the young lady, although Miss Potts and Mrs Woodman would seem likely candidates too.] Paid Dunstall the Balance of Theatrical Fund profit #68 1s. 6d. (Account Book). Receipts: #209 17s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Performance Comment: Marcourt-Woodward; Cross-Shuter; Kitchen-Dunstall; Col. Freeman-DuBellamy; Buck-Davis; Luke-Lewes; Snarl-Wignell; Fleece-R. Smith; Landlord-Morris; Mrs Cross-Mrs Green; Charlotte-Mrs Bulkley; Lettice-Mrs Kniveton; Landlady-Mrs Gardner; Sally-by the young Lady who performed in the Maid of the Mill and the Fairy Prince.

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17711031

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [See 18 May 1770.] Paid Cipriani (painter) #63 (Account Book). [Apparently his price for painting the taking of the Bohemian Standard at the battle of Cressyv. See 20 Jan.] Receipts: #163 16s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Prince

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Dance: After II of Comedy: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17710923

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zobeide

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zobeide

Dance: End Comedy: A Comic Dance, as17711031

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zobeide

Monologue: True Blue. As 14 Dec. 1771, but Principal Parts-Mrs Mattocks, Miss _Potts

Dance: End II of Comedy: A Comic Dance, as17711031

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Dance: End II of Comedy: A Comic Dance, as17711031

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Event Comment: [Mainpiece advertised on this bill as Never Performed" (playbill).] Paid John Doe, John Claridge, and John Smith each #1 12s. 6d. for performing 13 nights in the Ass and the Hog [in Mother Shipton] to the 7th inst. (Account Book). [See account of damning of mainpiece in Town and Country Magazine (Theatre No. XXXV). Halfpennies and apples thrown at chandeliers and one broken.] Receipts: #243 6s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Wife In The Right

Performance Comment: As17720305, and the note added thereto%.
Cast
Role: Governor Anderson Actor: Shuter

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Mrs Yates.

Dance: II Comedy: Comic Dance, as17711031

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yates. Mainpiece: Altered from Corneille [by Colley Cibber?]. Never Performed There. Pit and Boxes laid together (playbill). Charges #66 7s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Yates #39 7s. 6d., plus #179 from tickets (Box and Pit 716). Paid Younger a Bill for writing parts #5 19s. 9d. Paid John Smith for a Blue cloth suit lac'd with gold #9 9s. (Account Book). Receipts: #105 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ximena Or The Heroic Daughter

Performance Comment: Don Carlos-Smith; Don Alvarez-Bensley; Don Gormaz-Clarke; Don Ferdinand-Hull; Don Sanchez-Savigny; Don Alonzo-Wroughton; Belzara-Mrs Mattocks; Ximena-Mrs Yates; By Particular Desire an Epilogue-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Don Ferdinand Actor: Hull

Dance: End: The Whim, as17720312 End II Farce: A Comic Dance, as17711031

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Dance: End of Play: The Old ground Young-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Ladies and Gentlemen are desired to come early. Paid Printer's Bill, #9 6s. Receipts: #238 8s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: End: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Event Comment: N.B. The West Indian is oblig'd to be deferred. Paid Mr Vernon on note, #43 13s.; Housekeeper's bill #2 12s. 3d.; Properties 17s. 8d. (Treasurer's Book). [The housekeeper's bill was rendered weekly and the properties bill about every two weeks. The first averaged #8 7s. per week and totaled #310 for the season. The second averaged #2 4s. for a total of #81 14s. for the season. Neither will be itemized further.] Receipts: #248 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife

Cast
Role: Copper Captain Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Monologue: Before: By Particular Desire, the eleventh night, New Occasional Prelude. Characters first listed: Manager-Dyer; Author-Kniveton; Young Actress-Miss Basanti; See 21 Sept.