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Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: Feignwell-Bannister Jun.; Freeman-Caulfield; Sir Philip Modelove-Wewitzer; Obadiah Prim-Aickin; Tradelove-Wathen; Perriwinkle-Suett; Sackbut-Palmer; Simon Pure-Hollingsworth; Aminadab-Grimaldi; Gentlemen-Wentworth, Ryder; Stockbrokers-Sparks, Maddocks; Mrs Prim-Miss Pope; Anne Lovely-Miss Mellon; Betty-Miss Tidswell; Lady-Mrs Roffey.
Cast
Role: Mrs Prim Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Roffey.

Afterpiece Title: The Embarkation

Cast
Role: Beverly Actor: Holland
Role: Mary Actor: Mrs Bland.
Related Works
Related Work: The Embarkation Author(s): Andrew Franklin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: As17341111, but Country Wife-Miss Norsa .
Cast
Role: Country Wife Actor: Miss Norsa
Role: Pinchwife Actor: Ryan
Role: Lady Fidget Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Templer
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Horsington
Role: Mrs Dainty Actor: Mrs Forrester
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Kilby

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Kilby

Dance: By Glover, Lally, Mlle Salle, particularly a Harlequin by Miss Norsa Jr, the first time of her appearance on any stage. Scot's Dance, as17350311 Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers

Performance Comment: Scot's Dance, as17350311 Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers .

Song: As17350422

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Tickets deliver'd for Rule a Wife and Have a Wife will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Cast
Role: Mrs Oakly Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Lady Freelove Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Toilet Actor: Mrs Johnston
Role: Chambermaid Actor: Mrs Simson

Afterpiece Title: High Life Below Stairs

Dance: As17610307

Event Comment: Benefit for Davis and Perry. Charges #66 5s. 6d. Balance due the actors #9 4s. Davis in addition received #97 3s. from tickets (Box 81; Pit 390; Gallery 184) and Perry receiv'd #93 16s. from tickets (Box 50; Pit 302; Gallery 360). Receipts: #57 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Cast
Role: Palmira Actor: Mrs Yates, 1st time.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: As17680413 but Pinchwife-Hull, 1st time; Country Wife-Miss Ogilvie, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Pinchwife Actor: Hull, 1st time
Role: Country Wife Actor: Miss Ogilvie, 1st time.
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs DuBellamy

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, announced on playbill of 23 Apr.] Receipts: #108 4s. 6d. (80.8.0; 23.17.6; 3.19.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Freelove Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Brereton
Role: Mrs Oakly Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Kent and Mrs Bickerstaff

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sea Voyage Or A Commonwealth Of Women

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Dance: French Peasant, Chacone-Miss Santlow; Scaramouch-Layfield; Miller and his Wife-Leigh, Burkhead; Italian Night Scene-Layfield, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: As17171209, but Mademoiselle-Mrs Chantrel.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Chantrel.
Role: Constant Actor: Husband
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Knight
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Spiller

Song: Leveridge, Cook

Dance: As17171022

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: See17180120, but Sir John-Keene; Mademoiselle-Mrs Moreau.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Moreau.

Afterpiece Title: Amadis

Dance: Moreau, Cook, Cook Jr, Pelling, Newberry, Mrs Bullock, Miss Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: As17190103, but Constant-Bullock; Lady Brute-Mrs Seymour.
Cast
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Seymour.
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Spiller
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Willis.

Song: Leveridge

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Smith and Miss Willis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: See17190131 but Sir John-Quin; Mademoiselle-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Willis.

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Willis; Ballad of Sally-Mrs Willis

Dance: As17190113

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: As17221112, but Lady Brute-Mrs Boheme.
Cast
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Boheme.
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: As17230219; Tollet's Ground-Newhouse, Mrs Rogier

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Brett.

Dance: As17251009

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Baker. Revised by the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Brett.

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Duplessis, Haughton, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Griffin. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. [Prince of Wales and Princess Caroline present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: As17281108, but Constable-Norris; Belinda-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Thurmond.
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Performance Comment: See17290419 but Parts-Johnson, Miller, Norris, Griffin, Mrs Mills, Mrs Wetherilt; With the usual Song-Miss Raftor.

Dance: Roger, Essex, Lally, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett

Event Comment: Benefit DuPre and Mrs Pelling. By Command of his Royal Highness. Receipts: money #43 6s. 6d.; tickets #93 9s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Berriman
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Moreau
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Younger.

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats or The Tavern Bilkers

Dance: End I: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: A new Serious Dance-Dupre, Mrs Pelling; III: Lads and Lasses-Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden, Lanyon, Miss LaTour; IV: Myrtillo-Dupre, Mrs Pelling, Moreau, Miss LaTour, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: The Dusty Miller (a new Jig)-Moreau

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: As17291016, but Mademoiselle-Mrs Shireburn.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Shireburn.
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Thurmond. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Shireburn.
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Performance Comment: See17291208, but Lucy-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Thurmond.

Dance: LLe Badinage Champetre-

Event Comment: Benefit Charke and Miss Raftor. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: As17300408 but Mademoiselle-Mrs Charke being the Second Time of her Appearance upon the Stage.

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Music: Solo on the Violin-Charke

Song: A New Cantata-Carey; and an old Scotch Ballad called Mary Scot-Miss Raftor

Dance: A new dance-Master Tench being the first Time of his Performance on the Stage

Event Comment: Benefit Chapman and Mrs Berriman. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #16 1s.; tickets #117 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Laguerre.
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Berriman
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bullock

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Cantrel
Role: Goody Weeder Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Music: Vocal Music proper to the Play,-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; A new Pierrot and Pierrette by de St.Luce-de St.Luce, Pelling; Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies,

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife

Performance Comment: As17301005, but Jobson-Morgan; Lovemore-Rosco; Father-Bardin; Doctor-Havard; Spirits-Peterson, Woodward; Lady Lovemore-Mrs Thomas.
Cast
Role: Lady Lovemore Actor: Mrs Thomas.
Role: Rowland Actor: Smith
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Haughton
Role: Jane Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mountfort.

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Cast
Role: Phillida Actor: Mrs Mountfort
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Thurmond. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Charke.

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Performance Comment: Lucy-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Thurmond.

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Rainton, Mrs Walter; III: Last new Dance-Miss Robinson; V: Chacone, Minuet-Mrs Booth

Event Comment: Benefit Glover and Miss LaTour. Receipts: money #30 11s.; tickets #131 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Performance Comment: See17310315 but Sir John-Quin; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Younger.

Song: SSince Times are so Bad (Henry Purcell)-Leveridge, Salway

Dance: SSaraband-Glover, Miss LaTour; Louvre, Minuet-Glover, Mlle Salle; A new Grand Dance-Glover, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss LaTour, Miss Pelling, Mrs Ogden; in which Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Performance Comment: As17320323 but Sir Philip-Giles; Mrs Lovely-Miss Palms.
Cast
Role: Mrs Lovely Actor: Miss Palms.
Role: Sarah Actor: Mrs Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay or The Wives Metamorphosd

Performance Comment: Jobson-Harper; Nell-Miss Raftor; Sir John-Stoppelaer; Lady Loverule-Mrs Grace; And a new Prologue to the Memory of the late Mr Wilks-.
Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Grace

Dance: new Scots Dance-Houghton, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Altea Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Butler.
Role: Captain Actor: Wm. Mills
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Heron

Afterpiece Title: Deborah or A Wife For You All

Performance Comment: Parts-Johnson, Griffin, Miller, Shepard, Stoppelaer, Miss Raftor, Mrs Mullart, Miss Mann; but Genest, III, 371, lists: Justice Mittimus-Griffin; Lawyer Trouble-Johnson; Alexander Whittle-Miller; Deborah-Miss Raftor.