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Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse and Mrs Cantrell. Receipts: money #21 9s. 6d.; tickets #91 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: See17310426 but Hob-Laguerre; Flora-Mrs Cantrell.
Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Cantrell.

Dance: I: Paschal-Miss Werrit , Scholar to Newhouse; III: Scotch Dance-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; IV: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Werrit; V: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; After I afterpiece: A new Comic Dance-Newhouse, Miss Werrit

Song: II: Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Cantrell

Event Comment: Benefit Salway and Mrs Cantrel. Receipts: money #25 5s.; tickets #100 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Cast
Role: Dollalolla Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Huncamunca Actor: Mrs Egleton

Dance: II: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; V: The Medley ; or, Hippisley's Drunken Man, attempted-Salway; with several Drunken Songs-; After Afterpiece: Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden

Song: III: Fond Echo Forbear, Thomasand Henry-Mrs Cantrel

Event Comment: Benefit Davenport and Mrs Shireburn. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Moliere by Mr Betterton. [Tickets at Davenport's in Brownlow Street.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Performance Comment: See17321128, but Wanton Wife-Mrs Heron; Barnaby-Griffin; Merryman-Harper; Clodpole-Miller; Sir Peter-Johnson; Lovemore-A. Hallam; Cunningham-Roberts; Jeffery-Oates; Lady Pride-Mrs Willis; Philadelphia-Miss Holliday; Prudence-Mrs Grace; Widow-Mrs Shireburn.
Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Willis
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Shireburn.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Countess

Dance: II: Irish Trot-a Youth of Ten, scholar to Davenport; III: Dutchman and his Wife-Davenport, Miss Price; IV: Long Whitson Holiday-Davenport, Miss Price; V: Les Bergeries-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Giffard. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Wife

Dance: Pigmalion. As17340114

Event Comment: Benefit a Family in Great Distress. Written by the late Mrs Centlivre. 5s., 3s., 2s. 6 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Song:

Dance: By some of the best Masters

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. [Tickets at Delane's Lodgings (No. 6) in Wild Court, Wild Street, and at Mrs Delane's Lodgings, at the Fig-Tree, opposite Salisbury Street in the Strand.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth With The Memorable Battle Of Agincourt

Performance Comment: King Henry-Delane; Fluellin-Hippisley; King of France-Johnson; Dauphin-Hallam; Burgundy-Harrington; Constable of France-Bridgwater; Queen Isabella-Mrs James; Catherine-Mrs Ware; Exeter-Stephens; Glocester-Clarke; Bedford-A. Ryan; Westmoreland-Roberts; Cambridge-Anderson; Scroop-Arthur; Gray-Gibson; Gkwer-Hale; Macmorris-Neale; Williams-Rosco; Bates-Mullart; Nym-Stoppelaer; Bardohph-Oates; Page-Miss Ferguson; Hostess-Mrs Mullart; Pistol-Cibber Mr Ryan being very hoarse, we are obliged to omit the Chorus.
Cast
Role: Queen Isabella Actor: Mrs James
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Ware
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Roberts
Role: Cambridge Actor: Anderson
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Mullart

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Salway
Role: James Actor: Anderson

Dance: II: Tambourine-French Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Haughton. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 2s. 1st gallery 1s. 6d. Upper gallery 1s. Tickets at Miss Haughton's Lodgings, at Mrs Simpson's, Church Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yeates. A Concert, For One Night Only. To begin at six by reason of the length of the Performance. Boxes 2s. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Performance Comment: Lucy-Mrs Yeates.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Yeates.
Event Comment: Benefit for Hopkins, prompter, and Mrs Hopkins. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Afterpiece: A Dramatic Entertainment (in two parts) of Singing, Dancing and Dialogue in Honour of Shakespeare. In which a Pageant. The Music by Dibdin. Public Advertiser, 10 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Hopkins, No. 7, Little Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #280 7s. (169.5; 21.0; 1.2; tickets: 89.0) (charge: #64 4s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, author unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published. Authors and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. Afterpiece [1st time; F2 (?),author unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Wife Or The Female Gallant

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Barrett, Swords, Johnson, Jackson, Barnes, Lyon, Alfred, Morris; Miss Atkinson, Mrs Sauley, Miss Brice, Miss Churchill, Miss Williams. Cast not known. With a Prologue and Epilogue .

Afterpiece Title: The Lawyer Nonsuited

Dance: End of mainpiece a Hornpipe by Middleton

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece The Soldier tir'd of War's Alarms; End of Act V The Merry Roundelay, both by Miss Hemet

Monologue: 1782 05 06 End of afterpiece Bucks have at ye All by Middleton

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Murray. Afterpiece: Not performed these 40 years [acted 22 Jan. 1781]. Written by the celebrated Mrs Eliza Haywood. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Tickets to be had at No. 38, Poland-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: Glenalvon-Wilkinson; Lord Randolph-Turner; Old Norval-Walker; Officer-Wilson; Servant-Service; Young Norval-Baker; Anna-A Young Lady [unidentified]; Lady Randolph-Mrs Murray.
Cast
Role: Lord Randolph Actor: Turner
Role: Lady Randolph Actor: Mrs Murray.

Afterpiece Title: A Wife to be Lett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery

Performance Comment: Gomez-Foote; Torrismond-Fearon; Colonel-Whitefield; Raymond-Lloyd; Bertran-L'Estrange; Alphonso-Chaplin; Pedro-Griffith; Friar Dominic-Lewis; Elvira-Mrs Wilson; Queen-Mrs Whitefield; Teresa-Mrs Palmer.
Cast
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Wilson
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Whitefield
Role: Teresa Actor: Mrs Palmer.

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Portsmouth

Performance Comment: Parts-Weston, Brett, Jacobs, Eagan, Fearon, Lloyd, Everard, Griffith, Castevens, Walters, Pierce, Francis, Chaplin, Bannister, Mrs Fearon, Miss Platt, Mrs Palmer, Mrs Weston, Mrs Wilson.
Related Works
Related Work: A Trip to Portsmouth Author(s): George A. Stevens

Dance: A Dance-

Entertainment: Imitations Vocal and Rhetorical-Bannister

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: After dinner I went to the new Theatre and there I saw The Merry Wives of Windsor acted, the humours of the country gentleman and the French doctor very well done, but the rest but very poorly, and Sir J. Falstaffe as bad as any

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: Much against my nature and will, yet such is the power of the Devil over me I could not refuse it, to the Theatre, and saw The Merry Wives of Windsor, ill done

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary [After going to lif] went to the King's, and there saw The Merry Wives of Windsor: which did not please me at all, in no part of it

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Event Comment: The Duke's Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@145, p. 120: The Wanton Wife. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 350. For difficulties in dating this performance, see 11 Feb. 1679@80

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow Or The Wanton Wife

Event Comment: The United Company. This performance is on the L. C. list, 5@145, p. 120: at ye Wanton Wife with ye Q. & a box for ye Maides of honor. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 349

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow Or The Wanton Wife

Event Comment: The United Company, Lord Ashburnham's Diary: I went to visit Ld Sussex, and Mr Campion, neither of them at home, I went into the Play (the Wanton Wife) [Ashburnham MS 932; see 14 Dec. 1686]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow Or The Wanton Wife

Event Comment: The United Company. Gentleman's Journal, p. 56, Jan. 1691@2: The Merry Wives of Windsor, an Old Play, hath been reviv'd, and was play'd the Last Day of the Year

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Event Comment: Rich's Company. Lady Morley attended this performance: Lady Morley and one in the Box at Spanish Wives. 8s. See Hotson, Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 377

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Wives

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #92. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 29 Oct.: Where was acted...The Merry Wives of Windsor, with universal Applause; that Company having improved themselves so much, during the long Vacation, they now equal, if not exceed their Brethren of Drury-Lane in their Theatrical Performances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Mrs Page Actor: Mrs Seymour
Role: Mrs Quickly Actor: Mrs Giffard.
Event Comment: By Command. As 12 March. Receipts: #164 17s. Daily Post, 18 March: His Majesty went...to see...The Country Wife and the Entertainment of Apollo and Daphne, in which was perform'd a particular Flying on that Occasion, of a Cupid descending, and presenting his Majesty with a Book of the Entertainment, and then ascended: At which new Piece of Machinery the Audience seem'd much pleas'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne or The Burgomaster Trickd

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. By the Italian Company of Comedians newly arriv'd. Pit and Boxes together by tickets only at 4s. Gallery 2s. N.B. Whereas the Number of Subscribers for this Company that are in Town, is very little, some of the first Representations will not be on thair Account. Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 1 Oct.: Last Wednesday Night his Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, together with great Numbers of the Nobility and Persons of Distinction...saw the Comedy...The Faithful Wife

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Faithful Wife Or Arlequin Stripd Sentry Brave Coward Terrour Of The Turks And Judge Of His Own Cause

Dance: Monsieur Poictier, others

Event Comment: The Conscious Lovers was given out, & in the Bills for this Night, but Mr Barry being ill, Mr Garrick made an Apology & ye Audience took ye P; Wife in its stead. Mr Barry over night said he wou'd not play, so that his sickness was doubted--the Farce was ill receiv'd that in ye middle I went on & said--Gent: we must beg yr Indulgence in permitting this piece to be perform'd once more, for the benefit of Mr Arne who has taken great pains in composing the Music & it shall be play'd no more--Applause (Cross). Bill alter'd from the Conscious Lovers, Mr Barry saying he was ill (Treasurer's Book). No latter account. Books of the Entertainment to be had at the theatre. Receipts: #90 (Cross); #78 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Don Saverio

Cast
Role: Clarice Actor: Mrs Clive
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with the young Princes, will be this evening at Covent Garden to see the play of the Merry Wives of Windsor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Mrs Page Actor: Mrs Barrington
Role: Mrs Quickly Actor: Mrs Macklin
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Woffington.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: As17501027 As17500926, but Nell-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Vincent.