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Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Milesian

Performance Comment: As17770322but Charles Marlove-Lamash in place of Dodd; Patty-Miss Plattin place of Mrs Davies.
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Related Work: The Milesian Author(s): Charles Thomas Carter

Dance: End: The Court Minuet-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong; +Allemande-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2, by Charles Dibdin, based on La Bohemienne, by Charles Simon Favart. Music by Samuel Arnold]. Books of both Pieces to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 10 Aug. 1778: This Day is published The Gipsies (price not listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca

Afterpiece Title: The Gipsies

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Related Work: The Gipsies Author(s): Charles Dibdin
Event Comment: 1st piece [1st time; CO I, by Charles Dibdin, based on Rose et Colas, by Michel Jean Sedaine]. 3rd piece [1st time; CO I, by Charles Dibdin, based on Les Femmes Vengees, by Michel Jean Sedaine]: With new Scenery [Public Advertiser, 19 Sept.: by Richards] and Decorations. Both the Musical Pieces, with new Overtures, composed by Dibdin. Books of the new Musical Pieces to be had at the Theatre. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Brandon (only) at the Stage Door. No Money to be taken at the Stage Door, nor any Money to be returned after the Curtain is drawn up. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:15 [see 21 Sept.]. Public Advertiser, 18 Sept.: This Afternoon at Three will be published Rose and Colin and The Wives Revenged (each 6d.). "At this season of the year the little company upon the Ton, who are in town, seldom rise from the table till after the beginning of the play; in order, therefore, to obviate the disturbance that the fracas in the boxes usually makes towards the close of the first act, or the beginning of the second, this comic opera [Rose and Colin] was prefaced. It at the same time affords these late comers an opportunity of seeing the play [i.e. the mainpiece] complete" (Town and Country Magazine, Sept. 1778, p.453)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rose And Colin

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Related Work: Rose and Colin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: She Wou'd and She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The Wives Revenged

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Related Work: The Wives Revenged Author(s): Charles Dibdin
Event Comment: 1st piece [1st time; CO I, by Charles Dibdin, based on Annette et Lubin, by Charles Simon Favart and Jean Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre. Music by the author]. Books of the new Musical Piece to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 2 Oct.: This Afternoon at Four is published Annette and Lubin (6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

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Related Work: Annette and Lubin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Marplot-Lewis; Sir George Airy-Wroughton; Charles-Whitfield; Sir Jealous Traffic-Dunstall; Sir Francis Gripe-Quick; Whisper-Cushing; Scentwell-Mrs Poussin; Isabinda-Mrs Lessingham; Patch-Mrs Pitt; Miranda-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Whitfield

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Annette And Lubin

Related Works
Related Work: Annette and Lubin Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy

Performance Comment: Captain Mizen-Dodd (of dl); Captain Worthy-Wroughton; Sir Charles Pleasant-Whitfield; Lieut. Cribbage-Booth; Lieut. Easy-Fearon; Binnacle-Wilson; Hatchway (with songs)-Mahon; Commodore Flip-Lee Lewes; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Belinda-Miss Leeson; Jenny Private-Miss Platt; Jiltup-Mrs White; Dorcas Zeal-Mrs Bulkley.
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Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: In Naval Review: Dance of Sailors-Aldridge, others

Song: End Dance: the Air [in The Comedy of Errors see17790122]-Mrs Kennedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Mattocks, Robson, Booth, Wewitzer, Brunsdon, Jones, Fearon, L'Estrange, Messink, Stevens, Thompson, Cushing, Egan, Vernon, Miss Brown, Mrs Whitfield, Mrs Kennedy. Cast from text (G. Kearsley, 1779): Lieutenant Beauclerk-Mattocks; Charles Wilson-Robson; Pipes-Booth; Twist-Wewitzer; Lord Heartless-Brunsdon; Buckram-Jones; Ostler-Fearon; Miner-L'Estrange; Landlord-Messink; Officer-Stevens; Ben-Vernon; Sailor-Baker; Ruffian-Bates; Emilia-Miss Brown; Miss Freeman-Mrs Whitfield; Sukey-Mrs Kennedy; Thompson, Cushing, Egan are unassigned. Thompson, Cushing, Egan are unassigned.
Cast
Role: Charles Wilson Actor: Robson
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Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Charles Dibdin
Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; P 2 (?), by Charles Dibdin and James Messink; synopsis of plot in London Chronicle, 30 Dec.]: To conclude with a Procession of the principal Grand Masters, from the Creation to the present Century, dressed in the Habits of their respective Ages and Countries. With new Music [by Charles Dibdin], Scenes, Dresses, Pageants, and Decorations. The paintings executed by Richards, Carver, Hodgins, and assistants. Books of the Songs, with an Explanation of the Pageants, to be had at the Theatre. Nothing under full Price will be taken. "To give magnificence a meaning, and unite antiquarian knowledge with polite entertainment, was a task hitherto unattempted by the contrivers of our Pantomime exhibitions. Such praise, however, the acting manager of Covent Garden theatre may justly claim, on the score of Harlequin Free-Mason, which is now representing before greater crowds than perhaps were ever attracted by Perseus and Andromeda [in 1730], the Rape of Proserpine [in 1727], or the celebrated Sorcerer [i.e. The Magician, in 1721]. The beauty of the first scene, in which a setting sun is admirably contrived, the Dutch winter piece, with numberless skate[r]s moving in the most natural attitudes, and, above all, the imperfect building, finished in a moment at the command of Harlequin, can be exceeded only by the pomp of the historic procession which closes the whole, and offers the richest and most intelligent spectacle that ever yet appeared on an English stage" (Gentleman's Magazine, Feb. 1781, pp. 58-59, which also prints a detailed description of the pageant). Account-Book, 1 Feb.: Paid Dibdin for music of Harlequin Free-Mason #70. Receipts: #236 2s. (230.3; 5.19)

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Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

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Related Work: The Suspicious Husband Criticized; or, The Plague of Envy Author(s): Charles Macklin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

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Related Work: Harlequin Free-Mason Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Commodore Flip-Moody; Captain Mizen-Dodd; Captain Worthy-Brereton; Lieut. Cribbage-Williams; Sir Charles Pleasant-R. Palmer; Rovewell-Lamash; Binnacle (1st time)-Holcroft; Hatchway (with a song)-Bannister; Arabella Zeal (1st time)-Miss Kirby; Belinda-Mrs Sharp; Dorcas Zeal-Miss Pope.
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: Who's 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

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Related Work: Pompey the Great Author(s): Sir Charles Sedley Charles Sackville
Related Work: Pompey Author(s): Sir Charles Sedley Charles Sackville
Event Comment: Mainpicce [1st time; burl 3, by Charles Dibdin]: Taken from [Amphitryon, by John] Dryden. [MS: Larpent 573; not published.] With new Scenery, Dresses, &c. The Music by several eminent Composers [Charles Dibdin, William Shield, &c.]. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #153 15s. 6d. (151/8/0; 2/7/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jupiter And Alcmena

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Related Work: Jupiter and Alcmena Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Commodore Flip-Moody; Captain Mizen-Dodd; Capt. Worthy-Brereton; Lieut. Cribbage-Williames; Sir Charles Pleasant-R. Palmer; Rovewell-Phillimore; Lieut. Easy-Norris; Deny-Burton; Cockswain-Wrighten; Hatchway (with a song)-Staunton; Binnacle-Parsons; Arabella Zeal Cist time)-Mrs Bulkley; Belinda-Mrs Ward; Jenny Private-Miss Hale; Jiltup-Mrs Granger; Dorcas Zeal-Miss Pope .
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Farren

Dance: In mainpiece The Merry Sailors, with a Double Hornpipe, by the Miss Stageldoirs

Song: In mainpiece Rule Britannia by Williames, Chapman, &c

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Related Work: Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c Author(s): Charles Bonnor

Monologue: 1783 05 02 End of mainpiece The Picture of a Playhouse; or, Bucks have at Ye All by Palmer

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Commodore Flip-Moody; Captain Mizen-Dodd; Capt. Worthy-Brereton; Lieut. Cribbage-Williames; Sir Charles Pleasant-R. Palmer; Rovewell-Phillimore; Lieut. Easy-Barrymore; Hatchway (with a song)-Staunton; Binnacle-Parsons; Arabella Zeal-Mrs Bulkley; Belinda-Mrs Ward; Dorcas Zeal-Miss Pope .
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Song: Mainpiece: To finish with a Grand Naval Review, in which a Dance of Sailors by Williamson, Mills, Miss Stageldoir, &c, and Rule Britannia by Williames, Staunton, Phillimore, Barrymore

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Related Work: Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c Author(s): Charles Bonnor

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Commodore Flip-Moody; Captain Mizen-Dodd; Capt. Worthy-Brereton; Lieut. Cribbage-Williames; Sir Charles Pleasant-R. Palmer; Rovewell-Phillimore; Lieut. Easy-Barrymore; Hatchway (with a song)-Bannister; Binnacle-Suett; Arabella Zeal-Mrs Wilson; Belinda-Mrs Ward; Dorcas Zeal-Miss Pope .
Related Works
Related Work: The Fair Quaker; or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Fair Quaker of Deal, or, The Humours of the Navy Author(s): Charles Shadwell
Related Work: The Deserter Author(s): Charles Dibdin

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Song: Mainpiece to finish with a Grand Naval Review, with a Dance of Sailors by Williamson, Mills, Miss Stageldoir, &c, and Rule Britannia by Williames, Chapman, &c

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Related Work: Friar Bacon; or, Harlequin's Adventures in Lilliput, Brobdignag, &c Author(s): Charles Bonnor
Event Comment: The King's Company. This play was acted at Oxford on 19 March 1680@1 before Charles II (see True Protestant Mercury, 19-23 March 1680@1; Wilson, Theatre Notes from the Newdigate Newsletters, p. 80; and Smith's Protestant Intelligence, 24-28 March 1681). The play may have been given first in London; if not, it probably was not acted there until after Easter, 3 April 1681. The company also performed The Plain Dealer in Oxford on 21 March 1680@1 (Smith's Protestant Intelligence, 24-28 March 1681)

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Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane The Great

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Related Work: Tamerlane the Great Author(s): Charles Saunders
Event Comment: The Duke's Company. Two sources naming the play attended by the Morocco ambassador differ as to what play was presented. CSPD, Charles II, 1682, p. 35: 19 Jan. 1681@2: To-day the Morocco Ambassador goes to a play named Circe at the Duke's House. Impartial Protestant Mercury, 20-24 Jan. 1681@2: The Morocco Ambassador, On Thursday last, went to the Duke's Theatre, where was Acted Psyche, a Play of extraordinary splendor, with which his Excellency was extreamly pleas'd

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Mainpiece Title: Circe

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Related Work: Circe Author(s): Charles Davenant
Event Comment: Betterton's Company. The date of the premiere is not known, but the Epilogue refers to it as a summer production and the play was advertised in the London Gazette, No 3108, 22-26 Aug. 1695; hence, it appeared first not later than August. A song, Stretch'd in a dark and dismall grove, composed by John Eccles and sung by Mrs Hudson, is in Deliciae Musicae, The Third Book, 1696. A Comparison Between the Two Stages (p. 16): Sullen: Imprimis, Here's Pyrrhus King of Epire. Ramble: Whose is that? Sullen: Charles Hopkin's, an Irish Gentleman of good Sense, and an excellent Ovidian. Ramble: What was it's Fate? Sullen: Damn'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus King Of Epirus

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Related Work: Pyrrhus King of Epirus Author(s): Charles Hopkins
Event Comment: Betterton's Company. The date of the first performance is not known. For a discussion of the dating, see Baldwin Maxwell, Notes on Charles Hopkins' Boadicea, Review of English Studies, IV (1928), 79-83. Downes, Roscius Anglicanus, p. 44: Boadicea, the Brittish Queen, wrote by Mr Hopkins: 'twas a well Writ Play in an Ovidean Stile in Verse; it was lik'd and got the Company Money. A Comparison Between the Two Stages (1702), p. 20: This is Cha. Hopkins's and did very well

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Boadicea Queen Of Britain

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Related Work: Boadicea Queen of Britain Author(s): Charles Hopkins
Event Comment: [By Charles Gildon. Date of premiere unknown. Published 20 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Victim; Or, The Queen Of Wales

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Related Work: Love's Victim: or, the Queen of Wales Author(s): Charles Gildon
Event Comment: [By Charles Johnson. Date of premiere unknown. Published 15 Jan. 1702.] Preface: It stole into the Theatre in the very Heat of last Summer (as if it would cunningly avoid the Critics, who instead of carping here were at Tunbridge, Bath, etc) was study'd in a Hurry, and play'd by what they call the Young Company

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentleman Cully

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Related Work: The Gentleman Cully Author(s): Charles Johnson
Event Comment: [By Charles Gildon. Date of premiere unknown. Published 18 Dec.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patriot; Or, The Italian Conspiracy

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Related Work: The Patriot, or The Italian Conspiracy Author(s): Charles Gildon
Event Comment: [Mainpiece by Charles Boyle. Premiere.] Benefit Mrs Porter, who performs a part in it she never acted before. [Since Mrs Porter is not in the cast in the edition of 1703, the meaning of this statement is not clear.] At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Find It

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Related Work: As You Find It Author(s): Charles Boyle

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Music: From The Mad Lover-

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Davis

Dance: Mrs Elford, Fairbanch

Event Comment: [By Charles Goring.] Never Acted before. Preface: I am sensible...that Irene appear'd to the greatest Disadvantage on the Stage, strip'd of Her Ornaments of Musick by a Superior Order; and in many of Her Characters suffering very much in the Action

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Irene; Or, The Fair Greek

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Related Work: Irene; or, The Fair Greek Author(s): Charles Goring
Event Comment: [By Charles Johnson]. Never Acted before

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Mainpiece Title: The Force Of Friendship

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Related Work: The Force of Friendship Author(s): Charles Johnson
Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By Charles Johnson Premiere.] Benefit the Author. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Force Of Friendship

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Related Work: The Force of Friendship Author(s): Charles Johnson

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Chest

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Related Work: Love in a Chest Author(s): Charles Johnson
Event Comment: [By Charles Johnson.] Never Acted before

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Mainpiece Title: The Generous Husband; Or, The Coffee House Politician

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Related Work: The Generous Husband; or, The Coffee House Politician Author(s): Charles Johnson
Event Comment: [By Charles Johnson.] Never acted before. The Whole Play being new dress'd

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Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

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Related Work: The Wife's Relief; or, the husband's cure Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Wife's Relief; or, The Husband's Cure Author(s): Charles Johnson
Related Work: The Wife's Relief Author(s): Charles Johnson