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Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Impromptu Faragolio

Performance Comment: A Medley Concert. As17571003, but Acrobatics-Miss Isabella Wilkinson; Blind Man's Buff-Master Settree, Miss Twist; Italian Peasants-Joly, Mlle Dulisse; New Comic Lectures-_; An Address-_; Auction-_omit all of Cibber's contributions]..

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: With the last New Character of Lord Chalkstone-Garrick; others-Yates, Blakes, Bransby, Jefferson, Mrs Clive.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17571114, but with a new Occasional Prologue-Smith.

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: FFingalian Dance, by Desire, as17571013

Event Comment: A pasticcio, with libretto by G. A. Migliavacca; music by F. G. Bertoni, Handel, Davide Perez (Deutsch, Handel, p. 793). A New Opera, with new Decorations and Dances. It will be performed Tuesday and Zenobia on Saturdays (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Solimano

Dance: Signora Forti, Signora Bonomi, Grimaldi, Signora Lescot

Event Comment: Tomorrow the New Tragedy call'd Agis. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Ballet: II: The Prussian Camp. As17580131

Event Comment: The young gentleman who played the part of Valdore , being indisposed, makes it necessary to defer the new play of the Insolvent (designed for this day) till Thursday the 16th, when it will be performed with a variety of new entertainments as will be particularly specified in the bills. The part being a principal one, and of a considerable length (as the notice of the Gentleman's Indisposition is but just receiv'd) makes it impracticable to have it acted sooner. The tickets that could not come in on the first night for want or room will be admitted on Thursday

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. Receipts: #33 17s. 6d. Charges: #80. Deficiency covered by income from tickets, #115 9s. Two New Renters came in a 1 share each: Mrs Tabitha Mendez, and Mrs Susan White. [This addition brought the total of New Renters' shares to 50, which equalled the holdings of the Old Renters] (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: Country Lass-Miss Vallois; V: Comic Ballet, as17580428

Song: II, IV: Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Garrick; Mr Smith-Burton; Mr Johnson-Palmer; other parts-Yates, Packer, Philips, Blakes, Mozeen, Clough, Scrase, Bransby, Atkins, Marr, Ackman, Vaughan, Raftor, Johnson, Allen, Rooker, Gray, Miss Barton, Mrs Hippisley, Miss Mills, Miss Simson; With an additional reinforcement of Mr Bayes' New Raised Troops-.

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: TThe Swiss, as17581102

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: As17580927, but Mariana-Mrs Barrington; a new Occasional Prologue-Ross.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Dance: As17581111

Event Comment: This Play tho' all new dress'd and had Fine Scenes did not seem to give ye audience any great plasure, or draw any applause (Cross). Written by Shakespear. Never Acted there. New Habits, Scenes, and Decorations. Nothing under Full Prices will be taken during the Performance. No Gentleman can possibly be admitted behind the Scenes, or into the Orchestra on account of the Music, Decorations, and number of Performers which are necessary to the Representation (playbill). [See "Garrick's Presentation of Antony and Cleopatra," RES, Jan. 1937. The following characters appear in Capel's acting text, 23 Oct. 1958, Maecenas-Atkins; Proculeius-$Austin; Soothsayer-$Burton; Mardian-$Perry; Seleucas-$Burton.] Receipts: #200 ($Cross); #193 14s. (Winston MS 8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Antony And Cleopatra

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: As17581031, but with a new Occasional Prologue-Smith.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Return'd from Paris

Dance: III: Fingalian Dance, as17581111; End: The Threshers, as17581016

Event Comment: With New Decorations, New Dances, and all the Characters dressed suitable to the subject. The subscription Tickets will not be admitted. Gallery, Pit and Boxes to be open'd at five o'Clock. To begin at half an hour after six precisely

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Trionfo Della Gloria

Event Comment: With new Additions and Alterations. Pit and Boxes to be laid together, and no person to be admitted without Tickets, which will be delivered this day at the said Office in the Theatre at Half a Guinea each. First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. The Doors to be open at Half an Hour after Four o'clock, Pit and Boxes at Five, to begin at Half an Hour after Six. This day is published Price 1s. Solomon, An Oratorio, with New Additions and Alterations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Solomon

Event Comment: With new Additions and Alterations. Today is Publish'd Susanna, an Oratorio, with New Alterations and Additions; as it is perform'd at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. J. & R. Tonson, in the Strand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Susanna

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. The Burletta, with the Addition of a new Act and a new Character, as originally performed at the Theatre Royal in Naples. At the Great Room in Marybone Gardens properly and elegantly fitted up for that purpose. 7:30 p.m. Admittance 3s. N.B. Mr Trotter's dauthter continues to make the rich seed and plumb cake, so much admired by the Nobility and Gentry at 2s. 6d. each, and likewise makes almond cheesecakes in a small size at 2s. per dozen. Six or eight make a Dish, and are hot every day one o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Ross; Aboan-Sparks; Blandford-Ridout; Charlotte-Mrs Hamilton; Widow Lackit-Mrs Pitt; Imoinda-Mrs Bellamy; Covernor-Anderson; Stanmore-Gibson; Daniel-Collins; Driver-Dunstall; Jack Stanmore-Davis; Lady Weldon-Mrs Baker; With a new Occasional Prologue-.

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: TThe Milkmaid's Holiday, as17590421

Event Comment: A concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music. Likewise will be performed a new Burletta, composed by Galuppi. Cloaths and Scenes entirely new. Doors to be opened at Five. To begin exactly Half an Hour after Six. Prices 2s. 6d., Tea and Coffee included. [This notice, plus the advertisement of Daughter Trotter's plumb cakes-see 16 April-is repeated, and will not be further listed here.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Cicisbea Alla Moda; Or, The Modish Coquette

Event Comment: Benefit for Scrase, Mozeen, Ackman, Harrison. Afterpiece: A new farce written by Mr Mozeen (Indiff) (Cross). Ellis Ackman, Henry Scrase, Harrison, Thomas Mozeen advertised the above new piece for their benefit performance being founded on fact (Winston MS 8). Receipts: #170 Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: The Heiress; or, The Antigallican

Related Works
Related Work: The Heiress Author(s): William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Harrison, a Young Gentleman Harrison's Scholar; End: A Minuet-Two of Harrison's Scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17590417 but Hamlet-Mossop; Guildenstern-Scrase; Laertes-Austin; Ophelia-Miss Macklin; a new Dramatic Epiloguea Dialogue-Master Simson, Miss Simson; the Prologue-_.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: II: Louvre, Minuet-Master Simson, Miss Simson

Event Comment: & a new P a new +Prologue upon the Prince Wales's birth-day, being now 21. So ended the Season. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Event Comment: Benefit Signora Saratina. A new tragicomical Burletta, Musick composed by Pergolesi. Scenes and Cloaths entirely new. Tickets at Mr Oswald's Music Shop. 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Strattaggemma; Or, The Stratagem

Song: Before the Burletta: Singing-; several songs, a duetto-Signora Saratina, Reinhold

Event Comment: By Authority [repeated in each bill]. A new English Burletta. Taken from the Memoirs of Jeffrey Ap Arthur of Monmouth, interspersed with Critical Remarks by Mess Snarler and Hum for Mr Bombast the Author. The Music, Scenes, Cloaths, and other Decorations entirely new. Prices: 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d. 6:30 p.m. [First announced on 7 Sept. for 10 Sept., and deferred on account of death of Princess Elizabeth. It was adapted from Henry Brooke's Jack the Giant Queller, 1748. Published 1778.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Galligantus

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Edition of 1759: Music by several composers directed by Gioacchino Cocchi. Simphony by Jomelli.] With new Decorations, Cloaths, and Dances. Pit and Boxes together, and no persons admitted without tickets, which will be delivered this Day at half a Guinea. Gallery 5s. By His Majesty's Command, no Person to be admitted behind the Scenes. To begin at half an hour after Six precisely. [This notice repeated in the bills.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vologeso

Dance: DDancesdirected by Gallini,-Gallini, Mlle Asselin, Maranesi, Signora Provenzale

Event Comment: A New Opera, with the Addition of a new Singer. Music by Cocchi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Clemenza Di Tito

Dance: Under the direction of Gallini:Mlle Asselin, Maranesi, Sga Provenzale

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: As17591122, but a new Occasional Prologue-Havard.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor