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Event Comment: With a New Change of several Songs, and New Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arminio

Event Comment: A New Comedy of three Acts [by Foote]. By Authority. Open'd by Mr Foote. Most of the performers entirely new. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Doors to be opened at five. Curtain drawn up at seven. [Notice repeated in subsequent bills. Genest, IV, 599, lists Smith as Sir George.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Dance:

Event Comment: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr Sarjant at the Stage Door of the Theatre. [Only sagnificant changes from this regular notice will be recorded hereafter.] Paid Mrs Margaret Lamb 6 months interest on #315 due 8 Sept. #7 10s. (Account Book). Receipts: #155 15s. (Account Book). Estimate of a Constant@N.B. The Ground Rent and Taxes is calculated to be Paid in 150 Days.@Per Annum Per Day@To 50 Old Shares at 2s. --- #5@To 50 New Ditto at 2s. --- #5@T 50 New Ditto at 2s. --- #5@To Ground Rent for the Theatre #100@To Ditto for Buildings in Harte St. #30@To Ditto for Mr Thurmond's House in Bow Street Passage #25@ #155 #1 0s. 8d.@ #11 0s. 8d.@Taxes (Viz)@To Land and Window Taxes for Theatre #98 2s.@To Do for a House in Bow St. Passage #5 15s 6d.@To Poor's Rate for the Theatre #20@To Do for a House in Bow St. Passage #1 10s.@To Watch rate for the Theatre #8 6s. 8d@To Do for a House in Bow St. Passage 10s. 6d.@To Rector's rate for the Theatre #6 13s. 4d.@To Do for a House in Bow St. Passage 8s. 4d.@To Scavenger's Rate for the Theatre #6 17s. 4d.@To Do for a House in Bow St. Passage 6s. 4d.@To Water for the Theatre #4@ #152 10s.@ #1 4d.@To Renters, Ground Rent & Taxes #12 1s.@To Gawrds [sic] per Day 14s.@To Barbers Do 5s. 4d.@To Scenemen Do #2 10s.@To Music as Per List #4 9s 2d.@For 150 Days To Candles #3 3s.@Do To Coales 10s 10s.@Passages, Stage Etc. To Lamps #1 12s.@To Bills #1 7s.@To Advertisements 5s.@To Billsetters 4s. 6d.@#16 6s. Sallery [sic] #14 6s. Estimate To Wardrobe bill about #1 11s.@#2 Sallery #5 Estimate To Property Bill Do 7s.@To Chorus Singers Do 10s.@To Mr J. Rich #5 5s.@To Mr C. Rich #1@ #36 1s.@Nightly Charge@Musick List@Messrs Wood 5s.@Gillier 5s.@Miller 5s.@Chapman@ 3s. 4d.@Goodman 3s. 4d.@Woodson 5s.@Ward 6s. 8d.@Rolland 5s.@Rawlings 3s. 4d.@Vincent 6s. 8d.@Wrexell 5s.@Beale 5s.@Jones 4s. 2d.@Biche 3s. 4d.@Heron 4s. 2d.@Stockdon 3s. 4d.@Scovell 3s. 4d.@Lampe 3s. 4d.@Smart 3s. 4d.@Assistant Writer 10d.@Harpsicord 5s.@#4 9s. 2d.@Men Dressers Charg'd in the Wardrobe Bills@Messrs Mearns 2s. 6d.@Cason 2s.@Esbury 1s.@Fenwick 1s.@Winterton 1s.@Besford 1s.@Francis 1s.@Cawder 1s.@Hays 1s.@Hollingsworth 1s.@Cabell 1s.@Nicholls 1s.@Norris 1s.@Cole 1s.@16s. 6d.@Billstickers as per List@Messrs Abbott 2s.@Mislebrook 2s.@Dymuck 2s@Tidd 2s.@Gale 2s.@Cole 1s. 6d.@11s. 6d.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew; Or, The Merry Beggars

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Garrick; Smith-Burton; Johnson-Palmer; others-Yates, Packer, Philips, Blakes, Mozeen, Vaughan, Scrase, Bransby, Ackman, Clough, Raftor, Moody, Rooker, Gray, Marr, Atkins, Mrs Bennett, Miss Hippisley, Master Kennedy, Miss Mills, Johnston; With proper Songs and Dances-; an additional Reinforcement of Mr Bayes New Raised Troops-.

Afterpiece Title: Duke and no Duke

Event Comment: By Command of His Majesty. At fifteen Minutes past six, His Majesty went D-L-House, attended by several great Officers of State, to see the Rehearsal, but about ten o'clock a message was sent, signifying his Majesty's pleasure to have the new dramatic novel of Polly Honeycombe added to it; upon which fresh Bills were printed and pasted up...In consequence of a strict order from the managers not a single person was admitted into tne House before the doors were opened; nevertheless the Pit was filled in the space of four minutes (Gazetteer & London Daily Advertiser, 13 Dec.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: II: The Mad Doctor, as17601014; End: The Itahian Gardiners, as17601203

Event Comment: A New Serious Opera. Music by Perez with New Cloaths and Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Didone Abbandonata

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman's A Riddle

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: As17610425 but a New Character Margery-Mrs Kennedy.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Taste1st Act of Taste and Modern Tragedy

Performance Comment: As17610406 but New Characters-Three _Performers (who never appeared on any stage).

Dance: IV: A Comic Dance, as17610307

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Serenata

Performance Comment: Besides the Italian Opera singers, and the usual orchestra, there will be a second band (disposed after a new manner) with a very great number of additional voices; together with a new dance, and a piece of scenery suitable to the solernity.

Afterpiece Title: Arianne E Teseo (First and Last Acts)

Event Comment: At the large Theatrical Booth at the bottom of the Bowling Green. A new Comedy Written on the plan of a gentleman whose abilities have long received the sanction of public approbation. Interspersed with a variety of Entertainments infinitely superior to what have been generally given at the Fairs. The Songs will be new and spirited. The Dances lively and characteristic. By a company of Comedians from both Theatres. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Whimsical Battle Of The Greybeards; Or, The Humourous History Of A Covent Garden Adventure; Containing The Ridiculous Behaviour Of shela O'flannegan The First Irish Woman Introduced At Any Fair, The Odd Resentment Of col

Dance: CComic Dance-Signora Florentina, a capital performer from the Opera House at Turin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: The Fair, A Grotesque Pantomime Entertainment

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Miles; Pantaloon-Bencraft; Wife to Pantaloon-Mrs Pitt; Colombine-Sga Maranesi, first time; Pierrot-Lalauze; Constable-Redman; Porter-Holtom; In which will be introduc'd a Recruiting Lieutenant, the Lieutenant-Shuter; With a new Song-Beard in the character of a Sailor; Midshipman-Young; Drummer-Tatoo; Recruits-Mattocks, Baker, Legg; The Equilibrist on the Wire-Matthews; Andrew to Yates's Parade-Jonathan; Andrew to Puppet Shew-Collins; Tiddee Doll-Dunstall; Butcher-Perry; Slaughtermen-Holtom, Buck; Spectators attending the Fair-the Comedians; To conclude with a Bohemian Dance-Leppie, Mlle Capdeville, Granier, Mrs Granier.
Event Comment: A new comic Opera, with new Clothes, Decorations and Dances. By Their Majesties Command. [Repeated in subsequent bills.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Mercato Di Malmantile

Dance: Director of Dances-Gallini; Dancers-Gallini, Mlle Asselin, Binetti, Sga Binetti

Music: Domenico Fischetti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Sodi; Daphne-Sga Manesiere; Followers of Daphne-Mlle Marianne, Mrs Leppie, Mrs Viviez, Mad Jansolin, Mrs Welsh, Miss Daw; Morpheus-Legg; Mystery-Baker; Silence-Mattocks; Harlequin-Miles; Burgomaster-Shuter; Boor Servant-Lalauze; Scaramouche-Gosley; Colombine-Sga Maranesi; Huntsmen-Beard, Mattocks, Legg, Baker, Dibdin, Courts; Venus-Miss Miller; Silenus-Beard; Bacchus-Mattocks; Pan-Legg; Diana-Mrs Vernon; To Conclude with a Grand Ballet-Sodi, Sga Manesiere. Characters new Dress'd.
Event Comment: A new comic Opera. Music by Galuppi. New Cloaths, Decorations, and Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Nozze Di Dorina

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: As17620218 but here the New Occasional Scene of Action is detailed as Representing the escape of Harlequin thro' the Haunted House in Cock Lanev .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: Florizel (with new songs in character)-Mattocks; Autolicus (with songs in character)-Shuter; King-Hull; Shepherd-Gibson; Perdita (with new songs in character)-Miss Brent; The Music composed by Dr Arne, with a Dances incident to the Pastoral-Granier, Mrs Granier.

Dance: TThe Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: As17620222 [but no mention is made of the New Occasional Scene in the Bills].

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twins; Or, A Comedy Of Errors

Performance Comment: The characters of the play-Shuter, Dunstall, Gibson, Hull, Davis, Anderson, Wignell, Tindal, Perry, R. Smith, Holtom, Buck, Mrs Vincent, Mrs Lessingham, Mrs Stephens, Mrs Ward; A New Prologue-Smith; A New Epilogue-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: A New Prologue Actor: Smith
Role: A New Epilogue Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: II: Let not the Rage, from the opera Artaxerxes, by Particular Desire,-Miss Brent

Dance: After the Epilogue: The Taylors, as17620107

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Harlow-Davis; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Young Clerimont-White; Mrs Harlow-Miss Elliot; Miss Harlow-Mrs Younger; with a New Occasional Prologue-Smith.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: Kitely-Smith; Old Knowel-Sparks; Young Knowel-Dyer; Welbred-Mattocks; Justice Clement-Marten; Bobadil-Woodward; Mas. Stephen-Shuter; Mas. Matthew-Hayes; Cash-Perry; Formal-Costollo; Brainworm-Dunstall; Downright-Walker, 1st appearance that stage; Cob-Buck; Cob's Wide-Mrs Pitt; Bridget-Miss Miller; Dame Kitely-Mrs Ward. The Characters new dress'd in the habits of the times.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Dance: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted before, a New Dramatic Opera [Bickerstaffe] the Music by Handel, Boyce, Arne, Howard, Baildon, Festing, Geminiani, Galluppi, Giardini, Paradies, Agus, Abos; with a New Overture composed by Mr Abel. Full Prices. Books of the Opera sold at theatre. [See Theatrical Review; or, Annals of the Drama, 1763, pp. 22-36: Compares Bickerstaff's opera at length with Charles Johnson's Village Opera.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Dance: II: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted there. Taken from Shakespear, with a New Overture and New Music between the acts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Two Gentlemen Of Verona

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Performance Comment: As17621025, but new occasional Prologue-.

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: II: The Garland, or the +Milk-Maid's Holiday-Miss Poitier; [see17590421] [in which will be introduced a Hornpipe; End: The Jealous Woodcutter, as17621023

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleonice

Performance Comment: As17631126, but to which will be added several new airs-.
Event Comment: A New Comedy Written by Mrs Sheridan. This play was well Acted, but the subject seem'd to displease. The three first Acts pass'd off tolerably; in 4 Act they begun to hiss, & continued it to the End of the play. When Mr Havard went forward & Address'd the Audience &c. as follows Ladies & Gentn as Some passages in the play had given offence, they should be omitted the Next Night. Much hissing, & many Cry'd out No more! no more &c. (Hopkins). Much Hiss'd (Cross Diary). A new Comedy (The Dupe) wrote by Mrs Sheridan.--This play was very well acted,--but the subject much displeased.--in 4th act much hissing, and so on to the end. When Mr Havard told the audience as some passages in the play had given offence, they should be omitted the next night, much hissing and many cried out, "No more, No more." (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan). Receipts: #167 18s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dupe

Dance: III: The Irish Lilt, as17630922