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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Chapman; Johnson-Ryan; Smith-Cashell; First King of Brentford-Roberts; Prince Prettyman-Hale; Gentleman Usher-Hippisley; Second King of Brentford-Harrington; Prince Volscius-Gibson; Physician-Rosco; Drawcansir-Mullart; General-Stephens; Lieut General-Stevens; Lord Mayor-Marten; Tom Thimble-James; Thunder-Bridgwater; Lightening-Mrs Villeneuve; Sun-Bencraft; Moon-Leveridge; Earth-Salway; Amarillis-Miss Burgess; Chloris-Mrs Mullart; Pallas-Woodward; Two Sing@Song Dancing Spirits-Mrs Lampe, Miss Young; Players, Soldiers horse and foot, Cardinals, Judges, Sargeant at Arms-the rest of the comedians; With the Music-; Songs-; Dances-; Scenes, Machines, Habits, other Decoration proper to the play; With the Additional Reinforcements of Mr Bayes's New Rais'd Troops-.

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Event Comment: [For a performance of a pantomime this day at New Wells, Lemon St., gf]: At the Desire of the Society of Free and Accepted Masons, 10 rows in the Pit will be rail'd in for them.--Daily Advertiser

Performances

Event Comment: Never perform'd before. All the Characters new dressed. [By James Dance, adapted from Richardson's novel.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pamela

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips; Gipsies-Bride, Green, Rayner, Gray; Gipsey Women-Miss Minors, Mrs Budgell, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Rayner; Young Rustick-Liviez; Colombine-Miss Mann; Colombine's Father-Leigh; Fidler-Gray; Mother-Mrs Phillips; Maid-Miss Story; John Trot-Hough; Concluding with a New Grand Entertainment of Dancing call'd A Voyage to the Island of Cytherea: Adonis-Desse; Venus-Mrs Walter; Pilgrims (men)-Liviez, Dumont, Baudouin, (women) Mrs Thompson, Miss Story, Miss Rayner; Cupid-Constantini.

Song: Between the acts: Beard, Lowe

Event Comment: HHeidegger gets a new leave and license to perform operas at Haymarket Theatre from 8 Dec. 41 to 30 Oct. 45.-Deutsch, Handel, p. 526, from public Record Office L. C. 5@161, p. 97

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander In Persia

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Performance Comment: Written by Congreve, New Set by Mr Arne; Paris-Beard; Mercury-Lowe; Venus-Mrs Arne; Pallas-Mrs Clive; Juno-Mrs Edwards.
Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Rylands MS.: Young Gentleman-Hill. Being the last time of the Fausan's performing in England. [The Fausans had created twelve new Dances for the English during this tour.] Receipts: #120

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Song: I: a Ballad-Lowe; III: Song-Mrs Arne; IV: Bright Author of my Present Flame-Lowe

Dance: II: Les Egyptiens, as17420224

Ballet: V: a Grand Comic Ballet The Peasant. Peasants-The Fausans; Shepherds-LaCroix, Desse, Constantini; Shepherdesses-Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson, Miss Story

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Giffard, at the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. All the Characters will be new Dress'd. The Stage will be form'd into an Amphitheatre, where Servants will be allow'd to keep places. Tickets at 4s., 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: TThe Leek, as17420224; Two Millers and Courtezan-two Masters and Miss Granier

Event Comment: A New Opera [a pasticcio, Metastasio text altered by Rolli, form Pergolesi's Olimpiade, 1735 (Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, I, 183)]. Music by Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Lampugnani. L. Leo, F. Leo [libretto in L. C.]. Two of the principal Performers being greatly indispos'd, the Dancers are oblig'd to be deferr'd. Thomas Gray to John Chute, 24 May: Our fifth Opera was the Olimpiade, in which they retain'd most of Pergolesi's Songs & yet 'tis gone already, as if it had been a poor thing of Galuppi's. Two nights did I enjoy it all alone, snugg in a Nook in the Gallery, but found no one in those regions had ever heard of Pergolesi, nay, I heard several affirm it was a Composition of Pescetti's.-Gray, Correspondence, I, 203

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Meraspe O L'olimpiade

Event Comment: With Dances and Decorations entirely new

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Meraspe O L'olimpiade

Event Comment: A new Opera. [Not identified, No edition known. Probably a pasticcio.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ceffalo E Procri

Event Comment: By Authority...will be presented a new Ballad-Opera [author unknown], 6:30 p.m. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Tickets to be had of Mrs Boyd, a Pamphlet Shop, in Leicester St. by Swallow St, opposite the Crooked Billet; at Mrs Gearing's@Toyshop near the Theatre; and at the Doors of the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Music: A Preamble on the Kettle@Drums, concluding with Handel's Water@Musick-Job Baker

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear [customary note for all performances of this play this season. It will not be recorded further. Places to be taken at the Stage Door of the Theatre, indicates the building of a new tickets office for occupancy this season by Hobson, who replaces Bradshaw as Box Book-Keeper]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: At Yeates, Warner, and Rosoman's Booth in Upper Moorfields. [According to news item in Daily Advertiser, they were to act all of this week during the time of Mile End Fair.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Lovers; Or, An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy at Last

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Performance Comment: Bayes-Garrick; Johnson-Mills; Smith-Berry; other characters-Macklin, Havard, Yates, Blakes, Neale, Morgan, Arthur, Green, Turbutt, Winstone, Mrs Cross, Miss Minors, Miss Cibber, Mrs Ridout, Wright, Woodburn, Gray, Leigh; Vocal Parts-Beard, Lowe, Raftor, Ray; With the Additional Reinforcement of Mr Bayes's New Rais'd Troops-.

Song: I: Songs-Beard

Music: III: Concerto-Veracini

Dance: II: Peasant Dance, as17420921; IV: Tyrolean Dance, as17420921

Event Comment: With New Habits and Decorations to the Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband; Or, A Journey To London

Dance: Checo Torinese, Sga Charetta Aquilanti, their 1st appearance, Boromeo, Mlle Bonneval

Music: Concerto-Veracini

Song: Beard

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the Desire of several persons of Quality. This month was published A Clear Stage and no Favour, or Tragedy and Comedy at War, occasioned by the Emulation of the Two Theatric Heroes David and Goliath, A 12 p. poem setting forth the appeals of Garrick and Quin. [Prophesies that in two years' time Quin will continue to be esteemed more than Garrick, the new favorite.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Dance: II: Grand Comic Dance, as17421130; V: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie-Checo, Signora Chiaretti

Event Comment: A New Opera, etc. [Really Gluck's Artaserse, Metastasio's text, a pastiche.] Music by Brivio (from libretto)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mandane

Event Comment: By Henry Fielding. Never acted before. On 25 Jan. Lady Hertford wrote to her son: Mr Fielding has wrote a comedy which has been refus'd by the Licenser, not as a reflecting one, but on account of its immorality. On 19 Feb. she wrote again: Mr Fielding by suffering the bawd to be carted, tho she is his favorite character in the new play, has obtained a license to have it acted, and it was perform'd on thursday for the first time, but so much dislik'd that it is believ'd that it will be impossible to prevail with a second audience to hear it through.-Hughes, Hertford, p. 242. The Larpent MS. shows many question marks, and deletions of suggestive, passionate, and physiological references

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Event Comment: A New Oratorio. Tickets will be deliver'd to subscribers (on paying their Subscription money), this day, and every day following at Mr Handel's in Brook Street, near Hanover Square. Attendance will be given from 9 o'clock in the Morning till Three in the Afternoon. Pit and Boxes to be put together and no persons to be admitted without tickets, which will be deliver'd that day at the Office in Covent Garden Theatre, at Half a Guinea each, First Gallery 5s. Upper Gallery 3s. 6d. N.B. Each subscriber is to pay Six Guineas upon taking out his subscription ticket, which entitles him to three Box tickets every night of Mr Handel's first six performances in Lent; and if Mr. Handel should have any more performances after his first six nights, each subscriber may continue on the same conditions. The Gallery will be open'd at Four O'Clock. Pit and Boxes at Five. To begin at Six o'clock. [These notices concerning price, subscription, and time of performance recur regularly, but will not be recorded further here.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Event Comment: Benefit the author of this bad new play, which would have sunk the 1st night but for Garrick's acting (Winston MS. from Dyer MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Event Comment: RRoyal family attended.-Deutsch, Handel, p. 561. The new Oratorio...has been performed four Times to more crouded Audiences than ever were seen; more People being turned away for Want of Room each Night than hath been at the Italian Opera.-Quoted by Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, p. 350, from Faulkner's Dublin Journal, 15 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sampson

Music: Solo on Violin-Dubourg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: As17430303 but Kitty Pry-Mrs Pritchard; Sharp-Yates; a New Epilogue-_.

Song: II: Beard; IV: The Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: III: Tyrolean Dance, as17421129

Event Comment: Announced only as A New Sacred Oratorio. [First London Performance.] See Universal Spectator, 19 March, for emphatic objection against performing oratorios in theatres

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Messiah

Music: Concerto on Organ-; Violin Solo-DuBourg

Event Comment: YYeates, Warner, and Rosoman's Great Theatrical New Built Booth, opposite the old Til'd Booth...during the Time of the Fair. [Notices repeated 9, 10 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plotting Lovers; Or, The Old One Tricked At Last

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Triumphant

Dance: Bath Morris Dancers