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Event Comment: Benefit for Fishar (ballet master). Charges #66 3s. 6d. Profit to Fishar #49 2s. 6d., plus #115 6s. from tickets (Box 156; Pit 155; Gallery 169). Paid Whitefield for cloaths of the pages #21 17s. 6d.; Paid Mr Capell for a suit of men's cloaths #5 5s. Receipts: #115 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Meadows Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: A Triple Hornpipe-Miss Matthews, Miller, Eves; being his first appearance. The two last, scholars to Fishar. A New Dance with Baskets of Flowers[, in which introduced, by particular desire, a Minuet and Allemande-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; [her first appearance this season. A New Grand Ballet, The Black Prince's Festival- (that night only); Prince-Fishar; Pages-Blurton, Miller; Favourites-Miss Twist, Miss Valois; [See17720424.] A New Serious Ballet-Miss Parish[, a Child of Ten Years of age, with only 4 months' instruction, Apprentice to Fishar, her first appearance

Ballet: The Favorite Comic Ballet, first time this season, The Wapping Landlady. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Orange Woman-Miss Twist [see17730424]; [with Sixfold Hornpipe- [see17730424]

Event Comment: Benefit for Parsons. Tickets deliver'd by W. Palmer will be taken. Rec'd stopages #31 7s.; Paid salary list #525 2s.; Mr King's extra salary #3.; Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #3 11s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #195 11s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to Parsons: #120 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: End I Afterpiece: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. The doors to be opened at half past 5. To begin at half past 6 o'clock. [For Gentleman who played Othello, See bill for 25 May.] Charges #73 8s. Profit to Lewis #57 15s., plus #24 10s. from tickets (Box 61; Pit 43; Gallery 28) Receipts: #131 3s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Taylor Actor: Baker.

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17731007

Entertainment: After dance: Ode on the Passions-the Gentleman who performed Lysimachus

Event Comment: Benefit for Dunstall. Charges #66 6s. 6d. Profit to Dunstall #4 14s. 6d., plus #182 6s. from tickets (Box 394; Pit 412; Gallery 220). Pai Lowe & Lewis (woolendrapers) #22 19s., and Scott (copper lace man) #13 7s. Receipts: #71 1s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Friar Or The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: IV: The Frolick, as17740416

Event Comment: The Fifteenth Night. For the Author. Charges #64 5s. Profit to Hull #51 9s., plus #68 15s. from tickets (Box 151; Pit 134; Gallery 109). Paid Holme & Cooper (timber merchants) #69 8s.; Paid Evans (sawyer) #3 1s. Receipts: #115 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Miller. Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years. [See 28 Nov. 1755.] Charges #69 16s. Profit to Miss Miller #51 15s. 6d., plus #40 19s. from tickets (Box 59; Pit 108). Receipts: #121 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Monologue: Interlude.True Blue. As 26 March

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Barry, who humbly requests those ladies and gentlemen who have taken places in the Pit, will be pleased to come early to prevent confusion in getting to their seats. Tickets deliver'd for Thursday March 24, will be taken. Mainpiece: Not acted these 16 years. [See 8 Dec. 1757.] [Hopkins MS Notes identifies Ismena as Mrs I. Barry.] Pit and boxes laid together. Paid Properties #1 15s. 2d. Housekeeper's bill #6 10s. 6d.; 1 yrs Watch for St Martin's to 14 Feb. last #10 16s. 9d. Receipts: #273 13s. Charges: #65 2s. Profits to Mrs Barry: #208 11s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phaedra And Hippolitus

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Barsanti. Charges #65 4s. 6d. Profit to Miss Barsanti #17 11s., plus #156 16s. from tickets (Box 388; Pit 300; Gallery 148). Receipts: #82 15s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A la mode

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Monologue: Before: By Particular Desire, the Occasional Prelude. Manager-Wroughton; Author-Kniveton; Carpenter-Davies; Young Actress-Miss Barsanti. [See 10 May 1773.

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Green. Charges #75 16s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Green #1 13s. 5d., plus #38 17s. from tickets (Box 83; Pit 98; Gallery 34). Paid Mrs Melmoth for her performance this season #21. Receipts: #77 10s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Baker

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

Event Comment: Benefit for DuBellamy. Charges: #64 5s.; Profit to DuBellamy; #19 17s., plus #187 15s. - from tickets (Box 486; Pit 401; Gallery 61); Paid Singleton for performing 3 nights in the Sorcerer to 11 Oct. last #7 6s., for 5 nights in Henry VIII to 14 Feb. last #1 5s., for 4 nights in Macbeth to 13 Nov. last 10s., and for 40 nights in the Fair and the Sylphs to 4 April #2; Receipts: #84 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Mrs Baker

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

Song: End I the Farce: (By Desire) The Storm-DuBellamy

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wilde. Charges #72 6d. Profit to Miss Wilde #10 3s., plus #37 8s. from tickets (Box 57; Pit 93; Gallery 92). Receipts: #82 3s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Song: End: The song of Mad Tom [will be sung in character-Reinhold. [See17740408]

Dance: After Song: The Merry Sailors, as17731007

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Davies and Mrs Love. Tickets deliver'd by Norris taken. Receipts: #143 5s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to Davies and Mrs Love: #68 11s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Fathers

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Cast
Role: Margery Moorpout Actor: Mrs Love

Entertainment: End Act II: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston

Dance: End: The Mountaineers, as17730930

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pitt and Stoppelaer. Charges #67 15s. Deficit to each #4 6s. 9d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Pitt #53 7s. (Box 48; Pit 185; Gallery 136); Stopplear, #86 5s. (Box 112; Pit 271; Gallery 176). Paid Bates for performing 4 nights in the Sorcerer to 11 Oct. last 10s., 5 nights in Henry VIII to 14 Feb. last #1 5s., and 5 nights in the Fair to 13 Nov. last 5s. Paid half year's Poor's rate for the theatre due Lady day last, #24 15s. 10d., and ditto for House in Bow Passage 17s. 9d. Receipts: #59 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740416

Event Comment: Benefit for Sarjant (Box-book and House-keeper). Charges #83 16s. Deficit to Sarjant #24 19s., cover'd by income from tickets, #168 14s. (Box 467; Pit 293; Gallery 80). Paid Cooper (printer) #40 15s. and Huddy (rope merchant) #2 11s. Receipts: #58 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Cast
Role: Mother Shipton Actor: Baker
Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Marchetti. A Cantata, music by Sacchini which has never been performed before. Tickets 10s. 6d. To begin at 7:00 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Trionfo Della Costazza

Music: After I: Solo on Hautboy-Fischer; End Opera: Solo on Violincello-Crosdell, to conclude with a Grand Overture

Event Comment: Benefit for Fox and Owenson. To begin exactly at Half an Hour after Six o'clock. Charges #65 19s. 6d. Deficit to each #9 4s., cover'd by income from tickets: Fox, #101 17s. (Box 118; Pit 349; Gallery 200); Owenson #86 10s. (Box 138; Pit 206; Gallery 211). Receipts: #46 19s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Grey

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740510; End I Farce: A Double Hornpipe-Mr and Mrs Holloway

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones, Redman, and Harris. Doors open at half past 5. To Begin at half past 6. Charges #65 3s. Deficit Mrs Lampe & Mrs Jones at 1 1!2, #8 16s. 7 1!2d.; to Redman at 1, #5 17s. 9d., to Harris at 1 1!2, #8 16s. 7 1!2d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Lampe and Mrs Jones combined #66 3s. (Box 144; Pit 135; Gallery 99); Redman #24 9s. (Box 27; Pit 68; Gallery 75); To Harris, #50 10s. (Box 141; Pit 71; Gallery 46). Receipts: #41 12s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Meadows Actor: Baker

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Mrs Baker

Dance: I: A New Double Hornpipe-Harris, Miss Besford; II: The Pilgrim, as17740416 End Opera: The Recruits, as17740217, but Miss _Twist, Miss Besford

Event Comment: Benefit for Jones, Walker, Mrs Simson and Mrs Cross. Tickets deliver'd by Mas. Blanchard, Stevens, Miss Berkley will be taken. Paid Mr Loutherbourg on acct #41 13s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #187 19s. Charges: #65 2s. Profits to beneficiaries: #22 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Walker; End: The Mountaineers, as17730930

Event Comment: Benefit towards raising a Fund for relief of those, who from their infirmities, shall be oblig'd to retire from the stage. Pit and Boxes laid together, and No Admittance into the Pit or Boxes but with tickets. Ladies and Gentlemen are desired to come as early as possible, for their own convenience. Doors open at Half after Five. Play to begin exactly at Half after Six. Charges #17 12s. 6d. [See 26 May 1773]; Profits to Fund: #282 11s. Receipts: #300 3s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Neck or Nothing

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17730928

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Evans and Potter (Box-keepers). Doors open at 5 o'clock. To begin exactly at 6 o'clock. Charges #81 5s. Deficit to each #12 2s., cover'd by income from tickets: Condell, #76 10s. (Box 210; Pit 124; Gallery 54); Potter, #39 7s. (Box 66; Pit 75; Gallery 116); Evans, #88 5s. (Box 180; Pit 215; Gallery 110). Paid Partridge (hosier) #16 1s. Receipts: #44 19s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Baker

Dance: End: A Comic Dance-Aldridge, Mrs Stephens

Event Comment: Benefit for Wheeler and Jacobs. Tickets deliver'd by Kear and Mrs Marklew will be taken. Doors open by 5 o'clock. Play to begin at 6 o'clock. Paid Chorus this night #1 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #228 13s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to beneficiaries #153 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Mrs Marklew

Event Comment: Benefit for J. Bannister and Griffiths. Paid subscription to St Martin's Charity School 1 year, #2 2s.; Rec'd of Mr Heath 1 yrs rent to Xmas last #10 (Treasurer's Book). Tickets deliver'd for The Double Gallant and by Mr Harwood will be taken. Receipts: #112 5s. 6d. Charges: #64 11s. Profits to J. Bannister & Griffith: #47 14s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Kent

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Entertainment: End II: (By Particular Desire, and for the last time this season) Imitations-Bannister

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs P. Green, Hussey and Morris. Last time of performing till the holidays. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to each #8 18s. 8d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Green #44 2s. (Box 53; Pit 137; Gallery 103); Hussey, #59 18s. (Box 162; Pit 92; Gallery 56); Morris, #46 19s. (Box 39; Pit 114; Gallery 201). [The Account Book indicates that The Padlock was substituted as the afterpiece at the last minute.] Receipts: #37 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Blurton; IV: A Minuet-Hussey, Mrs Stephens; Cotillons-Hussey, Dumay, King, Curtat, Mrs Inville, Miss Bassan, Miss Matthews, Mrs Hartle, as17740518; End: A Comic Dance-Aldridge, Mrs Stephens, as17740517

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mat Actor: Baker.
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Baker

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Sileno Actor: Baker
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Baker

Entertainment: After Opera: the Last New Occasional Epilogue, on the Departure of the Manager,-Miss Barsanti

Event Comment: Comic Musical entertainment. Never performed before. Music composed by Arnold. The Composer's night. To begin at 6:30 p.m. Tickets 3s. 6d. The Gardens will be splendidly illuminated with many thousand additional lamps of various colors

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote

Music: Concerto on Violin-Fisher