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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments Of Music And Dancing

Performance Comment: Songs, Catch, and Vocal Parts As17910610.

Dance: End I: La Fete Provencale, as17910610 End II: Orpheus and Eurydice, as17910331

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments Of Music And Dancing

Performance Comment: Songs, Catch, and Vocal Parts As17910602 but Sextette by Federici-as17910604.

Dance: End I: La Fete Provencale, as17910610 End II: Les Folies d'Espagne, as17910610 but Vestris? Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments Of Music And Dancing

Performance Comment: Songs and Vocal Parts As17910625.

Dance: End I: Divertissement, as17910523

Ballet: End II: La Fete du Seigneur. Le Seigneur-Vestris Sen.; Colin-Vestris Jun.; Tomas, pere de Colin-Casali; Paysiens-Victor, Vermilly; La Dame-Mlle Dorival; Colette-Mlle Hilligsberg; Cateau, mere de Colette-Mlle DeLaCroix; Paysiennes-Mlle Mozon, Mlle St.Amand

Performance Comment: Le Seigneur-Vestris Sen.; Colin-Vestris Jun.; Tomas, pere de Colin-Casali; Paysiens-Victor, Vermilly; La Dame-Mlle Dorival; Colette-Mlle Hilligsberg; Cateau, mere de Colette-Mlle DeLaCroix; Paysiennes-Mlle Mozon, Mlle St.Amand.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments Of Music And Dancing

Performance Comment: Songs and Vocal Parts As17910625.

Dance: End I: Les Folies d'Espagne, as17910621 but Casali

Ballet: End II: La Fete du Seigneur. As17910628

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments Of Music And Dancing

Performance Comment: Songs and Vocal Parts As17910625.

Dance: As17910702

Ballet: La Fete du Seigneur. As17910702

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments Of Music And Dancing

Performance Comment: Songs and Vocal Parts As17910625.

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17910326but _Vestris? Jun., Casali

Ballet: End II: L'Amadriade. As17910517, but Minuet de la Cour-[as17910606Mlle Dorival, Vestris Sen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Music: End of Act III of mainpiece a clarinet concerto by Mahon

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece a favorite Scotch song; End of Act IV a favorite Irish ballad, both by Miss George

Monologue: 1784 08 03 End of mainpiece (for that night only) Buds, have at ye all! by Palmer

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barbier. Tickets for The Beggar's Opera taken. Receipts: money #87 19s.; tickets #73 11s. Probable attendance: boxes, 63 by money and 262 by tickets; stage, 26 by money; pit, 158 by money and 49 by tickets; slips, 26 by money; pidgeon holes, 2 by money; first gallery, 271 by money and 7 by tickets; second gallery, 192 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Song: t the Desire of several Persons of Quality Between Acts: four Scotch and English Ballads-Mrs Barbier; as also Tamo Tanto-Mrs Barbier; French Horn Song in Admetus-Mrs Barbier , properly accompanied

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Dance: Tollet's Ground-Essex, Mrs Lucas; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bignell; Dame Ragondes and her 8 Children-Nevelong, 8 more; The Right Irish Trot-Goodwin

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Evans and Miss Mountfort. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Cowper MS, III, 79, James Cragg enclosed in a letter to Thomas Coke "Three small playing cards having on the back of each 'June 26th The Amorous Widow or the Wanton Wife. The Box. For the Benefitt of Miss Mountfort and Miss Evans."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Dance: A New Dance by Four Scaramouches to Faranoll's Ground never perform'd but once-; A Scotch and Irish Dance-Miss Evans; Firbank, Firbank's Scholar

Event Comment: Mainpiece: that celebrated and diverting Comedy. Afterpiece: that so much admir'd Farce written by Monsieur Molliere, and translated by the Ingenious Mr Otway. For the Entertainment of several Foreign Ministers of State. With other Entertainments too long to be incerted here. All which will be perform'd without Omission. Note, We shall not dismiss, let the Audience be what it will, and to begin punctually at half an hour after six at the furthest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Mrs Clark

Dance: Blousabella-Prince, Mrs Clark; Scotch Whim, Irish Trot-Mrs Evans

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Eminent Masters, Morphy; at the Desire of the Quality, is to perform an Italian Scotch and Irish Harp Entertainment-Morphy; particularly a Solo-the famous Antonio Corria

Event Comment: Benefit Chapman and Lanyon. Receipts: money #20 12s.; tickets #87 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: As17241117, but Blandford-Chapman; Governor-Ogden; Charlot-Mrs Butcher.
Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Chapman

Dance: End I: Saraband-Mrs Wall; III: Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; IV: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; In II: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; V: Dame Ragonde and Her Two Sons-

Event Comment: Benefit Ward and Gwinn, Pit Doorkeepers. Receipts: money #8 15s.; tickets #100 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Cast
Role: Vandunck Actor: Bullock Sr

Dance: End I: Chacone-Mrs Bullock; II: Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; III: Flag Dance-Nivelon; IV: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; V: Polonese-Lally, Mrs Wall

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. Mainpiece: Written by Sir George Etheridge. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Receipts: #230

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

Performance Comment: Sir Fopling-Cibber Jun.; Dorimant-Mills; Medley-Delane; Old Bellair-Shepard; Young Bellair-Havard; Handy-Green; Mrs Loveit-Mrs Clive; Belinda-Mrs Woffington; Harriet-Mrs Mills; Pert-Mrs Macklin; Shoemaker-Raftor; Emilia-Mrs Butler; Lady Woodville-Mrs Cross; Lady Townly-Mrs Bennet; Pert-Miss Macklin; Busy-Miss Brunette.
Cast
Role: Handy Actor: Green

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: I: Sweet Bird, from Milton,-Mrs Arne; III: The celebrated Irish Ballad Elin a Roon-Mrs Clive in Irish, as she perform'd it at the Theatre Royal in Dublin; IV: Singing in Italian and English-Miss Edwards

Dance: II: The Italian Peasants, as17411205; IV: A Ballet-Desse, Baudouin, Leviez

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: Moreau, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Cross, Mrs Smith, Miss Schoolding; particularly a dance-Moreau, Miss Schoolding; A new Scotch Dance, French Peasant both by Newhouse-Newhouse, Mrs Cross; A New Dance-a Gentleman who never appeared on the English Stage before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: Weaver, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Boval, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Tenoe, Miss Smith; English Clown-Weaver; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks; Or, The Yeoman Of Kent

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Moreau, Mrs Bullock; A Scotch Jig called The Dusty Miller-Moreau; A new Grand Ballet (English, French, Dutch Characters) composed by Moreau-Salle, Mrs Legar, Dupre, Mrs Pelling, Moreau, Mrs Moreau, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden, Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Legar, Miss LaTour

Related Works
Related Work: Cartuoche; or, The French Robbers Author(s): Louis Legrand

Song: Papillion

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan. For the Entertainment of a Foreign Prince. With Scenes, Machines, and Habits, proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba

Performance Comment: As17310521, But Scipio-W. Giffard; Lelius-W. Williams; Trebellius-Havard; Rosalinda-Mrs Morgan; Priestesses of Bellona-Pearce, Master Woodward; Massinissa-Smith; Massina-Mrs Thomas; Menander-Collett; Sophonisba-Mrs Haughton; Merna-Mrs Palmer; Maherbal-Bardin; Bomilcar-R. Williams.
Cast
Role: Menander Actor: Collett

Song: Singing in Scotch and English-the two Misses Hambleton, who n ever appeared on any Stage before

Event Comment: By Command of Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal [who was present]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance: I: a new Scotch Dance-Miss Robinson; III: English Maggot-

Ballet: V: Ballad D'Amour. Adonis-Denoyer; Venus-Mrs Booth; Attendants on Adonis-Essex, Lally, Thurmond, Houghton; Attendants on Venus-Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Williams, Miss Mears

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: The Mad Song in Don Quixote set by Henry Purcell-Boman; Scotch Song in Imitation of an Old Woman-Mrs Willis; Mrs Hodgson, Davis, Cook

Dance: Between acts: Variety of Dancing-

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Walker and Stewart. [Author of Prologue unknown.] Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Thomas Stewart. Larpent MS 926; not published]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:30

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Related Works
Related Work: The Gentle Shepherd Author(s): Cornelius Vandertop

Afterpiece Title: The Double Amour

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Rivington, Bowan, Stokes, Kenny, Miss Jones, Miss Brand, Mrs Lefevre. [Larpent MS lists the part: Capt. Somerville, Mr Harly, Mr Sellfield, Sir Oliver Oafby, Servant, Miss Somerville, Miss Noel, Dorothy, Maid.]Larpent MS lists the part: Capt. Somerville, Mr Harly, Mr Sellfield, Sir Oliver Oafby, Servant, Miss Somerville, Miss Noel, Dorothy, Maid.]

Music: With an entire new Scotch Overture-, composed by JonasBlewitt; End: songs-Mrs Bayley; between the Acts of the Farce: songs-Mrs Bayley, composed by JonasBlewitt

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Willis.

Dance: Passacaile-Mrs Booth; English Clown-Weaver; Forlanta-Lally, Miss Smith; The Marie-; Irish Trot-Miss Lindar, Lally's Scholar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Song: A new song in Praise of the Antient Britons-; Single Songs in English and Italian-Mrs Redding; three English Dialogues-her Mrs Redding, Aston

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Made shorter, and intermix'd with Vocal Musick and Dancing. At 5 p.m. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bath; Or, The Western Lass

Performance Comment: A new Prologue- All in Honour of the Officers of the Army and Fleet, and to welcome them home from Flanders and Vigo.

Song: Let the dreadful Engines-Leveridge; Since the Times are so Bad-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey; Sing Sing All Ye Muses-Laroone, Hughs; A Scotch Song-Leveridge

Dance: Between every Act: Genteel Round-a Devonshire Girl never seen on the Stage before, to the Harp alone; an Irish Humour, The Whip of Dunboyne-Devonshire Girl, her Master; another genteel dance-Devonshire Girl; a Highland Lilt-Devonshire Girl, her Master; A Country Farmer's Daughter-Devonshire Girl all in Natural Habits

Related Works
Related Work: L'Honorata Poverta di Rinaldo: viz, The honourable Poverty of Rinaldo, false accused by the Maganzesians: With Harlequing Guardian to his Master's Family and Defender of his Castle Author(s): Giacinto Andrea Cicognini