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Mainpiece Title: Don John

Performance Comment: And (by Desire) the last New Prologue spoke in Boy's Cloaths, Epilogue by Mr Welstead;-Miss Robinson Jr.
Related Works
Related Work: The Humours of Sir John Falstaff, Justice Shallow, and Ancient Pistol Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Dance: Miss Robinson

Event Comment: At Lee, Harper and Spiller Booth. Mainpiece: Which in its Decorations, Machinery, and Paintings, far exceeds its first Appearance in Bartholomew Fair. The Scenes and Cloths being intirely New

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Troy

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Revis'd by the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17260915, but Heartfree-W. Mills; With a New Epilogue address'd to the Ladies, in Favour of the English Stage-.
Event Comment: [By Owen Swiny.] Not Acted these Ten Years. All the Characters new drest. Pit and Boxes to be laid together by tickets only at 5s. First Gallery 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d. Receipts: #163 3s. 6d. Probable attendance: p1t and boxes, 464 paid and 14 orders; stage, 2 paid; balcony, 4 paid; slips, 21 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 270 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 124 paid. [The Prologue was printed in London Journal, 26 Nov.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Event Comment: All the Characters New Dress'd. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d. Receipts: #136 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 235 paid and 5 orders; stage, 4 paid; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 276 paid and 13 orders; slips, 20 paid and 15 orders; first gallery, 250 paid and 3 orders; second gallery, 90 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. With Flights, Apparitions, and Transformations, entirely new and diverting

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Argentina A Sorceress For Complaisance: Personation The Gypsy, Florentine Lass, Armenian Merchant, Running Footman, French Lady, And Counsel At Law

Dance: The usual Entertainments in Grotesque Characters-

Event Comment: [By Philip Frowde.] All the Characters new Dress'd. Receipts: #148 3s. Probable attendance: boxes, 198 paid and 17 orders; balcony, 1 paid; pit, 283 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 409 paid and 1 orders; slips, 64 paid; second gallery, 82 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of Saguntum

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Boheme, Ryan, Walker, Quin, Hulett, Diggs, Milward, Mrs Berriman, Mrs Bullock, but edition of 1727 lists: Sicoris-Boheme; Murrus-Walker; Eurydamas-Quin; Theron-Hulett; Lycormas-Diggs; Fabius-Ryan; Curtius-Milward; First Saguntine-Ogden; Candace-Mrs Berriman; Timandra-Mrs Bullock; Prologue by Theobald-Quin; Epilogue-Mrs Younger.
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Role: Theron Actor: Hulett
Role: Theobald Actor: Quin
Event Comment: Benefit Signora Faustina. With several New Additions. By his Majesty's Command, for the better Convenience of the Audience, the Stage will be laid quite Open. N.B. The Court of Directors have resolved not to make use of their Tickets as Subscribers this Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Admetus

Event Comment: With several New Additions

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Admetus

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Receipts: money #33 17s.; tickets #58 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 66 by moeny and 106 by tickets; P1t, 69 by money and 167 by tickets; slips, 6 by money; first gallery, 33 by money and 68 by tickets; second gallery 13 by money. Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 15 April: Wednesday died Mr Diggs, a noted Actor at the New Play-House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. The usual Concert of Instrumental Musick will be augmented, and the Characters new drest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Parodia Del Pastor Fido

Dance: Shepherds, Nymphs, Peasants: Myrtillo-Pantalon; Ergastus-Harlequin; Satyr-Brighella; Silvio-Mrs Casanova; Corisea-Mrs Constantine; Amarillis [Daily Courant, Daily Post] or Asparillis [Daily Journal]-Argentina; Dorinda-Miss Rutti

Related Works
Related Work: The Faithful Shepherd Author(s): George Frederic Handel
Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 9 Nov.: Yesterday the new Opera of King Richard I was in Rehearsal...where was a prodigious Concourse of Nobility

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard I

Related Works
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Richard II Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: Afterpiece: In which will be introduced, A New Scene being a Burlesque upon the Ceremonial Coronation of Anna Bullenv. Receipts: #125 0s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 207 paid and 5 orders; pit, 276 paid and 4 orders; slips, 19 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 219 paid and 2 orders; secong 9allery, 91 paid

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Mainpiece Title: The Country House

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Related Works
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: His Royal Highness the Duke present. Mainpiece: By Terence. Afterpiece: Imitated from the Phormio by Moliere, and translated into English by Mr Otway, with some Alterations; acted by the younger King's Scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phormio

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performance Comment: The Scholars of the School; A New Prologue, Epilogue , address'd to his Royal Highness-.
Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Receipts: money #153 7s.; tickets #12 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 184 by money and 49 by tickets; stage, 58 by money; balcony, 3 by money; pit, 281 by money; slips, 39 by money; first gallery, 381 by money; second gallery, 180 by money. Daily Journal, 8 Feb.: The Beggars Opera...meets with that universal Applause, that no one third Part of the Company that crowd thither to see it, can get Admittance: Which occasions a new Run to the Provok'd Husband at Drury-Lane; and so proves an equal Advantage to both Houses

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: A Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing in Grotesque Characters, the whole entirely new. [In previous weeks Mrs Violante had been offering miscellaneous entertainments at the hay, but this is the first piece which begins to resemble a dramatic production.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals; Or, The Happy Despair

Related Works
Related Work: The Twin-Rivals Author(s): George Farquhar
Related Work: The Rival Modes Author(s): James Moore Smythe
Event Comment: Afterpiece: Composed by Mons Roger. With New Scenes and proper Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy and Poor Pierrot Married

Performance Comment: Pierrot-Roger; Colombine's Father-Weaver; His Servants-Hallam Sr, Ray; Harlequin-Clark; Pierrot's Servants-Young Hallam, Young Wetherilt; Cupid-Miss Robinson Jr; Colombine-Mrs Mills; Bridemen-Lally, Essex, Boval, Rainton; Bridesmaids-Mrs Brett, Miss Lindar, Mrs Walter, Mrs Young; Children of Love representing two Harlequin s-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett.
Event Comment: [By John Mottley.] A New Dramatic Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Penelope

Song:

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Event Comment: With an Addition of an entire New Scene and several Songs. Tickets for 8 May taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Penelope

Dance: Between Acts: Dancing-

Event Comment: By a New Company who never appear'd on that Stage before. All the Songs and Dances set to Musick, as it is perform'd at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. At 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: At Bullock's Great Theatrical Booth. The Cloaths are enitrely New, as well as the Scenes, which are painted by an Excellent Artist

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perjur'd Prince; Or, The Martyr'd General: With The Comical Humours Of Squire Calveshead, His Mother, His Sister Hoyden, And His Man Aminadab

Related Works
Related Work: The Disappointment; or, The Mother in Fashion Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: Mother Shipton Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: FFingalian-Smith, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: UUniversal Spectator, 16 Nov.. On Thursday last one Leigh, a young Lad belonging to...Drury-Lane, was descending in a Machine, at the Rehearsal of the New Entertainment of Perseus and Andromeda, when the same was let down with such a Force, that the poor Boy broke both his Arms

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Event Comment: The New Comedy call'd, The Lottery, which was to have been Acted this Day, we are obliged to defer till the Tuesday following, the Scenes and other necessary Decorations being impossible to be got ready till that time

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Dance: SScaramouch-Sandham

Event Comment: DDaily Post, 18 Nov.: We hear the new Entertainment of Perseus and Andromeda...from the Excellency of the Contrivance, and the Grandeur of the Scenery, meets with universal Applause

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: With all the Original Songs and Dances, and several new Decorations. [Prince Frederick and Princess Amelia present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island