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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave

Afterpiece Title: HARLEQUIN PEASANT

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter of Naples

Dance: After Singing at end: A New Dance- (By Permission of the Proprietors of the Royal Circus) composed by Byrne, in which Mr Byrne, Mrs Byrne, will make their 1st appearance on this stage these 4 years, assisted by the three Miss Adams', Master Byrne (Their 1st appearance on this stage), Blurton, Platt, Wilde, L. Bologna, Lewiss, Klanert, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Bologna, Miss Cox, Miss Bologna, Miss Dibdin

Song: End II: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; End IV: The Anchor Smiths-Townsend; End: Boxing the Compass-Fawcett; Old Towler-Incledon

Event Comment: [Extra night] Benefit for The General Lying-In-Hospital, Bayswater. Under the Patronage of Her Majesty. N.B. 51765 Women have been Delivered since the first Institution of this Charity in 1752, & the humane Purposes are now extended to the Infant Poor, the two first Years after Birth, & to the Distressed Wives of Sailors & Soldiers in their Country's cause. "The house exhibited a deplorable appearance of empty seats" (Dramatic Censor, II, 281). Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 21 Apr. 1798]. Afterpiece: Taken from Solyman the Magnificent of Marmontel. [Mrs Baster is identified in Thespian Dictionary, 1805. This was the second successive evening on which Mrs Jordan appeared at both dl and cg.] Receipts: none listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: Isaac Mendoza-Quick; Ferdinand-Clarke (by Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane); Don Jerome-Baynes (1st appearance on this stage); Antonio-Hill; Father Paul-Thompson; Lopez-Wilde; Don Carlos-A Lady (1st appearance [Mrs Baster]); The Duenna-Mrs Whitmore; Louisa-Mrs Martyr; Clara-Mrs Atkins (1st appearance in that character).

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Performance Comment: Solyman-Barrymore; Osman-Clarke (by Permission of the Proprietors of the Theatre Royal, Drury-Lane); Ismene-Miss Wheatley; (with a) song-Miss Wheatley; accompanied on the Harp-Weippert; Elmira-Mrs Follett; Roxalana (with The Blue Bell of Scotland)-Mrs Jordan [of dl].of dl].

Dance: End I: Hornpipe-Miss Rogers (2nd appearance on any stage see18000611); In course Evening: by Permission of the Proprietors of the Royal Circus, a new Anacreontic Pantomimical Ballet, composed by Byrne, The Animated Statue Principal Characters-Byrne, Mrs Byrne, Platt, Mrs Watts, the three Miss Adams', Master Byrne

Song: End: Laughing Song-Dighton

Entertainment: After Singing: Imitations-Rees (positively his last appearance on any stage)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duke Of Guise

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: As17160809

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duke Of Guise

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Ryan

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: As17160809

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Frederick, Duke Of Brunswick Lunenberg

Cast
Role: Duke of Wirtemberg Actor: Ryan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Frederick, Duke Of Brunswick Lunenberg

Cast
Role: Duke of Wirtemberg Actor: Ryan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; In IV: Muilment; V: Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: III: Would You Taste the Noon@Tide Air (Comus)-Miss Edwards

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: Muilment; La Matelote, as17400324

Song: I: Would You Taste the Noon@Tide (Comus)-Miss Edwards; II: Nel Pugnar-Beard; V: Beard in the Character of a Captain of an English Man of War upon the taking Porto Bello

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: I: Song-Beard; as end V 25 March; V: Would You Taste the Noon@Tide (Comus)-Miss Edwards

Dance: In IV: Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Related Works
Related Work: Scaramouch a Philosopher, Harlequin a School-Boy, Bravo, Merchant and Magician Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Dance: I: Muilment; III: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg

Song: II: Beard; IV: The Noon Tide Air (Comus)-Miss Edwards; V: English Captain (as17400325-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: I: The Noon Tide Air-Miss Edwards; III: Mary Scot-Mrs Clive

Dance: II: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Pierots-Lalauze, Liviez; V: Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Cast
Role: Sir Edward Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: I: Pierots-Lalauze, Liviez; II: Muilment; III: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: Hornpipe-Yates; V: French Peasants-Leviez, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Drunken Peasant-Master Ferg

Song: II: The Noon Tide Air-Miss Edwards

Event Comment: Benefit Harper and Raftor. [Tickets at Harper's House in Bridges Street. A letter to the Daily Advertiser, 24 April, concerning this benefit, states that Harper is incapacitated with 'a Paralytick Disorder.'

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake; Or, The Wife's Resentment

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: II: Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond-Lowe; IV: Miss Edwards

Dance: III: Grand Ballet-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; V: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nancy; Or, The Parting Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Englishman, or, Spaniard Outwitted

Song: HHail Windsor-Blogg

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Davis; dancing-Davis, Edwards, Levace, Mrs Morris, Mrs Jackson, Mrs Starkey

Related Works
Related Work: The Usurper Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: The Change of Crowns Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: The Women's Conquest Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: The Six Days' Adventure; or, The New Utopia Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: The Man of Newmarket Author(s): Edward Howard
Related Work: Pompey the Great Author(s): Edward Filmer
Related Work: Pompey Author(s): Edward Filmer
Related Work: The Unnatural Brother Author(s): Edward Filmer
Related Work: The Town-Shifts; or, The Suburb-Justice Author(s): Edward Revet
Related Work: The Citizen Turned Gentleman Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: The Careless Lovers Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: The Wrangling Lovers; or, The Invisible Mistress Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: Scaramouch a Philosopher, Harlequin a School-Boy, Bravo, Merchant and Magician Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: King Edgar and Alfreda Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: The English Lawyer Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: Titus Andronicus; or, The Rape of Lavinia Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft
Related Work: The London Cuckolds Author(s): Edward Ravenscroft

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved; Or, A Plot Discovered

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Delane; Pierre-Garrick; Belvidera-Mrs Pritchard; Priuli-Havard; Renault-Berry; Bedamar-Mills; Duke-Taswell; Spinoza-Turbutt; Eliot-Woodburn; Officer-Ray.
Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Taswell

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: II: Beard; III: The Noontide Air from Comus-Miss Edward; IV: Lowe

Event Comment: Benefit Raftor, Mrs Clive's brother (Winston MS.). Bayes attempted by Mrs Clive, instigated to it by Cibber (as an) act of envy to Garrick, but he missed his aim, for she did it most wretchedly. It was believed she would not have gone through the part. A great house. If she had succeeded she meant to repeat it for her own Benefit. (Winston MS. from Dyer MS.) Mrs Clive did Bayes at the Desire of Several Ladies of Quality. Three rows of the Pit rail'd into the Boxes, where servants may keep places as well as on the stage. To prevent Mistakes in places already taken, it is desir'd that those Gentleman and Ladies, in whose names they are set down, would please to send for Tickets to Hobson at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Related Works
Related Work: Britons Strike Home; or, The Sailors' Rehearsal Author(s): Edward Phillips
Related Work: The Rehearsal Author(s): George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham

Song: I: Beard; III: Lowe; IV: Miss Edwards

Dance: II: Serious Dance, as17430504; V: Tyrolean Dance, as17421129

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom; or The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17431124; Dance-Cooke

Song: (BBy Desire) To Arms, Britons Strike Home-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Bencraft; Favourite Duette My Faith and Truth, from oratorio Sampson,-Mrs Clive, Miss Edwards

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. A Concert both Serious and Comic; Consisting of the most favourite Airs, taken from the most favourite Operas and Oratorios, by the best Masters. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. 6 p.m. To the Publick. Gentlemen and Ladies: I humbly beg Pardon for troubling you in this Manner, but being Unfortunately excluded (I don't know for what Reason) from both the Theatres, and consequently deprived of getting my Living by my Profession, the Favour of your Company at a Concert which I take for my Benefit on Tuesday the 11th instant, at the Little House in the Haymarket, will be a very great Obligation to Your most faithful and devoted humble Servant, William Mills. Tickets to be had of Mr Mills at his House in Nassau St., near Soho. Note: After the Concert will be perform'd (gratis) a Comedy call'd The Careless Husband

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Song: Lowe, Miss Edwards

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, Man-hater

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17441012

Song: II: A Duet-Beard, Miss Edwards

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: II: My Faith and Truth from Samson-Mrs Clive, Miss Edwards; III: Lowe

Dance: V: Mechel

Event Comment: This Benefit being designed for the Use of Mr Mills and his Creditors, Tickets for the Creditors are to be had of Mr Lucas, at the Sun Tavern, Clare Market; and for Mills at His Lodgings in Bow St., Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: II: Lowe; III: Duet My Faith and Truth, as17460104 IV: Miss Edwards

Dance: V: Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers; Or, Marriage A-la-mode

Performance Comment: Palamede-Mills; Rhodophil-Delane; Celadon-Giffard; Phromio-Bransby; Florimel-Mrs Woffington; Philotis-Mrs Cross; Flavia-Miss Edwards; Stratton-Woodburn; Jasper-Usher; Doralice-Mrs Mills; Beliza-Miss Minors; Olinda-Mrs Bennet; Sabina-Miss Budgell; Melissa-Mrs Bridges; Melantha-Mrs Clive (with songs proper to the character, particularly a Mimic Italian Song).
Cast
Role: Flavia Actor: Miss Edwards

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: III: Italian Peasants, as17460206 IV: Shepherds Dance-Muilment, Desse, Miss Scott

Song: V: A New Scotch Dialogue-Lowe, Miss Edwards

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Performance Comment: As17460108, but Ratcliffe-Simpson; Prince Edward-Miss Budgell; Blunt-_; Lord Mayor-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Cast
Role: Isabel Actor: Miss Edwards

Song: III: Colin and Phebe-Lowe, Miss Edwards; IV: Cantata-Lowe

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mills. Mainpiece at the desire of several Ladies of Quality. [For Mrs Woffington in this role, see 12 Dec. and 18 Feb. 1747.] Tickets to be had of Mrs Mills at her Lodgings at Mr Long's in Bow Street, and at the stage Door of the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: II: Bibby; IV: Colin and Phebe-Bibby, Miss Edwards

Dance: III: Italian Peasants, as17460206