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09 September 1755 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Brazen-Cibber; Balance-Metteer; Worthy-Parker; Plume-Quelch; Appletree-Carr; Costar Pearmain-Pittard; Kite-Marshall; Welsh Collier-Blakey; Collier's Wife-Mrs Midnight; Bullock-Pinner; Constable-Venables; Melinda-Mrs Quelch; Rose-Miss Cowslade; Lucy-Mrs Chetwood; Sylvia-Miss Barton her first appearance in boys's clothes.

Cast

Role: Welsh Collier Actor: Blakey
Role: Collier's Wife Actor: Mrs Midnight

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Walker; III: Pierots Dance-; IV: Hornpipe-a small jolly Tar but seven years old, who never appeared on any Stage before; End: La Dance du Village-

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03 May 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Captain Plume-Smith; Serjeant Kite-Palmer; Justice Baliance-Packer; Bullock-Moody; Worthy-Williames; Recruits-Parsons, Burton; Scale-Fawcett; Scruple-Chaplin; Constable-Wrighten; Welsh Collier-Wright; Captain Brazen-Dodd; Belinda-Mrs Ward; Rose-Mrs Brereton; Lucy-Miss Hale; Collier's Wife-Mrs Love; Sylvia-Mrs Wilson (1st appearance in that character) .

Cast

Role: Welsh Collier Actor: Wright
Role: Collier's Wife Actor: Mrs Love

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece The Mansion of Peace (composed by Webbe) by Dignum; End of Act IV Awake, AEolean Lyre, as17850422, but Wilson in place of Staunton; End of mainpiece Bright Phoebus has mounted the Chariot of Day (composed by Hook) by Dignum

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26 November 1795 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Mr Ballance-Packer; Mr Scale-Cooke; Mr Scruple-Maddocks; Mr Worthy-Caulfield; Capt. Plume-Wroughton; Capt. Brazen-Dodd; Kite-Palmer; Bullock-Moody; Costar Pear@main-Hollingsworth; ThomasApple@tree-Suett; Constable-Phillimore; Welch Collier-Wewitzer; Steward-Webb; Servants-Evans, Fisher; Melinda-Miss Heard; Sylvia-Mrs Jordan; Lucy-Miss Mellon; Rose-Miss Pope; Tall@man's wife-Mrs Booth; Collier's Wife-Mrs Maddocks.

Cast

Role: Welch Collier Actor: Wewitzer
Role: Collier's Wife Actor: Mrs Maddocks.

Afterpiece Title: The Children in the Wood

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June 1697 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The World In The Moon

Performance Comment: Edition of 1697: Prologue-Girl; Frank Wildblood-Powel; Ned Stanmore-Mills; Palmerin Worthy-Williams; Sir Dottrel Fondlove-Johnson; Old Stanmore-Disney; Tom Dawkins-Pinkethman; Jacintha-Mrs Verbruggen; Widow Dawkins-Mrs Powel; Mrs Susan-Mrs Andrews; Prologue- Set to Musick by Mr Jeremy Clark. I:; Within this happy World above- set by Mr Jeremy Clark. II:; Joe Haynes meets 'em-; II: The Entertainment Composed by Mr Daniel Purcel Come all you Nymphs of Cynthia's Train-; II: A Dialogue In all our Cynthia's shining sphere-Mr Leveridge, Mrs Cross; III: The Musick set by Mr Daniel Purcel Look round and here behold-; A Dialogue Oh dear sweet sir you look so gay-Mrs Cross, Mrs Lucas; IV: A Song set by Mr Purcel Young Strephon met me t'other Day-Miss Anon; IV: The Ceremony of a Nuptial Entertainment perform'd. Bride-Mrs Cross; Bridegroom-Mr Leveridge; The Musick set by Mr D. Purcel, The Nymphs of the Plain-; V: Set by Mr D. Purcel, Come Strephon Phyllis come let's troth-; Epilogue-Miss Denny Chalk; Dress'd with a great Wig like a Beau. In The Single Songs in the New Opera call'd The World in the Moon (1697), in addition to some of the pieces listed above, are the following ones: A Song Sett by Mr Daniel Purcell: Then come kind Damon-Mrs Lindsey; A Song Sett by Mr J. Clark: Smile then with a beam divine-Mrs Cross; A Song Sett by Mr J. Clark: Divine Astrea hither flew to Cynthia's brighter Throne-; A Song Sett by Mr Daniel Purcell: Young Strephon hee has woo'd me long-; A New Song: Let those Youths who freedom prize-.

Cast

Role: Prologue Actor: Set to Musick by Mr Jeremy Clark. I:
Role: Within this happy World above Actor: set by Mr Jeremy Clark. II:

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13 October 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Sylvia-Mrs Younger; Ballance-Quin; Plume-Ryan; Worthy-Walker; Brazen-Egleton; Recruits-Spiller, Butcher; Welch Collier-Hippisley; Melinda-Mrs Bullock; Rose-Mrs Leguerre.

Cast

Role: Welch Collier Actor: Hippisley

Song: IIn Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Leguerre

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Passacaille-Lally, Mrs Wall

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13 December 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17251013, but Worthy-_; Brazen-_; Recruits-_; Welch Collier-_; Rose-_.

Cast

Role: Welch Collier Actor: Hippisley

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

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12 May 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17251213, but Worthy-Walker; Brazen-Egleton; Recruits-Morgan, H. Bullock; Collier-Hippisley; Rose-Mrs Laguerre; Kite-Hall; Bullock-Bullock.

Cast

Role: Collier Actor: Hippisley
Role: Welch Collier Actor: Hippisley

Dance: FFrench Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle; Shepherd and Shepherdess-Lesac, Miss Latour