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Mainpiece Title: Love For Money Or The Boarding school

Performance Comment: Lady Addleplot-Estcourt; Sir Rowland-Johnson; Jack-Wilks; Young Meriton-Bickerstaff; Old Meriton-Keene; Ned-Powell; Old Bragg-Pinkethman; Nincompoop-Norris; Le Prate-Bowen; Dancing Master-Burkhead; Mertilla-Mrs Norris; Jenny-Mrs Bicknell; Molly-Mrs Saunders; Jiltall-Mrs Cross; Oyley-Mrs Powell.
Cast
Role: Lady Addleplot Actor: Estcourt
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Johnson
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. And several new Decorations of Scenes and Machines never shewn before

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Mainpiece Title: Mackbeth

Performance Comment: Lady Mackbeth-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Lady Mackbeth Actor: Mrs Barry.

Music: With all the Vocal and Instrumental Musick-

Dance: Dances proper to the Play-

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Mainpiece Title: Sir Walter Raleigh

Performance Comment: Lady Raleigh-Mrs Gifford; Sir Walter-Quin; Howard-Ryan; Gundamore-C. Bullock; Salisbury-Leigh; Young Raleigh-Egleton; Olympia-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Lady Raleigh Actor: Mrs Gifford

Dance: As17191005

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bullock. By His Royal Highness's Command. Three Rows of the Pit will be rail'd into the Boxes

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Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: Lady Froth-Mrs Bullock.
Cast
Role: Lady Froth Actor: Mrs Bullock.

Song: As17200213

Dance: Topham Jr

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Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Performance Comment: Lady Trueman-Miss Tynt.
Cast
Role: Lady Trueman Actor: Miss Tynt.

Afterpiece Title: The Escapes of Harlequin

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Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: Lady Brumpton-Mrs Horton; Hardy-Cibber; Campley-Wilks; Charlot-Mrs Cibber; Harriet-Mrs Booth; Brumpton-Paget; Cabinet-Fielding; Puzzle-Shepard; Trusty-Mills; Trim-Cibber Jr; Mademoiselle D'Epingle-Mrs Shireburn; Tattleaid-Mrs Mills; Kate-Harper; Mrs Fardingale-Griffin; Sable-Johnson.
Cast
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Grace

Dance: MMinuet-Denoyer, Mrs Booth; Miss Robinson

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Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode

Performance Comment: Lady Brumpton-Mrs Horton; Harriet-Mrs Booth; Charlot-Mrs Cibber; Brumpton-Roberts; Hardy-Wm. Mills; Campley-Bridgwater; Trusty-Mills; Cabinet-Fielding; Puzzle-Shepard; Trim-Cibber Jr; Sable-Johnson; Mademoiselle-Mrs Shireburn; Tattleaid-Mrs Mills; Kate-Harper; Mrs Fardingale-Jones.
Cast
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Horton

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance: I: Countrywoman-Miss Brett; III: Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; IV: Scots Dance-Houghton, Mrs Walter; V: Flute Chacone, Minuet-Mrs Booth

Song: II: Song In Italian and English-Ellis Roberts

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Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: Lady Townly-Mrs Horton .
Cast
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: English Maggot by S. Lally and Mrs Walter. II: La Badine by Lally, Mlle Grognet, S. Lally, Davenport, Topham, Olbeldiston, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Anderson. III: Two Pierrots by Poitier and Lally. IV: Mimut by Mlle Grognet in Boy's Cloaths and Mrs Anderson. V: La Badinage Champetre by Lally, Mrs Walter, S. Lally, Davenport, Topham, Olbeldiston, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Davenport, Mrs Anderson, Miss Palms

Performance Comment: Lally and Mrs Walter. II: La Badine by Lally, Mlle Grognet, S. Lally, Davenport, Topham, Olbeldiston, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Anderson. III: Two Pierrots by Poitier and Lally. IV: Mimut by Mlle Grognet in Boy's Cloaths and Mrs Anderson. V: La Badinage Champetre by Lally, Mrs Walter, S. Lally, Davenport, Topham, Olbeldiston, Mrs D'Lorme, Mrs Davenport, Mrs Anderson, Miss Palms .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Election

Performance Comment: Buffskin the Tanner, Bailiff of Gotham-Turbutt; Kitty-Mrs Roberts; Harry-Mrs Charke; John Generous, the Candidate-Aston; Plowshare, an Honest Freeholder-Woodburn; Robin-James; Sneak, Self-will, and Soaker, three Gotham Burgesses-Hallam, Jones, Woodward; Mrs Buffsk1n-Mrs Egerton; Mrs Sneak-Miss Jones; Mrs Soaker-Mrs Talbot. With a new Prologue to be spoke by the Author .

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Performance Comment: Lady Lace-Mrs Roberts, but see17340710.

Dance: By Davenport and Miss Brett

Song: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond by Miss Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Lady Macbcth-Mrs Porter, but see17351227 .

Music: Vocal Parts by Leveridge, Stoppelaer, Roberts, Mrs Wright, Miss Hillyard, &c

Dance: Proper to the Play by Lally, Nivelon, Desse, Tench, Richardson, Livier

Event Comment: Receipts: #86 4s. 6d. (Account Book); #100 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: Lady Brumpton-Mrs Horton; Hardy-Delane; Trim-James; Sable-Hippisley; Brumpton-Roberts; Campley-Hallam; Trusty-Bridgwater; Puzzle-Rosco; Harriet-Mrs Vincent; Charlot-Mrs Stevens; Mlle D'Epingle-Mrs Cross; Tattleaid-Mrs Martin; Cabinet-Gibson; Swagger-Mullart; Bumkin-Smith; Tom-James; Mrs Farthingale-Neale; Kate Matchlock-Stoppelaer.
Cast
Role: Lady Brumpton Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Dance: As17410121

Event Comment: With all the Scenes, Machines, Dance and Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Lady Macbeth-Mrs Carlisle (Hogan, Shakespear in the Theatre, p. 295).
Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Carlisle

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: Benefit Hallam Sen and Mrs Bainbridge. Positively the Last night of playing this season. [On Easter Monday this house will revert to tumbling and pantomime and rope dancing.] Boxes 3s. Pit 2s. First Gallery 1s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. Tickets delivered out by Bourn, Laws, and Toole will be taken this Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: Lady Brumpton-Mrs Este who never appeared on any London stage before.

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Song: Miss Joneswho never appear'd on any stage before

Event Comment: Ladies are desired to send servants by 3 o'clock. On Saturday Night last a New Scene, representing a fountain, was introduced in the Entertainment of Harlequin Sorcerer, at Covent Garden, which for elegance of Design, Beauty of Paintings, and ingenious invention in the Mechanism, was received by the numerous Spectators with universal applause (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal

Cast
Role: Salamander Actor: Dunstall
Role: Lady Wrangle Actor: Mrs Macklin
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Event Comment: Benefit for Holland. [Farce is the first act of Taste (Foote) connected with a New additional act (never perform'd before) call'd Modern Tragedy written by Mr Foote, with a new character (Genest, IV, 661.] Holland's Bt. deferred till this date so that Mr Garrick may have time to be prepared in the Character of Mercutio" (Folger Bill). The new last act to Taste--great hissed--and almost d-d (Hopkins MS Notes)

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Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17601226, but Mercutio-Garrick, 1st time; Lady Capulet-_; Tibalt-_.

Afterpiece Title: Taste

Performance Comment: Lady Pentweazle-Foote; New Characters-Foote, King, Packer, Baddeley, Burton, Philips, Ackman, Three Performers who never appeared on any stage (pasteboard figures) (Genest, IV, 611). Parts listed in Larpent MS 194 are; Townly-; Manly-; Carmine-; Fustian-; Project-; Prompter-; Alderman Pentweazle-; Caleb-; Servant to Townly-; Boy to Carmine-.
Cast
Role: Lady Pentweazle Actor: Foote

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: ct I ofTaste

Performance Comment: Lady Pentweazel-Foote; To which is united an additional act, Tragedy a-la-Mode.
Cast
Role: Lady Pentweazel Actor: Foote

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Fondlewife-Foote; Belmour-Aickin; Vainlove-DuBellamy; Sharper-Kearny; Sir Joseph Wittol-Hamilton; Noll Bluff-Sparks; Setter-Vandermere; Fondlewife's Servant-Jacobs; Old Batchelor-Sowdon; Bellinda-Mrs DuBellamy; Araminta-Mrs Dyer; Sylvia-Mrs Jefferies; Lucy-Mrs Reade; Betty-Mrs White; Laetitia-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Setter Actor: Vandermere

Afterpiece Title: Diversions of the Morning

Performance Comment: Lady Pantweazle-Foote.
Cast
Role: Lady Pantweazle Actor: Foote.

Dance: TThe Sailor's Return-Tassoni, Vandermere, Summers, Miss Street

Song: II: Cara Sposa-Mrs Jewell; IV: A Favourite Air in the Captive-Mrs Jewell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Fondlewife-Foote; Bellmour-Aickin; Vainlove-DuBellamy; Sharper-Smith; Sir Joseph-Hamilton; Bluff-Sparks; Setter-Vandermere; Barnaby-Jacobs; Footman-Holcroft; Old Batchelor-Sowdon; Belinda-Mrs M'George; Araminta-Mrs Dyer; Sylvia-Mrs Jefferies; Lucy-Mrs White; Laetitia-Mrs Gardner .
Cast
Role: Setter Actor: Vandermere

Afterpiece Title: Taste or The Diversions of the Morning

Performance Comment: Lady Pentweazle and Fustian-Foote; Carmine-Aickin; Townley-Vandermere; Manly-DuBellamy; Alderman Pentwezle-Sparks; Caleb-Weston; Project-Wheeler; Prompter-Farrell; Painter's Boy-Jacobs; Lindamira-Pearce. singing, III: A Favorite Ballad Song, set by Dr Arne-Phillips .

Dance: End of Play: The Pedlar, as17700817

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alonzo

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: Lady Fuz-Mrs Hopkins; Glib-King; Macaroni-Dodd; Sir Toby-Bransby; Orpheus-Vernon; Rhodope-Mrs Wrighten; Miss Fuz (first time)-Mrs Davies; Others-Packer, Palmer, Moody, J. Aickin, Wright, Johnston, Mrs Love, Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Lady Fuz Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Event Comment: Lady Mary Bertie to Katherine Noel, 4 Feb. 1670@1: I have news to send you but that there are two very fine new plays lately acted (HMC, 12th Report, Part V [London, 1889], II, 22)

Performances

Event Comment: Lady Mary Bertie to Katherine Noel, 4 Feb. 1670@1: They say the greate Ball is to be danced on Munday night (HMC, 12th Report, Part V, Vol. II, p. 22). If this refers to the ballet, see 9 Feb. 1670@1

Performances

Event Comment: Lady Mary Bertie to Katherine Noel, 16 March 1670@1: I have sent you the songs that were in the ballet (HMC, 12th Report, Part V, Vol. II, page 23)

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Event Comment: Lady Anne Howe to the Countess of Rutland, [18 Dec. 1681]: I have seene but one play since I came, but I must goe to one to see [the Russian Ambassador] sure he cannot live long, for he makes noe thing of a pint of brandie at a draught with a spoonful of white pepper in it (HMC, Rutland MSS., Report XII, Appendix, Part V, p. 63)

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Event Comment: Lady Dorset attended a play. See Peregrine Bertie to the Countess of Rutland, 9 Jan. 1685@6 (HMC, 12th Report, Appendix, Rutland MSS., Part V, II, 101)

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Event Comment: Lady Marow to Arthur Kay, 12 March 1699@1700: The Way of the World, Congreve's new play doth not answer expectation, there being no plot in it but many witty things to ridicule the Chocolate House, and the fantastical part of the world (HMC, 15th Report, Appendix, Dartmouth MSS., Part I, p. 145). John Dryden to Mrs Steward, 12 March: Congreves New Play has had but moderate success; though it deserves much better (Letters of John Dryden, p. 134)

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