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Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. The Play of Cymbeline, and the New Tragedy Hecuba deferr'd till after the Holidays, on account of Miss Bride's Indispositon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Lady Restless Actor: Miss Haughton
Role: Tattle Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Tippet Actor: Mrs Hippisley
Role: Marmalet Actor: Miss Mills
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Clarissa Actor: Mrs Palmer.

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ladys Last Stake

Performance Comment: Lord George Brilliant-O'Brien; Lord Wronglove-Palmer; Sir Friendly Moral-Burton; Lady Gentle-Mrs Palmer; Mrs Conquest-Mrs Yates; Mrs Notable-Miss Pope; Hartshorn-Mrs Bennet; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Lady Gentle Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Mrs Conquest Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Mrs Notable Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Hartshorn Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Lady Wronglove Actor: Mrs Clive.

Song: IV: A New Comic Interlude of Singing and Dancing, call'd Hearts of Oak The Characters-Lowe, Stevens, Fox, Vincent, Miss E. Young, Miss Baker

Performance Comment: Young, Miss Baker.
Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Dawson. No Building on Stage. Tickets sold at doors not admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Scentwell Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Patch Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Miranda Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe With Alterations

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Mrs Honeycombe Actor: Mrs Kennedy
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Bradshaw.

Ballet: II: A New Comic Dance, call'd The May Day Frolic. Country Girl-Miss Dawson; Chimney Sweeper-Mr Baltazar

Performance Comment: Country Girl-Miss Dawson; Chimney Sweeper-Mr Baltazar.
Cast
Role: Country Girl Actor: Miss Dawson

Dance: End: New Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

Song: IV: Miss Young

Event Comment: Benefit for Costollo, Miss Pitt, Stede. No Building on Stage. N.B. The Farce oblig'd to be alter'd on account of the Indisposition of Woodward. [The Citizen had been advertised.] Afterpiece: Not acted this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: As17630411 Catherine and Petruchio. Petruchio-Shuter; Grumio-Costollo; Catherine-Mrs Green.
Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Green.
Role: Rachel Actor: Miss Brent
Role: Amie Actor: Miss Miller
Role: Meriel Actor: Mrs Vincent

Dance: II: Comic Dance-Granier, Miss Pitt

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Dawson. No Building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Clarissa Actor: Mrs Palmer.
Role: Marmalet Actor: Miss Mills
Role: Lady Restless Actor: Miss Haughton
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Tippet Actor: Mrs Hippisley
Role: Tattle Actor: Mrs Bradshaw.

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Dance: II: A Double Hornpipe, 1st time,-Walker, Miss Dawson; III: A Tambourine Dance-Vincent; V: The Cow@Keepers, as17630315

Event Comment: The worst House I ever saw.--This morning Mr Packer's mother died, and we were oblig'd to get Mr Parsons to do Vizard, and Mr Baddeley Smuggler.--No apology was made, and I believe nobody took any notice of the change.--Miss Street and Master Clinton, Dancers, first time, greatly applauded (Hopkins Diary--MacMillan). Receipts: #63 3s. 6d. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: Sir Harry Wildair-Obrien; Col. Standard-Holland; Smuggler-Parsons; Vizard-Packer; Beau Clincher-Yates; Clincher Jr-King; Tom-Clough; Lady Darling-Mrs Cross; Parly-Mrs Bennet; Angelica-Miss Bride; Lady Lurewell-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Lady Darling Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Parly Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Angelica Actor: Miss Bride
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, call'd The Provancalle-Master Clinton, Miss Street , being their first appearance on this stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Palmer.

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: IV: The Cuckoo-Grimaldi, Miss Baker; End of Play: A New Comic Dance call'd The Venetian Gardiners-Mas. Clinton, Miss Street

Performance Comment: Clinton, Miss Street.
Event Comment: This night it was currently reported in the Green Room that Miss Bride was taken into keeping by Mr Calcraft (Hopkins Diary--MacMillan). Receipts: #119 14s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Lovegold-Yates; Frederick-Havard; Ramilie-Palmer; Mariana-Miss Bride; Furnish-Raftor; List-Marr; Decoy-Weston; James-Clough; Sparkle-Ackman; Wheedle-Mrs Bennet; Harriet-Mrs Davies; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Cross; Clerimont-Packer; Lappet-Mrs Clive. Mrs Clive will sing in her character The Life of a Beau.

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: The Italian Gardiners-Grimaldi, Miss Baker

Event Comment: Benefit of Miss Mozart of eleven, and Master Mozart of seven Years of Age, Prodigies of Nature. At the Great Room, Spring Garden, St James's Park. Tickets at half a guinea each. By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. [For Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister. Their father had brought them to visit London in May. See hay 21 Feb. 1765. They remained through July 1765. See also Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, III, p. 539 (3rd edn. New York, 1947).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert Of Vocal And Instrumental Musick

Music: FFirst Violin solo-Barthelemon; Violincello Concerto-Ciri; Harpsichord and Organ-Miss Mozart, Master Mozart

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Pope. [Farce revived; see 1 May 1758.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Widow Bellmour Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Lady Constant Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Muslin Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Mrs Lovemore Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Mignionet Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Furnish Actor: Mrs Hippisley.

Afterpiece Title: The Frenchified Lady never in Paris

Performance Comment: Rhodophil-Lee; Melantha-Miss Pope; Doralice-Miss Plym; Philotis-Miss Cheney; Palamede-Vernon.
Cast
Role: Melantha Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Doralice Actor: Miss Plym
Role: Philotis Actor: Miss Cheney

Dance: III: The Medley, as17641120; End: The Irish Lilt, as17641011; End Farce: A Minuet-Sg Giorgi, Miss Pope

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Elliot

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: As17650119; but Millamant-Miss Elliot; Foible-Mrs Walker.
Cast
Role: Millamant Actor: Miss Elliot
Role: Foible Actor: Mrs Walker.
Role: Mrs Millamant Actor: Mrs Bellamy.
Role: Lady Wishfort Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Fainall Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Marwou'd Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Mincing Actor: Miss Vincent
Role: Peg Actor: Mrs Evans
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Allen

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Performance Comment: As17650321 but Termagant-Miss Elliot.
Cast
Role: Termagant Actor: Miss Elliot.
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Miller
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Cokayne

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; End: A Tambourine, as17641015

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wright. Tickets deliver'd by Fox admitted. [See 20 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Performance Comment: As17641019, but Arathusa-Mrs Palmer, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Arathusa Actor: Mrs Palmer, 1st time.
Role: Galatea Actor: Miss Mills
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Hippisley
Role: Arethusa Actor: Miss Bride
Role: Megra Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Bellario Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: Thomas-Fox; Sally-Miss Wright; Dorcas-Mrs Dorman; Squire-Vernon; to conclude with a Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Tetley.

Song: II: A Song from the Opera Almena-Miss Wright

Dance: End: New Tambourine, as17640929

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wilford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Performance Comment: As17651217, but Violante-Miss Wilford (first time).
Cast
Role: Violante Actor: Miss Wilford
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Inis Actor: Mrs Green

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: As17660303 but Maria-Miss Wilford (first time).
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Wilford
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Cokayne

Dance: III: A Minuet-Fichar, Miss Wilford; End: The Village Romps, as17651019

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Poitier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Cob's Wife Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Dame Kitely Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Juno Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Nysa Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Daphne Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mysis Actor: Mrs Poitier

Song: II: With Horns & Hounds-Miss Poitier

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; IV: Rural Love, as17651115

Event Comment: Benefit for Rooker. Tickets deliver'd by Miss Tetley will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17660203, but Ariel-Mrs Dorman.
Cast
Role: Ariel Actor: Mrs Dorman.
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: The other Dances Actor: Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Miss Baker.

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-Miss Tetley

Performances

Dance: I: A New Dance call'd The Happy Villagers-M LaRiviere, Sga Manesiere; II: The Female Archer-M LaRiviere, Miss Wilford. [, A New Grand Ballet (playbill). [Public Advertiser lists End Act I The Peasants by LaRiviere and Sga Manesiere, and other Entertainments of Dancing by LaRiviere, Sga Manesiere and Miss Wilford.

Performance Comment: [, A New Grand Ballet (playbill). [Public Advertiser lists End Act I The Peasants by LaRiviere and Sga Manesiere, and other Entertainments of Dancing by LaRiviere, Sga Manesiere and Miss Wilford.]
Event Comment: At 5 went into the Pit...Mrs Yates is the Callista Mr Rowe drew; Powell did Scioto well, nor is Bensley a bad Horatio. A new Comic Dance by LaRiviere and Miss Vallois in wooden shoes, with Harlequin Skeleton to which is now added a new scene (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #123 15s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Lessingham, 1st time
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs DuBellamy
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Cast
Role: Diana Actor: Mrs Thompson .
Role: Arial Spirits Actor: Arnauld, Miss Valois
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Dyer

Dance: End: A New Comic Dance-LaRiviere, Miss Valois

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Cob's Wife Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Bridget Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Dame Kitely Actor: Mrs Bulkley

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17671231, but Sally-Mrs Mattocks; After the Original dance a Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton, 1st time.

Dance: End I: Comic Dance-Arnauld, Miss Capon apprentice to Fishar; End Act II: By Particular Desire, The Dutch Milkmaid, as17671114; End Act III: A New Grand Ballet, that night only, call'd The Tartarians-Fishar, Sga Manesiere (with New Dresses); End Act IV: a New Pantomime Dance, call'd The Spanish Coal@Heaver-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford, both apprentices of Fishar

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford, both apprentices of Fishar.

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. Jack in Distress-Fishar; Landlady-Miles; Milk@woman-Sga Manesiere; A Double Hornpipe-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Potter (box-keepers) and Eddis. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted. Tickets deliver'd for the Conscious Lovers will be taken. Charges #83 11s. 6d. Deficit to beneficiaries #27 10s., covered by income from tickets: Condell #84 7s. (Box 225; Pit 140; Gallery 71); Potter #60 7s. (Box 142; Pit 93; Gallery 109); Eddis #52 9s. (Box 118; Pit 153) (Account Book). Paid Miss Morris in Full for her performance this season #50 (Account Book). [But see note 1 May.] Receipts; #56 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Cast
Role: Imogen Actor: Mrs Bulkley, 1st time.
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Singing Actor: Mrs Thompson.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: As17690316 but short bill: Citizen-Woodward; Philpot-Shuter; Maria-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: III: A Pantomime Dance-Fishar, Miss Capon

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Rose

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Mrs DuBellamy.
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Reade
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs White
Role: Sukey Actor: Mrs Dyer
Role: Molly Actor: Mrs Twisdale
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Miss Ogilvie
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Jewell

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Performance Comment: As17690809, but Guzzle-Kearny; new Prologue-Miss Rose; Epilogue-Miss Rose.
Cast
Role: new Prologue Actor: Miss Rose
Role: Epilogue Actor: Miss Rose.
Role: Tom Thumb Actor: Miss Rose
Role: Huncamunca Actor: Mrs DuBellamy
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: DDouble Hornpipe-Vandermere, Miss Street; Country Dance-the characters

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Miss Ross years later married M LeTexier (Hopkins MS Notes; MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Slave

Cast
Role: Imoinda Actor: Mrs Barry
Role: Mrs Blandford Actor: Miss Platt
Role: In Act II a Song Actor: Mrs Scott.

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Jeffries.

Dance: II: By Particular Desire, for the first time, a Minuet, Allemande-Sieur Daigville, Miss Ross (his apprentice of 4 months); IV: The English Gardeners, as17691206

Entertainment: End: Bucks Have At Ye All-Palmer

Event Comment: Benefit for Bransby and Burton ["Died Miss Weller, aged 19, pupil of Dr Arne, appeared at dl as Polly, and Carissa, in School for Fathers" (Winston MS 10, from Dr Burney's Newspapers)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Performance Comment: As17700403 but Tom-J. Burton; Lady Harriot-Mrs Bulkley from Covent Garden.

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Performance Comment: As17700428 but Rhodope-Miss Radley; Prompter-Wright.
Cast
Role: Rhodope Actor: Miss Radley
Role: Sweepers Actor: Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Love
Role: Miss Fuz Actor: Miss Burton
Role: Lady Fuz Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Dance: II: As17700428 I of the Farce: A Double Hornpipe-Walker, Miss Ward

Entertainment: V: Bucks Have At Ye All-Mas Cape

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Froment, principal dancer at the late Harmonical Meeting, Soho. By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Hudson; Polly-Miss Froment.
Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Froment.

Afterpiece Title: A Farce

Dance: Louvre, Minuet-Froment, Miss Froment

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Stede, Pilfold and others. Tickets deliver'd by Shuter, Norbury, Roberts, Frensdorff, Miller, Bassan and Stephenson will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Performance Comment: As17701116, but Clip-_; Araminta-_; Mrs Cloggit-_; Flippanta-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Flippanta Actor: Mrs Vincent.
Role: Corinna Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Araminta Actor: Mrs Dyer
Role: Mrs Amlet Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Mrs Cloggit Actor: Mrs Copin
Role: Clarissa Actor: Mrs Lessingham.

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17710508, but Sally-Mrs Mattocks; Squire-DuBellamy; Sailor-Barnshaw.
Cast
Role: Sally Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: The Hornpipe Actor: Miss Stede.
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Thompson

Dance: IV: A Minuet-Fishar, Miss Stede (his scholar)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Performance Comment: George-Wroughton; Truman-Perry; Thorowgood-Younger; Uncle-Hull; Blunt-Cushing; Maria-Miss Ward; Lucy-Mrs Green; Millwood-Mrs Mattocks; In Act I: Singing-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Ward
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Millwood Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Singing Actor: Mrs Baker.

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Cast
Role: Commissary Actor: Quick
Role: Mrs Loveit Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Dolly Actor: Miss Helm
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce
Role: Mrs Mechlin Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: End: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Fishar, Miss Twist, Hussey, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17710412.

Performance Comment: Blurton, Miss Besford. [See17710412.]