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Event Comment: [Miss Kemble was from the York theatre.] Receipts: #277 11s. 6d. (271/4/0; 5/17/6; 0/10/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: As17821108, but Alicia-Miss Kemble (1st appearance on that stage) .
Cast
Role: Alicia Actor: Miss Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Simson
Event Comment: [Miss Orme is identified in Town and Country Magazine, Feb. 1785, p. 101.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day

Cast
Role: Agnes Actor: Miss Wewitzer
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: As17841028, but Irishman-Bates; Rosina-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [Miss Orme]) .Miss Orme]) .
Cast
Role: Rustic Actor: Davies
Event Comment: [Miss Wallis was from the Harrogate theatre. Prologue by Fielding Wallis (World, 12 Jan.).] Receipts: #217 1s. 6d. (212.9.0; 4.12.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Performance Comment: Tancred-Pope (1st appearance in that character); Siffridi-Hull; Rodolpho-Macready; Officer-Evatt; Osmond-Farren; Laura-Mrs Mountain; Sigismunda-Miss Wallis (1st appearance [in London]).in London]).
Cast
Role: Sigismunda Actor: Miss Wallis

Afterpiece Title: Aladin

Entertainment: Monologue Preceding: an Occasional Prologue-Farren

Event Comment: [Miss Grist was from the Newcastle theatre.] Receipts: #294 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Performance Comment: As17920917, but Sophia-Miss Grist (1st appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Sophia Actor: Miss Grist

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Cast
Role: Caroline Actor: Miss Chapman
Event Comment: [Miss Palmer, a daughter of John Palmer, was from the Edinburgh theatre.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner

Afterpiece Title: THE SPANISH BARBER

Performance Comment: Count Almaviva-Palmer; Doctor Bartholo-Parsons; Basil-Aickin; Tall Boy-Bland; Argus-Barrett; Notary-Abbot; Alcade-Cooke; Lazarillo-Bannister Jun.//Rosina-Miss Palmer (1st appearance [in London]) .in London]) .

Afterpiece Title: TIT FOR TAT

Event Comment: [Miss Gough was from the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin.] Receipts: #188 10s. 6d. (184.8.6; 4.2.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Holman; Gloster-Harley; Belmour-Macready; Ratcliffe-Haymes; Catesby-Claremont; Derby-Thompson; Porter-Davenport; Servant-Ledger; Shore-Pope; Alicia-Miss Gough (1st appearance in this Kingdom); Jane Shore-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Alicia Actor: Miss Gough

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Event Comment: [Miss D'Evelyn is identified in MS list in Kemble playbills of new performance for this season.] Complaints having been made of the Box-Keepers and Door Keepers of this Theatre applying for Christmas Boxes, it is requested by Proprietors that no such Application may be attended to; and any person belonging to the Theatre persevering in the Practice will be immediately discharged. Receipts: #197 1s. 6d. (133.8.6; 61.11.6; 2.1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Lady Teazle Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Miller.

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Performance Comment: As17961022, but Margaretta-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [Miss D'Evelyn]); Nelly-Mrs Roffey.
Cast
Role: Louisa Actor: Miss DeCamp

Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221

Event Comment: "Miss B. Menage acted Zingarella for Mrs Bland, who sang at the Opera House" (Kemble Mem.). Receipts: #127 6s. (81.18.6; 43.16.6; 1.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurelio And Miranda

Performance Comment: As17981229, but Zingarella-Miss B. Menage in place of Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Prize

Cast
Role: Mrs Caddy Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Caroline Actor: Miss DeCamp.

Song: As17981231

Event Comment: [Miss Cleland is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #190 3s. (185/15; 4/8)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Sciolto-Hull; Lothario-Lewis; Altamont-Whitfield; Rossano-L'Estrange; Horatio-Aickin; Lavinia-A Young Lady (2nd appearance on this stage [Miss Cleland; see17811226]); Lucilla-Mrs Morton; Calista-Mrs Yates .

Afterpiece Title: The Choice of Harlequin

Cast
Role: Columbine Actor: Miss Matthews
Event Comment: [Miss Harper married John Bannister at Hcndon on 26 Jan. 1783.] Receipts: #217 11s. (208/2; 9/9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysterious Husband

Cast
Role: Marianne Actor: Miss Satchell
Role: Waiting Woman Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Lady Davenant Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Performance Comment: As17S21231, but Mrs Bannister [i.e. formerly Miss Harper] .
Event Comment: [Miss Tweedale is identified in European Magazine, Nov. 1787, p. 390. Mainpiece: Epilogue by David Garrick.] Receipts: #222 4s. (219.7; 2.17)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Performance Comment: Belcour-Lewis; Stockwell-Aickin; Major O'Flaherty-Johnstone; Captain Dudley-Hull; Charles-Farren; Fulmer-Thompson; Stukely-Gardner; Varland-Quick; Louisa-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [Miss Tweedale]); Lady Rusport-Mrs Webb; Mrs Fulmer-Mrs Davenett; Charlotte Rusport (with the original Epilogue)-Mrs Abington.
Event Comment: [Miss Style is identified in European Magazine, Aug. 1789, p. 135.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Half An Hour After Supper

Cast
Role: Melvil Actor: Davies
Role: Fidget Actor: Miss Hale

Afterpiece Title: The Married Man

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Performance Comment: Mr Honeycomb-Moss; Ledger-Gardner; Scribble-R. Palmer; Mrs Honeycomb-Mrs Webb; Nurse-Mrs Powell; Polly Honeycomb-A Young Gentlewoman (who never appeared on any stage [Miss Style]).Miss Style]).

Dance: As17890728

Event Comment: [Miss Villers is identified in MS list, in hay playbills in Harvard Theatre Collection, of new performers for 1793.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mountaineers

Cast
Role: Miss Tabitha Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Miss Eliza Sturdy Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Miss Sukey Actor: Miss DeCamp.

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycomb

Performance Comment: Mr Honeycomb-Suett; Ledger-Benson; Scribble-Bland; Mrs Honeycomb-Mrs Whitfield; Nurse-Mrs Powell; Polly Honeycomb-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [Miss Villers]).Miss Villers]).

Song: As17930823

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Sherry & Sga Crespi. Tickets delivered by Harwood will be taken. Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years [see 31 Mar.]. Public Advertiser, 17 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss Sherry, at Nicholl's, Baker, Bridge's-street, Covent Garden; of Sga Crespi, Poland-street, opposite the Back Door of the Pantheon. Receipts: #257 0s. 6d. (91.14.0; 23.0.6; 0.0.0; tickets: 142.6.0) (charge: #70 17s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17761125, but Lady Macduff-Miss Platt; Lady Macbeth-Miss Sherry.
Cast
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Miss Sherry.
Role: Malcolm Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: Irishman-Moody; Capt. LeBrush-Palmer; Gulwell-Packer; Scotchman-Parsons; Frenchman-Baddeley; Frankly-Davies; Harwood-Lamash [Public Advertiser: Wheeler]; Lord Brilliant-Fawcett; Williams-Wrighten; Margery Moorpout-Mrs Love; Maria-Miss Platt; Melpomene-Miss Stageldoir; Mrs Doggerel-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Frankly Actor: Davies
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Melpomene Actor: Miss Stageldoir
Role: Mrs Doggerel Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: End II: a New Pastoral Ballet, composed by Helme, The Garden of Love-Helme, Sga Crespi, Miss Armstrong, Sga Ricci; End: Chaconne-Sga Crespi

Song: original Music by Matthew Locke-Bannister, Legg, Kear, Fawcett, Follett, Chaplin, Carpenter, Mrs Scott, Miss Abrams, Mrs Greville, Mrs Davies, Miss Jarratt, Miss Collett, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Smith, Gaudry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Heroe; Or, Lover Of His Country, Intermix'd With Several Comical And Diverting Scenes, Call'd the Blundering Brothers, With The Merry Adventures Of Timothy Addlepot And Davy Dunce

Performance Comment: Hero-Johnson; Justinian-Boman; Fernando-Jones; Timothy-Godwin; Col Britain-Gold; Antonio-Adams; Lieutenant-Symonds; Davy-Smith; Goldsmith-Blogg; Leonora-Mrs Godwin; Lucia-Miss Charke; Angelina-Mrs Smith; Eumenes-Mrs Charke.
Cast
Role: Lucia Actor: Miss Charke

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sclavonian; or,Monsieur in the Suds

Song: Blogg

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Chapman. Tickets delivered for The Toy will be admitted. 3rd piece [1st time; D 1, author unknown. Larpent MS 950; not published. Songs by John Collins and Charles Dibdin (MacMillan, Larpent Catalogue, 157-58)]. Morning Herald, 14 May: Tickets to be had of Miss Chapman, No. 16, Henrietta-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #244 18s. (122.10; 13.5; tickets: 109.3) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Malabar

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Grumio-Quick; Taylor-Munden; Catherine-Miss Chapman (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Miss Chapman

Afterpiece Title: A Cure for a Coxcomb; or, The Beau Bedevil'd

Performance Comment: Speaking Character-Johnstone, Incledon, Wilson, Fawcett, Davies, Powel, Darley, Munden, Mrs Davis, Mrs Harlowe, Miss Leserve, Miss Chapman. [Cast from Larpent MS: Darby-Johnstone; Ramble-Incledon; Townly-Davies; Williams-Powel; Capt. Cracker-Munden; Sophia-Mrs Davis; Winifred-Miss Leserve; Eliza-Miss Chapman. Wilson, Fawcett, Darley, Mrs Harlowe are unassigned.]

Song: In 3rd piece: will be introduced the following Favorite songs: When virtue forms-Mrs Davis; The Bottle-Davies; The Pleasures of the Chace-Incledon; Farewell each Tonish Life-Munden; Bucket of Water, 'Tis a mighty fine thing-Johnstone; Kitty Grogan, Tho' I'm no dancing master-Johnstone; Anna's Love-Incledon; The Pig, You all must have heard-Fawcett; To-morrow, In the downhill of life-Darley; You are aw nodding-Mrs Harlowe; Coach box, You may feast your ears-Cubitt

Event Comment: Benefit for Signora Davies Inglesina. Public Advertiser, 25 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Sga Davies at her House, No. 1, St. Alban's street, Pall-mall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'ali D'amore

Cast
Role: Cupido Actor: Miss Storace
Role: Amarilli Actor: Sga Cecilia Davies.

Dance: As17770313throughout.

Song: In III: 'Sventurata in van mi lagno-Sga Davies; with the flute accompaniment-, from Antigono

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for this Evening [Account-Book: by Alfred, Benson, Kirk, Maddocks, Walker, Whittow, Whitmell, Mrs Booth, Miss Daniels, Mrs Davies, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Jones] will be admitted. Receipts: #69 9s. (47.0; 19.12; 2.17; tickets: none listed)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: Mrs Racket Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Miss Ogle Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Kitty Willis Actor: Miss Barnes
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Palmer.

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Don Diego-Williames; Leander-Dignum; Mungo-Suett; Leonora-Miss Daniels (1st appearance in that character); Ursula-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Daniels

Song: In IV: Italian Air-Miss Daniels

Dance: End I afterpiece: Hornpipe-a Young Lady

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Davies. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; English Cantata in Praise of Musick by Dr Pepusch-; with the Vocal Parts-Mrs Davies; Instrumental-the best Hands from the Opera; Concerto for Two Clarinets-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. Davies (Dramatic Miscellanies, I, 103-4): Upon Mrs Younger's quitting Drury-lane for a more advantageous income at Lincoln's-inn-fields, [Mrs Horton] was called upon by Wilks to act the part of Phillis in the Conscious Lovers. Younger had given the public so much entertainment in that part, that Mrs Horton met with very uncandid treatment from the audience; who so far forgot what was due to merit and the handsomest woman on the stage, that they endeavoured to discourage her by frequent hissing. She bore this treatment with patience for some time. At last, she advanced to the front of the stage, and boldly addressed the pit: "Gentlemen, what do you mean?What displeases you; my acting or my person?' This shew of spirit recovered the spectators into good humor, and they cried out, as with one voice, No, no, Mrs Horton; we are not displeased; go on, go on.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Dance: Thurmond, Mrs Booth, Mrs Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Paid Charlotte Lane for altering and mending a pair of black velvet breeches for Mr Wm. Smith, 1s. 6d.; For making a scarlet camblet frock, 8s.; for sewing silk, twist, buckram & stays, 4s. 6d.; for a velvet fall down collar, 3s. 6d.; 17 plain gilt buttons at 3d.-4s. 3d.; (MS list in Davies, Life of Garrick, II, 322)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Miss Mullart

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Performance Comment: Friendly-Lowe; Sir Thomas-Arthur; Hob-Dunstall; Flora-Miss Young.
Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Miss Young.

Dance: As17551101; Granier, Miss Hilliard

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Davies. Last time of performing the Mainpiece this season. Tickets to be had at Mr Davies's No 16 in New Crown Court, Covent Garden. Receipts: #230 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: As17570321 but Jane Shore-Mrs Davies, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Davies, 1st time.
Role: Gloster Actor: Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal

Dance: IV: Minuet-Miss Pritchard

Event Comment: NNeville MS Diary: At Davies read the Countess of S. At 7 went into the Pit....a foolish Epilogue is spoken by Mrs Dancer, which tends to lessen the impression made by the excellent moral of the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Cast
Role: Lord William Actor: Miss Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Melissa Actor: Miss Ogilvie

Dance: End: Miss Froment

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years. No joke ever raised such loud and repeated mirth, in the galleries, as Sir John 's labour in getting the body of Hotspur on his back...At length this upper-gallery merriment was done away [with] by the difficulties which Henderson encountered in getting Smith on his shoulders. So much time was consumed in this pick-a-pack business that the spectators grew tired, or rather, disgusted. It was thought best, for the future, that some of Falstaff 's ragamuffins should bear off the dead body" (Davies, I, 273-75). [For Henderson as Falstaff see hay, 24 July 1777.] Receipts: #207 10s. 6d. (185.6.0; 20.7.0; 1.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Cast
Role: Gillian Actor: Miss Walpole

Dance: End II: Comic Dance-the Miss Stageldoirs

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, by William Hayley. Text 1st published in his Hayley, Three Plays (Chichester: For T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811). Prologue and Epilogue bY the author (World, 31 Jan.)]: With new Dresses and Decorations. Receipts: #205 4s. 6d. (191.17.0; 13.7.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eudora

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Holman, Farren, Hull, Davies, Macready, Powel, Egan, Harley, Mrs Pope. Cast from European Magazine, Feb. 1790, p. 146: Raymond-Holman; Majone-Farren; King-Hull; Lelio-Davies; Sicardi-Macready; Uberto-Powel; Officer-Egan; Verino-Harley; Eudora-Mrs Pope; Prologue-Farren; Epilogue-Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Chaplet

Dance: In afterpiece: Additional Dances (1st time)-Byrne, Mrs Goodwin, the two Miss Simonets