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Event Comment: Benefit for Champness and Miss Young. No Building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Song: II: A Duet-Champness, Miss Young; IV: A Cantata-Miss Young; End: Song in Character of a Sailor-Champness

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger and Miss Polly Young. No Building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Cast
Role: Flareit's Maid Actor: Miss Helm.
Role: Narcissa Actor: Miss Hallam

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Cast
Role: Mauxalinda Actor: Miss Poitier
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Brent.

Song: II: Ah se un Cor Barbaro-Miss Young; III: Nymphs and Shepherds set by Dr Arne,-Miss Young

Dance: TThe Sicilian Peasants, as17621125

Event Comment: Benefit for Vincent. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs Cross, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Rogers, and others will be taken. No Building, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: A Comic Dance call'd the Old Fool, or the Farmer Trick'd-Vincent, Miss Rogers; IV: Dutch Dance, as17630425 V: By Desire, a Louvre and Minuet-Noverre, Miss Rogers; By Particular Desire a Hornpipe-Vincent

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumay, Hussey, Merifield, J. Martin, Miss Daw

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Miss Hallam
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Miss Poitier

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Music: I: Violin Solo-J. Martin

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Miss Daw; III: New Comic Dance-Duquesney, Granier, Dumay; IV: The Catalonian Marriage, as17630308 End: a Minuet-Dumay, Miss Twist

Event Comment: Benefit for Duquesney, Mrs Stephens, Miss Helme

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17640127, but Rose-Miss Cokayne; Melinda-Mrs Stephens; Lucy-Miss Helme. The Public Advertiser lists Melinda as Mrs Dyer and as Mrs Stephens. [The former a misprint.]The former a misprint.]

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Minuel Actor: Duquesney, Miss Macklin.
Role: Mrs Subtle Actor: Mrs Pitt.

Dance: II: The Cudgell'd Husband, as17640502; III: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; IV: The Dutch Skippers-Duquesney, Miss Valois; V: A New Tambourine Dance-Duquesney

Event Comment: Benefit for Dumai, Hussey, Merrifield, Mrs Viviez, Miss Daw

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Cast
Role: Cob's Wife Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Bridget Actor: Miss Miller

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Cast
Role: Betty Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Arethusa Actor: Miss Miller.

Dance: II: A Double Hornpipe-Merefield, first time, Miss Daw; III: A Comic Dance, The Tricks of Pierrot-Duquesney, Dumai, Hussey; IV: Venus Reveng'd, as17631222; End: A Minuet-Dumai, Miss Twist

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Afterpiece: Only time this season. Send serv'ts by 3. None admitted behind Scenes. [Public Advertiser assigns Mordecai to Cushing.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Macklin; Antonio-Sparks; Bassanio-Clarke; Duke-Anderson; Gratiano-Dyer; Lorenzo (with songs in character)-Mattocks; Launcelot-Shuter; Jessica (with a Song in character)-Mrs Baker; Nerissa-Mrs Vincent; Portia-Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Love a-La-Mode

Dance: I: A Minuet-Duquesney, Miss Macklin; III: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; IV: A Tambourine, as17641015

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Entertainment: I: King will By Desire repeat a Comic Paraphrase on the Seven Ages of Shakespeare-King; V: (The Last time this season) King will present the Audience with Bucks Have at Ye All, as17650330

Dance: II: The Medley, as17641120; III: A New Dance-Grimaldi, Miss Baker; IV: Hearts of Oak-Aldridge, Miss Baker

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Wilford. None admitted behind Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: As17650330 but Sir Jealous-Dunstall; Isabinda-Mrs Mattocks; Miranda-Miss Wilford, 1st appearance as actress.

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Performance Comment: As17650417 but Termagant-Mrs Green; End Act I, a New Dance-Miss Wilford.
Cast
Role: a New Dance Actor: Miss Wilford.
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Miller
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Cokayne

Dance: III: Rural Love, as17641212; End: A Minuet-Miss Valois, Miss Wilford

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Baker. [Ralph's Ramble (Larpent MS 254) seems patterned on the Farmer's Return from London. Ralph returns to the Mill and gives impressions, not all complimentary, of his trip to London. A Monologue in Couplets with a song.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Cast
Role: Selima Actor: Miss Plym.

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: I: A Dance-Aldridge, Miss Baker; After the Entertainment: A New Dance call'd the Fortune Tellers-Aldridge, Miss Baker

Entertainment: End: King (for that night only) will present the Audience with a New Comic Descriptive Piece call'd Ralph's Ramble Or O'Rare London! (being a short sequel to a comic character in the Maid of the Mill.)-King

Event Comment: Benefit for Kear, Booth, Jacobs. Tickets deliver'd by Watkins, Costin, Miss Berkeley, and Mrs Hayward will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Performance Comment: As17710405 but Chambermaid-Mrs W. Palmer; Miss Flack-Miss Platt.
Cast
Role: Miss Flack Actor: Miss Platt.
Role: Miss Griskin Actor: Miss Pope

Dance: II: The Allemande-Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong

Song: End of Play: A Song-Kear

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Magnet

Entertainment: Between parts of Entertainment: In love should there meet a fond Pair, (for that night only) Water parted from the Sea, after the manner of the original, also The Soldier Tired of War's Alarms, also The Wanton God who Pierces Hearts from Comus-Miss Catley; Singing-Reinhold, Miss Harper

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 27 Jan. 1770.] Afterpiece: For this night only this season (playbill). Charges #64 5s. Profit to Miss Macklin #19 4s., plus #43 from 172 Box tickets. Paid Whitefield one fourth year's salary due Lady Day last #25. Paid Mr Barber for a suit of regimentals embroider'd with gold, #12 12s. Paid Lowe and Lucas (linnen drapers) #13 19s.; Paid Evans for Spermecita candles as per bill #12. Paid Barrett (wax chandler) #3 4s. (Account Book). [Miss Macklin considered this a poor benefit, and on 6 May 1772 wrote to her father about the troubles she met in getting it underway. Woodward would not play in the farce since it did not belong to the theatre and since he had not be asked before she put his name in the bills. Kniveton labored hard and did quite well as Sir Archy. Ann Pitt so ill she could not do Lady Wrangle, but Mrs Hull sat up two nights, learned the part and acted it creditably (Harvard, Memoirs of Charles Macklin, Vol. II, pt. 2, after p. 55).] Receipts: #83 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Refusal; Or, The Lady's Philosophy

Performance Comment: Sir Gilbert-Yates; Frankly-Wroughton; Granger-Hull; Witling-Dyer; Cook-Dunstall; Lady Wrangle-Mrs Pitt; Betty-Mrs Green; Sophronia-Mrs Lessingham; Charlotte-Miss Macklin; In Act IV, a Minuet-Hamoir, Miss Macklin.
Cast
Role: Lady Wrangle Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin
Role: a Minuet Actor: Hamoir, Miss Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Macklin

Dance: End: A Dance in which will be an Allemande,-Hamoir, Miss Hamoir

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Lyric Ode; Alexander's Feast, And The Coronation Anthems

Music: After the Ode: A Miscellaneous Act-; New Overture-; Song-a Gentleman (his first appearance in Public); Concerto on Oboe-Fischer; Song-Miss M. Linley (composed by Bach); Concerto on violin-Linley Jr; Song-Miss Linley (composed by Sacchini); Duetto-the Two Miss Linley's (composed by Piccini); Chorus

Performance Comment: Linley (composed by Bach); Concerto on violin-Linley Jr; Song-Miss Linley (composed by Sacchini); Duetto-the Two Miss Linley's (composed by Piccini); Chorus. Chorus.
Cast
Role: Song Actor: Miss Linley
Role: Duetto Actor: the Two Miss Linley's
Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Baccelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Sposa Fedele

Dance: I: New Grand Chaconne-Miss Baccelli; Pas de Deux-Mlle Sophie, Helm; II: La Fete du Village, as17760224; III: A Grand Serious Ballet with various Divertissements-Helm, Mlle Sophie, Fierville, Miss Baccelli

Event Comment: Tickets deliver'd by Davis, Mrs Heard, Miss Bassan, Stoppelear, Mrs Morris, Mrs Lawr, Widow Warnuck, Rudd, Castephens, Potter, Walters, and Mas. Harrison, also those delivered for The Conscious Lovers will be taken this night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother

Cast
Role: Cephisa Actor: Miss Dayes

Afterpiece Title: The Syrens

Song: III: (By Particular Desire) The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms-Master Harrison

Dance: IV: A Minuet, Allemande-Rudd, Miss Cranfield; End: A Hornpipe-Miss Bassan

Event Comment: Benefit for Lamash, Legg & Blurton. Twelfth Night [announced on playbill of 7 May] is oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of 2 principal performers. Tickets delivered for Twelfth Night by the Miss Stageldoirs and Mrs Pulley will be taken. Receipts: #225 5s. 6d. (30.0.0; 10.6.6; 0.1.0; tickets: 184.18.0) (charge: #67 11s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Miss Field

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Cast
Role: Wilhelmina Actor: Miss Walpole

Dance: End II: Minuet de la Cour-the Miss Stageldoirs; End: Double Hornpipe-Master Staples (scholar of Blurton; 2nd appearance), Miss Stageldoirs; End I afterpiece: The Irish Fair-Blurton, Mrs Sutton [1st appearance this season]

Event Comment: Benefit for W. Bates and Miss Ambrose. 3rd piece: The overture and the rest of the music composed by Fisher. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #232 17s. 6d. (105.17.6; tickets: 127.0.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Gazette Extraordinary

Performance Comment: As17800421, but Mrs Skylight-Miss Ambrose.
Cast
Role: Mrs Skylight Actor: Miss Ambrose.
Role: Miss Skylight Actor: Miss Green

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Performance Comment: Harlequin-W.? Bates; Justice-Messink; Gypsies-Baker, Simpkinson, Mrs Morton; Pierrot-Delpini; Maid-Mrs Sharpe; Justice's Wife-Mrs Willems; Pierrot's Wife-Miss Matthews; Colombine-Miss Cranfield.

Dance: 3rd piece: Dancing-Dagueville, Langrish, Miss Besford, Miss Matthews

Entertainment: [Vaudeville.]3rd piece: a Leap through a Cask on Fire-

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Wordsworth, Jackson, Painter, J. Bates, Fox, Besford, Eves, Mrs Sharpe, Mrs Templeton, Miss Bassan, the widow of the late Miles, and the widow of the late Dr Arne will be taken this evening. Afterpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #219 2s. 6d. (43.14.0; 4.5.6; tickets: 171.3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Patch Actor: Mrs Pitt

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End IV: Triple Hornpipe-Eves, Ratchford, Miss Lings; End: new dance, The Rakes of Mallow-Jackson, Miss Lings

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 10 years [not acted since 7 Dec. 1768]. With new Dresses and Decorations. [Miss Phillips is identified in Public Advertiser, 18 Nov. Afterpiece in place of The Lyar, announced in Public Advertiser, 10 Nov.] Receipts: #187 15s. (155.9; 32.6; 0.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Arbaces-Miss Prudom (from the King's Theatre; 1st appearance on this stage); Artaxerxes-Mrs Baddeley; Rimenes-Du-Bellamy; Artabanes-Vernon; Semira-Miss Wright; Mandane-A Young lady (who never appeared on any stage [Miss Phillips]).Miss Phillips]).
Cast
Role: Arbaces Actor: Miss Prudom
Role: Semira Actor: Miss Wright

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Kirby
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Farren.

Dance: End II: a Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong, Miss Simonet, Sga Zuchelli

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Receipts: #282 14s. (194/12; tickets: 88/2) (charge: free)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Performance Comment: As17820202, but Clara (for that night only)-Miss Catley .
Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Miss Catley

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: Queen Dollalolla Actor: Miss Catley

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820221

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Halloo; End of Act II If o'er the cruel Tyrant, Love (from Artaxerxes); In afterpiece the original song to Fischar's Minuet; End of Act I The Wanton God (from Comus); End of afterpiece Push about the Jorum, with an additional verse to Miss Catley's Friends, all five sung by Miss Catley

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Catley. Receipts: none listed (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Catley
Role: Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Harper. hathi.

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Cast
Role: Queen Dollalolla Actor: Miss Catley

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece The Huntsman's street Halloo and The Death of the Stag by Miss Catley and a Young Gentleman (1st time [unidentified)); End of Act II The Early Horn by the same Gentleman; In afterpiece The Soldier tired of War's Alarms by Miss Catley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Dance: End of Act II an entirely new ballet, composed by Simonet, Le Dejeuner Espagnol, in Part I of which Sento ch' in Seno by Giordani, sung by Miss Theresa Simonet, only 8 years old, and who will dance a Minuet with her Father, and in Part II the Minuet de la Cour by Lepicq and Mme Simonet, a Gavotte by Henry and Mlle Theodore, a Chaconne, composed by Simonet, by Miss Theresa Simonet, a Fandango and two Pas Seuls, both as17830410; End of Opera Let Ruses de l'Amour, originally composed by Noverre, by Lepicq, Henry, Zuchelli, Sga Crespi, Mlle Theodore, Mme Rossi, in which Mme Simonet, in Man's Cloaths, will dance a Pas de Deux, incident to the Ballet, with Mlle Theodore, and another ballet, Les Caprices de Galatee, with Mlle Baccelli. The part of Cupid in the above Ballet by Miss De Camp, daughter to the celebrated Flute Player of that Name

Performance Comment: The part of Cupid in the above Ballet by Miss De Camp, daughter to the celebrated Flute Player of that Name .

Song: New set of Airs, as17830306athi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Rivali Delusi

Dance: End of Act I Le Reveil du Bonheur, as17840203, but added: Pas Seul, to the French air of Marlborough, by Miss Simonet (who never appears on the stage but at her Mother's Benefit), and omitted: Cupid; End of Opera an entirely new Ballet, composed by D'Auberval, Le Magnifique (the subject taken from the celebrated French Opera of that name) by Henry, Zuchelli, Vestris [Jun.], Mme Theodore, Mme Simonet, with the Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte by Miss De Camp and Miss Simonet (N. B. These two young Ladies, neither of whom has yet completed her ninth year, are both Pupils of Simonet, Father to the latter, and for some years Ballet-Master at the King's Theatre)

Performance Comment: ], Mme Theodore, Mme Simonet, with the Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte by Miss De Camp and Miss Simonet (N. B. These two young Ladies, neither of whom has yet completed her ninth year, are both Pupils of Simonet, Father to the latter, and for some years Ballet-Master at the King's Theatre) .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Performance Comment: Jupiter-Kemble (1st appearance in that character); Mercury (1st time)-Barrymore; Amphitryon-Aickin; Gripus-Parsons; Phoebus-Wrighten; Polydas-Wright; Tranio-Fawcett; Sosia-Palmer (1st appearance in that character); Phaedra-Miss Pope; Bromia-Mrs Hopkins; Night-Miss Tidswell; Alcmena-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast
Role: Jupiter Actor: Kemble
Role: Phaedra Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Night Actor: Miss Tidswell
Role: Alcmena Actor: Miss Farren

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Miss Doiley Actor: Mrs Brereton

Song: dl

Dance: Plutus-Staunton; Wit-Miss George; the Dance by Mr and Miss Hamoir. End of Act I of mainpiece New Hornpipe by Master Butler (Scholar of Miller); End of Act III The Soldier Tir'd, as17840414; End of mainpiece The Minuet de la Cour and Allemande by the Miss Stageldoirs

Performance Comment: End of Act I of mainpiece New Hornpipe by Master Butler (Scholar of Miller); End of Act III The Soldier Tir'd, as17840414; End of mainpiece The Minuet de la Cour and Allemande by the Miss Stageldoirs .

Song: In mainpiece an Interlude of