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Event Comment: At Common Prices. Places for Boxes to be taken of Hobson, at the Stage Door of the Theatre. To begin exactly at 6 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Song: Lowe, Mrs Arne

Event Comment: No Money under full price will be taken [repeated]. Afterpiece: Never acted there before [the actor Benjamin Griffin's farce, not acted since its author's benefit night, April 6, 1716, at lif]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Purgatory

Song: Barlow

Dance: As17451028

Event Comment: Benefit W. Hallam. Prices 3s., 2s., 1s. [With the usual synoptic account.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: Brett

Dance: As17451028

Event Comment: GGeneral Advertiser gives prices as 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: Brett

Dance: As17451028

Event Comment: Benefit Barlow. [Prices change to 3s., 2s., 1s. and repeated in bills in Daily Advertiser until 14 Jan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: [G+General Advertiser only gives prices as 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s. in each bill until 14 Jan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not Or The Kind Imposter

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Event Comment: Never acted here before. There will be a Fire in the Pit to make the House warm. [Prices as 14 Jan. in both Daily Advertiser and General Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks Or The Yeoman Of Kent

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow in Distress. Prices 2s. 6d., 2s., 1s. Tickets at Mrs Huddy's, Fleece Tavern, corner of Ayliffe St., Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Woman Is A Riddle

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman and his Family under great Distress. Prices. 3s., 2s., 1s. Tickets of Daniel Findon, Union Coffee House, Cornhill. [Blakey was down for Filch in the advance notice of 21 Jan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: Brett

Dance: As17460114

Event Comment: Never performed here before. [Prices in General Advertiser as 24 Jan.; in Daily Advertiser, 3s., 2s., 1s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees

Event Comment: Never acted there but once. Tickets that could not be admitted last night will be taken this night. [Prices as 27 Jan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Turkish Ambassadour. Benefit Phillips, in confinement in King's Bench. [Prices 3s., 2s., 1s.] Mr Phillips humbly begs leave to inform his Friends, being under Confinement in the King's Bench, He has not at present an Opportunity to wait on such Gentlemen and Ladies, as he may have hopes to esteem his well wishers. But in order to render Mrs Phillips's Entertainment as agreeable as possible to the Publick, Mr Phillips will be there on that Night. Tickets at Mrs Phillips's / Lodgings, at Mrs Norman's in Ayliffe St.; and of Mr Phillips in the King's Bench Prison, Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: I: Sailor's Hornpipe-Phillips late Harlequin of Drury Lane, his first in this Kingdom for three years; II: Quaker's Sermon on Viola-Phillips; III: Drunken Peasant-Phillips

Ballet: V:Pantomime Dance call'd Harlequin and Clown. Harlequin-Phillips

Event Comment: Benefit Burrows and Toole. [Prices as 14 Jan.] Tickets at the Taphouse of the Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora or The Country Wake

Song: Barlow

Dance: The three Graniers

Event Comment: [With the usual synoptic account.] Benefit Paget. Tickets at Paget's, the Tobacco Roll, in Mill Yard, near the bottom of Lemon St., Goodman's Fields. Tickets delivered out for Lee and Smith will be taken. [Prices as 25 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: Nothing but Full prices taken during the whole performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Cast
Role: Flavia Actor: Miss Edwards
Role: Beliza Actor: Miss Minors
Role: Sabina Actor: Miss Budgell

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Incendiary

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Royer.
Role: Amoret Actor: Miss Edwards
Role: Fame Actor: Miss Young.
Event Comment: Benefit Stitchbury. [Prices 3s., 2s., 1s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Cherry Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs L. Hallam. L. Hallam having broken his ankle cannot solicit his friends in person. [Prices 4s., 2s., 1s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue or The Devil in the Wine Cellar

Song: Between the Acts: particularly The Noon/Tide Air, Polly Willis-Mrs Hooper

Event Comment: Benefit Ireland and Bucknall. [Prices as 25 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: The Graniers; Hornpipe-Williams

Event Comment: Last time of performing this season. Benefit Furnival. [Prices 3s.,2s., 1s.] Tickets delivered out by Mrs Phillips, Cunningham, and Blakey will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: Cunningham

Dance: The three Graniers

Event Comment: For the Benefit and Increase of a Fund establish'd for the Support of decay'd Musicians and their Families. [Prices as usual.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainment Of Vocal And Instrumental Musick

Event Comment: [Full prices (Winston MS.).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Incendiary

Cast
Role: Amoret Actor: Miss Edwards
Role: Fame Actor: Miss Young.
Event Comment: Benefit Arne. The demand for Places being more than Double what the Boxes will contain, Mrs Arne is oblig'd to lay the Pit and Boxes together, at 5s., where servants will be allow'd to keep places, as likewise on the stage, which will be form'd into front and side boxes. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock. Tickets to be had, and places for the boxes to be taken of Arne next door to the Crown and Cushion in Great Queen St., by Lincoln's Inn Fields; and of Hobson at the stage door.--General Advertiser. Tom Arne sends his service; He is forced to put his Pit and Boxes together, which I reckon will be no advantage to him, ladies hoops taking up more room than the difference of price.--Mrs Cibber to Garrick, 8 April (Boaden, Private Correspondence of Garrick, I, 40)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Cast
Role: Florella Actor: Miss Minors

Song: I: (By Desire) Per Pieta in L'Incostanza Delusa-Mrs Arne; III: Nature Fram'd thee sure for loving, in the Judgment of Paris-Mrs Arne; IV: (Being particularly desir'd by several Ladies of Quality) Rasserena il Mesto Ciglia in the Opera Artemene-Mrs Arne

Event Comment: [Full Prices (Winston MS.).] By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Conspiracy Discovered

Event Comment: LLee and Yeates junior's Booth, facing the Hospital Gate, West Smithfield. Prices, 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 6d. Noon to 10 p.m. [Notice repeated 26, 27, Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ove In A Labyrinth Or School For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Invader or Colombine Cameron

Event Comment: LLee and Yeates Tiled Booth. Prices 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. [Notice repeated 9, 10, 11 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Audlin Or The Merchants Daughter Of Brastol With The Comical Humours Of Roger Antonios Man

Song: Batt Platt, the original Mad Tom

Dance: Sig and Signora Capuchino, Mynheer Drollelo, being children lately arrived from Holland, who never appeared on any Stage