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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Imprisond or The Country Wake

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips; Gripe-Smith; Flash-Fie; Blunder-Morgan; Madge-Miss Minors; Colombine-Mrs Phillips.
Cast
Role: Madge Actor: Miss Minors

Dance: GGrand Dance of Furies-D'Esser, Le Mont, Gramont, Fribourg; First Fury-Phillips

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian King Of Portugal

Performance Comment: Don Sebastian-Ryan; Muley Moluch-Sparks; Benducar-Bridgwater; Mufti-Arthur; Mustapha-Dunstall; Antonio-Anderson; Alvarez-Ridout; Zeydan-Bencraft; Johayma-Mrs Bambridge; Morayma-Mrs Hale; Almeyda-Miss Bellamy; Dorax-Quin.
Cast
Role: Almeyda Actor: Miss Bellamy

Dance: Mons Billiony , Sga Desdechina first appearance on an English Stage

Event Comment: Benefit for Mons Devisse & Mad Auguste. Tickets of Devisse at Mrs Jones's, Hoop-petticoat Maker in Bow St., Covent Garden; at Turk's Head Tavern, in Grig-St., Soho; of Mad Auguste at Mr Harris's, Hosier, in Tavistock Row, Covent Garden; and at the Stage Door. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Cast
Role: Flametto Actor: Miss Minors

Dance: I: A New Dance-Mlle Auguste; II: A Masquerade Dance-M Gerard first appearance from Paris, never appeared in England; III: A New Pierrot Dance-Devisse, Mlle Auguste; IV: The Matelot Basque-Ferrere; after the Country Dance-; The Louvre and Minuet-Devisse, Mlle Auguste

Event Comment: Oratorio by Mr Handel. Benefit for Signora Frasi; To begin at 7 p.m. Prices: Pit and Boxes at half a guinea each; Gallery 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Music: Organ-Stanley; First Violin-Sig Giardini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-Mossop; Alvarez-Burton; Carlos-Ross; Alonzo-Havard; Don Manuel-Mozeen; Lenora-Miss Haughton; Isabella-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Lenora Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Miss Macklin.

Dance: II: A New Dance, The Shepherd's Holiday-Campioni (his first appearance in 5 years), Mad Auretti

Song: IV: The School of Anacreon-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abel

Music: CConcerto-Giardini who plays the first violin

Event Comment: Benefit for Walker, Bullbrick, Shawford, and Vaughan. Receipts: #110 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: As17540919, but Widow Lackit-Miss Macklin; Stanmore-Walker; Add Blandford-Palmer.
Cast
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Miss Macklin
Role: Add Blandford Actor: Palmer.
Role: Blandford Actor: Palmer
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Minors
Role: Imoinda Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: IV: All in the Downs in character-ThomasSmith first appearance on any stage

Dance: A Hornpipe-Morris; End Act V: Minuet-Shawford, Mrs Addison

Event Comment: Paid Charlotte Lane for making Osman's dress for Mr Clarke, #1; Sewing, Silk, &c., 3s.; 7 yards slezia linnen at 14d.-8s. 2d.; 2yds Blue stuff & 4 yds linnen for interlining, 8s.; wadding to fill the breast & 2 yds silk lace, 1s. Making a white flannel waistcoat with sleeves 7s. Total #2 7s. 2d. (MS list Davies, Life of Garrick, II, 322)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Cast
Role: Zara Actor: Mrs Bellamy, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: Guerin, first appearance on the English stage, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Foresight Actor: Arthur
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Miss Prue Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Young

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: Lettice Actor: Miss Allen.

Dance: Guerin Jr (his first appearance), Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Ciro Riconosiuto

Dance: With a New change of the First and Second Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Farnace

Dance: With the Addition of a New Dance in the First Act

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Farnace

Dance: New Dances after the First and Second Acts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Performance Comment: Vocal-Signora Passerini, Miss Frederick, Hudson, Champness; Choruses-Singers from Choir in Chapel Royal and St Paul's.

Music: Instrumental: First violin-Passerini

Event Comment: To celebrate his Majesty's Birthday. N.B. As a great number of performers, both vocal and instrumental, will be placed in the servant's gallery, Sga Mattei humbly hopes that the Nobility, Gentry, &c. will dispense with their servants being admitted this night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Serenata

Afterpiece Title: Arianne E Teseo First and Last Acts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Whimsical Battle Of The Greybeards Or The Humourous History Of A Covent Garden Adventure Containing The Ridiculous Behaviour Of shela Oflannegan The First Irish Woman Introduced At Any Fair The Odd Resentment Of col

Performance Comment: Crackcrown and his whimsical Duel with the purblind Major Blinko, the Marriage of Sawney MacGregor, a Scotch Footman, and Shela O'Flannegan; with the fortunate conclusion by a Methodist Cobbler; The whole to conclude with a congratulatory poem; by way of Epithalamium, on the auspicious nuptials of our Illustrious Patriot King, and the Illustrious Princess Charlotte of Mecklenberg-Strelitz-.

Dance: CComic Dance-Signora Florentina, a capital performer from the Opera House at Turin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Bransby
Role: Lady Restless Actor: Miss Haughton
Role: Marmalet Actor: Miss Mills

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Fairy Actor: Miss Young.
Role: Colombine Actor: Miss Baker.

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation

Dance: End III: New Comic Dance, call'd The Blacksmiths-Lockery (first appearance in England)

Performances

Afterpiece Title: Love at First Sight

Cast
Role: Celia Actor: Miss Young
Related Works
Related Work: Love at First Sight Author(s): David Crauford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Performance Comment: Robert-Parsons; Sir Wm. Belmont-Burton; Blandford-Bransby; Sir John Restless-Yates; Beverly-OBrien; Lady Restless-Miss Haughton; Clarissa-Mrs Palmer; Belinda-Mrs Yates; Tattle-Mrs Bradshaw; Belmont-Packer.
Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Bransby
Role: Lady Restless Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: Love at First Sight

Cast
Role: Celia Actor: Miss Young
Related Works
Related Work: Love at First Sight Author(s): David Crauford

Dance: III: The Irish Lilt, as17630922

Performances

Afterpiece Title: Love at First Sight

Cast
Role: Celia Actor: Miss Young
Related Works
Related Work: Love at First Sight Author(s): David Crauford

Dance: II: A Comic Dance (never perform'd there) call'd The Fingalians-Aldridge, Miss Hilliard. [But see17610423.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Polonius Actor: Baddeley, first time

Afterpiece Title: Love at First Sight

Cast
Role: Celia Actor: Miss Young
Related Works
Related Work: Love at First Sight Author(s): David Crauford

Dance: The Provancalle, as17631014

Event Comment: Benefit for Yates. Set to music by Yates. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 3s. The Serenata published this day at 6d. Books of the performance to be had at the Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choice Of Apollo

Performance Comment: Vocal parts-Gilson, Fawcett, Miss Polly Young, young gentlewoman (her first appearance in public).

Music: Concerto on German Flute-Florio; Concerto on Violincello-Siprutini; Concerto on Harpsichord-Yates; First Violin, Concerto-Barthelemon

Event Comment: [R+Rich's Register lists The Hermit as afterpiece.] Paid salary list 5 days at #72 6s. 8d. per diem, #361 13s. 4d.; Atkins not on list #1 7s. 6d.; Rollet on note #7 7s.; Vernon on note per order Mr L, #12 12s.; Bill for 2 suit Men's cloathes #15 15s. (Treasurer's Book). [See engagement contract for Guidetti (Private Correspondence of David Garrick, II, 454) arranged for in Paris by Jean Monnet in early August 1766. He was engaged as Premier Danseur and composer of Ballets at 150 Guineas a year plus "300 Livres argent de France" for travelling expenses. He was to dance for no other theatre without explicit permission from Garrick.] Receipts: #130 17s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Miss Pope.

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance call'd The Vintage-Sga Giorgi, Sg Guidetti (his first appearance in England); End: A New Entertainment of Dancing call'd The Italian Bakers-Guidetti, Mrs King

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. For one night only. To begin at 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: CConcerto on violin@cello-Cervetto; First Violin Solo-Fishar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexanders Feast With The Coronation Anthems

Music: FFirst Violin, a Concerto-Barthelemon; a Solo on the Violincello-the celebratedMr DuPort, Musician to the Prince of Conte; and By Particular Desire after the First Act: Dove Sci in Rodelinda-Sg Guadagni; End Act II: Doppo L'Orrore in Otho-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea With Drydens ode By handel

Music: As17700302 but Concerto on Violincello-Duport; and by Particular Desire After the First Act: Dove Sci in Rodelinda-Sg Guadagni