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Event Comment: Benefit for Barrymore. Morning Herald, 25 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Barrymore, No. 11, Bedford-street, Bedford-row. Receipts: #393 19s. 6d. (86.13.0; 37.14.6; 4.2.0; tickets: 265.10.0) (charge: #159 5s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Trip To Scarborough

Cast
Role: Terpsichore Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Euterpe Actor: Miss Collins

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Dance: As17911210

Event Comment: Benefit for Incledon. [Afterpiece in place of The Positive Man, advertised on playbill of 8 May.] Morning Herald, 20 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Incledon, No. 5, Bow-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #399 6s. (170.15.6; 3.15.6; tickets: 224.15.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Cast
Role: Jenny Diver Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Cast
Role: Norah Actor: Miss Francis

Dance: In III: a Hornpipe-Byrne

Song: End: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Morning Herald, 14 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, No. 31, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #235 11s. 6d. (143.1.6; 6.1.0; tickets: 86.9.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Intrigues of a Morning

Cast
Role: Julia Actor: Miss Chapman
Role: Mrs Dimity Actor: Miss Stuart

Dance: As17920420

Song: End I afterpiece: Wine cannot cure the Pain I endure, as17920412

Event Comment: Benefit for Marshall and Mrs Harlowe. Mainpiece: In Act V a Grand Battle between the Britons and Romans. Morning Herald, 17 May: Tickets to be had of Marshall, No. 17, Crown-court, Bow-street, Covent-Garden; of Mrs Harlowe, No. 54, Drury-lane. Receipts: #256 7s. (104.2; 1.10; tickets: 150.15) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: A Divertisement

Dance: End III: A Divertisement, as17920410; In afterpiece: the Dances-Byrne, Mlle St.Amand

Song: II: Masquerade, in which Hark! the Lark at Heaven's Gate sings-Incledon, Marshall, Gray, Linton, Darley, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Martyr; End II: (for that night only) The Lucky Escape; or, The Ploughboy's return from the Sea (composed by Dibdin)-Mrs Harlowe in Character

Entertainment: MonologueEnd: Jeu D'Esprit, as17920516; Little Pig lays without any Straw, as17920516

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Billington. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 13 May 1790]. Public Advertiser, 28 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Billington, No. 53, Poland-street, Oxford-road. Receipts: #320 4s. 6d. (205.14.6; 3.10.0; tickets: 111.0.0) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Song: In: an additional Obligato Bravura Song (composed by Sacchini,)-Mrs Billington; accompanied on the violin-Weichsel; the favorite Rondo, Se Ti Perdo (composed by Guglielmi)-Mrs Billington (as introduced in The Woodman)

Music: End II: a concerto on the Grand Piano Forte-Mrs Billington

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Ward. Morning Herald, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Ward, No. 6, York-street, Covent-garden. Receipts: #479 15s. 6d. (106.9.0; 48.1.0; 5.15.0; tickets: 319.10.6) (charge: #158 6s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heiress

Cast
Role: Lady Emily Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Miss Alscrip Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Miss Alton Actor: Mrs Crouch

Afterpiece Title: The Spoild Child

Cast
Role: Julia Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Miss Pickle Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Maria Actor: Miss Heard

Dance: End: a Dance-

Event Comment: Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Shuter, Simmons, Strahan, Walker, Saby, Green, Young, Hall, Coombes, Keys, Heathcot, Hill, Wyatt, Street, Hall will be admitted. Receipts: #448 1s. (48.19.6; 3.10.6; tickets: 395.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Day In Turkey

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Storace. Morning Herald, 17 May: Tickets to be had of Sga Storace, No. 36, Howland-street, Rathbone-place. Receipts: #486 8s. (239.1; 28.5; 6.14; tickets: 212.8) (charge: #159 15s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Belgrade

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Collins.
Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Mara. Morning Chronicle, 4 June; Tickets to be had of Mme Mara, No. 25, Queen Anne-street, East. Receipts: #233 5s. 6d. (170.5.6; 56.9.0; 6.11.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #161 10s.)
Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. [Author of Address unknown.] Public Advertiser, 21 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Flitch Of Bacon

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Song: As17920815

Entertainment: Monologue End 2nd piece: New Occasional Address-Mrs Kemble

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Murray. Afterpiece: Not performed these 40 years [acted 22 Jan. 1781]. Written by the celebrated Mrs Eliza Haywood. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Tickets to be had at No. 38, Poland-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: A Wife to be Lett

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Storace. Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Prince Hoare]: The Musick by Storace. Morning Herald, 27 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Sga Storace, No. 36, Howland-street, Rathbone-place. Account-Book, 4 July: Paid Hoare for Prize #210. ["Sga Storace's person (is) clumsy; her face coarse and ordinary; and yet there is so much enchanting vivacity...that she always delights whenever she appears" (Candid Strictures, 41).] Receipts: #388 12s. 6d. (196.11.6; 38.5.0; 3.10.0; tickets: 150.6.0) (charge: #157 1s. 3d.)

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Prize or 2

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Siddons. Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, by Arthur Murphy. Prologue by John Philip Kemble (see text). Author of Epilogue unknown; European Magazine, Apr. 1793, p. 306, prints two Epilogues: the one spoken by Mrs Siddons, and the one "as originally written by Thomas? Vaughan"]. Morning Herald, 20 Mar. 1793: This day is published The Rival Sisters (1s. 6d.). Morning Herald, 25 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Siddons, No. 49, Great Marlborough-street. Receipts: #451 6s. 6d. (243.1.0; 21.18.0; 1.18.0; tickets: 184.9.6) (charge: #154 9s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings The Rival Sisters

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

Cast
Role: Theresa Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Juliana Actor: Miss Menage
Event Comment: Benefit for Bensley. [In afterpiece the playbill assings Lazarillo to R. Palmer, but "Bland appeared in Lazarillo instead of R. Palmer" (Thespian Magazine, May 1793, p. 266).] Morning Herald, 2 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bensley, No. 21, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #201 10s. (93.4; 16.1; tickets: 92.5) (charge: #94 19s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Country Girl

Cast
Role: Miss Peggy Actor: Mrs Jordan

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Esten. Morning Herald, 28 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Esten, No. 5, Nassau-street, Soho. Receipts: #251 7s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Cast
Role: Altea Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Cast
Role: Elmira Actor: Miss Chapman

Dance: In 3rd piece: As17921003; In 2nd piece: Hornpipe, as17930411

Entertainment: Monologue End 2nd piece: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Mrs Esten

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. 1st piece: Not acted these 20 years [never previously acted at this theatre]. Morning Herald, 4 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr, No. 16, Martlet-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #349 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: May Day Or The Little Gipsey

Afterpiece Title: Fashionable Levities

Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Broadhurst
Role: Dairy Maids Actor: Miss Leserve, Mrs Gray

Afterpiece Title: The Soldiers Festival

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Dance: As17921116

Event Comment: Benefit for Pope. Mrs Pope not being sufficiently recovered from her Indisposition to perform to-night, Mrs Mattocks has kindly undertaken the part of Lydia Languish , and Margaret of Anjou [advertised on playbill of 1 May] is unavoidably obliged to be changed to The Soldier's Festival. Morning Herald, 8 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Pope at his house, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly. Receipts: #216 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rivals

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Stuart

Afterpiece Title: The Soldiers Festival

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: Emily Actor: Miss Broadhurst
Role: Dairy Maids Actor: Miss Leserve, Mrs Gray
Event Comment: Benefit for Munden. 2nd piece [1st time; M.INT 1, by Thomas Hurlstone, Published by J. Debrett, 1793; in 1795 acted at cg as The British Recruit; or, Who's Afraid?]: The Overture and Music (a Glee and Air excepted) entirely new, by Shield, Giordani and Dr Stevenson of Dublin. To conclude with a Representation of the Grand Fleet under Sail. Books of the Interlude to be had at the Theatre. Morning Herald, 3 May 1793: This Day, at Noon, will be published To Arms (6d.). Morning Herald, 15 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Munden at his house, No. 6, Frith-street, Soho. Receipts: #448 17s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Road To Ruin

Cast
Role: Sophia Actor: Miss Grist

Afterpiece Title: To Arms or The British Recruit

Afterpiece Title: Two Strings to Your Bow

Cast
Role: Leonora Actor: Miss Stuart
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Leserve

Dance: In 2nd piece: Byrn, Mme Rossi

Song: End 2nd piece: The Sea Storm-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue. As17930410

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Clendining. The Poetry of the additional Songs [in 1st piece] by Peter Pindar, Esq. [pseud. for John Wolcot]. Morning Herald, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Clendining, No. 19, Martlett-court, Bow-street, Covent-garden. "Mrs Clendining's endeavours to entertain were successful, and Fitzroy by Incledon gave a rich feast to the musical amateur. The air beginning, 'Dear Tom, this brown jug,' had a fine effect by the music being omitted" (Diary, 18 May). Receipts: #273 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: The Soldiers Festival

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Cast
Role: Norah Actor: Miss Broadhurst

Music: End: a concerto of his own composition, on the Grand Piano Forte-King (1st appearance in public)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Mara. Public Advertiser 22 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mme Mara, No. 25, Queen Anne-street, East. Receipts: #216 4s. 6d. (114.17.6; 28.11.0; 2.18.0; tickets: 69.18.0) (charge: #163 17s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Song: the favourite Harp Song-Mme Mara [Ah che nel petto io sento]; accompanied-Meyer Jun

Event Comment: Benefit for Master Welsh. Morning Herald, 4 May: Tickets to be had of Master Welsh, No. 2, Parliament-street, Palace-yard. Receipts: #263 1s. (106.9.6; 27.0.0; 0.6.0; tickets: 129.5.6) (charge: #167 3s.)

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Mariners

Cast
Role: Sea Boys Actor: Miss _DeCamp, Mrs Bland
Role: Susan Actor: Miss DeCamp.
Role: Bell Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Julia Actor: Miss Menage

Dance: As17930408

Song: End II: a New Song composed by Percy-Master Welsh

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bateman. Morning Herald, 20 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Bateman at her house, the corner of Carlisle-street, Soho-square. Receipts: #397 1s. 6d. (161.18.6; 47.4.0; 1.3.0; tickets: 186.16.0) (charge: #157 8s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Belinda Actor: Miss Farren
Role: Clarissa Actor: Miss Collins
Role: Tattle Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Marmalet Actor: Miss Tidswell.

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Corinna Actor: Miss Tidswell.

Entertainment: In the course of the Evening: [at end of mainpiece (Thespian Magazine, July 1793, p. 50)] Fencing-La Chevaliere D'Eon, Mrs Bateman, an English Officer

Event Comment: Benefit for Marshall and Mrs Harlowe. Tickets delivered for the 5th of June will be admitted. Morning Herald, 1 June: Tickets to be had of Marshall [for 5 June], No. 17, Crown-court, Bow-street, Covent-Garden; of Mrs Harlowe, No. 54, Drury-Lane. Receipts: #378 13s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Columbus

Afterpiece Title: The Pad

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck

Song: End of 1st piece: Dibdin's song; The Lucky Escape; or, The Ploughboy's Return from Sea in character-Mrs Harlowe; End of 2nd piece: Sally in our Alley-Marshall; In 3rd piece: Farewell to old England dear Mary adieu-Incledon; Rule Britannia-Marshall, full Chorus; In the course of the Evening: Black eyed Susan-Incledon

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Goodall. Morning Herald, 26 July: Tickets to be had of Mrs Goodall, No. 3, Great Russel-street, Covent-garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Cast
Role: Patty Actor: Miss DeCamp.
Role: Narcissa Actor: Miss Dall

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Cast
Role: Dian Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Sophia Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Maid Actor: Miss Fontenelle.
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Heard
Role: Emma Actor: Miss DeCamp
Role: Cecilia Actor: Miss DeCamp.
Event Comment: Benefit for Benson. Morning Herald, 14 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Benson, No. 7, Brydges-street, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rosina

Cast
Role: Rosina Actor: Miss Leak

Afterpiece Title: THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD

Cast
Role: Girl Actor: Miss Menage
Role: Lady Helen Actor: Miss DeCamp