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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Holland; Mercutio-Palmer; Tibalt-Blakes; Capulet-Burton; Fryar Lawrence-Havard; Lady Capulet-Mrs Bennet; Nurse-Mrs Cross; Juliet-Mrs Cibber; With the Funeral Procession. The vocal parts-Lowe, Champnes, Mrs Vincent, Miss Young; In Act I a Masquerade Dance, proper to the play,-Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi.

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Holland; Myrtle-Palmer; Sir John-Burton; Sealand-Havard; Cimberton-Philips; Humphrey-Blakes; Tom-O'Brien; Phillis-Mrs Clive; Lucinda-Mrs Hippisley; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Bennet; Indiana-Mrs Cibber; In Act II, Singing-Master Leoni.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: Harlequin-King; Other characters-Yates, Bransby, Moody, Blakes, Burton, Clough, Packer, Vaughan, Mrs Bennet, Miss Pope; The Vocal Parts-Champnes, Fawcett, Miss Young; The Dances-Grimaldi, Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Miss Baker; a New Hornpipe-Miss Dawson.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in three years. Full Prices. [See 17 Nov. 1758.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation

Dance: I: The Camp Alarm'd, as17610926; III: The Cow Keepers-Grimaldi, Miss Dawson

Song: V: Miss Young

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these two years. [See 12 Dec. 1759.] Income from Boxes #15 10s. Nightly expenses as usual #39 7d. [See 3 Nov. payment to Shaw.] Receipts: #109 8s. 6d. (Winston Theatrical Record)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Event Comment: Farce not acted in two years. [See 23 Oct. 1759.] Dance taken from the picture by Teniers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Rooker; Other characters-Miss Baker, Miss Dawson; To conclude with a Comic Dance call'd the Flemish Feast-Grimaldi, Giorgi, Noverre, Sga Giorgi, Miss Wilkinson.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: Tamerlane-Havard; Bajazet-Holland, first time; Arpasia-Mrs Pritchard; Axalla-Kennedy; Selima-Mrs Davies; Moneses-[by the Gentleman [who played Othello [Bridges]; [In Act IV, the Original Song of O! Gentle Sleep-Lowe; [The Usual Prologue-Holland.

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Event Comment: [The young gentlewoman was Mrs Hopkins (Genest, IV, 634) and had acted at Edinburgh.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: II: The Camp Alarm'd, as17610926

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Mercato

Performance Comment: As17611107 , but a change of the Quartetto at the end of Act II.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 12 May 1760.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lyar

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: As17611110, but reduc'd to two acts; The Minor-Dyer; Richard Wealthy-Lewis.

Dance: II: The Pedlar Trick'd, as17620107; End: The French Country Gentleman, as17611210

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. [See 8 Dec. 1752.] Afterpiece: Not perform'd these 10 years. [See 3 Jan. 1753.] No persons can POSSIBLY be admitted behind the scenes or into the orchestra. FULL prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Sodi; Daphne-Sga Manesiere; Followers of Daphne-Mlle Marianne, Mrs Leppie, Mrs Viviez, Mad Jansolin, Mrs Welsh, Miss Daw; Morpheus-Legg; Mystery-Baker; Silence-Mattocks; Harlequin-Miles; Burgomaster-Shuter; Boor Servant-Lalauze; Scaramouche-Gosley; Colombine-Sga Maranesi; Huntsmen-Beard, Mattocks, Legg, Baker, Dibdin, Courts; Venus-Miss Miller; Silenus-Beard; Bacchus-Mattocks; Pan-Legg; Diana-Mrs Vernon; To Conclude with a Grand Ballet-Sodi, Sga Manesiere. Characters new Dress'd.
Event Comment: Not acted in 5 years. [See 4 Feb. 1758.] The Drummer was revived at this period at both theatres...to take advantage of the reigning weakness of the people, who went in crowds many days and nights to an Haunted House, by what was called the Cock-Lane Ghost-a delusion set on foot, and very ingeniously carried on by a girl of 12 years of age, daughter of a clerk of St Sepulchre's Church, who resided in Cock Lane near Smithfield. [The Ghost was supposed to be that of one Fanny, a gentleman's mistress buried in the church. By knockings and scratchings she supposedly haunted the girl intimating foul practices concerning her death.] It would be incredible to relate the numbers of persons of distinction that attended this delusion! many of whom treated it as a serious and most important affair...at last the girl's father and three or four others were tried in the King's Bench, found guilty' Pillioried and imprisoned. This most effectively laid the Ghost; and is the best and properest cure for every ghost that may arise hereafter. (Victor, History of the Theatres, III, 18 ff). [The theme exploited again by Garrick in The Farmer's Return from London, dl 20 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Song: II: Hearts of Oak, as17620115; End: An Occasional Ballad by Way of Epilogue, in the Character of Abigail,-Mrs Clive

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Performance Comment: As17620215, but Drunken Servant-R. Smith; Peasant-Weller; In Act IV Song of Mad Bess, set to music by Henry Purcell, will be sung in Character-Mrs Vernon.
Cast
Role: will be sung in Character Actor: Mrs Vernon.
Role: Seberto Actor: Davis

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 17 Nov. 1759.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Event Comment: Both pieces under the Direction of Dr Arne. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden. Set to Music by Handel. Afterpiece: A Serenata of one Act set to Music by Dr Arne. N.B. Though the nightly expenses attending these performances during the Lent, will be at least equal to any on the like occasion, the Prices will be only Boxes 7s. Pit 5s. First Gallery 3s. and the Upper Gallery 2s. To begin as usual. Subscriptions will continue through the Lent to be taken at Three Guineas, for which the Subscribers shall receive Twelve Box tickets to be used at pleasure, till all are come in, which tickets may be had at Dr Arne's in the Piazza, next the Church, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Afterpiece Title: Beauty and Virtue

Music: I: Concerto on Violincello-Siprutini; II: Concerto on German Flute-Florio

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A Comedy [anon.] in 2 Acts. [A moral Prologue is included with Larpent MS 209.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Cast
Role: Benvolio Actor: Davis.

Afterpiece Title: The Love Match

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-Dyer, Clarke, Mattocks, Hull, Dunstall, Anderson, Bennet, Cushing, Miss Miller, Mrs Green; Prologue-Smith; Epilogue in character-Mrs Green. [Parts were: Thoughtless, Friendly, Modish, Castparts, Mortgage, Parchment, Whiffler, Ranter, Sg Caponi, Sg Screechi, Sg Scrapo, Sg Caperini, Lady Bellari, Mrs Thoughtless, Sga Trilli, Sga Squealini, Servants, Recruits, Bailiff, Porter (Larpent MS 209).]Parts were: Thoughtless, Friendly, Modish, Castparts, Mortgage, Parchment, Whiffler, Ranter, Sg Caponi, Sg Screechi, Sg Scrapo, Sg Caperini, Lady Bellari, Mrs Thoughtless, Sga Trilli, Sga Squealini, Servants, Recruits, Bailiff, Porter (Larpent MS 209).]
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these two years. [See 5 May 1760.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode

Song: III: Hearts of Oak-. [See17620209]

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Reduc'd to two acts. After which (being particularly desired) will be performed the New Serenata, composed by Dr Arne in honour of the late Royal Nuptials

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred The Great

Afterpiece Title: Beauty and Virtue

Music: As17620305

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Clive. Farce written by Mrs Clive not acted in 9 years. [See 19 April 1755.] Now with Alterations and Additional Scenes in which will be introduc'd Part of an Italian Burletta. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Send servants by 3 o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rehearsal; or, Bayes in Petticoats

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-King, Blakes, Grimaldi, Fox, Miss Pope, Mrs Vincent, Miss Hippisley, Mrs Clive.

Dance: %New Dutch Comic Dance, as17610925

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. No Building on the Stage. Mrs Palmer? did not act (Winston MS 9). Mainpiece: Advertised as for the last time this season. Tickets deliver'd for Romeo and Juliet will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England

Related Works
Related Work: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England Author(s): Tobias Smollett

Song: I: Hearts of Oak-. [See17620209]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: As17611109, but reduc'd to two acts: Shift, Smirk, Mrs Cole, Epilogue-King; Minor-Holland; Lucy-Mrs Hopkins.

Entertainment: I: King (for this night only) will present the Public with a Serio-Comic, Satiric, Prophetic, Poetic Oration, call'd The Brass Prophecy or News Ten Years Hence-King; End Farce, By Particular Desire: The Picture of the Playhouse or Bucks Have at ye All-King

Dance: IV: A New Hornpipe-Miss Baker. *uö?dl After: The Farmer's Return from London. As17620329

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Disfatta Di Dario

Performance Comment: At the end of Act III: Chorus by Handel in Alexander-.
Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft. Mainpiece: Not acted these 8 years. [See 27 Sept. 1754.] No building on Stage. Tickets deliver'd for Thursday the 15th will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Shuter, first time; Constant-Ross; Heartfree-Smith; Col. Bully-Beard (with songs in character); Razor-Dyer; Lord Rake-Davies; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Vincent; Belinda-Mrs Lessingham; Mademoiselle-Mrs Vernon, first time; Lady Brute-Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: New Comic Dance,%Les Sabotiers-Sodi, Sga Mansiere, Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tolomeo

Performance Comment: Dancing-Sg Gallini;at the end of each Act, and a favourite Minuet-Sg Gallini, Miss Asselin.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: As17620105, but Beatrice-Miss Pope, first time; In Act II, a Minuet in the Masquerade Dance,-Noverre, Miss Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: As17620424 but Rosin-Fox; a New Epilogue in Character-Miss Pope.