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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ines De Castro

Dance: As17990330

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ines De Castro

Dance: End I: La Double Epreuve, as17990617 End Opera: La Fille Mal Gardee, as17990418

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ines De Castro

Dance: As17990617

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ines De Castro

Dance: As17990617

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ines De Castro

Dance: As18000304

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ines De Castro

Dance: As18000322

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ines De Castro

Dance: As18000322

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. 3rd piece [1st time; F 1, by Horatio Edgar Robson, based on La Bonne Mere, by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian]: Now reading with universal Applause by Mons. LeTexier. Public Advertiser, 9 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street. Ibid., 8 Oct. 1788: This Day is published Look before You Leap (1s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Catch Club i

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Afterpiece Title: Look before You Leap

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Entertainment: Monologue End 1st piece: George Alexander Stevens's Original Lecture on Heads (Head of Alexander the Great, Head of a Cherokee Chief, Head of a Quack-Doctor, Cuckold's Head, Nobody's Head, The laughing and crying Philosophers' Heads, Head of Flattery, A fine Lady's Head, Head of an Old Maid, Cleopatra's Head, Plain Moll's Head, Head of a Married Lady)-Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sampson Judge Of Israel

Afterpiece Title: Le Francois a Londres

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Letourdy

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Sauvage

Music: Several Concertoes, particularly a Grand Concerto with French Horns and Trumpets; and another with one French Horn, the French Horn part by Mr Charles

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by George Colman elder, based on Le Barbier de Seville; ou, La Precaution Inutile, by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais; music by Samuel Arnold and, by attribution, Pierre Alexandre Monsigny. Prologue by the author (Collection...of English Prologues and Epilogues, II, 209). Epilogue by David Garrick (Garrick's Poetical Works, II, 340). Larpent MS 436; not published; synopsis of plot in London Magazine, Sept. 1777, pp. 467-69]: With New Dresses and Scenes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Barber Or The Fruitless Precaution

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: End: Dance-. [This was included in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day Or The Marriage Of Figaro

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Laugh When You Can

Cast
Role: Waiter Actor: Simmons

Afterpiece Title: Albert and Adelaide or The Victim of Constancy

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Incledon, Fawcett, H. Johnston, Betterton, Townsend, Simmons, Miss Webb (1st appearance), Follett; Miss Wheatley, Miss Walcup, Mrs Whitmore, Mrs Johnson. [Cast from Songs (T. Rickaby [1798]): Henrico-Incledon; Jocelin-Fawcett [in Songs: Emery (see17981214)]; Albert-H. Johnson; Rudolph-Betterton; Bertolt-Townsend; Gariga-Simmons; Adolphus-Miss Webb; Rosella-Miss Wheatley; Cicely-Miss Walcup; Algonde-Mrs Whitmore; Adelaide-Mrs Johnson; unassigned-Follett; Chorus of Soldiers and Followers in the Black Forest-Oddwell, Clarke, Sawyer, Curties, Little, Thomas, Everett, J. Linton, Smith, Lee, Powers, Lewiss; Chorus of Guards in the Castle-Linton, Gray, Street, Abbot, Kenrick, Silvester, Jones, Fairclough, Tett, Russel.

Dance: In afterpiece: Procession and Dance of Swabian Peasants-Blurton, Dyke, Wilde, L. Bologna, T. Cranfield, Platt, Masters, Slape, Ramage, Goodwin, Little, Ms Watts, Ms Iliff, Ms Norton, Ms Castelle, Ms Leserve, Miss Gray, Ms Bologna, Ms Masters, Ms Burnett, Ms Gilbert, Ms Lloyd, Ms Blurton, Ms Ward

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Erifile

Dance: End I: La Polonaise Favourite, as17780131; End II: Les Bohemiens, as17771216; End Opera: Divertisement-Mons and Mlle Banti, Vallouy@le@cadet, Mlle Baccelli

Song: In II: Air-Sga Danzi; accompanied on the Hautboy-LeBrun. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medonte

Dance: End of Act I New Divertisement, as17821102, but Sga Crespi in place of Sga Sala, and added: Passacaille, as17821109; End of Opera Apelles and Campaspe, as17821102, but added: Sga Crespi

Event Comment: Benefit for Waldron. 1st piece: Originally written by the celebrated Monsieur de Beaumarchais, and perform'd innumerably, often at Paris; translated and adapted to the English Stage by the very ingenious Mr Holcroft, Author of several admired Dramatic and other Works; and perform'd with unbounded Applause during Half the Season last Winter at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. 2nd piece: Never acted here; written by Mr O'Keeffe, set to music by Mr Shield, and performed with unceasing Applause at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. 3rd piece: To conclude with the Representation of the Siege of Gibraltar, Elliot's Red Hot Balls, &c. Tickets to be had of Waldron, at the Cock and Magpie

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day Or The Marriage Of Figaro

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Performance Comment: Patrick (the Soldier)-A Young Lady (1st appearance [unidentified]); Dermot-Thome; Captain Fitzroy-Kerridge; Monsieur Bagatelle-Benson; Father Luke (the Irish Priest)-Wellman; Darby-Waldron; Kathleen-Mrs Benson; Norah-Miss Cranford .
Cast
Role: Monsieur Bagatelle Actor: Benson

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Afterpiece Title: Nina

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: Between acts 1st piece: an entire new song, The Nymph's Refusal-Mrs Martyr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Appearances

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Song: V: song in character-Mrs Crouch. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Captive of Spilburg

Dance: In afterpiece: a Dance-Roffey, Whitmell, Wells, Male, Garman, W. Banks, Goodman, Gauron, Ms Brooker, Ms Daniels, Ms Brigg, Ms Byrne, Ms Vining, Ms Luciet, Ms Drake, Ms Riches; New Hornpipe-Sga Bossi DelCaro

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera; the music by Cimarosa [with additions by Giardini]. Under the direction of Giardini. Pit 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. The Doors to be opened at 6:30. To begin at 7:30 [see 18 May]. Subscriptions will be received at Mons Ransom, Mons Moreland and Mons Hammersley's, Pall-Mall; and of Jewell, Treasurer, No. 26, Suffolk-street, Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ninetta O Chi Dell Altrui Si Veste Presto Si Spoglia

Dance: End I: Divertisement-Labourie, Duquesney, Mlle Hilligsberg, Mlle de'Caro; End Opera: La Bergere des Alpes (composed by Blake)-Labourie, Duquesney, Mlle Hilligsberg, Mlle de'Caro, Mlle Dorival

Event Comment: Benefit for Mons and Mme Vallouy. Public Advertiser, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Vallouy at his house, No. 2, Berkley-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Geloso In Cimento

Dance: End I: new Comic Dance, Le Culte d'Amour(composed by Vallouy)-Vallouy, Mlle DeCamp, Vallouy@le@cadet; End II: Serious Ballet-Simonet, Mlle Baccelli; , in which the Minuet de la Cour-Mons and Mme Vallouy; End Opera: Les Amans Heureux, as17770104

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Man In His Humour

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: I: Les Caprices de la Dance-Mlle Auretti; II: A Hornpipe-Matthews, a child of five years old his scholar; IV: The Matelot Basque-Mons Ferrere; V: The Louvre, Minuet-M Devisse, Mlle Auretti

Ballet: III: La Chacone des Characters. Harlequin-Mlle Auretti; Punch-Devisse; The Peasant-Mons Gerard (from Paris)

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Mlle Auretti; Punch-Devisse; The Peasant-Mons Gerard (from Paris).
Cast
Role: The Peasant Actor: Mons Gerard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Molinarella

Dance: End I: Divertisement, as17910217

Ballet: End Opera: Le Siege de Cythere. Venus-Mlle Leonore Simonet; Adonis-Mlle Gervaise Troche; Calysto-Mme Theodore D'Auberval; Brontes, Scythian Chief-D'Egville; Zephyre-Didelot; Nymph-Mlle Deligny; Lucanians-Mons and Mme Vigano; Zephyrs, Loves, Ionians, Amazons, Thessalians, Scythians, Africans, Indians, Peruvians, Phrygians, Inhabitants of Cythere- [all unassigned]

Performance Comment: Venus-Mlle Leonore Simonet; Adonis-Mlle Gervaise Troche; Calysto-Mme Theodore D'Auberval; Brontes, Scythian Chief-D'Egville; Zephyre-Didelot; Nymph-Mlle Deligny; Lucanians-Mons and Mme Vigano; Zephyrs, Loves, Ionians, Amazons, Thessalians, Scythians, Africans, Indians, Peruvians, Phrygians, Inhabitants of Cythere- [all unassigned].all unassigned].
Event Comment: Benefit Mons Salle's Widow. N.B. Whereas it has been reported that the Box-Keepers . . . were to have their Benefit Night [Wednesday 19] ... it is false ... Witness our Hands. M. Mason. W. Cossins. J. Skinner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lembarras Des Richesses

Afterpiece Title: La Sylphide

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentlewoman under Misfortunes. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. Afterpiece: Taken from Moliere, and Intermix'd with Songs. [See Champion, 20 Nov., for a brief discussion of acting.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant Or Beggars Bush

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: Faithful Lovers-Desse, Miss Oates; IV: La Badinage de Provence-Poitier, Mlle Roland