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Event Comment: Benefit for Jones, Walker, Mrs Simson and Mrs Cross. Paid tallow chandler's 9th Bill #34 12s. 9d. (Treasurer's Book). [The pantomime charges of #10 10s. were deducted by order of the managers according to a marginal note in the Treasurer's Book, so actual charges were only #64 4s.] Receipts: #175 14s. 6d. Charges: #74 14s. Profits to Jones, Walker, Mrs Simson and Mrs Cross: #100 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

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Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Cast
Role: Dr Cantwell Actor: Moody

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Performance Comment: As17730508, but Hornpipe-Walker.
Cast
Role: Hornpipe Actor: Walker.
Role: Pantaloon Actor: Grimaldi

Ballet: II: The Drunken Peasant</i>. As17730517, but Drunken Peasant-Phillips

Performance Comment: As17730517, but Drunken Peasant-Phillips.
Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain, for one night only. A Scots Musical-Pastoral Comedy. Not acted this season. Benefit Walker and Stewart. [The Hartrys from Theatre Royal, Edingburgh.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Performance Comment: Patie-M'Donald; Roger-Stewart; Symon-Middlemist; Glaud (with the Cries of Edinburgh)-Boyack; Bauldy-Walker; Sir William-Hartry; Peggy-Mrs Hartry (with additional song); Madge-Wilson; Mause-Hamilton; Jenny-A Gentlewoman; New Occasional Prologue-Walker.
Cast
Role: Bauldy Actor: Walker
Role: New Occasional Prologue Actor: Walker.

Entertainment: End I: Song-Hartry; II: Tarewoo-M'Donald; III: Hornpipe-; End: A burlesque Tinker's Travels-Hartry

Event Comment: On Tuesday last died in Dublin, Mr Thomas Walker, the Comedian, who originally perform'd the Part of Capt. Macheath in the Beggar's Opera.--General Advertiser, 12 June

Performances

Event Comment: The good sense of the audience condemned this piece to oblivion, after, we think, two representations (Biographia Dramatica). [Contrived by Guerini (Nicoll, Eighteenth Century Drama, p. 355). Victor says Guerini played Pantaloon (History of Theatre, III, 48.] Sunday 2 January, Mr Pritchard Died (Cross Diary)

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Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Afterpiece Title: The Magician of the Mountain

Performance Comment: A New Pantomimic Entertainment of Italian Grotesque Characters. Magician-Settree; Pantaloon-Grimaldi; Pierrot-Guerini, his first appearance on the English Stage; Harlequin-Lochery; Colombine-Miss Baker; Mathews, Mortimer, West, Walker, Watkins, Leppie; The Dances-Del'Agata, Aldrige, Vincent, Sga Fiorentini, Sga Giorgi. With New Music, Scenes, Decorations, and Dresses.
Cast
Role: Pantaloon Actor: Grimaldi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

Performance Comment: Prospero-Bensley; Alonzo-Usher; Anthonio-Bland; Gonzalo-Maddocks; Ferdinand-Barrymore; Stephano-Suett; Trincalo-Baddeley; Caliban-Bannister; Ariel-Mrs Bland; Hippolito-Mrs Goodall//Miranda-Mrs Powell; Dorinda (1st time)-Mrs Gibbs .
Cast
Role: Anthonio Actor: Bland
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: WHO's THE DUPE

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts by Dignum, Sedgwick, Caulfield, Cooke, Lyons, Dorion Sen. and Jun., Dibble, Willoughby, Walker, Brown, Saunders, Welsh, Burden//Mrs Bland, Miss De Camp, Mrs Stuart, Miss Menage, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Hale. In Act V the Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Sedgwick//Amphitrite-Mrs Stuart

Performance Comment: and Jun., Dibble, Willoughby, Walker, Brown, Saunders, Welsh, Burden//Mrs Bland, Miss De Camp, Mrs Stuart, Miss Menage, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Gaudry, Mrs Hale. In Act V the Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Sedgwick//Amphitrite-Mrs Stuart .
Related Works
Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Event Comment: Benefit Walker. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #50 16s. 6d.; tickets #56

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Walker; Aboan-Quin; Imoinda-Mrs Bullock; Charlot-Mrs Seymour; Governor-Boheme; Widow Lackit-Mrs Egleton; Lucy-Mrs Stone; Daniel-Spiller.
Cast
Role: Oroonoko Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Magician

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. Receipts: money #20 14s.; tickets #50 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: As17221201, but Alexander-Walker; Hephestion-Egleton; Polyperchon-Diggs; Sysigambis-Mrs Egleton; Parisatis-Mrs Purden.
Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Walker
Event Comment: Benefit Walker. Carefully revis'd and alter'd. Receipts: money #53 15s. 6d.; tickets #58 16s

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Mainpiece Title: Massaniello; Or, A Fisherman A Prince

Performance Comment: Massaniello-Walker; other parts-Boheme, Hulet, Egleton, Bullock Sr, Spiller, Hippisley, Hall, Diggs, Mrs Moffett.
Cast
Role: Massaniello Actor: Walker

Song: With the Original Ballad In Praise of Fishing (new set)-Leveridge

Music: Solemn Piece of Music-Vocal and Instrumental) performed at the Confirmation of the Charter; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Legar, Salway

Dance: new Comic Dance in the Characters of Fishermen and their wives-Nivelon, DuPre, Glover, Lally, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Legar, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. With Machines, and other Decorations proper to the Play. Receipts: #57; tickets #70 19s

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Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba; Or, Hannibal's Overthrow

Performance Comment: Hannibal-Boheme; Massinissa-Walker; Scipio-Ryan; Sophonisba-Mrs Bullock; Rosalinda-Mrs Moffat; Prince Massina-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Massinissa Actor: Walker

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

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Salle, Mlle Salle; Running Footman's Dance-Nivelon, Mrs Legare; Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Song: CChanson a'boire-Leveridge, Legare; And a proper Song in the Farce-Salway

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. Written by Farquhar. Receipts: money #80 1s.; tickets #87 15s. Probable attendance: boxes, 100 by money and 202 by tickets; stage, 32 by money; pitt, 115 by money and 147 by tickets; slips, 30 by money; first gallery, 160 by money and 152 by tickets; second gallery, 114 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And A Bottle

Performance Comment: Roebuck-Walker; Lovewell-Ryan; Lyric-Hippisley; Mockmode-Morgan; Club-Hall; Brush-Spiller; Beggar-Chapman; Lucinda-Mrs Bullock; Judge's Lady-Mrs Clarke; Pindress-Mrs Morgan; Leanthe with singing in the Character of the Page-Miss Fenton; Trudge, with singing after the Irish Manner-Mrs Egleton.

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Two Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock

Song: MMerry Cobler's Tragical End at Last-Leveridge

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: money #99 2s.; tickets #55 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Walker ; all the other Characters as usual. all the other Characters as usual.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Walker
Event Comment: Benefit Walker. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Tickets for Momus and The School Boy taken. Receipts: money #60 17s.; tickets #38

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: See17300319 but Macheath-Walker.
Cast
Role: 7300319 but Macheath Actor: Walker.

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. For the Entertainment of their Excellencies Sidi Mahomet Climsani and Sidi Usuph Coggia, Ambassadors from the Regency of Tunis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Performance Comment: Timon-Walker; Alcibiades-Ryan; Apemantus-Quin; Nicias-Sal way; Phaeax-Hippisley; Elius-Neale; Cleon-Dawson; Isander-Hall; Isadore-Bullock; Thrasillus-Hallam; Demetrius-Hale; Diphilus-Houghton; Old Man-Aston; Musician-Ray; Jeweller-Harrington; 1st Gentleman-Wignel; 2d-Clarke; Chloe-Mrs Stevens; Thais-Mrs Forrester; Phryne-Mrs Kilby; Evandra-Mrs Hallam; Melissa-Mrs Buchanan; Poet-Chapman .
Cast
Role: Timon Actor: Walker
Role: Apemantus Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: II: French Sailor and his Lass by Maker and Mlle Salle. III: Scots Dance, as17331004

Song: In II: Dialogue between a Courtier and Farmer's Wife, as17340318 IV: Dialogue by Leveridge and Mrs Wright

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba; Or, Hannibal's Overthrow

Performance Comment: Hannibal-Stephens; Scipio-Ryan; Sophonisba-Mrs Bullock; Rosalinda-Mrs Buchanan; Massina-Mrs Stevens; Massinissa-Walker .
Cast
Role: Massinissa Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Music: Handel's Water Musick, with Preamble on Kettle Drum by Benj. Baker

Dance: La Coquette Francoise by Lally, S. Lally, Mlle Salle. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Le Sac, Miss Baston, Delagarde, Mrs De l'Orme

Song: Tippling Philosophers by Leveridge

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. Tickets for Mrs Vincent also taken

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Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: As17381218, but Kite-Walker; Scale-_.
Cast
Role: Kite Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler's Opera

Performance Comment: Harry Pyefleet-Salway; Meltnn-Mullart; Lieutenant-Hale; Jenny-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Welfleet-Mrs Mullart; Apleek-Hippisley.

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailor-Glover

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. For the Entertainment of Admiral Peris, Embassador Extraordinary from the Emperor of Morocco

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Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Milward; Belvidera-Mrs Giffard; Renault-Berry; Bedamar-Ridout; Priuli-Havard; Pierre-Walker.
Cast
Role: Pierre Actor: Walker.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: Ethiopian Dance-Muilment

Song: V: The Modern Free@Masons's Song, in the Character of Robin Hood,-a Brother

Event Comment: Benefit Walker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Walker, who perform'd it originally; Polly-Miss Medina.

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: TThe Welshman's Triumph, or Death of the Wild Goat-son and daughter of David and Winifred apShinken

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: Stanmore Actor: Walker

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: Benefit for Walker, Atkins, W. Vaughan & Mrs Gibbons (Cross). Tickets by Miss Marr and Sturt will be taken. Receipts: #150 (Cross)

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Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: As17560109, but Osmyn-Murphy; Garcia-Walker; Selim-_.
Cast
Role: Garcia Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: HHornpipe-Atkins

Event Comment: Benefit for Walker. Mainpiece: Not acted this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ross; King-Sparks; Horatio-Hull; Polonius-Shuter, first time; Laertes-Davis; Rosencraus-White; Guildenstern-Perry; Marcellus-Gardner; Lucianus-Weller; Pl. King-Redman; Pl. Queen-Mrs Ferguson; Ghost-Walker[, first time; Ostrick-Dyer; Grave Diggers-Dunstall, Costollo; Ophelia-Miss Macklin; Queen-Mrs Ward (playbill). [The Public Advertiser assigns Marcellus to Anderson.]The Public Advertiser assigns Marcellus to Anderson.]
Cast
Role: Ghost Actor: Walker
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17631222, but Sir John Buck-Walker; Dan-Wignel; Minuel-Duquesney, Miss Macklin. [All characters listed as17631110 except Roger.]All characters listed as17631110 except Roger.]
Cast
Role: Sir John Buck Actor: Walker

Dance: TThe Calabrian Peasants, as17631222

Event Comment: Benefit for Walker. Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years. [See 7 Feb. 1755.] None admitted behind Scenes

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Walker; Juba-Smith; Sempronius-Gentleman who never appeared on any stage; Syphax-Gibson; Portius-Tindal; Marcus-Dyer; Lucius-Anderson; Decius-Gardner; Lucia-Mrs Mattocks; Marcia-Mrs Bellamy.
Cast
Role: Cato Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: A Tambourine, as17641015

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. Mainpiece: Acted but once these 9 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Walker; Sempronius-Hull; Juba-Smith; Syphax-Gibson; Portius-Davis; Marcus-Dyer; Lucius-Anderson; Decius-Gardner; Lucia-Mrs Mattocks; Marcia-Mrs Bellamy; Original Prologue-Gardner.
Cast
Role: Cato Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: Rural Love, as17651115

Event Comment: By Authority. Benefit for Walker. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Performance Comment: Douglas-Obrien; Lord Randolph-Blakes; Glealvon-Simons; Old Norval-Walker, first time; Lady Randolph-a Young Gentlewoman; Anna-Miss Taylor.
Cast
Role: Old Norval Actor: Walker, first time

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Patie-McPherson; Roger-Ramsay; Bauldy (with a new Prologue)-Walker; Peggy-Miss Graham; Jenny-Miss Gordon; with several favorite English and Scotch Songs-; Dances-.
Cast
Role: Bauldy Actor: Walker
Event Comment: By Permission. For this Night only. Benefit for Jacobs and Owenson. To begin at 7:00 p.m. [The Public Advertiser, 20 Sept., omits Hamilton] and Walker but adds Jacobs, Everard, and a Young Gentleman 1st time on that Stage.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duellist

Performance Comment: Parts-Follet, Owenson, Smith, Vowell, Wilson, Kennedy, Frances, Hamilton, Walker, Miss Ambrose, Trowell, Mrs Nost, Mrs S. Gardner, Mrs Gardner (Harvard Playbill).

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Event Comment: The United Company. There is uncertainty concerning this date; it appears on Luttrell's copy (Huntington Library) of the separately printed Prologue and Epilogue, and the date may represent the time of his purchase rather than a date of performance. The Prologue and Epilogue are reprinted in Wiley, Rare Prologues and Epilogues, pp. 141-45. Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, pp. 39-40): All the preceding Plays, being the chief that were Acted in Dorset-Garden, from November 1671, to the Year 1682; at which time the Patentees of each Company United Patents; and by so Incorporating the Duke's Company were made the King's Company, and immediately remov'd to the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. Upon this Union, Mr Hart being the Heart of the Company under Mr Killigrew's Patent never Acted more, by reason of his Malady; being Afflicted with the Stone and Gravel, of which he Dy'd some time after: Having a Sallary of 40 Shillings a Week to the Day of his Death. But the Remnant of that Company; as, Major Mohun, Mr Cartwright, Mr Kynaston, Mr Griffin, Mr Goodman, Mr Duke Watson, Mr Powel, Sr, Mr Wiltshire, Mrs Corey, Mrs Bowtell, Mrs Cook, Mrs Montfort. [Joined the new company]. Note, now Mr Monfort and Mr Carlile, were grown to the Maturity of good Actors. The mixt Company then Reviv'd the several old and Modern Plays, that were the Propriety of Mr Killigrew, as Rule a Wife, and have a Wife: Mr Betterton Acting Michael Perez; Don Leon, Mr Smith, Cacofogo, Mr Cartwright: Margaretta, Mrs Barry: Estiphania, Mrs Cook. Next, @The Scornful Lady.@The Plain Dealer.@The Mock Astrologer.@The Jovial Crew.@The Beggars Bush.@Bartholomew-Fair.@The Moor of Venice.@Rollo.@The Humorous Lieutenant</i>.@The Double Marriage.@ With divers others. George Powell, Preface to The Treacherous Brothers (1690): The Time was, upon the uniting of the Two Theatres, that the Reviveing of the old stock of Plays, so ingrost the study of the House, that the Poets lay dorment; and a new Play cou'd hardly get admittance, amongst the more precious pieces of Antiquity, that then waited to walk the Stage. Cibber, Apology, ed. Lowe, I, 95-96): I shall content myself with telling you that Mohun and Hart now growing old [for, above thirty Years before this Time, they had severally born the King's Commission of Major and Captain in the Civil Wars), and the younger Actors, as Goodman, Clark, and others, being impatient to get into their Parts, and growing intractable, the Audiences too of both Houses then falling off, the Patentees of each, by the King's Advice, which perhaps amounted to a Command, united their Interests and both Companies into one, exclusive of all others in the Year 1682. This Union was, however, so much in favour of the Duke's Company, that Hart left the Stage upon it, and Mohun survived not long after

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Mainpiece Title: Title Unknown