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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. V: Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock

Performance Comment: V: Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock .

Song: IV: English Cantata by Mrs Chambers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: II: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. III: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. IV: Scot's Dance by Mrs Woodward. V: English Maggot by Haughton and Mrs Bullock

Performance Comment: III: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. IV: Scot's Dance by Mrs Woodward. V: English Maggot by Haughton and Mrs Bullock .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fond Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: II: Scotch Sailor by a Gentleman for his Diversion. V: Scot's Dance by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, &c

Performance Comment: V: Scot's Dance by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, &c .

Song: I: An Italian Song by Kelly. III: By Touchbury. IV: In Italian by Mrs Chambers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And A Bottle

Afterpiece Title: The Imprisonment

Performance Comment: ..Release, Adventures, and Marriage of Harlequin. Harlequin-Mons L'Agile; Colombine-Mrs Dunstall; Florio-Marr; Father to Colombine-Julian; Dwarfs-Master Matthews, Master Shawford, Miss Naylor; Doctor Tackem-Hemskirk; Clerk-Vaughan; Mrs Drab-Mrs Jones; Lawyer-Nelson; Keeper-Dunstall; Turnkey-Crofts; Master of Punch House-Naylor; Porter-Charles; Clown-Shawford; with The Triumphs of Love: Hymen-Master Matthews; Followers of Hymen-Davenport; Shawford, Vaughan, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Davenport, Miss Hippisley; Priests-Hemmings, Hemskirk, Naylor; Priestesses-Mrs Jones, Mrs Steel, Mrs Yates.
Event Comment: Benefit for Bullock, under confinement in the Fleet Prison, in order to procure his Enlargement. A concert, etc. To begin at six o'clock (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 16 Years. [See 27 Dec. 1746.] Benefit for Shuter. Receipts: #173 16s. 6d. Tickets #150 13s. (boxes 272; pit 551). Charges: #63 (Account Book), [#325 9s. 6d. marks the largest house in money value this season. Shuter advertised his benefit early, then on 28 March inserted this puff in the Public Advertiser: [Mrs Centlivre's Comedies have a vein of pleasantry in them that will always be relish'd. She knew the Genius of this nation, and she wrote up to the spirit of it; her Bold Stroke for a Wife, was a masterpiece that much increased her reputation: it establish'd that of Kit Bullock, a smart sprightly actor. His performance of Col. Feignwell was greatly applauded. Shuter has judiciously chosen to play to at his own benefit, and everyone that knows his powers, knows he will play it at least with drollery and justice equal to him."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: SSicilian Peasants, as17571217; Fingalian Dance, as17571013

Entertainment: (BBy Desire,) End of Play: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Shuter; (By Desire,) End of Farce: Cries of London-Shuter

Event Comment: Admission as 5 Jun., but no benches railed into boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. Receipts: #167 18s. Daily Journal, 9 Jun.: The concourse of People to see it [The Necromancer] was so exceeding great, that many hundreds were obliged to go back again, as not being able to gain Admittance; the Entertainment was wonderful satisfactory to the Audience, as exceeding all the Legerdemain that has hitherto been performed on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Event Comment: [M$Milward unable to perform, his part was read by Cibber Jun.] Rylands MS.: Cibber read Hamlet. Receipts: #50

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Song: I: Happy Pair-Beard; III: a Ballad-Lowe

Dance: II: A Concerto, as17420105; IV: The Italian Peasants, as17411205

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Performance Comment: Elder Wou'dbe-Ryan; Jun. Wou'dbe-Bridgwater; Richmore-Hale; Trueman-Chapman; Teague-Cibber; Alderman-Hippisley; Subtleman-Rosco; Clearaccount-Arthur; Faribank-Ridout; Balderdash-Marten; Constable-Dunstall; Mother Midnight-Stoppelaer; Jack-Bencraft; Constance-Mrs Hale; Mrs Clearaccount-Mrs Bland; Aurelia-Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Event Comment: GGreat Fives Court on Bowling Green. By Yeates Jun's Company of Comedians. 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. [Notice repeated 9, 10, 11 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heroic General Or Britons Darling

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sailor or The Wapping Landlady

Song: Song in praise of Duke of Cumberland-

Event Comment: A concert, etc. at the Great Tiled Booth. Benefit Yeates Jun. and Mrs Warner (his sister). Prices: 2s., 1s., 6d. To begin at six o'clock (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: At Lee and Yeates Sen and Jun great Theatrical Booth...will be reviv'd that celebrated Droll, call'd The Unnatural Parents; or, The Fair Maid of the West. Shewing the Manner of her being forced to wander from Home, by the Cruelty of her Parents and beg her Bread; and directs her to a Nobleman's House: How she was there taken in as a Servant; and, at length, for her Beauty and modest Behaviour, married to a Gentleman of great Fortune; with her Return to her Parents, and their happy Reconciliation. Also the Comical Humours and Adventures of Trusty her Father's Man, and the three Witches. The Scenes and Cloaths are entirely new; and the Droll the same that was perform'd by Mrs Lee 15 Years ago with great Applause. Boxes: 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. To begin each Day at Twelve o'Clock. [Notice repeated 25, 26, 27 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Parents

Dance: The original Dance-Three Wild Cats of the Wood; Between the Acts: Dancing-Adams, Mrs Ogden

Music: A Good Band of Musick

Event Comment: At Lee, Yeates Sen & Jun and Warner's Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Parents Or The Fair Maid Of The West

Event Comment: At Lee, Yeates Sen & Jun and Warner's Booth, Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Parents Or The Fair Maid Of The West

Event Comment: At Lee, Yeates Sen & Jun and Warner's Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Parents Or The Fair Maid Of The West

Event Comment: At Lee, Yeates Sen & Jun and Warner's Booth, Southwark. Mrs Bracegridle died, at her House in Howard St. (Theatrical Clippings, Folger Library.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Parents Or The Fair Maid Of The West

Event Comment: [At Lee, Yeates Sen & Jun and Warner's Booth, Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Maid Of The West

Event Comment: At the Tiled Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. Benefit for Yeates, Jun will be perform'd a Comedy. Prices: #2s., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. Tickets delivered out by Daniel and Sturgess will be taken. This is the last Time of performing there this Season. [No concert formula.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth, Bowling Green. Benefit Cushing and Yeates, Jun. To begin at seven (Daily Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Event Comment: At Yeates Jun's Great Tiled Booth, George Inn Yard, West Smithfield. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. From 12 to ten p.m. [Repeated.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Credulous Husband Or The Intriguing Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Magician or Mezzetin Deceived

Event Comment: Benefit of Cross jun and Miss Thomas. Box 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. To begin at 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Music: To conclude with the Coronation Anthem-

Event Comment: Benefit for Thomas Linley Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MD 3, by Sir George Collier, based on Zemire et Azor, by Jean Francois Marmontel]: The Music [by Thomas Linley Sen., adapted from Gretry], Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations entirely New. The Scenes, &c., designed by DeLoutherbourg. The Words of the Songs, &c. to be had at the Theatre. The Entertainment is splendidly got up--The Music by Thomas Linley Jun. [sic] was very well received (Hopkins Diary). Public Advertiser, 7 Dec. 1776: This Day is published the Songs in Selima and Azor (6d). [Text 1st published by J. Bell, 1784.] Receipts: #218 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Selima and Azor

Event Comment: Mainpiece: by Shakespeare, in 5 acts. With New Music, Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. Public Advertiser, 6 Jan.: The Shipwreck, which opened the Piece, was designed and executed under the Direction of DeLoutherbourg. The new Airs and Chorusses are composed by Linley Jun. The Musical Instrument (played behind the Scenes) is the Invention of Merlin. Morning Chronicle, 6 Jan.: Caliban is by much the best performed character in the piece... The dresses were rich, but to our amazement those of Ferdinand, Sebastian, &c. were in the Spanish taste. [Ibid., 8 Jan., remarks that the entire omission of I. i is to be regretted. Miss Field and Mrs Cuyler are identified by MS annotations on Kemble playbill.] Receipts: #231 9s. 6d. (211.19.0; 17.5.6; 2.5.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Dance: I: a Dance of Spirits (composed by Gallet)-Mlle Dupre; III: [a Fantastic Dance-Grimaldi; [Both these dances, as here assigned, except on 14, 25 Apr. and 0 May, were included in all subsequent performances.] End IV: The Double Festival, as17761107, but Giorgi, +Blurton