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Event Comment: By Handel. Benefit for Miss Turner. Oratorios by Handel. At the Great Room, Dean St., Soho. To begin at 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Song: I: Praise the Lord- accompanied by Parry

Music: II: Concerto (Arne) on Harpsichord-Miss Turner

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Passerini at the Great Room, Dean Street, Soho. N.B. The Pastoral will precede the Oratorio. The Pastoral, by Desire. The overture and greatest part of which composed by his Majesty the King of Prussia. Mainpiece by Handel. Tickets for the 29th will be taken. Tickets at half a guinea for the Pit, and 5s. for the Gallery. To begin at 6:30 p.m. [The Pastoral is not named in the Bill, but from comment on its musical composer is deemed to be Charlottenburg Festegiante. See 16 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Afterpiece Title: Charlottenburg Festegiante

Event Comment: By Desire and Consent of Frederic Handel, Esq. Afterpiece: Musick composed by his Majesty the King of Prussia. Pit half a Guinea. Gallery 5s. 6 p.m. At the Great Room, Dean St., Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast

Afterpiece Title: Charlottenburg Festegiante

Event Comment: At the Great Room, Dean St., Soho. At 6:30 p.m. Prices half a Guinea and 5s. Benefit Mrs Pontifex, Downey, West Wycombe, Bucks, whose Husband was murdered, and all Stock in their Farm destroyed by Fire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'allegro, Il Pensoroso

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jeptha

Performance Comment: Jeptha-Beard; Iphis-Signora Frasi; Hamor-Miss Young [Mrs Scott]; Storage-Miss Frederick; Zebul-Champness (Dean, Handel's Dramatic Oratorios, p. 619).
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Abegg. At the Great Room, Dean St. Soho. Announced for 27 March but postponed because of indisposition of Mrs Abegg

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: Benefit Signora Frasi. At the Great Room, Dean St. A Musical Entertainment by Handel. To begin at half after six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'allegro, Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato

Music: A Concerto on the Organ-Stanley

Event Comment: At the Great Music Room, Dean St., Soho. Set to Music by Handel. 6:30 p.m. Pit 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: Instrumental: First violin-Passerini

Event Comment: At the Great Music Room, Dean St., Soho. To begin at Half an Hour after Six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Charlottenburg Festegiante

Music: Instrumental parts: First Violin-Passerini;, with viols and the others by the best performers. Between the First and Second Part: a Concerto on the Organ-Sga Frederick

Event Comment: At the Great Room, Dean St., Soho. By Desire. An Italian Oratorio in Two Acts. Words by Metastasio. Music by Jomelli. First Time of performing this Grand Musical Entertainment in England, and is judged by all conoisseurs to be the most exquisite piece of composition ever heard before. Pit Half a Guinea, Gallerias 5s. To begin at half past six precisely. A very strong rumour prevails, that leave will be applied for to the higher Power, for a third Theatre in this City; and it is even hinted, that two well-known performers have already ventured on a purchase, and are selecting together a company with that design (Public Ledger)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isaac

Music: Between the acts aConcert on the organ-Dupuis

Event Comment: Benefit for Tenducci. At the Great Room, Dean St., Soho. The Petition of Ferdinand Tenducci, Musician, arrested for Debt and been in King's Bench for eight Months. Tickets to be had of Tenducci at the King's Bench Prison

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Gambarini. At the Great Concert Room, Dean St., Soho Tickets: Pit, half a guinea. Gallery 5s. Composed by Geminiani, who being lately returned to England, has lent the aforementioned composition in favour of this Benefit. Also a new Ode The Argument Britannia rising from the waves like the morning sun, pointing out her young Monarch, and predicts? the glory and felicity of his reign. The music composed by Sga Gambarini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inchanted Forest

Event Comment: Benefit for a Widow Gentlewoman, at the Great Room, Dean St., Soho. Pit 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. To begin at 7:00 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: Benefit for Signora Frasi. At the Great Room, Dean St. Tickets half a Guinea; Gallery 5s. Tickets delivered for 25 March will be taken. To begin at 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: CConcerto on Organ-Stanley

Event Comment: At the Great Room, Dean St. Benefit for Miss Formantel. Price: 5s. To begin at 7

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Public Advertiser, 12 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Hull at his house in Duke's Court, near Dean's Yard, Westminster

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Song: As17850405

Event Comment: Benefit for Tenducci. Tickets, half a guinea each, to be had of Tenducci, No. 63, Dean-street, Soho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orfeo

Dance: As17850512

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Mainpiece: A New Alteration [by Thomas Hull], from Shakespeare and Shadwell. With characteristic Habits, Scenes and Decorations. [Mrs Duill is identified in Lyons, Collectanea.] Public Advertiser, 2 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, Duke's Court, near Dean's-yard, Westminster. Receipts: #80 10s. (77/5; 3/5; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: In Act II of mainpiece a Banquet and Masquerade Dance [performers not listed]; End of mainpiece Leap Year, as17851010

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. World, 17 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Hull, Duke's Court, near Dean's Yard, Westminster. Receipts: #209 11s. (124.11; 3.8; tickets: 81.12)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Dance: As17870217

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. Mainpiece: Written by R. Cumberland, Esq. Afterpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, with capital Additions by Fielding, Dean Swift, G. A. Stevens, &c. &c. &c. Public Advertiser, 20 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Quick, Broad-court, Bow-street. Receipts: #327 4s. (177.2.6; 9.11.6; tickets: 140.10.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Little; or, The Rival Queans

Dance: End: The Jockies-Ratchford, Platt, Jackson, Mrs Goodwin

Song: End II: song-Incledon; Afterpiece: The Tragedy will be interspersed with Airs, Duets, Glees, composed by Arne, Arnold, Fischer, Dibdin, with a Grand Overture(A Finale, composed by Shield), Triumphal Entry of Alexander-

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull and Macready. 1st piece: In Act IV a Martial Procession with the Body of Marcus. 2nd piece [1st time: M. INT 1, author unknown. Larpent MS 1173; not published]: With appropriate Scenery and Dresses. The Music selected from Boyce, Purcell, Reeve and Shield. Morning Herald, 31 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, No. 7, Duke's-court, near Dean's-yard, Westminster; of Macready, No. 22, Charles-street, Tottenham-court-road. Receipts: #314 3s. (112.9.0; 4.14.6; tickets: 196.19.6, of which Hull sold 70.12.6, and Macready 126.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Cambro' Britons; or, Fishguard in an Uproar

Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism

Song: In 2nd piece: Together let us range the fields-Incledon, Mrs Mountain; Gallant Soldiers born to Arms, Old England will be England still-Incledon; To arms! Britons strike Home!-Incledon, Bowden

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull, Mrs Litchfield & Waddy. 1st piece [1st time; C 5, by Thomas Hull. Larpent MS 1215; not published]: Altered from [The Bashful Lover, by] Massinger. [In it the playbill assigns Hortensio to Pope, but he was ill, and in his "stead Johnston read the part of Hortensio" (European Magazine, June 1798, p. 396). Prologue by John Taylor Poems (I, 60).] Morning Herald, 29 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, Duke's Court, Dean's-yard, Westminster; of Mrs Litchfield, James-street, Covent-Garden; of Waddy, No. 214, opposite Southampton-street, High Holborn. Receipts: #261 2s. 6d. (53.9.6; 4.16.6; tickets: 202.16.6; of which Hull took #72 7s.; Mrs Litchfield #60 17s., Waddy #69 12s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Disinterested Love

Afterpiece Title: Starboard Watch

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Entertainment: Monologue.Preceding 1st piece: a new Occasional Prologue-Holman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Performance Comment: Edition of 1688: Prologue to the Squire of Alsatia-Mr Mountfort; Sir William Belfond-Leigh; Sir Edward Belfond-Griffin; Belfond Sr-Jevon; Belfond Jr-Mountfort; Freeman-Bowman; Cheatly-Samford; Shamwell-Powel Jun; Captain Hackum-Bright; Scrapeall-Freeman; Attorney-Powell Sr; Lolpoop-Underhill; Termagant-Alexander [Verbruggen?]; Teresia-Mrs Knight; Isabella-Mrs Mountford; Ruth-Mrs Cory; Lucia-Mrs Bracegirdle; Mrs Termagant-Mrs Bowtell; Epilogue-Mrs Mountfort.
Cast
Role: Shamwell Actor: Powel Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Performance Comment: Smirk, Mrs Cole-Bannister; The Minor-R. Palmer; Shift-Bannister Jun. [in announcement on playbill of 7 Sept.: 1st appearance in that character]; Sir William Wealthy-Baddeley; Mr Richard Wealthy-Gardner; Loader-Davis; Transfer-Barrett; Dick-Stevens; Lucy-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Shift Actor: Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Genius Of Nonsense

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Performance Comment: Jack Stocks (alias Lord Lace)-Bannister Jun.; Mr Stocks-Suett; Lovemore-Barrymore; Whisk-Burton; Irishman-Phillimore; Coachman-Wilson; Jenny-Miss Barnes; Chloe (alias Lady Lace)-Mrs Wilson .
Cast
Role: Jack Stocks Actor: Bannister Jun.

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17831204