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Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years. [See 10 Feb. 1750.] We have advice that the John (Capt Smith) from Leith, which was supposed to be lost, got into Gottenburgh on the first of this month. The vessel had several passengers on board, among others Mr Gibson belonqing to Covent Garden Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

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Related Work: The Unhappy Favourite; or, The Earl of Essex Author(s): John Banks

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

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Mainpiece Title: The Chances

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Role: Don John Actor: Garrick
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Related Work: The Chances Author(s): John Fletcher

Dance: A New Dance Sga Sabatini, as17541115

Event Comment: At Mr Ogle's Great Room, Dean St., Soho. A Pastoral Opera [by John Hoadley] set by Dr Green. To begin at 7 p.m. Tickets 5s. Books of the Opera at places of Performance at 6d. Benefit for Robinson, organist of Westminster Abbey

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Mainpiece Title: Phoebe

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Related Work: Phoebe Author(s): John Hoadley

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Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Brute Actor: Garrick
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Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

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Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: I: The Italian Fishermen-Sg and Sga Sabatini; III: New Comic Dance-Sg and Sga Sabatini; V: A Peasant Dance-Sg and Sga Sabatini, Sabatini the younger

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Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Actor: Garrick
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Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Event Comment: Never Acted before. A Tragedy [By John Home]. I went to my Office and then slept [?] in at Drury Lane w here I see Mr and Miss Hayes, Lady Lindores who I see into a coach, I slept in at Covent Garden Gallery before the play, but see nobody I knew so I would not stay, otherwise I would have went out as I had set my mind on the Beggar's Opera for once more, but waived it all & went to my Office (Hailey Brietzcke Diary, Vol. 197, p. 72)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Aquileia

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Related Work: The Siege of Aquileia Author(s): John Home
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Clive. Part of the Pit railed into Boxes and Stage will be formed into Amphitheatre, where servants will be admitted to keep places. Afterpiece: Farce of Two Acts never before acted. [MacMillan lists the characters from the Larpent MS and points out that no indication of assignment appeared: Sir John Bayfield , Sir Charles Freelove , Sir James Trueman , Mr Lovenight , Captain Squander , Lady Bayfield , Miss Croston , Lady Di Clatter , Miss Gibberish , Mrs Lovenight , Miss Prue , Mrs Goodfellow , and servants . Two deputy licensers seem to have been operating at this time, for Garrick sends his plays to Edward Capel, and Rich his to Chetwyn.

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Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

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Related Work: The Mistake Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: Like Master Like Man Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: The Wrangling Lovers Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: Lovers' Quarrels Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: Every Woman in Her Humour

Dance: TThe Cow Keepers, as17600313

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Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Brute Actor: Garrick
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Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Garrick
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Related Work: The Chances Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Lessingham. Mainpiece: A Tragedy altered from Dryden [Aureng-Zebe] by Mr W. Addington, never performed before. Afterpiece: Not acted these 4 years. [See 16 May 1770.] Charges #71 2s. Profit to Mrs Lessingham #38 7s. 6d., plus #92 12s. from tickets (Box 186; Pit 146; Gallery 242). Paid Cooper (printer) #36 2s.; Paid Mrs Witaker for a woman's white & silver flower'd suit #10 10s.; Paid John Doe for sticking black bills #6 6s. Receipts: #109 9s. 6d. (Account Book)

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Mainpiece Title: The Prince Of Agra

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Related Work: The Prince of Agra Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Aureng Zebe; or, The Great Mogul Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17731005

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Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Sir John Brute Actor: Garrick
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Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Cast
Role: John Actor: Bannister
Role: John's Wife Actor: Mrs Love

Dance: II: The Grand Provencalle Dance, as17741213

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by John O'Keeffe; MS: Larpent 577; not published. The following season this was altered, and acted successfully as The Castle of Andalusia]: With new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. A new Overture, and the whole of the Music under the Direction of Dr Arnold. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 29 Nov.: The admirable first scene, the subterraneous Receptacle of the Banditti, is the production of the ingenious Mr Richards. Receipts: #182 10s. (180/12/6; 1/17/6)

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Mainpiece Title: The Banditti; Or, Love's Labyrinth

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Related Work: The Banditti; or, Love's Labyrinth Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Castle of Andalusia Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Banditti Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

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Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau

Cast
Role: Sir John Bull Actor: Booth
Role: Henry Actor: Johnstone
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Related Work: Fontainbleau; or, Our Way in France Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Dance: As17880301

Entertainment: Monologues. End I: A Dissertation on Macaronyism-Bernard; End: Shuter's Observations in a Post@haste Journey to Paris-Bernard

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Bernard. 2nd piece [1st time in London; M. INT 2, by John Bernard, 1st acted at Bath, 18 Apr. 1786. Music by William Boyton. Larpent MS 732; not published]: By Permission of the Bath Managers [William Keasberry and William Wyatt Dimond]. Receipts: #189 15s. (76.9; 1.16; tickets: 111.10)

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Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Afterpiece Title: The British Sailor; or, The Fourth of June

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Related Work: The British Sailor; or, The Fourth of June Author(s): John Bernard

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

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Related Work: The Country Innocence; or, The Chamber-Maid Turn'd Quaker Author(s): John Leanerd
Related Work: The Young Quaker Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Entertainment: Monologue End 2nd piece: Ned Shuter's Observations in a Post Haste Journey to Paris-Bernard

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With Additions [by John Philip Kemble] from Dryden. The Music by Purcell and Dr Arne, with the new Airs and Chorusses by the late Mr Linley Jun. Receipts: #120 9s. 6d. (82.18.6; 29.0.0; 8.11.0)

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Mainpiece Title: At King's The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

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Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner

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Related Work: The Prisoner at Large Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Prisoner Author(s): John Rose

Song: Vocal Parts-Kelly, Dignum, Danby [Public Advertiser: Caulfield], Cooke, Mrs Bland, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Edwards, Mrs Shaw

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Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: Tu Quoque Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): John Fletcher

Opera: V: Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. Neptune-Caulfield; Amphitrite-Mrs Edwards

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With Additions (by John Philip Kemble] from Dryden. The Musick by Purcell and Dr Arne, with the new Airs and Chorusses by the late Mr Linley Jun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Enchanted Island

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Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: WHO's THE DUPE

Cast
Role: Tully Actor: Johnstone
Role: John Actor: Lyons
Role: John Grum Actor: Waldron Jun.

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

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Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: Tu Quoque Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): John Fletcher
Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. 1st piece: By Permission of the Author and positively for that Night only [see 27 Apr.]. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1, by John Cartwright Cross]: The Music composed by Reeve. The Scenery and Machinery by Phillips, Lupino, &c. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre, & of Mr Barker, Vinegar-Yard. Morning Herald, 3 May 1798: This day is published The Raft (1s.). Times, 22 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, No. 6, Bow-street. Receipts: #412 6s. 6d. (273.16.0; 2.17.0; tickets: 135.13.6)

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Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

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Related Work: The School for Scandal Scandaliz'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Raft; or, Both Sides of the Water

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Johnstone, Townsend, Waddy, Farley, Simmons, Wilde, Abbot, Rees, Linton, Gray, Street, Dyke, Smith, Hawtin, Curties, Coombs, Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Henley, Mrs Castelle, Miss Leserve, Mrs Follett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Lloyd, Miss G. Walcup, Miss Burnett, Mrs Martyr. Cast from text (J. Barker, 1798): O'Bowling-Johnstone; Rivers-Townsend; Chip-Waddy; Drunken French Gaoler-Farley; Busy-Simmons; Monsieur Machine-Wilde; Countrymen, French and English Soldiers, Sailors-Abbot, Rees, Linton, Gray, Street, Dyke, Smith, Hawtin, Curties, Coombs, Noble; Countrywomen-Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Henley, Mrs Castelle, Miss Leserve, Mrs Follett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Lloyd, Miss G. Walcup, Miss Burnett, Mrs Iliff; Fanny-Mrs Martyr.
Cast
Role: O'Bowling Actor: Johnstone
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Related Work: The Raft; or, Both Sides of the Water Author(s): John Cartwright Cross

Afterpiece Title: Lovers' Quarrels

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Related Work: Lovers' Quarrels Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Song: In III 1st piece: a song-Incledon

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer, Russell & Dowton. 1st piece [1st time; B 1, by Edward Henry Iliff. The title-page has "by Edmund Spenser, Ynger." On his copy, now in Huntington Library, J. P. Kemble has written, "Iliffe [sic] is the real Name of the Authour"; he has made a similar notation on the playbill]: Founded on the 17th Number of The Spectator. 3rd piece [1st time; MF 1. Larpent MS 1219; not published. The characters are all taken from previous plays by John O'Keeffe, as follows: Sadboy (The Young Quaker); Signor Arionelli and Bowkitt (The Son-in-Law); Motley (The Dead Alive); Tully (The London Hermit); Lingo and Cowslip (The Agreeable Surprise); Ephraim Smooth (Wild Oats); Nipperkin (Sprigs of Laurel); Jemmy Jumps and Betty Blackberry (The Farmer); Mrs Casey (Fontainbleau)]: Written by Mr O'Keeffe. Times, 4 June: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 2, Queen's-row, Pimlico; of Russell, No. 19, Martlet-court, Bow-street; of Dowton, No. 5, Strand-lane, Surry-street, Strand. Receipts: #413 11s. 6d. (76.17.6; 37.7.0; 1.0.0 tickets: 298.7.0) (charge: #215 10s. 5d.)

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Mainpiece Title: The Ugly Club

Afterpiece Title: The Castle-Spectre

Afterpiece Title: A Nosegay of Weeds; or, Old Servants in New Places

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Related Work: A Nosegay of Weeds; or, Old Servants in New Places Author(s): John O'Keeffe

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Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

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Related Work: Wit Without Money Author(s): John Fletcher

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Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Bush

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Related Work: The Beggar's Bush Author(s): John Fletcher

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Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

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Related Work: The Scornful Lady Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Capricious Lady Author(s): John Fletcher

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Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

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Related Work: The Humorous Lieutenant Author(s): John Fletcher

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Mainpiece Title: The Chances

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Related Work: The Chances Author(s): John Fletcher

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Mainpiece Title: The Mad Lover

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Related Work: The Mad Lover Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Blazing Comet: The Mad Lovers; or, The Beauties of the Poets Author(s): Samuel Johnson

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Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Curate

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Related Work: The Spanish Curate Author(s): John Fletcher