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Mainpiece Title: Deception

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Dodd, Bensley, Brereton, Aickin, Parsons; Miss Pope, Mrs Wilson, Miss Farren. [Cast from European Magazine, Oct. 1784, p. 328: Wharton-Palmer; Vainlove-Dodd; Sir Henry Lofty-Bensley; Henry-Brereton; Lord Courtly-Aickin; Mr Salter-Parsons; Lady Betty Friendly-Miss Pope; Miss Salter-Mrs Wilson; Clarissa-Miss Farren.] Prologue spoken by Bannister Jun. Epilogue spoken by Miss Farren . Prologue spoken by Bannister Jun. Epilogue spoken by Miss Farren .
Cast
Role: : Wharton Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Williames

Dance: End of Act IV of mainpiece a New Dance incident to the Piece by Mr and Miss Hamoir

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Follies Of A Day

Afterpiece Title: True Blue or The Parting Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: In 2nd piece Dance incident to the piece by Blurton

Song: End of Act II of 1st piece The Tobacco Box by Mr and Miss Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: End IV: The Irish Lilt-Mr and Mrs Ratchford

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Cast
Role: Harcourt Actor: Palmer
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Wife Author(s): John Lee

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disguise

Music: Afterpiece: Overture by Shield-; Duett on Two Flutes-Mr Forster

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Goodwin. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Tickets delivered for Yesterday the 28th will be admitted. [The Satiric print, The Prince's Bow, had 1st appeared on 17 Mar. 1788; it was not by Bunbury, but by Frederick George Byron (Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires...in the British Museum, 1938, VI, 557).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Dance: End IV: Double Hornpipe-Mr and Miss Bourk

Song: End I: Crazy Kate-Chambers; End III: song-Arrowsmith

Entertainment: End II: Imitations-a Gentleman [unidentified]

Monologue: Vaudeville. End: Bunbury's Representation of the Prince's Bow. Teacher-Delpini; in which he will introduce a song, Woman turn us round about-Delpini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Varland Actor: Baddeley
Related Works
Related Work: The West Indian Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The First Floor

Performance Comment: As17890912, but Landlord-Maddocks; Snap-Webb.
Cast
Role: Landlord Actor: Maddocks
Role: Young Whimsey Actor: R. Palmer

Dance: End III: Hornpipe-Whittow; End: Minuet de la Cour-Mr and Mrs Brigg; in which Codrile-; to conclude with a Scotch Reel-Whittow

Event Comment: "Although [Mrs Esten] is rather under-hung, her face may fairly be pronounced pretty, and her figure engaging. Her voice, in the pathetic tones, resembles that of Mrs Siddons, but is more clear and articulate' (Diary, 21 Oct.). Receipts: #182 14s. 6d. (180.12.0; 2.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Touchstone-Quick; Orlando-Holman; Amiens (with songs)-Johnstone; Adam-Hull; Duke Senior-Powel; Corin-Cross; William-C. Powell; Le Beu-Macready; Sylvius-Evatt; Oliver-Davies; Duke Frederick-Thompson; Charles-Cubitt; Jaques-Aickin; Caelia-Mrs Mountain; Audrey-Mrs Rock; Phoebe-Miss Stuart; Rosalind (with the Cuckoo Song)-Mrs Esten (from the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh; 1st appearance on this stage). 1st appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Holman
Role: Amiens Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: The Provocation

Dance: End I: The Irish Lilt-Mr Ratchford, Mrs Ratchford; In V: Dance of Forresters-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deserted Daughter

Afterpiece Title: Britons Roused

Performance Comment: ; or, Citizen Soldiers. In which Songs-; Duets-; SCENE I. A View of a Camp. Officers-Incledon, Townsend, Betterton; SCENE II. The Advance of the Army, Slow Time. They form a half moon, and go through the Manual Excercise. SCENE III. A Sham Battle. They divide; when the mode of attack and defence in street-firing, so necessary to be practised and known at this critical period, will be exactly represented. To conclude with God save the King-.

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Dance: End 2nd piece: a Minuet-Mr and Miss Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Hawthorn Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: Botheration

Afterpiece Title: Voluntary Contributions

Dance: End I 1st piece: The Statute Dance-

Song: In 2nd piece: Mr O'Blarney's Description of London, as17980508

Cast
Role: in Character Actor: Johnstone.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hes Much To Blame

Dance: Between mainpiece and afterpiece: a Hornpipe-Jackson

Song: End: The Irish Newsman-Clarke; In afterpiece: Mr O'Blarney's Description of London, as17980508

Cast
Role: in Character Actor: Johnstone.
Event Comment: p Comic Opera; the music by Paisiello. 2nd ballet: Originally composed by D'Auberval, and brought out with new Episodes and Dances by D'Egville [with music by Bossi], The Doors to be opened at 6:15. To begin at 7:15 [same throughout opera season]. Single tickets for the night, for pit or gallery, to be had at the office of the Theatre. [Sga Bolla was from the opera, Milan. Sga Clara's name is not in the playbill, but "The second comic opera singer, Sga Clara, was also new...There is much sweetness and delicacy in her voice, and perhaps it may be owing to her evident timidity that it did not seem to possess strength and compass in proportion" (Monthly Visitor, Jan. 1800, p. 71). Deshayes was from the Opera, Madrid.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Zingari In Fiera

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Viganoni, Rovedino, Morelli, Sga Bolla (1st appearance in this country) [Sga Clara (1st appearance)]. Parts from libretto (J. Hammond [1793]): [Pandolfo, Eleuterio, Perillo, Scevola, Calandrino, Frappa, Lucrezia, Stellidaura, Cecca.]Sga Clara (1st appearance)]. Parts from libretto (J. Hammond [1793]): [Pandolfo, Eleuterio, Perillo, Scevola, Calandrino, Frappa, Lucrezia, Stellidaura, Cecca.]

Dance: End I: A New Divertisement (composed by D'Egville)-Didelot, Mme Rose Didelot, Mr Laborie, Mme Laborie, Mme Hilligsberg, Deshayes (1st appearance in this country), Mlle Parisot (1st appearance at this theatre these 2 years); End Opera: a new Anacreontic Ballet, in 2 parts, Les Jeux d'Egle-Deshayes, Laborie, D'Egville, Didelot, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot, Mme Laborie, Mlle J. Hilligsberg, Mrs D'Egville, Mme Rose Didelot

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Libertine Destroyd Or Don John

Cast
Role: John Actor: Mills
Role: Jacomo Actor: Johnson
Related Works
Related Work: London's Triumph: Presented in severall Delightfull Scaenes: And Celebrated in Honour of the truly Loyal, and known deserver of Honour, Sir John Robinson Author(s): John Tatham
Related Work: The Rambling Justice; or, The Jealous Husbands: With the Humours of Sir John Twiford Author(s): John Leanerd
Related Work: Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis
Related Work: Sir John Cockle at Court Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Libertine Destroyd don John

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Mills
Role: Jacomo Actor: Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Libertine Destroyd don John

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Mills
Role: Jacomo Actor: Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Pandulph Actor: Chapman
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Pandulph Actor: Chapman
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Pandulph Actor: Chapman
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Pandulph Actor: Chapman
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Pandulph Actor: Chapman
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Pandulph Actor: Chapman
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Pandulph Actor: Chapman
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: BBallet-Glover, Mlle Roland, Tench, Villeneuve, Desse, Mrs Moreau, Miss Oates, Miss Cantrel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Pandulph Actor: Chapman
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: As17380407

Music: Kettle Drums-John Woodbridge; The celebrated Water Musick of Handel-; with Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Woodbridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Cast
Role: King John Actor: Delane
Role: Pandulph Actor: Chapman
Role: Robert Faulconbridge Actor: Clarke

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Cast
Role: First Guest Actor: Roberts.

Dance: As17390305

Event Comment: By Command of Their Royal Highness the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Cast
Role: John Actor: Mills
Related Works
Related Work: London's Triumph: Presented in severall Delightfull Scaenes: And Celebrated in Honour of the truly Loyal, and known deserver of Honour, Sir John Robinson Author(s): John Tatham
Related Work: The Rambling Justice; or, The Jealous Husbands: With the Humours of Sir John Twiford Author(s): John Leanerd
Related Work: Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis
Related Work: Sir John Cockle at Court Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Related Works
Related Work: The Female Fortune Teller Author(s): Charles Johnson

Song: As17400213, but Vocal Parts-Mrs Arne, Reinhold, Rainton, Miss Jones; First Nymph-Mrs Arne

Dance: As17400213; Also End I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: French Peasant-Lalauze

Ballet: A Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John

Cast
Role: John Actor: Mills
Related Works
Related Work: London's Triumph: Presented in severall Delightfull Scaenes: And Celebrated in Honour of the truly Loyal, and known deserver of Honour, Sir John Robinson Author(s): John Tatham
Related Work: The Rambling Justice; or, The Jealous Husbands: With the Humours of Sir John Twiford Author(s): John Leanerd
Related Work: Sir Courtly Nice; or, It Cannot Be Author(s): John Crowne
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis
Related Work: Sir John Cockle at Court Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Related Works
Related Work: The Female Fortune Teller Author(s): Charles Johnson

Song: As17400214

Dance: As17400213; Also End I: Scots Dance-Master Matthews, Miss Wright

Ballet: A Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115