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Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: See17300918, but Archer-Lacy; Aimwell-Mullart; Sullen-Furnival; Sir Charles-Ayres; Gibbet-Dove; Foigard-Hallam; Bonniface-Jones; Scrub-Reynolds; Mrs Sullen-Mrs Mullart; Dorinda-Mrs Lacy; Lady Bountiful-Mrs Nokes; Cherry-Miss Price.
Cast
Role: Archer Actor: Lacy
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Lacy

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Taylor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Taylor

Performance Comment: Tom-Mullart; Charles-Lacy; Nicodemus Stitch-Ayres; Shears-Reynolds; Snip-Cross; Shopboard-Dove; Patrick O'Thimble-Hallam; Evan ap Remmant-Jones; Mynheer Van Bodkin-Hicks; Sawney Mac Staytape-Wathen; Mons le Foppery-Davenport; Mrs Stitch-Mrs Lacy; Harriot-Miss Price; Betty-Mrs Nokes.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Lacy
Role: Mrs Stitch Actor: Mrs Lacy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Sir Sampson-Jones; Valentine-Furnival; Scandal-Mullart; Tattle-Lacy; Foresight-Hallam; Ben-Ayres; Trapland-Wathen; Jeremy-Reynolds; Angelica-Mrs Mullart; Mrs Frail-Mrs Furnival; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Lacy; Nurse-Mrs Nokes; Prue-Miss Price.
Cast
Role: Tattle Actor: Lacy
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Lacy

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Taylor

Dance: Davenport, Miss Price

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Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies; Or, The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great

Performance Comment: Edition of 1731 lists: King Arthur-Mullart; Tom Thumb-Young Verhuyck; Ghost of Gaffer Thumb-Lacy; Lord Grizzle-Jones; Merline-Hallam; Noodle-Reynolds; Doodle-Wathan; Foodle-Ayres; Bailiff-Peterson; Follower-Hicks; Parson-Watson; Queen Dollalolla-Mrs Mullart; Princess Huncamunca-Mrs Jones; Glumdalca-Mrs Dove.
Cast
Role: Ghost of Gaffer Thumb Actor: Lacy

Afterpiece Title: The Letter Writers; or, A New Way to Keep a Wife at Home

Performance Comment: Edition of 1731 lists: Rakel-Lacy; Commons-Mullart; Wisdom-Jones; Softly-Hallam; Risque-Reynhold; John-Wathan; Sneaksby-Davenport; Mrs Wisdom-Mrs Lacy; Mrs Softly-Mrs Mullart; Betty-Mrs Stokes.
Cast
Role: Rakel Actor: Lacy
Role: Mrs Wisdom Actor: Mrs Lacy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Sir Sampson-Dyer; Valentine-Cross; Ben-Mecklin; Foresight-Hallam; Tattle-Este; Scandal-Lacy; Jeremy-Jones; Angelica-Mrs Purden; Mrs Frail-Mrs Lacy; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Herle; Prue-Miss Oates .
Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: Lacy
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Mrs Lacy

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

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Event Comment: Newsletter: Lacy, the famous comedian, is at length, by great intercession, released from his durance under the groom porter, where he stood committed by His Majesty's order for having 'on his own head' added several indecent expressions in the part he acted in a late play called The Change of Crowns, written by Mr Edward Howard (HMC, Fleming MSS, 12th Report, Part VII [1890], p. 47)

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Event Comment: Pepys, Diary I home to dinner, where Mr Pierce dined with us, who tells us what troubles me, that my Lord Buckhurst hath got Nell Gwin? away from the King's house, lies with her, and gives her #100 a year, so as she hath sent her parts to the house, and will act no more. And yesterday Sir Thomas Crew told me that Lacy lies a-dying of the pox

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Event Comment: The King's Company. This play is on the L. C. list, 5@12, p. 17: The King here. See also Nicoll, Restoration Drama, p. 344. Mrs John Evelyn to Mr Terryll, 10 Feb. 1668@9: Horace, with a farce and dances between every act, composed by Lacy and played by him and Nell, which takes (John Evelyn, Diary and Correspondence, ed. William Bray, IV, 14). See 19 Jan. 1668@9

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Horace

Event Comment: Mrs John Evelyn to Mr Terryll: The censure of our plays comes to ee at the second hand. There has not been any new lately revived and reformed, as Catiline, well set out with clothes and scenes; Horace, with a farce and dances between every act composed by Lacy and played by him and Nell, which takes; one of my Lord of Newcastle's, for which printed apologies are scattered in the assembly by Briden's order, either for himself who had some hand in it, or for the author most; I think both had right to them (The Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, ed. Bray, IV, 14)

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Event Comment: Afterpiece: Being the most tragical tragedy that ever was tragedized by a company of tragedians. At the Particular Desire of Several Persons of Quality (General Advertiser). [The following unsigned statement of the financial condition of the theatre on 11 April is in the Harvard Collection of Documents dealing with affairs of Drury Lane, folio MS Thr. 12. This itemizes the outstanding liabilities to the amount of #8,808 14s. including #1,275 of arrears in actors' salaries]: I told Mr- the intended purchaser that the whole would not amount to #12,000. He said if it was more it should rest on me, for that was the utmost shilling he would give. But upon strict enquiry I find it will amount to #12,808 14s. This difference is not altogether owing to an error in calculation, but has been likewise heightened by a falling off of business, nor is it possible to ascertain the debt of a theatre for a day, it is of so fluctuating a nature. Q: whether this loss ought to light upon me, who have endeavored to get a purchaser & increased the value of the Estate to the utmost of my power? Errors excepted. [James Lacy or John Powel are the most likely authors of this statement. Whatever the authority, it is clear that settlement had not yet been made for transfer of ownership. For Powel, see G. W. Stone, Jr., The Authorship of Tit for Tat," Theatre Notebook, X (1955), 22-28.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Chrononhotonthologos

Dance: Salomon, Sga Padouana

Event Comment: Paid Mr Oram [Scene-painter] on acct. #10 10s. by order Lacy (Treasurer's Book). This month was published (Gentleman's Magazine, Register of Books) Some Considerations on the establishment of the French Strollers, the behaviour of their Bully Champions, and other seasonable matters at this critical juncture. Printed for R. Freeman. Receipts: #180 (Cross); #160 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted in 10 years. With Proper Decorations. [See 28 May 1742.] Paid Tallow Chandler #19 6s. 5d.; Paid Mr Beard on order of Lacy #10 10s.; Paid to Supers for practice of Rehearsal 4s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #100 (Cross); #105 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke; or, The Power of Magick

Dance: Sailor's Hornpipe-Mathews; Comic Dance-Mathews, Mrs Addison

Event Comment: Benefit for Author. Tickets some as for 9 Jan. Lent Mr Leviez #5 5s. by order of Lacy; Salary list paid #305 15s. 6d.; Neal dead (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #130 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince

Event Comment: Benefit for Yates. Tickets of Yates next door to Mr Walsh's Music Shop, Catherine St., Strand and at stage door. Rec'd Cash #51 8s. 6d., plus #79 16s. from tickets. Total #131 4s. 6d. Paid Leviez by order Lacy #6 6s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #140 (Cross); charges, #60 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: CComic Dance, as17500221; L'Entree de Flore-Mlle Auretti

Event Comment: CCampioni off the salary list. Paid Calthorpe #63; paid Mr Oram by order of Lacy #8 8s.; Salary List #200 4d.; Norton 6 Chorus #1 10s.; Wax & Brick Dust 4s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #170 (Cross); #154 4s. (Treasurer's Book)

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Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Event Comment: Benefit for Westminster New Lying in Hospital, near Westminster Bridge. N.B. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who have taken tickets, are desired to secure places immediately, of Mr Johnston at the Stage Door. [The Theatrical Monitor, No IX, asked this day for a public declaration of receipts and salary expenditures for the 1766-67 season from Garrick and Lacy. Not receiving it the war breaking out in January came to absorb his interest, and the estimate never appeared.] Receipts: #261 4s. 6d. (Winston MS 10)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: End: Hearts of Oak, as17671022

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Mrs Davies Miss Tittup--La! La! King sent a letter to $Sheridan desiring to be off his Engagement--all made up at night. Mattocks came and told me that Lacy had sold Half his Share of the Patent to Mr Langford (The Auctioneer) and Captain Thomson (Authour of the Syrens &c.). I acquainted Sheridan of it--he had not heard it before (Hopkins Diary). Receipts: #267 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: New Brooms

Afterpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Bon Ton; or, High Life above Stairs

Dance: End I: The Grand Garland Dance-Giorgi, Sga Crespi, Slingsby

Song: In V: a song-Mrs Scott

Event Comment: Alexander the Great? [announced on playbill of 4 Nov.] is obliged to be deferred. [The playbill lists Mrs Yates as Lady Townly, but see following note. Miss Younge's name appears in all subsequent playbills, except on 19 Dec.] Alexander was advertised for this Night, but Lacy being hoarse, who was to have played Alexander, it was obliged to be deferred, and this Play substituted. It was between eleven and twelve o'clock at (Night) before we got it settled. Mr. Sheridan ordered me not to send to Mrs. Yates about (it) till the Morning. About eight o'clock I sent her Notice that the Provoked Husband was to be performed at Night. A little after nine, she sent Word by her Niece that she was never so ill treated in her life, that she was never before asked to play on the fifth of November [which day was traditionally set aside for the acting of Tamerlane], that she would not play Lady Townly that Night, nor would she play any more; and if she had an Inclination to play, she had no Cloaths ready to play it in; and sent back the Part of Semiramis in a new Tragedy that was preparing [see 16 Nov., 14 Dec.]. I got Miss Younge to do Lady Townly, and an Apology was made by Packer that Mrs Yates having refused this Morning to do Lady Townly, Miss Younge at a Minutes' Notice undertook to do it. Miss Younge was much applauded and Yates had a few hisses (Hopkins Diary). Receipts: #179 11s. 6d

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Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: A ChristmasTale

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Performance Comment: Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, pp. 4-5) lists a cast, a part of which may have acted in the play at this time: Face-Mohun; Sir Epicure-Cartwright; Surly-Burt; Ananias-Lacy; Wholesome-Bateman; Downes also lists Wintersel for Subtil, but since Clun acted it on 3 Aug. 1664, he may have done so at this time. Subtil-Clun?; Prologue to the Reviv'd Alchemist-.
Cast
Role: Ananias Actor: Lacy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The French Dancing Master

Performance Comment: [The Variety? by William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle.] Dancing Master-Lacy?. See16620521.
Cast
Role: Dancing Master Actor: Lacy?. See16620521.
Event Comment: The King's Company. Pepys, Diary: To the Theatre to The French Dancing Master, and there with much pleasure gazed upon her (Lady Castlemaine); but it troubles us to see her look dejectedly and slighted by People already. The play pleased us [Pepys and Mrs Pepys] very well; but Lacy's part, the Dancing Master, the best in the world

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The French Dancing Master

Performance Comment: [For authorship, see16610311@2.] Dancing Master-Lacy.
Cast
Role: Dancing Master Actor: Lacy.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Teague-Lacy. See16621127.
Cast
Role: Teague Actor: Lacy. See16621127.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Performance Comment: Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p. 4) lists a cast which may well represent one for this period: Volpone-Mohun; Mosca-Hart; Corbachio-Cartwright; Voltore-Shatterel; Corvino-Burt; Sir Politique Would@be-Lacy; Peregrine-Kynaston; Lady Woud@be-Mrs Corey; Celia-Mrs Anne? Marshal.
Cast
Role: Sir Politique Would@be Actor: Lacy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Performance Comment: . For The Silent Woman the cast may be that in Downes (Roscius Anglicanus, p.4): Morose-Cartwright; Truewit-Major Mohun; Cleremont-Burt; Dauphin-Kynaston; Sir Amorous-Wintersel; Sir John Daw-Shatterel; Captain Otter-Lacy; Epicene-Mrs Knep; Lady Haughty-Mrs Rutter; Mrs Otter-Mrs Corey.
Cast
Role: Captain Otter Actor: Lacy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady

Performance Comment: . the cast may be that in Downes (p. 6): Elder Loveless-Burt; Younger Loveless-Kynaston; Welford-Hart; Sir Roger-Lacy; The Lady-Mrs Rebecca? Marshal; Martha-Mrs Rutter; Abigail-Mrs Corey.
Cast
Role: Sir Roger Actor: Lacy