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Event Comment: Benefit Miss Santlow. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Note, Tickets given out for The Country Wife will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Dance: Dutch Skipper-Miss Santlow

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear, and since revis'd with several Alterations. A new comedy, The Artful Wife, announced for this day, is deferred to 3 Dec

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cimbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Song: Ray

Dance: As17171022

Event Comment: Benefit Coe. Receipts: money #12 9s.; tickets #71 3s. [The illness of C. Bullock caused the play to be changed from The Provoked Wife.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: As17210221

Event Comment: Benefit Egleton and his Wife. At Penkethman's Great Booth near Bird-Cage Alley. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Blind Beggar Of Bednal Green

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Entertainment: Tumbling-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Valentine, Jeremy in Love for Love, Riot, Arabella in The Wife's Relief, The Humours of Hob in Country Wake, Ben, Prue in Love for Love, Sir Sampson, Angelica, Foresight in Love for Love, The Gravediggers in Hamlet, Prologue, Epilogue-Tony Aston.

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Music: A fine forced Wind@Instrument-an Anonymous Person

Event Comment: Benefit Chetwood. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. N.B. Tickets given out for The Merry Wives of Windsor will be taken at this Play. [See Daily Post, 3 Aug., for Penkethman's celebration at Richmond on 1 Aug., the anniversary of the Hanoverian succession to the throne, and British Journal, 8 Aug., for an account of William Marshall, of lif, as an anti-Hanoverian demonstrator on 1 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: Drunken Man-Harper

Song:

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Tickets for The Provok'd Wife taken. Receipts: money #52 4s.; tickets #86 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Venus and Adonis

Song: Mrs Chambers; The Play of Love-Leveridge

Event Comment: Receipts: 76 17s. [The Country Wife intended, but deferred by illness of Mrs Berriman.] Probable attendance: boxes, 79 paid and 13 orders; stage, 10 paid; pit, 208 paid and 22 orders; slips, 18 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 155 paid and 12 orders; second gallery, 88 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson
Event Comment: The Fifty-Sixth Night. Tickets for A Bold Stroke for a Wife taken. Receipts: #87 8s. Probable attendance: boxes, 120 Paid and 11 orders; stage, 7 paid; pit, 211 paid and 15 orders; slips, 17 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 163 paid and 25 orders; second gallery, 9 paid and 2 orders. [Rich's Register also lists #10 18s. in tickets for Mrs Chianova.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Stevens. Second Piece: a New Pantonimical Something. Third Piece: The Practice of a new Serious Scene to be Introduc'd. Shewing the various and hazardous Adventures he met with to get his Wife Joan; particularly, his last memorable Battle and Victory over a great and monstrous Pig, by which she was to be devour'd chain'd to a Rock. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Monstrum Horrendum; or, The Practice of a Modern Comic Entertainment

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Mons Quelqu'n, being the first Time of his Appearing and the last he will appear on any Stage; Colombine-Miss Price.

Afterpiece Title: Punchanello's Encounter with the Pig

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Davenport, Miss Price

Event Comment: Benefit A. Hallam and Ridout. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Tickets for Mithridates taken at this Play. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: English Maggot by S. Lally and Mrs Walter. Dutchman and his Wife by Le Brun and Mrs Walter. Revellers by Essex, Miss Latour, S. Lally, &c

Performance Comment: Lally and Mrs Walter. Dutchman and his Wife by Le Brun and Mrs Walter. Revellers by Essex, Miss Latour, S. Lally, &c .
Event Comment: Benefit Peploe, Little, Lee. By particular Desire of some Foreign Ministers. Tickets for Castles and Munro taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: Pierrots. Dutchman and his Wife. Scotch Dance. English Maggot. Revellers

Performance Comment: Dutchman and his Wife. Scotch Dance. English Maggot. Revellers .
Event Comment: At the Desire of Tomo Chachi, Micho or King of the Indians of Yamacrow, Benauki his Wife, Tooanahowi his Nephew, and the rest of the Indians. Receipts: #230. [Apparently a benefit for Arne.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Dance: II: Les Bergeres Heureux by Davenport and Miss Brett. IV: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Olbeldiston. V: Saraband and Minuet by Davenport and Miss Brett

Performance Comment: IV: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Olbeldiston. V: Saraband and Minuet by Davenport and Miss Brett .

Song: 1: A Teneri Afferti by Master Arne and Miss Jones. III: Rise Glory (with French Horns) by Miss Jones

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentlewoman. For the Entertainment of Tomo Chachi, Micho or King of the Yamicraw, Senauki his Wife, and the rest of the Indians. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: As17340920

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits; or, Harlequin Worm-Doctor

Performance Comment: Doctor Pestle-Penkethman; His Man Mortar-Dove; Colombine (Doctor's Wife)-Mrs Hamilton; Her Maid-Mrs Dove; Harlequin-Lun Jr; Pierot-Hind; Courtesan-Pearce .

Music: As17341108

Dance: Scot's Dance, as17341202

Entertainment: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] With new Machines and Decorations

Performance Comment: Apparently not published.] With new Machines and Decorations .
Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness. Not acted these Sixteen Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Empereur Dans La Lune

Performance Comment: Cast not listed. To which will be prefix'd La Femme Jalouse; or, The Jealous Wife. Cast not listed .

Dance:

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Newly Revis'd and AlterM N.B. The Reviser begs leave to observe, that tho' he thinks the Chief Characters in this Play, are drawn with a great deal of Life and Spirit; Yet that even in this very sprightly Play there are several very obvious Faults. That as the Character of the French Count, and that of the Irish Priest, are in no sort conducive to the Plot of the Play; they may therefore be look'd upon as superfluous: That the Parting of Sullen and his Wife, is extreamly unnatural; and that the Ending of the Play (with respect to Archer) is abrupt to a Degree, &c. &c. In order therefore to amend these Errors [he has revised the play]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Music: A New Set of Act Tunes composed by Arne

Event Comment: By Particular desire of persons of Quality. Afterpiece: By Desire. Lady Hertford wrote to her son Lord Beauchamp: Mrs Clive either was really suddenly taken ill, or was not in the humor to act Nell, so that the part was done by a frightful Mrs Philips, who could neither, sing, laugh, or do any other thing that was fit for a cobbler's wife; in short she spoiled the whole thing.-Hughes, Hertford, p. 233. Enlightenment as to Mrs Clive's health appears in the gossip sent by Lady Hertford to her son in a letter 23 Jan. 43: About ten days ago Mrs Woffington and Mrs Clive met in the Green room. Mrs Woffington came up to Mrs Clive and told her she had long looked for the favor of a visit from her and begged she would let her know when she designed her that pleasure, for she was often engag'd in an afternoon. Mrs Clive paused a little and then answered, Madam, I have a reputation to lose. Madam, said Mrs Woffington, so should I have too if I had your face. Whether this repartee has affected Mrs Clive's health I cannot tell, but she is extremely ill and in danger.-Hughes, Hertford, pp. 236-37

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Cast
Role: Johnson Actor: Mills.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: I: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth; IV: Concerto-Piantanida

Song: II: Baard

Event Comment: Benefit Bridgwater. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Tickets deliver'd out by Rawlins, and for Rule a Wife will be taken at this play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Dance: II: Les Matelots, as17430324 III: New Grand Comic Ballet, as17430407 IV: French Peasant, as17430324 V: a New Ball Dance by Kellom Tomlinson (by Desire)-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde

Music: Between the Acts: Select pieces-

Event Comment: At the Late Wells. Benefit Tucker. Tickets given out for The Provoked Wife by Tucker taken this Night. [Prices as 12 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Containing a Relation of the Death of Edward VIv, Founder of the Reformation. His appointing Lady Jane his Successor. Her Advancement to the Throne. The Intrigues of Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, for her destruction, and that of the Protestant Religion. The Cruelties of Queen Maryv exercised during her short but bloody reign, beginning with the Execution of Lord Guilford Dudleyv and his wife the Lady Jane, who suffered in defence of the ever memorable Reformation

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Cast
Role: Northumberland Actor: Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Debauchees

Song: IV: The Subscription-Lowe

Event Comment: Benefit I. Sparks. Tickets deliver'd out by Lloyd, Mason, Caustin, &c will be taken, and tickets deliver'd out by Brooks, Bride, Mrs Barclay, Mrs Fenn, and others for the Country Wife for Thursday last will be taken this night. Being the last time of the Company's performing this season. [The advance notice of this night had included the Musical Entertainment of Neptune and Amphitrite (compos'd by Arne), but this is omitted from the notice of the day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performance Comment: As17460131, but Francisco-Bransby; Miranda-Mrs Mozeen; Neptune-_; Juno-_; Iris-_; Ceres-_; Amphitrite-_; Sea Nymphs-_; Dances-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Song: CCantata-Lowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Heroic General; Or, Briton's Darling

Performance Comment: interspers'd with the comical Humours of Awl the Cobler, Sneak the Taylor, Trim the Barber, and Kate Inlist the Serjeant's Wife.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sailor; or, The Wapping Landlady

Song: Song in praise of Duke of Cumberland-

Event Comment: Benefit for Paget, Lawrence and Powell (Box Keepers). Tickets deliver'd out for the Provok'd Wife for this day will be taken. Mainpiece: At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Cast
Role: Fountain Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Capt Loveit Actor: Anderson.
Role: Tag Actor: Mrs Bland.

Dance: Master Granier, Miss Granier

Event Comment: At Cushing's Booth, facing the King's Head, Smithfield. The tragedy contains the barbarous contrivances of King John against his nephew Prince Arthur; his method of persuading Hubert to undertake the cruel murder of that youth; the sufferings of Arthur in his confinement, where Hubert attempts to put out eyes with a red-hot iron, til moved to compassion by the tender entreating of the young prince, he quits his horrid purpose. The manner of Arthur's leaping from the battlements of the tower where he was imprisoned, when by attempting to escape his severe treatment he loses his life. The terrors that attended the villainous Uncle King John, and at length his dreadful death, who is poisoned in the midst of all his glory, and in terrible anguish and distraction, pays his nephew's blood with the price of his own. The comic contains the exquisite drolleries of Sir Lubberly and his man, their whimsical journey from Cumberland, and no less whimsical exploits in London; the odd reception they met with from their three faithful friends, Tom Rash the Porter, Jeffrey Holdfast the Constable, and Moll Tatter the Beggar Woman, the one getting a wife, the other a bastard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of King John

Performance Comment: King John-Redman; Hubert-Simpson; Bastard-Pinner; Chatillion-Walker; Pembroke-Johnson; Pandulph-White; Prince Arthur-Miss Yates; Constance-Mrs Cushing.
Cast
Role: Pandulph Actor: White

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Sir Lubberly Lackbrains and His Man Blunderbuss