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Event Comment: Benefit Hall and Griffin. Afterpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] A New Farce

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian King Of Portugal

Afterpiece Title: The Hypochondriack

Dance: As17171022; Thurmond's Grand Comic Dance-

Event Comment: As 30 June. With the last new Prologue

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: As17180627

Event Comment: At Pack-Spiller-Hall Booth in Angel Court. The whole Droll intirely new Writ. Advertised 5, 8, 10, 13 Sept

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of Sir Richard Whittington Thrice Lord Mayor Of London And The Diverting Humours Of Madge The Cook maid And Her Sweetheart John The Butler

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Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Performance Comment: And a new Prologue, Epilogue-.
Event Comment: [By T. Killigrew.] Never Acted before. All the Characters new dress'd. Original Weekly Journal, 21 Feb.: The House was so crowded, that several hundred could not find admittance. Some Disorder happen'd in one of the side Boxes, occasion'd by a Gentleman drawing his Sword on a Footman, who was keeping Places; and some Blows were exchang'd between the Gentleman and the Footman, which, however, ended without any bad Consequences

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Mainpiece Title: Chit Chat

Event Comment: [By Edward Young.] Never Acted before. With new Habits

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Mainpiece Title: Busiris King Of Egypt

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Moliere. Afterpiece: A new Comi-Tragi-Heroick Farce [but see 29 June 1710]

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Mainpiece Title: Tartuffe Or The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Queens or The Comical Humours of Alexander the Great

Event Comment: At Bullock and the Widow Leigh's Great Booth, in the Greyhound Inn Yard. An excellent new Droll

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Lovers Or The False Friend With The Comical Humours Of Sir Timothy Timberhead And His Man Pismire

Song: Mrs Willis

Dance: Newhouse, Pelling, Miss Francis, Mrs Willis

Event Comment: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] Benefit the Author. A new Comedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Benefit Ticket Or The Self Rival

Event Comment: A meeting of the Court of Directors of the Royal Academy of Music initiated arrangements for a new season. For details, see Lord Chamberlain's Office, 7@3, Nicoll, p. 286, and Deutsch, p. 97

Performances

Event Comment: [By Lewis Theobald.] With new Scenes and Habits

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Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Second

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By Charles Molloy.] Never Acted before. Afterpiece: [By John Leigh.] A new Farce...being the Sequel to Country Wake. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Half Pay Officers

Afterpiece Title: Hobs Wedding

Dance: Bashful Maid, Irish Trot-Mrs Fryer

Event Comment: On this day a new license was issued to Wilks, Cibber, Booth

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Afterpiece: A new Pastoral of Musick, in Two Interludes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The Happy Shepherd

Song: The Tippling Philosophers at the Request of several Persons of Quality-

Event Comment: [By Paolo Antonio Rolli. The Scenes by Roberto Clerici, Engineer to the Royal Academy.] A New Opera. Pit and Boxes by tickets only at half a guinea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Numitor

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] A new Farce of three Acts. Benefit Ryan. By His Royal Highness's Command

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mississippi

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wake

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Event Comment: [Music by Dominico Scarlatti, with additional numbers by Thomas Roseingrave. Text by P. A. Rolli.] A new Opera. Pit and Boxes together at half a guinea. Gallery 5s. Stage one Guinea. N.B. When the Tickets are disposed of, no Person will be admitted for Money; places will be kept in the Boxes only

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Narcissus

Event Comment: At Bullock's and Pack's Great Booth at Hounslow during the Fair. Mainpiece: a new Droll

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend With The Comical Humours Of Sir Timothy Timberhead And His Sister Jezebel

Dance: The Tavern Bilkers-

Event Comment: Not Acted these Five Years. All the Characters being new dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers Or Marriage A La Mode

Event Comment: All the Characters being new dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Event Comment: [Text by P. A. Rolli. Music by G. Bononcini.] A New Opera. Four Hundred Tickets (for Pit and Boxes) will be deliver'd out, and after they are disposed of, no Person whatsoever will be admitted for Money. Neither Director nor Subscribers will be admitted on the Stage. A proper Officer will attend at each Door, to deliver Every Subscriber his Ticket, without which he will not be admitted. Pit and Boxes at a half guinea. Gallery 5s. The Doors to be open'd at Five a Clock. To Begin exactly at Six. [The Royal Family present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Astartus

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By Thomas Odell.] A new Farce of one Act. Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. Receipts: money #112 5s.; tickets #14 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chimera Or An Hue And Cry To Change Alley

Afterpiece Title: The Emperor of the Moon

Afterpiece Title: Amadis

Event Comment: As 26 Jan. Receipts: #42 15s. Daily Journal, 27 Jan.: A New Tragedy, call'd, Friendship Betray'd; Or, the Injured General, was to have been Acted on Tuesday next...but is deferred, on Account of Mrs Bullock's hourly Expectation of being brought to Bed, she having the Principal Part in the Play

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Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Event Comment: [Text by P. A. Rolli. Originally set by Signor Orlandini, with some songs composed by Signor Phillipo Amadei.] A new Opera. Admission as 19 Nov. 1720

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Mainpiece Title: Arsaces Or Amore E Maesta

Event Comment: [By Eliza Haywood.] Never Acted before. Receipts: #37 12s. 6d. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 4 March: Since the late Riot at the New Playhouse, his Majesty has been pleased to order that Company the same Number of Guards they have at Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Captive