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Event Comment: Benefit Bryan and Betty Smith. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Hands of the Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Smith. For the Entertainment of his Excellency, Mahomet Ben Ali Abgali, Ambassador from the Emperor of Morocco. Receipts: money #32 11s.; tickets #28 18s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Burny, Mrs Anderson; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Betty Smith. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Tickets 5s. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Hands from the Opera

Event Comment: TTamerlane, intended, was deferred by the indisposition of Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Event Comment: Benefit Betty Smith. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: the best Hhe best Hands from the Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Betty Smith, from the Opera House. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Smith. [The bill contains a summary of the plot, and adds: Plays are like Mirror, made for Men to see How bad they are; how good they ought to be. Cowly.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Smith. Receipts: money #15 18s. 6d.; tickets #58 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Song: Singing-Mountier, Mrs Barbier

Event Comment: Benefit Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: SSailor's Dance-Burney; Two Pierrots-Burney, Mrs Tollet

Song: BBacchanalian Song-Excell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Duke And No Duke

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda or The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Rochetti; Cepheus-Leveridge; Mercury-Laguerre; Cassiope-Mrs Sanderson; Andromeda-Mrs Carter; Medusa-Mrs Wright; Stheno-Salway; Euryale-Papillion; 1st Ethiopian-Thompson; 2d Ethiopian-Salway; Cyclops-Hall; Delagarde, DuPre Jr, Smith; Amazons-Mrs Cantrel, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden; Infernals-Papillion, Poitier, DuPre, Pelling, Glover, Newhouse; Hussar-Nivelon; Harlequin-Lun; Petit Maitre-Poitier; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet-Ray; Colombine-Mrs Younger; with the Grand Dance of Momus-.
Event Comment: 7 p. p.m. 5s. The Eighth Day. [Music by J. C. Smith Jr.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Davids Lamentation Over Saul And Jonathan

Music: Violin-Festing; Violoncello-Caporale; Several Concertos-

Event Comment: By particular Desire. Benefit Smith and Miss Davis. Note, Care will be taken that the House shall be kept warm

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Event Comment: DDaniel and Smith's Great Theatrical Booth will be perform'd a Droll with the Comical Humours of his Squire Pancho, etc....the memorable battle betwixt his Donship and the Windmillv. [Announced for the entire time of May Fair, May 1-15, but no bill after 30 April.] Noon to nine p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Quixote De Le Mancha

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive

Song: Convers, Miss Clarke

Event Comment: Tickets Smith, Powell, Fulwell, Owen, Foxwell, Toole, Jackson, and Gray taken. 7 p.m. [Concert formula; prices as 30 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Hob or The Country Wake

Event Comment: [With the usual synoptic account.] Benefit Paget. Tickets at Paget's, the Tobacco Roll, in Mill Yard, near the bottom of Lemon St., Goodman's Fields. Tickets delivered out for Lee and Smith will be taken. [Prices as 25 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: NNew Theatre, Bowling Green. A Concert, etc. [repeated in all notices for this theatre]. Benefit Mrs Williams, Miss Pattocks, Mrs Smith 7 p.m. Prices 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: RRussian Sailor Dance-Phillips

Song: Mrs Bennet, Cunningham

Event Comment: Benefit Smith, Carpenter to the House. [Prices 2s. 6d., 2s., 1s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: As17461124, but Drunken Peasant-Miles

Song: Brett

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Martha Smith. [Prices 3s., 2s., 1s. continue until 11 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: Brett

Dance: As17470216

Event Comment: [Benefit for twelve on basis of varying percentages of tickets.] Benefit Banks, Trott, Carney, and Bianchini. Tickets deliver'd out by Sadler, Elliot and others will be taken. /For Pit Gallery Value Half-Value/Ruby 145 48 20 #45 9s. #22 14s. 6d./Banks 6 127 144 #34 19s. #17 9s./Carny 8 42 65 #13 11s. #6 15s. 6d./Bianchini 10 38 46 #12 16s. #6 8s. (two-thirds)/Sadler ... 11 28 #4 9s. #2 4s. 6d. (two-thirds)/Elliott 1 20 45 #7 15s. #3 17s. 6d. (two-thirds)/Mrs Hayman 4 22 35 #7 16s. #3 18s./Mrs Russell 7 27 26 #8 8s. #4 4s./Mrs Keene 3 20 23 #6 1s. #3 0s. 6d. (whole)/Mrs Hales ... 16 13 #3 14s. #1 17s./Mrs Hanmore 1 11 16 #3 10s. #1 15s./Mrs Griffiths ... 7 14 #2 9s. #1 4s. 6d./Totals 180 389 475 #150 17s. #75 8s. 6d./ (Account Books, Egerton 2268). Paid Woodfall, printer part of his bill for last season #52 12s. Paid Servandoni #10 10s., and Price (a Smith) for work at lif #9 5s. (Account Books, Egerton 2268)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Event Comment: Benefit for Banks, Gwinn (Pit Doorkeeper), Trott, Smith. Tickets deliver'd by Massey, Elliot, Carney will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Event Comment: Last night the Play of the Tempest, as alter'd from Shakespear by Dryden, was performed at Drury Lane, when the Music, Dances, and whole performance met with uncommon applause. By particular desire again tonight (General Advertiser). Paid Blandford (Tallow Chandler) #18 17s. 3d.; Gave Xmas Box to King's Footmen #2 2s.; to his Chairmen #2 2s.; and to Smith's man 2s. 6d.; Norton 5 chorus #1 5s. (Treasurer's Book). The Play of Hamlet is oblig'd to be deferr'd till tomorrow. Receipts: #100 (Cross); #99 6s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: BBrooks dead and remov'd from Salary list. Smith in his place. Paid Solomon Samuel for a suit of crimson velet and a blue damask'd waistcoat silver lac'd #4 4s. Salary list 4 days #203 7s. Norton 6 Chorus #1 10s. Mrs Hobson a bill 16s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #180 (Cross); #173 7s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Event Comment: [MS note in hand of Colley Cibber (in R. J. Smith, History of the Stage, Vol. IV. BM 11826r)]: December 25, 1750 Sr. Tho' Death has been cooling his his [sic] heels at my door these three weeks, I have not had time to see him. The Dayly conversation of my friends have kept me so agreeably alive, that I have not passed my time better a great while. If you have a mind to make [?] us, I will order Death to come another day--to be serious I long to see you, and hope you will take the first opportunity. And so wish as merry a Christmas, as many New Years as your heart can hope for, I am Your real friend and Serv't C. Cibber Xmas Day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Event Comment: Benefit for Foley, Bride Berrisford, Tomlinson, Smith, Atkinson. [Cross lists The Virgin Unmasked as the afterpiece, but not so advertised in the papers.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17501231; IV: Hornpipe-the Little Swiss

Song: III: Master Mattocks