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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: LLe Gondalier, as17441127; Scotch Dance, as17441012

Event Comment: Benefit Mills. A Concert both Serious and Comic; Consisting of the most favourite Airs, taken from the most favourite Operas and Oratorios, by the best Masters. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. 6 p.m. To the Publick. Gentlemen and Ladies: I humbly beg Pardon for troubling you in this Manner, but being Unfortunately excluded (I don't know for what Reason) from both the Theatres, and consequently deprived of getting my Living by my Profession, the Favour of your Company at a Concert which I take for my Benefit on Tuesday the 11th instant, at the Little House in the Haymarket, will be a very great Obligation to Your most faithful and devoted humble Servant, William Mills. Tickets to be had of Mr Mills at his House in Nassau St., near Soho. Note: After the Concert will be perform'd (gratis) a Comedy call'd The Careless Husband

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Song: Lowe, Miss Edwards

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear And His Three Daughters

Dance: As17441117

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Dance: GGondalier-Cooke; Scotch Dance, as17441012

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hercules

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Temple of Dulness; With Humours of Sg Capochio and Sga Dorinna

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: The two Masters Granier, Miss Granier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Dance: III: Shepherd's Dance-Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pope John Viii

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Dove and Mrs Dove. Boxes 3s., Pit 2s., First Gallery 1s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. [Theatre designated as the Late Wells in advance notices; as the New Wells on the day of performance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Giffard. Mainpiece: At the Particular Desire of Several Persons of Quality. Servants will be admitted to keep places on the stage; and the ladies are desired to send their servants by 3 o'clock. Mr Giffard having receiv'd directions for places at his benefit takes this opportunity of acquainting his friends he shall desist from troubling them on that occasion this season. Tickets to be had of Mrs Giffard at No. 11, in Craven Buildings, Drury Lane; and of Hobson at the Stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: II: Lowe

Dance: III: Muilment; V: Sga Bettini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joseph

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Concert

Performance Comment: Vocal parts-Sg Palma, Sullivan; The favorite songs in the last New Opera, call'd L'Incostanza Deluza-the two Misses Scott; The Instrumental parts-the best masters; particularly a solo on the Violin-Sg Pasquali; a concerto on the Violincello-Sg Pasquali Jr.
Cast
Role: Vocal parts Actor: Sg Palma, Sullivan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joseph

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Song: ( B By desire )Mad Bess-Beard; The Charms of Polly Willis-Mrs Clive

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

Event Comment: Will be perform'd several new exercises of Rope Dancing and Tumbling, by M. Duge, Vangable and others, divided into two Parts. Boxes [as 26 Dec. 1744]. Between the two Parts of the Exercises will be given gratis the Tempest as alter'd by Mr Dryden and Sir William Davenant from Shakespear. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: King Pepin's Campaign

Song: I: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne

Dance: II: Muilment

Event Comment: Benefit Turbutt and Neale. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: not acted these 5 years. [See 29 March 1742.] Tickets and places to be had at the Swan in Smithfield; and of Hobson at the stage door. The severe Indisposition of Mr Garrick continuing, we hope our friends will accept of his part being perform'd to the Best Advantage the shortness of time will permit, which we imagine will be more agreable than changing the play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Tragedy of Tragedies; or, Tom Thumb the Great

Song: I: Nanny O-Lowe; III: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne; IV: Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: Sga Bettini; V: Muilment

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Mills and Mrs Mills. Servants will be allowed to keep places upon the stage, which will be form'd into Front and Side Boxes. Tickets and places to be had of Hobson at the stage door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Wife Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: II: Muilment; III: Sga Bettini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, Man-hater

Performance Comment: Apemantus-Quin; Timon-Hale; Phaeax-Hippisley; Poet-Cibber; Alcibiades-Cashell; Melissa-Mrs Clive; Aelius-Chapman; Isander-Woodward; Nicias-Marten; Cleon-Arthur; Demetrius-Ridout; Isidore-Dunstall; Thrasilus-Rosco; Diphilus-Hayman; Jeweller-Anderson; Painter-James; Old Man-Gibson; Chloe-Miss Hippisley; Thais-Mrs Bland; Phrynias-Mrs Rowley; Evandra-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Evandra Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: SScotch Dance, as17441012

Song: II: A Duet-Beard, Miss Edwards