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Event Comment: Benefit Wilcocks, Thompson, and Papillon. Receipts: money #11 18s. 6d.; tickets #131 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; Hornpipe-Jones, Mrs Ogden; Drunken Man-Salway

Song: Cantata, with Kdttle Drums and Trumpets,-Papillon

Event Comment: Benefit Bowcher, the Prompter, and Miss Tollet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Song: II: Cantata of Hayden's-Excell; IV: Bacchanalian Song-Excel

Dance: III: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; V: Merry Country Lass-Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts, Boxkeeper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: II: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; IV: Merry Country Lass-Miss Wherrit

Song: III: Bacchanalian Song-Excel

Event Comment: Benefit Temple, Boxkeeper; and Gibbs, Pit Keeper. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Song: I: Singing in Italian-Mrs Hill; II: Singing in English-Mrs Hill; III: Another Italian Song-Mrs Hill; V: New Mad Tom-a Gentleman from Oxford

Dance: IV: Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit Hall and Newhouse. Receipts: money #28 18s.; tickets #125 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Moses, Gallery Keeper. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit Norris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Song: II: Cantata of Hayden's-Excel; IV: Bacchanalian Song-Excel

Dance: III: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; V: Merry Country Lass-Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit Salle. Receipts: money #67 2s. 6d.; tickets #27 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: MMinuet, Louvre-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mary Man. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Song: Singing in Italian and English-

Dance:

Music: Solo on the German Flute-Gentlemen for their Diversion; End Play: Trumpet Concerto-Burk Thumoth; Lesson on the Harpsichord-; Solo on the German Flute-

Event Comment: Benefit Seedo. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. [For a discussion of The Covent Garden Tragedy, see Grub St. Journal, 8 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: Select Pieces-

Entertainment: Concluding with a Representation of The Carnival on the Rialto at Venice in which will be performed a Serenada-fifty of the best Hands (in Masquerade Habits) according to the Custom of the Country; Being the first of the Kind in England

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Debauchees

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Harlequin-Miss Brett; II: Dance after the Highland Manner-Gentleman for his Diversion; III: Midsummer Whim, as17320606 End Farce: English Maggot-Lally Jr, Mrs Walter

Music: III: Handel's Water Musick-; Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Job Baker

Event Comment: Benefit Sandham. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Mrs Sandham [error for Sandham?].error for Sandham?].

Dance:

Music: H$Handel's Water Musick-; Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Job Baker

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts and Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: III: Pastoral Dance-D'Vallois, others; V: Scotch Dance-Holt, Mrs Walter

Song: I: E. Roberts

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan and Mrs Morgan. N.B. The Night will be illuminated with the Silver Rays of Cynthia

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Loves Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: FFingalian-Smith, Mrs Ogden; Hornpipe-Smith, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman who has wrote for the Stage. At the Desire of severl Persons of Distinction. [Daily Advertiser, 21 Aug., has a poem: On Miss Atherton's Playing the Part of Lucy.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: Miss Raftor

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit the Famous Signiora Violante. At the Request of several Persons of Quality. At the Great Assembly Room at Richmond Wells. 3s. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Entertainment: As at hay, 11 Sept. Signora Violante; Harlequin-Master LaFevre, Miss Violante; Louvre in Boys' Clothes-Miss Violante; Two Pierrots-Lalauze, Tobin

Event Comment: Benefit Charles, the Merry Trumpeter of Oxford. At Lee's Great Booth on the Bowling Green. ...and tis well if it takes If not, the Trumpet breaks; And they that are my Friends, that come to see my Play, If it happens to rain, shall have a Coach to carry 'em away

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man Or The Fops Fortune

Performance Comment: Persons from the Theatres but the principal Part to be perform'd by Charles the Merry Trumpeter, that is to take the Money.

Dance: HHarlequin and a Countryman-; Countryman-Charles

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of The Mock Doctor. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Afterpiece: By Desire. Done from the French of Moliere (Revised by the Author)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: LLes Bergeries, as17321019

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman. Receipts: money #23 14s.; tickets #62 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Dainty Actor: Mrs Forrester.

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: I: A new dance-LeSac, Miss LaTour; II: Je ne scai quoy, or The Merry Couple (new)-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre; III: Voulez Vous, or The Frisky Lad (new)-Poitier, Miss LaTour; IV: The Sicilian (new)-Glover, Mrs Pelling; V: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit a Person in Distress. Receipts: #76 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: PPeasant-Nivelon; Tollet's Grounds-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Sicilian-Glover, Mrs Pelling

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Majesties' Command. Pit and Front Boxes put together at 5s. [For an account of this performance, see Lord Hervey and his Friends, pp. 156-57. Mrs Theophilus Cibber died on this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Dance: Essex, Haughton, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. On Account of the great Demand for Places, the Pit and Boxes will be laid together at 5s. each

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Decoy

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Thurmond. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and distinction. [Tickets at Thurmond's House, Haydon Square.] Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Sportsman

Dance: II: Pierrots-de Vallois, J. Delagarde; IV: Friendly Lasses-Miss Wherrit, Miss Sandham

Event Comment: Benefit Weaver. [For an essay on plays at dl, see Grub St. Journal, 15 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction. With Vocal and Instrumental Musick, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth