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Event Comment: Benefit Gwinn, Guise, and Warriner, Boxkeepers. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber, Esq; Poet-Laureat. Receipts: money #9 7s. 6d.; tickets #136 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: I: Comic Ballet, as17360417 III: A new Serious Dance by Scholar of Nivelon. IV: A new Comic Dance by a Little Miss, Scholar of Nivelon. V: A new Comic Dance in Character of a Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. End Afterpiece: A new Comic Dance by Nivelon and another of his scholars

Song: II: By Leveridge

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nobleman

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentlewoman under Misfortunes. Receipts: money #18 18s. 6d.; tickets #63 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Two Pierrots by Lalauze and Nivelon. Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c

Event Comment: Benefit Robinson, Supervisor and Sub-Treasurer. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. [Tickets for Gillibrand, Fullwood, and Leigh taken.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

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Role: Ford Actor: Milward
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Cantrell

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: I: Damon and Phillida, as17360430 II: By Denoyer's Prentice. III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. IV: Amorous Clowns, as17360514. V: Grand Ballet by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Event Comment: Benefit Mines, Gallant, Mrs Atkins. Mainpiece: Written by Sir J. Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #6 15s.; tickets #125 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. Two Pierrots by Lalauze and Nivelon

Event Comment: Benefit the Daughter of General Nugent, who was kill'd in the Defence of Gibraltar. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Afterpiece Title: Tumble Down Dick

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Farce. Mainpiece: The Sixtieth Day. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of Bacchus one Day Gaily Striding: When Fanny, Blooming Fair [Thomas Phillips.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Captains or The Impostor Unmaskd

Event Comment: Benefit Wilmer and Evans, Boxkeepers. Receipts: money #7 7s. 6d.; tickets #111 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: Peasant Dance by Tench and Miss Rogers. Glover's Sailors Dance

Event Comment: Benefit the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Guilt Its Own Punishment

Afterpiece Title: Tumble Down Dick

Event Comment: Benefit Howard, Bewly, Jones. Receipts: money #7 6s. 6d.; tickets #164 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Dance: Tambourine by Miss Rogers. Polonese by Mlle De L'Isle. Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. [The young Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Guilt Its Own Punishment

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Captains

Event Comment: Benefit the Gentlewoman who plays Dye Trapes. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of Pasquin. 7 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Brett. By a Select Company of Lilliputians

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Farce. Afterpiece: A New Farcical Ballad-Opera. [Author not known. Apparently not published. Tickets for Rowney also taken.] 6:30 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Disappointment or The Miser Outwitted

Event Comment: Benefit Little [Gallery Boxkeeper, DL], who hopes to have the Honour of his Brethren the Free Masons

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Music: A Preamble on the Kettle Drums by Job Baker

Event Comment: Benefit a New Polly Peachum, just arrived from the Island of Obscurity, who will make her Publick Entry in that Character. Afterpiece: A new Comi-Tragical Interlude. Written by Jack Juniper, a Distiller's Apprentice, just turn'd Poet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Deposing and Death of Queen Gin

Event Comment: Benefit Turbutt and Mrs Pritchard. [Princess of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: Benefit Lacy. At a Booth in Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Event Comment: Benefit of a Person lately a Merchant. At the Desire of several Eminent Merchants in the City

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Rover-Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann; V: Flight-Essex, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benefit Pollett, who Danced Upon the Stage Thirty Years Ago

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: III: Clown-Nivelon; V: Scot's Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

Song: CChancon a Boire (music by Handel)-Leveridge, Laguerre

Event Comment: Benefit Noble. Admission: 5s., 3s., 2s. There are a Set of new Scenes and other Decorations proper for the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Music: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-;with Handel's Water@Musick-

Event Comment: Benefit a Widow, who has met with great Losses in Trade

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: Two Misses Scott; Scholars of Nivelon. Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Lalauze; Glover's Scot's Dance-

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow Dupre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: FFrench Peasant, as17361109; Glover's Scotch Dance-; The last new Comic Dance-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun

Event Comment: Benefit Eversman. 6:30 p.m. 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit a Person in Great Distress

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Pantomime