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Event Comment: Benefit Hallam and Mrs Kilby

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Wedding

Dance: TTambourine-Mlle Roland; Je ne scai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailors-Glover

Event Comment: Benefit Denoyer. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Tickets at Denoyer's Lodgings, the Corner of St. James's-Square, in Pall-Mall.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: After Overture: a new Grand Ballet-Denoyer, others to the Overture of Flavius, composed by Handel; II: Hungarian Dance (in the Manner of the Country,)-Denoyer, Mrs Walter; IV: Russian Sailors-Denoyer; V: Ball Dance, concluding with a Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Walter

Song: I: Oh Happy Pair-Beard; III: Mary Scot-Mrs Clive

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. Tickets for Mrs Vincent also taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Coblers Opera

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailor-Glover

Event Comment: Benefit Macklin. As 27 Nov. 1738. Tickets at Macklin's House, No. 12, Wild-Court, lif

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste Or The Guardians

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: III: The Noontide Air, as17390407; IV: Oh Happy Pair-Beard

Dance: II: Hungarian Dance, as17390424 V: Ball Dance, with a Minuet-Denoyer, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benefit Stephens. Tickets at Stephen's House, Paternoster Row

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Stephens; Ford-Ryan; Page-Hallam; Shallow-Chapman; Sir Hugh-Hippisley; Slender-Neale; Caius-Mullart; Fenton-A. Ryan; Simple-Bencraft; Pistol-James; Nym-Stoppelaer; Bardolph-Dove; Mrs Ford-Mrs Horton; Mrs Page-Mrs Hallam; Anne-Mrs Vincent; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Mullart; Host-Bullock.
Cast
Role: Ford Actor: Ryan
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Je ne sai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Serious Dance-Mlle Roland; Grecian Sailors-Glover

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mills. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Performance Comment: As17390405 but King-Mills; Kate-Miss Chetwood; Attendants-_; Foresters-_.
Cast
Role: Foresters Actor: Turbutt, Gray, Leigh.

Dance: SSaraband-Miss Scott; Serious Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter; Minuet-Rector, Mrs Walter

Song: OOh Happy Pair-Beard

Event Comment: Benefit Ellis Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: WWar he sung is Toil and Trouble (out of Alexander's Feast)-Roberts; English Cantata-Roberts

Dance: JJe ne scai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Music: Concerto on the Harp-Parry

Event Comment: Benefit Wright. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmaskd

Dance: II: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V: Russian Sailors-Denoyer

Song: TThe Noontide Air (from Comus)-Mrs Clive

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Song: I: The Opinions of the Ancients-Leveridge, Salway; II: Nestor's Advice to his Master when in Council-; III: By Particular Desire, The Roast Beef of Old England-Leveridge; IV: The Gallant Days of King Arthur (being the Sequel to The Roast Beef of Old England,)-Leveridge, Chorus

Dance: II: Two Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; III: Je ne scai quoy-Richardson, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Pritchard. Tickets at Mrs Pritchard's, No. 8, Craven Buildings, dl

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother in law Or The Doctors The Disease

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress

Song: II: The Noontide Air-Beard; IV: See from the Silent Groves Alexis Flies-Beard

Dance: III: Moors Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter; V: Pieraites-Master Ferg, Miss Morrison

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lampe and Miss Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Dance: Dancing, as17390305 but Miss _Norman

Event Comment: Benefit Barrington and Sparks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: Benefit Woodward. Tickets at Woodward's Lodgings, at a Peruke Maker's, next the Swan in Vere Street, Clare Market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreckd

Dance: I: Serious Dance-Miss Morrison; II: Pierots-Leviez, Pelling; III: Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV: Russian Sailors-Denoyer

Event Comment: Benefit Salway. By Command of Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Je ne scai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailors-Glover

Event Comment: Benefit Essex. By Command of Their Royal Higneseees the Prince and Princess of Wales. [Tickets at Essex's Lodgings at Mrs Holt's, Bow Street, cg.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus

Event Comment: Benefit Oates and Miss Oates

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Prue-Miss Oates; Valentine-Hale; Sir Sampson-Rosco; Scandal-Walker; Tattle-Chapman; Ben-James; Foresight-Hippisley; Trapland-Arthur; Buckram-Stevens; Angelica-Mrs Bellamy; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Horton; Mrs Frail-Mrs Stevens; Nurse-Mrs Martin; Jeremy-Oates, the first time of his performing on any theatre these two years.

Dance: II: Two Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; III: Peasant Dance-Master and Miss Oates; IV: Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Je ne scay quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates

Music: Solo on the Violin-Master Oates

Event Comment: Benefit Haughton. [The London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 3 May, is missing; this bill is from London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 30 April.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Coblers Opera

Dance: Glover, Lalauze, Villeneuve, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: Benefit Rosco, Villeneuve, Desse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth Part I

Cast
Role: Vernon Actor: Hallam

Dance: I: Je ne scai quoi-Richardson, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; II: Two Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; III: Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; IV: A new Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

Event Comment: Benefit Neale

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: Margery

Dance: Glover, Mlle Roland, Villeneuve, Richardson, Dupre, Miss Oates, Mrs LeBrun

Event Comment: Benefit Sedgwicke, Merchant of London. Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Addison, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: V: Ethiopian Dance-Muilment, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benefit Penkethman. By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: JJe ne scai quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grecian Sailors-Glover

Song: Roberts

Event Comment: Benefit Shepard. Tickets at Shepard's at Millbank

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreckd

Dance: II: Punches Dance-Master Ferg, Miss Wright

Event Comment: Benefit Dupre. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Author(s): William Mountfort
Related Work: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Made into a Farce Author(s): William Mountfort

Dance: By Desire, aHornpipe-Yates

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Walter. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. [Tickets at Mrs Walter's House, near the Baker's, in Bridges-Street, cg. Tickets for Pelling, Rector, Woodburn taken also.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: I: English Maggot-Rector, Mrs Walter; II: Grand Dance of Moors-Muilment, Mrs Walter, Rector; IV: Pierots-Pelling, Leviez; V: Minuet-Rector, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benefit Arthur and Delagarde. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. [Tickets for E. Thomson, Boaman, Miss Dancey, and Widow Dupre also taken.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: TTwo Pierots-Lalauze, Desse; Je ne scai quoi-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; Comic Dance-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Miss Oates; Ballet-Desse, Delagarde, Miss Oates