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Event Comment: Benefit for Cooke. Part of Pit will be laid into boxes. Tickets delivered out for the 22nd will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: II: Italian Peasants, as17531120; IV: Les Charboniers, as17540307 End of Play: (By Particular Desire) Louvre and Minuet-Cooke, Miss Hilliard

Event Comment: Benefit for Arthur. By Particular Desire. No Building on Stage. Last time of performing the Holidays

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Entertainment: DDialogue@Epilogue between Tom Jarvis (an itinerant Turner) and his Horse-

Dance: LLes Taileurs, as17531210; Italian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Blakes. The Performance will not be interrupted by any building on the stage. Neither piece acted this season. Mainpiece: By particular desire for the first and only time of performing it this season. Tickets of Blakes at his house in Duke's Court, Bow St., Covent Garden. Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: IV: The Country Amusements-Devisse, Mlle Auretti

Event Comment: Benefit for Cross & wife (Cross). Last time for mainpiece this season. Afterpiece: By Desire. Woodward's last time of performing Buck this season. Tickets of Cross at his house in Crown Court, Russel St. Receipts: #209 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merope

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Song: Beard, Miss Thomas

Dance: Devisse, Mlles Auretti, Auguste

Event Comment: Benefit for Shuter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Entertainment: I: Cries of London-Shuter

Music: II: A Trio taken out of Florizel and Perdita,-Shuter, Mrs Lampe, Miss Young

Dance: IV: Italian Peasants, as17531120; End: Epilogue in Florizel and Perdita-Shuter, by Desire, in character of a Pedlar

Event Comment: Benefit for Roberts. No building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Song: Roberts

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft and Miss Kennedy. No building on Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bland. Afterpiece: Not played for 12 years. [See 14 May 1742.] Tickets deliver'd for Tamerlane for 21 March will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17540307

Event Comment: Benefit for Lowe. Tickets deliver'd out for the 4th will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: The Medley or The Lovers Opera

Song: II: Let Festal Joy Triumphant Reign from Belshazar, composed by Handel-Lowe; IV: A New Ballad, words by Boyce, composed by Arne-Lowe; End: A favourite Dialogue No Never-Lowe, Mrs Chambers

Dance: III: Italian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Midnight and Meredith, Housekeeper

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mrs Midnights Concert

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Fribble

Entertainment: CCaudle-Mrs Midnight, Family of Mrs Midnight

Dance: GGrand Burlesque Dances-Timbertoe

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

Event Comment: Benefit for Villeneuve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: II: Italian Peasants, as17531120; III: Dutch Dance, as17531018; IV: Les Charboniers, as17540307 V: Minuet-Villeneuve, Villeneuve's scholar

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Elmy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Barry; Aboan-Sparks; Blandford-Ridout; Stanmore-Gibson; Governor-Anderson; Driver-Dunstall; Daniel-Collins; Hotman-Wignel; Charlotte-Mrs Bland; Widow-Mrs Pitt; Lucy-Mrs Baker; Imoinda-Mrs Elmy.
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Role: Blandford Actor: Ridout

Afterpiece Title: The Sheep Shearing

Dance: SShepherd and Shepherdess-Granier, Mlle Camargo

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrington and Miss Hilliard. Last time of performing the mainpiece this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: I: Dutch Dance, as17531018; III: A Peasant Dance-Cooke, Miss Hilliard; V: By Particular Desire, a Louvre and Minuet-Cooke, Miss Hilliard

Event Comment: Benefit of Joseph Woodbridge and D. Grant

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mrs Midnights Concert

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Fribble

Entertainment: CCaudle-Mrs Midnight [See17540422

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vincent and Mrs Lampe. Afterpiece: Not acted these 10 years. Written by Addison, set by Arne. No building on the Stage

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Rosamond

Performance Comment: King Henry-Lowe; Rosamond-Mrs Lampe; Sir Trusty-Howard; Grideline-Miss Young; Page-Miss Isabella Young, who performed in the Oratorio of Aflred; Queen-Mrs Arne.

Dance: IItalian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Settree, Rawlings, Gardiner, Mrs Griffith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: III: New Dance-Gardner, Mme Camargo; V: Louvre and Minuet-Settree, Mme Huette

Event Comment: Benefit ye Masters & Mrs Graham shar'd (Cross). Last time of performing the Mainpiece this season. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Event Comment: Benefit for Maranesi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: I: Les Taileurs-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; II: Les Sabotiers-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; IV: Le Matelot-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; And by particular desire at End of play: A Mock Minuet[All]-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani

Event Comment: Benefit for Collins, Usher, Stede. [Cross suggests The Lottery as afterpiece.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-Miles, the Clown-Bennet; Italian Peasants, as17531130

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Receipts: #150 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Creusa

Event Comment: Benefit for LaLauze. Afterpiece: Not acted these 6 years. [See 12 April 1749.] Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan or Harlequin Restord

Dance: IV: A Ball Minuet-LaLauze, a scholar of LaLauze Nine years old, who never appear'd before; V: Dutch Dance, as17531018

Event Comment: Benefit for Timbertoe and Sga Gapatoona

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mrs Midnights Concert

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Fribble

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg and Miss Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: II: Isabella Young, who sang in the Oratorio Alfred; III: Honour and Arms out of the Oratorio Samson-Legg; V: By Particular Desire, a Bacchanal Song-Legg

Dance: IV: Italian Peasants, as17531120

Event Comment: Benefit for Holtom, Miss Cockayne, Crudge (Housekeeper), Miss Young, and others. Tickets deliver'd for Jervais, Mrs Gwinn, and Madam Huette will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Dance: MMinuet, Louvre-Settree, Mlle Huette; Italian Peasants-Granier, Mlle Camargo