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Event Comment: Benefit for Gibson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Event Comment: Benefit for Fishar (ballet master) and Sga Manesiere. [The previous day's bill made special announcement of the variety of Dancing to be offered. N.B. A previous Academy of Dancing 23 April 1762. Miles listed for the part of Landlady by Public Advertiser.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Jones

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Dance: By Desire The Tartars, as17701003; End of Farce: A New Dance, The Corsican Sailor's Punch House-Fishar, Miss Twist, Hussey, Blurton, Miss Besford

Monologue: I: A Dancing Academy. The Minuet-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; The Allemande (first time)-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford (both apprentices of Fishar); the Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton; to conclude with a New Cotillion-

Performance Comment: The Minuet-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; The Allemande (first time)-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford (both apprentices of Fishar); the Hornpipe-Mas. Blurton; to conclude with a New Cotillion-.

Ballet: End Opera: First time this season, The Wapping Landlady. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Mrs White; Orange Woman-Sga Manesiere; with a Double Hornpipe-Fishar, Sga Manesiere

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17701025

Event Comment: Benefit for Savigny

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: End Play: Comic Dance, as17701017

Event Comment: Benefit for Baddeley. Afterpiece: Not acted in 12 years. [See 13 March 1760.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Ward (Daughter of the late Mrs Ward). Tickets deliver'd for Cyrus will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-, as17701025, but the children here named as Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong

Entertainment: End Opera: A Variety of Imitations-Bannister

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss D'Arcy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: The Tartars, as17701003

Event Comment: Benefit for Dunstall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End Play: Comic Dance, as17701017

Event Comment: Benefit for Guadagni. Boxes 10s. 6d. First Gallery 5s. Second Gallery 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Grand Concert Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Directed by Giardini; in which will be perform'd the Whole of the Music-compos'd by Vento for the Harmonical Meeting; besides which between the acts A New Song-Guadagni on purposely compos'd for him Vento; and one by Hasse. and one by Hasse.
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Baker. Mainpiece: By Desire. Tickets deliver'd for Artaxerxes will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Skeleton

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Radley. Miss Radley ill, did not perform (Winston MS 10). N.B. Miss Radley humbly hopes it will be a sufficient apology to those Ladies and Gentlemen who have honoured her with taking places, that her present ill state of health renders it impossible for her to perform this evening

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: I: Comic Dance, as17710416

Event Comment: Benefit for Reinhold

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17701017

Event Comment: Benefit for Jefferson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Cast
Role: Muslin Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: II: Comic Dance, as17710416

Monologue: End Play: An Interlude from Taste. Carmine-Palmer; Lady Pentweazel-A Gentleman, his first appearance any stage

Event Comment: Benefit for Wroughton. Afterpiece: Never acted before. Tickets deliver'd for Theodosius will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Barbarossa

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Performance Comment: Col. Tamper-Wroughton; Prattle-Lewes; Major Belford-Perry; Bell-Mrs Bulkley; Madam Florival-Mrs Lessingham; Emily-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Major Belford Actor: Perry

Dance: End Play: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House, as17710412

Event Comment: Benefit for Sieur Daigville, Sga Vidini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Cast
Role: Lady Freelove Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: II: A New Dance call'd The European in America-Daigville, Sga Vidini, Sga Daigville, Miss Ross; IV: A New Dance call'd The Amusements of Strasburg-Daigville, Sga Vidini, Sga Daigville, Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong, others of Daigville's scholars; End: A Dance call'd The Ball-Children of Seven Years of Age; in which will be introduced some New Minuets, Allemandes, a Rigadoon, Cotillions-scholars of Daigville , who have been scholars of Daigville only five months

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady and Double Hornpipe. As17710412Landlady-Mrs White

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Hayward. By Desire. Tickets deliver'd for Tancred and Sigismunda will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Dance: III: The Amusements of Strasburg, as17710422

Event Comment: Benefit for Aldridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko Or The Royal Slave

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-a Young Gentleman who never appeared any stage; Aboan-Bensley; Governor-Perry; Blandford-Hull; Daniel-Shuter; Capt. Driver-Dunstall; Lucy-Miss Helme; Widow Lackit-Mrs Pitt; Charlotte-Mrs DuBellamy; Imoinda-Miss Miller.
Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Hull

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Cast
Role: Major Belford Actor: Perry

Dance: I: A New Comic Dance-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere; III: (By Particular Desire) The Old ground Young, as17710318 concluding with: Allemande, as17710318

Monologue: Interlude.End: Press Gang; True Blue. As 18 April, but Mrs Mattocks; Dance-Aldridge

Event Comment: Benefit for Grimaldi, Giorgi and Messink

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Dance: III: The Medley-scholars of Giorgi

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Mainpiece: Reviv'd not acted for 30 years [see 21 Jan. 1742]. [Bell's Shakespeare, 1773 (probably revised by Hull) has same cast plus some additions. See Hogan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale as Originally Written By shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Music: Select airs and variations on the Triple Harp-Evans

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Green. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Monologue: True Blue. As 23 April, but The Dance-Fishar

Event Comment: Benefit for Lovattini. Music by Piccini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Schiava

Event Comment: Benefit for Widow of the late Miles. Tickets deliver'd for King Lear will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Dance: III: The Corsican Sailor's Punch House, as17710412 IV: A Minuet-King, a Young Lady, his scholar

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Lessingham. Mainpiece: (Never Perform'd) alter'd from Gay [The Distress'd Wife].Afterpiece: (By Particular desire and for the last time this season). Part of Pit will be laid into Boxes. Ladies send servants by half past 4 o'clock. [See afterpiece again on 6 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Modern Wife

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: III: The Tartars, as17701003