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Event Comment: Benefit the Author. See also A Letter to Mr John Gay on his Tragedy call'd The Captives (1724), by Elizabeth Harrison, who attended a performance during the initial run

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Captives

Related Works
Related Work: The Virgin Queen; or, The Captive Princess Author(s): Richard Barford
Event Comment: Benefit Hawker and Thomas. By Subscription. Written by the late Mr Farquhar. At 6 p.m. N.B. Several Gentlemen and Ladies have complained of the coldness of the House, particular Care will be taken that Night to make the House much warmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And A Bottle

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Event Comment: Benefit Walker. Written by Mr Congreve. Receipts: money #12s.; tickets #79 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Chambers; particularly The Tipling Philosophers-Leveridge

Dance: Dupre, Nivelon Sr, Nivelon Jr, Glover, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Wall; particularly Two Pierrots-the Nivelons; Running Footman's Dance-Nivelon Sr, Mrs Rogeir; Flag Dance-Nivelon Sr

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs Egleton. Mainpiece: Not Acted these Five Years. Receipts: money #63 6s. 6d.; tickets #83

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife Or A Comical Transformation

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Chambers

Dance: Dupre, Nivelons, Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden; particularly Flag Dance-Nivelon Sr; Two Pierrots-Nivelons; Tollet's Grounds-Newhouse, Mrs Rogeir

Event Comment: Benefit Harper. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: Drunken Man-Harper

Event Comment: Benefit Oates. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Afterpiece: Set to Musick by Mr Eccles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea or The Country Wedding

Event Comment: Benefit Robinson and Mrs Willis. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. With all the Song, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play. Afterp1ece: Compos'd by Mr John Eccles, Master of the King's Musick

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Event Comment: Benefit Lawrence, Boxkeeper. Written by the late Mr Otway. Receipts: money #6 4s.; tickets #63 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldiers Fortune

Dance: End I: Saraband-Mrs Brett; II: Peasant-Lanyon, Mrs Ogden; III: Louvre-Mrs Wall; IV: Tollet's Ground-Newhouse, Mrs Rogier; V: Myrtillo-

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Lindar and May. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mianpiece: Written by Mr Shadwell, late Poet Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Dance: Shaw, Thurmond, Boval, Topham, Mrs Younger, Mrs Bullock, Miss Tenoe; particularly Foresters-

Song: Miss Lindar

Event Comment: Benefit Wright and Fielding. Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Afterpiece Title: The What Dye Call It

Dance: As17240418

Event Comment: Benefit John Rich. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Otway. Receipts: #126 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Scapin

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Song: Mrs Barbier

Event Comment: Benefit Widow of Keene, Mrs Orfeur, Mrs Taylor. Written by Mr Congreve. Receipts: money #11 16s. 6d.; tickets #92 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Dance: End I: Saraband-Mrs Brett; II: Louvre-Mrs Wall; III: Tollet's Grounds-Newhouse, Mrs Rogier; IV: Entry-Glover; V: Peasant-Lanyon, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Ward and Mrs Haughton. By Mr Bullock's and Spiller's Company of Comedians At their great Theatrical Booth in Bird-Cage Alley. With all the Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus King Of Thebes

Dance: Haughton, Mrs Ogden, James, Mrs Haughton; End II: particulary Tollet's Grounds-Mrs Haughton, Mrs Ogden; End IV: French Peasant-; End V: Swedish Dale Karl-Haughton, Mrs Ogden

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Dumont, the Colombine , and Mr Phillipe, the Scaramouch

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Amours De Colombine De Scaramouche Pedant Scrupuleux Pierot Escallier

Afterpiece Title: LOmbre DArlequin le Diable Boitteux

Dance: Variety of New Dances-Mrs Roger, the pierrot,, also by young Scaramouch lately arriv'd

Event Comment: [Benefit Mr and Mrs Egleton. Not Acted these Six Years. Receitps: money #42 8s. 6d.; tickets #65 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Taming Of The Shrew

Dance: [End I: Scotch Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; II: Chacone-Lally, Mrs Wall; III: Scots Dance-Mrs Bullock; IV: Running Footman's Dance-

Song: [LLove and Wine-Leveridge, Legar

Event Comment: Benefit Shaw. Written by Mr Congreve. Pit and Front Boxes put together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Lady Wishfort Actor: Mrs Baker

Dance: As17241216

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Parker. Written oy Mr Dryden. Receipts: money #20 13s.; tickets #64 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian King Of Portugal

Dance: SScot Dance-Mrs Bullock; Flag Dance-Nivelon; Myrtillo-DuPre, Glover, Pelling, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden

Song: Salway

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs Legare. Afterpiece: [Author unknown.] A new Entertainment of Musick in one Interlude. Receipts: money #33 11s. 6d.; tickets #65 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Cornish Hero or Jack the Giant Killer

Dance: Proper Dances-

Event Comment: Benefit Thurmond Sr. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: HHarlequin and Pirotte-Mlle Harvay

Event Comment: Benefit a Person who has wrote for the Stage (Mr Froud). Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Three Rows of the Pit will be rail'd into the Boxes at 5s.Receipts: money #16 4s.; tickets #87 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre

Event Comment: Benefit Boman and Mrs Moore. Written by the late Mr Wycherley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: As17250504

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Robinson, the Dancer. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Prologue: in The Poems of Henry Carey, p. 65. Epilogue: Written by Mr Welsted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Dance: End I: Polonese-Miss Robinson, Rainton; III: A new Passacaille-Miss Robinson; V: A New Comic Dance-Miss Robinson, Rainton

Music: II: 2d Concerto of Corelli-; IV: Select Piece with Hautboys and Flutes-

Event Comment: Benefit Morgan, Mrs Cook, Mrs Butcher. Written by Mr Congreve. Receipts: money #9 0s. 6d.; tickets #98 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Dance: CChacone-Mrs Bullock; Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Pastoral-Lally, Mrs Wall

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Karba, the famous Bassoon. By Her Royal Highness' Command. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consort of several Sorts of Instruments-

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Thurmond. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not Or The Kind Imposter

Dance: Thurmond, Mrs Booth, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson