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Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #34 18s. Probable attendance: boxes, 24 paid and 16 orders; pit, 86 paid and 27 orders; slips, 6 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 100 paid and 21 orders; second gallery, 60 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Receipts: #30 18s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 27 paid and 17 orders; pit, 103 paid and 11 orders; slips, 2 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 57 paid and 19 orders; second gallery, 48 paid and 4 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Event Comment: Receipts: #30 19s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 29 paid and 6 orders; pit, 97 paid and 16 orders; slips, 3 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 66 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 33 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #92 2s. Probable attendance: boxes, 31 paid and 10 orders; pit, 178 paid and 22 orders; slips, 17 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 321 paid and 8 orders; second gallery, 284 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Receipts: #47. Probable attendance: boxes, 12 paid and 4 orders; pit, 64 paid and 20 orders; slips, 13 paid and 10 orders; first gallery, 168 paid and 9 orders; second gallery, 196 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Womans Revenge

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: By Command of his Royal Highness. Receipts: #173 15s. Probable attendance: boxes, 241 paid and 29 orders; 308 paid and 1 order; slips, 44 paid and 19 orders; first gallery 471 paid and 2 orders; second gallery, 194 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; Ford-Ryan; Page-Ogden; Shallow-Berriman; Sir Hugh-Hippisley; Fenton-Chapman; Slender-Clark; Host-Bullock; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Egleton; Anne Page-Miss Holliday; Mrs Page-Mrs Bullock; Mrs Ford-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Ford Actor: Ryan
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Mrs Younger.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Afterpiece: With Alterations. Receipts: #51 1s. Probable attendance: boxes, 38 paid and 11 orders; pit, 108 paid and 26 orders; slips, 6 paid and 14 orders; first gallery, 148 paid and 16 orders; second gallery, 179 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

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
Event Comment: Receipts: #54 4s. Probable attendance: 58 paid and 16 orders; pit, 147 paid and 35 orders; slips, 8 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 113 paid and 8 orders; second gallery, 96 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Event Comment: Receipts: #38 12s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 17 paid and 6 orders; pit, 98 paid and 15 orders; slips, 6 paid and 7 orders; first gallery, 110 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 101 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: Receipts: #84 4s. Probable attendance: boxes, 62 paid and 13 orders; Pit, 215 paid and 12 orders; slips, 19 paid and 5 orders; first gallery, 216 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 107 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #37 2s. Probable attendance: boxes, 41 paid and 3 orders; pit, 96 paid and 19 orders; slips, 19 paid and 8 orders; first gallery, 64 paid and 14 orders; second gallery, 98 paid and 5 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Receipts: #38 17s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 17 paid and 4 orders; pit, 125 paid and 27 orders; slips, 9 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 150 paid and 26 orders; second gallery, 132 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: As17280930, but Vocal Parts-_Leveridge

Dance: Salle, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyan, Dupre Jr

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespeare. Receipts: #73 4s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 68 paid and 18 orders; pit, 193 paid and 17 orders; slips, 17 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 145 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 164 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

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

Song: Mrs Wright, her first on this stage

Event Comment: Receipts: #59 4s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 20 paid and 14 orders; pit, 150 paid and 20 orders; slips, 7 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 214 paid and 5 orders; second gallery, 155 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

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

Music: As17290116

Event Comment: Receipts: #45 2s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 72 paid and 10 orders; pit, 111 paid and 24 orders; slips, 5 paid and 8 orders; first gallery, 59 paid and 13 orders; second gallery, 69 paid and 2 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Event Comment: Receipts: #36 4s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 26 paid and 6 orders; pit, 110 paid and 17 orders; slips, 6 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 74 paid and 3 orders; second gallery, 97 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles The Lover Of His Country

Event Comment: Receipts: #34 16s. Probable attendance; boxes, 35 paid and 8 orders; pit, 103 paid and 12 orders; slips, 2 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 69 paid and 1 order; second gallery, 60 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles The Lover Of His Country

Event Comment: Receipts: #32 6s.Probable attendance: boxes, 37 paid and 11 orders; pit, 56 paid and 21 orders; slips, 6 paid and 2 orders; first gallery, 91 paid and 3 orders; second gallery, 89 paid and 1 order

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Themistocles The Lover Of His Country

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: #100 19s. Probable attendance: boxes, 49 paid and 29 orders; pit, 259 paid and 14 orders; slips, 28 paid and 4 orders; first gallery, 252 paid and 7 orders; second gallery, 183 paid. [This is the last entry in the Harvard Manuscript which lists the receipts in various sections of the theater.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

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
Event Comment: Boxes #15 12s. 6d. Macklin's fifth came to #16 9s. Paid Woodfall's Printing Bill, commencing 22 Sept. last and ending 10 Jan. #128 11s. Paid Ledlay for 7 1!2 doz. wax candles #11 12s. 6d. Paid Pattinson, tallow chandler #14 17s. 6d. Paid Besworth for making ghost's dress for Hamlet #6 18s. Paid for a wig for Cable in Thomas and Sally 3s. 6d. (Account Book). On Saturday Evening during the play of the Married Libertine...several riots ensued, occasioned by a number of Jews assembled for that purpose in the two shilling gallery; but they were soon quelled (Public Ledger, 10 Feb.). Receipts: #143 4s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Married Libertine

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: As17610202

Event Comment: Post Season Accounts. Receiv'd from Vincent for Music Forfeits #24 8s. 4d. Expended: To Fisher for Music for Harlequin's Jubilee #26 5s. 30 May: Paid to Foulis for writing out Music #34 9s. 2 June: Paid to Shove for paper for Music #7 1s. Paid to Arnold for composing #61 19s. 15 June: Paid Kirkman for tuning Harpsichord #19 12s. Paid Simpson (hautboy) for special performances #67 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Event Comment: [The first payroll of the season was met this night. It includes 91 actors, actresses and dancers, plus 36 named servants to the theatre and 4 groups (women dressers, charwomen, guards, and barbers). The pay period covered was for 3 days. It came to #168 2s. 6d. The highest paid actor for this period was Ross at #8 5s.; the highest paid actress, Mrs Yates at #8 6s. 6d.; the highest paid dancer, Fichar at #3. The lowest paid in each category were: actors: C. Smith and Hollingsworth at 7s. 6d. apiece; actresses, 11 who receiv'd 10s. each (Mrs Ferguson, Evans, White, Allen, Cockayne, &c.); Dancers: 11 who receiv'd 15s. apiece (male) and 2 (female) who receiv'd 12s. 6d. apiece. The highest paid servant listed was Stables at 15s., and the lowest the charwomen.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Performance Comment: [No Performance.]
Event Comment: 1st piece: In 3 Scenes of Dialogue. 2nd piece: The Music compiled by Pepusch. [The playbill assigns Filch to Mrs Wilson and Mat o' th' Mint to Miss Morris, but "Miss Morris was merely a temporary substitute for Mrs Wilson who, it seems, is too far advanced in her pregnancy to dress en bomme" (Miming Chronicle, 4 June). But beginning with 7 June Mrs Wilson acted regularly until 3 Aug. Who acted Mat o' th' Mint on this present night has not come to light; the part was perhaps omitted.] 3rd piece: Ballet Tragi-comique. Composed by Signior Novestris [i.e. George Colman, the elder]. The Music by Gluck. With new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations. Machinist and Painter-Sg Rookereschi. Tailor-Sg Walkerino. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Rice at the Theatre. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00 [same throughout season]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Hornpipe by Master Byrn. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]

Performance Comment: [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.] hathi.
Event Comment: In order to prevent Confusion among the Carriages, Ladies and Gentlemen are humbly requested to order their Servants to set down and take up with their Horses' Heads towards Pali-Mall. Servants are particularly desired not to croud the Doors, or to come up till called for. 1st piece: In three Scenes of Dialogue

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Afterpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: In Act III of 2nd piece Hornpipe by Byrn

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Penelope

Performance Comment: Edition of 1728 lists: Minerva-Gorsuch; Ulysses-Phoenix; Telemachus-Longbottom; Cleaver-Smith; Thimble-Brassey; Hopkins-Edwards; Penelope-Mrs Clarke; Doll-Mrs Holland; Prologue-Phoenix; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Hopkins Actor: Edwards

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