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Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Wycherley. Receipts: #36 9s. Probable attendance: boxes, 37 paid and 21 orders; pit, 102 paid and 19 orders; slips, 5 paid and 14 orders; first gallery, 128 paid and 19 orders; second gallery, 80 paid and 9 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Fenton

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats or The Tavern Bilkers

Event Comment: As it was altered from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play. [The Rural Modes intended, but deferred by the indisposition of a player.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Event Comment: We are obliged to defer The Rape of Proserpine 'till farther Notice, on Account of the sudden Indispostion of Mr Rich. Receipts: #25 17s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 21 paid and 8 orders; Pit, 55 paid and 17 orders; slips, 11 paid and 1 order; first gallery, 107 paid and 17 orders; second gallery, 95 paid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance in the Character of a Clown-Nivelon; French Sailor and his Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle; French Peasant-Poitier, Mrs Bullock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurengzebe Or The Great Mogul

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: CCoquet Shepherdess-Lally, Mrs Booth; Harlequin-Mrs Booth

Event Comment: Benefit Boheme. And the Flyings, Sinkings, and usual Decorations. N.B. Mr Boheme continuing indispos'd, the Tragedy of King Lear cannot be acted. Receipts: money #30 18s.; tickets #57 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 6 by money and 49 by tickets; pit, 59 by money and 246 by tickets; slips, 9 by money; first gallery, 97 by money and 81 by tickets; second gallery, 51 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Dance: With the usual Dances proper to the Play-; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; French Sailor and his Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Receipts: money #33 17s.; tickets #58 7s. Probable attendance: boxes, 66 by moeny and 106 by tickets; P1t, 69 by money and 167 by tickets; slips, 6 by money; first gallery, 33 by money and 68 by tickets; second gallery 13 by money. Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 15 April: Wednesday died Mr Diggs, a noted Actor at the New Play-House

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Camilla

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier

Event Comment: Benefit Wrexham. the Mercer, who sustain'd great Losses in the Year 1720. N.B. That Mr Wrexham will have the intire Profits of this Play for his own Use, and that no other Person hath any Share therein

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Event Comment: Benefit Gwinn, Mrs Cook, Mrs Warren, Mrs Atkins. Written by the late Mr Wycherley. Receipts: money #11 3s. 6d.; tickets #186 6s. Probable attendance: boxes, 3 by money and 268 by tickets; stage, 12 by money; pit, 76 by money and 536 by tickets; first gallery, 15 by money and 389 by tickets; second gallery, 22 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Cast
Role: Mrs Squeamish Actor: Miss Fenton

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Salle; Peasant-Poitier, Mrs Bullock; French Sailor and his Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle

Song: Singing in English and Italian-Mrs Warren

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: Valentine-Wilks; Scandal-Booth; Tattle-Cibber; Sir Sampson-Shepard; Foresight-Johnson; Trapland-Norris; Jeremy-Oates; Ben-Miller; Mrs Frail-Mrs Porter; Angelica-Mrs Thurmond; Mrs Foresight-Mrs Horton; Prue-Mrs Cibber; Nurse-Mrs Willis.
Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: Booth
Role: Trapland Actor: Norris

Dance: PPieraite, Fawns-Roger, Lally, Essex, Mrs Brett, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Clark; Pierot-Roger; Punch-Burney; Scaramouch-Haughton; Statue-Cibber Jr; Bawd-Harper; Mephostophilus-Young Rainton; Death-Ray; Time-Rainton; Usurer-Norris; Shopkeeper and Wife-Hallam, Mrs Haughton; Doctor's Man-Peplow; Countrymen-Miller, Bridgwater, Oates, Wright; Diana-Mrs Booth; Mars-Thurmond; Mercury-Lally; Bacchus-Boval; Ceres-Mrs Mills; Iris-Mrs Brett; Flora-Mrs Walter.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Silvia Actor: Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17270926, but Scandal-W. Mills; With the Coronation Scene-.
Cast
Role: Scandal Actor: W. Mills
Role: Trapland Actor: Norris
Event Comment: His Royal Highness the Duke present. Mainpiece: By Terence. Afterpiece: Imitated from the Phormio by Moliere, and translated into English by Mr Otway, with some Alterations; acted by the younger King's Scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Phormio

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Otway. Receipts: #43 6s. Probable attendance: boxes, 23 paid and 13 orders; pit, 122 paid and 17 orders; slips, 11 paid and 3 orders; first gallery, 122 paid and 12 orders; second gallery, 95 paid and 3 orders

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd Or A Plot Discoverd

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Anna Bullen

Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest Or The Inchanted Island

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance:

Event Comment: Receipts: #163 18s. 6d. Probable attendance: boxes, 230 paid and 3 orders; stage, 28 paid; balcony, 4 paid; pit, 273 paid and 3 orders; slips, 57 paid; first gallery, 420 paid and 4 orders; second gallery, 195 paid. Daily Journal, 28 Feb.: Whereas Mrs Barbier has advertized that the Beggar's Opera is to be performed, for her Benefit, on the 16th of March next; This is to inform the Publick, That such Advertisement was published without Consent of Mr Rich, and that the same will not be allow'd of

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera