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901
10 May 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Philips, the Harlequin. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. [Tickets at Philips' Lodgings, at the Harness Maker's in Bedford Court, cg.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Cast
Role: Lady Froth Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Touchwood Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Lady Pliant Actor: Mrs Roberts
Role: Cynthia Actor: Mrs Mills.

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Philips; Flash-Livier; Conjurer-Beard; Colombine-Mrs Walter; with a Grand Ballet-Lilliputians, scholars to Livier.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Walter
Role: with a Grand Ballet Actor: Lilliputians, scholars to Livier.
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode Author(s): Thomas Arne
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, The Country Revels Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: I: Flanderkins-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: A new Hornpipe-Philips; IV: Drunken Peasant-Philips; V: Russian Sailor-Denoyer

Music: III: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg

902
12 February 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17430211, but with the Original Epilogue-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: with the Original Epilogue Actor: Mrs Clive.
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Sabrina Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: The Dances Actor: Boromeo, Desse, Mlle Bonneval, Froment, Liviez, Boudouin, Mrs Walter, Miss Thomson, Mlle Fabres, Mlle Gondeau.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

903
14 April 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17430308 but Sabrina-Mrs Lampe; Bacchanal-Lowe.
Cast
Role: Sabrina Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: The Dances Actor: Boromeo, Desse, Mlle Bonneval, Froment, Liviez, Boudouin, Mrs Walter, Miss Thomson, Mlle Fabres, Mlle Gondeau.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

904
25 August 1746 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: WWarner and Fawkes' Booth, facing the Hospital Gate, West Smithfield. Noon to 10 p.m. [Notice repeated 26, 27 August.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Happy Hero

Afterpiece Title: All Alive and Merry

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Incendiary; or, Colombine Cameron

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Cushing; Colombine-Smith; Colombine Cameron-Mrs Cushing; Clodpole-Warner.
Cast
Role: Colombine Cameron Actor: Mrs Cushing
Role: Clodpole Actor: Warner.
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Incendiary; or, Colombine Cameron Author(s): Thomas Arne

Song: In praise of our successful Hero the Duke of Cumberland-

905
29 April 1747 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece by Particular Desire. Benefit Mrs Campioni. Receipts: #35 11s., plus #38 18s. in tickets. Charges #60. At her house at a Green Lamp, Leicester Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Sabrina Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Attendant Spirits of Comus Actor: Leveridge, Roberts, Thompson, Mrs Wright
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Anderson
Role: Melissa Actor: Mrs Dunstall

906
10 December 1748 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Quin; Elder Brother-Ryan; Younger Brother-Ridout; 1st Spirit-Sparks; 2nd Spirit-Anderson; Bacchanal-Lowe; Euphrosyne-Miss Norris, 1st appearance on any stage; Sabrina-Miss Falkner; Lady-Mrs Woffington; Attendant Spirits of Comus-Leveridge, Baker, Wilder, Roberts, Miss Young; With Dances proper to the mask-.
Cast
Role: 2nd Spirit Actor: Anderson
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Woffington
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

907
15 December 1748 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: To the Printer of the General Advertiser, &c Sir: Imagine a heart satisfy'd beyond its wishes, and overflowing with gratitude; conceive this to be your situation, and then help me to words to empress my feeling. [Tom Harbin inserted a long letter of thanks to the numerous audience wnich appeared at his benefit the night before.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17481210, but Attendant Spirits-Mrs Wright.
Cast
Role: Attendant Spirits Actor: Mrs Wright.
Role: 2nd Spirit Actor: Anderson
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Woffington
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

908
05 May 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Scrase, Mozeen and Hayes. Mainpiece: Acted but twice these two years, and for last time this season. [Hayes was Pit-Office-Keeper]. Receipts: #160 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17521128, but Younger Brother-Mozeen; First Spirit-Scrase; Second Spirit-Mas. Cross; The Dances-Mrs _Preston, Miss _Rayner.
Cast
Role: The Dances Actor: Mrs _Preston, Miss _Rayner.
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Nymph Actor: Mrs Price
Role: The Dances Actor: Devisse, Mad Auretti, Ferrere, Mad Auguste, Piettro, Mad. Janeton Auretti, Mrs Preston, Miss Rayner
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

909
09 January 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17601211, but Chorusses-Mrs Abegg.
Cast
Role: Chorusses Actor: Mrs Abegg.
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Brent, Mrs Vernon
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Vernon
Role: and the song of Sweet Echo Actor: Miss Brent.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: The Dances, as17601211, but _Poitier Jr, Mlle _Capdeville

910
03 April 1761 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Sparks. Receipts: #42 4s. 6d. plus #192 2s. from Tickets (Box 345; Pit 543; Gallery 244). Bought of Lord Holderness's Valet by Blackmore 5 ensembles of clothing amounting to #49 10s. Paid Mrs Marg. Lamb Interest due on #315 due 8 March last: #15 (Account Book). Charges: #66 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Chorusses Actor: Mrs Abegg.
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Bacchants Actor: Miss Brent, Mrs Vernon
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Vernon
Role: and the song of Sweet Echo Actor: Miss Brent.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Performance Comment: As17610401 but Charlotte-Mrs Burden.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Burden.

911
28 April 1764 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull and Miss Miller. Afterpiece: A Farce in 2 Acts Never perform'd before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17640324 but Comus-Smith; 1st Spirit-Hull; Lady (that Night Only)-Mrs Morrison; Euphrosyne-Miss Miller.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Morrison
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: and the Song of Sweet Echo Actor: Miss Brent
Role: The Dances Actor: M. Duquesney, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford, George, Granier. With the usual Decorations and Machinery
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Absent Man

Performance Comment: Principals-Shuter, Dunstall, Mattocks, Anderson, White, Bennet, Miss Cokayne, Weller, Mrs Stephens, Miss Miller, Haynes, Lewis; Occasional Songs-.
Cast
Role: Principals Actor: Shuter, Dunstall, Mattocks, Anderson, White, Bennet, Miss Cokayne, Weller, Mrs Stephens, Miss Miller, Haynes, Lewis

Dance: End Masque: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt

912
26 May 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17640428 but 1st Spirit-Ross; Lady-Mrs Ward; 3rd Spirit-Mattocks, who also doubled as a Bacchanal; Euphrosyne-Miss Poitier.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: and the Song of Sweet Echo Actor: Miss Brent
Role: The Dances Actor: M. Duquesney, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford, George, Granier. With the usual Decorations and Machinery
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

913
30 April 1770 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Champnes and Mrs W. Barry (playbill). [N.B. Winston suggests Cymbeline this night, but all extant playbill evidence favors Cymon. "Sir Joshua Reynolds purchased portrait of Garrick as Abel Drugger by Zoffany for #100" (Winston MS 10, from Burney News Clippings).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Cast
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Scott
Role: Fatima Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Jefferies, Miss Burton
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Dances Actor: Grimaldi, Giorgi, Leppie, Mrs King, Sga Dagueville, Miss Rogers, Miss West, Miss Collet
Role: With a Grand Procession of the Knights of the Diff Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: Cymon Author(s): Michael Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Minor

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Jeffries.

Dance: III: As17700428

914
14 March 1771 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: As17701121, but Dorcas-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Bradshaw.
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Miss Burton, Mrs _Dorman.
Role: Fatima Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: In which will be Introduced a Grand Procession of Actor: , with Proper Dances and Decorations.
Related Works
Related Work: Cymon Author(s): Michael Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-King, first time that stage; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Abington; first time that stage; Vamp-Moody, first time that stage; Young Cape-J. Aickin; Sprightly-Packer; Poet-Parsons; Robin-Keen; Printer's Devil-J. Burton; Arabella-Miss Burton; Governor Cape-Bransby; Original Prologue-King, By Desire.
Cast
Role: Mrs Cadwallader Actor: Mrs Abington

915
01 March 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alzuma

Performance Comment: As17730223, but Prologue-Bensley; Epilogue-Mrs Hartley (Edition of 1773).
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: Mrs Hartley Alzuma Actor: Smith
Role: Orellana Actor: Mrs Hartley
Role: Virgins of the Sun Actor: Miss Pearce, Mrs Willems
Related Works
Related Work: Alzuma Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Cast
Role: Mrs Cross Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Charlotte Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Role: Lettice Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Gardner
Role: Sally Actor: Miss Brown, who performed last season in the Fairy Prince and in Man and Wife.

916
16 October 1773 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Cast
Role: Varland Actor: Quick
Role: Lady Rusport Actor: Mrs Green
Role: Louisa Dudley Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Willems
Role: Mrs Fulmer Actor: Mrs Gardner
Related Works
Related Work: The West Indian Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Mattocks; Spirit-Hull; Brothers-Thompson, Harris; Lady-Miss Miller; Sabrina, and the Pastoral Nymph-Miss Twist; Bacchanals, Bacchants-Reinhold, DuBellamy, Baker, Mrs Baker; Euphrosyne-Miss Catley; Sweet Echo-Miss Catley; With Dances-incident to the piece.
Cast
Role: and the Pastoral Nymph Actor: Miss Twist
Role: Bacchants Actor: Reinhold, DuBellamy, Baker, Mrs Baker
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

917
25 March 1775 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. Tickets deliver'd for the Distress'd Mother will be taken. Positively the last time of Miss Catley's performing this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Mattocks

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Bacchants Actor: Mrs Baker, others.
Role: The Lady with the Song Sweet Echo Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: End Opera: The Frolick, as17741214

918
18 March 1776 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Barry. By Particular Desire. Mainpiece: A Tragedy by the author of Douglas [John Home], never acted there. Part of Pit laid into boxes. Ladies send servants by 4 o'clock, and come as early as possible to avoid Confusion and Trouble

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Discovery

Performance Comment: Orellan-Barry (first time); Durstan-Aickin; Kathul-Hull; Connan-Wroughton; Euran-L'Estrange; Calmar-Young; First Pict-Thompson; Officer-Booth; Ronan-Webster; Rivine-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Rivine Actor: Mrs Barry.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Song of Sweet Echo Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Farrell
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Barry
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

919
24 September 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The Prelude shortened, and is much the better for it (Hopkins Diary). Receipts: #246 8s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: New Brooms

Cast
Role: Mrs Dripping Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Mrs Furrow Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Miss Quaver Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Afterpiece Title: Jane Shore

Performance Comment: Hastings-Smith; Gloster-Jefferson; Bellmour-Davies; Catesby-Wright; Ratcliffe-Farren; Derby-Hurst; Shore-Reddish; Alicia-Miss Younge; Jane Shore-Mrs Yates.
Cast
Role: Jane Shore Actor: Mrs Yates.

Afterpiece Title: May Day; or, The Little Gipsy

Performance Comment: William-Vernon; Clod-Bannister; Dozey-Waldron; Cryer-Wrighten; Furrow-Parsons; Dolly-Mrs Wrighten; The Little Gipsy-Miss Abrams.
Cast
Role: Dolly Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Related Works
Related Work: May Day; or, The Little Gipsy Author(s): Thomas Arne

920
07 October 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: Romeo-Ward (1st appearance on this stage); Capulet-Clarke; Friar Lawrence-Hull; Mercutio-Woodward; Benvolio-Booth; Paris-Whitefield; Tibalt-L'Estrange; Peter-Jones; Lady Capulet-Mrs Poussin; Nurse-Mrs Pitt; Juliet-Mrs Jackson.
Cast
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Poussin
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Jackson.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: Comus-Mattocks; Spirit-L'Estrange; Brothers-Whitefield, Robson; Bacchanals-Reinhold, Mahon; The Lady-Mrs Jackson; Pastoral Nymph, Sabrina-Miss Dayes; Bacchants-Miss Ambrose; Euphrosyne-Miss Catley (1st appearance in that character these 2 years).
Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: I: a Masquerade Scene-incident to the Play; a Minuet-Dumay, Mrs Jackson

Song: End IV: Funeral Procession of Juliet, with the Solemn Dirge-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, Fox, Miss Dayes, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems; [The Masquerade, Minuet, and Dirge, as here assigned, are the same in all subsequent performances.] In afterpiece: Sweet Echo-Leoni, Miss Catley. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Related Works
Related Work: The Wandering Jew; or, Love's Masquerade Author(s): Andrew Franklin

921
06 February 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Miss Leeson, but she "being suddenly indisposed, Mrs Whitefield yesterday, at very short notice, undertook the part of Cleora" (Morning Chronicle, 7 Feb.).] Paid Woodfall on acct. of his Two [Benefit] Nights #150 [and see 20 Feb.]. Receipts: #233 17s. (230.14; 3.3)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Thomas Overbury

Performance Comment: As17770201, but Cleora-Mrs Whitefield in place of Miss Leeson.
Cast
Role: Cleora Actor: Mrs Whitefield in place of Miss Leeson.
Role: Countess of Somerset Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Hartley

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17761123

Song: As17770107

922
23 April 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Lee Lewes. Afterpiece: In [it] will be introduced the Stockwell Scenes, with a Prologue [by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Boaden, Mrs Siddons, I, 107)], in the Character of Harlequin, spoken by Lee Lewes; to conclude with the Escape through the Tub, as in Mother Shipton. [The Stockwell Scenes were included in all subsequent performances. The Prologue and Escape were included in the first 3 performances only (see 3 May).] Public Advertiser, 8 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Lee Lewes, No. 40, Charlotte-street, Rathbone Place. Receipts: #282 18s. (119.15; tickets: 163.3) (charge: #69 17s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caractacus

Cast
Role: Druids and Bards Actor: Aickin, Hull, L'Estrange, Fearon, others
Role: Principal Vocal Parts Actor: Leoni, Reinhold, Mrs Farrell
Role: Evelina Actor: Mrs Hartley
Related Works
Related Work: Caractacus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace; or, Harlequin Skeleton

923
18 December 1777 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Paid Mrs Barry as per Agreement #200. Receipts: #146 9s. (143.9; 3.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Cast
Role: Birtha Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Elwina Actor: Mrs Barry

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: The Lady Actor: Mrs Jackson
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Farrell
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

924
22 January 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: As17780120, but 2nd Shepherdess-Mrs Colles.
Cast
Role: 2nd Shepherdess Actor: Mrs Colles.
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Baddeley
Role: Fatima Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Miss Collett, Mrs Davies
Related Works
Related Work: Cymon Author(s): Michael Arne

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Performance Comment: Irishman-Moody; Capt. Le Brush-Palmer; Gulwell-Packer; Scotchman-Parsons; Frenchman-Baddeley; Frankly-Norris; Harwood-Lamash; Lord Brilliant-R. Palmer; Williams-Wrighten; Margery Moorpout-Mrs Love; Maria-Miss Collett; Melpomene-Miss Stageldoir; Mrs Doggrel-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Margery Moorpout Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Mrs Doggrel Actor: Miss Pope.

925
09 March 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Mrs Page Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Ann Page Actor: Mrs Colles
Role: Mrs Quickly Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Mrs Ford Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Performance Comment: As17780123, but Pastoral Nymph-Miss Collett; Principal Bacchants-Miss _Collett, Mrs _Colles.
Cast
Role: Principal Bacchants Actor: Miss _Collett, Mrs _Colles.
Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: As17771014

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