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Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Wanton Wife Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Willis
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Saunders
Role: Damaris Actor: Mrs Bicknell.
Event Comment: Benefit Cuthbert, Lovelace, and White. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Tickets 5s. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Performers; particularly, several select Entertainments of the following (English Operas) Operas viz. The Indian Queen, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and Dioclesian, the Masque in Timon of Athens, the Pastoral in The Libertin-; with several Songs out of the St. Cecilia's Musick: All by that great Master the late Mr Henry Purcell-

Performance Comment: The Indian Queen, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and Dioclesian, the Masque in Timon of Athens, the Pastoral in The Libertin-; with several Songs out of the St. Cecilia's Musick: All by that great Master the late Mr Henry Purcell-.
Event Comment: This Consort is Undertaken by Mr Teno and Mr Cuthbert. Tickets 2s. 6d. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-; with vocal parts-Leveridge, Teno, Lawrence, Rainton, a girl (scholar of Teno)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Cast
Role: Angelina Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Rogers
Role: Teresa Actor: Mrs Porter.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus Tyrannus

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music intirely New.-; Particularly several solos for the Violin-Mr Alexander Bitti newly arriv'd from Italy

Performance Comment: -; Particularly several solos for the Violin-Mr Alexander Bitti newly arriv'd from Italy.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lucky Prodigal

Afterpiece Title: A Womans Revenge

Dance: Italian Night Scene, as17151024

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lucky Prodigal

Afterpiece Title: A Womans Revenge

Song: As17151022

Dance: As17151026

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Performance Comment: As17160310 With an Addition of Musick to Marius by Mr Peter Sandoni-.
Cast
Role: Mr Peter Sandoni Actor: .
Role: Climene Actor: Mrs Robinson
Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality who are going out of England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca Or The British General

Music: With all the Original Musick by the late Henry Purcell-; Hear Ye Gods of Britain-Turner

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. The Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 8 Dec.: Last Thursday Night his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was at the Theatre in Drury-Lane, when one Mr Freeman, a mad Gentleman of 2000l. per Ann. offering to go into the Boxes, and being stopt by one of the Centries in the Passage, he shot him above the Shoulder; however the Centry knockt him down, and securing him, 2 or 3 more loaded Pistols were found in his Pockets....The sudden Discharge of Mr Freeman's Pistol put the Ladies and others withinside the Playhouse into some Consternation at first....The Gentlemen about the Prince, and almost throughout the House, drew their Swords upon the Occasion of this Disorder, which was soon over

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Event Comment: Benefit Penkethman, Pack, and Spiller. At Penkethman's Booth near St. George's Church, in Southwark. The Boxes and Pit are laid together, and the Booth will be pull'd down on Thursday. At 6 p.m. Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 5 Oct.: Wednesday at the Quarter-Sessions for the Borough of Southwark, Mr Penkethman, Mr Leigh, and other Persons taken out their Booths by the Informing Constables during the Time of the Fair, appear'd upon their Recognizances, and were immediately Discharg'd, there being no Prosecution, upon which Occasion the Recorder severely reprimanded the Constables for presuming to molest such as Acted upon a Lawful Patent, whilst they let others pass undisturb'd, who were really under the Censure of the Act against Strolling, or Vagrant Players

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: And the usual Epilogue (Spoke upon an Ass)-.
Cast
Role: And the usual Epilogue Actor: .

Dance: Lancashire Hornpipe-Esq Timothy's Countryman who perform'd it with so much Applause during the Time of the Fair; Mimic Scene between Harlequin and a Peasant-; Vaulting on the Horse-a Gentleman lately arriv'd from France

Event Comment: We hear the famous Mr Pinkethman is building a handsome Playhouse at Richmond, for the Diversion of the Nobility and Quality that attend the Court of their Royal Highnesses; and will begin to play there soon after Whitsuntide, and shew the fine musical Picture he has prepar'd of the Royal Family, the like of which has never been seen in England.-Read's Weekly Journal, 31 May. Mr Prince the famous Dancing-Master is lately Deceas'd.-Original Weekly Journal, 31 May

Performances

Event Comment: Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 12 July: On Thursday last, Mr Quin was try'd at the Old Baily for killing Mr Bowen, the Comedian, and the Jury found it Manslaughter. Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 12 July: Quin the Comedian was burnt in the Hand for killing Bowen

Performances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Thomyris

Dance: As17181209

Event Comment: Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 30 May: On Saturday last died Mr Francis Leigh, one of the Comedians of Drury-Lane Playhouse, and Partner with Mr Bullock in the Entertainments of Southwark Fair, &c. He was Son of the Celebrated Tony Leigh, so fam'd heretofore for his Mastership in Comick Performances

Performances

Event Comment: At Mr Penkethman's and Mr Miller's Booth, at the Horns-Inn at Pye Corner, entering into Smithfield. A Celebrated Droll, Shewing the Pomp and Grandeur she lived in King Edward the IVth's Time, and the Misery she fell into upon Richard Duke of Gloucester's being made Protector. How she was oblig'd to do Penance in a white Sheet, carrying a lighted Torch bare Foot thro' the City, and then turn'd out to Starve; as also how she wandering met with her Husband, and the Tragick End of them Both. With the comical and diverting Humours of Sir Anthony Noodle, a foolish Courtier, and his Man Weezel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Song:

Dance:

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Lord Chamberlain's Office, 5@157, p. 287: I do hereby Order and direct that Mr Gay s Pastorall Tragedy be imediately Acted after Mr Hugh's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: As17200210

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Amadis

Event Comment: Not Acted these Ten Years. As it was alter'd from Beaumont and Fletcher, by C. Cibber. Daily Journal, 5 Jan.: Last Night the Rival Fools...was violently hiss'd, upon which Mr Cibber, in a very civil manner, address'd himself to the Audience, and told'em, 'That they did not offer that Play as one of their most polite Entertainments, that they had been reflected on by the Town for not pushing forward their young Actors; that this Play had been revived for no other Purpose, that it was impossible for the old ones to last forever, and therefore he beg'd the Audience to be silent, and give those who were desirous of it the liberty of hearing.' This Speech was interupted by a thundering Clap, and produced a good effect for an Act, and then the hissing began again, and grew so violent towards the latter end, that they were obliged to give the Play out two or three times, and much ado had the ingenious Mr Penkethman to be heard at last. (See also Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 6 Jan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Fools Or Wit At Several Weapons

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Cast
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Seymour
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Egleton.
Event Comment: Benefit Shaw. Daily Journal, 16 April: On Thursday next Mr Wilks acts the Part of Sir Harry Wildair ...for the Benefit of his Son-in-Law, Mr Shaw, the Dancer at that House, and it will be the last Time that he will perform that Part

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Lady Lurewell Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Colonel Standard Actor: Mills
Role: Angleica Actor: Mrs Booth

Dance: As17221211

Event Comment: First Piece; [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] A New Farce of Two Acts. Second Piece: Written by Aaron Hill, Esq. Third Piece: The Words by Mr Motteux, and set to Musick by Mr Eccles

Performances

Mainpiece Title: It Should Have Come Sooner Being The Historick Tragic Comic Humours Of Exchange Alley

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Dance: Saraband-Miss Tenoe; Drunken Man-Harper

Music: As17230625