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Event Comment: Benefit for Hussey, Curtet, Mrs Viviez, Miss Daw. Mainpiece acted but once these 8 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Charmion Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Iris Actor: Mrs Godwin
Role: Octavia Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Cleopatra Actor: Mrs Bellamy.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: II: A New Dance-Hussey, Miss Pitt; III: A Hornpipe-Miss Daw; IV: Blind Man's Buff, as17641003; End: Minuet-Curtet, Miss Barrowby

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger (prompter). Tickets delivered by Mrs Stephens, Miss Helme, Miss Twist, and Murden will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko; Or, The Royal Slave

Performance Comment: Oroonoko-Younger, first time; Governor-Anderson; Blanford-Hull; Stanmore-Davis; Aboan-Gardner; Jack Stanmore-Murden; Capt. Driver-Dunstall; Daniel-Shuter; Hotman-Wignel; Planters-Bennet, Buck, Morgan; Charlotte-Miss Macklin; Lucy-Mrs Stephens; Widow Lackit-Mrs Pitt; Imoinda-Miss Ward, first time.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Stephens
Role: Widow Lackit Actor: Mrs Pitt

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Green.

Song: II: A Song-Miss Twist

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Miss Twist; IV: A Minuet-Dumay, Miss Twist; End: The Sicilian Peasants, as17660311

Entertainment: End: By Particular Desire (For positively the last time this season) Epilogue upon an Ass-Shuter

Event Comment: Benefit for Moody, Hurst, Mrs Dorman. Mainpiece: Acted but once these 23 years. [But see 29 Dec. 1760 and 29 Oct. 1747.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Careless-Palmer; Obadiah-Love; Day-Baddeley; Abel-King; Bookseller-Marr; Mrs Day-Mrs Dorman, first time; Arabella-Miss Plym; Col. Blunt-Hurst; Committeemen-Vaughan, Castle, Clough; Teague (with several droll songs in character)-Moody; Mrs Chat-Mrs Simson; Ruth-Mrs Hopkins.
Cast
Role: Mrs Day Actor: Mrs Dorman, first time
Role: Mrs Chat Actor: Mrs Simson
Role: Ruth Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Abington

Dance: III: A Comic Dance, as17660207; V: The Irish Lilt, as17651004

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Arthur

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: As17811024, but added: Music-master-Fawcett; Hortensio-Norris; Pedro-Griffiths; Bianca-Miss Simson; Curtis-Mrs Love .
Cast
Role: Curtis Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Wrighten

Dance: As17811019, but omitted: Henry [and thereafter]

Song: As17811022

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Widow Of Malabar

Performance Comment: As17910923, but Thompson_; Powel_; Evatt_; Mrs_ Rock. The rest of the parts are assigned.
Cast
Role: Fatima Actor: Mrs Rock
Role: Indamora Actor: Mrs Merry.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Lewis; Grumio-Quick; Taylor-Munden; Catherine-Miss Chapman (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Miss Chapman

Afterpiece Title: A Cure for a Coxcomb; or, The Beau Bedevil'd

Performance Comment: Speaking Character-Johnstone, Incledon, Wilson, Fawcett, Davies, Powel, Darley, Munden, Mrs Davis, Mrs Harlowe, Miss Leserve, Miss Chapman. [Cast from Larpent MS: Darby-Johnstone; Ramble-Incledon; Townly-Davies; Williams-Powel; Capt. Cracker-Munden; Sophia-Mrs Davis; Winifred-Miss Leserve; Eliza-Miss Chapman. Wilson, Fawcett, Darley, Mrs Harlowe are unassigned.]

Song: In 3rd piece: will be introduced the following Favorite songs: When virtue forms-Mrs Davis; The Bottle-Davies; The Pleasures of the Chace-Incledon; Farewell each Tonish Life-Munden; Bucket of Water, 'Tis a mighty fine thing-Johnstone; Kitty Grogan, Tho' I'm no dancing master-Johnstone; Anna's Love-Incledon; The Pig, You all must have heard-Fawcett; To-morrow, In the downhill of life-Darley; You are aw nodding-Mrs Harlowe; Coach box, You may feast your ears-Cubitt

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Gipsey Actor: Mrs Simson
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-King, 1st time; Grumio-Yates; Catharine-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Catharine Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: IV: The Cow Keepers, as17600313

Entertainment: S+Speciality. For one night only, will present the Town with a Picture of a Playhouse; or, Bucks Have at Ye All-King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Eldred

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Fearon; Baptista-Lloyd; Biondello-L'Estrange; Hortensio-Lane; Music Master-Jacobs; Tailor-Jones; Grumio-Wilson; Bianca-Miss Platt; Catharine-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Catharine Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: End: Tambourine Dance-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agnes De Castro

Performance Comment: Edition of 1696: Prologue by Mr Wycherley at the Author's Request, Design'd to be spoke-; Prologue-Mr Powell; Epilogue-Mrs Verbruggen in Men's Cloaths; King-Sympson; Prince-Powell; Alvaro-Verbruggen; Lorenzo-Cibber; Diego-Hill; Pedro-Mills; Princess-Mrs Temple; Agnes de Castro-Mrs Rogers; Elvira-Mrs Knight; Bianca-Mrs Kent.
Related Works
Related Work: Agnes de Castro Author(s): Catherine Trotter
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs White, Mrs Carter, Mrs Hanson, Mrs Pack. Tickets for Sir Walter Raleigh taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Song: Mrs Margarita, Mrs Barbier, Mrs Fletcher, Mrs Pulmon

Dance: Sandham, Pelling, Newhouse, Cook Jr, Miss Schoolding, Miss Francis, delaGarde's Two Sons

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Chambers. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #29 9s.; tickets #81 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Performance Comment: As17291114, but Isabella-Mrs Morgan.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Morgan.
Role: Leonora Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Camillo Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Jacinta Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Song: Mrs Chambers, Mrs Barbier, Mrs Wright, particularly a Trumpet Song-Mrs Chambers, -Lewis Granom

Dance: HHighlander-Sally, Mrs Laguerre; Dutch Clown-Nivelon; Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Performance Comment: As17191003, but Lady Townly-Mrs Baker; Epilogue-Penkethman riding on an Ass.
Cast
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Loveit Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Pert Actor: Mrs Bicknell.

Dance: Mrs Booth, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Tenoe, Lallie's Scholar, Miss Lindar

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Mills and Mrs Cox. Written by Shakespear. This being positively the last time of the Company's Acting this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mackbeth

Performance Comment: King-Keene; Mackbeth-Mills; Macduff-Wilks; Lenox-Booth; Banquo-Powell; Lady Mackbeth-Mrs Knight; Lady Macduff-Mrs Porter; Hecate-Johnson; 1st Witch-Bullock; 2d Witch-Norris; 3d Witch-Leigh.
Cast
Role: Lady Mackbeth Actor: Mrs Knight
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Mrs Porter

Music: With all the Musick by Mr Leveridge-Renton, Mrs Mills, Mrs Willis

Dance: Mrs Santlow, Prince, Mrs Bicknell

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barbier. This is the last Benefit Mrs Barbier will have in England. Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh. Receipts: money #53 9s. 6d.; tickets #74 17s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17291006, but Mademoiselle-Mrs Laguerre.
Cast
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Laguerre.
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Berriman
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bullock

Afterpiece Title: Venus and Adonis (last Interlude)

Performance Comment: Venus-Mrs Barbier; with several of the best Italian Songs; Adonis-Mrs Seedo; Mars-Leveridge; with a Comic Ballad Scene-Mrs Cantrel, Salway.

Song: Mrs Wright, Mrs Chambers

Event Comment: [Mrs Siddons's 1st appearance as Horatia was at York, 10 May 1777. Afterpiece in place of The Wedding Day, advertised on playbill of 14 Nov.] Receipts: #350 11s. (270.10.6; 72.3.0; 7.17.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Performance Comment: Tullus Hostilius-Aickin; Horatius-Bensley; Publius Horatius-Kemble (1st appearance in that character); Valerius-Barrymore; Volscinius-Phillimore; Cautus-Webb; Vindicius-Maddocks; Citizen-Trueman; Horatia-Mrs Siddons (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Valeria-Mrs Powell (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Horatia Actor: Mrs Siddons
Role: Valeria Actor: Mrs Powell

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John Loverule-Dignum; Butler-Sedgwick; Jobson-Moody; Doctor-Maddocks; Lady Loverule-Miss Heard; Lucy-Miss Collins; Lettice-Miss Tidswell; Nell-Mrs Jordan.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Jordan.

Song: In V: Triumphal Entry of Publius into Rome-; Chorus of Youths and Virgins [composed by Boyce]-Dignum, Master Welsh, Master Gregson, Cooke, Danby, Evans, Lyons, Welsh, Fisher, Annereau, Atkins, Aylmer, Boyce, Bardoleau, Brown, Cook, Denman, Dixon, Dorion, Dorion Jun., Mrs Bland, Miss Leak, Mrs Boimaison, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Butler, Miss Chatterley, Miss Gawdry, Miss Granger, Miss Menage, Miss Redhead, Miss Stageldoir, Mrs Maddocks

Performance Comment: , Mrs Bland, Miss Leak, Mrs Boimaison, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Butler, Miss Chatterley, Miss Gawdry, Miss Granger, Miss Menage, Miss Redhead, Miss Stageldoir, Mrs Maddocks.
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Moore. [In Daily Courant, 25 Oct., The Funeral had been advertised for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Song: As17031023

Dance: Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Lucas, the Devonshire Girl

Event Comment: Benefit Shepherd and Mrs Horton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: Oldrents-Shepherd; Hearty-Cross; Clack-Norris; Vincent-Ryan; Oliver-Booth; Springlove-Mills; Randal-Johnson; Tallboy-Miller; Hilliard-Bickerstaff; Rachel-Mrs Bicknell; Meriel-Mrs Santlow; Amy-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Rachel Actor: Mrs Bicknell
Role: Meriel Actor: Mrs Santlow
Role: Amy Actor: Mrs Horton.

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wake

Song: Country Dialogue-Renton, Mrs Willis; Mimick Song in Praise of a Country Life-Mrs Willis

Dance: Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Prince

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hamilton. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Song: Mrs Barbier, Mrs Fletcher

Dance: As17190430

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Markham and Miss Lindar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Cast
Role: Mrs Frail Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Willis.
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Mrs Foresight Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Prue Actor: Mrs Younger.

Dance: Mrs Booth, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Lally's Brother, Miss Lindar

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barbier. Two rows of the Pit will be rail'd in at the same Price of the Boxes. Receipts: money #38 3s.; tickets #43 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Song: Mrs Barbier, Mrs Chambers, Leveridge

Music: Two Concertos-Master Clegg, a Boy of Nine Years old

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Baker. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17241019, but Duke-Watson; Juan-Thurmond; Clara-Mrs Heron; Altea-Mrs Baker.
Cast
Role: Clara Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Altea Actor: Mrs Baker.
Role: Estifania Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Margaretta Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Performance Comment: Roger-Miller; Sir Humphrey-Shepard; Statue-Hallam; Squire Thomas-Johnson; Jonas-Cibber Jr; Peter-Norris; Steward-Oats; Kitty-Mrs Tenoe; Cicily-Mrs Baker; Dorcas-Mrs Willis; Joyce-Miss Robinson Jr.
Cast
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Tenoe
Role: Cicily Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Willis

Dance: Mrs Booth, Thurmond, Topham, Boval, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson, Young Rainton; Myrtillo-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Porter. By Their Majesties' Command. Pit and Front Boxes laid together at 5s. [King and Queen present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Cast
Role: Mrs Sullen Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Dorinda Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Lady Bountiful Actor: Mrs Moore
Role: Cherry Actor: Mrs Mills.

Dance: Mrs Booth; Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by the late Sir John Vanbrugh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: As17271109, but Heartfree-W. Mills; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Lady Fanciful Actor: Mrs Horton.
Role: Lady Brute Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Mademoiselle Actor: Mrs Brett.

Dance: Mrs Booth, Thurmond, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson Jr

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Chambers. Written by Mr Farquhar. Receipts: money #65 11s.; tickets #91 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Performance Comment: Sylvia-Mrs Younger; Balance-Quin; Plume-Ryan; Worthy-Walker; Brazen-Chapman; Kite-Hall; Bullock-Bullock; Welch Collier-Hippisley; Belinda-Mrs Bullock; Rose-Mrs Legar; Lucy-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Belinda Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Rose Actor: Mrs Legar
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Song: Mrs Chambers, Mrs Barbier

Music: TTrumpet Song sounded-L. Granom; Solo on German Flute-M. Granom

Dance: new Scots Dance-Moreau; Two Pierrots-Salle, Pelling

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wright. Receipts: money #15 6s.; tickets #50 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banish'd Cavaliers

Performance Comment: Rover-Ryan; Helena-Mrs Younger; Belvil-Quin; Frederick-Walker; Antonio-Milward; Pedro-Ogden; Blunt-Hall; Angelica-Mrs Bullock; Florinda-Mrs Berriman; Valeria-Mrs Rice; Moretta-Mrs Egleton.
Cast
Role: Helena Actor: Mrs Younger
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Bullock
Role: Florinda Actor: Mrs Berriman
Role: Valeria Actor: Mrs Rice
Role: Moretta Actor: Mrs Egleton.

Song: Mrs Barbier, Mrs Wright

Dance: SScottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; Les Vandangeurs-Moreau, Mrs Moreau

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mrs Midnight's Concert And Oratory

Performance Comment: Bombasto, Signora Tambourina, Miss Karver, Miss Gaudry, a young Gentleman (1st appearance on the stage); Orations-Mrs Midnight; Instrumentals-the best performers With a band of originals, viz. Mynheer Broomsticado; Solo-Sg Twangdillo; and a Rhapsody on the Death of a late Noble Commander-Mrs Midnight.

Afterpiece Title: The Contest of Love and Glory