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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Jacyntha Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Lucetta Actor: Mrs Dunstall.
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Mrs Strickland Actor: Mrs Hale

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Villeneuve; Daphne-Miss Vandersluys; Followers of Daphne-Mrs Gondou, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Dumont, Mrs LaFont; Morpheus-Leveridge; Mystery-Beard; Slumber-Vincent; Harlequin-Phillips; Burgomaster-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Dunstall; Boor Servant-LaLauze; Scaramouche-Vandersluys; Huntsmen-Beard, Desse, Delagarde, Froment, Vandersluys, Oates, Dupre; Venus-Mrs Storer; Silenus-Leveridge; Pan-Vincent; Bacchus-Beard; Diana-Miss Faulkner; Frenchman-Villeneuve; Spaniard-Desse; Polonese-Delagarde; French Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Spanish Woman-Mrs Gondou; Polonese-Mrs Villeneuve; Zephyrus-Froment; Flora, representing an Inconstant-Miss Vandersluys.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Busy Body-Cushing; Sir George-Ryan; Charles-Gibson; Sir Francis-Collins; Sir Jealous-Marten; Isabinda-Mrs Ridout; Patch-Mrs Hale; Miranda-Mrs Ward.
Cast
Role: Isabinda Actor: Mrs Ridout
Role: Patch Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Ward.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Villeneuve; Daphne-Mrs Delagarde; Followers of Daphne-Mrs Gondou, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Dumont, Mrs Vallois; Morpheus-Leveridge; Mystery-Baker; Slumber-Vincent; Harlequin-Phillips; Burgomaster-Bencraft; Boor Servant-Lalauze; Colombine-Miss Haughton; Scaramouche-Desse; Venus-Miss Young; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Baker; Pan-Vincent; Diana-Miss Falkner; Frenchman-Villeneuve; Frenchwoman-Miss Granier; Spaniard-Desse; Spanish Woman-Mrs Gondou; Polonese-Delagarde; Polonese Woman-Mrs Villeneuve; Zephyrus-Froment; Flora, representing an Inconstant-Mrs Delagarde.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: As17501129, but full cast listed. Apollo-Villeneuve; Daphne-Mlle Cointrie; Followers of Daphne-Mrs Delagarde, Mrs Gondou, Mrs Villeneuve, Miss Barchelor; Morpheus-Leveridge; Mystery-Baker; Slumber-Vincent; Harlequin-Philips; Burgomaster-Bencraft; Boor servant-Lalauze; Colombine-Miss Haughton; Scaramouche-Atkins; Venus-Miss Young; Silenus-Leveridge; Bacchus-Baker; Pan-Vincent; Diana-Miss Falkner; Frenchman-Villeneuve; Spaniard-Desse; Polodese-Gardiner; French Woman-Mrs Delagarde; Spanish Woman-Mrs Gondou; Polonese Woman-Mrs Villeneuve; Zephyrus-Jardin; Flora (representing an Inconstant)-Mlle Cointrie.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17450930, but Mrs Peachum-Mrs Bland; Add Diana Trapes-Mrs Dunstall; Molly Brazen-Mrs Vaughan.
Cast
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Add Diana Trapes Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Molly Brazen Actor: Mrs Vaughan.
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Hippisley
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17451114, but Earth-Mrs Gondou, Mrs _Ozane; 5th Follower-Mrs Gondou.
Cast
Role: Earth Actor: Mrs Gondou, Mrs _Ozane
Role: 5th Follower Actor: Mrs Gondou.
Role: Ceres Actor: Mrs Wright
Role: Proserpine Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: 3rd Follower Actor: Mrs LeBrun
Role: 4th Follower Actor: Mrs Villeneuve
Role: Follower of Ceres Actor: Mrs Delagarde
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Havard
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mrs Vaughan
Role: Fire Actor: Delagarde, Mrs LeBrun

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Cast
Role: Mrs Chat Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Mrs Day Actor: Mrs Macklin
Role: Arbella Actor: Mrs Ridout
Role: Ruth Actor: Mrs Barrington.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Villeneuve; Daphne-Mlle Camargo; Followers of Daphne-Mrs Gondou, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Phillips, Mrs Henrie; Morpheus, Mystery, Slumber-Howard, Baker, Vincent; Harlequin-Phillips; Burgomaster-Bencraft; Boor Servant-Arthur; Colombine-Miss Haughton; Scaramouch-Gardiner; Venus-Miss Young; Silenus-Legg; Bacchus-Baker; Pan-Vincent; Diana-Mrs Lampe; Concluding with a Ballet-Cooke, others.
Event Comment: Benefit for Delagarde, Mrs Hippisley [sic], Mrs Gondou. Tickets deliver'd out by Rawlings and Mrs Dumont will by taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: As17480115, but songs in character specified for-Mrs Storer as Jenny.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Song: Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Cast
Role: Eugenia Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Aunt Actor: Mrs Martin
Role: Engine Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Jane Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Lady No Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17451129, but 3rd Follower-Mrs Phillips; Country Lads-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Country Lasses-Miss Vandersluys, Mrs Delagarde, Mrs Phillips, Mrs Gondou; Rural Nymph-Signora Campioni; [rest of bill missing]. [rest of bill missing].

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: As17460317 but in Act II, Song-Beard; Tom-Chapman; Phyllis-Miss Hippisley; Lucinda-Mrs Rowley.
Cast
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Rowley.
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs James
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performance Comment: As17451227, but Country Lasses-Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs _Delagarde; Rural Swain-Cooke.

Dance: LLouvre, Minuet-Villeneuve, Sga Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers.
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Pitt
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

Performance Comment: Apollo-Villeneuve; Daphne-Mlle Camargo; Followers of Daphne-Mrs Delagarde, Mrs Gondou, Mrs Gondou, Mrs Villeneuve, Miss Batchelor, Mrs Petit; Morpheus-Howard; Mystery-Baker; Slumber-Vincent; Harlequin-Phillips; Burgomaster-Bencraft; Boor Servant-Arthur; Colombine-Miss Haughton; Scaramouche-Gardner; Venus-Miss Young; Silenus-Legg; Bacckus-Baker; Pan-Vincent; Diana-Miss Falkner; Concluding with a Grand Ballet-Grandchamps, Mad Camargo.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Emilia Actor: Mrs James
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: Orpheus-Beard; Rhodope-Mrs Lampe; Eurydice-Miss Younge; 1st Nymph (follower of Eurydice)-Sga Campioni; Harlequin-Woodward; Colombine-Mrs Havard; Pantaloon-Arthur; Gawky-Bencraft; Mrs Mannerly-Mrs Martin; Goody Gurton-Marten; Drudge-Hippisley; Woman Dwarf-French Boy; Country lads-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Country lasses-Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Gondou, Mrs LeFont.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

Afterpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Performance Comment: Luckless (the Author)-Cibber; Witmore-Bridges; Bookweight-James; Player-Anderson; Jack Pudding-Dunstall; Mrs Moneywood-Mrs James; Harriet-Miss Haughton; Wherein will be introduc'd an Operatic Puppet Show, call'd The Pleasures of the Town: Punch-Dunstall; Joan-Collins; Charon-Stoppelaer; Poet-Paddick; Sailor-Barnard; Robgrave-Smith; Don Tragedio-Storer; Dr Orator-Cushing; Signior Opera-Mrs Dunstall; Mrs Novel-Miss Copin; Goddess of Nonsense-Miss Young; With the Restoration of the King of Bantum, and the Foundlings Found Out: Murdertext-Morgan; Constable-Hacket; Bantomite Governor-Anderson; Bantomime Courier-Barnard; Foundlings-Cibber, Dunstall, Collins, Miss Haughton; Concluding with the Last New Grand Country Dance, call'd The Mouse Trap, or Foot's Vagaries: Miss in her Teens-La Petite Parisienne; Sg Piede-Villeneuve; Maitre de Ballet-Bencraft; Councillor-Morris; Lady Autumn-Oates; Rout, Drum Hunters-Delagarde, Anderson, Paddick, Mrs Dunstall, Mrs Gondou, Mrs Daniel, Mrs Villeneuve.

Song: I: Go lovely Rose-Beard; II: Tis Liberty-Mrs Storer; III: Sper il Fostore-Miss Faulkner; IV: Smiling Liberty-Miss Faulkner

Dance: V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

Performances

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

Performance Comment: Rover-Ryan; Col. Belvil-Gibson; Frederick-Bridgwater; Ned Blunt-Cibber; Angelica-Mrs Horton; Helena-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Angelica Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Helena Actor: Mrs Vincent.

Afterpiece Title: The Muses Looking-Glass

Performance Comment: Colax-Ryan; The Extremes of Fortitude Liberality Meekness Justice, in the Characters of Aphobus, Deilus, Anelitheurus, Asotus, Orgylus, Argus, Nimis, Nihil-Ridout, Collins, Morgan, Cibber, Bridges, Cushing, Dunstall, Rosco; their Clerks (Plus and Parum)-James, Bencraft; Mediocrity in the character of Urania-Mrs Bland; To conclude with a new masque of Music representing the Intellectual Virtues, compos'd by Lampe: Fortitude-Beard; Modesty-Mrs Storer; Truth-Mrs Lampe; Dancing-Villeneuve, Desse, Delagarde, Oates, Miss Vandersluys, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Gondou, Mrs LaFont, Master, Miss Granier.

Song: Singing In Italian and English-Miss Faulkner [Songs unspecified]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Cast
Role: Aunt Actor: Mrs James
Role: Violante Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Leonara Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Performance Comment: As17460425 but add Country Lads-Villeneuve, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Country Lasses-Mrs Vaughan, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs Gondou.

Dance: Cooke, Sga Campioni

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: As17521011, but Wheedle-Mrs Pitt.
Cast
Role: Wheedle Actor: Mrs Pitt.
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Barrington
Role: Harriet Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Mrs Wisely Actor: Mrs Bambridge
Role: Lappet Actor: Mrs Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Miles; Infernal Spirit-Legg; First Fury-Cooke; Second Fury-Villeneuve; Third Fury-Desse; Fourth Fury-Dennison; Fifth Fury-Gardiner; Helen-Mrs Lampe; Shades of Leander, Hero-Baker, Miss Young; Charon-Howard; Miller-LaLauze; Doctor's man-Arthur; Tumblers-Bencraft, Cushing; Miller's Wife-Miss Hilliard; Demons in the following Characters:--Harlequin, Pierot, Mezzetin, Scaramouche-Villeneuve, Gardiner, Desse, Mr Cointrie; Harlequin Woman, Pierrot Woman, Mezzetin Woman, Scaramouche Woman-Madem Camargo, Dennison, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Gondou; Punch-LaLauze.

Dance: New Grand Ballet Les Chasseurs Allemandes-Cooke, Miss Hilliard. Being her first appearance on the stage this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Cast
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lady Laycock Actor: Mrs James
Role: Lady Pride Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Philadelphia Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Prudence Actor: Mrs Dunstall.

Afterpiece Title: Loves of Mars and Venus

Performance Comment: Mars-Cooke; Followers-Villeneuve, DuPre, Destrade, Vandersluys; Venus-Sga Campioni; The Graces-Miss Vandersluys, Mrs Gondou, Mrs Vaughan; Vulcan-Essex; Bacchus-Sodi; Cyclops-Bencraft, Vaughan, Smith.

Dance: II: Pigmalion-Cooke, Signora Campioni; III: The Revellers-Essex, Miss Vandersluys, Sodi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Polly Actor: Mrs Chambers.
Role: Mrs Peachum Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Mrs Coaxer Actor: Miss Ferguson
Role: Mrs Slammekin Actor: Miss Pitt
Role: Mrs Vixen Actor: Miss Haughton

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave

Performance Comment: As17520109, but Aerial Spirits-Grandchamps, Madem Camargo, Villeneuve, Desse, Dennison, Gardner, Madam Petit, Mrs Villeneuve, Mrs Gondou.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Performance Comment: Trueman-Ryan; Tinsel-Dyer; Fantome-Anderson; Lady Trueman-Mrs Vincent; Vellum-Macklin; Butler-Marten; Coachman-Dunstall; Gardner-Cushing; Abigail-Mrs Macklin.
Cast
Role: Lady Trueman Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Abigail Actor: Mrs Macklin.

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Dr Faustus

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Lun; Infernal Spirit-Legg first appearance on any stage; 5 Furies-Cooke, Villeneuve, Desse, Christian, Gardner; Helen-Mrs Lampe; Shades of Leander, Hero-Baker, Miss Young; Charon-Howard; Miller-LaLauze; Doctor's man-Arthur; Tumblers-Bencraft, Cushing; Miller's Wife-Miss Hillyard; Demons in the following characters- Harlequin, Pierrot, Mezzetin-Villeneuve, Gardner, Desse; Scaramouche-Christian; Harlequin Woman, Pierrot Woman, Mezzetin Woman-Madam Camargo, Dennison, Mrs Gondou; Scaramouche Woman-Miss Batchelor.
Event Comment: Benefit for the Widow of the Late Chapman. Tickets deliver'd out by the Widow Johnson and Mrs Wallis will be taken. Yesterday Morning died Mr John Laguerre, an eminent Painter belonging to the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden; a facetious companion, universally esteemed in every Scene of Life! (General Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Benefit for Bencraft and Mrs Hale. Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years. [See 4 Dec. 1740.] N.B.: A parcel of tickets having been lost, none sold at the doors of the theatre will be admitted. Tickets to be had and places taken of Page at the Stage Door of the Theatre. [Inserted in the General Advertiser this day is Buskin's Apology]: @Enur'd to ills of various kinds,@By ancestors undone;@The Author has severely paid@For failings not his own.@From Disappointments Buskin writes,@Confesses 'tis for gain@Yet scorns all profits which arise@From giving others pain.@No private character he sneers,@No venom taints his mind;@His sole ambition is to please,@Not satyrise Mankind.@ On Wednesday last the Tragedy of Othello was acted at Covent Garden towards the relief of the unhappy sufferers by the late Fire; and on Saturday the sum of #218 12s. 4d. was paid into the hands of Messrs Ironside and Belchier; the company of comedians and the band of musick having generously given their performances (General Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Performance Comment: Valentine-Ryan; Francisco-Gibson; Lance-Dunstall; Lovegood-Rosco; Merchant-Ridout; Roger-Martin; Ralph-James; Humphry-Collins; Shorthose-Cibber; Hairbrain-Bencraft; Fountain-Anderson; Bellamoure-Storer; Lucy-Mrs Dunstall; Isabella-Mrs Hale; Widow-Mrs Horton; The comedy to conclude with the last New Dance call'd Foote's Vagaries-.
Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Dunstall
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Hale
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Horton

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Benefit Anderson, Dupre, Mrs Bland. Tickets delivered out for Goodall, Mrs Daniel, Miss Morrison will be taken. Mainpiece not acted these 5 years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses; Or, The Custom Of The Manor

Performance Comment: Heartwell-Hale; Modely-Chapman; Freehold-Bridgwater; Sir John-Goodall; Lurcher-Anderson; Doublejugg-Hippisley; Vulture-Woodward; Carbuncle-Marten; Sneak-Vaughan; Timothy Shacklefigure-James; Longbottom-Bencraft; Aura-Mrs Daniel (1st time of appearing on that stage); Flora-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Aura Actor: Mrs Daniel
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Song: WWe're Gaily yet-Beard

Dance: Sodi

Event Comment: KKing John deferred on account of Mrs Cibber's Indisposition

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Cast
Role: Octavia Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Cleopatra Actor: Mrs Woffington.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of NOTORIETY, advertised on playbill of 23 Oct.] Afterpiece [1st time; CO 2 , by Mrs Burke. MS: Larpent 992; not published]: With new Music [by Tommaso Giordani (Morning Herald, 25 Oct.)). Scenery, Dresses and Decorations. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #228 0s. 6d. (206/10/6; 21/10/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: How To Grow Rich

Cast
Role: Rosa Actor: Mrs Esten
Role: Lady Henrietta Actor: Mrs Pollock

Afterpiece Title: THE WARD OF THE CASTLE

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Incledon, Johnstone, Munden// Mrs Clendining, Mrs Martyr. [Cast from Songs (T. Cadell, 1793): Sir Bertram-Incledon; Duke of Alberossa-Johnstone; Geoffrey-Munden// Matilda-Mrs Clendining; Jacquenetta-Mrs Martyr.] hathi. hathi.
Related Works
Related Work: The Ward of the Castle Author(s): Mrs. Burke

Song: In afterpiece Chorusses by Linton, Tett, Sawyer, Little, Street, Kendrick//Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Castelle, Miss Kirton, Mrs Lloyd, Miss Paye, Miss Leserve, Mrs Bayzand, Mrs Blurton

Event Comment: 3rd piece [Ist time; MF 2, attributed to Mrs Rainsford, for whom see Morning Herald, 9 May; London Chronicle, 23 May, states that it was written by "A Lady," but gives no name. MS: Larpent 1025; not published]: The Music composed by Webbe. Receipts: #118 4s. (109/3; 9/1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Afterpiece Title: THE SIEGE OF MEAUX

Afterpiece Title: THE SPEECHLESS WIFE

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Quick, Incledon, Munden, Cubitt, Richardson, Rees, Campbell// Miss Poole, Miss Stuart, Mrs Martyr. [Cast from Songs (W. Woodfall, 1794): William-Quick; Colin-Incledon; Hodge-Munden; Moody-Cubitt; Parchment-Richardson; Dick-Recs; Mercury-Campbell//Susan-Miss Poole; Alice-Miss Stuart; Margaret-Mrs Martyr .
Cast
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Martyr
Related Works
Related Work: The Speechless Wife Author(s): Mrs. Rainford
Event Comment: [By Mrs Aubert.] Never Acted before. In Daily Courant, 26 May: Never acted before, being unfortunately prevented on Friday last, by the unexpected Arrest of the Person who was to have played the Doctor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin Hydaspes; Or, The Greshamite

Performance Comment: Harlequin the Author,-Mrs Aubert; Doctor-C. Bullock.
Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Hydaspes: or, The Greshamite Author(s): Mrs. Aubert
Event Comment: Paid Quin #42; Mrs Cibber #113. Receipts: #133 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Cast
Role: Eudocia Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice