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Event Comment: Benefit for LaLauze. Mainpiece: Acted but once this season. Afterpiece: Never performed there before. In it will be introduced the Scene of Harlequin Restored. The Decorations entirely new. N.B. That the entertainment may not be interrupted in the performance, there will be no building on the Stage: And as Mr LaLauze has been at some expence in bringing this Entertainment on the stage, he humbly hopes that the Town will not take it amiss, that nothing under Full Price will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Performance Comment: As17481222, but Angelina-Mrs Cowper; Don Cholerick-Waistkum; Antonio-_; Charino-_; Sanchio-_; Monsieur-_; Jacques-_.
Cast
Role: Angelina Actor: Mrs Cowper
Role: Louisa Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Elvira Actor: Mrs Woffington.

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips; Spaniard-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Phillips; Pierot-LaLauze.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Phillips

Dance: Phillips, J. Granier, J. Granier's Sister, others; particularly (by desire) a Minuet-LaLauze, two of LaLauze's scholars

Event Comment: The Farce, taken from Beaumont and Fletcher, damn'd (Cross). Acted but once, and not printed (Genest, IV, 290). Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Cast
Role: Euphrosyne Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Elmy

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Curate

Performance Comment: Parts-Taswell, Yates, Shuter, King, Mrs Green, Winstone, Usher.
Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Falkner. Charges #60. Deficit to Miss Falkner #15 3s., covered by #62 10s. from tickets. Afterpiece: A musical Entertainment (Not acted these 10 years) set to music by Mr Arne. [See 5 and 25 April.] Receipts: #44 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Performance Comment: As17491016, but Lady Froth-a Young Gentlewoman who never appeared on this stage before.

Afterpiece Title: Judgment of Paris

Performance Comment: As17500405 but Paris-Lowe; Mercury-Wilder; Pallas-Miss Young; Juno-Mrs Dunstall; Venus-Miss Falkner.

Song: I: A New Scots Song-Miss Falkner; set-Master Arne; II: O Sleep, Lucinge-; III: Go Rose-

Dance: IV: Tambourine-Jardin

Event Comment: A Concert, etc. Prices 5s., 3s., 2s. To begin at six o'clock. By desire, not acted these Fourteen Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wifes Relief Or The Husbands Cure

Performance Comment: Riot-Yates, first in that part; Volatil-Cross; Sir Tristram-Taswell; Young Cash-Shuter; Grim-C. Woodward; Spitfire-Blakey; Slur-L. Hallam; Horatio-Clarkson; Cynthia-Miss Hippisley; Arabella-Miss Haughton; Aurelia-Mrs Smith.
Cast
Role: Aurelia Actor: Mrs Smith.

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: Miss Jones

Dance: The Little Swiss

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexanders Feast

Performance Comment: Pleasure-Miss Faulkner, Soprano; Virtue-Mrs Arne[, Soprano; Hercules-Miss Young[, Mezzo-Soprano; Attendant on Pleasure-Lowe[, Tenor (Deutsch, Handel, p. 702.) [No cast listed in General Advertiser]., Tenor (Deutsch, Handel, p. 702.) [No cast listed in General Advertiser].
Cast
Role: Virtue Actor: Mrs Arne

Afterpiece Title: New Concerto on Organ

Event Comment: Benefit for Lowe. Tickets for 30 March will be taken. Afterpiece: Not acted these 6 years [see 18 April 1746]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17501025, but Ophelia-Mrs Vincent.
Cast
Role: Ophelia Actor: Mrs Vincent.
Role: Queen Actor: Mrs Woffington
Role: Player Queen Actor: Mrs Bambridge

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: As17510117

Event Comment: Play By Particular Desire. The tragedy of Jane Shore in which character Miss Macklin is to make her appearance, is in rehearsal at Covent Garden, and will be acted there on Friday next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Performance Comment: As17511015, but full cast As17511007 , including Mrs Cibber as Juliet .
Cast
Role: Lady Capulet Actor: Mrs Barrington
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Macklin
Role: Juliet Actor: Mrs Cibber
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these 2 Years. [See 26 Feb. 1750.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant Or The Beggars Bush

Performance Comment: Royal Merchant-Ryan; Clause-Bridgwater; Woolfort-Sparks; Hubert-Ridout; Hemskirk-Gibson; Vandunk-Marten; Gertrude-Mrs Barrington; Jaqueline-Miss Haughton; Prince Prig-Dunstall; Higgen-Arthur.
Cast
Role: Gertrude Actor: Mrs Barrington

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Related Works
Related Work: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Author(s): William Mountfort
Related Work: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus, Made into a Farce Author(s): William Mountfort
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years. [See 5 Feb. 50.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Performance Comment: Phocyas-Barry, first time; Eumenes-Ryan; Herbis-Gibson; Artamont-Bransby; Daran-Anderson; Caled-Sparks; Abudah-Ridout; Eudocia-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Eudocia Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: As17511204, but Followers of Daphne-Mrs _Delagarde.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Acted but thrice these six years. [See 13 April 1748.] Written by Shakespear. Music composed by the late Mr Lampe. Afterpiece: A Mock Opera not performed these five years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Cast
Role: Eudocia Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Performance Comment: Pyramus-Lowe; Lion-Howard; Wall-Baker; Moonshine-Roberts; Thisbe-Mrs Lampe; With Dancing-Grandchamps, Madem Camargo.
Cast
Role: Thisbe Actor: Mrs Lampe
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 15 March 1750.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved Or A Plot Discovered

Performance Comment: Pierre-Barry; Jaffier-Ryan; Priuli-Bridgwater; Bedamar-Gibson; Renault-Sparks; Eliot-Ridout; Belvidera-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Belvidera Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller

Dance: GGrand Comic Ballet-Grandchamps, Mad Camargo

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Lee. Afterpiece: Never acted there, altered from Fielding. Full prices. No building on Stage.Tickets at Mr Reynolds Crane Co., Little Russell St. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Performance Comment: As17511102, but Lear-Lee; Bastard-Sowdon; Cordelia-Mrs Ward; Physician-Simpson.
Cast
Role: Cordelia Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Goneril Actor: Mrs Bennet
Role: Regan Actor: Mrs Cross.

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote in England

Performance Comment: Don Quixote-Lee; Squire Badger-Shuter; Sancho-Costollo; Jezebel-Miss Minors; Guzzle-Taswell; Fairlove-Ackman; Loveland-Simpson; Dorothea-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Dorothea Actor: Mrs Bennet.
Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 4 years. Full prices. [See 10 March 1750.] Mr Maddox ye Ballance Master perform'd [on the rope] in it. Great Expectations not answer'd (Cross). [See ridicule of this afterpiece at dl 6 Nov. and the summary account of the disturbance it produced, as recorded in the Gentleman's Magazine (Nov. 1752, p. 535): The Town had been allured to Covent Garden by a wire dancer and some strange animals, which the manager brought together from Sadler's Wells and the Fair. Mr Garrick ridiculed this perversion of theatrical entertainment, by exhibiting a mock entertainment of the same kind. At this the town was offened, and a party went one evening determind to damn it; a person of some distinction [Fitzpatrick] who was very busy in this laudable attempt threw an apple at Woodward and hit him. Woodward resented the blow by some words, which, by the gentleman's account, implied a challenge, but by Woodward's no such thing. Woodward's account is confirm'd by the affidavits of many; that of the gentleman only by his own, though the box in which he sat was full. The Inspector espoused the cause of the Gentleman; and the Covent Garden Journalist of the comedian.'

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Gray

Cast
Role: Lady Jane Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Duchess of Suffolk Actor: Mrs Elmy

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

Performance Comment: Principal characters-Lunn, LaLauze, Bencraft, Mrs Dunstall, Miss Haughton; The Dances-Cooke, Grandchamps, Mlle Camargo.
Event Comment: Written by Dr Young-the Profits of ye Author for a Charity-Went off wth Great Applause, only a little Laughin, at Simson (Dymas) for his Dress, or manner, I cant tell (Cross). Mainpiece: Never Acted Before. Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Performance Comment: Parts-Garrick, Mossop, Berry, Winstone, Burton, Blakes, Mozeen, Simson, Miss Hippisley, Miss Bellamy. [Demetrius-Garrick; Perseus-Mossop; Philip-Berry; Antigonus-Burton; Dymas-Simson; Posthumius-Winstone; Curtius-Mozeen; Erixine-Miss Bellamy; Pericles-Blakes; Attendant-Miss Hippisley; Prologue-Havard; Epilogue-Mrs Clive (Edition of 1753).]
Cast
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Clive
Event Comment: Benefit for Yates. Afterpiece: By Desire. Not acted this season. [Cross lists no Receipts.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Cast
Role: Mrs Beverly Actor: Mrs Pritchard
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Price.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performance Comment: Fribble-Yates; Miss Biddy-Miss Minors; Flash-Woodward; Loveit-Palmer; Tag-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Tag Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17530402 V: L'Entree de Flore, as17530324

Song: III: Beard

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.

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Event Comment: Benefit for Yates. The Farce of The Knights intended and advertis'd to be acted is oblig'd to be laid aside on account of Mr Phillip's dangerous indisposition, who was to have perform'd the character of Sir Gregory Gazette. Tickets of Yates at Mr Walsh's Music shop in Catherine St. in the Strand, and at the stage door (playbill, 29 March). Receipts: #260 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Cast
Role: Margaret Actor: Mrs Havard
Role: Hero Actor: Mrs Davies
Role: Beatrice Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Performance Comment: As17540316 but Mrs Tatoo-_; Mercury-_.
Cast
Role: Mrs Tatoo Actor: Miss Minors
Role: Fine Lady Actor: Mrs Clive.

Dance: II: Masquerade Dance-; Devisse, Mad Auretti

Event Comment: Benefit for LaLauze. Afterpiece: Not acted these 6 years. [See 12 April 1749.] Mainpiece: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Cast
Role: Serina Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Florella Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Monimia Actor: Mrs Bellamy.

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan or Harlequin Restord

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips; Magician-Howard; Spaniard-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Baker; Pierrot-LaLauze; concluding with a Comic Dance-Granier, Mme Camargo.
Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs Baker

Dance: IV: A Ball Minuet-LaLauze, a scholar of LaLauze Nine years old, who never appear'd before; V: Dutch Dance, as17531018

Event Comment: For one Night Only. Benefit for the Author [John Slade]. A New Tragedy, never acted before. To begin 7 p.m. Places for the Boxes to be had of Varney at the Stage Door

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Duty

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Larken, S. Quin, Mr Standen, Mrs Standen, the Author; With a Prologue-; Epilogue-; End I: Preamble on Kettle@Drums-Woodbridge; II: Solo on Violincello-Caruso; III: Hornpipe-Walker; IV: Solo on the Welch Harp-Rice; beginning of V, a grand Chorus of Vocal and Instrumental Musick-.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [See 8 Oct. 1754.] Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-Mossop; Carlos-Holland, 1st time; Isabella-Mrs Jefferson; Alvarez-Burton; Manuel-Mozeen; Alonzo-Havard; Leonora-Miss Haughton.
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Jefferson

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in 12 years [hence first time for all appearing in these characters. See 9 Nov. 1745.] Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Performance Comment: Cato-Mossop; Juba-Ross; Syphax-Berry; Sempronius-Havard; Portius-Davies; Marcus-Holland; Lucius-Burton; Decius-Bransby; Mutineer-Walker; Marcia-Miss Pritchard; Lucisa-Mrs Davies.
Cast
Role: Lucisa Actor: Mrs Davies.

Afterpiece Title: Lilliput

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17571004, but Macbeth-Garrick; Lady Macduff-Mrs Jefferson; Furies' Dance-Delatre.

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in 5 years. [See 15 May 1751.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Roman Father

Performance Comment: Horatius-Garrick; Publius-Mossop, 1st time; Valerius-Holland; Horatia-Miss Pritchard, 1st time; Valeria-Mrs Davies; Hostilius-Burton.
Cast
Role: Valeria Actor: Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. Mainpiece: Not acted in 20 years. [See 27 Jan. 1744.] With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff. Pit and Boxes laid together, and the Stage formed into a commodious amphitheatre. Boxes, pit, and Stage 5s. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock; otherwise, Woodward cannot be responsible for any mistake. Places with tickets to be had of Woodward at his house in the Piazza, cg. This Day Publish'd, The Dramatic Execution of Agis. Price 6d. Receipts: #300 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv Part Ii

Performance Comment: King Henry-Garrick, 1st time; Prince of Wales-Palmer; John of Lancaster-Usher; Archbishop of York-Havard; Chief Justice-Bransby; Shallow-Yates; Silence-Rooker; Pistol-Blakes; Hostess-Mrs Macklin; Doll Tearsheet-Miss Minors; Falstaff-Woodward, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Macklin

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Mainpiece: not acted these 4 years. No building on stage. Receipts: #60 12s. 6d. plus tickets #222 5s. (boxes 458; pit 605; gallery 170). Charges #63. Mr Robt. Lewis came in for 1 share (Account Book). [Smith advertised, and it appeared his house at his benefit was too full & [there was] confusion in getting to places (Winston MS 8). See Smith's note in Public Advertiser, 16 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Coriolanus

Performance Comment: Coriolanus-Smith; Tullus-Ryan; Volusius-Sparks; Menenius-Shuter; Cominius-Ridout; Galesus-Gibson; Brutus-White; Sicinius-Bennet; Plebeians-Dunstall, Barrington, Collins, Costollo; Volumnia-Miss Condill; Veturia-Mrs Hamilton. In which will be introduc'd a Roman Ovation after the manner of the Antients.

Afterpiece Title: The Sheep Shearing

Dance: As17571217

Ballet: TThe Judgment of Paris. As17571217

Cast
Role: Pallas Actor: Mrs Granier