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Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings The Heiress

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Performance Comment: As17921105, but Chorus of Knights-_; Chorus of Soldiers-_.
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Matilda Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Edwin
Role: Chorus of Knights Actor: Danby, Cooke, Maddocks, Lyons

Song: Probably as17921016

Performances

Mainpiece Title: At Kings The Haunted Tower

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Performance Comment: As17921013, but Sir Owen-Bannister; Lauretta-Miss DeCamp; William-_; Chorus of Knights-_; Chorus of Soldiers-_.
Cast
Role: Antonio Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Matilda Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Edwin
Role: Chorus of Knights Actor: Danby, Cooke, Maddocks, Lyons

Performances

Mainpiece Title: England Preservd

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Holman, Pope, Farren, Harley, Middleton, Davies, Macready, Hull, Haymes, Richardson, Powel, Claremont, Thompson, Williamson, Miss Wallis. [Cast from text (T. N. Longman, 1795), and European Magazine, Mar. 1795, p. 197: Earl of Surrey-Holman; Earl of Pembroke-Pope; Earl of Chester-Farren; French Prince-Harley; Earl William Mareschal-Middleton; Earl of Lincoln-Davies; English Knight-Macready; Bishop of Winchester-Hull; Comte de Nevers-Haymes; Lord Robert Fitzwalter-Richardson; French Guard-Powel; Viscomte de Beaumont-Claremont; Heralds-Thompson, Williamson; John Plantaganet-Miss Standen; Lady Surrey-Miss Wallis; Prologue-Middleton; Address (instead of Epilogue)-Pope. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]These were spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.]
Cast
Role: English Knight Actor: Macready

Afterpiece Title: Crotchet Lodge

Cast
Role: Miss Crotchet Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Henley
Role: Thisbe Actor: Mrs Martyr

Ballet: Dermot and Kathlane. As17950219

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Captive

Performance Comment: As17960404, but Chorus of Knights and Ladies-_.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Cure For The Heart Ache

Performance Comment: As17970117 , but Knight (2nd time) listed in playbill.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are

Performance Comment: As17970304but Mr Bronzely-Knight (1st appearance in this comedy) in place of Lewis; Oliver-Simmons in place of Fawcett; Bailiffs-_Hawtin.

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Cast
Role: Lucy Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Role: Young Clackit Actor: Knight

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abroad And At Home

Performance Comment: As17970103, but Principal Characters-Townsend, _Knight.

Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour

Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Cecily Actor: Mrs Davenport

Song: Admiral Benbow-Incledon

Entertainment: Imitations The Beggar-Townsend

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Percy

Performance Comment: Percy-Holman; Raby-Murray; Hubert-Clarke; Harcourt-Claremont; Edrick-Toms; Knight-Thompson; Douglas-Pope; Birtha-Miss Mansel; Elwina-Miss Betterton (from the Theatre Royal, Bath; 1st appearance on this stage). 1st appearance on this stage).
Cast
Role: Knight Actor: Thompson

Dance: Afterpiece: To conclude with a Finale-; Spanish Fandango-

Entertainment: Monologue. Preceding: Occasional Address-Holman

Event Comment: The Heir at Law [advertised on playbill of 6 Feb.] is obliged on account of Knight's Indisposition, to be deferred till Monday. Receipts: #108 12s. (101.10.6; 7.1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: False Impressions

Cast
Role: Jenny Scud Actor: Mrs Knight
Role: Mrs Buckram Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Rachel Williams Actor: Mrs Norton

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Cast
Role: Ellen Woodbine Actor: Mrs Mountain
Role: Lucy Oakland Actor: Mrs Follett
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Martyr.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secrets Worth Knowing

Performance Comment: As17980126, but Plethora-Simmons in place of Knight.

Afterpiece Title: The Agreeable Surprise

Cast
Role: Cowslip Actor: Mrs Gibbs
Role: Mrs Cheshire Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Fringe Actor: Mrs Litchfield
Role: Laura Actor: Mrs Martyr.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Hodge Actor: Knight
Role: Deborah Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Madge Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Mountain
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Lloyd

Afterpiece Title: Botheration

Performance Comment: As17980508 , but Knight's name listed in playbill.
Cast
Role: Jack Hopeful Actor: read by Knight
Role: Lady Apes Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Mrs Varnish Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Rose Actor: Mrs Gibbs.

Afterpiece Title: Voluntary Contributions

Dance: End I 1st piece: The Statute Dance-

Song: In 2nd piece: Mr O'Blarney's Description of London, as17980508

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Cast
Role: Jessica Actor: Mrs Mountain
Role: Portia Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The Wicklow Mountains

Performance Comment: Characters by Incledon, Johnstone, Fawcett, Bowden, Townsend, Haymes, Thompson, Mrs Clendining, Mrs Mountain. [Cast from O'Keeffe's Dramatic Works, Vol. II (T. Woodfall, 1798): Felix-Incledon; Sullivan-Johnstone; Billy O'Rourke-Fawcett; Redmond O'Hanlon-Bowden; Franklin-Townsend; Donnybrook-Haymes [in text: Richardson]; Dross-Thompson [in text: Knight]; Helen-Mrs Clendining; Rosa-Mrs Mountain; Irish Peasantry Defenders and White Boys-Linton, Street, Follett, Simmons, Spofforth, Blurton, Abbot, Wilde, Curties, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Watts, Miss Walcup, Mrs Follett, Miss E. Walcup, Mrs Masters, Mrs Norton, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Blurton, Miss Owen, Miss Logan, Miss Leserve, Mrs Henley.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: Cymon-Vernon; Merlin-Bannister; Dorus-Parsons; 1st Demon of Revenge-Champness; Linco-King; Urganda-Mrs Baddeley; Fatima-Mrs Abington; Shepherdesses-Mrs Jeffries, Mrs Dorman; Dorcas-Mrs Bradshaw; Sylvia-Mrs Arne; The Dances-Grimaldi, Giorgi, Miss Rogers, Miss West, Miss Collett; With a Grand Procession of the Knights-of the different Orders of Chivalry.

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: Cymon-Vernon; Merlin-Bannister; Dorus-Parsons; Demon of Revenge-Champness; Linco-King; Damon-Fawcett; Dorilas-Wheeler; Shepherdesses-Mrs Jeffries, Mrs Dorman; Fatima-Mrs Abington; Dorcas-Mrs Bradshaw; Sylvia-Miss Radley; Urganda-Mrs Baddeley; In which will be Introduced a Grand Procession of the Different Orders of the Knights of Chivalry-, with Proper Dances and Decorations.
Cast
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Jeffries, Mrs Dorman
Role: Fatima Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Baddeley

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Lady Loverule Actor: Mrs Johnston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Performance Comment: Cymon-Vernon; Linco-King; Merlin-Bannister; Dorus-Parsons; Demon of Revenge-Champness; Fatima-Mrs Abington; Shepherdesses-Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose; Urganda-Mrs Scott; Dorcas-Mrs Bradshaw; Sylvia-Mrs Fitzgerald; In which will be introduced a Grand Procession of the different Orders of the Knights of Chivalry-with proper Dances and Decorations.
Cast
Role: Fatima Actor: Mrs Abington
Role: Shepherdesses Actor: Mrs Davies, Miss Ambrose
Role: Urganda Actor: Mrs Scott
Role: Dorcas Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Sylvia Actor: Mrs Fitzgerald

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Event Comment: An Earthquake (Cross). Paid Knight for Lamps, &c. #10 9s. 6d.; Paid Mrs Porter a bill by order of Lacy #10 9s. 6d.; Mrs Boucher a Bill by order of Lacy 8s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #30 (Cross); #40 17s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Miss Hoyden Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Pit
Role: Berinthia Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Dance: II: Grand Scotch Dance, as17491031; End of Play: Swedish Gardeners, as17491219

Event Comment: Benefit for Winstone and King. Tickets at Stage Door. Rec'd Cash #62 18s. 6d., plus #71 17s. from tickets. Total #134 15s. 6d. Paid King's Tax (Land) Windsor's House #10; Paid Mrs Swift for a suit of women's cloaths #12 14s. 6d.; Paid Knight (Lampman) month bill #7 8s. 6d.; Mrs Hobson a bill 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #150 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Cast
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Cross
Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Yates
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Clive
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Elmy
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Cast
Role: Tag Actor: Mrs James

Dance: Grandchamps, Mlle Auretti

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Paid Norton 3 Chorus 15s.; Mr Knight for lamps &c. #10 11s.; for 15 lbs lampwick #1 5s.; Paid Leviez (Ballet Master) a bill as per order #13 19s., and ditto on a Note as per order #34 3s. (Treasurer's Book). We hear Mrs Pritchard, that justly celebrated Actress, is much recovr'd of her late illness, and we are in hopes that she will be able in a short time to perform again at Drury Lane (General Advertiser). Receipts: #140 (Cross); #153 6s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Cast
Role: Monimia Actor: Mrs Ward
Role: Florella Actor: Mrs Green.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fashionable Levities

Performance Comment: Welford-Holman; Sir Buzzard Savage-Munden; Captain Douglas-H. Johnston; Cheaterly-Claremont; Colonel Staff-Thompson; Nicholas-Fawcett; Ordeal-Murray; Clara-Miss Murray; Grace-Mrs Mills; Widow Volatile-Mrs Dibdin; Constance-Miss Mills; Lady Flippant Savage-Mrs Glover (Their 1st appearance in those characters).
Cast
Role: Grace Actor: Mrs Mills
Role: Widow Volatile Actor: Mrs Dibdin
Role: Lady Flippant Savage Actor: Mrs Glover

Afterpiece Title: A Whitsun Festival

Performance Comment: The Chapter of Fashions-Munden; The Red Cross Knight-Incledon, Linton; The Beggar's Song-Townsend; The Soldier tir'd of War's alarms-Mrs Atkins; The Mid Watch (composed by Linley)-Incledon; God preserve His Majesty for Ever and Ever-.

Afterpiece Title: Five Thousand a Year

Performance Comment: George Fervid-Lewis; Frederick Fervid-Pope; Sir Mathew Maxim-Munden; Henry Hastings-H. Johnston; Mr Goulding-Murray; Paragraph-Farley; Truepenny-Waddy; Dick-Simmons; Officer-Wilde; Maria-Mrs Glover; Lady Julia-Mrs Pope; Aurelia-Mrs H. Johnston; Lady Maxim-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Glover
Role: Lady Julia Actor: Mrs Pope
Role: Aurelia Actor: Mrs H. Johnston
Role: Lady Maxim Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan or The Libertine Destroyed

Performance Comment: Don Juan (1st and only time)-H. Johnston; Governor-Bologna Sen.; Don Fernando-King; Fisherman-Hawtin; Spanish Gents.-Lee, Curties, Atkins; Alguazile-Thompson; Waiters-Abbot, Wilkins; Musicians, Sailors-Wilde, Blurton, Platt, Lewiss, L. Bologna, Klanert; Scaramouch-Delpini; Donna Anna (1st time)-Miss Mills; Fishermen's Wives-Mrs Atkins, Miss Wheatley; (with the duet, Thus for Man the Woman fair)-Mrs Atkins, Miss Wheatley; Dancers-Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Bologna, Miss Cox, Miss Bologna, Mrs Lloyd; Ladies-Ms Leserve, Ms Gilbert, Ms Burnett, Ms Iliff, Ms Norton, Ms Whitmore, Ms Blurton.

Song: End I: the Battle Song-Incledon as18000522

Event Comment: Evelyn, Diary: [I] heard Signor Francisco on the Harpsichord, esteem'd on[e] of the most excellent masters in Europe on that Instrument: then came Nicholao Matteis? with his Violin & struck all mute, but Mrs Knight, who sung incomparably, & doubtlesse has the greatest reach of any English Woman; she had lately ben roming in Italy: & was much improv'd in that quality: Then was other Musique, & this Consort was at Mr Slingsbys Master of the Mint, my worthy friend, & great a lover of musique. [For a contemporary account of Matteis, see Roger North on Music, ed. John Wilson (London, 1959), pp. 307-11.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Knight. Not Acted there these Six Years. Written by the late Sir George Etheridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, others

Song: And at the Desire of some Persons of Quality, several Entertainments of Singing in Italian- the Famous Segniora Francisca Margareta del'Epine being the best Songs she has Sung in England, the Musick that accompanies her compos'd by Signior Giacomo Greber; also an English Song of the late Mr Henry Purcell's-Segniora Francisca Margareta del'Epine

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Dance: As17171022

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author (Cross). Tickets for the Boxes may be had fo Mr Rush, in Porter St, Leicester Fields, and of Hobson at the stage door (General Advertiser). Paid Blandford (Talow Chandler) #18 8s.; Knight, Lampman #9 1s.; Mrs Reynolds for wax and Brick dust 4s. 7d.; for a Point d'Espagne Hat for Sowdon #3 3s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #150 (Cross); charges #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince

Event Comment: This performance was attended by Jacques Thierry and Will Schellinks, who stated: Judged to be their best play (Seaton, Literary Relationships, pp. 334-36). This performance may have been the premiere. The Duke's Company. BM Add. Mss. 34217, in Hotson (Commonwealth and Restoration Stage, p. 247): @Then came the Knight agen with his Lawe@Against Lovers the worst that ever you sawe@In dressing of which he playnely did shew it@Hee was a far better Cooke then a Poet@And only he the Art of it had@Of two good Playes to make one bad.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Against Lovers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Londinium Triumphans

Performance Comment: [London's Celebration in Honour of the truely Deserving Sir Anthony Bateman, Knight, Lord Mayor of the Honourable City of London. And Done at the Costs and Charges of the Right Worshipful the Company of Skinners. The 29th of October, 1663. By John Tatham.].