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Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lampe and Miss Young. Mainpiece: At the Particular desire of several Ladies of Quality. Afterpiece: By Desire. [Margery; or, A Worse Plague than the Dragon, by H. Carey, a sequel to Dragon of Wantley.] Tickets at stage door and at Mrs Lampe's and Miss Young's Lodgings, at the Golden Ball, in Brownlow St. Tickets deliver'd out for She Wou'd and She wou'd not will be taken for this play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Woodward.
Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Young Bevil Actor: Hale
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs James
Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Bellamy
Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Pritchard

Afterpiece Title: The Dragoness

Performance Comment: Lady-Mrs Lampe; Mauxalinda-Miss Young; More-Salway; Gaffer Gubbins-Reinhold.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Mrs Lampe
Role: Mauxalinda Actor: Miss Young

Dance: New Comic Dance-Richardson, Delagarde, Mrs LeBrun; Sailor's Dance, as17420427 Pantaloon and Enamorata, as17420420

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vincent and Mrs Pitt. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to the actresses #4 15s. each, covered by income from tickets: Mrs Vincent #88 16s. (Box 112; Pit 284; Gallery 182); Mrs Pitt #47 14s. (Box 24; Pit 194; Gallery 126) (Account Book). Receipts: #55

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17700420 but Hornpipe-Miss Twist; Squire-a Gentleman who never appeared on any stage; Sally-Mrs Pinto.

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17700501; with Allemande, as17700501

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Hartley. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire, with New Music, Dresses and Decorations. Interlude taken from Prior's celebrated poem, The Nut Brown Maid. Books of the Interlude to be had at the Theatre. Adapted by Henry Bate. Charges: #72 9s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Hartley #54 15s., plus #61 18s. from tickets (Box 202; Pit 76). Paid Whitfield for making cloaths #33 17s. 4d.; Paid Mr Walker for trimmings &c. #13 4s. Receipts: #127 4s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Witches Actor: Dunstall, Mrs Pitt, Quick
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Hartley.

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Cast
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Kniveton
Role: Emily Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Mrs Grub Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17731208; After which: New Poetical Interlude, Henry and Emma: Parts-Smith, Hull, Miss Brown, Mrs Hartley; To conclude with: a New Air and Chorus by Dr Arne-

Event Comment: Benefit Short and Mrs Willis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Madam Fickle; Or, The Witty False One

Song: The Turky/Cock Music-Mrs Willis; a comical country dialogue-Mrs Willis, Cook; a song-older of Mrs Willis' daughters; Eccles' three-part song set for the Queen's Birthday-Short, Cook, Davis

Dance: Irish Trot-younger of Mrs Willis' daughters, age five

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bicknell. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Performance Comment: Demetrius-Wilks; Leontius-Powell; Lieutenant-Bowen; Caelia-Mrs Oldfield.
Cast
Role: Caelia Actor: Mrs Oldfield.

Dance: Prince, Mrs Bicknell; A new Saraband, Jig-Miss Younger, being the first time of her Dancing alone on the Stage

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Willis/and/Daughter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: As17161016, but Young Fashion-_.
Cast
Role: Young Fashion Actor: Walker
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Berinthia Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Hoyden Actor: Mrs Bicknell.

Song: As17170102; Ballad of Sally-Mrs Willis

Dance: Dupre, Boval, Dupre Jr, Prince, Birkhead, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger, Miss Willis

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Dumont, the Colombine , and Mr Phillipe, the Scaramouch

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Les Amours De Colombine & De Scaramouche, Pedant, Scrupuleux, & Pierot Escallier

Afterpiece Title: L'Ombre D'Arlequin, & le Diable Boitteux

Dance: Variety of New Dances-Mrs Roger, the pierrot,, also by young Scaramouch lately arriv'd

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Burton, Middle Gallery Boxkeeper. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Performance Comment: As17251028, but Mrs Clerimont-_.
Cast
Role: Biddy Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Mrs Clerimont Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Aunt Actor: Mrs Moore.

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Haughton, Duplessis, Mrs Brett, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Boman and Mrs Moore. Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Cast
Role: Belvidera Actor: Mrs Porter.

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: Lally, Mrs Walter, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Cast
Role: Athenais Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Pulcheria Actor: Mrs Horton.

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Dance: Roger, Boval, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Burton, Middle Gallery, Boxkeeper. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Albion Queens

Cast
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Queen Mary Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Dowgalass Actor: Mrs Booth.

Dance: Roger, Mrs Brett, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Wycherley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Performance Comment: Manly-Booth; Novel-Cibber; Plausible-Norris; Freeman-Watson; Jerry-Cibber Jr; Vernish-Thurmond; Petulant-Miller; Oldfox-Shepard; Olivia-Mrs Horton; Fidelia-Mrs Booth; Eliza-Mrs Heron; Widow-Mrs Moor.
Cast
Role: Olivia Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Fidelia Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Eliza Actor: Mrs Heron
Role: Widow Actor: Mrs Moor.

Dance: Roger, Boval, Young Rainton, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Brett, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber Jr and Mrs Cibber. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Squire Richard Actor: Young Wetherilt
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Moore
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Mrs Trusty Actor: Mrs Mills

Dance: End I: Harlequins-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett; In Masquerade Scene: Polonese-Rainton, Miss Robinson Sr; V: Coquette Shepherdess-Lally, Mrs Booth

Event Comment: Benefit Bridgwater and Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Cast
Role: Lady Townly Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Lady Grace Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Thurmond
Role: Squire Richard Actor: Young Wetherilt
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Cibber
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Moore
Role: Myrtilla Actor: Mrs Grace
Role: Mrs Trusty Actor: Mrs Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Strolers

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Essex, Burney, Mrs Walter, Miss Young, Miss Lindar

Event Comment: Benefit Shepard and Mrs Moore. Written by Shakespear

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Mrs Porter
Role: Lady Macduff Actor: Mrs Horton

Dance: HHarlequin-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett; Pieraite-Roger, Mrs Brett

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Cast
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Oldfield
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Horton
Role: Lucilla Actor: Mrs Cibber.

Dance: Roger, Essex, Young Lally, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett; particularly The Pierete-

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Benefit for Mattocks, Mrs Pitt, Mrs Green. Tickets delivered out for Mrs Stephens and for The Tender Husband will be taken. No building on Stage. Receipts: #53 10s. 6d. in cash. Charges #64 5s. Deficit to each beneficiary #3 11s. 6d. covered by income from tickets. @Mattock Box 25@Pit 176@Gallery 100@Value #14 13s.@Mrs Green Box 28@Pit 90@Gallery 83@Value #28 16s.@Mrs Pit Box 14@Pit 149@Gallery 216@Value #47 9s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Cast
Role: Mad Bernard Actor: Mrs Vincent
Role: Clariana Actor: Mrs Baker
Role: Le Jupe Actor: Mrs Pitt
Role: Maukin Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: I: The Dutch Skipper, as17591017; II: The Lamp Lighters, as17600318 End Opera: By Desire, a Minuet-Leppie, a Young Lady, who never appeared on any stage before

Event Comment: Benefit for Hurst, Tassoni and Mrs Dorman. By Desire of the Honourable Lodge of the Order of Select Albions

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs Palmer
Role: Lucetta Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Jacintha Actor: Mrs Jeffries, 1st time

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Cast
Role: Mlle Florival Actor: Mrs Jeffries
Role: Bell Actor: Mrs Reddish

Song: I: A Trio-Vernon, Miss Young, Mrs Dorman; End: The Albion Song-Vernon

Dance: II: A Minuet-Tassoni, Miss Granier , his Apprentice; IV: The Medley-Tassoni, Mrs King

Event Comment: By Permission of the Right Honourable the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Mrs Lefevre. Mainpiece: Acted but once these 60 years [on 15 Mar. 1779]. Tickets to be had of Mrs Lefevre, No. 25, Frith-street. tickets delivered by Mrs Robinson will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humours Of Oxford

Performance Comment: Gainlove-Powell; Col. Trumore-Williams; Haughty-Massey; Conundrum-Barret; Young Apeall-Hayes; Old Apeall-Newton; Timothy-Booth; Dash-Gibson; Lord Shamwell-Forde (from the Theatre-Royal, Dublin); Clarinda-Mrs Robinson; Victoria-Miss Dudley; Kitty-Miss Brangin; Wife-Mrs Barnet; Lady Science-Mrs Lefevre.
Cast
Role: Young Apeall Actor: Hayes
Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Wife Actor: Mrs Barnet
Role: Lady Science Actor: Mrs Lefevre.

Afterpiece Title: The Orators; or, The School of Eloquence Dissected

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: Lovell-Smith; Lord Duke-Hayes; Sir Harry-Long; Lady Bab-Miss Dudley; Lady Charlotte-Mrs Robinson; Kitty-Mrs Lefevre.
Cast
Role: Lady Charlotte Actor: Mrs Robinson
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Lefevre.

Song: Between Acts: an Italian song-a Young Lady [unidentified]

Entertainment: End III: Imitations-Young Gentleman [unidentified]

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Nash, Helme, Daglish, Dale, Brigg, Barthrope, Master Pulley, Mrs Lewis, Mrs Byrne will be taken. [In mainpiece the playbill retains Du-Bellamy as Lord Aimworth and Williames as Mervin, but on the Kemble playbill their names are deleted and MS annotations substitute Williames and Fawcett. This was Mrs Cargill's last appearance in London. Subsequently she acted in India.] Receipts: #231 17s. 6d. (32/8/0; 22/9/6; 0/15/0; tickets: 176/5/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Cast
Role: Fanny Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Lady Sycamore Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Patty Actor: Mrs Cargill

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Old Woman Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Wife Actor: Mrs Wrighten
Role: Fillagree Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Love
Role: Widow Brady Actor: Mrs Wells

Dance: End of Act I of mainpiece a Hornpipe, as17820314nd of mainpiece a Minuet by Brigg and A Young Lady (his Scholar [unidentified]); End of Act I of afterpiece The Irish Fair, as17820406

Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Jones, Painter, Bates, Goodwin, Atkins, Mrs Davenett, Miss Francis, Mrs Branson, Mrs Sharpe, and the Widow of the late Dr Arne will be admitted this Evening. Receipts: #229 3s. 6d. (46/11/6; 2/7/0; tickets: 180/5/0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Belle's Stratagem

Cast
Role: Lady Touchwood Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Mrs Racket Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Miss Ogle Actor: Mrs Morton
Role: Letitia Actor: Miss Younge

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Cast
Role: Eliza Actor: Mrs Bannister

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece The Rival Nympbs, as17840318athi

Song: End of mainpiece Let not Age by a Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified])

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Webb. "The Jerry Sneak of the younger Bannister [whose 1st appearance in that part was at dl, 5 Apr. 1791] is comic perfection--the purity of his Cockney dialect, the inanity of his laugh, and the diverting nonsense of his Duckies, convulsed the audience with their odd effect" (Oracle, 18 Aug.). Oracle, 3 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Webb, No. 19, Catherine-street, Strand

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Cast
Role: Yarico Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Narcissa Actor: Mrs Bannister
Role: Wowski Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Patty Actor: Mrs Edwards.
Related Works
Related Work: Inkle and Yarico Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: Sir Jacob Jollup-Usher; Major Sturgeon-Bannister; Jerry Sneak-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character on this stage); Crispin Heeltap-Burton; Bruin-Cubitt; Lint-Barrett; Roger-Farley; Snuffle-Lyons; Mob-Ledger, Abbott; Mrs Sneak-Mrs Webb; Mrs Bruin-Mrs Powell.
Cast
Role: Mrs Sneak Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Mrs Powell.

Dance: As17910701

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Performance Comment: As17920615 but Dinah Primrose-Mrs Kemble; Malachi-_; Lounge-_; Waiter-_; Coachman-_; Goliah-_.
Cast
Role: Dinah Primrose Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Mrs Edwin Actor: Mrs Edwin
Role: Mrs Powell Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Mrs Gaudry Actor: Mrs Gaudry
Role: Mrs Webb Actor: Mrs Webb

Afterpiece Title: Young Men, and Old Women

Cast
Role: Mrs Ambilogy Actor: Mrs Webb
Role: Kitty Actor: Mrs Taylor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Performance Comment: As17940717 but added: Queen Philippa-Mrs Harlowe (1st appearance in that character); Julia-Mrs Kemble; Madelon-Mrs Bland .
Cast
Role: : Queen Philippa Actor: Mrs Harlowe
Role: Julia Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Madelon Actor: Mrs Bland
Role: Young Wrongward Actor: Palmer Jun.
Role: Betsy Blossom Actor: Mrs Harlowe
Related Works
Related Work: The Surrender of Calais Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: THE DEAD ALIVE

Song: In mainpiece, as17940717 but omitted: Mrs Harlowe

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Kemble. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1]. 3rd piece: Not acted these 2 years. Morning Herald, 20 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Kemble, No. 11, Haymarket

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Quaker

Cast
Role: Sally Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: An Harmonic Pasticcio

Performance Comment: Scene I The Sailor's Journal (composed by Dibdin)-Miss Leak; Scene II Sweet Little Taffine-Mrs Bland; Scene III The Barber's Petition, with a song in Character, Wigs, including His Own Wig, The Lover's Wig, The Counsellor's Wig, The Doctor's Wig, A Man's Wig who will be in the 1s. Gallery,-Fawcett; conclude: Imitations-Caulfield.

Afterpiece Title: A Mogul Tale

Performance Comment: Johnny Atkins-Bannister Jun. (1st appearance in that character); Dr Pedant (1st time)-Wathen; Omar (1st time)-Trueman; The Mogul-C. Kemble; Irene-Miss DeCamp; Sheba (1st time)-Miss Logan; Zapphira-Miss Heard; Fanny-Mrs Kemble.
Cast
Role: Fanny Actor: Mrs Kemble.