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Event Comment: A New Opera. [By Zeno. Music probably by Bartholmeo Cordans.-see Deutsch, Handel, p. 254.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ormisda

Event Comment: Benefit Jones and Harris. Afterpiece: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Performance Comment: Octavian-a Gentleman; Scapin-Jones; Leander-Harris; With a New Prologue, Epilogue-Miss Jones.
Event Comment: [By William Hatchett.] With New Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Father; Or, The Death Of Achilles

Performance Comment: Principal Parts-the Author, Mrs Eliza Haywood; but edition of 1730 lists: Achilles-the Author; Pyrrhus-Mullart; Alcimes-Wm. Hallam; Antilochus-Jones; Polyxena-Mrs Mullart; Briseis-Mrs Hayward; Ilione-Mrs Clark; Phenicia-Mrs Jones; Prologue-Jones; Epilogue-Mrs Eliza Haywood.
Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. N.B. Tickets with the Black Joak to be had at Mr Leveridge's in Tavistock-Street. Receipts: #235

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: As17290922, but Gravediggers-_; 2d Gravedigger omitted; 1st Gravedigger-Leveridge (with Two New Songs in Character).

Song: End I: Mrs Wright; II: Since Times are so Bad-Leveridge, Salway; III: Mrs Chambers

Dance: IV: Nivelon

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber Jr and Mrs Cibber. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: [By Theophilus Cibber.] A New Scotch Ballad Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling

Related Works
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: Mrs Booth, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Roger, the Pierrot. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A New Pantomime Entertainment. Composed by Monsieur Roger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Diana and Acteon

Performance Comment: Diana-Mrs Booth; Acteon-Lally; Companions of Acteon-Essex, Rainton, Boval, Houghton; Followers of Acteon-Burnet, Grey, Wright, Wetherilt Jr; Followers of Diana-Mrs Roger, Mrs Walter, Mrs Delorme, Miss Williams.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By Charles Coffey.] A New Farcial Ballad Opera. Afterpiece: By Desire. Tickets delivered for the Author's Benefit will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Parson; Or, Beau In The Suds

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Related Works
Related Work: The Opera of Operas; or Tom Thumb the Great Author(s): Eliza Haywood
Event Comment: Benefit Oates. Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17300418 but Angelica-Mrs Thurmond; Prue-Mrs Cibber; By Desire, an Entire new Prologue, Free Masons Epilogue-.

Dance: Essex, Lally, Thurmond, Roger, Haughton, Rainton, Mrs Delorme, Miss Robinson

Event Comment: Benefit Surel, the Harlequin. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: A New Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing. Composed by Mr Surel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Queen; or, Harlequin Turn'd Enchanter

Performance Comment: Fairy Queen-Miss Raftor; Her Followers-Young Master Lally, Young Master Tench, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett; Shepherd-Rainton; Shepherd's Man-Wetherilt; Harlequin-Surel; Colombine-Mrs Walter.
Cast
Role: Shepherd's Man Actor: Wetherilt

Afterpiece Title: Concluding with the Loves of Shepherds and Shepherdesses

Event Comment: Never Acted before. Written by the Author of Tom Thumb [Henry Fielding]. With New Scenes and other Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rape Upon Rape; Or, The Justice Caught In His Own Trap

Performance Comment: Edition of 1730 lists: Worthy-Paget; Squeezum-Jones; Politick-Roscoe; Ramble-Mullart; Constant-Stopler; Sotmore-F. Lacy; Daddle-Reynolds; Quill-Wells; Staff-Dove; Porter-Hicks; Faithful-Wathen; Hilaret-Mrs Mullart; Isabella-Mrs Williamson; Mrs Squeezum-Mrs Forrester; Mrs Staff-Mrs Lacy; Cloris-Mrs Smith; Prologue-Paget; Epilogue-Mrs Mullart.
Cast
Role: Faithful Actor: Wathen
Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Tragedy, of one Act (Author unknown)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Jack the Giant Killer

Event Comment: A New Ballad Opera, [By George Lillo.] Receipts: #91 9s. 6d. Daily Courant, 12 Nov.: On Tuesday Night...Sylvia...was perform'd for the first Time...where there appeared a Set of People, who seem'd inclined to damn the whole Performance (if it had been in their Power)by their continual Hissing and Cat-Calls; notwithstanding which, the same was perform'd with Applause, by the general Approbation of the Pit and Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sylvia; Or, The Country Burial

Event Comment: With new Habits proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Daily Journal, 21 Nov.: It is generally reported about Town, that Interest is making for a new Patent relating to the Goverment of...Drury-lane, exclusive of Mr Booth; but this wants Confirmation: Mr Booth, by all Reports, is much advanced in his Recovery

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Cast
Role: 2d Bully Actor: Wetherilt

Dance: Mrs Booth

Event Comment: All the Characters New Drest. Receipts: #131 9s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Dance: Salle, Mlle Salle, being the first Time of her Appearing on the Stage since her Arrival from the Opera at Paris

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

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love; Or, The World Well Lost

Performance Comment: Cleopatra-Mrs Williamson; all the Men's Parts-Gentlemen for their Diversion; With a new Prologue, Epilogue-.
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Dance:

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [by Charles Johnson.] With New Habits. [See Preface for an account of the noisy reception of the play, and Lord Hervey and his Friends, p. 61, for Hervey's amusing account of the first night.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Medea

Performance Comment: Parts-Mills, Wilks, Wm. Mills, Mrs Porter, Mrs Thurmond, Mrs Horton; but edition of 1731 lists: Aegeus-Mills Jr; Ethra-Mrs Horton; Medea-Mrs Porter; Jason-Wilks; Creon-Mills Sr; Creusa-Mrs Thurmond; Iris-Mrs Vaughan; Therapion-Corey; Eumelus-Hallam; Euriale-Mrs Grace; Prologue-Wilks; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Therapion Actor: Corey
Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Ballad Opera of one Act. [By Thomas Gataker,]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Clown; or, The Lucky Mistake

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by Apostolo Zeno. Recitatives by Handel. Edition of 1731 gives no performers' names, but states: Done into English by Mr Humphreys.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wenceslaus

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Comic Ballad Opera of one Act. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Performance Comment: See17310104, but Luckless-Mullart; Whitmore-Lacy; Marplay-Reynolds; Sparkish-Furnival; Bookweight-Jones; Scarecrow-Wathen; Mrs Moneywood-Mrs Mullart; Harriot-Mrs Lacy.
Cast
Role: Scarecrow Actor: Wathen

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Taylor; or, The Intriguing Valet

Event Comment: Receipts: #32 4s. [Universal Spectator, 16 Jan., reports that the subscription for Rich's new playhouse in Covent Garden has reached #6,000 and that James Sheppard, the architect, has completed the plans for the structure.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Periander

Event Comment: A New Comedy. [By Matthew Draper.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spendthrift

Related Works
Related Work: The Spendthrift Author(s): Matthew Draper
Event Comment: A New Tragedy. [By James Ralph.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of The Earl Of Essex

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text from Metastasio. Music by Handel.] Edition of 1731: Done into English by Mr Humphreys

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [Author unknown. Apparently not printed.] With New Habits

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Empress; Or, The Conquest Of Peru