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Event Comment: Benefit for Lowe. Afterpiece: Not acted these 16 years. Arethusa by a young lady [hiatus in MS] her first appearance--very decent (Hopkins MS Notes)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: The last New Dance-the Georgi's, Miss Baker

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Kennedy. No Building on Stage. Tickets deliver'd for Much Ado and The Wonder will be taken

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The New Hippocrates

Entertainment: After:(by Particular Desire) Mimic Comic Opera Song-Mrs Clive

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Dawson. Tripoline Ambassador [was present] (Winston MS 9). As the Indisposition of a principal performer oblig'd Miss Dawson to change her play, tickets deliver'd for As You Like It will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: As17601219, but Buck-Palmer; Prologue to the Author-_.

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance call'd The May Day Morning, or Fingalian Dance , the Lass-Miss Dawson; End: By Particular Desire a Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Vincent. No Building on Stage. Tickets deliver'd out for the Merry Wives of Windsor will be taken. Receipts: #51 4s. plus #88 7s. from tickets (Box 142; Pit 239; Gallery 170) (Account Book). Charges: #64 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Entertainment: After the Farce:(this night only) the Origin, Nature, and Progress of the: Order of British Bucks, with the Whimsical Behavior of Choice Spirits and M. Thurot's Trip to Carrickfergus-Mr Shuter. See17610326

Dance: The Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Event Comment: Benefit for Costollo, Mrs Pitt, Stede. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs Stephens will be taken. Mainpiece: Not Acted these 2 Years. [See 9 May 1759.] Afterpiece: Not acted these 6 years. [See 7 May 1756.] Receipts: #54 19s. 6d. plus income from tickets: Stede #36 10s. (Box 20; Pit 120; Gallery 135); Costollo #80 11s. (Box 77; Pit 340; Gallery 103); Mrs Pitt #52 18s. (Box 6; Pit 178; Gallery 247); Mrs Stephens #11 10s. (Box 17; Pit 23; Gallery 38). Total from tickets #181 9s. (Box 120; Pit 661; Gallery 523). [The charges were borne by Stede, Costollo and Mrs Pitt. Mrs Stephens receipts were clear. Of the charges Costollo bore half, and Stede and Mrs Pitt each bore one quarter.] Charges: #63 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleone

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck (this night only)-Foote, in which he will speak a Prologue; Subtle-Costollo; Sir John-Gibson; Mrs Subtle-Mrs Pitt; Classic-Anderson; Lucinda-Miss Macklin; Song on the Guitar-Miss Macklin; Minuet-Miss Macklin, Leppie.

Dance: III: A Comic Dance-a young Gentleman, a young Gentlewoman (Scholars of Leppie); End: The last new Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Event Comment: Benefit of Mattocks and Hull. Tickets deliver'd for The Busy Body will be taken. No Building on Stage. [Playbill suggests Beard and Mattocks took the parts of Sailor and Squire for the 1st time this night. According to Genest they had performed them since 28 Nov. 1760, i.e., for 23 times this season. Possibly their parts were originally reversed.] Receipts: #79 17s. 6d. plus income from tickets: Mattocks #40 6s. (Box 37; Pit 159; Gallery 72); Hull #42 1s. (Box 80; Pit 111; Gallery 54) (Account Book). Charges: #64 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Performance Comment: As17601128, but full cast: Sailor-Beard;in which by Desire, Heart of Oak-Beard; Squire-Mattocks (being the first time of their appearing in tnese characters); Dorcas-Mrs Vernon; Sally-Miss Brent.

Dance: Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: The Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Dyer.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Cast
Role: McRuthen Actor: Shuter

Dance: III: Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville; End: By Desire Heart of Oak (the Song)-Legg; with a Hornpipe in character-Poitier Jr

Event Comment: Benefit for Ballard, Treasurer. [For Entertainment, see 26 March] Receipts. #39 8s. 6d. plus #211 6s. from tickets (Box 282; Pit 782; Gallery 235). [Ballard deliver'd 1,299 tickets, nearly the record fbr any recipient of a benefit, actor or nonactor. His profit of #187 14s. 6d. seems to have been equivalent to more than 3 years' salary, since he is set down for a weekly salary of #1 in the Account Book for this year.] Charges: #63 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: IV: Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Entertainment: End: Tea a@la Mode-Wilkinson; into which will be introduc'd a Male Mock Italian Burletta Song-Wilkinson; and by Desire The Epilogue to the Minor-Wilkinson , being his last time of performing this season (playbill)

Entertainment: End Afterpiece: The Cries of London-Shuter

Event Comment: Benefit for Cresswick, Desse, Mrs Jansolin. Last time of performing till Whitsun holidays. Receipts: #25 plus #173 7s. 6d. from tickets: Cresswick #30 17s. (Box 53; Pit 106; Gallery 17); Desse #80 12s. (Box 146; Pit 186; Gallery 162); Mrs Jansoline #61 17s. (Box 105; Pit 130; Gallery 161). Rec'd from John Rich #200 by the hand of Mrs Rich. [The House is now showing a deficit of #727 5s. 11d. (Account Book).] Charges: #63 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Office

Performance Comment: Plume-Smith; Ballance-Sparks; Worthy-Hull; Kite-Anderson; Brazen-Cresswick, 1st time; Bullock-Dunstall; Welch Collier-Collins; Recruits-Bencraft, Costollo; Melinda-Mrs Barrington; Rose-Mrs Dyer; Lucy-Miss Lee[, 1st appearance on the Stage; Sylvia-Mrs Burden. [See17601025].See17601025].

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Entertainment: I: The Cries of London-Shuter

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Mlle Capdeville, 1st time; a Minuet-a young Gentleman, a Young Lady (a Child of 5 years) scholar of Desse Jr; III: The Provincial Sailors-Maranesi, Miss Twist; IV: The Painter in Love with his Picture-Balthazar, Hussey, Mad Marianne; End: The Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Event Comment: Benefit for Vaughan, Condell, Letsam, and Potter, (box-Keepers). Receipts: #21 19s. plus #211 from tickets: Vaughan #64 19s. (Box 123; Pit 174; Gallery 81); Condell #65 18s. (Box 107; Pit 211; Gallery 75); Letsam #36 (Box 72; Pit 64; Gallery 84); Potter #44 3s. (Box 55; Pit 128; Gallery 112). [To make up the #70 receiv'd by the house, Vaughan and Condell each put in one-third (#16 4d. a piece), and Letsam and Potter each put in one-sixth (#8 2d. apiece). Vaughan, Condell, and Potter each receiv'd this night #10 "for attendance at ye boxes this season (Account Book).] Receipts: #70 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: LLast New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Event Comment: Benefit for Evans and Green, (box keepers). Receipts: #22 10s. plus income from tickets: Evans #102 9s. (Box 278; Pit 151; Gallery 103); Green #90 14s. (Box 259; Pit 147; Gallery 39). Paid to Evans and Green #10 each for attendance at the Boxes this season (Account Book). Charges: #70 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Last New Comic Dance-Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Didone Abbandonata

Dance: Two new Dances-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Related Works
Related Work: Polly Honeycomb Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: IV: A New Comic Dance-Sg and Sga Giorgi, Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Edgar and Emmeline

Dance: I: A New Dutch Comic Dance-Vincent (his first appearance on the English stage), Miss Baker; III: The Camp Alarm'd-Vincent

Song: III: A Cantata-Miss Young

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Performance Comment: Richard-Holland; King Henry-Havard; Prince Edward-Mas. Cautherly; Duke of York-Miss Rogers; Buckingham-Davies; Richmond-Palmer; Tressel-Kennedy; Lady Anne-Mrs Davies; Duchess of York-Mrs Bennet; Queen-Mrs Pritchard; Lord Mayor-Philips.
Cast
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Mas. Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: Polly Honeycombe

Related Works
Related Work: Polly Honeycomb Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: I: New Dutch Comic Dance, as17610925; III: The Camp Alarm'd-Vincent [Miss Baker]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Dance: I: New Comic Dutch Dance, as17610925; III: The Camp Alarm'd, as17610926

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Dance: I: New Dutch Comic Dance, as17610925; III: The Camp Alarm'd, as17610926

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder; A Woman Keeps A Secret

Performance Comment: Don Felix-Garrick; Violante-Mrs Cibber; Col. Briton-Palmer; Pedro-Burton; Don Lopez-Philips; Lissardo-Yates; Frederick-Packer; Gibby-Johnston; Isabella-Mrs Davies; Flora-Mrs Clive; Inis-Mrs Bradshaw; To conclude with a Masquerade Scene in which will be introduc'd an Entertainment of Dancing call'd the Cossacks, -Vincent, Miss Baker.

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: I: New Dutch Comic Dance, as17610925

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation

Dance: II: New Dutch Comic Dance, as17610925

Song: V: Lowe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: The Coronation

Dance: End III: New Comic Dance, call'd The Blacksmiths-Lockery (first appearance in England)

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of Their Majesties. Sga Manesiere lived with Mr Fisher, Ballet Master at cg, who marryed her in her last illness. N.B. She had some Property. This Lady was a pattern of neatness and exterior modesty (Hopkins MS Notes)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Sg Maranesi, Miss Wilford, Miss Valois; and a New Comic Pantomime Ballet, call'd The French Country Gentleman or the Female Metamorphoses-Sodi, Sga Manesiere (Being her first appearance on the English stage), Miss Wilford

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Prince, with the Installation of the Knights of the Garter Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Dance: III: A Comic Dance (not perform'd these 9 years) call'd The Taylors-Sg Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville; V: A New Comic Ballet, The French Country Gentleman, as17611210

Event Comment: [The Singing, a Musical Interlude by G. A. Stevens, comprising a song and dance of sailors. Popular on Declaration of war with Spain (Biographia Dramatica).] Mainpiece: Not performed in two years. [See 29 April 1760.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Song: IV: A New Comic Interlude of Singing and Dancing, call'd Hearts of Oak The Characters-Lowe, Stevens, Fox, Vincent, Miss E. Young, Miss Baker

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Dance: I: The Taylors, as17620107; II: New Dutch Dance, as17620202