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Event Comment: A Revived Opera. As 30 Dec. 1732

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ptolemy

Event Comment: A New Opera. Wherein the Cloaths and Scenes are all intirely New. [Music by Handel. Text possibly by Grazio Braccioli, but see Deutsch, Handel, p. 303.] Done into English by Mr Humphreys. [Their Majesties, Duke, and Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orlando

Event Comment: CColman Opera Register: extraordinary fine & magnificent. Daily Advertiser, 5 Feb.: The Royal Family present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Orlando

Event Comment: A New Ballad Opera. [By Henry Potter.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Decoy; Or, The Harlot's Progress

Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Event Comment: The new Oratorio. [Music by William DeFesch. Text by William Huggins.] The printed Books of the Opera may be had at the Theatre only, price 1s. The Composer humbly hopes the Disappointment the Town met with by its being postpon'd, will be in no means inputed to him, it being occasioned by such an Accident as any one might unfortunately fall under, that of the Misconduct and pretended Sickness of Cecilia Young, who had ingaged for the Part of Judith. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d

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Mainpiece Title: Judith

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Talbot and Mrs Martin. Daily Advertiser, 22 Feb.: A Publick Rehearsal of the Opera of Dione [Wednesday 21], at the New Theatre in the Haymarket. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. 6 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

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Event Comment: Mahnpiece: A New Opera. Set to Musick by Mr Lampe. [Author of text unknown.] Afterpiece: a new Pantomime Entertainment. [Author unknown.] All the Dresses are intirely new. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. 6:30 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Dione

Afterpiece Title: The Usurer; or, Harlequin's Last Shift

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Gay. Printed Books of the Opera may be had at the Theatre this Night. Receipts: #80 0s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Achilles

Related Works
Related Work: Achilles in Petticoats Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Event Comment: [T$Their Majesties, Prince, and Three eldest Princesses present.] Daily Advertiser, 5 March: Signora Strada, on Account of whose Indisposition the Run of the new Opera of Orlando was interrupted, continues very ill

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Floridante

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Distinction. Afterpiece: a Ballad Opera of one Act. [By Robert Drury.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mad Captain

Event Comment: For an essay on Handel and operas, see Craftsman, 7 April (reprinted in Deutsch, Handel, pp. 310-13)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Afterp1ece [Edward Phillips]. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Afterpiece: A Farcical Ballad Opera. Receipts: money #44 7s. 6d.; tickets #32 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Scottish Dance, as17330424

Event Comment: Benefit A. Hallam and Mrs Walter. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear. Afterpiece: A New Ballad Opera [Author not known. Apparently not published.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Countess

Dance: II: Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; III: French Gardener and His Mistress-Haughton, Mrs Walter; IV: Saraband, Minuet-Lally Jr, Miss Mears; V: English Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts and Jones. Afterpiece: A New Ballad Opera of one Act [by Edward Phillips]. [For a puff of the afterpiece, see Daily Advertiser, 25 April, and Daily Post, 2 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Performance Comment: Marcian-Mills; Theodosius-A. Hallam; Varanes-Roberts; Atticus-Boman; Leontine-Mullart; Lucius-Fielding; Aranthes-Raftor; Pulcheria-Mrs Butler; Julia-Mrs Shireburn; Athenais-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Theodosius Actor: A. Hallam
Role: Aranthes Actor: Raftor
Role: Athenais Actor: Mrs Horton.
Related Works
Related Work: The Weathercock Author(s): Theodosius Forrest

Afterpiece Title: The Livery Rake; or, The Intriguing Servants

Performance Comment: Phillis (Country Girl)-Miss Raftor; Tom (Footman)-Berry; Toby (Innkeeper)-Jones; Harry-Ridout; Lucy-Mrs Shireburn; Dorcas-Mrs Herle; Phillis (Chambermaid)-Mrs Mullart; but edition of 1733 lists as the cast: Tom-Berry; Toby-Harper; Harry-Ridout; James-E. Roberts; Dorcas-Mrs Sireburn; 1st Phillis-Mrs Pritchard; 2d-Miss Oates; Lucy-Miss Mann (possibly the cast for a later revival); Epilgoue-Miss Norris, Granddaughter of the late Mr Norris, commonly called Jubilee Dicky.

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-LeBrun; II: Saraband, Minuet-Lally Jr, Miss Mears; IV: English Maggot-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V: The Watteau-Miss Robinson; End of Afterpiece: Bartholomew Fair-F. Tench, Mrs Delorme

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of the Afterpiece: A new Ballad Opera. [By John Breval.] Receipts: money #60 0s. 6d.; tickets #43 8s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Helen

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Mock Minuet, as17330511

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 22 June: We hear that Subscriptions are actually in great forwardness for having two different Operas next Winter, one at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, under the Direction of Messrs Handel and Heydegger, and the other to be at one of the Playhouses, under the Management of Directors chosen from among the Subscribers

Performances

Event Comment: TThe King paid #1,000 to the Opera in the Haymarket. See Deutsch, Handel, p. 317

Performances

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 27 June: We hear...that the Opera of Operas...is deferr'd playing on account of the excessive heat of the Weather

Performances

Event Comment: For a payment of #250 by the Prince of Wales to Opera, see Deutsch, Handel, p. 319

Performances

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Ballad Opera. Edition of 1733: By a Gentleman late of Trinity-College, Cambridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Extravagance

Afterpiece Title: The Stage-Mutineers; or, A Playhouse To Be Lett

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Ballad Opera. [By Robert Drury.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fancy'd Queen

Afterpiece Title: The Stage-Mutineers

Dance: SScotch Dance-Davenport, Miss Baston; Swedish Dal Karle-Delagarde, Mrs Ogden; Irish Trot-Bethen

Event Comment: At Fielding-Hippisley Booth, in the George-Inn-Yard. Mainpiece: A Dramatic Entertainment. Afterpiece: A Ballad Opera. Done from the French of Moliere. Intermix'd With Variety of Songs set to old Ballad Tunes, and Country Dances. 1 to 11 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Jealousy; Or, The Downfall Of Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: A Cure for Covetousness; or, The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: FFooting Dance-LeBrun, Mrs Ogden; Fisher Tench, Mlle D'Lorme

Event Comment: At the Noted Yeates' Senior and Junior? Booth, the Upper End of Cow-Lane. A new Ballad Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress; With The Comical Humours Of The Yorkshire Waggoner

Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Event Comment: At Aston-Paget Booth, at the Horns-Inn in Pye-Corner. An entire New, Comick, Satyrical and Instructive Droll Opera. Noon to 10 p.m. N.B. Those that don't Laugh, Pay Nothing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patriot Merchant (the Lover Of His Country); Or, The Cheats Of The Times

Entertainment: 1.1. A Mock Song in Praise of Tea and Bread and Butter-; 2. The Servants' Revel-; 3. Ursula the Cook Maid's Rapture-; 4. Newgate and Tyburn-

Performance Comment: 1. A Mock Song in Praise of Tea and Bread and Butter-; 2. The Servants' Revel-; 3. Ursula the Cook Maid's Rapture-; 4. Newgate and Tyburn-.
Event Comment: At Lee-Harper Booth, over against the Hospital Gate. Mainpiece: a Celebrated Droll. Afterpiece: A new Pantomime Opera. The Book of the Droll is printed by G. Lee, Bluemaid Alley, Southwark. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jeptha's Rash Vow; Or, The Virgin Sacrifi'd; With The Comical Humours Of Captain Bluster And His Man Diddimo

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton