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Event Comment: The Managers wishing to merit that generous encouragement with which they have been honoured have postponed the opera until 20 November to wait for the arrival of Mlle Mimi and Nina Faviere, the principal serious Women Dancers who are not yet arrived from Florence

Performances

Event Comment: The Comic Opera Love in a Village oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of indisposition of Miss Catley. Tomorrow a new Comedy (never performed) call'd The Duellist. The subject of the new Comedy advertised for Performance Tomorrow, as far as we can guess, from the Title, is remarkably well timed. There is at this Day no predominant Passion carried to such a ridiculous extreme as Duelling. We can be laughed out of our Follies on the Stage when we defy the Power of pulpit Oratory and serious Argument. Let us hope therefore, that the comic Satirist of Tomorrow Evening may have exercised his Pen with some Ability on a very important subject (Public Advertiser). Receipts: #134 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A Comic Opera altered [by Colman] from Gay. The Music entirely new by Dr Arne. Now acted for the first time in 2 Acts. [The 1776 Edition in Bell's British Theatre lists: Achilles-Thetis-$Miss Catley. [$Miss Pearce">Mattocks; Peripas-$Reinhold; Lycomedes-$DuBellamy; Diphilus-$Dyer; Ajax-$Dunstall; Ulysses-$Owenson; Diomedes-$Fox; Argytes-$Baker; Deidamia-$Mrs Mattocks; Artemona-$Miss Brown; Philoe-$Miss Valois; Thetis-$Miss Catley. [$Miss Pearce may have played Lesbia).] Paid Banks for the Head of a Figure used in The Fair #1 1s.; Paid Mr Gard for performing 5 nights in the Fair and 3 in the Sorcerer #1. Paid Joseph Besford for performing 5 nights in the Fair 12s. 6d. (Account Book). [Afterpiece unfavorably reviewed in the Westminster Magazine.] Receipts: #149 18s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Achilles in Petticoats

Related Works
Related Work: Achilles in Petticoats Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Event Comment: Books of the Opera to be had at the Theatre. Paid Pattinson (tallow chandler) #35 10s., and Evans for Spermecetti candles #14 8s. Receipts: #143 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Achilles in Petticoats

Related Works
Related Work: Achilles in Petticoats Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Dance: I: New Comic Ballet. La Bauquetiera de Village-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni; Minuet, Allemande-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong (by desire); II: Les Fannes Vainques-Mimi Favier, Pitrot, Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini; End Opera: L'Embaras du choix-Fierville, Nina Favier

Performance Comment: La Bauquetiera de Village-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni; Minuet, Allemande-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong (by desire); II: Les Fannes Vainques-Mimi Favier, Pitrot, Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini; End Opera: L'Embaras du choix-Fierville, Nina Favier.
Event Comment: A new Serious Opera. The Music by Giordani and other eminent composers. With alterations and new songs for Miss Davies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaserse

Dance: I: New Serious Ballet-; in which aChaconne composed by Jomelli-Fierville; II: La Bagatelle, as17740505; III: L'Embarass du choix, as17740505

Event Comment: A new serious Opera. The Music by the most celebrated composers under the direction of Giordani

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Dance: I: L'Embarass du choix, as17740505; II: A New Field Dance-Mariottini, Sga Mazzoni; III: Ballet-Fierville, Nina Favier

Event Comment: Being the last opera This Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Perseo

Dance: As17740603

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Being the last opera This Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'olimpiade

Dance: As17740603

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new ballad opera by [C. Dibdin]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman; or, The First of August

Dance: As17740613

Event Comment: This Comis Opera is Written by the Revd Mr Bate. It is very Pleasant & the Music pretty. It is admirably Perform'd & was receiv'd with very great Applause (Hopkins Diary). The Music of the Afterpiece by Mr Carter. New Scenes, Dresses, Decoartions for afterpiece. Paid for Licences of Matilda & Rival Candidates #4 4s.; Mr Baddeley on note #10 10s.; Miss Berkley #2 2s. on note (Treasurer's Book). [A long rewiew of the plot of the afterpiece appeared in the Feb. Westminster Magazine, concluding: "In point of dialogue, poetry or music, it is inferior to few, if any, of the modern attempts of a similar kind; amongst which number, however, we desire to be understood not to include the ribald, unmeaning, sing-song compilations of the monotonous Mr Dibdin. The Fable, indeed, is too light and trival to endure the severity of a critical analysis; but it is at least sufficiently important to serve as a vehicle for the music; and the catastrophe has peculiar vivacity and theatrical spirit. Upon the whole the author has fully answered the end he proposed of introducing a deserving young composer whose name, it seems is Carter, to the public and who more than promises to be a composer of taste and genius. In this his first performance he both received and deserved the greatest encouragement and applause. Mr Weston spoke a humorous Epilogue accompanied by a large dog named Dragon, which had a very good effect, but as it was poor Dragon's first time of appearing on the stage, he, like all young performers of true feeling, seemed a good deal frightened...but having conquored his fears, and recovered himself a little, he performed his part very chastely and to the entire satisfaction of all present." Epilogue ends with a satirical remark upon Sg Rossignol, the "bird imitator" at Covent Garden. See 6 Jan. cg.] Receipts: #204 17s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Performance Comment: As17741125, but Sampson-Wrighten; the Vocal Parts-Mrs _Scott from Epithalamium.
Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Event Comment: Book of the Opera may be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #230 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Cast
Role: Officers Actor: Wheeler, Wrighten

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: I: Ballet, Chaconne-Mlle Baccelli; II: Silvie-S. Vallouis, Mme Vallouis; End Opera: Grand Heroic Historic Ballet, as17750207; Chaconnes, as17750207

Performance Comment: Vallouis, Mme Vallouis; End Opera: Grand Heroic Historic Ballet, as17750207; Chaconnes, as17750207.
Event Comment: Last time of performing that opera this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Marchesa Giardiniera

Dance: I: Grand Chaconne-Mlle Baccelli; II: Silvie-Vallouis, Mlle Vallouis; III: La Bal Masquer-Lany, Vallouis, Mlle Vallouis, Mlle Baccelli; With a Pas de Deux-Henery; an Allemande-Henery, Mlle Sophie

Event Comment: Benefit for Lany, Ballet Master to the Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Marchesa Giardiniera

Dance: As17750425

Event Comment: A new comic opera; music-Piccini and other eminent Composers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Donna Di Spirito

Dance: As17750516

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Donna Di Spirito

Dance: I: Serious Ballet, Grand Chaconne-S. Vallouis, Mme Vallouis; II: New Ballet-; with Pas de Deux-M Vallouis, Mlle Sophie; and a Louvre-Mlle Baccelli; End Opera: Silvie-S. Vallouis, Mme Vallouis

Performance Comment: Vallouis, Mme Vallouis; II: New Ballet-; with Pas de Deux-M Vallouis, Mlle Sophie; and a Louvre-Mlle Baccelli; End Opera: Silvie-S. Vallouis, Mme Vallouis.
Event Comment: The Opera of Artaxerxes and the Farce of The Apprentice are both oblig'd to be deferr'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Dance: End Comedy: The Gardeners, as17751104

Event Comment: Tomorrow, A New Comic Opera, never perform'd, call'd The Duenna, or The Double Elopement, with New Dances, Dresses, and Scenery

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Cast
Role: Officer Actor: Booth

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone

Dance: I: Les Evenemens Imprevues, as17760109; II: Ballet Pastoral-S. Vallouis, Mme Vallouis, Helm, Mlle Sophie; End Opera: Pigmalion Amoureuse de La Statue, as17751031

Performance Comment: Vallouis, Mme Vallouis, Helm, Mlle Sophie; End Opera: Pigmalion Amoureuse de La Statue, as17751031.
Event Comment: A New Comic Opera of Two Acts written by Mr Bate--Much hissing and Crying out no more no more!--Mr Reddish was desired to give out the Play as soon as Matilda was over--but he with his usual politeness ran up and undress'd himself as fast as he could so that the play was not given out till the End of the Farce as soon as the Blackamoor was given out for the next Night they kept a great Noise and call'd for another Farce to be given out--at length they began to be more appeas'd and went away vowing Vengeance on it the next Night (Hopkins Diary). The Overture and Music of the afterpiece entirely New. Books of the Songs &c. to be had at the Theatre. New Scenes, Dresses, &c. [This is Larpent MS 400. Sir Oliver Oddfish distrusts his servants and is about to replace them with blacks, giving his nephew the chance to introduce Frederick , his daughter Julia 's lover, in disguise as a blackamoor, and to effect an elopement. Act I criticizes Londoners and concludes with the comment, "O that I should ever live to see the day when white Englishmen must give place to foreign blacks." MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly.] Paid the late Mr Johnston's bill to his executors #44 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). [Afterpiece reviewed in three columns in the Westminster Magazine for Feb. Reviewer thought it had been produced well in all departments, music, scenery, costume, and acting, but concluded it a theatrical trifle giving not much credit to its author.] Receipts: #166 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Afterpiece Title: The Blackamoor Wash'd White

Event Comment: The play went off with Great Applause and the Opera till begining of the Second Act. when they hiss'd very much and a very great Noise ensued and with very great difficulty we got to the end of the Farce (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly.] Paid Mr Hurst (by order) on Note #13 13s. Receipts: #109 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Blackamoor

Event Comment: Street Ballad, The Duenna or the Double Elopement, a new song to an old Tune: @In the days of Gay, they sing and say,@The town was full of folly:@For all day long, its sole sing-song@Was pretty, pretty Polly.@So now-a-days, as it was in Gay's,@The world's run mad again-a@From morn to night its whole delight@To cry up the Duenna.@One half the town still talks of Brown@The other of Leoni,@While those sly curs, the managers,@Keep pocketing the money... [Brown was the original Clara in the opera. See 16 Dec. 1775 (Hampden, Journal).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Prometheus

Performance Comment: As17760131, but The Principal Characters-_Zuchelli, Lee Lewes.
Event Comment: A New Comic Opera. Music By Gazaniga, a Neopolitan Master. Benefit for Signora Sestini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alcina

Dance: I: Les Deux Soeurs, as17760203; II: Ballet Pastoral-S. Vallouy, Mme Vallouy, Helm, Mlle Sophie; Pigmalion, as17760307

Event Comment: Benefit for Reinhold. Tickets delivered for An Opera will be taken. Books of the Entertainment [i.e., afterpiece] to be had at the theatre. Afterpiece: A Musical Entertainment by D. J. Piguenit. 8vo 1774, played this one night only (Biographia Dramatica). [It had been played as a Burletta at Marybone Gardens according to the Westminster Magazine for April, and though some of its music was good, the Burletta writer had taken great liberty with his original.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue, as17760409