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Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Clown by Nivelon. II: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. III: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, Tench, Livier, Desse, Dupre, Mrs Ogden, Mlle Delorme, Miss Sandham, Miss Norman. IV: Harlequin by Mlle De L'Isle. V: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens; Or, Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: CClown-Nivelon; Misses Scott; Scot's Dance-Glover, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Music: With theOriginal Musick-; The Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Roberts, Salway, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Miss Hillyard, Mrs Cantrell, Miss Bincks, Mrs Kilby

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Related Work: The Blind Lady Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Surprisal Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Committee Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Indian Queen Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Great Favourite; or, The Duke of Lerma Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The Committee; or, The Faithful Irishman Author(s): Sir Robert Howard
Related Work: The City Night-Cap Author(s): Robert Davenport
Related Work: The Poor Man's Comfort Author(s): Robert Daborne
Related Work: Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay Author(s): Robert Greene
Related Work: The Slighted Maid Author(s): Sir Robert Stapylton
Related Work: The Step-Mother Author(s): Sir Robert Stapylton
Related Work: Ballet et Musique Pour le Divertissement du Roy de la Grande Bretagne Author(s): Robert Cambert
Related Work: Hannibal Author(s): Robert Wilson

Dance: Nivelon, Tench, Desse, Richardson, Bodine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: A Serious Dance-the eldest Miss Scott; II: Comic Dance-eldest Miss Scott's Sister; III: French Peasant-Lalauze; accompanied-others; IV: A new dance-two Misses Scott; V: A new Comic Dance-Nivelon, the Misses Scott

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; III: Muilment; V: Ballet-Denoyer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Cast
Role: Sir Harry Actor: Shepard
Role: Sir Solomon Actor: Johnson.

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

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Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley
Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Cast
Role: Sir Hugh Actor: Mechlin

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

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Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: III: Muilment; V: Tambourine-Mlle Roland

Event Comment: See Daily Advertiser, 4 Feb., for a letter from Colley Cibber to the Gentlemen of the Inns of Court. Daily Advertiser, 4 Feb.: Whereas it is agreed on between several Gentlemen, to erect a New Theatre for the exhibiting of Plays, Farces, Pantomime, &c. all such Persons as are willing to undertake the said Building, are desir'd to bring their Plans for the same by the 2d of May next ensuing, in order to be laid before the said Gentlemen, the Time and Place of which Meeting will be advertis'd in this Paper on the last of April. Proportions of the Ground: The North Side 120 Feet; the West, square with the North, 130 Feet; the South 110 Feet; and the East on a Bevil, joining the Parallel. Note, There must be a Passage left to go round the Building, and the Stages to be 30 Feet wide at the First Scene; the Distance between Wall and Wall 80 Feet; and the Scene-Rooms, Green and Dressing Rooms, to be on the outside of the last mention'd Measure. The Stage to be either North or South

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Cast
Role: Sir Paul Actor: Griffin

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley
Event Comment: By particular Desire. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Southerne. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toyshop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; In III: Muilment; V: Denoyer

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toyship. [For Occasional Prompter XX, see Daily Journal, 7 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

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Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

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Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Cast
Role: Sir Novelty Actor: Cibber
Role: Sir William Actor: Johnson

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

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Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Muilment; V: Tambourine-Mlle Roland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

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Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley
Event Comment: By Desire. As 10 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

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Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): Sir William Davenant
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: Denoyer, Mlle Roland

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley
Event Comment: By particular Desire. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Muilment; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop. Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 26 Feb.: On Monday Night last a great Disturbance happened at Drury-lane Play-house, occasioned by a great Number of Footmen, who assembled themselves in a riotous and tumultuous Manner, with great Outcries of burning the House, unless they were immediately admitted into what they call their Gallery; and in order to strike a Terror, they began to hew down the Door of the Passage which leads to the said Gallery, of which Col. Deveil, who was then in the House, had immediate Notice, and thereupon came out where they were thus assembled, and notwithstanding they threatened to knock his Brains out, he read the Proclamation to them, admonish'd them to retire, and desist from so unlawful an undertaking. [The footmen soon withdrew.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Sir Joseph Actor: Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; In III: Muilment; V: Drunken Peasant-Philips

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

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Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

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Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley
Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [Tickets at Hippisley's in Bow Street, cg.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Performance Comment: See17361109, but Sir Wilful-Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Sir Wilful Actor: Hippisley.

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Related Works
Related Work: The Toy-Shop Author(s): Robert Dodsley
Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quailty. Mainpiece: Written by the Author of the Man of Taste. Founded on Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop. Daily Advertiser, 14 March: We hear that there was not the least Disturbance from the Footmen at the Playhouse all last Week; and there is such a sufficient Guard order'd, as well as a Civil Power appointed, that there's no Apprehension of any in the future: Besides, we are glad to hear that the Quality and Gentry are resolv'd in general to discard any Servants that should be known to attempt it, and to give them up to the Rigour of the Law. [For Occasional Prompter XXV (on the lethargy of managers), see Daily Journal, 14 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Related Works
Related Work: The King and the Miller of Mansfield Author(s): Robert Dodsley

Dance: I: Harlequin-Denoyer's Apprentice; V: Dutchman and Frow-Philips, Miss Brett. [Daily Advertiser, 14 March, a less authoritative source, differs on the dances: I: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Turkish Dance-Muilment; Villeneuve, Livier; V: Grand Ball-Denoyer, Mlle Roland.

Music: A Comic Medley Overture-composed by Arne