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Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the particular desire of several Persons of Quality. Being positively the last time of the company's performing this season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer Deceivd

Dance: As17500926

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

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Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Hallam. At the New Wells, Lemon St., Goodman's Fields. For one Night only. A Concert &c. By Desire of Several Persons of Distinction. Boxes 3s. Pit or Gallery 2s. (London Daily Advertiser)

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Mainpiece Title: Othello

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Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

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Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

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Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist or The Sham Doctor

Dance: Mathews

Event Comment: A Concert, etc. At the Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. For One Night Only. For the Benefit of Mr Phillips. At the New Playhouse, Bowling Green, Southwark. Boxes 2s. 6d. Pit 1s. 6d. Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. Sylvius went to see Hamlet but was distracted by a beautiful woman nearby (Daily Advertiser and Literary Gazette, 20 Sept.)

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Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

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Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: Phillips

Song: Platt, Master Phillips

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

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Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

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Related Work: The Chaplet Author(s): William Boyce

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Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Performance Comment: Young Bevil-Ross first time on English stage; Tom-Woodward; Myrtle-Palmer; Indiana-Mrs Pritchard; Phillis-Mrs Clive; Daniel-Vaughan; Cimberton-Taswell; Sealand-Berry; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Cross; Isabella-Mrs Bennet; Lucinda-Mrs Mills; Sir John Bevil-Winstone; Humphrey-Blakes.
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Role: Sir John Bevil Actor: Winstone

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

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Related Work: The Chaplet Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: II: Mattocks

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

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Related Work: Richard III Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare
Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #110 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

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Related Work: The Chaplet Author(s): William Boyce

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

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Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: A Grand Scots Ballet-Cooke, Miss Hillyard

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: Not acted these two years. [See 30 Nov. 1749. Inspector No 191 analyzes and discusses The Orphan (Daily Advertiser and Literary Gazette).] Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

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Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

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Related Work: The Shepherd's Lottery Author(s): William Boyce

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Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

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Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege
Related Work: Wits Led by the Nose; or, A Poet's Revenge Author(s): William Chamberlayne
Related Work: The Lady’s Revenge; or, The Rover Reclaim'd Author(s): William Popple

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

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Related Work: The Chaplet Author(s): William Boyce

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #140 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

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Related Work: The Shepherd's Lottery Author(s): William Boyce

Dance: I: A Masquerade Dance-Matthews, Mad Janeton Auretti; End: L'Entree de Flore-Mad Auretti; Peasant Dance-Matthews, Mad Janeton Auretti

Event Comment: Play By Particular Desire. The tragedy of Jane Shore in which character Miss Macklin is to make her appearance, is in rehearsal at Covent Garden, and will be acted there on Friday next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Sir Willful Witwoud Actor: Yates
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Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Dance: Mad Auretti, Matthews, Mad Janeton Auretti

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

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Related Work: Much Ado About Nothing Author(s): William Shakespeare
Related Work: The Law Against Lovers Author(s): Sir William Davenant

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Event Comment: By Particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

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Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Lear

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Related Work: King Lear Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid