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Event Comment: Read ye parts of Alexander, Clytus, and Statire before going into Pit (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander; Or, The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: As17670729 but Italian Peasant-Dulm ($Neville)

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; MF 2, by Edward Neville]: The Overture and Music composed by Dibdin. Books of the Entertainment to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 20 Oct.: This Afternon at Three is published Plymouth In An Uproar (1s.). Receipts: #242 16s. 6d. (241.5.0; 1.11.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Edward Neville
Event Comment: [R+Rich's Register lists The English Merchant.] Paid Blandford (tallow chandler) #49 8s. 10d. Paid George Garrick for use of the managers #15 15s.; Paid French on account #20; Advanced to Granier on note #4 2s. 10d.; to Keen on note #4 4s. Rec'd stopages 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Sylas Neville (Neville MS Diary): With difficulty got into the Pit at Drury Lane, where I stood at the side so jambed up that I could not read the newspaper I carried: But I saw the play very well. It was Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, with the Farce of the Devil to Pay. Duke by Havard, Cacafago by Love, very well. Copper Capt. by Palmer, pretty well. Old woman pretty well by Mrs Baddeley, Astifania by Mrs Pritchard excellently, tho she is too old for the first part of this character. Leon inimitably by Garrick. I think he shows a good deal of Abel drugger, [both published and unpublished portions of the Neville Diary.] Receipts: #261 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Rec'd stopages #1 8s.; from John Palmer in part of his bond #70; Paid 5 days salary list #367 13s. 4d. Receipts: #173 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Went to the 2 shilling Gallery to see the new tragedy, with its musical entertainment The Cunning Man, a sort of translation of Rousseau's Devin du Village. Holland, Powell and Bensley played Warwick, Edward and Pembroke very well. Mrs Yates did great justice to Queen Margaret. Mrs Palmer did Elizabeth. The Prologue was spoken by Bensley, the Epilogue by Mrs Yates. The characters were very richly dressed in the dresses of the time. The improper use of ridiculous modern dresses on the stage often offends me (Diary of Sylas Neville, unpublished MS portion)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Afterpiece Title: The Cunning Man

Event Comment: Benefit for Yates. House Charges #65 5s. [Profit to Yates #118 16s. 6d.] Not performed for 20 years. Revived with alterations. Paid B. Johnson's Head Bill #2 5s. 6d. Paid #2 2s. for licensing Dido (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #184 6d. (Treasurer's Book). About 5 went into the Pit at Drury Lane to see the False Friend reviv'd with alterations, for the benefit of Yates. It engages the attention, but was very well performed. Don John by Holland; Don Pedro by Powell; Lopez by Mr Yates, the drinking Servant by Baddeley; Leonora by Mrs Barry (whom I never saw before); Isabella by Miss Plym and Jacintha by Mrs Yates. I think an Abigail an odd character for her, but no doubt she was willing to play anything for her husband's benefit. After the dance of the Vintage, Mr Yates spoke by way of Interlude a new piece on his being in France called the "Modern Traveller," containing some strokes on the affectation of French Fashions, &c. We had the Farce of High Life Below Stairs with minuet by Mrs Yates and a French Valet, which I do not remenber to have seen when I saw this Farce (before) (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Performance Comment: Parts-Holland, Powell, Yates, Bransby, Packer, Baddeley, Mrs Yates, Miss Plym, Mrs W. Barry. [See Neville's comments below.]See Neville's comments below.]

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: Pantomime Dance, The Vintage, as17661011

Entertainment: V: a New Interlude, The Modern Traveller-Mr Yates

Event Comment: The above Play and Farce, will not be performed again for a considerable time. Neville MS Diary: Shuter took off Alderman Beckford...The House very full

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Performance Comment: As17670608 but Sir Jacob-Sowdon; Bruin-J. Palmer (Neville).
Event Comment: Afterpiece: Never performed there. Neville MS Diary: Shuter made ye house laugh by saying to the conjurer. Should be glad to see you at Court; there will a change in ye Ministry soon" and by desiring Jo to take care of his Toes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Performance Comment: Trappolin-Shuter; Conjurer-Bannister; Methodist-Weston (Neville).

Dance: III: A Serious Dance-; End: Hornpipe-Miss Froment

Event Comment: They have better gangs of Highwaymen and whores here than at ye other Theatres. The Farce was ye School Boy, a low smutty thing (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: As17670805, but Diana Trapes-Mrs Johnson (Neville).

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: FFingalian-; New Hornpipe, as17670805

Event Comment: FFoote has saved [Taylors] by adding Francisco's mad scene (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patron

Performance Comment: Parts by Foote, Palmer, Davis, Castle, Gardner, Weston, Shuter, Quick, Keen, Mendez, Pearce, Strange, Mrs Jefferies; Lofty-Foote; Rust-Vernon; Robin-Shuter; Pepperpot-J. Palmer; Puff-Castle; Dactyl-Gardener; Juliet-Mrs Jeffreys (Neville); Parts-Davis, Weston, Quick, Keen, Mendez, Pearce, Strange.

Afterpiece Title: The Taylors

Dance: Several entertainments-Miss Froment

Event Comment: [G$Genest, V, 140, notes that Bannister's name does not appear in the playbill; the Public Advertiser bill, which does not specify any parts, includes Bannister as well as Strange, Loveman, Keen, and Smith, for which there is no support in the 1767 edition.] Before six went into the Pit to see the new tragedy of The Countess of Salisbury performed for the first time. One cannot judge perfectly of a Play without reading it, but it was received with vast applause. The author being an Irishman, Weston spoke a Prologue in the character of an Hibernian (Neville MS Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Countess Of Salisbury

Performance Comment: Parts by Barry, ThomasBarry, Palmer, Gardner, Keen, Bannister, Smith, Sowdon, Strange, Loveman, Mrs Burden, Miss Palmer, Mrs Dancer. Alwin-Barry; Raymond-ThomasBarry; Grey-Sowdon; Morton-J. Palmer; Leroches-Gardner; Lord William-Miss Palmer (first appearance in this kingdom); Countess-Mrs Dancer; Eleanor-Mrs Burden; Sir Ardolf-Bannister; Epilogue-Mrs Dancer (Edition of 1767); Prologue-Weston in the character of an Hibernian (Neville); Parts-Keen, Smith, Strange, Loveman.

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: End: Dance-Miss Froment

Event Comment: Neville MS Diary: Shuter is a comical dog, a disturbance arising among the gods, he was obliged to stop and looking up to the Gallery asked, Well, are all affairs settled above?" During the noise Filch went off after singing--the gods encored the song. Shuter said You have frightened him so that he has lost his voice" but beckoning to Weston to return and sing. Weston steals Doll Trapes scarf in a new manner; he makes her drop it, etc. and pretending to do something about his knee, till she is out of sight, takes it up, saying I take it with all my spirit. When Macheath went to trial, Shuter cried, "Clear the way there--knock down that old woman with the apples.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: FFingalian-; New Hornpipe, as17670805

Event Comment: NNeville MS Diary: Read ye parts of Varanes and Athenais before I went into ye Pit to see ye Play of Theodosius. Barry and Mrs Dancer are excellent in Varanes and Athenais. Young Barry did Theodosius, and Sowdon Marcian, who, tho' ugly, has a pretty good person and is a tolerably good player. Liontine by Bannister

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: III: A Serious Dance-; End: A comic dance-Miss Froment, a little girl (Neville)

Event Comment: NNeville MS Diary: Her confusion was so great, that seeing her gave me pain. On this occasion Foote gave us a stroke of humour; When the Blackamoor Lady had retired, he asked Snarl what character he thought she should play first. Snarl said in Imoinda. Foote replied "Don't you think Callista would do better? for it would have a good effect in the Bills--The Fair Penitent by a Black Lady.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: SSerious Dance-; The Gallant Peasant, as17670904

Entertainment: By Desire, Occasional Prologue on opening the Theatre-Mr Foote; in which will be introduced Through the Wood Laddie-the real Blackamoor Lady (Neville)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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Dance: End: The Embarkment for Cythera-Dagueville, Harris, Master Holland, Langrish, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford, Miss Valois

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Edward Neville

Song: As17791018

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Edward Neville

Dance: As17791022

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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Dance: As17791022

Song: In Act III: song in character-Mrs Kennedy. [This was sung, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Edward Neville

Dance: As17791022

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Edward Neville

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bondman

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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Related Work: Plymouth in an Uproar Author(s): Edward Neville

Dance: End: The Pilgrim, as17791008

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: Plymouth In An Uproar

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Dance: I: Masquerade Scenev with a Minuet-Dumay, Mrs Jackson

Song: End IV: the Funeral Procession of Julietv, with the Solemn Dirge-; Vocal Parts-Mattocks, Reinhold, Baker, J. Wilson, Doyle, Fox, Miss Green, Miss Stewart, Miss Valois, Mrs Willems

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Metamorphosis

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Dodd, Suett, Williames, Chapman, Packer, Barrymore; Miss George, Mrs Wrightcn, Mrs Hopkins, Miss Phillips. [Cast from Songs (T. Evans, 1783): Toupee-Dodd; Sir Charles Freeman-Suett; Neville-Williames; Simon-Chapman; Mr Marlow-Packer; Freeman-Barrymore; Charlotte-Miss George; Mary-Mrs Wrighten; Mrs Neville-Mrs Hopkins; Julia-Miss Phillips.] hathi. hathi.
Cast
Role: Neville Actor: Williames
Role: Mrs Neville Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece, as17831018; End of mainpiece, as17831204

Event Comment: The Author's Night. N.B. As the time limited by Mr Foote's Patent is now expiring the Company will perform every night of the week, (Saturday excepted). Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays Barry and Mrs Dancer. Tuesdays and Thursdays Mr Foote (Public Advertiser). Set down as much as I can remember of the additions to the Orators. In the evening finished a copy for the Printer of the General Evening Post of an answer to a flattering letter which appeared in that paper some time ago. It is in praise of the Duke of York and other wretches, who not knowing how to spend enough of the Nation's money have fitted up a Theatre in St James Street on which to exhibit their own folly and profusion (Neville MS Diary). [Neville's piece appeared in the Post 8 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Countess Of Salisbury

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Dance: Miss Froment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer; Or, The Mistakes Of A Night

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Shuter; Tony-Quick; Marlow-Lewes; Hastings-DuBellamy; Sir Charles Marlow-Gardner; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Green; Miss Neville-Mrs Kniveton; Miss Hardcastle-Miss Wilde, first time.
Cast
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Kniveton

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End: A New Dance-. [See17731021]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Shuter; Tony-Quick; Marlow-Lewis; Hastings-DuBellamy; Sir Charles Marlow-Fearon; Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Green; Miss Neville-Mrs Lessingham; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Bulkley.
Cast
Role: Miss Neville Actor: Mrs Lessingham

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Entertainment: Before the Play: (By Particular Desire) The New Occasional Prologue-Woodward