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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Performance Comment: Oakly-Holland; Major Oakly-Love, 1st time; Charles-Cautherley; Lord Trinket-Dodd; Sir Harry Beagle-J. Palmer; Russet-Burton; Paris-Baddeley; Tom-Ackman; Capt. O'Cutter-Moody; Lady Freelove-Mrs Clive; Harriet-Mrs Palmer; Toilet-Mrs Hippisley; Mrs Oakly-Mrs Pritchard.
Cast
Role: Charles Actor: Cautherley
Related Works
Related Work: The Jealous Wife Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: II: A Dance call'd The Irish Hay@makers-Giorgi, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Performance Comment: Moody-Holland; Harcourt-Palmer; Sparkish (with Song)-Dodd; Belville-Cautherly; Alithea-Mrs Palmer; Lucy-Miss Pope; Country Girl-Mrs Abington (1st time); With an address to the Audience, by way of Epilogue-Mrs Abington.
Cast
Role: Belville Actor: Cautherly
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs King.

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance-Grimaldi, Duquesney, Rollet, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: IV: New Comic Dance-Duquesney, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Dance: IV: The Medley-Shuter, Mrs King

Event Comment: IImogen by a Young Gentlewoman-(Miss Yonge) (Cross Diary). Miss Younge--an elegant Figure in both dresses, a very good voice, but wants management, --a great deal of acting about her, and would make a great figure, if she had a better face. Upon the whole she played the part amazingly well, and had deserved applause (Hopkins Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Cast
Role: Colombine Actor: Mrs King

Dance: III: The Irish Haymakers-Giorgi, Mrs King

Event Comment: Mainpiece: An English Opera composed and directed by Dr Arne. In this opera two new performers appeared,--Mr Rathom who played Artaxerxes, a bad figure, extreamly aukward, and much hissed--the other Mrs Forbes, who played Arbaces, a small figure a good voice, was well received, and went decently through the part (Hopkins Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Artaxerxes-Rathom; Arbaces-Mrs Forbes, their first appearance; Rimenes-Fawcett; Artabanes-Vernon; Semira-Miss Young; Mandani-Mrs Arne.

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherly; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Heartwell-Hurst; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Clerimont Actor: Cautherly

Dance: M Daguville, 1st appearance, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: A New Dance (perform'd but once) call'd The Piedmontese Mountaineer-Dagueville, Mrs King

Event Comment: Benefit for Cautherly. Farce from Mrs Centlivre's The Man's Bewitched. Never acted there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Performance Comment: Castalio-Barry; Chamont-Holland; Polydore-Cautherly; Page-Miss Palmer; Serina-Miss Platt; Chaplain-Love; Acasto-Bransby; Ernesto-Castle; Florella-Mrs Johnston; Monimia-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Polydore Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost

Performance Comment: Parts by Packer, Cautherly, Messink, Hartry, Moody, Love, Mrs W. Barry. Capt. Constant-Cautherly; Sir Geoffrey Constant-Packer; Trusty-Hartry; Clinch-Messink; Roger-Moody; Dolly-Mrs Love; Belinda-Mrs W. Barry (MacMillan).
Cast
Role: Constant Actor: Cautherly
Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Entertainment: End: Linco's Travels-King, Mrs Bradshaw

Dance: NNew Comic Dance, as17681210

Event Comment: Benefit for Theatrical Fund, Archer--Mr Garrick (Cross Diary). Pit and boxes together. Play to begin at Half past 6. Doors opened Half past 5

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: IV: The Wake, as17680929, but Sga Giorgi, Mrs _King

Event Comment: The music of the afterpiece by Dibdin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: The Irish Haymakers-Giorgi, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well or Flora

Performance Comment: Hob-Moody; Friendly-Fawcett; Sir ThomasTesty-Hartry; Old Hob-Parsons; Dick-J. Burton; Roger-Keen; Hob's Mother-Mrs Bradshaw; Betty-Mrs Millidge; Flora-Mrs Scott.
Cast
Role: Hob's Mother Actor: Mrs Bradshaw

Dance: I: A New Dance call'd the The English Gardeners-Atkins, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Falsehood

Performance Comment: Julio-Reddish; Henriquez-Aickin; Roderick-Palmer; Duke Angelo-Bransby; Master of the Flocks-Moody; Camilo-Hurst; Don Bernard-Parsons; Shepherds-Hartry, Booth; Violante-Mrs Jeffries; Leonora-Miss Younge; Prologue-Reddish; Epilogue-Miss Younge; In IV: the Original Song (New composed by Mr Hook)-Miss Radley.
Related Works
Related Work: Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: III: Hearts of Oak-Giorgi, Mrs King

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17691028, but Hamlet-Cautherly; Polonius-Love, first time; Laertes-Brereton, first time; Ophelia-Miss Radley, first time; Osric-Dodd; Gravediggers-Parsons, Messink.
Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Cautherly
Role: Player King Actor: Burton

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Performance Comment: As17690926, but the Allemande in the concluding Masquerade performed-Mas. and Miss West, pupils of Grimaldi.

Dance: II: The Wake-Sg and Sga Giorgi; IV: (By Desire) a Minuet-Sg Giorgi, Mrs King

Event Comment: Benefit for Miles. Charges #73 16s. Balance to Miles #47 14s. plus #119 7s. from tickets (Box 226; Pit 331; Gallery 132). Williams, Gard & Singleton rec'd customary Pay for performing the Bell and the lion in the Pantomime [see 15 Feb.] (Account Book). Receipts: #121 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tancred And Sigismunda

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Jubilee

Dance: III: A Minuet-King, Miss Twist; IV: The Tartars, as17691207

Event Comment: DDialogue-Epilogue, an Address to the Town-Sparks and Keen, as Lord Chief Justice Joker and his Attorney General. Benefit for Sparks. Afterpiece: By Thomas Sheridan. [The Dialogue-Epilogue is Larpent MS 309.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Brave Irishman

Entertainment: II: The Paraphrase of Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man-King

Dance: End: As17700428

Event Comment: To begin at 7 p.m. For one night only, being particularly desired by several Persons of Distinction. Performance by a considerable number of the best "catch" singers and instrumental performers. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Books of the Catches and Glees to be had at the theatre. Performance will be over time enough for those ladies and gentlemen who are engag'd at Mrs Cornelys's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Catches And Glees

Performance Comment: Under the direction of Dr Arne; After Part I, Several favourite songs-. After part two, by desire, the music in .

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Performance Comment: The poem by Mr Congreve-, the music by Dr Arne-; The vocal parts-Gaudry; Mercury-Phillips; Paris-Mrs Scott; Juno-Mrs Woodman; Venus-Mrs Barthelemon.
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

Song: God Save our Noble King- (in Honor of His Majesty's Birthday)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Entertainment: End: (For the last time this season) The Wishing Cap-King. [See17730323]

Event Comment: Benefit for Bensley. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden not acted these 15 years.[See 23 April 1750.] Charges #68 2s. Profit to Bensley #37 19s. 6d., plus #38 5s. from tickets (Box 153). Paid Mr Hopkins for the hire of Horses in the Fair #6 16s. Paid Read (scalemaker) #3 13s.; Dobosch (furrier) #4 17s. Paid Dall on acct of his salary #42. Receipts: #106 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian King Of Portugal

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End: The Old Ground Young, as17731208

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs P. Green, Hussey and Morris. Last time of performing till the holidays. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to each #8 18s. 8d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Green #44 2s. (Box 53; Pit 137; Gallery 103); Hussey, #59 18s. (Box 162; Pit 92; Gallery 56); Morris, #46 19s. (Box 39; Pit 114; Gallery 201). [The Account Book indicates that The Padlock was substituted as the afterpiece at the last minute.] Receipts: #37 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: II: A Hornpipe-Blurton; IV: A Minuet-Hussey, Mrs Stephens; Cotillons-Hussey, Dumay, King, Curtat, Mrs Inville, Miss Bassan, Miss Matthews, Mrs Hartle, as17740518; End: A Comic Dance-Aldridge, Mrs Stephens, as17740517

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: Taken from The Jovial Crew. Part of pit laid into boxes. Send servants by 4 o'clock. Paid Mr Grimaldi's draft on Mrs Adams #100 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #291 9s. 6d. Charges: #68 18s. Profits to Smith: #212 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Smith; Macduff-Reddish; Duncan-Usher; Donalbain-Everard; Fleance-Mas. Pulley; Seyton-Griffiths; Hecate-Legg; Lady Macduff-Miss Sherry; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Yates; Banquo-Packer; Doctor-Wright; Witches-Parsons, Moody, Baddeley; Ross-Aickin; Malcolm-Cautherly; Lenox-Fawcett; Angus-Keen; Seward-Hurst; Captain-Davies; Vocal Parts-Legg, Kear, Carpenter, Blanchard, Mrs Scott, Mrs Love; In Act IV, a Dance of the Furies-.
Cast
Role: Malcolm Actor: Cautherly
Role: a Dance of the Furies Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Entertainment: End: the Favourite Interlude, Linco's Travels-, with Particular remarks on London; Linco-King; Old Woman-Mrs Bradshaw

Event Comment: Benefit for Wild (prompter) and Miss Brown. Mrs Barry's indisposition prevents her appearing in the character of Athenais

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Performance Comment: As17750422 but Athenais-Mrs Mattocks, first time.
Cast
Role: Athenais Actor: Mrs Mattocks, first time.
Role: Aranthes Actor: Davis
Role: Theodosius Actor: Lewis

Afterpiece Title: St Patricks Day

Dance: III: A Minuet-King, Miss Brown

Entertainment: Interlude.End: True Blue-Miss Brown, Mrs Baker, Reinhold, Mattocks; Dances-Aldridge

Event Comment: [The performance is referred to in Gazetteer, 8 Nov.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth

Event Comment: Announced by the playbill, but "Not perform'd on Acct. of Mr Garrick's Death (at 8 o'Clo'Morng)" (MS annotation on Kemble playbill). See also Public Advertiser, 21 Jan.: Drury Lane Theatre was shut up last night on [this] melancholy Occasion

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: The Wonders of Derbyshire

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea Alexanders Feast

Music: As17810302

Song: End Oratorio: My Heart is inditing [from Coronation Anthems]-; with several capital songs [selected from Handel's Works-; [to conclude with the Grand Coronation Anthem God save the King-Norris, Reinhold, Miss Linley, Miss Draper, Miss Prudom

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ezio

Dance: End of Act I Pastoral Dance, as17811120; End of Act II Divertisement Dance, King's as17811117; End of Opera Let Amans Reunis, as17811117, but omitted: Mlle Dumont