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Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Afterpiece: [By Richard Leveridge.] A Comic Masque, compos'd in the high Style of Italy. N.B. The Books of the Masque are just printed for W. Mears...and sold by him, and at Mr Leveridge's in Tavistock-street. Receipts: #37 10s. 6d. and tickets #75 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe Lyon Moonshine and Wall

Performance Comment: Edition of 1716 lists: Peter Quince-Bullock Sr; Bottom-Spiller; Flute-H. Bullock; Starveling-Cocker; Semibreve-Knap; Crotchet-H. Bullock; Gamut-Cocker; Prologue-Leveridge; Pyramus-Leveridge; Wall-Randal; Lyon-Cook; Moonshine-Reading; Thisbe-Pack; Epilogue-Leveridge, Pack.
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Role: Semibreve Actor: Knap

Music: With all New Musick (for that Night) both Vocal and Instrumental Musick-

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Mainpiece Title: hamlet

Performance Comment: Advertised as a benefit for Thurmond, but Rich's Register states: No Play by reason Mr Thurmond did not lay down 20 Guineas in the office for his Benefit.
Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by the late Mr Otway

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Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Dance: A new Italian Night Scene Between Harlequin and Mezzetin-Sorin, Baxter

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Younger. By His Royal Highness's Command. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Dryden. [The Prince present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon Or The Two Sosias

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Song: A New Cantata-Turner

Music: A New Concerto on the Violin-Bitty

Dance: As17151122; Dutch Skipper-Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger

Event Comment: Benefit Robinson and Turner. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Dryden. Afterpiece: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality, we are oblig'd (instead of The What D'Ye Call It) to Act...The Country Wake

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Mainpiece Title: An Evenings Love Or The Mock Astrologer

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wake

Song: Mad Song, Mad Dialogue (composed by $Purcell)-Turner, Mrs Willis in their proper Habits

Dance: As17151122; Harlequin-Mrs Santlow; Mimic Song and Dance-Mrs Willis

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches

Afterpiece Title: Hob or The Country Wake

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twenty Years. Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Assignation Or Love In A Nunnery

Song: Turner, Mrs Boman

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Assignation

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: As17160703

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wit

Song: As17151028

Dance: A New Dance-Boval, Prince, Birkhead

Event Comment: Not Acted these Eighteen Years. Written by Mr Nath. Lee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duke Of Guise Or The Massacre Of Paris

Song: Turner, Mrs Bowman; The Genius-Turner

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duke Of Guise

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: As17160809

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Wycherley. Carefully Revis'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Horner-Wilks; Harcourt-Mills; Pinchwife-Booth; Sparkish-Cibber; Sir Jasper-Norris; Mrs Pinchwife-Mrs Bicknell; Alithea-Miss Younger; Lady Fidget-Mrs Saunders; Mrs Dainty-Mrs Horton; Mrs Squeamish-Miss Willis.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Miss Younger

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duke Of Guise Or The Massacre Of Paris

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: As17161022; The Genius-Turner

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twelve Years. Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #36 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: As17161101

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #80 17s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: Shaw, Miss Schoolding; Dutch Skipper, as17161101; Night Scene-Salle, Mlle Salle

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #36 15s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: As17161105

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #30 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: As17161105

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #22 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Salle, Mlle Salle

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd Or A Plot Discoverd

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Wycherley. Receipts: #17 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: As17161212

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: #19

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant

Dance: As17161218

Event Comment: Written by the late Mr Shadwell. Receipts: #54 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Dance: Dutch Skipper, Spanish Entry-Salle, Mlle Salle

Event Comment: He gives his humble Duty to the Quality and Service to his Friends and Acquaintances, hoping they will grace his first Night, at 6 p.m. 1s. N.B. All this is perform'd by Mr Anthony Aston, his Wife and Son of 10 Years only, and will continue Nightly, Bills being stuck up of the whole Entertainment, which varies each Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tony Astons Medley

Entertainment: 1: A new Prologue-; 2: Riot and Arabella-; 3: Woodcock Squib and Hillaria-; 4: Serjeant Kite and Mob-; 5: Ben and Miss Prue-; 6: Fondlewife and Laetitia-; 7: Teague-; 8: Jerry Blackacre and Widow-; 9: Drunken Man-; 10: A new Epilogue-; With Dances, new Comical Songs-

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command; Written by the late Mr Otway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldiers Fortune

Related Works
Related Work: The Touchstone of Invention; or, The Soldier's Fortune Author(s): John Brownsmith
Event Comment: Written by Mr Crown, the Author of Sir Courtly Nice

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wit

Song: As17161022

Dance: Night Scene as17161022