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Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Williamson. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love Or The World Well Lost

Performance Comment: Cleopatra-Mrs Williamson; all the Men's Parts-Gentlemen for their Diversion; With a new Prologue, Epilogue-.
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

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Event Comment: Receipts: #43 11s. Daily Journal, 9 Jan.: Last Thursday Morning the Celebrated Actor Mr Boheme...died

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Dance: As17310104

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Dance: As17310104

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wenceslaus

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Receipts: #26 14s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; French Sailor-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Event Comment: UUniversal Spectator, 6 Feb.: Dy'd, after a lingering Illness in the 38th Year of his Age, Mr Charles? Williams, a celebrated Tragedian belonging to...Drury-Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lover

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Savage, Author of several Poetical Pieces. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Event Comment: Receipts: #77. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Related Works
Related Work: The Double Dealer Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

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Role: Stheno Actor: Salway
Role: Cyclops Actor: Hall, Delagarde, DuPre Jr, Smith
Related Works
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Horton. Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Dance: HHarlequin-Mrs Booth; Last new Dance-Miss Robinson,

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Event Comment: Revised, with many Additions, by the Author and newly done into English by Mr Humphreys. [King, Queen, Prince, and three eldest Princesses present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rinaldo

Event Comment: Benefit Harper. Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Dance: II: Rainton, Mrs Walter; III: Miss Robinson; IV: French Gardener and his Mistress-Rainton, Mrs Walter; V: Drunken Man-Harper

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Addison

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach Opera

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Raftor. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Related Works
Related Work: Love for Love Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Song: Singing In Italian and English-Miss Raftor

Dance: TTambourin-Miss Robinson; English Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: A Journey to Bristol or The Faithful Welshman

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon

Event Comment: Benefit R. Williams and Mrs Haughton. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Cibber, Poet-Laureat to His Majesty

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: Haughton, for dl, being positively the only Time of his performing on this Stage

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Plomer. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Cibber, Poet-Laureat to his Majesty

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: Sandham

Event Comment: Benefit Chapman. Receipts: money #39 12s.; tickets #89 19s. Daily Post, 24 April: We hear that on Monday next the Hon. and Antient Company of Lumber Troopers will perform a fine Exercise in New-street Square, and from thence proceed in a Body...to...Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, to see...the Busy Body, with the Opera of Flora...for the Benefit of Mr Chapman, belonging to the said Troop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: II: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; IV: Scotch Dance-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; V: Tambourin-Mlle Salle

Event Comment: Benefit a Person in Great Distress. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Receipts: money #18 9s.; tickets #55 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; Highlander and his Mistress-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour

Event Comment: Benefit Boman and Mrs Walter. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Congreve. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Related Works
Related Work: The Way of the World Author(s): William Congreve

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: In IV: English Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter; End IV: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; End of Farce: French Gardener and his Mistress-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benefit Mr and Mrs Giffard. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Event Comment: Benefit Wright. For the Entertainment [as 24 April]. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Shakespear by the late Mr Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv Part Ii

Performance Comment: As17310316 but Prince John-Marshall; Westmoreland-Bridgwater; Justice-Bowman; York-Paget; Canterbury-Corey; Hastings-Watson; Bardolph-Shepard; Poins and Feeble-Oates; Hostess-Mrs Wetherilt; Doll-Mrs Shireburn; Falstaff's Boy-Miss Robinson.
Cast
Role: Hostess Actor: Mrs Wetherilt

Afterpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: As17310513, but Oldrents-Shepard; Hearty-Harper; Clack-Griffin; Randal-Johnson; Springlove-Cibber Jr; Oliver-W. Mills; Vincent-Bridgwater; Hilliard-Charke; Pattico-Boman; Martin-R. Wetherilt; Scentwell-Paget.
Cast
Role: Martin Actor: R. Wetherilt

Music: Concerto by Sig Visconti-Charke, others

Song: II: As17310427

Dance: IV: English Maggot-Rainton, Mrs Walter; V: Gondolier and Courtezan-Young Lally, Miss Brett; End afterpiece: French Gardener and his Mistress-Rainton, Mrs Walter

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Morgan. Daily Post, 20 May: Mrs Morgan being disappointed in her first Benefit, Mr Odell and the Company have indulg'd her so far as to revive...Sophonisba...for her Benefit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sophonisba

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston