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Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Benefit Cibber. [Tickets at Cibber's Lodgings at the Shell House in Spring Garden.] Receipts: money #65 15s. 6d.; seals #126 7s. (Account Book); #230 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Afterpiece Title: Nancy

Dance: I: The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; II: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; III: A new Muzette, Tambourine-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; IV: Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

Event Comment: DDavid Garrick to Peter Garrick: We have greater Business than Either Drury Lane or Convent Garden; Mr. Giffard himself Gave Me yesterday twenty Guinease for a Ticket & next Week I design buyin #200 of my Stock out of my Profits of Playing.-Little, Pineapples, p. 27

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear. Garrick to Peter Garrick (Dec. 1741): You perhaps would be glad to know what parts I have play'd, King Richd-+Jack Smatter in Pamela-Clody fop's fortune-Lothario fair Penitent-Chamont Orphan-Ghost Hamlet-& Shall soon be ready in Bays in ye Rehearsal-and in ye part of Othello-Both of which I believe will do Me and Giffard great Service-I have had great Success in all, & 'tis not yet determin'd whether I play Trajedy or Comedy best-$Old Cibber has spoke with ye Greatest Commendation of my Acting, as to playing a Harlequin 'tis quite false-Yates last Season was taken very ill & was not able to begin ye Entertainment so I put on ye Dress & did 2 or three Scenes for him, but Nobody knew it but him & Giffard; I know it has been Said I play'd Harlequin at Covent Garden but it is quite false.-Little, Pineapples, pp. 28-29

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: Benefit Gentleman with a large Famil y, under Misfortunes. Tickets 4s., 2s. 6d., to be had of Alexander Burges, Hardwareman, near Finch Lane, Cornhill; Tickets deliver'd out for the Tender Husband, which was to have been perform'd at Covent-Garden on Friday the 8th Instant, will be taken at this concert

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: Three Graniers

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By particular Desire. Benefit Delane. Places to be had of Bradshaw, &c. Tickets to be had at Delane's lodgings in Queen's Court, in King's St., Covent Garden. Tickets deliver'd out for Lady Jane Gray, will be taken this night. Servants will be admitted to keep places upon the stage. Receipts: #140

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: I: Song with French Horns-Beard; III: a Ballad-Lowe; IV: Song-Mrs Arne

Dance: II: A Concerto, as17420105; V: The Italian Peasants, as17411205

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. Mainpiece: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Servants will be admitted to keep places on the stage. All will be over at Nine at Night. Tickets of Hippisley in the Playhouse Passage, in Bow St. Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: A Modern Midnight Conversation

Dance: TTambourine-Picq, Mlle Auguste; Les Maquignons, as17420309 The Peasants-Picq, Mlle Auguste

Event Comment: Benefit Chapman. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Mr Chapman humbly begs the favour of those Ladies and Gentlemen who intend to honour him with their presence, to send for tickets to his House, the corner of Bow St., Covent Garden, and to excuse his paying his duty in person, on account of his long illness. Tickets deliver'd out for the Confederacy will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: A New Pierot Dance-Picq, Mlle Auguste

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Butler. Amphitheatre on stage. Tickets of Bradshaw, &c., and at Mrs Butler's in King St., Covent Garden. Receipts: #140

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Song: I: Song-Beard; III: Sweet Bird from Milton-Mrs Arne; IV: The Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: New Serious Dance, as17420322 V: Le Boufon, as17420325

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Benefit Lowe. Amphitheatre on stage. Tickets and places to be had of Lowe, next the Seven Stars in Bedford St., Covent Garden; at the Globe and Sceptre in Old Jewry; at Ben Johnson's Head in Little Britain; and at Mr Benskin's, Stationer, next the Ship-Tavern, Gracechurch St. Receipts: #180

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: I: Let me Wander not unseen-Beard; III: Sweet Bird from Milton-Beard; IV: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard

Dance: II: The Italian Peasants, as17411205; V: Le Boufon, as17420325

Event Comment: Benefit Beckham, the Prompter. Tickets at Beckham's Toy Shop, in Cornhill; George's Coffeehouse, Temple Bar, Tom's Coffeehouse, Russel St., Covent Garden; Dodsley's Bookseller, at Tulley's Head; and at Gloucester Tavern, Pall Mall. Tickets deliver'd out by Mrs Steel, Mrs E. Hippisley, the two Masters Granier, and Mr Ravenscroft, will be taken...Servants will be allow'd to keep Places upon the Stage, which (for the better Accommodation of the Ladies) will be enclos'd, and form'd into an Amphitheatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Song: Concert Air from Alexander's Feast: War he sung is Toil and Trouble-Mrs Bishop; III: Can Love be controul'd by Advice-Miss Medina

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Jo. Woodbridge; who never perform'd on that Stage before ending with Handel's celebrated Water Musick-; And to conclude: the Concert, the Coronation Anthem Long Live the King (never perform'd there before) by Mr Handel-an Additional Band

Dance: I: David apShenkin; II: Welsh Buffoon, as17420406 IV: Two Millers and Courtezan, as17420315 End I Afterpiece: New Scots Dance-Master and Miss Granier

Event Comment: Benefit Berry. Mainpiece: Containing the Death of the Duke of Buckingham; The Fall of Cardinal Wolsey; The Divorce and Death of Queen Katherine; The Coronation of Anna Bullen, with the Military Ceremony of The Champion in Westminster Hallv; the Christening of Queen Elizabeth, and many other Historical Passages. Tickets to be had at Mr Berry's, the Corner of Crown-Court in Russel St., Covent Garden, and of Mr Bradshaw. Tickets deliver'd out by Woodburn, Mrs Roberts, and Speer will be taken. Receipts: #130

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: I: A Concerto, as17420105; II: The Drunken Peasant, as17411029; III: Le Boufon, as17420325

Song: IV: A Ballad-Lowe; V: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard

Event Comment: Benefit Neale and Desse. Tickets to be had of Neale, a Silk Dyer in David St., Moor's in the Playhouse Passage; and at Mr Desse'd, at Gresham's, Shoemaker, in York St., Covent Garden. London Daily Post and General Advertiser announced Chrononhotonthologos as afterpiece by Rylands has The King and Miller, Receipts: #140

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: By particular desire, a Chacone-Desse; III: Running Footman's Dance, as17420428

Song: IV: Song-Lowe

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Sir John VanBrugh. For the Entertainment of the Grand Master, and the brethren of the Honourable and Antient Society of Free and Accepted Masons, for the Benefit of a Brother, who has had great misfortunes. None to be admitted Without printed Tickets (Daily Advertiser). The Brethren are desired to meet the Right Honourable the Grand Master, at Mr Filkes, at the Bedford Arms in the Piazza in Covent Garden, at Four o'clock in the afternoon, in order to accompany him to the play. Stage form'd into an amphitheatre. Servants allowed to keep places

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Song: Songs in Masonry-Salway, Bencraft; Arra my Judy (by desire)-Stoppelaer

Entertainment: CCries of London-Salway

Dance: PPantaloon and Enamorata, as17420420

Event Comment: Never acted there before [i.e., by this company]. Written by George, Duke of Buckingham. Mr Bayes' Troops have been on their March for some Days past from their last Encampment in Goodman's Fields; they march'd in good Order through the City without Beat of Drum, and were received at Lincoln's Inn Fields, where they have now pitch'd their Tents with great Acclamations of Joy by the Populace. We hear they will be re-enforced by some Auxiliaries from Covent-Garden; and we can assure the Publick, there will certainly be a Battle of Monday next, so the Report of their going quietly into Winter Quarters without coming to Action, proves a groundless Tale, and was merely calculated to serve some private Ends. Daily Advertiser, 4 Dec

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: I: Comic Ballet, as17421203; III: Welsh Boufon, as17421203; IV: Comic Ballet, as17421203; II: La Sabotier-M LaPierre

Ballet: The facetious Grand Dance by the whole Company. Thunder, Lightning, Players, Soldiers, Bishops, Judges, Lord@Mayor, Serjeants at Arms-the Comedians; With the Total Eclipse of the Sun and Moon-; Sol-Hemskirk; Luna-Stitchbury; Orbis-Worldly; Also a Representation of a Grand Theatrical Battle-; Mr Bayes' New Rais'd Troops-

Event Comment: By Desire. Daily Advertiser, 23 Dec.: On Saturday night last, at Covent Garden Playhouse, one William Wright, a young Man, who was in the Shilling Gallery, disapproving of Signora Domitilla's Dancing between the second the Third Acts, was without any Provocation, kick'd, beat, and abus'd etc

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Les Savoyards-Villeneuve, Sga Domitilla; La Provencale, as17421105

Event Comment: DDyer's MS: Garrick's first benefit, not crowded, opened lobby to dispose of tickets (Winston MS.). Tickets may be had at Garrick's lodgings in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden. Stage will be form'd into side boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Song: As17430103

Event Comment: Benefit Garrick. By Command of Prince and Princess of Wales. [Winston MS. from Dyer MS.: A prodigious audience] Farce never acted there. Seven rows of the Pit will be rail'd into the Boxes. Stage to be form'd into side boxes where servants may keep places. Tickets of Mr Valliant, Bookseller, Strand; or at Garrick's, Bow St., Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: IV: Beard

Event Comment: Benefit Rogers, Simson, and Mrs Chetwood. Tickets to be had of Rogers at Mr Molloy's, Wine Merchant in Bear Yard, Lincoln's Inn Fields; at Mr Settre's, Linen Draper, at the Golden Anchor, next Tom's Coffee House, Covent Garden; of Mrs Chetwood, Castle Tavern, Drury Lane; and of Simson, at Mr Gill's, a shoemaker, Basinghall St. [At 5 p.m. this day Jack, Joseph and Polly Granier are scheduled to dance in several dances at the New Wells, Lemon St., Goodman's Fields. Carney has also gone over to the New Wells.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: III: Welch Buffoons, as17430308 V: Scotch Dance, as17430308

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentlewoman in Distress [Concert formula]. Tickets and Places to be had of Mrs Careless in Hart St., near the Back-Passage of Covent Garden. The Gentlemen and Ladies who intend to honour her with their Company, are desir'd to come as early as possible, she being determin'd to begin punctually at six

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Berry. As Mr Berry has labour'd under an ill state of health for some time, he hopes those Gentlemen and Ladies who used to honour him with their company on this occasion, and whom his indisposition will not permit him to wait on, will excuse his personal application and be pleased to send for tickets to his lodgings, the corner of Crown-Court in Russel St., Covent Garden (Daily Advertiser). Tickets deliver'd out by Woodburn will be taken this night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Music: II: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Song: IV: Stella and Flavia-Beard

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Macklin. Tickets of Mrs Macklin, Bow Street, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Song: II: Beard; IV: Lowe

Dance: III: Sicilian Peasant, as17430310

Music: V: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

Event Comment: Benefit Lowe. Tickets at his lodgings next Seven Stars, Bedford Street, Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Event Comment: Benefit Havard. Tickets to be had at Mr Hobson's (Stage Door-Keeper); at the King's Arms in Russel Street; at Gregg's Coffee House in York Street; and at the Bedford Coffee-House, Covent Garden. Tickets delivered out by Winstone and Leigh will be taken this day

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Song: As17430413

Music: As17430416

Event Comment: HHenry Carey died. We are informed, General Theophilus Cibber arriv'd in Town on Saturday Morning. He made a Campaign this last summer in Dublin, where he maintained the Field, with great reputation against the illustrious Count Sheridan. We further hear the ioung Gentleman has taken up his Winter Quarters in the Territories of Covent Garden; but his scene of action, 'tis said, will be Drury Lane. Tis rumored he will be soon join'd by some Auxiliaries, draughted from the Forces on the Irish Establishment, who are to supply vacant commissions of the present Theatrical Mutineers and Deserters--Daily Advertiser

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow and Four Small Children of the late Henry Carey. Tickets at the stage door, or at the Widow Carey's in Cross St., Hatton-Garden; at Langbourn-Ward Coffee House; and of Mrs Suertt, at the Apple Tree in Cold Bath Fields. N.B. The Unfortunate Widow humbly hopes that the Good Nature and Humanity of her Friends will admit her melancholy circumstances, and the shortness of time, as a sufficient excuse for not waiting on them, and continue the favours, formerly shown to her late Husband, to her and her Distress'd Family, being left entirely destitute of any provision

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: n Old Man Taught Wisdom or The Virgin Unmaskd