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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The S1ege Of Troy

Performance Comment: Paris-Hulett; King Menelaus-Roberts; Ulysses-Aston; Simon-Hind; Captain of Guard-Mackenzie; Butcher-Pearce; Taylor-Hicks; Cassandra-Spiller; Venus-Mrs Lacy; Helen-Mrs Purden; Bristle the Cobler-Morgan; Cobler's Wife-Mrs Morgan .
Cast
Role: King Menelaus Actor: Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Giffard; Ghost-Delane; King-Hulett; Horatio-Rosco; Polonius-Lyon; Laertes-Bardin; Marcellus-Havard; Rosencrans-Harbin; Guildenstern-Hamilton; Bernardo-Jenkins; Francisco-Moore; Gravediggers-Penkethman, Pearce; Queen-Mrs Haughton; Ophelia-Mrs Hamilton .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Hulett

Dance: La Folette c'est Ravisez by F. Tench and Mrs Woodward. Scot's Dance by Mrs Bullock

Song: In Italian and English by Mrs Chambers, who never appeared on this stage before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ryan; King-Marshall; Ghost-Walker; Polonius-Hippisley; Laertes-A. Hallam; Horatio-Hale; Ostrick-Chapman; Gravediggers-Morgan, Mullart; Queen-Mrs Hallam; Ophelia-Miss Binks .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Marshall

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; King-Mills; Prince-W. Mills; Hotspur-Milward; Glendower-Cibber; Carriers-Johnson, Miller; Worcester-Berry; Northumberland-Boman; Vernon-Cross; Blunt-Sal way; Mortimer-Hewit; Douglass-Winstone; Westmoreland-Turbutt; Francis-Master Arne; Bardolph-Sheppard; Poins-Mecklin; Gadshill-Este; Peto-Raftor; Kate-Miss Holliday; Hostess-Mrs Shireburn .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham
Related Work: An Eclogue; or, Representation in Four Parts Author(s): Thomas Jordan
Related Work: The Amorous Bigotte: With the Second Part of Tegue O Divelly Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Atheist; or, The Second Part of the Souldiers Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Burgo-Master Trick'd

Dance: 11: The Black Joke. III: Revellers. IV: Pierots. By Poitier, Nivelon, Essex, Pelling, Chose, Davenport, James, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Delane; Macduff-Giffard; Banquo-Hulett; King-Huddy; Malcolm-Hardin; Donalbain-Woodward; Lenox-Rosco; Seyton-Havard; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Roberts; Lady Macduff-Mrs Hamilton; Hecate-Lyon; Witches-Penkethman, Ray, Jenkins, Stoppelaer .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Huddy

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Music: Vocal and Instrumental, by Ray, Mrs Chambers, Miss Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Vaughan, who never appear'd on any Stage before; Hotspur-Walker; King-Bridgwater; Prince-Ryan; Worster-Aston; Poyns-Hale; Vernon-A. Hal lam; Blunt-Ridout; Glendower-Marshall; Kate-Mrs Bullock; Hostess-Mrs Martin; Francis-Hippisley; Carriers-Morgan, Mullart .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Bridgwater
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham
Related Work: An Eclogue; or, Representation in Four Parts Author(s): Thomas Jordan
Related Work: The Amorous Bigotte: With the Second Part of Tegue O Divelly Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Atheist; or, The Second Part of the Souldiers Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Vie Est Un Songe; Ou, Arlequin Boufon A La Cour De Naples; Or, Life Is A Dream

Performance Comment: Sigismond-Le Sage Sr; King Basil-Verneuil; Duke of Muscovy-Le Sage Jr; Clotalde-Dessessars; Ulric-Dubuisson; Sophronia-Mrs Malter .
Cast
Role: King Basil Actor: Verneuil
Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): William Thomas Parke
Related Work: Albert and Adelaide; or, The Victim of Constancy Author(s): Thomas Attwood

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Cartouche, Grand Provost & Judge

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies; Or, The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Miss Brett; King Arthur-Mullart; Dollalolla-Miss Bennet; Huncamunca-Mrs Mullart; Grizzle-Mrs Charke; Glumdalka-Machen; Noodle-Boothby; Doodle-Turner; Foodle-Whitacre; Ghost-Lacy; Merlin-Aston; 1st Bailiff-Littleton; 2d-Smith; Parson-Walker; Mustacha-Mrs Talbot; Cleora-Miss Mann .
Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Mullart

Afterpiece Title: Squire Basinghall

Song:

Dance: As I Aug

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Performance Comment: Tom Thumb-Miss Brunette; King Arthur-Mullart; Dollalolla-Miss Bennet; Grizzle-Jones; Huncamunca-Mrs Mullart .
Cast
Role: King Arthur Actor: Mullart

Dance: Hornpipe by Taylor

Song: A New Ballad (never sung before) In Praise of English Plumb Pudding by Mullart

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin; King-Mills; Prince-W. Mills; Hotspur-Milward; Worcester-Berry; Northumberland-Boman; Vernon-Cross; Blunt-Salway; Douglass-Winstone; Westmoreland-Turbutt; Francis-Leigh; Bardolph-Shepard; Gadshill-Este; Peto-Raftor; Kate-Miss Holliday; Hostess-Mrs Cross; Carriers-Johnson, Miller .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham
Related Work: An Eclogue; or, Representation in Four Parts Author(s): Thomas Jordan
Related Work: The Amorous Bigotte: With the Second Part of Tegue O Divelly Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Atheist; or, The Second Part of the Souldiers Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Este

Dance: As17350909

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ryan; King-Walker; Polonius-Hippisley; Laertes-A. Hallam; Horatio-Hale; Ostrick-Chapman; Queen-Mrs Hallam; Ophelia-Miss Bincks; Ghost-Stephens; Gravediggers-Bridgwater, Mullart .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Walker

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Giffard; King-W. Giffard; Polonius-Lyon; Laertes-Bardin; Horatio-Rosco; Marcellus-Havard; Ostrick-Woodward; Guildenstern-Hamilton; Barnardo-Dove; Francisco-Presgrave; Queen-Mrs Haughton; Ophelia-Mrs Hamilton; Ghost-Hulett; Gravediggers-Penkethman, Wetherilt Sr .
Cast
Role: King Actor: W. Giffard

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Dance: As17350917

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Milward; King-Quin; Ghost-Mills; Polonius-Griffin; Laertes-W. Mills; Horatio-Este; 1st Gravedigger-Johnson; Ostrick-Cibber; Queen-Mrs Butler; Ophelia-Mrs Clive .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, Taste a la Mode Author(s): Thomas Arne
Related Work: Harlequin Restor'd; or, The Country Revels Author(s): Thomas Arne

Music: As17351018

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Delane; Malcolm-A. Hallam; Macduff-Ryan; Banquo-Walker; Lenox-Stephens; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Hallam; Lady Macduff-Mrs Buchanan; King-Bridgwater; Seyward-Marshall; Seyton-Aston; 1st Murderer-Hippisley .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Bridgwater

Music: Vocal parts by Leveridge, Stoppelaer, Mrs Wright, Miss Norsa, Miss Hillyard, proper to the Play

Dance: Proper to the Play by Lally, Nivelon, Tench, Desse, Richardson, Livier, Delagarde, Bencraft, Smith

Related Works
Related Work: A Day at Rome Author(s): Thomas Attwood

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ma1d's Tragedy

Performance Comment: Melantius-Quin; Amintor-Milward; King-W. Mills; Calianax-Griffin; Evadne-Mrs Thurmond; Aspasia-Miss Holliday; Lysippus-Berry; Diphilus-Winstone; Cleon-Oates; Strato-Turbutt; Diagoras-Raftor; Dula-Mrs Cross .
Cast
Role: King Actor: W. Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Raftor

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: Le Badinage by Poitier, Mlle Roland, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Fourth, Part Ii

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Quin, being the first time of his performing that character in this play; King-Mills; Prince-W. Mills; Lancaster-Salway; York-Milward; Justice-Boman; Pistol-Cibber; Shallow-Johnson; Silence-Miller; Feeble-Griffin; Bardolph-Shepard; Poins-Oates; Falstaff's Boy-Miss Cole; Hostess-Mrs Cross; Doll Tearsheet-Miss Mann. A Prologue, by Mr Betterton, representing the Genius of Falstaff 40 Years ago, at the Revival of this Play, will be (by particular Desire) spoke by Quin .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Mills
Related Works
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham
Related Work: Barataria; or, Sancho Turn'd Governor Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Dance: I: By Mlle Anne Roland. III: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. V: Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry The Fourth, Part I

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Harper; King-Cibber; Prince-W. Mills; Hotspur-Mil ward; Kate-Miss Mann; Carriers-Miller, Macklin .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Cibber
Related Works
Related Work: King Henry the Fourth: With the Humours of Sir John Falstaff Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Related Work: The Tragedy of King Henry IV of France Author(s): Charles Beckingham
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part I Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: The Comical History of Don Quixote, Part II Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey
Related Work: An Eclogue; or, Representation in Four Parts Author(s): Thomas Jordan
Related Work: The Amorous Bigotte: With the Second Part of Tegue O Divelly Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Atheist; or, The Second Part of the Souldiers Fortune Author(s): Thomas Otway

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Aston; King-Paget; Polonius-Hippisley; Laertes-Ridout; Ostrick-Clarke; Horatio-Boaman; Rosencraus-Houghton; Guildenstern-W. Hallam; Prologue-James; Francisco-Bencraft; Queen-Mrs Forrester; Ophelia-Miss Male; Ghost-Stephens; Gravediggers-Bullock Sr, Mullart .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Paget

Afterpiece Title: Cleora; or, The Amorous Old Shepherdess

Dance: Hornpipe by Ferguson. Tambourine by Miss Rogers

Song: Cuckoo Solo by Master Oates. Mock Italian Song by E. Roberts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17360218, but Banquo-Walker; Lenox-Stephens; King-Bridgwater; Lady Macduff-Mrs Kilby .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Bridgwater

Afterpiece Title: The Royal Chace

Music: As17360121

Dance: As17360121, but Lally omitted. Also Louvre and Rigadoon by Mlle D'Hervigni. French Peasants by Lalauze and Mlle D'Hervigni

Event Comment: Afterpiece: The Practice of a Dramatick Entertainment of Walking, in Serious and Absurd Characters. [By Henry Fielding.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pasquin

Afterpiece Title: Tumble Down Dick; on Phaeton in the Suds: With Harlequin a Pick Pocket

Performance Comment: Machine-Roberts; Fustian-Lacy; Sneerwell-Machen; Clymene (Oyster Wench)-Mrs Charke; Jupiter-Freeman; Neptune-Wallis; Phoebus-Topham [Toping in edition, of 1736]; Old Phaeton-Smith; Young Phaeton-Boothby; Aurora-Mrs Egerton; Aurora's Maid-Miss Jones; Terra-Miss Burgess; Genius of Gin-Miss Ferguson Jr; Harlequin-Rosamond, from DL; Justice-Jones; His Clerk (Pierrot)-Castiglione; Managers-Freeman, Turner; Stars-Master Sherwin, Miss Ferguson Jr; Colombine-Madame la Charmante, piping-hot from Paris [Mlle Beaumaunt in edition]; Countrymen-Smith, Collerd, Mons D'Herbage, Mons De la Soup Maigre [Lowder in edition]; Rakes-Boothby, Wallis, Phenix, Pullen; Chairmen-Smith, Collard; Pistol-Lowder; Tragedy King-Pullen; Schoolmistress-Mrs Egerton; Tragedy Queen-Miss Jones; edition adds: Watchmen-Smith, Lowder, Collerd, Chapman .
Cast
Role: Tragedy King Actor: Pullen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Milward; King-Quin; Ghost-Mills; Ostric-Cibber; Horatio-Este; Polonius-Griffin; Laertes-W. Mills; Queen-Mrs Butler; Ophelia-Mrs Clive; Gravediggers-Johnson, Macklin.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Quin

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Delane; Macduff-Ryan; Banquo-Walker; Lenox-Stephens; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Hallam; King-Bridgwater; Malcolm-A. Hallam; Seyward-Marshall; Seyton-Aston; Hecate-Paget; Lady Macduff-Mrs Buchanan; 1st Murderer-Hippisley; Witches-Mullart, James, Neale, .
Cast
Role: King Actor: Bridgwater

Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop

Music: With theOriginal Musick-; The Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Roberts, Salway, Thompson, Mrs Wright, Miss Hillyard, Mrs Cantrell, Miss Bincks, Mrs Kilby

Related Works
Related Work: London Triumphant; or, The City in Jollity and Splendour… Invented and performed for Congratulation and Delight of the well-deserving Governour, Sir Robert Hanson Knight, Lord Mayor of the City of London Author(s): Thomas Jordan
Related Work: Hannibal Author(s): Thomas Dekker

Dance: Nivelon, Tench, Desse, Richardson, Bodine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Ryan; Ghost-Delane; King-Paget; Ostric-Chapman; Horatio-Marshall; Polonius-Hippisley; Laertes-A. Hallam; Queen-Mrs Hallam; Ophelia-Miss Bincks; Gravediggers-Bridgwater, Mullart.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Paget

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Performance Comment: Zara-Mrs Porter; King-W. Mills; Osmyn-Milward; Gonsalez-Quin; Almeria-Mrs Thurmond.
Cast
Role: King Actor: W. Mills

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trick'd

Dance: II: Flight-Essex, Mrs Walter; IV: Ballet-Denoyer, Mlle Roland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: As17361023, but King-Walker.
Cast
Role: King Actor: Walker.

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer