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Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello-Betterton; Cassio-Powell; Iago-Verbruggen; Roderigo-Pack; Desdemona-Mrs Bracegirdle; Emilia-Mrs Leigh.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Performance Comment: Marc Antony-Betterton; Ventidius-Verbruggen; Dolabella-Wilks; Alexas-Booth; Cleopatra-Mrs Barry; Octavia-Mrs Bracegirdle [Downes, p. 47]; A Prologue to the Court on the Queen's Birthday [1704 [Congreve, IV, 72-73]-.
Cast
Role: Marc Antony Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Love in a Wood; or, St. James's Park Author(s): William Wycherley
Related Work: Love Betray'd; or, The Agreable Disapointment Author(s): William Burnaby
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): William Corbett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-Betterton; Desdemona-Mrs Bracegirdle.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Song: A Dialogue which was Sung before Her Majesty on Her Birthday at St. James's-; Likewise a comical Dialogue-Mr Dogget, others

Dance:

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Performance Comment: Edition of 1704 lists: Squire Trelooby-Dogget; Tradewell-Johnson; Julia-Mrs Bracegirdle; Nerina-Mrs Prince; Lovewell-Betterton; Wimble-Cibber; Physician-Pinkeman; Rhubarb-Pack; Prologue written by Garth-; Epilogue-Mrs Bracegirdle.
Cast
Role: Lovewell Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Squire Trelooby Author(s): William CongreveWilliam Walsh

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Champion, Mrs Mayers, others

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Performance Comment: Falstaff-Betterton; Sir Hugh-Dogget; Page-Verbruggen; Ford-Powell; Caius-Pinkethman; Host-Bullock; Mrs Page-Mrs Barry; Mrs Ford-Mrs Bracegirdle; Ann Page-Mrs Bradshaw [Downes, p. 47].Downes, p. 47].
Cast
Role: Falstaff Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: The Merry Wives of Windsor Author(s): William Shakespeare

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs duRuel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-Betterton.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Betterton.
Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The British Enchanters Or No Magick Like Love

Performance Comment: Edition of 1706: Caelius-Betterton; Constantius-Booth; Amadis-Verbruggen; Florestan-Husbands; Arcalaus-Bowman; Arcabon-Mrs Barry; Oriana-Mrs Bracegirdle; Corisanda-Mrs Porter; Urganda-Mrs Bowman; Delia-Mrs Baker; Prologue-; Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: Caelius Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: The British Enchanters: or, No Magick like Love Author(s): William Corbett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: King-Keen; Hamlet-Betterton; Horatio-Verbruggen; Laertes-Booth; Ophelia-Mrs Bracegirdle.
Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Performance Comment: Julius Caesar-Booth; Octavius Caesar-Mills; Antony-Wilks; Brutus-Betterton; Cassius-Verbruggen; Caska-Keen; Ligarius-Boman; Decius Brutus-Husband; Cinna-Bowen; Plebeians-Johnson, Bullock, Norris, Cross; Calphurnia-Mrs Barry; Portia-Mrs Bracegirdle; With a new Prologue-.
Cast
Role: Brutus Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Julius Caesar Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-Betterton; Iago-Verbruggen; Cassio-Booth; Desdemona-Mrs Bracegirdle.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

Performance Comment: Marius Sr-Betterton; Marius Jr-Wilks; Granius-Booth; Metellus-Boman; Cinna-Keen; Sylla-Husband; Sulpitius-Johnson; Lavinia-Mrs Bracegirdle; Nurse-Bullock; Citizens-Cibber, Norris, Cross, Trout.
Cast
Role: Marius Sr Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Romeo and Juliet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Fondlewife-Dogget; Heartwell-Betterton; Bellmour-Wilks; Vainlove-Booth; Sharper-Mills; Sir Joseph-Bullock; Bluff-Estcourt; Setter-Fairbank; Belinda-Mrs Rogers; Araminta-Mrs Bradshaw; Laetitia-Mrs Barry; Silvia-Mrs Bicknell; Lucy-Mrs Saunders.
Cast
Role: Heartwell Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Old Batchelor-Betterton, who has not Acted it these Ten Years; Vainlove-Booth; Belmour-Wilks; Sharper-Mills; Sir Joseph-Bullock; Bluff-Johnson; Setter-Fairbank; Fondlewife-Cibber; Belinda-Mrs Rogers; Araminta-Mrs Bradshaw; Silvia-Mrs Porter; Laetitia-Mrs Knight; Lucy-Mrs Saunders.
Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Troilus And Cressida Or Truth Found Too Late

Performance Comment: Thersites-Betterton; Troilus-Wilks; Hector-Powell; Agamemnon-Mills; Achilles-Booth; Ajax-Keene; Ulysses-Thurmond; Nestor-Corey; Priam-Fairbank; Diomedes-Husbands; Menelaus-Burkhead; Aeneas-Bickerstaffe; Pandarus-Estcourt; Cressida-Mrs Bradshaw; Andromache-Mrs Rogers.
Cast
Role: Thersites Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Troilus and Cressida Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet Prince Of Denmark

Performance Comment: Hamlet-Betterton.
Cast
Role: Hamlet Actor: Betterton.
Related Works
Related Work: Hamlet Author(s): William Shakespeare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: Old Batchelor-Betterton; Nykin-Dogget.
Cast
Role: Old Batchelor Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: The Old Batchelor Author(s): William Congreve

Entertainment: Higgins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv Part Ii

Performance Comment: As17360311 but Westmoreland-Winstone; Doll Tearsheet-Miss Dancey. A Prologue by Mr Betterton, representing the Ghost of Falstaff, Forty Years ago at the Revival of this Play, will be (by particular Desire) spoke by Mr Quin .
Related Works
Related Work: Henry ye Fourth, Part II Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Two Pierrots by Villeneuve and Delamayne. III: Minuet by Villeneuve and Mrs Anderson. IV: Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Mrs Pelling, Miss Mann, &c. V: Minuet by Master Weeks and Miss Cole. End Afterpiece: Rigadoon by Master Weeks and Miss Cole

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-Murray; Bassanio-Whitfield; Gratiano-Knight; Lorenzo-Clarke; Launcelot-Quick; Solarino-Claremont; Salanio-Toms; Old Gobbo-Powel; Duke-Davenport; Tubal-Thompson; Balthazar-Ledger; Antonio (1st time)-Holman; Jessica (with a song)-Mrs Mountain; Nerissa-Miss Mansel; Portia-Miss Betterton.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Betterton.
Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Betterton, 2nd piece [1st time; ENT 1]. Times, 26 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Miss Betterton, No. 47, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields. Receipts: #184 8s. 6d. (87.0.0; 8.17.6; tickets: 88.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deserted Daughter

Performance Comment: Cheveril-Lewis; Mr Mordent-Betterton; Donald-Munden; Lenox-Whitfield; Item-Rees; Grime-Davenport; Clement-Toms; Lady Ann Mordent-Miss Chapman; Sarsnet-Mrs Mattocks; Mrs Enfield-Mrs Davenport; Joanna-Miss Betterton.
Cast
Role: Mr Mordent Actor: Betterton
Role: Joanna Actor: Miss Betterton.

Afterpiece Title: Britons Roused

Performance Comment: ; or, Citizen Soldiers. In which Songs-; Duets-; SCENE I. A View of a Camp. Officers-Incledon, Townsend, Betterton; SCENE II. The Advance of the Army, Slow Time. They form a half moon, and go through the Manual Excercise. SCENE III. A Sham Battle. They divide; when the mode of attack and defence in street-firing, so necessary to be practised and known at this critical period, will be exactly represented. To conclude with God save the King-.
Cast
Role: Officers Actor: Incledon, Townsend, Betterton

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Related Works
Related Work: The Follies of a Day Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro Author(s): William Shield

Dance: End 2nd piece: a Minuet-Mr and Miss Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Performance Comment: Count Almaviva-Lewis; Figaro-Farley; Antonio-Munden; Bazil-Powel; Page (with a song)-Mrs Martyr; Countess-Miss Chapman; Marcelina-Mrs Gilbert; Agnes-Miss Sims; Susan-Miss Betterton (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Susan Actor: Miss Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: The Follies of a Day Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro Author(s): William Shield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-A Young Gentleman (from the Theatre Royal Dublin; 1st appearance on this, and 4th on any stage [Huddart]); Roderigo-Knight; Cassio (1st time)-Betterton; Brabantio-Hull; Lodovico-Whitfield; Duke-Waddy; Gratiano-Powel; Montano-Clarke; Iago-Murray; Emilia (1st time)-Mrs Litchfield; Desdemona-Mrs Pope (1st appearance in that character [in London]).in London]).
Cast
Role: Cassio Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Genoese Pirate or Black Beard

Performance Comment: Principal Ballet Characters-Follett, Bologna Jun., Bologna Sen., Dyke, Whitmore, Abbot, Wilde, Blurton, Platt, Jackson, Hawtin, Powers, Findlay, Rayner, Webb, Farley, Mrs Watts, Mrs Follett, Mrs Bologna, Miss Burnett, Mrs Ward, Miss Bologna, Mrs Wybrow (1st appearance); Vocal Characters-Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Tett, Curties, Master Standen, Miss Gray; [Larpent MS lists the parts: Abdallah, Capt. Teach, Garrat Gibbons, Cesar, Gunner, Carpenter, Seamen-William, Drunken Negro-$Simmons, Servants, Negro Boy-$Master Standen, Lieut. Maynard, Sailors, Nancy, Servants, Orra, Ismena. For the three assigned parts see Songs, below.] the following new Scenes, Songs: Grand Cabin. While the jolly grog-Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Abbot; [Entrance into Cabin. My Willy was a Sailor bold-Miss Gray; [Between Decks. Stand to your guns our cannons thunder-Townsend, Hill; [Entrance into Cabin. A pirate's Life-Townsend; [Roads of Madagascar. Negro Air: When sunny Beams-Master Standen; [Sea Ballad. Three Years I've bade sweet Home adieu-Hill; [Inside of Black-Beard's Hut. West Indian View. Seaman and Drunken Negro: In Search of a Pirate-Clarke, Simmons; [Romantic Heights, with Black-Beard's Ship at a Distance. Grand cabin by Moonlight. No longer heave the heart@felt sigh-Hill, Miss Gray [The Powder Magazine. To conclude with a representation of the recent Glorious Engagement fought by His Majesty's Sloop, L'Espoir, of 14 Guns, and the Genoese Pirate's Ship, $the Liguria">Clarke, William, Drunken Negro-$Simmons, Servants, Negro Boy-$Master Standen, Lieut. Maynard, Sailors, Nancy, Servants, Orra, Ismena. For the three assigned parts see Songs, below.] the following new Scenes, Songs: Grand Cabin. While the jolly grog-Townsend, Hill, Linton, Street, Abbot; [Entrance into Cabin. My Willy was a Sailor bold-Miss Gray; [Between Decks. Stand to your guns our cannons thunder-Townsend, Hill; [Entrance into Cabin. A pirate's Life-Townsend; [Roads of Madagascar. Negro Air: When sunny Beams-Master Standen; [Sea Ballad. Three Years I've bade sweet Home adieu-Hill; [Inside of Black-Beard's Hut. West Indian View. Seaman and Drunken Negro: In Search of a Pirate-Clarke, Simmons; [Romantic Heights, with Black-Beard's Ship at a Distance. Grand cabin by Moonlight. No longer heave the heart@felt sigh-Hill, Miss Gray [The Powder Magazine. To conclude with a representation of the recent Glorious Engagement fought by His Majesty's Sloop, L'Espoir, of 14 Guns, and the Genoese Pirate's Ship, $the Liguria, of 42 Guns and 120 Men [on 7 Aug. 1798, off Malaga], with the Striking the Black Flag, and Plunging the Pirate into the Sea.The Powder Magazine. To conclude with a representation of the recent Glorious Engagement fought by His Majesty's Sloop, L'Espoir, of 14 Guns, and the Genoese Pirate's Ship, the Liguria, of 42 Guns and 120 Men [on 7 Aug. 1798, off Malaga], with the Striking the Black Flag, and Plunging the Pirate into the Sea.

Dance: In afterpiece: Dance of Negroes-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock (for that night only)-Rees; Bassanio-Pope; Launcelot-Munden; Gratiano-Knight; Lorenzo (with songs; 1st time)-Hill; Solarino-Claremont; Salanio-Klanert; Old Gobbo-Wilde; Duke-Davenport; Tubal-Thompson; Balthazar-Curties; Antonio-Holman; Jessica (with a song; 1st time)-Mrs Atkins; Nerissa (1st time)-Miss Sims; Portia-Miss Betterton.
Cast
Role: Portia Actor: Miss Betterton.
Related Works
Related Work: The Merchant of Venice Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Brilliants

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: In II 3rd piece: a Dance-Naiads

Song: In: Maria; or, The Beggar Girl-Mrs Atkins; Young William-Incledon; a new song, The Negro Boy (written by Rees, and composed by Attwood)-Miss Sims (in character)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Third

Performance Comment: King Richard-Holman; King Henry-Murray; Buckingham-Betterton; Stanley-Hull; Tressel-Mansel; Prince Edward-Miss Sims; Duke of York-Miss Gilbert; Lieutenant-Waddy; Catesby-Claremont; Ratcliffe-Klanert; Lord Mayor-Thompson; Oxford-Atkins; Terrel-Abbot; Norfolk-Davenport; Richmond-Pope; Lady Anne-Mrs Litchfield; Duchess of York-Mrs Platt; Queen-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: Buckingham Actor: Betterton

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Related Works
Related Work: The Farmer Author(s): William Shield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: Macbeth-Holman; Macduff-Pope; Duncan-Hull; Banquo-Murray; Malcolm-Mansel; Lenox-Whitfield; Donalbain-Mills; Doctor-Waddy; Seward-Davenport; Seyton-Thompson; Fleance-Curties; Officer-Klanert; Witches-Munden, Emery, Rees; Hecate-Townsend; Waiting Gentlewoman-Mrs Platt; Lady Macbeth-Miss Betterton.
Cast
Role: Lady Macbeth Actor: Miss Betterton.
Related Works
Related Work: Macbeth Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier

Related Works
Related Work: The Poor Soldier Author(s): William Shield
Related Work: The Shamrock; or, The Anniversary of St. Patrick Author(s): William Shield

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts-Incledon, Johnstone, Hill, Linton, Gardner, Denman, Blurton, King, Street, Lee, Little, Thomas, Sawyer, Tett, Dyke, Ms Waters, Ms Davenport, Ms Chapman, Ms Atkins, Ms Wheatley, Ms Iliff, Ms Sims, Ms Whitmore, Ms Follett, Ms Watts, Ms Castelle, Ms Norton, Ms Gilbert, Ms Leserve, Ms Lloyd, Ms Masters, Ms Blurton, Ms Sydney, Ms Burnett, Ms Martyr

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-Pope; Roderigo-Knight; Cassio-Betterton; Brabantio-Hull; Lodovico-Whitfield; Duke-Waddy; Gratiano-Gardner; Montano-Claremont; Senators-Davenport, Rees; Iago-Murray; Emilia-Mrs Litchfield; Desdemona-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Cassio Actor: Betterton
Related Works
Related Work: Othello Author(s): William Shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Maid of the Mill

Related Works
Related Work: The Maid in the Mill Author(s): William Rowley