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Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Sestini. Tickets to be had of Sga Sestini, No. 8, Great Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: End I: Les Oiseleurs, as17790123; End Opera: New Ballet, as17790227

Ballet: End II: Annette et Lubin. As17781124

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Evans & Curteen, box-keepers. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Mainpiece: On account of the additional Airs, contracted into 3 Acts. The Music by Purcell, Smith, Arne & Fisher. [Wright is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. And see 8 May.] Public Advertiser, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Condell, Cross-court, Bow-street, Covent Garden; of Evans, at Bromfield's, trunk-maker, No. 118, Long-acre; of Curteen, No. 11, Temple-lane, Whitefriars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Illumination

Afterpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: In: Aldridge, Miss Valois

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cargill. Tickets to be had of Mrs Cargill, No. 41, Suffolk-street, Charing-Cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: End: As17800530

Event Comment: Creditors of Mr Taylor are requested to meet the Trustees this Day, at One o'clock, at the Bedford Arms, Covent Garden. The Proprietor having, upon a certain Ground, granted the use of the House for the Benefit of the Performers, during the Remainder of the Season, there will be an Opera on Thursday next. [It was cancelled.] Several Persons of Fashion having generously raised a new Subscription for the Relief of the Performers, they take this opportunity of returning them their most cordial thanks. The Price of the new Subscription is Five Guineas each Subscriber, for 12 Benefit Nights, the Money to be paid into the hands of Mr Drummond, Banker, at Charing-Cross. [On 27 May a concert was held at the Pantheon for the benefit of the singers and dancers who had lately belonged to the King's Theatre, in which they all participated.]

Performances

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Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Public Advertiser, 22 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. 1st piece [1st time; prel i, by William Finney. MS: Larpent 635; not published]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Green Room

Afterpiece Title: The English Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Sheep Shearing

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece a favourite song by Miss George; End of Act IV Admiral Benbow by Bannister

Monologue: 1783 08 27 As 13 Aug. IMITATIONS. As 20 Aug

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patriot

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Wilkinson, Parker, Cross, Hunter, Miller, Powell, Shatford, Smith; Miss Watson Sen., Miss Forde, Miss Watson Jun., Miss Frederick, Miss Hemet. Cast not known. New Prologue [spoken by T. Davis] and Epilogue [spoken by Miss Hemet] .

Afterpiece Title: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England

Performance Comment: Characters by Cross, Schultz, Cooke, Parker, Morgan, Gardin, Mills, Burden, Liddel, Barfield; Miss Hemet, &c. Cast not known .
Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. [Kean's 1st appearance was at this theatre, 22 Mar.] 2nd piece: The Music compiled by Dr Pepusch. 4th piece: A Ballet Tragi-Comique, composed by Signor Novestris [i.e. George Colman, the elder]. Gazetteer, 23 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Foote, Weston, and Shuter in the Shades

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: In Act III of 2nd piece Hornpipe by Byrne

Monologue: 1784 08 26 As 10 Aug

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles I

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera (Last Act only)

Dance: In afterpiece a Hornpipe by Middleton. IMITATIONS. End of mainpiece a variety of new Imitations by a Gentleman [probably Kean (see17850124)]. VAUDEVILLE. After the Imitations A Comic Sketch of the Times by Ryder, Greville, Mrs Hudson; and Bucks have at ye All by Cross

Performance Comment: IMITATIONS. End of mainpiece a variety of new Imitations by a Gentleman [probably Kean (see17850124)]. VAUDEVILLE. After the Imitations A Comic Sketch of the Times by Ryder, Greville, Mrs Hudson; and Bucks have at ye All by Cross .
Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Public Advertiser, 15 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. [Miss Bannister's 1st appearance at this theatre was on 28 Apr. 1784.] Receipts: #321 9s. (118/6; 22/18; 2/4; tickets: 178/1) (charge: #113 7s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: Rosin A

Dance: As17850307athi

Event Comment: Benefit for Vestris. Tickets, 10s. 6d. each, to be had of Vestris, No. 8, Great Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. 2nd ballet: With a great Variety of magnificent Scenery and Decorations executed by Gaetano Marinari. [Synopsis of action in Morning Post, 23 Mar.] "Vestris and Baccelli, tho' incomparable in some parts of the art, are far inferior as actors to Lepicq and Rossi... One evident amendment of the Ballet may be compression and curtailment. As it was, the curtain did not drop till twelve o'clock" (Public Advertiser, 25 Mar.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I Viaggiatori Felici

Dance: End of Act I Divertissement Villageois, as17860218, but Sga Angiolini in place of Sga Carolina; End of Opera a Grand Pantomime Ballet in 3 acts, Le Premier Navigateur; ou, La Force de I'Amour (originally composed by Gardel Sen., and acted at the Opera House in Paris with uncommon Applause, and now got up at this Theatre under the immediate Inspection of Vestris). Melide-Mlle Baccelli (1st appearance these 4 years); Semite, Mother to Me'lide-Mlle Mozon; Venus-Sga Angiolini; Daphnis-Vestris; Faun-Fabiani; Old Cottager-D'Egville; Lovers of Melody-Henry, Marseilles, Duquesney [Jun].; Morpheus and Priest of Hymen-Marseilles; Cupid-Miss De Camp. With a Pas de Quatre by Rozier Jun., Marseilles, Spozzi, Giorgi

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. 1st piece: Not acted these 2 years. Morning Herald, 11 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. Receipts: #316 4s. 6d. (123/16/0; 10/16/0; 1/7/6; tickets: 180/5/0) (charge: #111 15s. 9d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lord Of The Manor

Afterpiece Title: The Sons of Anacreon

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Cast
Role: : Young Cockney Actor: Dodd

Song: In 2nd piece several capital Catches and Glees, selected from the most eminent Masters; The celebrated Anacreontic Song by Bannister; an Imitative Song by Bannister Jun

Event Comment: Benefit for Mme Mara. Tickets to be had of Mme Mara, No. 39, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. Receipts not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Didone Abbandonata

Dance: End I: Divertissement, as17870116; End Opera: La Fete Provencale, as17870308

Event Comment: Benefit for Johnstone. Public Advertiser, 14 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Johnstone, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. Receipts: #282 2s. (135.6; 2.15; tickets: 144.1)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Cast
Role: Young Meadows Actor: Johnstone.

Afterpiece Title: Annette and Lubin

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Hilligsberg. Tickets to be had of Mlle Hilligsberg, No. 1, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. 1st ballet: With new Dresses and Scenery. Receipts not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Schiavi Per Amore

Dance: End I: an entire new ballet, composed by Noverre, Les Fetes de Tempe. Principal Characters-Mlle Hilligsberg, Mlle Coulon, Didelot, Vestris, Henry, the two Miss Simonets, Coulon

Ballet: End Opera: L'Amour et Psiche. As17880129

Event Comment: Benefit for Vestris. Tickets to be had of Vestris, No. 8, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. The Nobility and Gentry are requested to retire from behind the Scenes during the Representation of Euthyme et Eucharis, lest any Accident shodld happen through the falling of the Machinery, &c. 2nd ballet: With entire new Scenery and Dresses, &c. Receipts not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Schiavi Per Amore

Dance: End I: Les Fetes de Tempe-[see17880228]; End Opera: a new grand Tragic Ballet, never performed, Euthyme et Eucharis[, composed by Noverre. Principal Characters-Mlle Hilligsberg, Didelot, Mlle Coulon, Vestris, Sga Bedini, the two Miss Simonets, Mme Vedie, Henry, Jacolet, Saulnier, Sala, Coulon. [Partial cast from Lynham, 170: Eucharis-Mlle Hilligsberg; +Mars-Didelot; +Euthyme-Vestris; +L'Ombre-Henry; +Bellone-Coulon.

Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Coulon. Tickets to be had of Mlle Coulon, No. 8, Great Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. "The Dance between Gardel and Vestris on Thursday is everywhere talked of, in the highest terms of admiration. Such excellence no audience ever before witnessed" (General Advertiser, 5 Apr.). Receipts not listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gli Schiavi Per Amore

Dance: End I: a New Ballet serious and demi-charactere (composed by Noverre)-Gardel, Mlle Coulon, Mlle Hilligsberg, Didelot, Chevalier, Henry, the two Miss Simonets, Miss Harvey, Vestris; End Opera: Euthyme et Eucharis-see17880313 conclude with: the celebrated Pas de Quatre of Panurge-Gardel, Mlle Hilligsberg, Mlle Coulon, Vestris

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Public Advertiser, 18 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Great Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. Receipts: #312 1s. (181.14; 8.2; tickets: 122.5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Robin Hood

Afterpiece Title: The Catch Club [i

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Saulnier. The Gentlemen of the Orchestra are requested to attend at twelve o'clock the Rehearsal of the new Ballet for this Evening. World, 12 May: Tickets to be had of Mlle Saulnier, No. 34, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Vendemmia

Dance: End I: Admete, as17890402; End Opera: a new Ballet, composed in Paris by Gardel Sen. for Mlle Guimard, Ninette a la Cour , Ninette -Mlle Guimard

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. 2nd piece [1st time; F I, author unknown. In the Thespian Dictionary (under Moses Kean) this is said to be an "imitation" of Kean, who, before becoming a professional imitator, had been a tailor]. Public Advertiser, 21 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Catch Club

Afterpiece Title: Thimble's Flight from the Shopboard

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Entertainment: Monologue End 3rd piece: As17890617

Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell, treasurer. Public Advertiser, 25 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Jewell, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Event Comment: Benefit for Jewell, treasurer. Gazetteer, 31 Aug: Tickets to be had of Jewell, No. 26, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2] Translated from the French [La Nuit aux Aventures; on, Les Deux Morts Vivants, by Antoine Jean Bourlin, dit Dumaniant] by Mrs Inchbald, the Author of I'll Tell You What, Such Things Are, A Simple Story, &c. [Larpent MS 900; not published. In 1797 altered by J. C. Cross as An Escape into Prison. "In January 1788 Mrs Inchbald was translating an unnamed French play, acted three years later as The Hue and Cry" (James Boaden, Memoirs of Mrs Inchbald, 1833, I, 255-56). "Mrs Inchbald is now adapting La Nuit aux Aventures, by Dumaniant" (World, 26 Jan. 1788). In the text of Dumaniant's play the dramatis personae is the same as that in the Larpent MS. Author of Prologue unknown.] Morning Chronicle, 30 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No. 19, Great Piazza, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #263 13s. (68.19.0; 31.7.6; 3.13.6; tickets: 159.13.0) (charge: #116 4s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Hue and Cry

Related Works
Related Work: An Escape into Prison Author(s): John Cartwright Cross
Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Morning Herald, 2 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. Receipts: #340 0s. 6d. (114.14.0; 40.4.0; 2.4.0; tickets: 182.18.6) (charge: #164 16s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Festive Board [i

Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion

Event Comment: Tickets delviered for The Merry Wives of Windsor will be admitted. Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Rowson, Blurton, Evatt, Jackson, Ratchford, Cross, Letteney, C. Powell, Little, Hall [box-keeper], Mrs Masters, Egan, Mrs Rock, Mrs Harris, Mrs Lefevre will be admitted. Receipts: #397 7s. (55.4.6; 4.7.6; tickets: 337.15)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End: The Jockey Dance-Ratchford, Blurton, Jackson, Mrs Watts, Mrs Ratchford; finish: a Reel-

Event Comment: On account of Mrs Webb's Indisposition Cross Partners [advertised on playbill of 20 Aug.] is unavoidably postponed till Thursday

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Related Works
Related Work: The Battle of Hexham; or, Days of Old Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Cast
Role: Young Sadboy Actor: Bannister Jun.