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Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, author unknown. Not published]. Receipts: #172 10s. 6d. (125.1.0; 46.5.0; 1.4.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Law Of Lombardy

Afterpiece Title: Jehu

Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Farren, Lamash, R. Palmer, Miss Sherry, Miss Farren; Town and Country Magazine, Feb. 1779, p. 62, assigns Lord Jehu-King; Larpent MS 467 lists this part, as well as the other parts: Whiffle, Fenton, Groom, Mrs Gules, Lucy. Prologue , not listed on playbill, printed in Public Advertiser, 24 Feb., written by the author, and spoken by-King.
Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Samuel Jackson Pratt. Prologue and Epilogue probably by the author]. Receipts: #210 7s. (190/11; 19/11; 0/5)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Vanity

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by King, Palmer, Dodd, Brereton, Baddeley, R. Palmer, Parsons; Mrs Bulkley, Mrs Hopkins, Mrs Wrighten, Miss Phillips, Miss Farren. [Cast from text in the author's Miscellanies (T. Becket, 1785), Vol. n: Sir Hercules Caustic-King; Sighwell-Palmer; Lord Frolic-Dodd; Valentine Onslow-Brereton; Secondhand-Baddeley; Scrape-R. Palmer; Alderman Ingot-Parsons; Scurry-Phillimore; Servants-Chaplin, Kenny, Alfred, Spencer; Widow Wherret-Mrs Bulkley; Lady Blaze-Mrs Hopkins; Pucker-Mrs Wrighten; Helena Caustic-Miss Phillips; Ophelia Wyndham-Miss Farren.] Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue spoken by Miss Farren . Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue spoken by Miss Farren .

Afterpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Event Comment: 1st piece: 1st Time [at this theatre; see dl, 7 Nov.]. "Mr Hayley's Marcella, which was anticipated on Saturday evening at Drury Lane, and was received with considerable marks of disapprobation...was brought forward [at Covent Garden] under the auspices of the Author" (Public Advertiser, 11 Nov.). "[The performers all acted well at Covent Garden; and Kemble was the only one at Drury Lane who even knew his part" (Prompter, 11 Nov.). Receipts: #201 17s. (197.13.6; 4.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marcella

Performance Comment: Characters-Holman, Farren, Aickin, Egan, Harley, Mrs Pope. [Cast from European Magazine, Nov. 1789, p. 378: Alphonso [Mendoza]-Holman; Lupercio-Farren; Governor of Barcelona-Aickin; Lopez-Egan; Hernandez-Harley; Marcella-Mrs Pope; ["Holman's part was unluckily ycleped Mendoza (i.e. the name of a pugilist who, at this time, was enjoying great popularity); it is now mended into Alphonso' (World, 22 Oct). At dl, on 7 Nov., it was changed to Alonzo.] [New Occasional Prologue by the Author of the Piece [William Hayley]-Holman.

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time in London; T 5, by Hannah Brand, 1st acted at Norwich, 7 Apr. 1791. Again acted at king's on 2 Feb. as Agmunda; text 1st published in Miss Brand's@Plays@and@Poems (Norwich: Beatniffe and Payne, 1798) as Huniades; or, The Siege of Belgrade. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (London Chronicle, 19 Jan. 1792)]: The Dresses, Decorations, &c. entirely new. Receipts: #367 1s. 6d. (314.2.6; 51.8.0; 1.11.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Huniades

Performance Comment: The Christian Characters by Kemble, R. Palmer, Wroughton, Barrymore, Aickin, Dignum, Whitfield, Maddocks, Packer, Bland, Jones, Cooke, Lyons, A Young Lady (Author of the Tragedy; 1st appearance on any stage), Miss Collins. The Mahometan Characters by Palmer, Benson, Webb, Sedgwick, Caulfield. Cast from London Chronicle, 21 Jan.: Hungarians: Huniades-Kemble; Vilach-R. Palmer; Corvinus-Wroughton; Count of Cilley-Barrymore; Campestran-Aickin; Zilugo-Whitfield; Old Officer-Packer; Agmunda-Miss Brand; Ella-Miss Collins; Turks: Mahomet II-Palmer; Mustapha-Benson; Zoganus-Webb; Aga-Sedgwick; Chusanes-Caulfield; Dignum, Maddocks, Bland, Jones, Cooke, Lyons; Prologue-Miss Farren; Epilogue-Bannister Jun.

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Event Comment: Author's Night. @Receipt #126 4s.@House charges #84@Candles #1 5s.@Kettle Drum 5s.@Chorus Singers #2@Total #87 10s.@Balance due the author #38 14s.@Tickets 14 48 #10 14s.@Money #126 4s.@Total #136 18s. (Account Book).@ [The #136 18s. represents the total value of the house, from two sources: money at the door and tickets given to the author to dispose of. Since the #10 14s. value of the tickets is not added into the Account Book as a receipt for the company, it is presumed that the author received this as a bonus in addition to the #38 14s. which was taken in over and above the house charges, etc.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Dance: I: The Female Archer, as17671029; II: The Merry Sailors, as17671009

Event Comment: Author's Night. The Author labouring under a severe and dangerous illness, hopes his friends will excuse his personal Application, and send for tickets to Mr Watts, at the Printing Office in Wild Court; or to Hobson at the Stage door of the theatre at Drury Lane Mahomet translated from the French of Voltaire; but I have no great opinion of the subject, or the original author as a poet; and my diffidence is rather improved by the testimony of those who have seen it.-Letters of William Shenstone, p. 89

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mahomet

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Goddess

Event Comment: Author's Day. [Publication of the play announced in the Public Advertiser this day, along with the following "puff" by Censor Dramaticus: "Sir: I have just given the new comedy, the Double Mistake, its first reading, and must confess I never was better pleased at a first reading than at present: It is chaste, sententious and genteel in its dialogue, interesting in its plot, the characters all of consequence, strongly marked and happily kept up, and even the virtuoso entertaining without being tiresome. I heartily wish it success, and congratulate the author on such a production, which shows that virtuous principles in high life render the persons that possess them doubly charming, and add real grace and dignity to their appearance in public life....I hope I may be believed when I say I have not the most distant knowledge of the author, and that impartiality shall ever be, and ever was my constant plan in observations of this kind."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Mistake

Cast
Role: Southerne Actor: Dunstall
Event Comment: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] Benefit the Author. A new Comedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Benefit Ticket; Or The Self Rival

Event Comment: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] Benefit the Author. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tyrant

Song:

Dance:

Event Comment: [Author unknown. Apparently not pubhished.] Benefit a Young Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Town Airs

Performance Comment: All the Parts-young Gentlemen , who never appear'd on any Stage before; With a Prologue-; Epilogue-.

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Event Comment: [Author unknown. Apparently not printed.] Benefit the Author. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. No Persons to be admitted into the Boxes, Pit, or Gallery, But by printed Tickets

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fall Of Milan

Event Comment: Author's Day. Books of the Comedy to be had at the Theatre. N.B. The Author has generously given the profits of this day to a Fund, lately establish'd, by the Performers of the above Theatre, for the Maintenance of Decayed Actors and their Families. Public Advertiser, 3 Feb. 1766: The Performers of Covent Garden Theatre return their sincere thanks to Mr Cumberland for his generous donation of the profits of the 9th performance of The Summer's Tale, amounting to #74, for use of the newly established Theatrical Fund

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Summer's Tale

Cast
Role: Sir Anthony Withers Actor: Shuter

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: I: Rural Love, as17651115; II: The Garland, as17651003

Event Comment: Author's 2nd Night. House Charges #64 12s. Balance due author #94 3s. plus income from 89 Box tickets #22 15s. (Account Book). Receipts: #158 15s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Cast
Role: lists Mirza Actor:

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Cast
Role: the Hornpipe Actor: Miss Twist.
Event Comment: Author's 3rd Night. Charges #64 12s. Balance due author #114 12s. 6d. plus income from 38 Box tickets #9 10s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cyrus

Cast
Role: lists Mirza Actor:

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: End: The Garland, as17681028

Event Comment: Author's Night [for Mainpiece]. Charges #64 9s. Balance to Author #92 6s. 6d. Paid Mrs Lessingham on acct #100 (Account Book). Receipts: #156 15s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Related Works
Related Work: The Loyal Brother; or, The Persian Prince Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Perfidious Brother Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Twins; or, Is It He, or his Brother? Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Dance: End: The Whim, as17691123

Event Comment: Author's night. Charges #70 6s. 6d. Balance due author #147 18s. (Account Book). Receipts: #218 4s. 6d
Event Comment: Author's Night. Charges #64 10S. Profit to author #47 16s. (Account Book). [Yet according to note in Account Book for 11 March 1773 the managers gave Mr O'Hara the clear receipts of this night: #112 6s.] Receipts: #112 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Cast
Role: The Dragon Actor: Burton

Dance: As17730208; End II Comedy: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17720925

Event Comment: Author's 3rd Night. Paid properties 16s. 8d.; Housekeeper's Bill #9 16s.; Chorus 2 nights (8th incl.) #18 15s. Receipts: #212 3s. 6d. Charges: #73 10s. Profits to Author: #138 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Event Comment: Author's 3rd Night. Paid Mr G. Garrick per Fosbrook, on acct #50. Receipts: #171 6s. 6d.; Charges: #73 10s.; Profit to author: #97 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Choleric Man

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Newphew Actor: Cautherly

Dance: I: The Irish Fair, as17740917

Event Comment: Author's Night. Paid Sga Hidou for lace per Mr Johnston #31 18s. 10d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #186 3s.; Charges: #73 10s.; Profit to author: #112 11s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Matilda

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Cast
Role: Newphew Actor: Cautherly
Event Comment: [Author of Prologue unknown. Epilogue by the author of mainpiece (Town and Country Magazine, May 1779, p.269).] Receipts: #146 17s. (110.19.0; 34.15.6; 1.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Deception

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: As17790417

Event Comment: [Author and date of premiere unknown.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fickle Shepherdess

Performance Comment: Edition of 1703 lists: Clorinda-Mrs Barry; Amintas-Mrs Bracegirdle; Damon-Mrs Bowman; Alexis-Mrs Prince; Menalchas-Mrs Willis; Adrastus-Mrs Lee; Amaryllis-Mrs Porter; Urania-Mrs Alison; Claius-Mrs Lawson; Flavia-Mrs Martin; Shepherd-Miss Parsons; Dorylas-the little Boy; Prologue-Mrs Porter; Epilogue written by Burnaby-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: Dorylas Actor: the little Boy
Event Comment: [Author unknown: "By G. B." Premiere.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love The Leveller; Or, The Pretty Purchase

Event Comment: [Author and date of premiere unknown.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover; Or, Wit In Necessity

Event Comment: [Author unknown.] Never Acted before

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Injur'd Love; Or, The Lady's Satisfaction