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Event Comment: By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. At Penkethman's Theatre. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: a diverting Droll. Box Tickets at Penkethman's House in Richmond. Daily Post, 5 Sept.: Mr Penkethman...had the Honour to divert their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, with Entertainments of Acting and Tumbling perform'd to Admiration; Likewise with his Picture of the Royal Family, down from the King of Bohemia to the young Princesses, in which is seen the Nine Muses playing on their several Instruments, in Honour of that August Family. There were present Nobility, Gentry and Ladies upwards of 200

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Mainpiece Title: Pyramus And Thisbe

Afterpiece Title: The Blind Beggar of Bednal Green; or, The Woman Never Vex'd

Music: Concerto on small Flute-John Baston

Dance: Several surprizing Entertainments of Rope Dancing-a Young Lad lately come from France, who flourishes the Colours, plays on the Violin, and turns several Times on the Rope without a Pole; Ladder Dancing-the greatest Performer in the World, who stands on the Top Round of the Ladder, drinks a Glass of Wine, with his other Hand above his Head in the Middle of the Stage; Dancing , both Serious and Comic,-Monsieur De Long Dents, Monsieur De Long Dents'@two@children , just arrived from Paris; To which will be added, Variety of Tumbling-Mons Tollard, others, just arrived from Madrid

Event Comment: At the King's Arms Tavern near Temple Bar. At the Desire of several Gentlemen in the Neighbourhood. At 6 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Medley

Performance Comment: Gomez, Lorenze, Elvira in The Spanish Fryar, Petruchio, Peg in The Taming of a Shrew, Fondlewife, Laetitia, Belamour in The Old Batchelor, Woodcock, Hillaria, Squib in The Yeoman of Kent, Roger, Aesop, Philosophers, Sir Toby in Love's Contrivances, Prologue, Epilogue-Tony Aston.
Related Works
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Entertainment: Comical Songs-; The Drunken Man-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. No Persons to be admitted into the Boxes, or behind the Scenes, but by printed tickets at 5s. Two Benches of the Pit to be rail'd in, at the Price of the Boxes. [The King and the Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Booth, Mrs Younger

Event Comment: Benefit Robinson and Mrs Willis. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. With all the Song, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play. Afterp1ece: Compos'd by Mr John Eccles, Master of the King's Musick

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Event Comment: WWeekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 28 Nov. Before many Persons of distinction, was acted the Adelphi of Terence....The Epilogue is printed in that issue

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Mainpiece Title: Adelphi

Performance Comment: The King's Scholars; With an Epilogue-.
Event Comment: TThe King, Prince and Princess of Wales present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rodelinda

Event Comment: [Text by Haym.] Admission as 30 Nov. 1725. The King and the three Princesses present

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elisa

Event Comment: TThe King, Prince and Princess of Wales present. Universal Mercury, February 1726: Mr Handel had the Satisfaction of seeing an old Opera of his not only fill the House, which had not been done for a considerable time before, but People crowding so fast to it, that above 300 were turn'd away for want of room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scipio

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King, Prince and Princess of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Prince By Enchantment; With His Comical Cavalcade And Taken Up In The Air By Daemons; Or, The Loves Of Pantalon And Argentine, His Imprisonment And Condemnation To The Gallies

Dance: As17260928

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. N.B. This being the first Time of Acting on Account of Subscriptions, the General Tickets will be sent to the Subscribers. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Most Knowing, Least Understanding; Or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis; Viz

Performance Comment: Chimney Sweeper, Blackmoor, Astrologer, Moving Statue, Infant, Zodiack, and Diana; With The Comical Transformation of Brighella and Doctor into Mercurius and Apollo.

Afterpiece Title: The Pleasant Marriage; Concluding with The Singing Deities

Dance: Dancing and other Decorations proper to the Play , entirely new and diverting-

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Diana's Madness; Or, Fatime, A Favourite Slave In The Seraglio, Mad For Love, And Crown'd Empress By The Grand Signior: With Pantlon And Harlequin Eunuchs Elected Kaimcan And Ciguir, The One Impaled And The Other Sawed Asunder, The Bashas Selim And Achmet Ript Open, Rabca Strangled, And Chistar Beheaded

Entertainment: Carneval-after the Venetian Manner; Dancing-Masqueraders in divers Characters, Madmen, Turks Men and Women being the Invention of Mr Poictiers

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King and Prince Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pantalon A Broker Broken Merchant And Desperately In Love, Harlequin His Shopkeeper: With A Ridotto After The Venetian Manner, Songs, And A Serenata In A Venetian Gondola

Entertainment: As17261105

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. With Flyings, Apparitions, &c. [The King, Prince, and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Argentina A Magician, Disguised, Serving Diana, Transformed Into A Gipsie, Armenian, Footman, Fiend, Lady, And Counsellour

Dance: As17260928

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

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Mainpiece Title: Il Mercante Prodigo; Or, Harlequin A Prodigal Merchant, Persecuted By Silvio, Basilisk Of Bernagasso

Dance: As17260928

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Furbarie Per Vendetta; Or, Brighella's Revenge Thwarted By Argentina: With Divers Transformations Of Harlequin, Viz

Performance Comment: Physician, Musick-Master, Madam Pantaska, or Lady Pancake, Swaggerer, Cyant and Grand Bashaw, Together with the Comical Egress and Regress from and to the Twon. Edition of 1726 lists no cast.

Dance: Turkish Men and Women, being the Invention of Mr Poitier

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Disgrazie D'arlechino: Viz

Dance: As17260928

Event Comment: Benefit Boheme. And the Flyings, Sinkings, and usual Decorations. N.B. Mr Boheme continuing indispos'd, the Tragedy of King Lear cannot be acted. Receipts: money #30 18s.; tickets #57 5s. Probable attendance: boxes, 6 by money and 49 by tickets; pit, 59 by money and 246 by tickets; slips, 9 by money; first gallery, 97 by money and 81 by tickets; second gallery, 51 by money

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Dance: With the usual Dances proper to the Play-; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; French Sailor and his Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: Country Wife-Mrs Younger; Pinchwife-Quin; Horner-Ryan; Harcourt-Walker; Sparkish-Milward; Dorilant-W. Bullock; Sir Jasper-Hippisley; Quack-Hall; Lady Fidget-Mrs Bullock; Alithea-Mrs Berriman; Lucy-Mrs Morgan; Mrs Dainty-Mrs Rice; Mrs Squeamish-Miss Fenton.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Berriman

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Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Event Comment: With all the Original Decorations of Rising, Sinking, and Flying. Daily Post, 30 Oct.: The Play of King Henry the Eighth...having met with a very favourable Reception from the Town, we hear that the Players propose to add several different Characters of Dignity to the Procession of Queen Anne Bullen , with other proper Decorations

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Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches; Or, Teague O'divelly

Performance Comment: Sir Edward-Shepard; Sir Tim-Norris; Squire Heartford-Miller; Tom Shacklehead-Johnson; Teague-Williams; Belfort-Wm. Mills; Doubty-Watson; Lady Shacklehead-Mrs Wetherilt; Isabella-Mrs Horton; Theodosia-Mrs Mills.
Cast
Role: Lady Shacklehead Actor: Mrs Wetherilt
Role: Theodosia Actor: Mrs Mills.

Music: ll the Witches Musick both Vocal and Instrumental, by the late Mr Barret-

Dance: Dancing Proper to the Play-

Ballet: TThe Cobler's Jealous Wife. Cobler-Boval; His Wife-Roger; Countrymen-Essex, Haughton; Countrywomen-Mrs Brett, Mrs Mills

Event Comment: Written Originally by Shakespear. [By Lewis Theobald.] Theophilus Cibber: [Booth's] Illness...returned soon after his playing King Henry VIII. He was then studying the Part of Julio in the Double Falsehood; he rehearsed it several times,-when the Play begin ready for acting, he was prevented appearing in it, by a Relapse into his former Indisposition.-The Part was supplied a few Nights by Mr Charles Williams (a promising Player, who died young) to whom Mr Booth had given the Part to study, as doubting the Certainty of his being able to appear in it himself: But, at Mr Theobald's Entreaty (backed by many Gentlemen and Ladies) he good-naturedly (but fatally) disregarded his Indisposition, which was then an intermitting Fever, and acted that Part from the fifth to the twelfth Night; which was alas! the last time of his Appearance on tle Stage.-Lives and Characters, pp. 82-83

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Double Falshood; Or, The Distrest Lovers

Related Works
Related Work: Double Falsehood; or, The Distrest Lovers Author(s): Lewis Theobald