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Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. Mainpiece: Not acted this season. Charges #76 17s. Profit to Mrs Mattocks #84 5s., plus #69 15s. from tickets (Box 279) Paid one year's Assurance on #5,000 in the Royal Exchange Office to 31 March 1775 #12 10s. Receipts: #161 2s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: Arbaces-Mrs Mattocks; Artaxerxes-Mattocks; Artabanes-Reinhold; Rimenes-DuBellamy; Semira-Mrs Baker; Mandane-Miss Jameson, first time.
Cast
Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Jameson, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Dance: II: The Corsican Sailors, as17731013; End Opera: The Highland Reel, as17731112

Performances

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Performance Comment: As17731109, but Charlotte-Miss Ogilvie; Simon-_; Watchman-_.
Cast
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Ogilvie

Dance: End: The Irish Lilt, as17731005

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Business

Performance Comment: As17740228, but New Occasional Epilogue (Never Spoken)-Miss Barsanti; Woodward restored to Public Advertiser List of Actors. Woodward restored to Public Advertiser List of Actors.
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Business Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Pearce
Event Comment: Foundling Hospital. There will be no collection. Tickets 10s. 6d. To begin at 12 noon. [The crowding experienced last year will be obviated.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Performance Comment: Parts-Miss Davis, Mrs Wrighten, Norris, Reinhold.

Music: Concerto-Giardini; Organ-Arnold

Event Comment: A Sacred Oratorio set to Music by Giardini. To begin at 12 noon at the Lock Hospital Chapel near Hyde Park corner. Benefit for the Charity. Tickets 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ruth

Performance Comment: Vocal parts-Vernon, Champnes, Miss Davies, Mrs Wrighten, Sga Galli, others.

Music: First Violin, Concerto-Giardini

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 9 April 1771. Seemingly MacNamara Morgan's adaptation of the Winter's Tale.] Paid half yrs. New River Water to Xmas last #3 2s.; Housekeeper's Bills 2 weeks #8 8s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #199 16s. Charges: #65 5s. Profit to J. Palmer: #134 11s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: As17731120, but Cassio-Cautherly; Iago-Palmer; Desdemona-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Cassio Actor: Cautherly
Role: Desdemona Actor: Miss Younge.
Role: Othello Actor: Barry

Afterpiece Title: Florizel and Perdita

Performance Comment: Autolicus-King; Florizel-Cautherly; Polixines-Hurst; Antigonus-J. Aickin; Clown-Moody; Perdita-Mrs Canning, first time in this character; the sheep@shearing song-Mrs Smith; Camillo-Wright; The Vocal Parts-Bannister, Mrs Scott, Mrs Wrighten; With a Dance incidental to the piece,-Como, Giorgi, Sga Crespi, Mrs Sutton.

Entertainment: End: Bucks have at ye all-Palmer

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. The doors to be opened at half past 5. To begin at half past 6 o'clock. [For Gentleman who played Othello, See bill for 25 May.] Charges #73 8s. Profit to Lewis #57 15s., plus #24 10s. from tickets (Box 61; Pit 43; Gallery 28) Receipts: #131 3s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Performance Comment: As17740326 but Roxana-Miss Miller; Lysimachus-the Gentleman who Played Othello [Brown; see17731127] his 3rd appearance on any stage.Brown; see17731127] his 3rd appearance on any stage.

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Green.

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17731007

Entertainment: After dance: Ode on the Passions-the Gentleman who performed Lysimachus

Event Comment: Benefit for Cautherly. Paid Mr C. Bannister per Mr G. G. #28 17s. Receipts: #209 3s. 6d. Charges: #66 15s. 6d. Profits to Cautherley: #142 18s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Performance Comment: Careless-Cautherly, first time; Bookseller-Jones; Day's Servant-Jacobs; Keeper-Watkins; Arabella-Mrs Jefferson; Ruth (first time)-Miss Pope; Teague (with songs)-Moody; Blunt-J. Aickin; Lt Story-Fawcett; Musician-Messink; Porter-Wrighten; Day-Baddeley; Obadiah-Parsons; Abel-Burton; Committeemen-Hartry, Griffith; Coachman-Keen; Mrs Day-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Chat-Mrs Simson; In Act IV, Teague's Ramble-introduced by Moody.
Cast
Role: Careless Actor: Cautherly, first time
Role: Ruth Actor: Miss Pope

Afterpiece Title: Edgar and Emmeline

Performance Comment: Elfina (With song)-Master Blanchard; Grotilla-Miss Lings; Lady-Mrs S. Smith; Emmeline-Mrs Greville; first time; Edgar-Cautherly; Florimond-King; With Dances- incidental to the piece.
Cast
Role: Grotilla Actor: Miss Lings
Role: Edgar Actor: Cautherly
Role: With Dances Actor: incidental to the piece.

Dance: V: The Irish Fair, as17730918

Event Comment: A serious Opera, the Music entirely new composed by Sacchini. The Tempest Dance composed by Barthelemon. The last Serious Ballet composed by Jomelli

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nitteti

Performance Comment: Parts-Millico, Schiroli, Sga Galli, Sga Marchetti, Sga Michelli, Miss Davies.

Dance: I: Ballet-Mariottini, Nina Favier; II: The Tempest; or, The Happy Shipwreck, an Heroic Ballet with a Grand Chaconne-Pitrot, Mimi Favier, other parts-Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini; End Opera: Ballet, Chaconne-Fierville

Event Comment: The Fifteenth Night. For the Author. Charges #64 5s. Profit to Hull #51 9s., plus #68 15s. from tickets (Box 151; Pit 134; Gallery 109). Paid Holme & Cooper (timber merchants) #69 8s.; Paid Evans (sawyer) #3 1s. Receipts: #115 14s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Performance Comment: As17740317 but New Prologue-Hull; Epilogue-Mrs _Mattocks, Miss Miller.

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Event Comment: Benefit for Weston. Tickets delivered for 7 April taken. It is agreed this day between Mrs Abington and Mr Garrick that the former shall be engag'd to him and Mr Lacy, Patentees of the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, for three years from this date, or three acting seasons, at the sum of twelve pounds a week, with a Benefit, and sixty pounds for cloaths--the above agreement to be put into Articles according to the usual form. s@ Frances Abington, D. Garrick for himself and Mr Lacy (Folger Library, Garrickiana 962 MS [Cage, p. 154).] Receipts: #205 14s. 6d. Charges: #66 5s. Profits to Weston: #139 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Performance Comment: As17731029, but Evander-Aickin; Euphrasia-Miss Younge, first time.
Cast
Role: Euphrasia Actor: Miss Younge, first time.
Role: Erixene Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Pantheonites

Cast
Role: Anna Actor: Miss Platt

Entertainment: End II: Imitations vocal and rhetorical-Bannister; End III: Hippisley's Drunken Man-Weston; End V: (For that night only) Judge Tycho's sentence-Weston riding on a rhinoceros

Dance: After Judge Tycho's Sentence: The Taylors, as17740428

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Particular Desire. Places for Boxes to be taken of Mr Sarjant (only) at the Stage Door. Receipts: #106 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Ii

Performance Comment: As17740420 but Epilogue-Mrs Mattocks, Miss _Miller.

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Cast
Role: Juno Actor: Miss Pearce
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pitt and Stoppelaer. Charges #67 15s. Deficit to each #4 6s. 9d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Pitt #53 7s. (Box 48; Pit 185; Gallery 136); Stopplear, #86 5s. (Box 112; Pit 271; Gallery 176). Paid Bates for performing 4 nights in the Sorcerer to 11 Oct. last 10s., 5 nights in Henry VIII to 14 Feb. last #1 5s., and 5 nights in the Fair to 13 Nov. last 5s. Paid half year's Poor's rate for the theatre due Lady day last, #24 15s. 10d., and ditto for House in Bow Passage 17s. 9d. Receipts: #59 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Performance Comment: As17740405 but Jeremy-Lewes, first time; Angelica-Miss Sherman, first time.

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Cast
Role: Margery Actor: Miss Jameson, first time.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lady Jane Grey

Performance Comment: Dudley-Smith; Pembroke-Bensley; Northumberland-Hull; Gardiner-Gardner; Suffolk-Owenson; Sussex-Davies; Gates-R. Smith; Lieut.-Fox; Duchess of Suffolk-Mrs P. Green; Lady-Miss Pearce; Lady Jane Grey-Mrs Hartley.
Cast
Role: Lady Actor: Miss Pearce

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: End: The Frolick, as17740510; End I Farce: A Double Hornpipe-Mr and Mrs Holloway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucio Vero

Dance: I: New Comic Ballet. La Bauquetiera de Village-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni; Minuet, Allemande-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong (by desire); II: Les Fannes Vainques-Mimi Favier, Pitrot, Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini; End Opera: L'Embaras du choix-Fierville, Nina Favier

Performance Comment: La Bauquetiera de Village-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni; Minuet, Allemande-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong (by desire); II: Les Fannes Vainques-Mimi Favier, Pitrot, Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini; End Opera: L'Embaras du choix-Fierville, Nina Favier.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Performance Comment: Shylock-King; Bassanio-Cautherly; Antonio-Reddish; Gratiano-Dodd; Salanio-Fawcett; Gobbo-Parsons; Launcelot Gobbo-W. Palmer; Tubal-Messink; Nerissa-Mrs Davies; Portia-Mrs Abington; Jessica (with Song)-Miss Jarratt; Salarino-Keen; Duke-Wright; Lorenzo (With Songs)-Vernon.
Cast
Role: Bassanio Actor: Cautherly
Role: Jessica Actor: Miss Jarratt

Afterpiece Title: A Peep behind the Curtain

Event Comment: Box 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. No Admittance behind the Scenes, nor any money returned after the Curtain is drawn up. To begin at 7:00 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bankrupt

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Kennedy Jun. (from Dublin, first time here), Fearon, Aickin, Davis, Jacobs, Bannister, Lloyd, Jones, Courtney, Everard, Johnson, Weston, Mrs Williams, Miss Ambrose, Miss Platt, Mrs Jewell; Prologue-Foote.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: End: Giorgi's scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Performance Comment: As17740405 but Imogen-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Imogen Actor: Miss Younge.
Role: Queen Actor: Miss Sherry, first time.
Role: Guiderius Actor: Cautherly

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies Frolick

Cast
Role: the Crutch Dance Actor: .

Dance: End: A Hornpipe-Walker

Event Comment: Benefit for Widow Bowers, Percy, Wood and Robinson. Tickets delivered for The Orphan and by Mr Hodges will be taken. Paid Mr Davies on Note #30; Mr Clinch for 5 days at beginning of season not on list #2 1s. 8d.; Mr Cooke's 4 boys 11th inst. #1 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #256 12s. 6d. Charges: #84. Profits to Widow Bowers and beneficiaries: #172 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Performance Comment: AS 26 April, but Mrs Beverley-Miss Younge.
Cast
Role: Mrs Beverley Actor: Miss Younge.

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Cast
Role: Young Lovel Actor: Cautherly
Role: Kitty Actor: Miss Pope

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bankrupt

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Performance Comment: Gayless-Davis; Guttle-Lloyd; Cook-Jacobs; Beau Trippit-Everard; Melissa-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Trippit-Mrs Weston; Mrs Gadabout-Mrs Palmer; Kitty-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Melissa Actor: Miss Ambrose

Dance: As17740516

Monologue: Interlude,Piety in Pattens. Butler-Weston; Squire-Fearon; Mrs Candy-Mrs Palmer; Polly-Mrs Jewell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Cape-Aickin; Governor Cape-Davis; Vamp-Wilson; Sprightly-Fearon; Poet-Jones; Printer's Devil-Jacobs; Robin-Lloyd; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Miss Ambrose

Dance: End: Tambourine Dance-Giorgi's scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Performance Comment: Parts-Foote, Aickin, Davis, Fearon, Jacobs, Weston, Lloyd, Castle, Wilson, Mrs Fearon, Miss Platt, Mrs Jewell.

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Dance: As17740603

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: Petruchio-Fearon; Baptista-Lloyd; Biondello-Follett; Pedro-Everard; Hortensio-Owenson; Tailor-Jones; Music Master-Courtney; Grumio-Wilson; Bianca-Miss Platt; Curtis-Mrs Love; Catherine-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Bianca Actor: Miss Platt
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Gardner.

Dance: The Merry Lasses-

Monologue: Piety in Pattens. As 1 June

Event Comment: Admittance 2s. 6d. [Part of the concert pattern of the Gardens, followed later by displays of fireworks. These events will not be noted further.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Dilletante

Performance Comment: Parts-Reinhold, DuBellamy, Miss Wewitzer; with Imitations of the German, French, and Italian style of singing-Reinhold.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Performance Comment: Commissary-Foote; Isaac Fungus-Fearon; Gruel-Aickin; Young Loveit-Davis; Dr Catgut-Follet; Simon-Owenson; Bridoun-Courtney; Paduasoy-Jones; Harpy-Lloyd; LaFleur-Johnson; John-Pierce; Coachman-Jacobs; Mrs Loveit-Wilson; Jenny-Mrs Fearon; Dolly-Miss Platt; Mrs Mechlin-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Commissary Actor: Foote
Role: Dolly Actor: Miss Platt

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Cast
Role: Arabella Actor: Miss Ambrose

Dance: As17740613