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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan Or The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Dance: Burney, Mrs Tollet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Womans A Riddle

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: As17311204

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite Or The Earl Of Essex

Afterpiece Title: Phoebe or The Beggars Wedding

Dance: Burney, Miss Wherrit

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Afterpiece Title: Phoebe

Dance: Burney, Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Afterpiece: a Tragi-Comi-Farcical Opera. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] Admission: 3s., 2s., 1s. N.B. None will be admitted under the full Price

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Father Girard the Sorcerer or The Amours of Harlequin and Miss Cadiere

Performance Comment: Father Girard-Rosco; Harlequin-Giffard; Dominico-Jenkins; Father Burn-Miller; Lucifer-Huddy; Judges-Bardin, Morgan; Father to Miss Cadiere-Colett; Miss Cadiere (Colombine)-Mrs Roberts; Lady Abbess-Mrs Palmer; Mother to Miss Cadiere-Mrs Tollet; Witches-Excell, Jenkins, Bardin, Miss Wherrit.
Event Comment: Benefit Rosco. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality and Distinction

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband Or The Accomplishd Fools

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Woud And She Woud Not

Performance Comment: As17311221, but Diego-Collet; Trappanti-Miller; Viletta-Mrs Norris; Flora-Miss Hughes, from Dublin, being the first Time of her appearing on this Stage.

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Performance Comment: See17311011, but Damon-Mrs Palmer; Phillida-Mrs Roberts; With a new Humorous Epilogue-Miss Hughes, Miss Norris, being also the first time of her appearing here.

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Event Comment: Benefit Shepheard, the Treasurer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach Opera

Dance: III: Two Pierrots-Burney, Mrs Tollet

Music: II: Trumpet Concerto-Burk Thumoth; IV: Solo on German Flute-Thumouth; V: A Grand Lesson of Mr Handell's on the Harpsichord-Thumoth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Song: SSmug Upon Tuesday in the Character of a Country Girl-Mrs Roberts

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Burny, Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Morgan. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Event Comment: Benefit Havard. For the Entertainment of the Foreign Ministers and several other Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Performance Comment: Lady Dainty-Mrs Giffard;Atall-Giffard; Sir Solomon-Norris; Clerimont-Rosco; Careless-Havard; Strut-Bardin; Clarinda-Mrs Morgan; Sylvia-Mrs Haughton; Finder-Bullock; Old Wilful-Miller; Lady Sadlife-Mrs Roberts; Wishwell-Mrs Palmer; Situp-Mrs Norris; A New Prologue on the Occasion-.

Afterpiece Title: The Sailors Wedding or The Humours of Wapping

Music: II: Trumpet Concerto-Burk Thumouth; IV: Solo on German Flute-Thumouth

Song: IV: Favourite Cantata of Mr Hayden's-Excel

Dance: III: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit Bowcher, the Prompter, and Miss Tollet

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: As17320217, but Mrs Motherly-Mrs Tollet; Myrtilla-Mrs Palmer; Jenny-Miss Tollet.
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Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Tollet

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Song: II: Cantata of Hayden's-Excell; IV: Bacchanalian Song-Excel

Dance: III: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; V: Merry Country Lass-Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: Benefit Moses, Gallery Keeper. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Wherrit

Event Comment: At Fielding-Hippisley Booth at the George Inn in West Smithfield. A new Dramatick Entertainment. Done from the French of Moliere, and intermix'd with Variety of Songs to old Ballad Tunes and Country Dances. All the Characters to be entirely new Dressed. [Advertised 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 Aug.; 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Envious Statesman Or The Fall Of Essex With The Humours Of The Forcd Physician

Performance Comment: Queen-Mrs Mullart; Physician-Hippisley; rest-Huddy, A. Hallam, Mullart, Cole, Penkethman, Stoppelaer, R. Wetherilt, Leigh, Gray, Mrs Grace, Mrs Templer, Mrs Talbot, Mrs Palmer, Miss Atherton, Mrs Morse, Miss Mears.

Dance: Mons D'Ferrou Ville , lately arrived from Paris, Miss Brett, Miss Mears

Music: A Band , including Burk Thumoth

Entertainment: Before the Opera: Postures-Phillips

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A new Tragi-Comedy. Benefit the Author. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] Boxes 5s. pit 3s. Gallery 2s. There's none Sir Courtly, can my Lord Beau call, He's a bold-Fop, and represents you all

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miseries Of Love

Performance Comment: Lord Valerius-Machin; Sir Ustice Trueman-Nowland; Lord Beaux-Pullen; Serainger-Allen; Father Pedro-Hicks; Davy, a Welshman-Sanders; Cassandra-Mrs Palmer; Olinda-Mrs Pullen; Lucy-Miss Horriban; Maria-Miss Jones.
Cast
Role: Father Pedro Actor: Hicks

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

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Event Comment: Benefit Woolley and Mrs James. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay. Afterpiece: By particular Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: Dorcas-Mrs Pullen; Dumb Lady-Mrs James the first time of her appearing on any stage.

Dance: HHornpipe-R. Jones , from gf

Event Comment: Benefit for Cross and Burton. Last time of acting Mainpiece this season. Afterpiece: A farce of my own, call'd the Henpeck'd Captain; or, the Humours of the Militia--damn'd before half over (Cross). [Afterpiece never printed. The Larpent MS lists the following characters: Capt. Teazable, Clermont, Mons Durtete, Brigadier? Sersnet, Capt? Druget, Col? Damask, Capt? Citern, Capt? Oldport, Capt? Patty@pan, Lt? Suet Pestle, Muster Master, Serjeant, Monsieur, Mrs Teazable, Angellica, Gusset. The men are all reserve officers in the Militia who parade occasionally in fine uniforms. See note, 1 May about publication.] Receipts: #139 (Cross); charges, #63 (Powel)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Henpeckd Captain

Song: George Burton 1st appearance on that stage

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. Afterpiece: A New farce written by Mr Woodward-for his Benefit, The farce was a kind of dispute among ye Actors, & went off, as it was a Benefit, without Interruption, but I believe will not be play'd agen, ye Epil: was a parody upon Shakespear's Stage of Life, & was Lik'd (Cross). No Part of Pit will be rail'd into the Boxes. Ladies send servants by three. Tickets to be had of Woodward at Clarendon's Warehouse, and of Hobson at the stage door. Last time of performing the mainpiece this season. [Larpent MS 92, indicates the afterpiece as a criticism from the actors' view of the way they are handled by audiences, and of their own damnation of a play presented to them. All works up to the Epilogue: @'All the town's a farce-he says and swears,@And all the men and women merely players...'@ which is severe upon politicians, doctors, statesmen and connoisseurs. The characters appear under their own names, Cross, Clive, etc.] Receipts: #300 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: A Lick at the Town

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Macklin. Last time of Performing the Mainpiece this season. Afterpiece: Translated from the French by Macklin. Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: A Will and no Will or A new case for the Lawyers

Performance Comment: The Principal Characters-Yates, Palmer, Usher, Philips, Blakes, Simson, Mrs Bennet, Miss Minors.

Dance: II: New Sailor's Dance, as17560217; End: A Minuet-Miss Macklin, Leviez. By Desire

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Performance Comment: Don Carlos-Garrick; Others-Woodward, Palmer, Bransby, Taswell, Yates, Burton, Blakes, Mrs Clive, Mrs Davies, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Pritchard.

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Song: Beard; II: (By Desire) Cymon and Iphigenia-; III: A Tale of a Cock and a Bull-; IV: Genius of England-

Event Comment: Written by Mr Murphy, for His Benefit-went off well (Cross). Part of Pit will be laid into the Boxes. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock. Tickets and places to be had of Mr Varney at the Stage Door. Receipts: #240 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman from Paris

Performance Comment: Englishman-Woodward; others-Yates, Palmer, Beard, Blakes, Burton, Bransby, Clough, Miss Minors; The Traveled Lady-Mrs Clive; Occasional Prologue-.
Event Comment: Benefit for Yates. Being positively the last time of performing the mainpiece this season. Afterpiece: Never acted before. Sad Farce (Cross). [Afterpiece sent to the Licenser under the title The Kept Mistress; or, The Mock Orators. Larpent MS 125 lists the parts: Harry, Belton, Hempton, Miss Belladue, her Maid; Old Ringworm, Widow Lovephrase, Servant; Lady Whiffle; Old Belladue, First Lady, Second Lady, First Orator, Second Orator, Third Orator, Doorkeeper; Press Gang (Mr Grapling Chart, Mr Anchorstock). The concluding sailor's Song most patriotic: "Our Navy see, spread o'er the Seas..."]. Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Orators

Performance Comment: The Principal characters-Yates, Palmer, Burton, Bransby, Jefferson, Philips, Miss Haughton, Mrs Cross, Mrs Bradshaw; To conclude with a Sailor's Song-Champness.

Dance: NNew Comic Dance-

Event Comment: This is ye same farce that was play'd for Woodward's Benefit last Years, & call'd Ye Modern fine Gent: (Cross). Receipts: #200 (Cross). [See Theatrical Review, 1757 and Beginning of 1758 for comment on Male Coquette: 'On the whole the beauties of this little comedy exceed the faults in number and importance." The reviewer gives a nine-page review, cannot guess who wrote the piece, suggests Murphy.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: The Male Coquette or 1757

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: No Matter What

Dance: IV: The Italian Peasants, as17571004