{season}Season of 1704-1705{/season}


{p}



{drop}T{/drop}he great event of the season was the
long-delayed opening of the Queen's Theatre in the
Haymarket in April 1705.  Vanbrugh's new playhouse
was to function only briefly as a venue for spoken
drama, but was to be London's principal opera house
until it burned in 1789.  As such, it was to be a
building of considerable importance, but when it
opened it was intended as an ordinary playhouse, and
it radically changed the balance of theatrical
competition in London.  The actor cooperative that
had broken away from the patent company in 1695 had
always occupied the small and inadequate "second"
Lincoln's Inn Fields theatre, and when Vanbrugh
agreed to assume managerial responsibility for the
group and move it into his new theatre he made them a
suddenly more potent rival to the relatively
successful but ill-contented company at Drury Lane
under Christopher Rich.
{para} At the outset of this season both companies
knew full well that the status quo was strictly
temporary.  When Vanbrugh opened his fancy new
theatre, competitive circumstances
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:assumes management in
1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:assumes management in
1705:"{/xe} would change.  We do not know exactly
when Vanbrugh and Congreve assumed daily operational
control of the Lincoln's Inn Fields company: at the
outset of the season?  when they received their royal
license in December?  after the new theatre finally
opened in April 1705?  In any case, the company
appears to have functioned much as usual throughout
most of the season, as does Drury Lane.  Lincoln's
Inn Fields was simply conducting a holding action.
At Drury Lane management's outlook is harder to
guess.  Rich was aggressive in stealing an opera from
Vanbrugh (discussed below), but to judge from his ads
this season, he regarded Richard Estcourt as his most
reliable drawing-card.  Estcourt received star
billing in a surprising number of ads.
{para} Vanbrugh and Congreve were looking for a
competitive edge (over
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:interest in
Italianate opera:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:interest in Italianate
opera:"{/xe} and above the new theatre itself), and
their bright idea was to introduce Italianate (i.e.,
all-sung) opera.  In all probability no one at this
time seriously contemplated the notion of regular
performances in Italian.  A publicity plant in the
{u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 28 October (its inaugural
issue) refers to two operas "almost finish'd," and
mentions their being translated, seemingly as a
matter of course.  Daniel Purcell's
{xe} \f 1 "Purcell, Daniel:{i}Orlando Furioso{/i}:not
completed:"{/xe} {u}Orlando Furioso{/u}{+} was
apparently never completed, but Thomas Clayton's
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton, Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:popularity
of:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:popularity of:"{/xe}
{u}Arsinoe{/u}{+} (with words by Motteux) proved a
tremendously popular novelty.  Unfortunately for
Vanbrugh, it did so at the rival theatre.  Exactly
how Christopher Rich made off with it we
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:\steals\ Arsinoe\ in
1705\\:"{/xe} do not know, but evidently Vanbrugh had
not signed a contract with Clayton, and Rich must
have slipped in and offered better terms.
{u}Arsinoe{/u}{+} ran steadily (and reportedly very
profitably) throughout the spring, and was to do so
again the next season.  The singers were local talent
and the language was English, but public taste for
the new wave in opera was established, and Rich had
clearly stolen a march on his rivals.
{para} What should Vanbrugh and Congreve do?  They
found themselves plagued by endless construction
delays, and there was no point in mounting fancy
productions at Lincoln's Inn Fields when the scenery
would not properly fit the new theatre.  A month and
a half before {u}Arsinoe{/u}{+} was produced at Drury
Lane they apparently inaugurated the new theatre with
a concert that may have been
{xe} \f 2 "Anne, Queen:attends inaugural concert at
Haymarket:"{/xe} attended by the Queen.{note} The
evidence is a rather garbled notice in the
{u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 25 November-2 December
(see ca. late November).{/note} At this time the
theatre was probably no more than a shell: the acting
company did not move there until April, and the
theatre had to be closed for three months the
following summer to be "entirely finish'd" while the
company returned to Lincoln's Inn Fields.  As late as
3 February Congreve wrote to a friend that they had
no idea when the theatre could open, or what they
would open it with, "but I believe with no opera"
(quoted in the calendar, below).  What they finally
decided to do was daring, imaginative, and
unsuccessful.  Following the Passion Week recess,
they opened the Queen's Theatre Haymarket with Jacomo
(or Jakob) Greber's
{xe} \f 1 "Greber, Jacomo:{i}Gli amori
d'Ergasto{/i}:proves a fiasco:"{/xe} {u}Gli amori
d'Ergasto{/u}{+}{_per}  The identity of the
performers is cloudy (probably mostly Italian singers
currently resident in London), but the performance
was almost unquestionably in Italian.  There were no
advertisements of the initial performances, and later
commentary is decidedly confused and contradictory.
Everyone agrees, however, that the production was a
fiasco: there appear to have been no more than five
performances.  This production was followed by
revivals of old plays with old costumes and scenery
(so Downes informs us), the result being a decidedly
feeble start for the new theatre.
{para} By March 1705 simmering resentments and
hostility between the two companies broke forth into
open warfare.  Vanbrugh and Congreve were planning to
stage a Moli{__EG}re translation called
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Consultation{/bi}:"{/xe} {u}The
Consultation{/u}{+} (i.e., {+}{u}L'Amour
Medecin{/u}{+}).  They were apparently greatly
annoyed by Drury Lane's rushing its own version into
production, a play called
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney, Owen:{i}Quacks{/i}:suppression
of:"{/xe} {u}The Quacks{/u}{+}, by Owen Swiney.
Vanbrugh used his good social and government
connections to get the piece twice suppressed (see 29
March), a high-handed proceeding that naturally drew
loud complaints from Drury Lane.  The "seduction" of
Susanna Mountfort away from the Haymarket, and some
snippy prologues and epilogues in June suggest a
state of acute tension between the companies.
{para} In truth, Vanbrugh had always envisioned a
monopoly under his own direction, and he had no
desire whatever to be engaged in costly competition
with a second company.  At the end of the spring he
brought every pressure he could contrive on Rich to
agree to a union, with Vanbrugh in charge of the
resulting united company.
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:tries to engineer
monopoly in 1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:refuses 1705 union
proposal:"{/xe} On 19 July 1705 he sent Rich a set of
"Proposals for Reducing the two Companies of Players
into one" (printed under date, below).  They were
outrageously self-serving on Vanbrugh's part, and we
cannot be surprised that Rich proved totally
unwilling to cooperate.  Very shortly thereafter 33
members of the Drury Lane company addressed a formal
printed petition to the Lord Chamberlain, loudly
protesting any plan whereby many of them would
unquestionably lose their employment in London (see
ca.  Monday 23 July).  Hard as it is to sympathize
with the tyrannical and dishonest Christopher Rich,
one can hardly help but agree with the blistering
terms of his formal refusal of all union proposals in
a letter to the Lord Chamberlain (see 25 July).
Charles Gildon's summation of the controversy (see
ca. early
{xe} \f 2 "Gildon, Charles:comments on 1705 union
proposals:"{/xe} August) probably reflects much of
the informed opinion around London: the public
preferred to have two companies of actors, and
Vanbrugh's "proposals" were seen as a nakedly self-
interested power grab.  We may not know all of the
twists, turns, and stratagems in the battle.  In LC
7/3, fols. 5-6, for example, there is an undated set
of "Regulations for the Directors of the
Playhouse."{note} For a brief summary, see
{u}Document Register{/u}{+}, no. 1811.{/note} These
could well date from the summer of 1705.  They
provide for a new set of company bylaws; a group of
"Honorary Directors," and the abolition of the
benefit system, even for writers of plays.  No such
system ever came into operation, but we offer the
hypothesis that this set of operational rules
represents a proposal from Vanbrugh to the Lord
Chamberlain presented as part of a union package at
this time.  If so, nothing came of it.  With the
benefit of hindsight, we can see very clearly that no
suggestion from Vanbrugh that put his rival out of
business could possibly have been accepted.  The
result was a stand-off: the Lord Chamberlain was
Vanbrugh's friend and ally, but he was evidently not
prepared to face the uproar that an enforced union
would unquestionably have generated.  The two
companies would, therefore, find themselves again in
direct competition when they reopened for 1705-06.
{para} An interesting feature of the newspaper ads
this season is that starting on 5 October virtually
every notice for both theatres is accompanied by a
statement that "This Play is Sold by Richard
{xe} \f 2 "Wellington, Richard:advertises printed
plays in daily bills:"{/xe} Wellington at the Dolphin
and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard."  A few
performances are known only from {u}The Diverting
Post{/u}{+}, a new weekly with a strong literary and
theatrical bent.  It lasted little more than a year,
and it is at best a scrappy m{__EA}lange, but it
represents the first serious attempt at arts coverage
in London since Motteux's {u}The Gentleman's
Journal{/u}{+} in the early 1690s.  Its accounts of
new operas and plays performed and expected contain a
lot of important information and are reprinted in
their entirety in the calendar below.
{para} Both company rosters this season are subject
to problems.  Some of the people Drury Lane employed
in {u}Arsinoe{/u}{+} may have been hired only for
that show.  Even more awkward is the scantiness of
the ads for Lincoln's Inn Fields:  in many cases we
simply cannot tell whether a singer or dancer was a
regular employee, a temporary attraction, or a late
addition.

                     DRURY LANE

The Rich-Skipwith management continued in place.  Who
handled the company's artistic operations is not
known.
{p}REPERTORY.
Records are apparently close to complete for Drury
Lane this year.  The company is known to have mounted
59 mainpieces on a total of 189 nights, including one
triple bill (28 June).  It only used an afterpiece as
such once (16 June).  Six of the plays were new, two
of them major successes.  Colley Cibber's {u}The
Careless Husband{/u}{+} ran nine nights initially and
sixteen in all{_DA}the most successful new play in
years (7 December).  {u}Arsinoe{/u}{+}, an Italianate
all-sung opera by Peter Anthony Motteux and Thomas
Clayton did not have a run as such, but enjoyed
fifteen performances in the course of the spring and
helped convince Vanbrugh that opera would be
wonderfully profitable (16 January).  Motteux's
{u}Farewel Folly{/u}{+} had a so-so five-night
initial run (18 January).  John Dennis' rather wooden
{u}Gibraltar{/u}{+} managed only two nights, with the
author's benefit moved up to the second night to let
the company dump the show as fast as possible (16
February).  Owen Swiney's {u}The Quacks{/u}{+} was a
Moli{__EG}re-derived farce that had only three
performances (29 March): it is notable principally
for having been suppressed twice by the Lord
Chamberlain's office before the premiere (see 22
March).  Richard Steele's {u}The Tender
Husband{/u}{+} struggled through a total of seven not
very profitable performances (23 April).
{p}PERSONNEL.
{i}Actors{/i}:{note} Avery's roster includes
"Griffith," but this is simply an error for "Griffin"
on 6 February 1705.  Avery also includes Phillips,
but he was an amateur who took a part on 12
June.{/note} John Bickerstaff; William Bullock; James
Carnaby; Colley Cibber; Richard Cross; Thomas
Doggett; Richard Estcourt; Henry
{xe} \f 2 "Bickerstaff, John:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bullock, William:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Carnaby, James:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cibber, Colley:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Richard:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:member of DL
company:"{/xe} Fairbank; Philip Griffin; Joseph
Harris; Benjamin Johnson;  Theophilus Keene; Thomas
Kent; John Mills; Henry Norris; William
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Henry:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Griffin, Philip:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Harris, Joseph:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Benjamin:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Keene, Theophilus:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Thomas:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:member of DL
company:"{/xe} Pinkethman; George Powell ¢to 7
April|; Mr Sherman ¢advertised 12 June only|; William
Toms; Robert Wilks; Joseph Williams; Thomas Wright
¢advertised 12 June only|.
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, George:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Sherman, Mr:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Toms, William:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Williams, Joseph:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Wright, Thomas:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{i}Actresses{/i}:  Susannah Cox; Letitia Cross;
Katharine Finch; Mary Kent; Frances Maria Knight;
Jane Lucas; Margaret Mills; Henrietta
{xe} \f 2 "Cox, Susannah:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Finch, Katharine:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Mary:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Knight, Frances Maria:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lucas, Jane:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, Margaret:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Moore, Henrietta:member of DL
company:"{/xe} Moore; Susanna Mountfort ¢from 14
June|; Sarah Norris; Anne Oldfield; Mary Powell; Jane
Rogers; Elizabeth Sapsford; Mariana Smith; Diana
Temple.
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Sarah:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Oldfield, Anne:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, Mary:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Rogers, Jane:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Sapsford, Elizabeth:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Smith, Mariana:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Temple, Diana:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{pil}{i}Singers{/i}:{note} Avery lists "Mr Hornbolt,"
but this is an error for Mrs Hornbolt on 18
July.{/note} Mr Cook ¢apparently freelanced with both
companies|;
{xe} \f 2 "Cook, Mr (fl. 1694-1718):member of DL
company:"{/xe} Francis Hughes; Richard Leveridge; the
New Boy; Littleton Ramondon // Margarita de l'Epine;
Mrs Hornbolt ¢joined in July|; Mary Lindsey;
Catherine Tofts.
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Ramondon, Littleton:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hornbolt, Mrs:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:member of DL
company:"{/xe} {pil}{i}Dancers{/i}:  Ren{__EA}
Cherrier; Mr Claxton; Mr Cottin ¢advertised 13
November only|; Philippe Du Ruel; Mons. La Forest;
Anthony L'Abb{__EA} ¢worked for both companies| //
Margaret Bicknell;  Mrs Du Ruel; Mrs Mosse.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Claxton, Mr:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cottin, Mr:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "L'Abb{__EA}, Anthony:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{pil}{i}Musicians{/i}:  John Banister; Francesco
Gasparini; John Baptiste Loeillet
{xe} \f 2 "Banister, John (b. 1686):member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Loeillet, John Baptiste:member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Paisible, James:member of DL
company:"{/xe} ¢advertised 10 April only|; James
Paisible.  {pil}{i}Other Employees{/i}:  Zachary
Baggs (treasurer); John Hall; Thomas Newman
(prompter).
{xe} \f 2 "Baggs, Zachary:member of DL company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hall, John (fl. 1703-1711):member of DL
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Newman, Thomas:member of DL company:"{/xe}

          LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS and QUEEN'S

Exactly when Vanbrugh and Congreve assumed
operational control of the company is not known.
Their license was issued 14 December, and presumably
by that time they were in a position to approve or
disapprove managerial decisions.  They may have taken
over financial responsibility for the company at the
beginning of the season.  Contrariwise the actor
cooperative may not have ceded full control until the
license was granted, or even until the new theatre
opened in April.  We simply do not know.  In all
probability, Betterton either carried on as artistic
director or served as a highly influential adviser to
the new owners.
{p}REPERTORY.
Despite the move toward more advertising in the
spring of 1704, the company reverted to old patterns
in the autumn.  Only 9 particular performances are
known before the new year (as against 80 at Drury
Lane).  Ads continued to be strictly occasional
during the winter, and (frustratingly) virtually
disappear when the new theatre opens in April.
Overall, we have record of 36 mainpieces on a total
of 58 nights, giving us what is probably about two-
thirds of the company's repertory this season, but
only about one-third of their performance dates.  The
company mounted eight new plays, but only Centlivre's
{u}The Gamester{/u}{+} seems to have been successful.
Two instances in which afterpieces were employed are
known (24 and 25 April), but the records are so
incomplete as to make the figure largely meaningless.
The new plays were as follows.  John Corey's {u}The
Metamorphosis{/u}{+}  had a brief run and disappeared
(late September).  Mary Pix's (?)  {u}Zelmane{/u}{+},
appears to have survived about six nights (14
November).  Nicholas Rowe's only comedy, {u}The
Biter{/u}{+}, limped through about six nights (ca.
late November).  Susanna Centlivre's {u}The
Gamester{/u}{+} (ca. late January) apparently enjoyed
a dozen performances in its first month, was revived
later in the spring, and entered the repertory.
Jacomo Greber's {u}Gli amori d'Ergasto{/u}{+} was a
dreadful disappointment as the choice to open
Vanbrugh's new theatre: according to Downes it
survived only five nights, and evidently only with
afterpiece help at that.  The anonymous afterpiece
farce {u}The Consultation{/u}{+} was clearly a flop
and was not published{_DA}probably, like Swiney's
{u}The Quacks{/u}{+}, based on Moli{__EG}re's
{+}{u}L'Amour medecin{/u}{+} (24 April).  Mary Pix's
{u}The Conquest of Spain{/u}{+} appears to have died
quickly in mid-May.  A. Chaves' {u}The Cares of
Love{/u}{+} enjoyed about three nights (1 August).
{p}PERSONNEL.
{i}Actors{/i}:  Thomas Betterton; John Boman; Barton
Booth; William Bowen; George Bright; John Corey; Mr
Dickins; William Fieldhouse; John
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Boman, John:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Booth, Barton:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bowen, William:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bright, George:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Corey, John:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Dickins, Mr:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Fieldhouse, William (?):member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Freeman, John:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
Freeman; Francis Knapp; Francis Leigh; Josias Miller;
Mr Mynns;  George Pack; George Powell ¢from 14
April|; Mr Smeaton; Mr Trout;  Cave Underhill; John
Verbruggen; Mr Weller.
{xe} \f 2 "Knapp, Francis:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leigh, Francis:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Miller, Josias:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mynns, Mr:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Pack, George:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, George:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Smeaton, Mr:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Trout, Mr:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Underhill, Cave:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Verbruggen, John:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Weller, Mr:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{i}Actresses{/i}:  Maria Allison; Katherine Baker;
Elizabeth Barry;
{xe} \f 2 "Allison, Maria:member of LIF
company:"{/xe} Elizabeth Boman; Anne Bracegirdle;
Lucretia Bradshaw; Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Baker, Katherine:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Barry, Elizabeth:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Boman, Elizabeth:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bracegirdle, Anne:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bradshaw, Lucretia:member of LIF
company:"{/xe} Fieldhouse; Abigail Hunt; Abigail
Lawson; Elinor Leigh; Susanna Mountfort ¢until 14
June|;{note} Avery lists both "Mrs" and "Miss"
Mountfort with the company, but we know of only one
female Mountfort at this time; we deduce that Susanna
Mountfort was advertised both ways.{/note} Mrs
Parsons; Elizabeth Willis.
{xe} \f 2 "Fieldhouse, Mrs:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hunt, Abigail:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lawson, Abigail:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leigh, Elinor:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Parsons, Mrs:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Willis, Elizabeth:member of LIF
company:"{/xe} {pil}{i}Singers{/i}:  Mr Cook
¢apparently freelanced with both companies|;  John
Davis; New Italian Boy; Mr Short
{xe} \f 2 "Cook, Mr (fl. 1694-1718):member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Davis, John (fl. 1700-1705):member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Italian Boy:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Short, Mr:member of LIF company:"{/xe} //
Ziuliana de Celotte; Mary Hodgson.
{xe} \f 2 "Celotte, Ziuliana de:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hodgson, Mary (?):member of LIF
company:"{/xe} {pil}{i}Dancers{/i}:  Charles
Fairbank; Fairbank's Scholar; Mons. Fleury ¢from 28
April; one ad only|; Anthony L'Abb{__EA} ¢worked for
both companies|; Mons. L'Abb{__EA}; Joseph Prince
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Charles:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank's Scholar:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Fleury, Mons.:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "L'Abb{__EA}, Anthony:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "L'Abb{__EA}, Mons. (fl. 1705-1712):member
of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Prince, Joseph:member of LIF
company:"{/xe} // Mrs Clark; Mlle de la Val; Mrs
Elford; Mrs Evans.
{xe} \f 2 "Clark, Mrs (fl. 1695-1723):member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):member of LIF
company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Evans, Mrs (fl. 1703-1708):member of LIF
company:"{/xe} {pil}{i}Other Employees{/i}:  John
Downes (prompter); John Miles (treasurer?).
{xe} \f 2 "Downes, John:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Miles, John:member of LIF company:"{/xe}
{pil}{i}Proprietors{/i}:  John Vanbrugh and William
Congreve.
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:co-proprietor of
Queen's company:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:co-proprietor of Queen's
company:"{/xe}

      UNSTAGED PLAYS PERTAINING TO THIS SEASON

{para} {play}The Amorous Miser,{/play}
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Amorous Miser{/bi}:published:"{/xe}
(anonymous) was published this season (London:
Benjamin Bragg, 1705).  Publication was advertised in
the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of 5 February, where it
was called "The last new Play."  An ad in the same
paper on 7 February announced that "The last new
Play, call'd
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}{i}Farewel
Folly{/i}{/i}:{i}{/i}entangled with {i}Amorous
Miser{/i}:"{/xe} {u}Farewel Folly, or, The Younger
the Wiser{/u}{+} {_EL} is in the Press and will be
speedily publish'd.  And whereas there is an
Advertisement, that on Tuesday, Feb. 6 will be
publish'd, the last new Comedy, entituled {u}The
Amorous Miser, or The Younger the Wiser{/u}{+}{_per}
This is to certifie, That no such Comedy has ever
been Acted."  No edition of Motteux's {u}Farewel
Folly{/u}{+} was to appear until 1707.  {+}{u}The
Amorous Miser{/u}{+} is not the same as Motteux's
{u}Farewell Folly{/u}{+}, but some scholars have
assumed that it was a direct piracy, and the two
titles have become bibliographically entangled.  For
clarification, see Cunningham, pp. 137-142.  {u}The
Amorous Miser{/u}{+} contains a prologue and
epilogue, but no actors' names or title page
reference to venue;  there is no evidence that the
piece was ever performed.
{para} {play}Fortune in her Wits,{/play}
{xe} \f 1 "Cowley, Abraham:{i}{i}Fortune in her
Wits{/i}{/i}:published:"{/xe} a Latin comedy by
Abraham Cowley, translated by Charles Johnson, was
published at this time (London: Bernard Lintott,
1705).  Publication was advertised in the {u}Daily
Courant{/u}{+} of 16 April 1705: "This day is
publish'd, {u}Fortune in her Wits{/u}{+}{_per}  A
Comedy.  Written originally by Mr Abraham Cowley,
under the Title of {u}Nausragium Joculare{/u}{+}, and
now fitted for the English Stage.  To which is
prefix'd a Critical Preface on Comick Translations in
General.  Printed for B. Lintott at the Middle-
Temple-Gate in Fleet-street.  Price 1s 6d."  The
translation was published anonymously and the long
critical preface is unsigned, but the 1812
{u}Biographia Dramatica{/u}{+}, II, 246, attributes
it to Charles Johnson.  There is no prologue or
epilogue and no indication of any attempt to get the
piece performed.  We have discovered no record of
performance.
{para} {play}The Lunatick.{/play}
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Lunatick{/bi}:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Taverner, William:\probable author of
\Lunatick\:"{/xe} A Comedy.  Dedicated to the Three
Ruling B{_DA}s at the New-House in Lincolns-Inn-
Fields (London: B. Bragg, 1705).  Publication of this
anonymous and unperformed comedy was advertised in
the {u}Post Man{/u}{+} of 8-10 March 1705.  There is
no cast, no prologue or epilogue, and no reason to
suppose that the play was performed at this time.
The play is important only for its dedication, a
bitter tirade against Betterton, Barry, and
Bracegirdle as
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:attack on in 1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Barry, Elizabeth:attack on in 1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bracegirdle, Anne:attack on in 1705:"{/xe}
managers at Lincoln's Inn Fields (printed below under
10 March 1705).  Genest (II, 507) points out that
this play forms the basis for William Taverner's
{xe} \f 1 "Taverner, William:{i}Female
Advocates{/i}:{i}{/i}based on {i}Lunatick{/i}:"{/xe}
{u}The Female Advocates{/u}{+}, which received its
premiere at Drury Lane on 6 January 1713.  Taverner
is therefore likely to be the author of the present
play and its dedication, but this cannot be regarded
as certain.
{para} {play}The Royal Martyr, K. Charles I.{/play}
{xe} \f 1 "Fyfe, Alexander:{i}{i}Royal
Martyr{/i}{/i}:published:"{/xe} This work was
published with a title page reading:  An Opera
(Printed in the Year 1705). Copy used: Penn State.
The Dedication "To the Queen" is signed by Alexander
Fyfe, who was apparently the author. The piece is an
excruciatingly bad religious "tragedy" in couplets,
obviously not intended for performance.  There is no
prologue, epilogue, or list of characters. The play
was reissued by John Morphew with a new title page in
1709 (copy used:  Readex).
{para} {play}Solon;{/play} or, Philosophy no Defence
against Love
{xe} \f 1 "Bladen,
Martin:{i}{i}Solon{/i}{/i}:published:"{/xe} by
Captain Martin Bladen was published at about this
time (London: R. Smith and J. Nutt, 1705).  There is
no record of performance (and none claimed on the
title page) and no cast was printed with the play.
Performance appears to have been intended: the play
has appropriate stage directions; ends with "The
Masque of Orpheus and Eurydice"; and is supplied with
a prologue and epilogue.  The epilogue is full of
topical commentary on such people as Pinkethman, du
Ruel, L'Abb{__EA}, de l'Epine,
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:1705 comment on:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "du Ruel, Philippe:1705 comment on:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "L'Abb{__EA}, Anthony:1705 comment
on:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:1705 comment
on:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:1705 comment on:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:1705 comment on:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:1705 comment
on:"{/xe} Tofts, Estcourt, and Gasparini. It
concludes with a sneer at Rowe's
{xe} \f 1 "Rowe, Nicholas:{i}Biter{/i}:sneered at in
1705:"{/xe} {u}The Biter{/u}{+}{_per}  The prologue
and epilogue are reprinted by Danchin, I, 239-241.
{para}{month}September 1704{/month}
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Jovial
Crew{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 11   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Jovial Crew,{/play}
{playand}or, The Merry Beggars{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.  Beginning
exactly at half an hour after Five a Clock.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shadwell, Thomas:{i}Squire of
Alsatia{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 13{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Squire of Alsatia{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Shadwell|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} By the whole
Company.  With several Entertainments of Singing and
Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Baker, Thomas:{i}Tunbridge-
Walks{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 14 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Tunbridge Walks,{/play}
{playand}or, The Yeoman of Kent{/playand}
{playauth}¢Baker|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing, which will be
express'd in the Great Bills.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Ravenscroft, Edward:{i}Titus
Andronicus{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 16 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tragical History of Titus Andronicus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written originally by
the Famous Shakespear) ¢adapted by{/playauth}
Ravenscroft|.  Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Whether this is the original
Shakespeare play or the Ravenscroft adaptation is not
clear.
{e} {p}

{date}Monday 18   {/date}
{thea}SF{/thea}
{play}Entertainments.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}At the Great{/playauth}
Booth in the Coach-makers Yard near St. George's
Church in Southwark, during the time of Southwark-
Fair, Is to be seen Mr Pinkeman's Company of Rope-
Dancers, being the same Company that
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:advertises fair
booth:"{/xe} was at Bartholomew-Fair over against the
Hospital-Gate, particularly the two famous French
Maidens, and the Indian Woman; And also Italian
Interludes of Scaramouch and Harlaquin, by those two
Great Masters of their kind Mr Sorine and Mr Baxter;
And likewise
{xe} \f 2 "Baxter, Richard:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Sorin, Joseph:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
extraordinary Performances on the Manag'd Horse by
the famous Mr Evans and Mr Baxter, who both perform
several new things in their
{xe} \f 2 "Evans, Mr (fl. 1703-1706):performs at fair
booth:"{/xe} way.  And also Mr Evans Walks on the
Black Rope, and throws himself a Somerset through a
Hogshead hanging eight Foot high, with several other
Entertainments too tedious to insert here.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Secret-
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 19  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Secret Love,{/play}
{playand}or, The Maiden Queen{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by the late Great Poet Mr
Dryden).{/playauth} Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} All the Parts acted
to the best Advantage.  With several Entertainments
of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}

{date}Wednesday 20{/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} On
this day Thomas Holford conveyed four messuages to
John
{xe} \f 2 "Holford, Thomas:conveys ground to
Vanbrugh:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:obtains ground for
Haymarket site:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Haymarket Theatre:ground for site
obtained:"{/xe} Vanbrugh, completing a site for the
Haymarket theatre of approximately 132 by 145 feet.
(P.R.O. LRRO 63.23, p. 357)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} See {u}Document Register{/u}{+},
no. 1780.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shadwell,
Thomas:{i}Libertine{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{date}Friday 22   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Don John,{/play}
{playand}or, The Libertine Destroy'd{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shadwell|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Banks, John:{i}Unhappy
Favourite{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 23 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Unhappy Favourite,{/play}
{playand}or, The Earl of Essex{/playand}
{playauth}¢Banks|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Congreve, William:{i}Old
Batchelour{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 26  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Old Batchellor{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Congreve|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} All the Parts Acted
to the best Advantage.  With several Entertainments
of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Jonson, Ben:{i}Bartholomew-
Fair{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 28 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Bartholomew-Fair{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by the Famous
Ben. Johnson).{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Grotesque Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Corey,
John:{i}Metamorphosis{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{dateo}ca.@late    {/dateo}
{dateo}September   {/dateo}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Metamorphosis: or, The Old Lover Out-
witted{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢John
Corey|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see
below).
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The Metamorphosis:
or, The Old Lover Out-witted{/u}{+}{_per}  A Farce.
As it is now Acted at the New Theatre in Lincolns-
Inn-Fields.  Written Originally by the Famous Moliere
(London:  Bernard Lintott, 1704). Copy used: Readex.
Dramatis Person{__AE}: No actors' names.  Prologue By
Mr C. Johnson: Design'd for Mr Verbruggen,
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Charles:writes prologue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Verbruggen, John:prologue intended
for:"{/xe} in the Astrologer's Habit.  Prologue
Spoken by Mrs Bradshaw.
{xe} \f 2 "Bradshaw, Lucretia:speaks prologue:"{/xe}
Epilogue By Mr C. Johnson, and Spoken by Mr Booth.
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Charles:writes epilogue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Booth, Barton:speaks epilogue:"{/xe}
{para} Dedication ¢signed "John Cory"|: To say any
thing for the Play, wou'd be to arrogate somewhat of
Praise to my self, which I wou'd not willingly be
thought guilty of.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The third night was advertised
for 2 October, so we have judged a late September
premiere likely, though at this time of year the
company was probably not performing daily, especially
since the "whole" company did not assemble until it
mounted {u}Zelmane{/u}{+} (see 14 November).   The
costume of the prologue implies that Verbruggen acted
Trickwell.
{xe} \f 2 "Verbruggen, John:roles\::Trickwell
({i}Metamorphosis{/i}):"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Ravenscroft, Edward:{i}London
Cuckolds{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 29   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The London Cuckolds{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Ravenscroft|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Southerne,
Thomas:{i}Oroonoko{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 30 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Oroonoko{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Southerne|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e}
{para}{month}October 1704{/month}
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Jovial
Crew{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 2    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Jovial Crew,{/play}
{playand}or, The Merry Beggars{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Corey,
John:{i}Metamorphosis{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 2    {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Metamorphosis,{/play}
{playand}or, The Old Lover outwitted{/playand}
{playauth}¢Corey|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 30 September)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} A New Farce never
acted but twice{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Sir Martin Mar-
all{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Newcastle, Duke of:{i}Sir Martin Mar-
all{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 4 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Feign'd Innocence,{/play}
{playand}or, Sir Martin Marall{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden and Newcastle|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  To which will be added a short Comedy of
two Acts only, call'd, {after}The School-Boy,{/after}
or, The Comical Rivals
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}School-
Boy{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Cibber|.  Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Settle, Elkanah:{i}Empress of
Morocco{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 5    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Empress of Morocco{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Settle|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.  This play is
Sold by Richard Wellington at the Dolphin and Crown
in St.  Paul's Church-yard.  Where you may have most
Novels.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} From this day, Wellington appends
a brief note to each day's ad from both theatres,
offering the play of the day for sale.  We have not
reprinted these notices hereafter.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare,
William:{i}Hamlet{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 7  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shirley,
James:{i}Traitor{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 10  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Traytor,{/play}
{playand}or, The Tragedy of Amidea{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shirley|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing{_EE}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Love makes a
Man{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 11{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Love makes a Man,{/play}
{playand}or, The Fop's Fortune{/playand}
{playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Farquhar, George:{i}Constant
Couple{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 12 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Constant Couple,{/play}
{playand}or, A Trip to the Jubilee{/playand}
{playauth}¢Farquhar|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Behn, Aphra:{i}Emperor of the
Moon{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 13   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Emperor of the Moon{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Behn|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Lee,
Nathaniel:{i}Mithridates{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 14 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Mithridates King of Pontus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Lee|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted there
these Nine Years.  At the Desire of several Persons
of Quality{_EE} With several new Entertainments of
Danceing by the famous Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs du
Ruel, being the first time
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
of their Danceing this Season.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Crowne, John:{i}Country
Wit{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 16   {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Sir Mannerly Shallow,{/play}
{playand}or, The Country Wit{/playand}
{playauth}¢Crowne|.{/playauth} Betty Frisk{¢bnb|}Miss
Mountfort.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:roles\::Betty Frisk
({i}Country Wit{/i}):"{/xe} To which will be added a
Farce call'd, {after}The Stage-Coach{/after}
{xe} \f 1 "Farquhar, George:{i}Stage-
Coach{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Farquhar|.  Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 14 October)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality.  For the Benefit of Miss
Evans and Miss Mountfort{_EE} The Part of Betty Frisk
to be
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:shared benefit:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Evans, Mrs (fl. 1703-1708):shared
benefit:"{/xe} perform'd by Miss Mountfort, who also
speaks a new Epilogue.  A
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:speaks epilogue:"{/xe}
new Chacone (never perform'd before) by Miss Evans.
And the
{xe} \f 2 "Evans, Mrs (fl. 1703-1708):dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Spinning-Wheel Dialogue between Mr
Cook and another{_EE} The Tickets
{xe} \f 2 "Cook, Mr (fl. 1694-1718):speaks
dialogue:"{/xe} given out for {u}Hannibal{/u}{+}
¢Lee's {+}{u}Sophonisba{/u}{+}|
{xe} \f 1 "Lee,
Nathaniel:{i}Sophonisba{/i}:performance
cancelled:"{/xe} will be taken for this Play.  By Her
Majesty's Sworn Servants.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Danchin (I, 225) reports that the
new epilogue is "apparently not extant."
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Spanish
Fryar{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 18{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Spanish Fryar,{/play}
{playand}or, The Double Discovery{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Fryar
¢Dominic|{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Dominic
({i}Spanish Fryar{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} The Part of the
Fryar to be perform'd by Mr Estcourt.  Being the
first time of his appearance on the English Stage.
Beginning exactly at half an hour after Five a Clock.
{adv}CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.{/adv} Estcourt, the famous
Mimick {_EL} had the same Invitation from Ireland,
where he had commenc'd Actor: His first Part here, at
the Theatre-Royal, was the Spanish Friar, in which,
tho' he had remembred every Look and Motion of the
late Tony Leigh so far as to put the Spectator very
much in mind of him, yet it was visible through the
whole, notwithstanding his Exactness in the Outlines,
the true Spirit that was to fill up the Figure was
not the same, but unskilfully dawb'd on, like a
Child's Painting upon the Face of a Metzo-tinto: It
was too plain to the judicious that the Conception
was not his own, but imprinted in his Memory by
another, of whom he only presented a dead Likeness.
But these were Defects not so obvious to common
Spectators; no wonder, therefore, if by his being
much sought after in private Companies, he met with a
sort of Indulgence, not to say Partiality, for what
he sometimes did upon the Stage.  (Cibber,
{u}Apology{/u}{+}, I, 304-305)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} A "Prologue for Mr Wilks" on this
occasion was printed with "An Imitation of the Sixth
Ode of Horace, apply'd to His Grace the Duke of
Marlborough" in a broadside.  Luttrell's copy (now at
Harvard) bears a 31 October acquisition date.  The
broadside says that the prologue was "Design'd For
the first day of Mr Estcourt's acting, but Forbid to
be Spoke by Mr Rich, who thought himself Reflected on
in one of the Verses."  Both pieces were reprinted in
the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 28 October-4 November
1704.  An epilogue "For Mr Estcourt, at his first
Appearance on the English-Stage.  By Mr Motteux" was
published in the {u}Muses Mercury{/u}{+} of May 1707.
Both prologue and epilogue are reprinted with
commentary by Danchin, I, 226-227.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Spanish
Fryar{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 19 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Spanish Fryar,{/play}
{playand}or, The Double Discovery{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Fryar
¢Dominic|{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Dominic
({i}Spanish Fryar{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Lacy, John:{i}Sauny the
Scot{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 20   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Taming of the Shrew,{/play}
{playand}or, Sawny the Scot{/playand}
{playauth}¢Lacy|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Singing, and
several Entertainments of Danceing by Mrs Mosse,
particularly the {u}Country Farmer's Daughter{/u}{+},
and the
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{u}Highland Lilt{/u}{+}, with an Irish Humour call'd,
{u}The Whip of Dunboyn{/u}{+}, by Mr Claxton her
Master.
{xe} \f 2 "Claxton, Mr:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Behn,
Aphra:{i}Rover{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 21 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Rover;{/play}
{playand}or; The Banish'd Cavaliers{/playand}
{playauth}¢Behn|.{/playauth} Ned
Blunt{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Blunt
({i}Rover{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} Beginning exactly at
Five a Clock.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Jonson, Ben:{i}Silent
Woman{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 23   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Silent Woman{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by the Famous
Ben. Johnson).{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Mrs du Ruel, and
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
also Entertainments of Singing{_EE} Beginning exactly
at half an hour after Five a Clock.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Crowne, John:{i}Sir Courtly
Nice{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 24  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Sir Courtly Nice,{/play}
{playand}or, It cannot be{/playand}
{playauth}¢Crowne|.{/playauth} Sir Thomas
Calico{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Sir Thomas
Calico ({i}Sir Courtly Nice{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Southerne,
Thomas:{i}Oroonoko{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 25{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Oroonoko{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Southerne|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the
Entertainment of several Forreign Ministers{_EE} With
Singing; And several Entertainments of Danceing by
Mrs du Ruel{_EE}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
To begin exactly at half an hour after five a Clock.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Congreve, William:{i}Old
Batchelour{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 26 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Old Batchellor{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Congreve|.{/playauth}
Capt.  Bluff{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Captain Bluff
({i}Old Batchelour{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} To begin exactly at
half an hour after five a Clock.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Vanbrugh, (Sir)
John:{i}AE_sop{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 27   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}{_AE}sop{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Vanbrugh|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  To which will be added a short
Comedy of two Acts only, call'd {after}The School-
Boy,{/after} or, The Comical Rivals
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}School-
Boy{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Cibber|.  Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Mrs Mosse and Mrs
Bicknel.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}Committee{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 28 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Committee,{/play}
{playand}or, The Faithful Irish-man{/playand}
{playauth}¢Howard|.{/playauth}
Teague{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Teague
({i}Committee{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mr Estcourt.  At the Desire of several
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:benefit:"{/xe} Persons
of Quality{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 28 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}REPORT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
{xe} \f 2 "Haymarket Theatre:construction progress
report:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:plans to mount operas
at Haymarket:"{/xe} The Play-House in the Hay-Market
(the Architect being John Vanbrugh Esq;) built by the
Subscription Money of most of our Nobility, is almost
finish'd, in the mean time two Opera's translated
from the Italian by good Hands, are setting to
Musick, one by Mr Daniel Purcel, which is called
{xe} \f 1 "Purcell, Daniel:{i}Orlando
Furioso{/i}:unperformed and lost:"{/xe} {u}Orlando
Furioso{/u}{+}, and the other by Mr Clayton
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton, Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:planned by
Queen's:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:planned by Queen's:"{/xe}
{u}{/u}{+}¢{+}{u}Arsinoe{/u}{+}|, both Opera's are to
be perform'd by the best Artists eminent both for
Vocal and Instrumental Musick at the Opening of the
House.  ({eoc}Diverting Post{/eoc}, 28 October)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Daniel Purcell's {u}Orlando
Furioso{/u}{+} was never performed or printed.
Thomas Clayton's {u}Arsinoe{/u}{+} was winkled away
from Vanbrugh and mounted at Drury Lane on 16 January
1705, scoring a considerable success.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Ravenscroft, Edward:{i}London
Cuckolds{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 30   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The London Cuckolds{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Ravenscroft|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing, which will be
express'd in the Great Bills.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}Committee{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 31  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Committee,{/play}
{playand}or, The Faithful Irish-man{/playand}
{playauth}¢Howard|.{/playauth}
Teague{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Teague
({i}Committee{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE}  With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e}
{para}{month}November 1704{/month}
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Banks, John:{i}Unhappy
Favourite{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 1 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Unhappy Favourite,{/play}
{playand}or, The Earl of Essex{/playand}
{playauth}¢Banks|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing which will be
express'd in the Great Bills.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}Committee{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 1 {/date}
{thea}IT{/thea}
{play}The Committee{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Howard|.{/playauth}
Teague{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Teague
({i}Committee{/i}):"{/xe} (For evidence of
performance, see below.)
{adv}CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.{/adv} On Wednesday last
{_EL} Mr Estcourt play'd the Part of Teague, in the
{u}Committee{/u}{+}, before the Honorable Society of
the Inner-Temple, with the great applause of the
Judges and Benches of that most ancient House.
({eoc}Diverting Post{/eoc}, 28 October-4 November)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} This performance is recorded in
Inderwick's {u}Calendar of the Inner Temple
Records{/u}{+}, III, 385.  The LIF company was paid
{_PS}20 for the performance, for which John Miles
signed a receipt.
{xe} \f 2 "Miles, John:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Inner Temple:play performed at:"{/xe}
Estcourt's appearance with the company this night is
surprising: he had only just arrived from Ireland;
Drury Lane was advertising him very hard; and he was
to perform the same role at Drury Lane on Thursday.
We deduce that a loophole in his short-term contract
with Rich allowed him to perform elsewhere save at
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:performs at IT with LIF
company in 1704:"{/xe} LIF itself.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}Committee{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 2  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Committee,{/play}
{playand}or, The Faithful Irish-man{/playand}
{playauth}¢Howard|.{/playauth}
Teague{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Teague
({i}Committee{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel and
Mrs du Ruel.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Vanbrugh, (Sir)
John:{i}Pilgrim{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 3    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Pilgrim{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Vanbrugh, adapting
Fletcher|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Lee,
Nathaniel:{i}Sophonisba{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 3    {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Sophonisba,{/play}
{playand}or, Hannibal's Overthrow{/playand}
{playauth}¢Lee|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 2 November)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With Entertainments
of Singing and Instrumental Musick between the Acts.
By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare,
William:{i}Hamlet{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 4  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Hamlet Prince of Denmark{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Grave-
maker{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Grave-digger
({i}Hamlet{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Secret-
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 6    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Secret Love,{/play}
{playand}or, The Maiden Queen{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}1 Henry
IV{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 6    {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Henry the Fourth,{/play}
{playand}with the Humours of Sir John
Falstaffe{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth}
Falstaff{¢bnb|}Betterton.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:roles\::Falstaff ({i}1
Henry IV{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 4
November)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} The Part of
Falstaffe to be perform'd by Mr Betterton, being
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:first performance of
season advertised:"{/xe} the first time of his
appearing on the Stage this Season.  By Her Majesty's
Sworn Servants.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The same ad appeared for a
performance on Thursday the 9th, with Betterton's
first appearance of the season against advertised.
Either the present performance was cancelled for some
reason or the prompter failed to emend copy sent to
the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} for another performance
on the 9th.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}Committee{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 7   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Committee{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Howard|.{/playauth}
Teague{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Teague
({i}Committee{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel and
Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 8 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass,{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth}
Bullfinch{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Bullfinch
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc}, 7 November)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these 20
Years{_EE} With several Entertainments of Singing and
Danceing.
{first}EDITION.{/first} the quarto of 1706 contains
what is clearly the cast for this revival prior to
Powell's departure from the company on 7 April 1705.
{u}The Northern Lass, or The Nest of
Fools{/u}{+}{_per} A Comedy. As it is now Acted By
Her Majesties Servants At the Theatre-Royal. With
Prologue, Epilogue, and New Songs. By Richard Brome
(London:  Printed for H.N. and are to be Sold by J.
Nutt, 1706). Copy used:  BL 644.g.25. The Actors
Names.  Sir Philip Luckless{¢bnb|}Wilks;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:roles\::Sir Phillip Luckless
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe}
Tridewell{¢bnb|}Mills;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:roles\::Tridewell ({i}Northern
Lass{/i}):"{/xe} Sir Paul Squelch{¢bnb|}Johnson;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Benjamin:roles\::Sir Paul Squelch
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe}
Bulfinch{¢bnb|}Estcourt;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Bullfinch
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe}
Widgin{¢bnb|}Bullock;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bullock, William:roles\::Widgin
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe} Captain
Anvil{¢bnb|}Powell;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, George:roles\::Captain Anvil
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe}
Nonsense{¢bnb|}Norris;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:roles\::Nonsense
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe}
Pate{¢bnb|}Fairbank;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Henry:roles\::Pate ({i}Northern
Lass{/i}):"{/xe} Beavis{¢bnb|}Bickerstaff;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bickerstaff, John:roles\::Beavis
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe}
Howdee{¢bnb|}Cibber;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cibber, Colley:roles\::How d'yee
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe} Clerk{¢bnb|}Kent;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Thomas:roles\::Clerk ({i}Northern
Lass{/i}):"{/xe} Vexhem{¢bnb|}Cross{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Richard:roles\::Vexhem ({i}Northern
Lass{/i}):"{/xe} // Mrs Fitchow{¢bnb|}Mrs
Knight;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Knight, Frances Maria:roles\::Widow
Fitchow ({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe} Mrs
Constance{¢bnb|}Mrs Bicknell;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:roles\::Constance
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe} Mrs Trainwell{¢bnb|}Mrs
Powell;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, Mary:roles\::Mrs Trainwell
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe} Constance Hold
up{¢bnb|}Mrs Lucas.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Lucas, Jane:roles\::Constance ({i}Northern
Lass{/i}):"{/xe} The Prologue Made and spoken by Jo.
Hains ¢at an earlier date, since Hayns died in 1701.|
The Epilogue. Spoken by Mistress {_DA}{_DA}. "H.N."
¢Hugh Newman,
{xe} \f 2 "Newman, Hugh:"{/xe} the printer| comments
in his dedication to the Duke of St Albans on the
success of the revival ("having now again lately met
with another most kind Reception").
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The prologue was originally
written for the 1684 production of this play, and was
revamped at an unknown date. The revised version is
printed by Danchin (I, 41-42) from {u}The Second Part
of Mr Penkethman's Jests{/u}{+} (1721), speculatively
associated with the season of 1701-02.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}
{date}Wednesday 8 {/date}
{thea}YB{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}For the Benefit of Mr
Dupree {_EL} will be perform'd a Consort
of{/playauth}
{xe} \f 2 "Dupree, Mr:benefit concert:"{/xe} Vocal
and Instrumental Musick; by the best Masters.
Beginning at Seven a Clock.  Tickets to be had at the
Door, 5s each Ticket.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 7
November)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 9  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass,{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 8 November).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but once
these 20 Years{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Singing and Danceing, which will be express'd in the
great Bills.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}1 Henry
IV{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 9  {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Henry the Fourth,{/play}
{playand}with the Humours of Sir John
Falstaffe{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth}
Falstaff{¢bnb|}Betterton.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:roles\::Falstaff ({i}1
Henry IV{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 8
November)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} The Part of
Falstaffe to be perform'd by Mr Betterton, being
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:first performance of
season advertised:"{/xe} the first time of his
appearing on the Stage this Season ¢but cf 6
November|.  By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants.
{adv}CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.{/adv} Mr Betterton play'd
last Wednesday {u}{/u}{+}¢{+}{u}recte{/u}{+}
Thursday?| the Part of Sir John Falstaff, to the
General Applause of the Audience.  ({eoc}Diverting
Post{/eoc}, 4-11 November)
{e} {p}

{date}Thursday 9  {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} On
this day Colley Cibber signed a contract with
Christopher Rich
{xe} \f 2 "Cibber, Colley:signs contract with Rich in
1704:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:signs contract with
Cibber in 1704:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "actors:contracts:Cibber's in 1704:"{/xe}
to act at Drury Lane.  The terms were {_PS}3 10s per
week, and by verbal agreement 10s per week more for
reading scripts and casting plays, plus a further 20s
for other managerial services.  The contract is
recited in a lawsuit of 29 June 1709 about Cibber's
deserting Rich (C10/537/22)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} See {u}Document Register{/u}{+},
no. 1784.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 10   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass,{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 8 November).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but twice
these 20 Years{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Singing and Danceing, which will be express'd in the
great Bills.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Otway, Thomas:{i}Venice
Preserv'd{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 11 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Venice Preserv'd,{/play}
{playand}or, A Plot Discover'd{/playand}
{playauth}¢Otway|.{/playauth}
Antonio{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Antonio
({i}Venice Preserv'd{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel,
Monsieur Cherrier,
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 13   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass,{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 8 November).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but thrice
these 20 Years{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Danceing by Mrs Moss, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Lucas, Mr
Laferry, and Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lucas, Jane:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Cottine.
{xe} \f 2 "Cottin, Mr:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Monday 13   {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} On
this day Richard Middlemore and Andrew Card brought
suit
{xe} \f 2 "Middlemore, Richard:brings suit over fruit
license:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Card, Andrew:brings suit over fruit
license:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Killigrew, Charles:sued over fruit
license:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "fruit license:1704 suit over:"{/xe}
against Charles Killigrew and others, claiming that
they should have been receiving profits from Dame
Mary Davenant's license
{xe} \f 2 "Davenant, Dame Mary:fruit license
assignment:"{/xe} to sell fruit in the theatre,
signed over to them in May 1687.  No result is known.
(C8/595/71)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} See {u}Document Register{/u}{+},
no. 1785.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shadwell, Thomas:{i}Squire of
Alsatia{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 14  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Squire of Alsatia{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Shadwell|.{/playauth}
Sir William Belfond{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Sir William
Belfond ({i}Squire of Alsatia{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of danceing by Monsieur du Ruel, and
Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Pix,
Mary:{i}Zelmane{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 14  {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}{_DD} Zelmane; or, The Corinthian Queen{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Mary Pix|.{/playauth}
No advertisement of initial performances; cast not
advertised (but see below).
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}Zelmane: or, The
Corinthian Queen{/u}{+}{_per}  A Tragedy.  As it is
Acted at the New-Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields.  By
Her Majesties Servants (London: William Turner and
John Nutt, 1705). Copy used:  Folger.  Dramatis
Person{__AE}:  Arbaces{¢bnb|}Cory;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Corey, John:roles\::Arbaces
({i}Zelmane{/i}):"{/xe}
Amphialus{¢bnb|}Verbruggen;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Verbruggen, John:roles\::Amphialus
({i}Zelmane{/i}):"{/xe} Arcanes{¢bnb|}Booth;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Booth, Barton:roles\::Arcanes
({i}Zelmane{/i}):"{/xe} Geronta{¢bnb|}Freeman;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Freeman, John:roles\::Geronta
({i}Zelmane{/i}):"{/xe} Pirotto{¢bnb|}Weller{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Weller, Mr:roles\::Pirotto
({i}Zelmane{/i}):"{/xe} // Zelmane{¢bnb|}Mrs
Barry;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Barry, Elizabeth:roles\::Zelmane
({i}Zelmane{/i}):"{/xe} Antimora{¢bnb|}Mrs
Bracegirdle.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bracegirdle, Anne:roles\::Antimora
({i}Zelmane{/i}):"{/xe} Prologue Spoken by Mr Booth.
Epilogue Spoken by Mrs Bowman drest like Victory.
{xe} \f 2 "Booth, Barton:speaks prologue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Boman, Elizabeth:speaks epilogue:"{/xe}
{para} Anonymous Dedication: the following Poem was a
piece left unfinished by Mr M{_DA}{_DA}t, who in his
Life was generally belov'd, and encourag'd in what he
did by all. The Gentleman who brought it to me, also
inclin'd me to lay it at your Feet{_EE} I hope the
Memory of the Author may excuse the defects of my
Addition.  The Town I hear has been favourable in its
Character{_EE}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The date is assigned on the basis
of an ad for the fifth night on Saturday 18 November.
We have presumed a continuous run, which would place
the premiere on Tuesday the 14th, but if the
performances were spread out, the premiere would be
earlier.  The {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 4-11
November says that the premiere will take place "On
Monday next" (i.e., 13 November) and that
{u}Zelmane{/u}{+} will be presented "With a Farce,
annexed to it."  If there was an afterpiece its
identity remains unknown.  The prologue was printed
in the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 11-18 November,
where we are also told that this production was "the
first time of the whole Company's Playing."  The
statement in the unsigned dedication (by Pix?) that
the piece was based on an uncompleted MS by William
Mountford (d. 1692) may be true or not, but the
{u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 28 October assigns
authorship to Mrs Pix.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Tate, Nahum:{i}King
Lear{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 15{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The True and Ancient History of King Lear and
his Three Daughters{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Tate, adapting
Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Spanish
Fryar{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 16 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Spanish Fryar,{/play}
{playand}or, The Double Discovery{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Fryar
¢Dominic|{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Dominic
({i}Spanish Fryar{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} ad of
15 November specifies "With several Entertainments of
Singing by Mr Leveridge, being the first time of
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} his Singing on the Stage this
Winter."
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 16 {/date}
{thea}YB{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality.  For the Benefit
of{/playauth} Seigniora Maria Margarita Gallia{_EE}
will be perform'd a Consort
{xe} \f 2 "Gallia, Maria:benefit concert:"{/xe} of
Vocal and Instrumental Musick, composed by that Great
Italian Master Seignior Gioseppe Saggion.  With
several Sonatas with Flutes
{xe} \f 2 "Saggione, Giuseppe:music featured:"{/xe}
and Hautboys, and likewise a Sonata for two Flutes;
by the best Masters.  And several Songs in Italian,
with Flutes and Hautboys, by Seigniora Maria
Margarita Gallia, who never Sung in any publick
{xe} \f 2 "Gallia, Maria:singing advertised:"{/xe}
Consort in England but twice.  The whole being
entirely new composed and accompanied by Seignior
Gioseppe Saggion.  And likewise several Songs in
English, composed by the late Famous Mr Henry
Purcell.
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music featured in
concert:"{/xe} Beginning at Eight a Clock.  Tickets
to be had at the Door.  ¢No price stated.|
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Ravenscroft, Edward:{i}Titus
Andronicus{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 17   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Titus Andronicus,{/play}
{playand}or, The Rape of Lavinia{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by Mr William Shakespear) ¢adapted
by Ravenscroft|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Singing and
Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke
of:{i}Rehearsal{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 18 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Rehearsal{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Buckingham|.{/playauth}
Bayes{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Bayes
({i}Rehearsal{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
five Years.  At the Desire of several Persons of
Quality{_EE} With several Italian Sonata's on the
Violin.  And several Entertainments of Danceing by
Monsieur du Ruel, Mrs du Ruel,
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
and Mrs Mosse.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of
17 November Monsieur Cherrier is advertised to dance
at this performance.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Pix,
Mary:{i}Zelmane{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 18 {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Zelmane;{/play}
{playand}or, The Corinthian Queen{/playand}
{playauth}¢Pix|.{/playauth} Zelmane{¢bnb|}Mrs
Barry{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Barry, Elizabeth:roles\::Zelmane
({i}Zelmane{/i}):"{/xe} (and see 14 November).
({eoc}Diverting Post{/eoc}, 11-18 November)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} This performance is known from a
news paragraph: "And at the Theatre in Little
Lincolns-Inn-Fields, will be represented the last new
Tragedy {_EL} being the fifth time of Acting.  The
Part of the Corinthian Queen inimitably Play'd by Mrs
Barry.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Baker, Thomas:{i}Tunbridge-
Walks{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 20   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Tunbridge-Walks,{/play}
{playand}or, The Yeoman of Kent{/playand}
{playauth}¢Baker|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke
of:{i}Rehearsal{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 21  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Rehearsal{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Buckingham|.{/playauth}
Bayes{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Bayes
({i}Rehearsal{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With all the
Entertainments that were perform'd on Saturday last
by Signior Gasperini, Monsieur du Ruel, Mrs du Ruel,
Mrs Moss;
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe} and
others.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of
20 November, Monsieur Laferry ¢La Forest|, and Mrs
Bicknell are advertised to perform on this date.
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Banks, John:{i}Albion
Queens{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{date}Wednesday 22{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Albion Queens,{/play}
{playand}or, The Death of Mary Queen of
Scotland{/playand} {playauth}¢Banks|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}Committee{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 23 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Committee,{/play}
{playand}or, The Faithful Irish-man{/playand}
{playauth}¢Howard|.{/playauth}
Teague{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Teague
({i}Committee{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Singing by Mr Leveridge.  And
Danceing by Monsieur
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Cherrier, being the first time of
their performing this Winter.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of
22 November, Monsieur Du Ruel, Mrs Du Ruel, and Mrs
Mosse are also advertised to dance at this
performance.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 24   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass,{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 8 November).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing by Mr Leveridge.  And
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs
Moss, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}1 Henry
IV{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 25 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Henry the Fourth,{/play}
{playand}with the Humours of Sir John
Falstaffe{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth}
Falstaff{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Falstaff ({i}1
Henry IV{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
five Years.  At the Desire of several Persons of
Quality{_EE} With several Entertainments of Danceing
by Monsieur Cherrier, and others.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare,
William:{i}Othello{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 25 {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Tragedy of Othello Moore of Venice{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth}
Othello{¢bnb|}Betterton.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:roles\::Othello
({i}Othello{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Diverting Post{/eoc},
18-25 November)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} "By the Desire of several Persons
of Quality," according to the paragraph in the
{u}Diverting Post{/u}{+}{_per}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Rowe,
Nicholas:{i}Biter{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{dateo}ca.@late    {/dateo}
{dateo}November    {/dateo}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Biter{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Nicholas Rowe|. (On
the performance date, see below.){/playauth}
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The
Biter{/u}{+}{_per}  A Comedy.  As it is Acted at the
Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, By Her Majesty's
sworn Servants.  Written by N. Rowe, Esq; (London:
Jacob Tonson, 1705). Copy used:  Readex. Dramatis
Person{__AE}:  Sir Timothy
Tallapoy{¢bnb|}Betterton;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:roles\::Sir Timothy
Tallapoy ({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Pinch{¢bnb|}Pack;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Pack, George:roles\::Pinch
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe}
Clerimont{¢bnb|}Verbruggen;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Verbruggen, John:roles\::Clerimont
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Friendly{¢bnb|}Booth;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Booth, Barton:roles\::Friendly
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe}
Scribblescrabble{¢bnb|}Leigh;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Leigh, Francis:roles\::Scribblescrabble
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Bandileer{¢bnb|}Knap;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Knapp, Francis:roles\::Bandileer
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Trick{¢bnb|}Fieldhouse;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Fieldhouse, William (?):roles\::Trick
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Grumble{¢bnb|}Trout;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Trout, Mr:roles\::Grumble
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Bohee{¢bnb|}Freeman{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Freeman, John:roles\::Bohee
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} // Lady Stale{¢bnb|}Mrs
Leigh;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Leigh, Elinor:roles\::Lady Stale
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Mariana{¢bnb|}Mrs
Bracegirdle;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bracegirdle, Anne:roles\::Mariana
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Angelica{¢bnb|}Mrs
Mountfort;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:roles\::Angelica
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Mrs Clever{¢bnb|}Mrs
Barry;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Barry, Elizabeth:roles\::Mrs Clever
({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Mrs Scribblescrabble{¢bnb|}Mrs
Lawson.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Lawson, Abigail:roles\::Mrs
Scribblescrabble ({i}Biter{/i}):"{/xe} Prologue,
Spoken by Mr Betterton.  Epilogue, Spoken by Mrs
Bracegirdle.
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:speaks prologue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bracegirdle, Anne:speaks epilogue:"{/xe}
{adv}CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.{/adv} {u}The Biter{/u}{+},
a Farce {_EL} had a six Days run; the six Days
running it out of Breath, it Sicken'd and Expir'd.
(Downes, {u}Roscius Anglicanus{/u}{+}, p. 95)  Did
not the tragic Rowe write {u}The Biter{/u}{+}, a
comedy; and was he not the only person of the
audience that laughed during the acting of it?
(Davies, {u}Dramatic Miscellanies{/u}{+}, I, 94)  The
Part of the Biter perform'd by Mr Pack, who in time
will be a shining Comedian.  (Advance notice
{xe} \f 2 "Pack, George:praised:"{/xe} in the
{u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 28 October-4 November)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The author's benefit was
advertised for Monday 4 December, but since the
company gave {u}Abra-Mule{/u}{+} on Saturday 2
December the initial run of Rowe's play must have
been non-continuous.  The prologue was published in
the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 18-25 November, but
this need not imply a premiere before the week of 27
November.  As early as the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+}
of 28 October-4 November there was a puff announcing
imminent performance: "Next Week will be Acted at the
New Theatre in little Lincoln's Inn Fields, a New
Farce called, {u}The Biter{/u}{+}{_per}  Written by
Nicholas Rowe, Esq."  Thus the prologue was
presumably ready around the beginning of the month,
and could have been passed to journalist friends at
any time, though Danchin (I, 230) suggests that
variants in the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} version may
imply that the "text had been taken by ear."
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Wycherley, William:{i}Plain-
Dealer{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 27   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Plain Dealer{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Wycherley|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Italian Sonatas on the Violin by Signior Gasperini.
A Spanish Dance and the Punchanello's Dance by
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
Monsieur Cherrier.  And also Danceing by Mrs Lucas
and Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lucas, Jane:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Bicknell{_EE} And Note, That the Theatre in Dorset-
Garden being now
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} repair'd from the Damage done by
the late great Winds, the same will be ready by the
latter end of this Week to Act in, for Entertainments
of Musick and Danceing.
{e} {p}

{date}Monday 27   {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} A
Copy of a Letter from Sir John Stanley to Mr Rich.
Cockpit
{xe} \f 2 "Stanley, Sir John:letter to Rich of
1704:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:warned against stealing
LIF personnel in 1704:"{/xe} Monday 27 November 1704.
Sir, My Lord Chamberlain being informd That you are
upon a treaty with some of the Players, Dancers &c.
of the Company at Lincolns Inn Fields to Entertain
them in yours contrary to severall Orders allready
made.  My Lord has therefore directed me to give you
Notice of it, and to acquaint you, That if you
Proceed any further in Contempt of his Orders, you
must Expect to be punisht with the utmost severity.
I am Sir Your very humble Servant J. Stanley.  (LC
7/3, fol. 92v)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} This copy of Stanley's letter was
made in connection with Rich's protest to the Lord
Chamberlain of 9 December 1705 against alleged
"seduction" of his personnel by Vanbrugh and
Congreve.
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:mentioned:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:mentioned:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}1 Henry
IV{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 28  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Henry the Fourth,{/play}
{playand}with the Humours of Sir John
Falstaffe{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth}
Falstaff{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Falstaff ({i}1
Henry IV{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted but once
these five Years.  At the Desire of several Persons
of Quality{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Singing by Mr Leveridge.  And Danceing by Mrs du
Ruel.  ¢And note about DG as 27 November.|
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Jonson,
Ben:{i}Volpone{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 29{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Volpone,{/play}
{playand}or, The Fox{/playand} {playauth}(Written by
the Famous Ben. Johnson).{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Singing.  And
several Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur
Cherrier, Mrs Bicknell, and others.  ¢And note about
DG as 27 November.|
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Lee,
Nathaniel:{i}Mithridates{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 30 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Mithridates King of Pontus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Lee|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With Singing by Mr
Leveridge, and Danceing by Mrs du Ruel; and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{dateo}ca.@late    {/dateo}
{dateo}November    {/dateo}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}Segniora Sconiance, a
Famous Italian Singer, who lately came
from{/playauth}
{xe} \f 2 "Sconiance, Signora:sings at Haymarket
inaugural concert:"{/xe} those Parts, had a few Days
since the Honour to Sing before Her
{xe} \f 2 "Anne, Queen:attends inaugural concert at
Haymarket:"{/xe} Majesty with great Applause, upon
the First Opening of the Theatre in the Hay Market,
erected by the Contribution of the
{xe} \f 2 "Haymarket Theatre:report of inaugural
concert in 1704:"{/xe} Nobility.  She is to Sing
several Italian Songs, never Sung in this Kingdom
before, Compos'd by the most Celebrated of the Modern
Italian Masters.  ({eoc}Diverting Post{/eoc}, 25
November-2 December)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} This is a tantalizing report.  It
reads like a press release, and the change of tense
is disconcerting.  No such singer has been traced,
and the name could be satiric.  But if this notice
can be believed, it reports what appears to be an
official inaugural concert for the new Haymarket
Theatre in the presence of Queen Anne, otherwise
unknown.  The theatre was clearly far from rigged and
fully operational (it did not open for dramatic
performances until 9 April 1705), but a concert could
easily have been given there long before the acting
company was able to move in.
{e}
{para}{month}December 1704{/month}
{p}

{date}ca.@December{/date}


{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} At
about this time Jacomo Greber recorded thirty-three
items of
{xe} \f 2 "Greber, Jacomo:advice on the London
theatre world in 1704:"{/xe} practical advice in his
commonplace book about how a foreign musician coming
to London should seek employment to his advantage.
The advice covers who to see, how to negotiate,
salary levels, current musical taste, etc.  The
manuscript is now in the Osborn Collection, Yale
University.  Translated from the German in Harold E.
Samuel, "A German Musician Comes to London in 1704,"
{u}The Musical Times{/u}{+}, 122 (1981), 591-593.
{e} {p}

{date}ca.@early   {/date}
December
Queen's
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} A
revival of Shakespeare and Fletcher's
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}Henry
VIII{/i}:revival planned:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Henry VIII{/i}:revival
planned:"{/xe} {u}King Henry the Eighth{/u}{+} was
planned for about this time, but evidently did not
take place.  In the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 9-16
December 1704 is printed "A Prologue design'd to be
Spoke before Henry the VIII by Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:prologue designed
for:"{/xe} Betterton" (reprinted by Danchin, I, 238).
The anonymous author laments the lack of success of
the company, and says that not even Otway or Congreve
now please the audience.  Danchin assumes that
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:said to be out of favor
in 1704:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Otway, Thomas:said to be out of favor in
1704:"{/xe} {u}{/u}{+}"{+}{u}Henry VIII{/u}{+} was
acted about mid-December, and the present prologue
was not used," but when the company advertised the
play for 3 May 1705 the bill stated "Not Acted these
four Years."  We assume, therefore, that the December
revival proved abortive.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke
of:{i}Rehearsal{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 1    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Rehearsal{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Buckingham|.{/playauth}
Bayes{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Bayes
({i}Rehearsal{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier,
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Mrs du Ruel, Mr Laferry, and Mrs
Bicknell{_EE} And on Wednesday next
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
a Play will be Acted at the Theatre in Dorset-Garden.
{xe} \f 2 "Dorset Garden:1704 notice of intention to
reopen:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}Macbeth{/i}
¢Davenant adaptation|:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 2  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Mackbeth{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Shakespeare, adapted
by Davenant|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} All the Musick, both
Vocal and Instrumental, compos'd by Mr Leveridge, and
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:music featured:"{/xe}
perform'd by him and others.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of
1 December, "several Entertainments of Danceing" are
advertised for this performance.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Trapp, Joseph:{i}Abra-
Mule{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 2  {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Abra-Mule{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by Mr Trapp of
Oxford).{/playauth} Cast not given.  ({eoc}Diverting
Post{/eoc}, 25 November-2 December)
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 2  {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}REPORT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} On
Wednesday next ¢6 December|, at the Theatre in Dorset
Gardens,
{xe} \f 2 "Dorset Garden:reopening announced in
1706:"{/xe} (which has been refitted with new
Decorations and Scenes) will be presented a Play
supposed to be Written by Mr Colly Cibber.
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:premiere at DG announced:"{/xe}
({eoc}Diverting Post{/eoc}, 25 November-2 December)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The announced performance
apparently was not given, and nothing seems to have
come of the scheme to reopen Dorset Garden at this
time (see 5 December).  Cibber's new play, {u}The
Careless Husband{/u}{+}, premiered at Drury Lane on 7
December.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Sir Martin Mar-
all{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Newcastle, Duke of:{i}Sir Martin Mar-
all{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 4    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Feign'd Innocence,{/play}
{playand}or, Sir Martin Marr-all{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden and Newcastle|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  To which will be added another short
Play of two Acts only, call'd, {after}The School-
Boy,{/after} or, The Comical Rivals ¢Cibber|.  Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With variety of
Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Rowe,
Nicholas:{i}Biter{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 4    {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Biter{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Rowe|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised (but see ca. late November).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
the Author.  At the Desire of Several Persons of
Quality {_EL} the last New Farce.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Behn,
Aphra:{i}Rover{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 5   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Rover,{/play}
{playand}or, The Banish'd Cavaliers{/playand}
{playauth}¢Behn|.{/playauth} The Part of Ned Blunt to
be perform'd by Mr Estcourt.
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Blunt
({i}Rover{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs
du Ruel, and others{_EE} By reason of the badness of
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
the Weather, we shall defer Acting in Dorset-Garden
for some time.
{xe} \f 2 "Dorset Garden:use of deferred in
1704:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shadwell, Thomas:{i}Timon of
Athens{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 6 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Timon of Athens,{/play}
{playand}or, The Man-Hater{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shadwell, adapting
Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With a Masque of
Musick compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell.
Wherein Mr Leveridge performs the Part of Bacchus and
a
{xe} \f 1 "Purcell, Henry:{i}Timon of
Athens{/i}:masque performed:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:roles\::Bacchus
({i}Timon{/i}):"{/xe} little Girl of Ten Years of Age
the Part of Cupid.  With several Entertainments of
Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs du Ruel, and Mrs
Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 7  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Colley
Cibber|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see
below).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The Careless
Husband{/u}{+}{_per}  A Comedy.  As it is Acted at
the Theatre Royal, By Her Majesty's Servants.
Written by C.  Cibber (London: William Davis, 1705).
Copy used: Readex.  Publication was advertised in the
{u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of 19 December.  The Persons:
Lord Morelove{¢bnb|}Powel;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, George:roles\::Lord Morelove
({i}Careless Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Lord
Foppington{¢bnb|}Cibber;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cibber, Colley:roles\::Lord Foppington
({i}Careless Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Sir Charles
Easy{¢bnb|}Wilks{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:roles\::Sir Charles Easy
({i}Careless Husband{/i}):"{/xe} // Lady Betty
Modish{¢bnb|}Mrs Oldfield;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Oldfield, Anne:roles\::Lady Betty Modish
({i}Careless Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Lady Easy{¢bnb|}Mrs
Knight;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Knight, Frances Maria:roles\::Lady Easy
({i}Careless Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Lady Grave-
airs{¢bnb|}Mrs Moore;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Moore, Henrietta:roles\::Lady Grave-airs
({i}Careless Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Mrs Edging{¢bnb|}Mrs
Lucas.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Lucas, Jane:roles\::Edging ({i}Careless
Husband{/i}):"{/xe} The Prologue.  Prologue upon the
last Campaign, Written by a Person of Quality;
design'd for the Sixth Day, but not spoken.  The
Epilogue.  ¢The unspoken prologue for the sixth night
was by Arthur Maynwaring or possibly the dedicatee,
the Duke of Argyle.  See Snyder.|
{para} Dedication: This Play at last through many
Difficulties, has made way to throw it self at your
Grace's Feet{_EE} ¢The play was subjected to the
charge| offer'd to my First Play, viz. That it ws
none of my own: But that's a Praise I have indeed
some reason to be proud of{_EE}
{para} The Best Criticks have long, and justly
complain'd that the Courseness of most Characters in
our late Comedies have been unfit Entertainments for
People of Quality, especially the Ladies: And
therefore I was long in Hopes, that some able Pen
(whose Expectation did not Hang upon the Profits of
success) wou'd generously attempt to reform the Town
into a better Tast, than the World generally allows
'em: But nothing of that kind having lately appear'd,
that wou'd give me an Opportunity of being Wise at
anothers Expence, I found it Impossible any longer to
Resist the secret Temptation of my Vanity, and so
even struck the first Blow my self: And the Event has
now convinc'd me, that whoever sticks closely to
Nature can't easily write above the Understanding of
the Galleries, tho' at the same Time he may Possibly
deserve Applause of the Boxes.
{para} This Play before its Tryal on the Stage was
Examin'd by several People of Quality, that came into
your Graces Opinion of its being a Just, a Proper,
and Diverting Attempt in Comedy; but few of 'em
carry'd the Compliment beyond their private
Approbation{_EE} But your Grace has been pleas'd, not
only to encourage me with your Judgment; but have
likewise by your Favourable Influence in the Bounties
that were rais'd for me for the Third and Sixth Day,
defended me against any Hazards of an entire
Disappointment from so bold an Undertaking{_EE}
{para} And if the Dialogue of the following Scenes
flows with more easie Turn of Thought and Spirit,
than what I have usually produc't;  I shall not yet
blame some People for saying 'tis not my own, unless
they knew at the same time I owe most of it to the
many stolen Observations I have made from your
Grace's manner of Conversing{_EE} ¢Dedication signed
by Colley Cibber, and dated 15 December 1704.|
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} A new Comedy never
Acted before.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} "A Song in the last New Play
{_EL} Set by Mr D. Purcell, and
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Daniel:sets song for {i}Careless
Husband{/i}:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:sings in {i}Careless
Husband{/i}:"{/xe} Sung by Mr Leveridge" ("Sabina
with an Angel's Face") was published in the
{u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 9-16 December.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1703-04:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 7  {/date}
{thea}YB{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} An
Extraordinary Consort of Musick.  At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality.  At the Consort-Room in
Villiers-street in York-Buildings {_EL} will be
perform'd several select Entertainments of Vocal and
Instrumental Musick by the best Masters.  To begin at
8 in the Evening.  Tickets may be had at the Door.
¢Price not stated.| ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 6
December)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 8    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
once.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 9  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
twice.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} No author's benefit was
advertised the third night.
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 9  {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}CONTEMPARY
COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} Congreve to Joseph Keally:
Rowe writ a foolish farce called the
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:on new plays in December
1704:"{/xe} {u}Biter{/u}{+}, which was damned.
Cibber has produced a play
{xe} \f 1 "Rowe, Nicholas:{i}Biter{/i}:Congreve's
report on:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:Congreve's report on:"{/xe}
{u}{/u}{+}¢{+}{u}The Careless Husband{/u}{+}|,
consisting of fine gentlemen and fine conversation
altogether; which the ridiculous town for the most
part likes: but there are some that know better.
{u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}Congreve: Letters and
Documents{/u}{+}, pp. 34-35)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 11   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
thrice.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 12  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
four times.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Trapp, Joseph:{i}Abra-
Mule{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 12  {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Abra Mule,{/play}
{playand}or, Love and Empire{/playand}
{playauth}¢Trapp|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 9 December)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With Entertainments
of Danceing by the Famous Madamoiselle de la Val.
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
With several Entrys perform'd with her by Monsieur
l'Abbe.  By
{xe} \f 2 "L'Abb{__EA}, Anthony:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Her Majesty's Sworn Servants.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 13{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
the Author.  Being the Sixth day.
{xe} \f 2 "Cibber, Colley:benefit:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{date}Thursday 14 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}

{date}Thursday 14 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
License for a New Company of Comedians.  Whereas We
have thought fitt for the better reforming the
Abuses, and Immorality of the Stage That a New
Company of Comedians should be Establish'd for our
Service, under stricter Government and Regulations
than have been formerly.
{para} We therefore reposing especiall trust, and
confidence in Our Trusty and Welbeloved John Vanbrugh
and William Congreve Esqrs
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:receives 1704
license:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:receives 1704
license:"{/xe} for the due Execution, and performance
of this our Will and Pleasure, do Give and Grant unto
them the said John Vanbrugh, and William Congreve
full power and Authority to form, constitute, and
Establish for Us, a Company of Comedians with full
and free License to Act and Represent in any
Convenient Place, during Our Pleasure all Comedies,
Tragedys Plays, Interludes Operas, and to perform all
other Theatricall and Musicall Entertainments
whatsoever and to settle such Rules and Orders for
the good Government of the said Company, as the
Chamberlain of our Household shall from time to time
direct and approve of Given at our Court at St James
this 14th day of December in the third Year of Our
Reign. By her Majestys Command Kent. (LC 5/154, p.
35)
{xe} \f 2 "Anne, Queen:grants license to Vanbrugh and
Congreve:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Earl (later Duke) of:signs license
to Vanbrugh and Congreve:"{/xe}
{adv}CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.{/adv} I went to dine with
Dr Gibson; where were also Dr Kennet and Dr Waugh.
Her Majesty's Proclamation ¢i.e., the theatre
license| (in the {u}Gazette{/u}{+} of Xtmas-day) much
regretted; Mr Vanburgh ¢sic| and Mr Congreve (two of
the chief Debauchers of the Stage) being appointed
Directors.
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:criticized by Nicolson
in 1704:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:criticized by
Nicolson in 1704:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Nicolson, William, Bishop of
Carlisle:attacks 1704 licence:"{/xe}
{u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}The London Diaries of William
Nicolson Bishop of Carlisle{/u}{+}
{u}1702-1718{/u}{+}, ed. Clyve Jones and Geoffrey
Holmes ¢Oxford:  Clarendon Press, 1985|, p. 260,
entry for 27 December 1704)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The license was printed in the
{u}London Gazette{/u}{+} of 21-25 December 1704.
This license was granted with the consent of the
company of actors at Lincoln's Inn Fields, who had
acted there as a cooperative under the license of
1695 but had now agreed to move to Vanbrugh's elegant
new theatre and work there under his direction.  (See
the season headnote, and {u}Roscius
Anglicanus{/u}{+}, pp. 98-99.)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 15   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Being the Eighth
day of Acting it{_EE} With a piece of Instrumental
Musick to be perform'd by Mr Paisible, Mr Banister,
{xe} \f 2 "Paisible, James:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Banister, John (1662?-1736):plays at
DL:"{/xe} and others.  And several Entertainments of
Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 16 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Being the Ninth day
of Acting it{_EE} With several Italian Sonata's on
the Violin by Signior Gasperini;  And several
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
Entertainments of Danceing by Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.{/adv} This Day, at the
Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, Mrs Cross,
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:signs contract with DL in
1704:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:singing advertised:"{/xe}
Famous for Singing and Acting in the last Reign,
Sings a New Dialogue with Mr Leveridge; She having
lately entred into
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:signs Mrs Cross in
1704:"{/xe} Articles with Mr Rich.  ({eoc}Diverting
Post{/eoc}, 9-16 December)
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 16 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} On
this day Rich answered Charles Killigrew's emended
bill of
{xe} \f 2 "Drury Lane:1705 dispute over lease:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:testifies in 1705
lawsuit:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Skipwith, Sir Thomas:testifies in 1705
lawsuit:"{/xe} complaint of 1 April 1704; Skipwith
answered on the 18th.  They discuss the 1680s quarrel
over rights to shares in the United Company; the
actor rebellion of 1695; and subsequent disputes.  At
issue is the lease granted in 1702 by the Drury Lane
shareholders to Betterton and other Lincoln's Inn
Fields
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:1702 lease on Drury
Lane:"{/xe} actors{_DA}a lease that never took effect
because Rich refused to vacate the theatre.
(C9/317/3)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} See {u}Document Register{/u}{+},
no. 1794.
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 16 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}CONTEMPARY
COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:praised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:praised:"{/xe} Mr Clayton's
Opera, which is Set after the Italian manner, is to
be performed there ¢Drury Lane|.  Madam De La Valle,
a Person
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing praised in
1704:"{/xe} Eminent for Dancing, and one that by the
general Vogue, excels Mrs Subligny, has performed
twice with great Applause.  ({eoc}Diverting
Post{/eoc}, 9-16 December)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Spanish
Fryar{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 18   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Spanish Friar,{/play}
{playand}or, The Double Discovery{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Friar
¢Dominic|{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Dominic
({i}Spanish Fryar{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several Italian
Sonata's on the Violin by Signior Gasperini;  And
several Entertainments of Danceing by Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Love makes a
Man{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 19  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Love makes a Man,{/play}
{playand}or, The Fops Fortune{/playand}
{playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Italian Sonata's on the Violin by Signior Gasperini;
And Danceing by Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Tuesday 19  {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
Starting on this day numerous defendants in the suit
by Sir William Smith concerning Drury Lane profits
(filed 30 May 1704)
{xe} \f 2 "Smith, Sir Edward:suit over DL
profits:"{/xe} began to make their replies.  The
Lincoln's Inn Fields actors
{xe} \f 2 "Lincoln's Inn Fields:actors deny
conspiracy with patentees in 1704:"{/xe} replied in a
body that they had received no money from the Drury
Lane patentees and denied conspiracy.  During the
spring of 1705 at various dates different Drury Lane
shareholders likewise denied receipt of money and
conspiracy.  (C8/599/77)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} See {u}Document Register{/u}{+},
no. 1795.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Behn, Aphra:{i}Emperor of the
Moon{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 20{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Emperor of the Moon{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Behn|.{/playauth}
Scaramouch{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Scaramouch
({i}Emperor of the Moon{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the
Entertainment of several Forreign Ministers{_EE} All
the Songs in the Play, being set to new Musick, and
perform'd by Mr Leveridge and others.  And all the
original Dances which were
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} perform'd, particularly the {u}Card
Dance{/u}{+}{_per}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 21 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With some Italian
Sonata's on the Violin by Signior Gasperini.  And
several
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
Entertainments of Danceing by Mrs du Ruel.  Being the
last time of
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Acting till after Christmas-day.
{e}

  Both theatres were presumably dark from 22 to 26
                      December
           for the usual Christmas recess.
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 26  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass,{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth}
Bullfinch{¢bnb|}Estcourt;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Bullfinch
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe}
Squelch{¢bnb|}Johnson;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Benjamin:roles\::Sir Paul Squelch
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe} How
dee{¢bnb|}Cibber;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cibber, Colley:roles\::How d'yee
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe}
Widgeon{¢bnb|}Bullock;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bullock, William:roles\::Widgin
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe}
Nonsense{¢bnb|}Norris{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:roles\::Nonsense
({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe} (and see 8 November).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} All the Comical
parts to be perform'd by the chief Comedians {_EL}
And all the other parts to the best advantage.  With
several Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur
Cherrier, Mrs Moss, and
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
others.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Jovial
Crew{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 28 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Jovial Crew,{/play}
{playand}or, The Merry Beggars{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With some Italian
Sonata's on the Violin by Signior Gasperini,
particularly one never perform'd before by him and Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
Paisible for a Violin and Flute.  And several
Entertainments of
{xe} \f 2 "Paisible, James:plays at DL:"{/xe}
Danceing by Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of
27 December {+}{u}The Committee{/u}{+} was advertised
for this day.
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}Committee{/i}:performance cancelled:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}Macbeth{/i}
¢Davenant adaptation|:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 29   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Mackbeth{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Shakespeare, adapted
by Davenant|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} All the Musick both
Vocal and Instrumental being compos'd by Mr
Leveridge, and perform'd by him and others.  With
several
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:music featured:"{/xe}
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs
Moss, and
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
others.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Farquhar, George:{i}Constant
Couple{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 30 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Constant Couple,{/play}
{playand}or, A Trip to the Jubilee{/playand}
{playauth}¢Farquhar|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the famous
Signiora Francisca Margaretta de l'Epine, being
lately return'd to
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} England, will sing several Songs in
Italian and English, never perform'd before by her.
And Danceing by Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e}
{para}{month}January 1705{/month}
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Behn, Aphra:{i}Emperor of the
Moon{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 1    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Emperor of the Moon{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Behn|.{/playauth}
Scaramouch{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Scaramouch
({i}Emperor of the Moon{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} To which will be
added several extraordinary Decorations.  And several
Entertainments of Grotesque Danceing, viz. The
{u}Punchanello Dance{/u}{+} by Monsieur Cherrier,
with the {u}Country Farmer's Daughter{/u}{+} by
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Mrs Moss; And the {u}Harlequin
Dance{/u}{+} by Mr Laforrest and Mrs Bicknell.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 2   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing by Mrs Cross,
Particularly a Pastoral Dialogue between her and Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Leveridge.  Being the first time of her Appearance on
the Stage these
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:return to stage in
1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} 5 Years ¢but see 16 December 1704|.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 2   {/date}
{thea}HDR{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} For the
Benefit of Mr Henry Eccles, Jun.  This present
Tuesday being
{xe} \f 2 "Eccles, Henry, Jun.:benefit concert:"{/xe}
the 2d of January, at Mr Hills Danceing Room in
Crosby-Square in Bishopsgate-street, will be a
Consort of Vocal and Instrumental Musick, perform'd
by several Eminent Masters, with several Italian
Sonata's perform'd on the Violin by Mr Henry Eccles
{xe} \f 2 "Eccles, Henry, Jun.:violin playing
advertised:"{/xe} Beginning at Six a Clock.  At 2s 6d
per Ticket.  Tickets may be had of Mr Young at the
Dolphin and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, Cole's
Coffee-house in Bartholomew-Lane behind the Royal
Exchange, Garraway's Coffee-house, and Mr Walsh's a
Musick-shop in Katharine-street in the Strand, and at
the Door.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shadwell, Thomas:{i}Squire of
Alsatia{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 3 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Squire of Alsatia{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Shadwell|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing which are
express'd in the great Bills.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke
of:{i}Rehearsal{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 4  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Rehearsal{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Buckingham|.{/playauth}
Bayes{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Bayes
({i}Rehearsal{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the Famous
Signiora Francisca Margarita de l'Epine will perform
several new
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Entertainments of Singing in
Italian and English, never yet perform'd.  With
several Entertainments of Danceing by Mrs du Ruel,
Monsieur Cherrier, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}


{date}Thursday 4  {/date}
{thea}YB{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}For the Benefit of Mr
¢Charles?| Smith and Mr Isaac.  In the{/playauth}
great Room
{xe} \f 2 "Isaac, Mr:shared benefit concert:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Smith, Charles (violinist):shared benefit
concert:"{/xe} at York Buildings {_EL} will be
perform'd a Consort of Vocal and Instrumental Musick
by the best Masters, beginning at Seven a Clock in
the Evening.  ¢Price not stated.| ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}1 Henry
IV{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 5    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}King Henry the Fourth,{/play}
{playand}with the Humours of Sir John
Falstaffe{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth}
Falstaff{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Falstaff ({i}1
Henry IV{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Singing and
Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Crowne, John:{i}Sir Courtly
Nice{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 6  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Sir Courtly Nice,{/play}
{playand}or, It cannot be{/playand}
{playauth}¢Crowne|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several new
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing by Mrs Cross,
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
particularly a Pastoral Dialogue between her and Mr
Leveridge.
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Being the second time of her
Appearance on the Stage these five Years.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 6  {/date}
{thea}GOLD@H{/thea}
{play}Entertainment{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}This occasion is known
from a printed text.{/playauth} {u}on{/u} Words sung
at the Entertainment given by the right Honorable Sir
Owen Buckingham, Lord Mayor, the Court of Aldermen,
and the Sheriffs of the City of London to his Grace
the Duke of Marlborough, and other General Officers,
the 6th of January, 1704/5.  {u}off{/u} Written by Mr
Motteux.  Set to Musick by Mr Weldon.
{xe} \f 2 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:writes words for
entertainment:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Weldon, John:writes music for 1705
entertainment:"{/xe} ("Welcome, the returning Brave /
Conquering Chiefs, who Empires save.")  A copy is
preserved in the Bute Broadsides, C32, Houghton
Library, Harvard University.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} We have deduced the venue from a
notice in the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of Monday 8
January: "On Saturday last the Duke of Marlborough,
with several of the Nobility, the principal Officers
of the army, and other Persons of Quality, whom his
Grace was pleas'd to invite to accompany him, were
entertain'd at Goldsmith's hall with a magnificent
Dinner, by the Lord-Mayor, Court of Aldermen, and
Sheriffs of this City."
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Jonson, Ben:{i}Bartholomew-
Fair{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 8    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Bartholomew-Fair{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by the Famous
Ben Johnson).{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mr
Claxton, Mrs Moss, Mrs Bicknell, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Claxton, Mr:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 9   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With Singing by Mr
Leveridge.  Some Italian Sonata's on the Violin by
Signior
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Gasperini.  And Danceing by
Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs du Ruel, and
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
others.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}Man of
Mode{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 9   {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Man of Mode,{/play}
{playand}or, Sir Fopling Flutter{/playand}
{playauth}¢Etherege|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 8 January)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Person of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by the famous Madamoiselle
de la Vall,
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
and Mrs Elford.  Boxes 5s.  Pitt 3s.  Gallery 2s.
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}Comical
Revenge{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 10{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Comical Revenge,{/play}
{playand}or, Love in a Tub{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by Sir George
Etheridge).{/playauth} Sir Nicholas
Cully{¢bnb|}Doggett;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:roles\::Sir Nicholas Cully
({i}Comical Revenge{/i}):"{/xe}
Palmer{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Palmer
({i}Comical Revenge{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but once
these Ten Years.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden,
John:{i}Oedipus{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Lee,
Nathaniel:{i}Oedipus{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 11 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tragedy of Oedipus King of Thebes{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Dryden and
Lee|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but once
these Five Years{_EE} All the Musick compos'd by the
late famous Mr Henry Purcell, and perform'd by Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe} Leveridge and others.  With several
Entertainments of Singing and
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Danceing by Mrs Cross, particularly
a Pastoral Dialogue by her and
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Mr Leveridge.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 12   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass,{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 8 November).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier,
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Mr Laferry, Mrs Bicknell, Mrs
Lucas, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lucas, Jane:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}Comical
Revenge{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 13 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Comical Revenge,{/play}
{playand}or, Love in a Tub{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by Sir George
Etheridge).{/playauth} Sir Nicholas
Cully{¢bnb|}Doggett;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:roles\::Sir Nicholas Cully
({i}Comical Revenge{/i}):"{/xe}
Palmer{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Palmer
({i}Comical Revenge{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the famous
Signiora Francisca Margaretta de L'Epine will sing
several Songs
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} in Italian and English.  With
Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Rowe,
Nicholas:{i}Tamerlane{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 13 {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Tamerlane{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Rowe|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Madamoiselle De la Val.  At the Desire of
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:benefit:"{/xe} several
Persons of Quality{_EE} With several new
Entertainments of Danceing by her self, and Mrs
Elford.
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Congreve, William:{i}Old
Batchelour{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 15   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Old Batchellor{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by Mr
Congreve).{/playauth} Fondlewife{¢bnb|}Doggett;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:roles\::Fondlewife ({i}Old
Batchelour{/i}):"{/xe} Captain
Bluff{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Captain Bluff
({i}Old Batchelour{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Italian Sonata's on the Violin by Signior Gasperini,
particularly the Eccho by him and Monsieur du Ruel.
Also
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} several Entertainments of Singing
by Mr Leveridge, compos'd by
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} the famous Mr Henry Purcell.  And
Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Moss, Mrs Bicknell, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 16  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}{_DD} Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢libretto by Peter
Anthony Motteux; music by Thomas Clayton|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see below).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}Arsinoe, Queen of
Cyprus{/u}{+}{_per} An Opera, After the Italian
Manner.  As it is Perform'd at the Theatre Royal in
Drury-Lane, By Her Majesty's Servants (London:
Tonson, 1705). Copy used: Folger.  The Names of the
Actors:  Ormondo{¢bnb|}Hughs;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:roles\::Ormondo
({i}Arsinoe{/i}):"{/xe} Feraspe{¢bnb|}Leveridge;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:roles\::Feraspe
({i}Arsinoe{/i}):"{/xe} Delbo{¢bnb|}Mr Cook or Mr
Good{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cook, Mr (fl. 1694-1718):roles\::possible
role in {i}Arsinoe{/i}:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Good, Mr:roles\::possible role in
{i}Arsinoe{/i}:"{/xe} // Arsinoe{¢bnb|}Mrs
Tofts;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:roles\::Arsinoe
({i}Arsinoe{/i}):"{/xe} Dorisbe{¢bnb|}Mrs Cross;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Dorisbe
({i}Arsinoe{/i}):"{/xe} Nerina{¢bnb|}Mrs
Lyndsey.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:roles\::Nerina
({i}Arsinoe{/i}):"{/xe}
{para} Preface: The Design of this Entertainment
being to introduce the Italian manner of Musick on
the English Stage, which has not been before
attempted; I was oblig'd to have an Italian Opera
translated:  In which the Words, however mean in
several Places, suited much better with that manner
of Musick, than others more Poetical would do.  The
Stile of this Musick is to express the Passions,
which is the Soul of Musick: And though the Voices
are not equal to the Italian, yet I have engag'd the
Best that were to be found in England; and I have not
been wanting, to the utmost of my Diligence, in the
instructing of them.  The Musick being Recitative,
may not, at first, meet with that general
Acceptation, as is to be hop'd for from the
Audience's being better acquainted with it: But if
this Attempt shall, by pleasing the Nobility and
Gentry, be a Means of bringing this manner of Musick
to be us'd in my Native Country, I shall think all my
Study and Pains very well employ'd.  Thomas Clayton.
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} A New Opera never
perform'd before {_EL} After the Italian manner, All
Sung, being set to Musick by Master Clayton.
{xe} \f 2 "Clayton, Thomas:music featured:"{/xe} With
several Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur
l'Abbee,
{xe} \f 2 "L'Abb{__EA}, Anthony:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Monsieur Du Ruel, Monsieur
Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs du Ruel, Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Moss, and others.  And the famous
Signiora Francisca Margaretta de
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
l'Epine will, before the Beginning and after the
Ending of the
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Opera, perform several
Entertainments of Singing in Italian and English.  No
Person to be admitted into the Boxes or Pitt but by
the Subscribers Tickets, to be deliver'd at Mrs
White's Chocolate-house.  The Boxes on the Stage and
the Galleries, are for the Benefit of the Actors.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Publication was advertised by
Jacob Tonson in the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of 17
January.  The Folger has two 1705 editions of
{u}Arsinoe{/u}{+}{_per}  We judge PR 3699 S85 A8 Cage
(with four pages of prelims, and 48 pages of text) to
be the first edition.  PR 3699 S85 A81 (four pages of
prelims, 40 of text) is a close resetting of the
first edition in slightly smaller type.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Behn,
Aphra:{i}Rover{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 17{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Rover,{/play}
{playand}or, The Banish'd Cavaliers{/playand}
{playauth}¢Behn|.{/playauth} Ned
Blunt{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Blunt
({i}Rover{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Italian Sonata's on the Violin by Signior Gasperini.
Singing by Mr Leveridge.  And Danceing by Monsieur
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Cherrier, Mrs Moss, Mrs Bicknell,
&c.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}Farewel
Folly{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 18 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}{_DD} Farewel Folly,{/play}
{playand}or, The Younger the Wiser{/playand}
{playauth}¢Peter Anthony Motteux|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised (but see below).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}Farewel Folly: or,
The Younger the Wiser{/u}{+}{_per} A Comedy, As it is
Acted at the Theatre Royal. With a Musical Interlude,
call'd {u}The Mountebank: or, The Humours of the
Fair{/u}{+}{_per} Never before
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Mountebank{/i}:performance:"{/xe} Printed.
Written by Mr Motteux (London: James Round, 1707).
Dramatis Person{__AE}:  Old Mr
Holdfast{¢bnb|}Estcourt;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Old Mr Holdfast
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Young
Holdfast{¢bnb|}Wilks;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:roles\::Young Holdfast
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe}
Richly{¢bnb|}Fairbank;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Henry:roles\::Richly
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Townly{¢bnb|}Mills;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:roles\::Townly
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Mimick{¢bnb|}Cibber;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cibber, Colley:roles\::Mimick
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe}
Sharp{¢bnb|}Pinkethman;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:roles\::Sharp
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Digger{¢bnb|}Norris;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:roles\::Digger
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Squire
Lubbard{¢bnb|}Bullock;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bullock, William:roles\::Squire Lubbard
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe}
Salathiel{¢bnb|}Cross;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Richard:roles\::Salathiel
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Shab{¢bnb|}Kent{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Thomas:roles\::Shab
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} // Mariana{¢bnb|}Mrs
Oldfield;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Oldfield, Anne:roles\::Mariana
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Jenny{¢bnb|}Mrs
Lucas;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Lucas, Jane:roles\::Jenny
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Isabella{¢bnb|}Mrs
Smith;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Smith, Mariana:roles\::Isabella
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Mrs Lodgem{¢bnb|}Mrs
Powell.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, Mary:roles\::Mrs Lodgem
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} ("Mr Carnaby" is listed
among the women, but without a role specified.)
{xe} \f 2 "Carnaby, James:roles\::unspecified role
({i}Mountebank{/i}):"{/xe} Prologue Spoken by Mr
Estcourt.  Epilogue, Spoken by Mr Wilks.
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:speaks prologue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:speaks epilogue:"{/xe} (Copy
used: Huntington.)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted before.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} "The Mountebank-Song, as it is
Sung by Doctor Leverigo, and his Merry Andrew
Pinkanello" was published in the {u}Diverting
Post{/u}{+} of 13-20 January 1704¢/5|.  On the
relationship of {u}Farewel Folly{/u}{+} to {+}{u}The
Amorous Miser{/u}{+} (a simplified adaptation
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Amorous Miser{/bi}:"{/xe} published at
the time of performance), see Cunningham, pp.
137-143, and the list of "Unstaged Plays" at the end
of the headnote to this season.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}Farewel
Folly{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 19   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Farewel Folly,{/play}
{playand}or, The Younger the Wiser{/playand}
{playauth}¢Motteux|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 18 January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
once.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}Farewel
Folly{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 20 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Farewel Folly,{/play}
{playand}or, The Younger the Wiser{/playand}
{playauth}¢Motteux|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 18 January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
twice.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} No author's benefit was
advertised on the third night.
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 20 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}ADVERTISEMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
There is prepared for the Entertainment of the
Publick, a Consort of Musick, Vocal and Instrumental,
in Praise of the Success of her Majesty's Forces in
the last Campaign.  The Words set to Musick by Mr
Jeremiah Clark and Mr William Crofts, Organists to
the Chapel
{xe} \f 2 "Clarke, Jeremiah:publicity for
concert:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Crofts, William:publicity for
concert:"{/xe} Royal, and performed by the best
Voices and Hands now in England.  Notice will be
given of the time in the News Papers on Tuesday next,
and Tickets will be then ready to be delivered by Mr
Clark and Mr Crofts, and also by Mr Playford, at his
Shop in the Temple Change, Fleet-street.
({eoc}Diverting Post{/eoc}, 13-20 January)
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 20 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} In
the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 13-20 January
1704¢/5| is published "A Consolatory Epistle from the
Earl of S-----, to the Lord G-----, {_EL} occasion'd
by the Death of Lady Mary ¢Findley|, the
{xe} \f 2 "Findley, "Lady Mary":poem on death
of:"{/xe} Famous Rope-dancer" ("Blush not,
Illustrious Bard, to own").  Internal references
("her Fall," "the faithless Rope") imply that she
died in a fall.

{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}Farewel
Folly{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 22   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Farewel Folly,{/play}
{playand}or, The Younger the Wiser{/playand}
{playauth}¢Motteux|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 18 January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
thrice.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}Farewel
Folly{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 23  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Farewel Folly,{/play}
{playand}or, The Younger the Wiser{/playand}
{playauth}¢Motteux|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 18 January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
four times{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Singing by Mr Leveridge, and Danceing by Monsieur
Cherrier, Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Bicknell, &c.
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}Comical
Revenge{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 24{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Comical Revenge,{/play}
{playand}or, Love in a Tub{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by Sir George
Etheridge).{/playauth} Sir Nicholas
Cully{¢bnb|}Doggett;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:roles\::Sir Nicholas Cully
({i}Comical Revenge{/i}):"{/xe}
Palmer{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Palmer
({i}Comical Revenge{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Italian Sonata's on the Violin by Signior Gasperini.
And Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 25 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several other
Entertainments of Singing in Italian.  And also
Danceing.  None to be admitted into the Pit or Boxes,
but by the Subscribers Tickets, which are deliver'd
at Mr White's Chocolate-house.  But the Boxes on the
Stage, and the Galleries, are for the Benefit of the
Actors.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Like Master Like Man{/bi}:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 25 {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Like Master Like Man{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢author unknown;
lost?|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} This present
Thursday will be reviv'd a Comedy {_EL} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing in and between
the Acts, viz. That celebrated Dialogue by Mr Boman
and Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Boman, John:speaks dialogue:"{/xe} Pack,
representing a drunken Officer and a Town Miss,
originally
{xe} \f 2 "Pack, George:speaks dialogue:"{/xe}
perform'd in the Opera of the {u}Mad
Lover{/u}{+}{_per}  As also a Country
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}{i}Mad
Lover{/i}{/i}:dialogue used as added
attraction:"{/xe} Dialogue by Mrs Willis and Mr
Short.  A new Trumpet Song by Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Willis, Elizabeth:speaks dialogue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Short, Mr:speaks dialogue:"{/xe} Davis,
compos'd by Mr Eccles.  Likewise the last new Entry
by Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Davis, John (fl. 1700-1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Eccles, John:music featured:"{/xe} Firbank
and Scholar.  The Dance of {u}Blowsabella{/u}{+} by
Mr Prince and Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Charles:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank's Scholar:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Prince, Joseph:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Clark; And several other comick Dances by him and
others.  Also a
{xe} \f 2 "Clark, Mrs (fl. 1695-1723):dancing
advertised:"{/xe} right {u}Irish Trot{/u}{+} by a
Child of 5 Years of Age.  By her Majesty's Sworn
Servants.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} All that we know about this
comedy is from the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} ad, which
specifies that it is revived.  No English play with
this title is known until much later.  In 1745 the
Scottish actor William Lyon published {u}The
Wrangling Lovers, or Like Master Like
Man{/u}{+}{_per}  In 1766 Thomas Ryder's
{xe} \f 1 "Lyon, William:{i}Wrangling
Lovers{/i}:mentioned:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Ryder, Thomas:{i}Like Master Like
Man{/i}:mentioned:"{/xe} {u}Like Master Like
Man{/u}{+} was performed in Dublin, and a year later
was brought to London (pub. Dublin, 1770).  Both are
afterpiece versions of Vanbrugh's {u}The
Mistake{/u}{+} (December 1705), itself a translation
of Moli{__EG}re's
{xe} \f 1 "Vanbrugh, (Sir)
John:{i}Mistake{/i}:mentioned:"{/xe} {u}Le D{__EA}pit
amoreux{/u}{+}{_per}  Whether this performance in
January 1705 represents (a) a pre-Vanbrugh
translation or adaptation of Moli{__EG}re, otherwise
unknown; (b) a revival of Davenant's
{xe} \f 1 "Davenant, Sir William:{i}Man's the
Master{/i}:mentioned:"{/xe} {u}The Man's the
Master{/u}{+} under a deformed title; or (c) another
play altogether, of which we know nothing, cannot be
determined.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shadwell, Thomas:{i}Timon of
Athens{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 26   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Timon of Athens,{/play}
{playand}or, The Man-Hater{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shadwell, adapting
Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With a Masque set
to Musick by the famous Mr Henry Purcel.  And
{xe} \f 1 "Purcell, Henry:{i}Timon of
Athens{/i}:masque performed:"{/xe} several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel, Mrs
Moss,
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe} and
Mrs Bicknell.
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 27 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the Famous
Signiora Francisca Margaretta de l'Epine will sing
several Songs
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} in Italian and English.  With
several Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du
Ruel and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}Committee{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 29   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Committee,{/play}
{playand}or, The Faithful Irish-man{/playand}
{playauth}¢Howard|.{/playauth}
Teague{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Teague
({i}Committee{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing by Mr Leveridge; And
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs
Moss, Mrs Bicknell, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e}

  Both theatres were dark on Tuesday 30 January in
                     observance
of the annual fast for the martyrdom of King Charles
                         I.
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare,
William:{i}Hamlet{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 31{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth}
Polonius{¢bnb|}Doggett{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:roles\::Polonius
({i}Hamlet{/i}):"{/xe} (and see 4 November 1704).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel and
Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 31{/date}
{thea}YB{/thea}
{play}Concert{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} For the
Benefit of Mr Dean and Mr Keene{_EE} will be
perform'd a
{xe} \f 2 "Dean, Thomas (fl.
1701-1731):concert:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Keene, Edward:benefit concert:"{/xe}
Consort of Vocal and Instrumental Musick by the best
Masters in England, viz. A Solo by a great Italian
Master, an extempore Performance on the Flute to a
ground by Mr Paisable, a Sonata for
{xe} \f 2 "Paisible, James:plays at DL:"{/xe} two
Flutes by him and Mr Banister, a Solo by Mr Dean, &c.
With
{xe} \f 2 "Banister, John (b. 1686):flute playing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Dean, Thomas (fl.
1701-1731):concert:"{/xe} variety of Singing by the
best Performers.  Beginning at Eight a Clock.
Tickets may be had at Robin's Coffee-house in
Exchange-Alley, Nando's at Temple-Bar, Mr Keene's in
Arundel-street in the Strand, and Mr Dean's at the
Blue Posts in Pall-Mall.  ¢Price not stated.|
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 30 January)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Centlivre,
Susanna:{i}Gamester{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{dateo}ca.@late    {/dateo}
{dateo}January     {/dateo}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Gamester{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Susanna
Centlivre|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see
below).
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The Gamester: A
Comedy{/u}{+}{_per}  As it is Acted at the New
Theatre in Lincolns-Inn-Fields, By Her Majesty's
Servants (London: William Turner and William Davis,
1705). Copy used: Readex.  Dramatis Person{__AE}:
Sir Thomas Valere{¢bnb|}Freeman;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Freeman, John:roles\::Sir Thomas Valere
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Dorante{¢bnb|}Corey;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Corey, John:roles\::Dorante
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Young
Valere{¢bnb|}Verbruggen;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Verbruggen, John:roles\::Young Valere
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe}
Lovewell{¢bnb|}Betterton;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:roles\::Lovewell
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Marquess of
Hazard{¢bnb|}Fieldhouse;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Fieldhouse, William (?):roles\::Marquess
of Hazard ({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe}
Hector{¢bnb|}Pack;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Pack, George:roles\::Hector
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Galoon{¢bnb|}Smeaton;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Smeaton, Mr:roles\::Galoon
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Count
Cogdie{¢bnb|}Dickins;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Dickins, Mr:roles\::Count Cogdie
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} First
Gentleman{¢bnb|}Weller;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Weller, Mr:roles\::First Gentleman
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Second
Gentleman{¢bnb|}Knap;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Knapp, Francis:roles\::Second Gentleman
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Box Keeper{¢bnb|}Lee{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Leigh, Francis:roles\::Box Keeper
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} // Lady Wealthy{¢bnb|}Mrs
Barry;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Barry, Elizabeth:roles\::Lady Wealthy
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Angelica{¢bnb|}Mrs
Bracegirdle;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bracegirdle, Anne:roles\::Angelica
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Betty{¢bnb|}Mrs
Parsons;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Parsons, Mrs:roles\::Betty
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Favourite{¢bnb|}Mrs
Hunt;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Hunt, Abigail:roles\::Favourite
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Mrs Security{¢bnb|}Mrs
Willis;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Willis, Elizabeth:roles\::Mrs Security
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Mrs Topknot{¢bnb|}Mrs
Fieldhouse.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Fieldhouse, Mrs:roles\::Mrs Topknot
({i}Gamester{/i}):"{/xe} Prologue, Written by Mr Roe
¢Rowe|, and Spoke by Mr Betterton.
{xe} \f 2 "Rowe, Nicholas:writes prologue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:speaks prologue:"{/xe}
Epilogue ¢by Charles Johnson, according to the
{u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 27 January-3 February|,
Spoke by Mr Verbruggen.
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Charles:writes epilogue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Verbruggen, John:speaks epilogue:"{/xe}
{para} Dedication: The Kind Reception this Play has
met with from the Town, gives me some Hopes of Your
Lordship's Acceptance{_EE} The Design of this Piece
were ¢sic| to divert, without that Vicious Strain
which usually attends the Comick Muse, and according
to the first intent of Plays recommend Morality, and
I hope I have in some measure, perform'd it; I dare
affirm there is nothing Immodest, nor immoral in it;
part of it I own my self oblig'd to the French for,
particularly the Character of the Gamester ¢i.e., to
Regnard's {u}Le joueur{/u}{+} (1696)|; but he is
intirely ruin'd in the French; whereas I, in
Complaisance to the many fine Gentlemen that Play in
England, have reclaim'd him, after I have discover'd
the ill Consequence of Gaming.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} We have dated the play on the
basis of (a) publication of music, prologue, and
epilogue at the beginning of February, and (b) the
statement in the {u}Flying Post{/u}{+} of 22 February
that the performance that night is the twelfth.  The
run was not continuous, and the premiere could not
have occurred after 5 February, but with ancillary
materials already in print a somewhat earlier date is
indicated.  Publication was advertised in the
{u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} on 9 February.  Publication
of "the new Musick in the Comedy call'd the
{u}Gamester{/u}{+}, compos'd by Mr Terton ¢i.e., John
Lenton|
{xe} \f 2 "Lenton, John:act music for
{i}Gamester{/i}:"{/xe} Price 1s 6d the Set" was
advertised in the {u}Post Man{/u}{+} of 30 January-1
February.  The prologue and epilogue were published
in the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} for 27 January-3
February.
{para} A notice for a performance of {u}The Busie
Body{/u}{+} in the {+}{u}Post Boy{/u}{+} of 26-28 May
1709 for the benefit of "the Family of Mrs Mary Pix,
deceas'd," states
{xe} \f 2 "Pix, Mary:said to have assisted Centlivre
in two plays:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Centlivre, Susanna:{i}Busie
Body{/i}:ascribed to Pix:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Centlivre,
Susanna:{i}Gamester{/i}:ascribed to Pix:"{/xe} that
"the greatest part of which said Comedy, and also
that of the {u}Gamester{/u}{+}, was wrote by the said
Mrs Pix."  We are not aware of any evidence to
confirm this assertion.
{e}
{para}{month}February 1705{/month}
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 1  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} A new Opera never
perform'd but twice {_EL} None to be admitted into
the Pit or Boxes but by the Subscribers Tickets
deliver'd at Mr White's Chocolate-house in St. James-
street;  but the Boxes on the Stage, and the
Galleries, are for the Benefit of the Actors.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke
of:{i}Rehearsal{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 2    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Rehearsal{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Buckingham|.{/playauth}
Bayes{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Bayes
({i}Rehearsal{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Sonata's on the Violin by Signior Gasperini,
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
and Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs Moss, Mrs
Bicknell, and
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} others.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 3  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass,{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 8 November) ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the Famous
Signiora Francisca Margaretta de l'Epine will Sing
several new
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Songs in Italian and English.  With
several Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du
Ruel and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 3  {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}REPORT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
Congreve to Joseph Keally: I have been so employed,
and am still
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:1705 report on plans for
Queen's:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Haymarket Theatre:1705 report on vague
plans for:"{/xe} like to be so, that I have no time
for any thing.  I know not when the house ¢i.e., the
new Haymarket Theatre| will open, nor what we shall
begin withal; but I believe with no opera.  There is
nothing settled yet.  {u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}Congreve:
Letters and Documents{/u}{+}, p. 35)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The uncertainty of the comanager
as to what the new theatre would open with is
striking testimony to the haste with which the
company must have mounted Greber's
{xe} \f 1 "Greber, Jacomo:{i}Gli amori
d'Ergasto{/i}:haste of production:"{/xe} {u}Gli amori
d'Ergasto{/u}{+} in early April.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shadwell,
Thomas:{i}Libertine{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 5    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Don John,{/play}
{playand}or, The Libertine Destroy'd{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shadwell|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} All the Musick
being compos'd by the late famous Mr Henry Purcell,
And perform'd by Mr Leveridge and others.  To which
will
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} be added several Entertainments of
Danceing by Monsieur Cherrier,
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Mrs Moss, Mrs Bicknell, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Wycherley, William:{i}Plain-
Dealer{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 6   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Plain Dealer{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Wycherley|.{/playauth}
Manly{¢bnb|}Griffin.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Griffin, Philip:roles\::Manly ({i}Plain-
Dealer{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 6   {/date}
{thea}SJP{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and Clayton|.
Cast not known (but see 16 January).{/playauth} This
performance at court on the Queen's birthday is known
from an ad run in the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} on 2
and 3 March for a performance on Monday 5 March: "a
new Opera, all sung, (after the Italian manner)
call'd, {u}Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus{/u}{+}{_per}  As
it was perform'd at St James's before Her Majesty on
Her Birth-day."  Cast not known (but see 16 January).
{adv}CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.{/adv} On Tuesday last was
Celebrated here Her Majesty's Birth-Day; the Nobility
and Gentry appearing at Court in a very Costly and
Magnificent manner: The Day was spent with the usual
Solemnities at Court; there being a Magnificent
Feast, with an Entertainment of Vocal and
Instrumental Musick; and the Night Concluded with a
fine Opera, to the Satisfaction of all the Court.
There was also Bonfires, Ringing of Bells,
Illuminations, and other Demonstrations of Joy, upon
account of the same.  ({eoc}London Post{/eoc}, 7-9
February)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The Drury Lane ad for Wednesday 7
February specifies "several Entertainments of
Danceing which were perform'd last Night before her
Majesty ¢i.e., in this performance at court| by
Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs du Ruel."
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dances in court
performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dances in court
performance:"{/xe} A special prologue for the court
performance was written by Congreve and published by
Tonson as a broadside (reprinted by Danchin, I,
255-256).  Publication was advertised "This day" in
the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of 8 February.  Also
printed was "An Epilogue to the Court, on the Queen's
Birth-Day.  By Roger, the {u}Observator{/u}{+}'s
Country-man" (published by B. Bragg).  Danchin (I,
254, 256-257) reports Luttrell's acquisition date
(Newberry copy) as 14 February 1704/5.  Danchin
sensibly queries whether this was "the actual
epilogue spoken," since the tone seems inappropriate,
especially an attack on "Kit-Cat J{_DA}b" (i.e.,
Jacob Tonson).  Danchin inclines to the theory that
this piece is "merely a political pamphlet in the
form of an epilogue," and so do we.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}Farewel
Folly{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 7 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Farewel Folly,{/play}
{playand}or, The Younger the Wiser{/playand}
{playauth}¢Motteux|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Singing by Mr
Leveridge, and several Entertainments of
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Danceing which were perform'd last
Night before Her Majesty by Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs
du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Secret-
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 8  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Secret Love,{/play}
{playand}or, The Maiden Queen{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Florimel{¢bnb|}Mrs
Cross.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Florimel
({i}Secret-Love{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mrs Cross.  At the Desire of several Persons
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:benefit:"{/xe} of
Quality{_EE} With several Entertainments of Singing
and Danceing by her.  Particularly a Dialogue
compos'd by the late Mr Henry
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Purcell, beginning, Tell me why my Charming Fair.
Perform'd by
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe} her and Mr Leveridge, and Danceing by
Monsieur du Ruel and Monsieur Cherrier.
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} An advance notice in the {u}Daily
Courant{/u}{+} of 5 February says "The Part of
Florimel to be perform'd by Mrs Cross.  Being the
first time of her Acting there these five Years."
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Singing by Mrs Cross had been
advertised at Drury Lane for 16 December and 2
January.  Florimel is probably the first role she had
taken in a play since her return.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}All for
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 8  {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}All for Love,{/play}
{playand}or, The World well Lost{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Secret-
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 9    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Secret Love,{/play}
{playand}or, The Maiden Queen{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Florimel{¢bnb|}Mrs
Cross.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Florimel
({i}Secret-Love{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Danceing which will be
express'd in the Great Bills.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}Man of
Mode{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 9    {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Man of Mode,{/play}
{playand}or, Sir Fopling Flutter{/playand}
{playauth}¢Etherege|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 8 February)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing in Italian by Signiora
Ziuliana de Celotte; All the Instrumental and Vocal
Musick
{xe} \f 2 "Celotte, Ziuliana de:singing
advertised:"{/xe} compos'd by that eminent Master
Sigismond Cousser, both lately
{xe} \f 2 "Cousser, Sigismond:music featured:"{/xe}
arrive'd in England.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 10 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass,{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 8 November).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the Famous
Signiora Francisca Margaretta de l'Epine will sing
several new
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Songs in Italian and English.  With
several new Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du
Ruel, Mrs du Ruel, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Spanish
Fryar{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 12   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Spanish Fryar,{/play}
{playand}or, The Double Discovery{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Fryar
¢Dominic|{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Dominic
({i}Spanish Fryar{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} Singing by Mr
Leveridge.  Several Italian Sonata's on the Violin by
Signior
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Gasperini; particularly an Eccho by
him and Monsieur du Ruel.  And
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Entertainments of Danceing by
Monsieur du Ruel, Monsieur Cherrier,
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Mrs Moss, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Tuesday 13  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} The
premiere of John Dennis' {u}Gibraltar{/u}{+} was
advertised in the {+}{u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} but had
to be deferred (see 16 February).
{xe} \f 1 "Dennis,
John:{i}{i}Gibraltar{/i}{/i}:advertised but
deferred:"{/xe}

{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 13  {/date}
{thea}YB{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} At the
Desire of several Persons of Quality.  For the
Benefit of Mr Corbett{_EE} will be perform'd by the
best Voices and Masters, a
{xe} \f 2 "Corbett, William:benefit concert:"{/xe}
Consort of Vocal and Instrumental Musick entirely
New.  beginning at 8 of the Clock precisely.  Tickets
may be had at the Door, at Mr White's Chocolate-House
in St. James's-street, and at the Smyrna Coffee-House
in the Pall-mall.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 12
February)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden,
John:{i}Oedipus{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Lee,
Nathaniel:{i}Oedipus{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 14{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tragedy of Oedipus King of Thebes{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Dryden and
Lee|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With all the Musick
compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell,
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe} and perform'd by Mr Leveridge, Mr
Hughs, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Baker, Thomas:{i}Tunbridge-
Walks{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 15 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Tunbridge-Walks,{/play}
{playand}or, The Yeoman of Kent{/playand}
{playauth}¢Baker|.{/playauth}
Woodcock{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Woodcock
({i}Tunbridge-Walks{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} Singing by the new
Boy.  And several Entertainments of Danceing by
Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dennis,
John:{i}Gibraltar{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 16   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}{_DD} Gibraltar,{/play}
{playand}or, The Spanish Adventure{/playand}
{playauth}¢John Dennis|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised (but see 20 February).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}Gibraltar: or, The
Spanish Adventure{/u}{+}, A Comedy.  As it was Acted
at the Theatre in Drury-Lane.  By Mr Dennis (London:
Wm. Turner and J. Nutt, 1705). Copy used: Readex.
Publication was advertised in the {u}Post Man{/u}{+}
of 8-10 March.  No actors' names.  The Prologue.
First Epilogue Writ by a Friend, Spoken by Leonora.
Second Epilogue, Writ by the Author, Spoke by the
Serjeant, but shortened in the Speaking to make room
for the First.  Danchin (I, 261) adds "An Epilogue
design'd to be spoken at the Acting of
{u}Gibraltar{/u}{+}, on the {+}{u}Second
Night{/u}{+}, being for the Benefit of the Author."
It was printed in the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 24
February-3 March 1704¢/5|.
{para} Preface: This Play was so unfortunate as to
find the Town out of Humour with it, whether it
proceeded from the Calamities which attended the
Rehearsal, which were so numerous as never had befaln
any Play in my Memory, or from the Malice, and
strange Prejudices with which many came prepossess'd.
The first day it was well Acted in most of its Parts,
but was not suffer'd to be heard.  The second day it
was, for the most part, faintly and negligently
Acted, and consequently was not seen; and a Play
depriv'd of its Life, and its Spirit, can no more
please like one which appears with those, than a Dead
Man can have the Agreeableness of a Man who is
Living{_EE}
{para} I, by no means think it comparable to some
ev'n of my own Plays.  I was too much fatig'd by the
long Poem which I wrote this Summer, in so short a
space, to design any thing for the Stage like a
Master Piece; and the two last Acts of this Play were
writ with two ¢sic| much Precipitation for that.
Yet, I look'd upon it to be an agreeble Trifle, with
which those might be delighted, who have tast of a
Low Comedy{_EE} I shall only say one Word, which may
serve to answer a great many Objections, which are
daily made against Plays; and that is this, that it
is impossible there can be any where found a more
contemptible Judge of Plays, than he who takes the
Sentiments of the Characters for the Sentiments of
the Poet; for the Sentiments of the Characters being
{u}Pro{/u}{+} and {+}{u}Con{/u}{+}, if these
Sentiments are the Poets, he must necessarily
Contradict himself, and can never have any meaning.
{para} I have only this to add, that the Landskip
which is painted in the first Scene of the Play, is
drawn after Imagination, and not after the Truth, for
there is no such place as is there describ'd near
{u}Gibraltar{/u}{+}, and for that reason I ordered it
to be left out in the Acting, because, upon the
Stage, there could be no Apology made for it.
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted before.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Secret-
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 17 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Secret Love,{/play}
{playand}or, The Maiden Queen{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Florimel{¢bnb|}Mrs
Cross.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Florimel
({i}Secret-Love{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the Famous
Signiora Francisca Margarita de l'Epine will sing
several Songs
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} in Italian and English.  With
several new Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur
and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Monday 19   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} Drury
Lane was apparently dark this day.  Its {u}Daily
Courant{/u}{+} ad on the 19th concerns John Dennis'
author benefit for
{xe} \f 1 "Dennis, John:{i}Gibraltar{/i}:second night
cancelled:"{/xe} {u}Gibraltar{/u}{+} on Tuesday the
20th{_DA}an exceptional instance of a theatre
cancelling a second night in order to move directly
from premiere to the author's benefit and the end of
the run.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dennis,
John:{i}Gibraltar{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 20  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Gibraltar,{/play}
{playand}or, The Spanish Adventure{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dennis|.  With several
Alterations.{/playauth} Duena{¢bnb|}Norris.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:roles\::Duena
({i}Gibraltar{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mr Dennis{_EE} With several Entertainments of
{xe} \f 2 "Dennis, John:"{/xe} Singing and Danceing,
which will be express'd in tomorrow's Bills ¢sic|.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The use of the author's name in
the benefit ad is unusual.  The person who sent copy
to the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} forgot to alter
phraseology used in the ad for the 19th.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Betterton, Thomas:{i}Amorous
Widow{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 20  {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Amorous Widow,{/play}
{playand}or, The Wanton Wife{/playand}
{playauth}¢Betterton|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several new
Entertainments of Danceing by the Famous Madamoiselle
de la Val, Mrs Elford, Monsieur l'Abbee's Brother and
Scholar.
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "L'Abb{__EA}, Mons. (fl. 1705-1712):dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "L'Abb{__EA}'s Scholars:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e}

Starting Wednesday 21 February neither company acted
        on Wednesdays or Fridays during Lent.
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Buckingham, George Villiers, 2nd Duke
of:{i}Chances{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 22 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Chances{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Buckingham, adapting
Fletcher|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mrs Oldfield.  At the Desire of several
{xe} \f 2 "Oldfield, Anne:benefit:"{/xe} Persons of
Quality{_EE} With several Entertainments of Danceing
by Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Oldfield's usual role was the
Second Constantia, and we presume that she performed
it on this occasion.
{xe} \f 2 "Oldfield, Anne:roles\::Second Constantia
({i}Chances{/i}):"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Centlivre,
Susanna:{i}Gamester{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 22 {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Gamester{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Centlivre|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 20
February)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With an Addition of
a new Scene.  For the Benefit of the Author.  By Her
Majesty's Sworn Servants.
{xe} \f 2 "Centlivre, Susanna:benefit:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Avery (I, 88) reports that the
{u}Flying Post{/u}{+} of 22 February calls this the
twelfth night.
{e} {p}

{date}Thursday 22 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}ADVERTISEMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
The Playhouse in Lincoln's-Inn Fields is to be Let,
or
{xe} \f 2 "Lincoln's Inn Fields:for sale or lease in
1705:"{/xe} disposed of on a Building Lease, or to be
sold.  Enquire of Mr Robert Moore, a Booseller, at
the Bible in Serle-street near Lincoln's-Inn Back-
Gate.  ({eoc}London Gazette{/eoc}, 19-22 February
1704¢/5|)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} No buyer or renter seems to have
been found.  According to tax records in the
Westminster Public Library, William Pinkethman
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:holds rights to LIF in
1706-07:"{/xe} was the tenant or owner of record by
1706-07, but by 14 May 1708 Christopher Rich had
succeeded him.  (See Paul Sawyer,
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:obtains rights to LIF in
1707-08:"{/xe} {u}The New Theatre in Lincoln's Inn
Fields{/u}{+} ¢London: Society for Theatre Research,
1979|, p. 10.)  For another ad offering the premises
for let, see 7 September 1708.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Wycherley, William:{i}Plain-
Dealer{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 24 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Plain Dealer{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Wycherley|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the Famous
Signiora Francisca Margarita de l'Epine will Sing
several new
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Songs in Italian and English.  With
several Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du
Ruel and Mrs du Ruel.  Particularly a new
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Dance call'd the Heroine compos'd by Mrs du Ruel, at
the Desire of a Person of Quality.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:original dance
featured:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Vanbrugh, (Sir)
John:{i}Relapse{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 26   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Relapse,{/play}
{playand}or, Vertue in Danger{/playand}
{playauth}¢Vanbrugh|.{/playauth} Amanda{¢bnb|}Mrs
Rogers.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Rogers, Jane:roles\::Amanda
({i}Relapse{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Mrs Rogers playing
her own part.  With Singing by Mr Leveridge,
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Mr Hughes, and the new Boy.  And
several Italian Sonatas by Signior
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:singing advertised:"{/xe}
Gasperini.  And Entertainments of Danceing by
Monsieur du Ruel,
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Monsieur Cherrier and Mrs Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 27  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mr Wilks{_EE} With Singing by Mr Leveridge
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:benefit:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} and the new Boy.  Some Sonatas on
the Violin by Signior Gasperini.
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
And several Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du
Ruel and Mrs du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 28{/date}
{thea}IH{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}A great Consort of
Musick, consisting of the best Performers,
both{/playauth} Vocal and Instrumental, besides a New
Voice, exceedingly admir'd; at the Great India House,
lately opened, at the end of Pall-mall, facing the
Hay-market; being encouraged by several persons of
Quality: The Consort begins at seven.  Tickets may be
had at the door of the said India House.  ¢Price not
stated.| ({eoc}Post Man{/eoc}, 24-27 February)
{e}
{para}{month}March 1705{/month}
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Mountfort, William:{i}Greenwich-
Park{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 1  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Greenwich Park{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Mountfort|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mrs du Ruel{_EE} With Singing by the new Boy.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:benefit:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} And several Entertainments of
Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
du Ruel, particularly the {u}Heroine{/u}{+}, a Dance
compos'd by Monsieur du Ruel at the Desire of a
Person of Quality.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:original dance
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Burnaby, William:{i}Love
Betray'd{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 1  {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Agreeable Disappointment{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth}
{u}{/u}{+}¢{+}{u}Love Betray'd{/u}{+}| ¢Burnaby|.
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mr Pack and Mrs Bradshaw{_EE} With several
{xe} \f 2 "Pack, George:shared benefit:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bradshaw, Lucretia:shared benefit:"{/xe}
Entertainments of Danceing by Mrs Elford, Mr Firbank,
and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Charles:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} And Singing by Mrs Hodgson.  By Her
Majesty's Sworn Servants.
{xe} \f 2 "Hodgson, Mary (?):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 2    {/date}
{thea}TGB{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} A Consort
of Musick will be perform'd by the best Masters, at
Mr Kinhamer's at the Two Golden Balls in Hart-street
near the upper end of Bow-street, Covent-Garden, this
present Friday being the 2d of March, beginning at
Seven a Clock.  Tickets may be had at White's
Chocolate-house in St. James's, and at Tom's Coffee-
house in Covent-Garden, at 5s a Ticket.  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Crowne, John:{i}Sir Courtly
Nice{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 3  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Sir Courtly Nice,{/play}
{playand}or, It cannot be{/playand}
{playauth}¢Crowne|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the famous
Signiora Francisca Margaretta de l'Epine will sing
several new
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Songs in Italian and English.  With
several Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du
Ruel, Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs du Ruel, and
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Mrs Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare,
William:{i}Othello{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 3  {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of Venice{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised (but see 25 November 1704).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc}, 2 March)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mr Betterton.  At the Desire of several
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:benefit:"{/xe} Persons
of Quality{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Danceing by Madamoiselle Duval, Mrs Elford, and
others.  By Her Majesty's
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Sworn Servants.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Betterton presumably played
Othello.
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:roles\::Othello
({i}Othello{/i}):"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 3  {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} In
the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 24 February-3 March
is printed a nine-line effusion in verse "Upon Mrs
Tofts" by "Mr Sam. Phillips"
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:poem in praise of in
1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Phillips, Samuel:poem in praise of Mrs
Tofts:"{/xe} ("How are we pleas'd when beauteous
Tofts appears").
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 5    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 3 March)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} A new Opera, all
sung, (after the Italian manner) {_EL} As it was
perform'd at St James's before Her Majesty on Her
Birth-day.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 6   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}The performers, time,
and price are{/playauth} unknown.  The concert is
known from a hand-drawn sketch of what
{xe} \f 2 "Drury Lane:sketch of 1705 concert
ticket:"{/xe} is reportedly a ticket once in the
possession of Joseph Haslewood for a "Musick" at
"Covent Garden" ¢i.e., Drury Lane Theatre?| for
"Tuesday 6 March 1704" ¢i.e., 1704/5|.  New York
Public Library Drexel MS 1986, fol. 2v.  Another such
sketch, specifying "the Musick at the Playhouse in
Covent Garden" is pasted into the Smith Collections,
British Library 11791.dd.18, Vol. IX, 96.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 7 {/date}
{thea}YB{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} At the
Desire of several Persons of Quality.  For the
Benefit of Mrs Hodgson{_EE} will be a Consort of
Vocal and Instrumental Musick,
{xe} \f 2 "Hodgson, Mary (?):benefit concert:"{/xe}
perform'd by the best Masters: With several Pieces of
the late Mr Purcell, and variety of new Songs.
Beginning at Eight of the Clock precisely.  Tickets
may be had at the Door and at the Smirna Coffee-house
in the Pall-mall, and at St. Cecilia's Coffee-house
in St.  Martin's-Lane.  ¢Price not stated.|
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 6 March)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 8  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} As it was perform'd
before Her Majesty at St. James's on Her Birth-day.
The Dances perform'd by Monsieur du Ruel,
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs du Ruel, Mrs
Moss, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Secret-
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 10 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Secret Love,{/play}
{playand}or, The Maiden Queen{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Florimel{¢bnb|}Mrs
Cross.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Florimel
({i}Secret-Love{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel,
Monsieur Cherrier,
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Mrs du Ruel, and Mrs Moss.  And the
Famous Signiora Francisca
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:benefit:"{/xe}
Margarita de l'Epine will sing several new Songs in
Italian and English.  For her own Benefit.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Don
Sebastian{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 10 {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Don Sebastian, King of Portugal{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  With the Masque of {after}The
Judgment of Paris{/after}
{xe} \f 1 "Eccles, John:{i}Judgment of
Paris{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:"{/xe} ¢libretto by
Congreve; Eccles' music?|.  Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} For the Benefit of
Mrs Barry{_EE} And several Entertainments of Danceing
by
{xe} \f 2 "Barry, Elizabeth:benefit:"{/xe}
Madamoiselle de la Val, Mrs Elford, and both Monsieur
l'Abbe's
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "L'Abb{__EA}'s Scholars:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Scholars.  Boxes 5s.  Pit 3s.
Gallery 2s.  By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants.
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 10 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} On
this day, publication of an anonymous and unacted
comedy called {u}The Lunatick{/u}{+} was advertised
by B. Bragg in the
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Lunatick{/bi}:attack on LIF managers
in dedication:"{/xe} {u}Post Man{/u}{+} (see the list
of unacted plays in the season headnote).  William
Taverner may have been the author.  The
{xe} \f 2 "Taverner, William:\probable author of
\Lunatick\:"{/xe} dedication contains an extensive
commentary on the managers at Lincoln's Inn Fields.
{xe} \f 2 "Lincoln's Inn Fields:1705 attack on
managers of:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:1705 attack on as
manager:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Barry, Elizabeth:1705 attack on as
manager:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bracegirdle, Anne:1705 attack on as
manager:"{/xe}
{para} The Epistle Dedicatory to the Three Rulings
B{_DA}s of the New-House in Lincolns-Inn-Fields.
Most Arbitrary and Most Hermaphrodite Conjunction,
Since it has been brought into a Custom to offer the
Products of the Brain to those who generally have the
least Pretence to it, by that Rule the following Play
has a peculiar right to appear under so Illustrious a
Protection as Yours, whose Sense and Honesty are not
less Conspicuous than Your High Birth, and Education.
The First, the many Glorious Farces, Ridiculous
Tragedies, the Lumber of the Stalls, which by a
joint-consent You have Cook'd up, and Palm'd upon the
World, testifie beyond a Contest the Sound, the
Eminent Justice You have done all those Ridiculous
Coxcombs who engag'd themselves in Your Cause against
them, who Paid them Honestly, and Rul'd them easily,
will abundantly make out, and the other two will be
extreamly Visible to those who know any thing of
Scotland-Yard Stall, Old Gowns, and the Wash-bowl.
Having thus done more for You than most Writers can
do for their Patrons, I have some Confidence that the
World will not acuse me of Ambition, and Mercentary
Design in Dedicating to those by whom no Part of
Mankind yet got Twopence: Heroes and Beauties are
generally too full of themselves, to bestow their
Favours without a valuable Consideration.  And Jago's
Precept to Roderigo has reach'd all the Candidates of
their Favour, (Put Money in thy Purse,) being sure of
a Repulse where the Fee is only in Promise, and more
than Lawyers are averse to a Cause in forma Pauperis.
The old Thread-bare Whim of Merit and sense are
laudibly laid aside by You, and You, like the other
Giants of Mankind, think
{quoteon}

What is the Worth of any thing,
But as much Money as 'twill bring.

{/quoteon}
And in that, perhaps, You may be in the Right, if you
knew what would bring You Money and what not; but
since you go by guess, I know no reason why the
following Piece was so long Postpon'd, while you
brought on such a heap of Vicious Rubbish, as no
tolerable Judge could expect a Benefit from; but
Kissing goes by Favour, and You, of all Governours,
have been the most Generous to Your Darlings; You
have by an excessive Fondness of them, and a peculiar
happiness of Management, turn'd your selves out of
Doors, and Starv'd all Your Dependants; brought a
Company, in a few Years, from the Admiration, to the
Contempt of the Town; a Work beyond the Talent of
most Men, whose little Capacities have made them at
least so true to their Interest, as to let those get
something, but whom they got all.  But You will,
perhaps, accuse me of Partiality, and giving You a
Praise beyond Your Deserts, since You will Plead Your
bringing on half a Dozen good Plays in Ten Years.
But I might say of that, as Diagoras did of the
Offering  in the Temples of those who had escap'd the
Tempests of the Sea, That those who were Drown'd had
put up none; for the Number is so small of those that
had been sav'd in Your Element, that they wou'd be
lost in the Multitudes of the Damn'd.  But it is a
good-natur'd Saying, {u}De mortuis nil nisi
Bonum{/u}{+}{_per}  Speak well of the Dead.  Your
Dominion is Expir'd, Your Reign at an End, and
therefore to remark on Your Follies, is an Ill-
natur'd Censure, which Humanity condemns, especially,
since by Your ill Management You have made way for
Your Subjects to come into a more Honourable
Regiment, and as a Pennance for Your past Crimes, You
become Pupils in Your Old Age; this shews indeed,
that
{quoteon}

All Humane Things are subject to Decay,
And when Fate Summons, Mortals must Obey.

{/quoteon}
But have You, Illustrious Princes, consider'd what
You are doing?  What Noble Perquisites You give up?
There will be no more Clandestine Sharing betwixt You
without the rest; no more private accounts, and
Double Books; no more paying Debts half a score times
over out of the Publick Stock, yet never paying them
in reality at all.  There will be no more sinking
Three Hundred and fifty Pounds at a time in the Money
repaid on a famous Singer's Account, but never
accounted for to the rest of the Sharers; no more
stopping all the Pay of the Under Actors on
Subscription-Nights, when You were allow'd forty or
fifty Pound a Night for the House, besides the
Benefit of the Galleries; no more sinking the Court-
Money into Your own Pockets, and letting the Sallary
People and Under Sharers Starve without Pay; no more
taking Benefit-Days in the best Season of the year,
and Dunning the Quality for Guinea-Tickets to help
out the Defects of all the other above-named
Perquisites; no fifty Shillings per Week for scowring
Old Lace, nor burning it, and selling the Product for
private advantage; no Twenty Shillings a Day House-
Rent; no sharing Profits with the Poetasters; nor
Eating and Drinking out the other half before the
Performance; no saving Coals at Home, by Working,
Eating and Drinking, &c. by the Stock-Fire; nor, in
short, any Advantage to be made but by stated
Sallaries, or the best Improvement of Natural Gifts,
as far as Age, ugliness and Gout will permit.
{para} If You have taken a View of this Melancholy
Prospect, ponder it well before You conclude, and
remember, that the Pleasure of Insulting Poets (whom
You are not worthy to Converse with) and of Judging
of Plays, which You do not understand, are
Prerogatives which few of Your Station wou'd so
easily quit.  Being confident the good Advice I have
given You, will heartily engage You in my Interest, I
commit my self and my Play, with a wonderful
Satisfaction, to Your Patronage, and abundantly
please my self with subscribing my self Your most
Humble, and Devoted Servant, Franck Telltroth.
¢Anon., {u}The Lunatick{/u}{+} (London: B. Bragg,
1705).  Copy used: Folger.|
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} For discussion of this bitter
attack on the management of Thomas Betterton,
Elizabeth Barry, and Anne Bracegirdle, see Milhous,
{u}Thomas Betterton{/u}{+}, pp. 162-164.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}Comical
Revenge{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 12   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Comical Revenge,{/play}
{playand}or, Love in a Tub{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by Sir George
Etheridge).{/playauth} Sir Nicholas
Cully{¢bnb|}Doggett;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:roles\::Sir Nicholas Cully
({i}Comical Revenge{/i}):"{/xe}
Palmer{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Palmer
({i}Comical Revenge{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Italian
Sonatas on the Violin by Signior Gasperini, and
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
Singing by the new Boy, and Danceing by Monsieur
Cherrier, Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Bignall, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 13  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} All sung after the
Italian manner.  The Dances to be perform'd by
Monsieur du Ruel, Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs Du Ruel, Mrs
Moss, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}She wou'd if she
cou'd{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 15 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}She Wou'd, If She Cou'd{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by Sir George
Etheridge).{/playauth} Sir Oliver
Cockwood{¢bnb|}Doggett;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:roles\::Sir Oliver
Cockwood ({i}She wou'd if she cou'd{/i}):"{/xe} Sir
Joslin Jolly{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Sir Joslin Jolly
({i}She wou'd if she cou'd{/i}):"{/xe} Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted there
these six Years{_EE} For the Benefit of Mr Estcourt.
With Singing by Mr Leveridge, Mr Hughs, and the New
Boy.
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:benefit:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} And several Entertainments of
Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel, Mrs du
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Ruel, Monsieur Cherrier, and Mrs
Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} New music was evidently written
for this play at about this time.  In the {u}Post
Man{/u}{+} of 17-20 March 1705 is an ad for
publication "This Day" by Walsh and Hare of "the new
Musick in four parts, perform'd in the Comedy call'd,
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}{i}She wou'd if
she cou'd{/i}{/i}:new music for:"{/xe} {u}She wou'd
if she cou'd{/u}{+}{_per} Composed by a person of
Quality, price 1s 6d."
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 17 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With Entertainments
of Danceing by Monsieur du Ruel, Monsieur Cherrier,
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Mrs du Ruel, Mrs Moss, and others.
And the Famous Signiora
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Francisca Margarita de l'Epine will perform several
new
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Entertainments of Singing in
Italian and English.
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 17 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} In
the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 10-17 March is a
fourteen-line poem "Upon
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:1705 poem in praise
of:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Phillips, Samuel:poem in praise of Eleanor
Du Ruel:"{/xe} Mrs Du Ruel" by "Mr Sam. Phillips"
("Gods, how she steps! see how the blushing Fair").
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}She wou'd if she
cou'd{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 19   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}She Wou'd, If She Cou'd{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Etherege|.{/playauth}
Sir Oliver Cockwood{¢bnb|}Doggett;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:roles\::Sir Oliver
Cockwood ({i}She wou'd if she cou'd{/i}):"{/xe} Sir
Joselyn Jolly{¢bnb|}Estcourt;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Sir Joslin Jolly
({i}She wou'd if she cou'd{/i}):"{/xe} Gatee
¢Gatty|{¢bnb|}Mrs Cross.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Gatty ({i}She wou'd
if she cou'd{/i}):"{/xe} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Singing by the
new Boy, some Italian Sonata's on the
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} Violin by Signior Gasperini, and
Danceing by Monseur Cherrier, Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini, Francesco:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Laferry and Mrs Bignall.
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 20  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} All sung after the
Italian manner.  The Dances perform'd by Monsieur du
Ruel,
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs du Ruel, Mrs
Moss, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 21{/date}
{thea}YB{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} For the
Benefit of Mr Dupree {_EL} will be perform'd a
Consort of
{xe} \f 2 "Dupree, Mr:benefit concert:"{/xe} Vocal
and Instrumental Musick by the best Masters,
beginning at Seven a Clock.  Five Shillings a Ticket.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}

{date}Thursday 22 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} Owen
Swiney's {u}The Quacks, or, Love's the
Physician{/u}{+}
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}{i}Quacks{/i}{/i}:advertised but
deferred:"{/xe} was advertised in the {u}Daily
Courant{/u}{+} for this day, but was suppressed.
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}{i}Quacks{/i}{/i}:suppression of:"{/xe} The
ad read:  "Never Acted before{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Musick and Danceing by the best
Performers.  For the Benefit of Ben.  Johnson."  A
poem "Upon the new Farce, called,
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Benjamin:benefit:"{/xe} {u}The
Quacks{/u}{+}, being forbid to be Acted on Thursday
the 22d of March" ("If any Man ask the Reason") was
printed in the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 31 March-7
April 1705.  A four-line poem "On the Obstruction
given to the Farce called, {u}The Quacks{/u}{+}" ("Ye
Sons of Parnassus, that filtch for your Bread")
appeared in the issue of 7-14 April.  For other
information on the suppression, see 29 March and
Rich's letter to the Lord Chamberlain's office of 9
December 1705.

{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Vanbrugh, (Sir)
John:{i}Relapse{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 24 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Relapse,{/play}
{playand}or, Virtue in Danger{/playand}
{playauth}¢Vanbrugh|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the Famous
Signiora Francisca Margarita de l'Epine, will sing
several Songs
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} in Italian and English.  With
several Entertainments of Danceing by Monsieur du
Ruel, Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs du Ruel, and Mrs Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Monday 26   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} Drury
Lane did not run an ad in the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+}
this day, which is extremely unusual for them at this
time.  Throughout Lent, the company regularly
advertised the next day's performance on Wednesdays
and Fridays.  The house was probably dark for some
reason, most likely connected with the suppression of
{u}The Quacks{/u}{+}{_per}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 27  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} All Sung after the
Italian Manner {_EL} the Dances to be perform'd by
Monsieur du Ruel, Monsieur Cherrer, Mrs Du Ruel,
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
and Mrs Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Wednesday 28{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
Swiney's {u}The Quacks{/u}{+} was again advertised
for this day, and again suppressed.
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}{i}Quacks{/i}{/i}:advertised but
deferred:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}Quacks{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 29 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Quacks,{/play}
{playand}or, Love's the Physician{/playand}
{playauth}¢Owen Swiney|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The Quacks, or,
Love's the Physician{/u}{+}{_per}  As it was Acted
(after being twice forbid) at the Theatre Royal in
Drury-Lane.  By Mr Swinny (London: Benj. Bragg,
1705). Copy used:  Readex. Dramatis Person{__AE}:
Sir Patient Carefull{¢bnb|}Norris;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:roles\::Sir Patient Carefull
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Clitander{¢bnb|}Mills;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:roles\::Clitander
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Doctor
Medley{¢bnb|}Bullock;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bullock, William:roles\::Doctor Medley
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Caudle{¢bnb|}Cross;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Richard:roles\::Caudle
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Tickle
Pulse{¢bnb|}Pinkeman;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:roles\::Tickle Pulse
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Novice{¢bnb|}Bickerstaff;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bickerstaff, John:roles\::Novice
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Refugee{¢bnb|}Cibber;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cibber, Colley:roles\::Refugee
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Rhubarb{¢bnb|}Fairbank;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Henry:roles\::Rhubarb
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Freckle{¢bnb|}Keen;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Keene, Theophilus:roles\::Freckle
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Harry{¢bnb|}Estcourt{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Harry
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} // Lysette{¢bnb|}Mrs
Moor;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Moore, Henrietta:roles\::Lysette
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Lucinda{¢bnb|}Mrs Temple;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Temple, Diana:roles\::Lucinda
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Doris{¢bnb|}Mrs Powel;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, Mary:roles\::Doris
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Nurse{¢bnb|}¢Mr| Carnaby.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Carnaby, James:roles\::Nurse
({i}Quacks{/i}):"{/xe} Prologue.  Epilogue Forbid to
be Spoke.  Epilogue Spoke by Mr Mills.
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:speaks epilogue:"{/xe}
{para} Preface: The hints of this Play were taken
from a petit Piece of Moliere call'd {u}L'Amour
Medicin{/u}{+}{_per}  I can't stile it a Translatian,
the Doctors part being intirely new, much of the
other Characters alter'd, and the Contrivance
somewhat Chang'd.
{para} The Town were a little Surpriz'd, to find an
Entertainment forbid upon the Day it was to be
Represented; it seems, the better to Divert 'em, this
Play was to be stiff{_TH}led because the other House
were to Act one upon the same Subject! {_EL} As for
the Gentlemen of the other House, who are to reform
the Stage, purify our Diversions and Naturalize all
the Wit of Moliere {_EL} I shall only say of 'em That
they are the properest Persons in the World to reform
the Stage, having known so well what it is to corrupt
it, as those Physicians they say are the best, who
have felt the Diseases they are to Cure.
{para} I hope no worthy Man will believe that my
design in this Trifle, was to Expose the Character of
a Physician, but the abuse of it;  to set Ignorance
and Villany in a proper Light, and shew Men how easy
they are Deceiv'd when they are taken by their
Passions.
{para} The Noise of these Scenes Alarm'd the Licencer
¢Charles Killigrew|, who generally destroys with as
much Distinction as the old Woman in Don Quixots
Library and wou'd a sav'd no more of 'em, if it were
not, that he is pay'd for Tolerating some; however
they are here intire, and if I believ'd any Body was
unacquainted with his good Judgment, I shou'd mar out
the Retrenchments he made and shew that the edg of
his Justice was turn'd upon the Innocent, and that he
rather Disfigures than Cures.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The authors of the
{u}Biographical Dictionary{/u}{+} (III, 75) question
whether James Carnaby played the nurse in the first
production, but the evidence seems inconclusive, so
we give the cast as reported.
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never acted before
{_EL} With several Entertainments of singing and
danceing by the best Performers.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Vanbrugh, (Sir)
John:{i}AE_sop{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 31 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}{_AE}sop{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Vanbrugh|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Being oblidg'd at
the Desire of several Persons of Quality{_EE} With
some Scenes Reviv'd.  And the famous Signiora
Francisca Margarita de L'Epine, will sing several
Songs in
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Italian and English.  With several
Entertainments of Dancing by Monsieur de Ruel,
Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs de Ruel, Mrs Bicknall and
{xe} \f 2 "Bicknell, Margaret:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
others.  Being the last time of Acting till Easter
Week.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of
30 March {+}{u}Richard III{/u}{+} was advertised for
this day.
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Richard
III{/i}:performance cancelled:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shadwell,
Thomas:{i}Virtuoso{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 31 {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Virtuoso{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Shadwell|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  To which will be added the
Masque of {after}Acis and Galatea{/after}
{xe} \f 1 "Eccles, John:{i}Acis and
Galatea{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}Acis and
Galatea{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Motteux and Eccles|.
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 30
March)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
Five Years.  At the Desire of several Persons of
Quality, for the Benefit of Cave Underhill{_EE} With
several
{xe} \f 2 "Underhill, Cave:benefit:"{/xe}
Entertainments of Dancing by Madamoiselle de la Val,
Mrs Elford, Mr
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Firbank and others.  Boxes 5s.  Pit
3s.  Gallery 2s.  It being
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Charles:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} the last time of Acting at this
House.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The company sensibly decided to
make use of the Passion Week hiatus to make their
move to their new theatre.
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 31 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} In
the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 24-31 March is
printed "On the Duke of Marlborough's approaching
Campaign.  Made and set by Mr H. Hall
{xe} \f 2 "Hall, H.:song on Marlborough for DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} of Hereford, and Sung with great
Applause by the new Boy at the Theatre Royal" ("Heark
to the War, the Trumpet sounds").
{para}{month}April 1705{/month}

              Monday 2-Saturday 7 April
                    PASSION WEEK
{p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 2    {/date}
{thea}YB{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} At the
Desire of several Persons of Quality {_EL} will be
perform'd a great Consort of Musick, both Vocal and
Instrumental: The Vocal part to be performed by
Signora Juliana Celotti, and the
{xe} \f 2 "Celotte, Ziuliana de:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Celotte, Ziuliana de:benefit
concert:"{/xe} Instrumental by 20 of the most eminent
Masters in London.  For the Benefit of Signora
Juliana Celotti.  To begin exactly at 7 of the Clock.
Tickets may be had at Mr Weger, at the black Balcony
in Suffolk-street.  ¢Price not stated.| ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 7  {/date}
{thea}GBS{/thea}
{play}Entertainments.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}Mr Robinson,
Master{/playauth}
{xe} \f 2 "Robinson, Mr:performs ladder dance:"{/xe}
Ladder-Dancer of England: He does such wonderful
things that has been very surprising to all that ever
saw him; he stands on the uppermost Step of the
Ladder and turns himself quite round, which no Man
ever did, or can do besides himself; playing on the
Violin, with several other things.  He is approved to
be the only Person in that Art.  To which is added,
Vaulting on the Slack Rope, and Tumbling;  with
Entertainments of Singing and Dancing.  Perform'd by
several Persons.  To be seen at the Great Booth at
Stepney during the time of Easter-week.  No Money
Entrance, but what you please to call for, as a Glass
of very good Wine and Cyder."  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 7  {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
Theatre Royall 7th Aprill 1705.  This is to Certifie
That Mr George Powell is at Libertie to dispose of
himself as he thinks
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, George:receives discharge from DL
in 1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:gives Powell discharge
in 1705:"{/xe} fitt.  Chr. Rich (LC 7/3, fol. 91)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Powell's return to Drury Lane had
lasted less than a season.  He was advertised at
Queen's in {u}The Indian Emperour{/u}{+} on 14 April.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}Quacks{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 9    {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Quacks;{/play}
{playand}Or, Love's the Physician{/playand}
{playauth}¢Swiney|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
Once{_EE} With several Entertainments of Musick and
Dancing by the best Performers.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Greber, Jacomo:{i}Gli amori
d'Ergasto{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 9    {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}{_DD} Gli amori d'Ergasto{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢music by Jacomo
Greber|.{/playauth} Performance and cast not
advertised, but see below.
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The Loves of
Ergasto{/u}{+}{_per}  A Pastoral.  Represented at the
Opening of the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-market.
Compos'd by Signior Giacomo Greber (London: Jacob
Tonson, 1705).  ¢With facing title page in Italian.|
Copy used: University of Chicago.  A dual-language
Italian-English libretto.  No singers' names.  Cupid
Sings the Prologue.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} This performance marks the
opening of Vanbrugh's fancy new Queen's Theatre in
the Haymarket.  The Newdigate Newsletter has the
following account, late or muddled in tense, but
apparently substantively correct: "On Monday next
¢i.e., last?| the new Theatre in the hay market built
by the subscriptions of the Nobillity is to be opened
at which time a new Italian pastorall called the
{u}Loves of Ergasto{/u}{+} set to music by the famous
Italian ¢German| Jacomo Greber will be acted."
(Folger Shakespeare Library)
{para} Downes reports as follows: "About the end of
1704, Mr Betterton Assign'd his License, and his
whole Company over to Captain Vantbrugg to Act under
his ¢license|, at the Theatre in the Hay Market.  And
upon the 9th, of April 1705.  Captain Vantbrugg
open'd his new Theatre in the Hay-Market, with a
Foreign Opera, Perform'd by a new set of Singers,
Arriv'd from Italy; (the worst that e're came from
thence) for it lasted but 5 Days, and they being
lik'd but indifferently by the Gentry; they in a
little time marcht back to their own Country."
{u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}Roscius Anglicanus{/u}{+}, pp.
98-99)
{para} Publication of the dual-language libretto
confirms that the opera given was Jacomo Greber's
{u}Gli amori d'Ergasto{/u}{+}, and strongly implies
that the performance was given in Italian.  The
identity of the Italian performers has been much but
inconclusively disputed.  Curtis Price suggests that
"Vanbrugh and Congreve may have imported one or two
Italian singers during the frantic preparations for
the opening of their theatre, but it is likely that
they assembled most of their shabby cast from among
the foreigners at the rival Drury Lane theatre."  See
Price, "The Critical Decade for English Music Drama,"
p. 47.  Colley Cibber
{u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}Apology{/u}{+}, I, 325) gives a
rather hazy account of the opening of the theatre:
"To strike in, therefore, with this prevailing
Novelty ¢opera|, Sir John Vanbrugh and Mr Congreve
open'd their new Hay-Market theatre with a translated
opera to Italian Musick, called {u}The Triumph of
Love{/u}{+} ¢actually given in 1706|, but this not
having in it the Charms of {u}Camilla{/u}{+} ¢to be
staged at Drury Lane in 1706|, either from the
Inequality of the Music or Voices, had but a cold
Reception, being perform'd but three Days, and those
not crowded.  Immediately upon the Failure of this
Opera, Sir John Vanbrugh produced his Comedy call'd
the {u}Confederacy{/u}{+}" ¢actually not given until
30 October|.  Cibber's account has led so reputable
an authority as Fiske to believe that the performance
was in English, but what Cibber had to say of an
event that occurred at the rival theatre thirty-five
years before he was writing must be viewed with
skepticism, especially as he is manifestly muddled.
He is right about the essential point: the Haymarket
opened with a dismal failure.  But Cibber gets the
opera wrong;  probably gets the language wrong; and
is clearly conflating events of 1705 and 1706.  The
testimony of Downes (writing within three years of
the event), the dual-language libretto, and the
stress on "Italian" pastoral convince us that
Vanbrugh attempted unsuccessfully to combat Drury
Lane's success with the stolen {u}Arsinoe{/u}{+} by
mounting an Italian-style all-sung opera in the
original language.

{para} Who were the performers?  Downes' comment
about a foreign company notwithstanding, there seems
a high probability that most if not all of the
singers were hired locally.  From subsequent disputes
between Vanbrugh and the Baroness, we infer that she
had a part.  Margarita
{xe} \f 2 "Lindelheim, Joanna Maria:possible part in
{i}Gli amori d'Ergasto{/i}:"{/xe} de l'Epine
("Greber's Peg") is an obvious candidate: she
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:possible part in
{i}Gli amori d'Ergasto{/i}:"{/xe} had been singing at
Drury Lane, but the nature of her contract is
unknown.  Maria Gallia is another possibility.
{xe} \f 2 "Gallia, Maria:possible part in {i}Gli
amori d'Ergasto{/i}:"{/xe}
{para} A "Prologue Spoken at the First Opening of the
Queen's New Theatre in the Hay-Market" (by Samuel
Garth)
{xe} \f 2 "Garth, Dr Samuel:prologue for opening of
the Haymarket:"{/xe} was published as a broadside
(London: John Nutt, 1705).  Another broadside
printing, by Benjamin Bragg, included on the verso a
prose paraphrase "in a Familiar Stile, for the better
Conception of the True Meaning, and for the
Particular Use of Mr Jer. Collier."  The prologue for
the opening was reprinted in {u}The Muses
Mercury{/u}{+} in February 1707.  Congreve's
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:epilogue for opening of
the Haymarket:"{/xe} "Epilogue at the Opening of the
Queen's Theatre, in the Hay-Market, with an Italian
Pastoral.  Spoken by Mrs Bracegirdle" was published
in Congreve's
{xe} \f 2 "Bracegirdle, Anne:speaks epilogue:"{/xe}
{u}Works{/u}{+} of 1710.  All of this ancillary
matter is reprinted with helpful commentary by
Danchin, I, 265-269.
{para} The opening of Vanbrugh's new theatre
naturally attracted a good deal of commentary, most
of it satirical or hostile.  The
{xe} \f 2 "Haymarket Theatre:satiric comments on its
opening:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Haymarket Theatre:attacks on in
1705:"{/xe} {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 7-14 April
printed an epigram "On the Projectors of the New
Play-House in the Hay-Market":
{quoteon}
When I their boxes, Pit, and Stage, did see,
Their Musick Room, and middle Gallery,
In Semi-circles all of them to be;  I well perceiv'd
they took peculiar Care
Nothing to make, or do, upon the Square.
{/quoteon}
An anticipatory broadside in the form of a mock-
advertisement for "The New Hospital in the Hay-
Market" appeared ca. late March, listing "Places
under the Governours to be dispos'd of"{_DA}including
"A Cryer of Rehearsals{_DA}fit for a Herald"
¢Vanbrugh| and a "Play Cutter{_DA}fit for an
Exhausted Poet" ¢Congreve|, etc.  (See British
Library 816.m.19 ¢35|; printed in Albert Rosenberg,
"A New Motive for the Censorship of Owen Swiney's
'The Quacks'," {u}Notes and Queries{/u}{+}, 203
(1958), 393-396.)  Circa May an anonymous pamphlet
appeared called
{xe} \f 2 "{bi}Kit-Kat C-b Describ'd{/bi}:"{/xe} {u}A
Kit-Kat C-b Describ'd{/u}{+} (London: Printed in the
Year, 1705), mocking the contributions of the Kit-Cat
Club to Vanbrugh's theatre (see {u}Document
Register{/u}{+}, no. 1806).  The 3 May 1705 issue of
Defoe's
{xe} \f 2 "Defoe, Daniel:attack on Haymarket Theatre
in 1705:"{/xe} {u}Review of the Affairs of
France{/u}{+} contains a biting attack on the new
theatre, objecting to its encouragement of vice and
sneering at Vanbrugh's problems in collecting money
pledged by his subscribers.  Defoe includes Garth's
prologue for the first night, plus an abusive poem
"On the New Playhouse in the Hay-Market."  In the
5-12 May issue of
{xe} \f 2 "{bi}On the New Playhouse in the Hay-
Market{/bi}:"{/xe} {u}Rehearsal of Observator{/u}{+}
is another hostile account of the theatre, treating
it as the "Temple" of the Kit-Cat Club.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}Quacks{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 10  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Quacks;{/play}
{playand}Or, Love's the Physician{/playand}
{playauth}¢Swiney|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
the Author.  Never Acted but Twice{_EE} With
{xe} \f 2 "Swiney, Owen:benefit:"{/xe} several
Entertainments of Dancing ¢singing| by Mr Leveridge,
Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Hughs, Mrs Lyndsey and the new Boy.
A Piece of Instrumental Musick
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe} by
Mr Paisible, Mr Banister, Mr Lully ¢Loeillet| and
others.  And Dancing by
{xe} \f 2 "Banister, John (1662?-1736):plays at
DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Paisible, James:plays at DL:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Loeillet, John Baptiste:plays at DL:"{/xe}
Monsieur du Ruel, Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs du Ruel, and
Mrs Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}Committee{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 11{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Committee;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Faithful Irish-man{/playand}
{playauth}¢Howard|.{/playauth}
Teague{¢bnb|}Estcourt;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Teague
({i}Committee{/i}):"{/xe} Obadiah the
Clerk{¢bnb|}Johnson.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Benjamin:roles\::Obadiah
({i}Committee{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Mr Johnson performs
his own part of Obadiah the Clerk.  With several
Entertainments of Singing and Dancing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 12 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} All sung after the
Italian manner.  For the Benefit of the Composer.
{xe} \f 2 "Clayton, Thomas:benefit:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Behn, Aphra:{i}Emperor of the
Moon{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 13   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Emperor of the Moon{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Behn|.{/playauth}
Scaramouch{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Scaramouch
({i}Emperor of the Moon{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several new
Entertainments of Singing in English and Italian by
Mr Ramondon, it being the first time of his
performing on the Stage.
{xe} \f 2 "Ramondon, Littleton:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Beaumont, Francis:{i}King and No
King{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}King and No
King{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 14 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}A King and no King{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Beaumont and
Fletcher|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 13 April)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} And Signiora
Margaretta de L'Epine will sing several Songs
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe} in Italian and English, with
Dancing by Monsieur du Ruel, Monsieur
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Cherrier, Mrs du Ruel and Mrs Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Indian
Emperour{/i}:performance:"{/xe}


{date}Saturday 14 {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Indian Emperor,{/play}
{playand}or the Conquest of Mexico by the
Spaniards{/playand} {playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth}
Cortez{¢bnb|}Powel.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, George:roles\::Cortez ({i}Indian
Emperour{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Entertainments
of Dancing, as also Singing by the new Italian Boy.
By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants.
{xe} \f 2 "New Italian Boy:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}ca.         {/date}
mid-April
Queen's
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}REPORT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} The
first Play Acted there ¢at the Queen's Theatre,
following Greber's {u}Gli amori d'Ergasto{/u}{+}|,
was
{xe} \f 1 "Centlivre,
Susanna:{i}Gamester{/i}:performance:"{/xe} {u}The
Gamester{/u}{+}{_per}  Then the {+}{u}Wanton
Wife{/u}{+} ¢Betterton's
{xe} \f 1 "Betterton, Thomas:{i}Amorous
Widow{/i}:performance:"{/xe} {u}The Amorous
Widow{/u}{+}|.  Next, {+}{u}Duke and no
Duke{/u}{+}{_per}  After that,
{xe} \f 1 "Tate, Nahum:{i}Duke and no
Duke{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}{i}She wou'd if
she cou'd{/i}{/i}:performance:"{/xe} {u}She wou'd, if
She Cou'd{/u}{+}; and half a Score of their old
Plays, Acted in old Cloaths, the Company brought from
Lincolns-Inn-Fields.  The Audiencies falling off
extremly with entertaining the Gentry with such old
Ware, whereas, had they Open'd the House at first,
with a good new English Opera, or a new Play; they
wou'd have preserv'd the Favour of Court and City,
and gain'd Reputation and Profit to themselves."
{u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}Roscius Anglicanus{/u}{+}, pp.
100-101)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Because Vanbrugh had not started
to advertise regularly in the {u}Daily
Courant{/u}{+}, Downes' statement about revivals
cannot be proved, but it is compatible with such
performance records as we possess.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shadwell, Thomas:{i}Squire of
Alsatia{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 16   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Squire of Alsatia{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Shadwell|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Entertainment
of Singing and Dancing, as expressed in the Bill.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}Macbeth{/i}
¢Davenant adaptation|:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 17  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tragedy of Mackbeth{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Shakespeare, adapted
by Davenant|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With all the
Musick, Vocal and Instrumental; Compos'd by Mr
Leveridge, and perform'd by him and others.  With
Dancing by
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:music featured:"{/xe}
Monsieur du Ruel, Mrs du Ruel, Monsieur Cherrier, and
others.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}Comical
Revenge{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 18{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}A Comical Revenge,{/play}
{playand}or, Love in a Tub{/playand}
{playauth}¢Etherege|.{/playauth}
Palmer{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Palmer
({i}Comical Revenge{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Singing in
Italian and English by Mr Ramondon.
{xe} \f 2 "Ramondon, Littleton:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 19 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  To which will be added, a short Farce
call'd, {after}The Quacks;{/after} Or, Love's the
Physician
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}Quacks{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Swiney|.  Cast
not advertised (but see 29 March).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} The Dances to be
perform'd by Monsieur du Ruel, Monsieur
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Cherrier, Mrs du Ruel, Mrs Moss and
others.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Evening's
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 21 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}An Evening's Love;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Mock Astrologer{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by the late Mr Dryden).{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these six
Years{_EE} With several Entertainments of Singing, in
Italian and English, by Signiora Margarita de
l'Epine; and Dancing by Monsieur du Ruel, Mrs du
Ruel, Mrs Moss,
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe} and
others.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Letitia Cross sang "Why so pale
and wan fond lover"
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:sings in play:"{/xe}
(Durfey, {u}Songs Compleat{/u}{+}, V, 194-195). Very
likely she also performed her usual part in this
play, Jacinta.
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Jacinta
({i}Evening's Love{/i}):"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 21 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} In
the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 14-21 April is a
satiric poem entitled "The Player's Litany," mocking
actors' poverty,
{xe} \f 2 "{bi}Player's Litany{/bi}:"{/xe} difficulty
with managers, and their resentment of highly-paid
imports from Ireland (i.e., Richard Estcourt).
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:satirized in 1705
poem:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:{i}Tender
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 23   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Tender Husband;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Accomplish'd Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Richard Steele|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised (but see below).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The Tender Husband;
or, The Accomplish'd Fools{/u}{+}{_per}  A Comedy.
As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane.
By Her Majesty's Servants.  Written by Mr Steele
(London: Jacob Tonson, 1705). Copy used: Readex.
Publication was advertised in the {u}Daily
Courant{/u}{+} of 9 May.  Dramatis Person{__AE}:  Sir
Harry Gubbin{¢bnb|}Bullock;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bullock, William:roles\::Sir Harry Gubbin
({i}Tender Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Humphry
Gubbin{¢bnb|}Pinkethman;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:roles\::Humphry Gubbin
({i}Tender Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Mr
Tipkin{¢bnb|}Norris;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:roles\::Tipkin ({i}Tender
Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Clerimont Sen.{¢bnb|}Mills;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:roles\::Clerimont Senior
({i}Tender Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Capt.
Clerimont{¢bnb|}Wilks;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:roles\::Captain Clerimont
({i}Tender Husband{/i}):"{/xe}
Pounce{¢bnb|}Eastcourt{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Pounce
({i}Tender Husband{/i}):"{/xe} // Mrs
Clerimont{¢bnb|}Mrs Cross;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Mrs Clerimont
({i}Tender Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Aunt{¢bnb|}Mrs
Powell;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, Mary:roles\::Aunt ({i}Tender
Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Niece ¢Biddy|{¢bnb|}Mrs
Oldfield;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Oldfield, Anne:roles\::Biddy ({i}Tender
Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Fainlove{¢bnb|}Mrs Kent;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Mary:roles\::Fainlove ({i}Tender
Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Jenny{¢bnb|}Mrs Sapsford.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Sapsford, Elizabeth:roles\::Jenny
({i}Tender Husband{/i}):"{/xe} Prologue, Written by
Mr Addison.  Spoken by Mr Wilks.
{xe} \f 2 "Addison, Joseph:writes prologue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:speaks prologue:"{/xe}
Epilogue Spoken by Mr Eastcourt.
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:speaks epilogue:"{/xe}
{para} Dedication ¢to Addison|: I hope I make the
Town no ill compliment for their kind Acceptance of
this Comedy, in acknowledging that it has so far
rais'd my Opinion of it, as to make me think it no
improper Memorial of an Inviolable Friendship.  I
should not offer it to You as such, had I not been
very careful to avoid every thing that might look
Ill-natur'd, Immoral, or prejudicial to what the
Better Part of Mankind hold Sacred and Honourable.
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted before.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of
21 April this play is advertised as, "The City Nymph;
Or, The Accomplish'd Fools."  Joseph Addison
contributed some help to his friend and future
collaborator.  See Shirley Strum Kenny, "Two Scenes
by Addison in Steele's {u}Tender Husband{/u}{+},"
{+}{u}Studies in Bibliography{/u}{+}, 19 (1966),
217-226.
{xe} \f 2 "Addison, Joseph:\contributes scenes to
Steele's \Tender Husband\:"{/xe} For a discussion of
Steele's contractual arrangements with Rich for the
play, see Aitken,
{xe} \f 1 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:{i}{i}Tender
Husband{/i}{/i}:contract for:"{/xe} {u}The Life of
Richard Steele{/u}{+}, I, 111-123.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}Merry
Wives{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 23   {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Merry Wives of Windsor{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Entertainments
of Dancing by Madamoiselle de la Val, Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Elford and others, &c.
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:{i}Tender
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{date}Tuesday 24  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tender Husband;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Accomplish'd Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Steele|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 23 April).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
Once.
{¢f-2|}RECEIPTS:{¢/f|} Gross receipts totalled
{_PS}26 14s (C7/642/44).  House charges were
calculated at {_PS}38 15s 10d, and the deficiency
({_PS}12 1s 10d) was chargeable against Steele's
share of the third night profits.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Consultation{/bi}:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 24  {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Consultation{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢anonymous; lost|.
Never Acted before.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
To which will be added an Italian Pastoral call'd,
{after}The Loves of Ergasto{/after}
{xe} \f 1 "Greber, Jacomo:{i}Gli amori
d'Ergasto{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Greber|.
Licoris{¢bnb|}the new Italian Boy.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "New Italian Boy:roles\::Licoris ({i}Gli
amori d'Ergasto{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Virtually nothing is known of
{u}The Consultation{/u}{+}{_per}  It was not
published, and the author or translater is nowhere
named.  From the strenuous efforts made by the
management of the Queen's Theatre to get {u}The
Quacks{/u}{+} suppressed at Drury Lane (see 29
March), various authorities have conjectured
(plausibly enough) that {u}The Consultation{/u}{+}
was likewise a translation or adaptation of
Moli{__EG}re's {u}L'Amour medecin{/u}{+}{_per}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:{i}Tender
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 25{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tender Husband;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Accomplish'd Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Steele|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 23 April).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
Twice.
{¢f-2|}RECEIPTS:{¢/f|} No author's benefit was
advertised.  According to testimony by Christopher
Rich in C7/642/44, the third night gross was {_PS}61
6s, and Steele's share, after deduction of {_PS}38
15s 10d house charges and {_PS}12 1s 10d deficiency
the second night, amounted to {_PS}10 8s 2d.  However
Steele offered to "waive his profitt by the said play
{_EL} and permit the same to goe to the use of the
Company provided they would act the said play the
then next Winter one day for his ¢Steele's| Benefit
instead of the third day," agreeing to pay constant
and incidental charges and to remain responsibile for
the deficiency on 24 April."  For the upshot, see 15
November 1705.
{xe} \f 2 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:makes deal with Rich
over failed benefit:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Consultation{/bi}:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 25{/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Consultation{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢anonymous;
lost|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.  To which will
be added, The Mask of {after}The Loves of Mars and
Venus{/after} in three Musical Entertainments
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter Anthony:{i}Loves of Mars
and Venus{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Eccles, John:{i}Loves of Mars and
Venus{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Motteux and Eccles|.
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted before
¢but see 24 April|.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:{i}Tender
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 26 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tender Husband;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Accomplish'd Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Steele|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 23 April).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
Thrice{_EE} With Dancing by Monsieur du Ruel and Mrs
du Ruel.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{¢f-2|}RECEIPTS:{¢/f|} According to testimony by
Christopher Rich in C7/642/44, gross receipts the
fourth night totalled {_PS}26 11s.  By agreement with
Steele, Rich was not obliged to extend the run or
give Steele the profits of the sixth night if the
fourth night receipts were under
{xe} \f 1 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:{i}{i}Tender
Husband{/i}{/i}:contract for:"{/xe} {_PS}40.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Humorous
Lieutenant{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 26 {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Humourous Lieutenant{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Fletcher|.{/playauth}
Lieutenant{¢bnb|}Bowen.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bowen, William:roles\::Lieutenant
({i}Humorous Lieutenant{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With the Grand
Dance in {u}Rinaldo and Armida{/u}{+}, perform'd by
{xe} \f 1 "Dennis, John:{i}{i}Rinaldo and
Armida{/i}{/i}:Grand Dance used as attraction:"{/xe}
Madamoiselle de la Val, Mrs Elford, Mr Firbank, and
others.
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Charles:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe}

{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Centlivre,
Susanna:{i}Gamester{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 27   {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Gamester{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Centlivre|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 22 February).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Dancing by
Madamoiselle de la Val, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "de la Val, Mlle:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Elford, Mrs (fl. 1700-1706):dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:{i}Tender
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 28 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tender Husband;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Accomplish'd Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Steele|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 23 April).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing by Mrs Tofts, and
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
Dancing by Monsieur du Ruel, Mrs du Ruel, Monsieur
Cherrier, and Mrs Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Otway, Thomas:{i}Venice
Preserv'd{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 28 {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}Venice Preserv'd;{/play}
{playand}Or, a Plot Discover'd{/playand}
{playauth}¢Otway|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Entertainments
of Dancing by Monsieur Fleuri, newly arriv'd in
England.
{xe} \f 2 "Fleury, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Fleuri is otherwise unknown.
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 28 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} In
the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 21-28 April is an
anonymous twelve-line poem "To a Lady Reading the
Tragedy of {u}Heroick Love{/u}{+}{_per}"  George
Granville's {+}{u}Heroick Love{/u}{+}
{xe} \f 1 "Granville, George:{i}Heroick Love{/i}:1705
poem in praise of:"{/xe} received its premiere at
Lincoln's Inn Fields circa January 1698{_DA}according
to Downes, with considerable success
{u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}Roscius Anglicanus{/u}{+}, p. 93).
There is no record of a revival until 1713.

{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Loves Last
Shift{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 30   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Love's Last Shift;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Fool in Fashion{/playand}
{playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mr Mills{_EE} It being the last time of
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:benefit:"{/xe} Acting till
after May-Fair.  With several Entertainments of
Singing by Mr Leveridge, Mr Hughs, Mrs Lindsey, and
the new Boy.
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe}
Particularly, the Frost Musick in the 4th Act of
{u}King Arthur{/u}{+},
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}{i}King
Arthur{/i}{/i}:music used as added attraction:"{/xe}
Compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcel, and perform'd
by Mr
{xe} \f 1 "Purcell, Henry:{i}{i}King
Arthur{/i}{/i}:music used as added attraction:"{/xe}
Leveridge, Mr Hughs, the new Boy, and others; with
the proper Scenes belonging to the Musick.  And
several Serious and Grotesque Dances by Monsieur du
Ruel, Mrs du Ruel, Monsieur Cherrier, and Mrs Moss.
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Philippe:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Du Ruel, Eleanor:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Durfey, Thomas:{i}Don
Quixote{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 30   {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}Don Quixote{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Durfey|.{/playauth}
Don Quixote{¢bnb|}Bowen.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bowen, William:roles\::Don Quixote ({i}Don
Quixote{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} And every thing
else as it was Originally.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} This was probably Part 1 of
Durfey's trilogy.
{e}
{para}{month}May 1705{/month}
{p}

{date}Tuesday 1   {/date}
{thea}MF{/thea}
{play}Entertainments.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} This is to
satisfy the Town, that during the Time of May-Fair,
ensuing, Mr Pinkethman and Mr Finly, for Time past
having had the honour to give Satisfaction to
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:advertises fair
booth:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Findley, Mr (fl. 1700-1706):advertises
fair booth:"{/xe} the Quality, in their separate
Booths, and still being willing to keep up the
Grandeur of the said Fair, have continu'd to the
utmost of their Endeavours to divert the Town with
some new and surprising Entertainments, which they
hope will give Satisfaction in general.  Their
separate Entertainments will be exprest upon their
Bills, in and about the Town.  And their Booths will
stand as usual.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare, William:{i}Henry
VIII{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Henry
VIII{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 3  {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}King Henry the Eighth:{/play}
{playand}With the Fall of Cardinal Wolsey{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare and Fletcher|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 1 May)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
four Years.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Lack of an ad after 1 May could
imply that the company cancelled this performance on
account of May Fair, but they advertised irregularly
and we cannot be certain.
{e}

   Both companies apparently closed for May Fair.
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Pix, Mary:{i}Conquest of
Spain{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{dateo}ca.         {/dateo}
{dateo}mid-May     {/dateo}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Conquest of Spain{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Mary Pix|.{/playauth}
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The Conquest of
Spain{/u}{+}: A Tragedy.  As it is Acted by Her
Majesty's Servants at the Queen's Theatre In the Hay-
Market (London: Richard Wellington, 1705). Copy used:
Readex.  Publication was advertised in the {u}Daily
Courant{/u}{+} on 25 May. Dramatis Person{__AE}: No
actors' names.  The Prologue.  An Epilogue By a
Friend.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Downes says "The first new Play
Acted there ¢at Vanbrugh's new theatre|, was the
{u}Conquest of Spain{/u}{+}; the beginning of May
1705, Written by Mrs Pix, it had not the life of a
Stock-Play, for it Expir'd the 6th Day."  Actually,
the first new play (as opposed to opera) acted there
was
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Consultation{/bi}:first new play at
Queen's Theatre:"{/xe} {u}The Consultation{/u}{+}
(anonymous; lost), which appeared 24 and 25 April and
sank without further trace.  We have assigned a mid-
May (rather than early May) date because both
theatres appear to have closed for the duration of
May Fair.  Assuming that Downes is accurate about a
six-day run, the premiere probably occurred between
the 12th and the 17th of May.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 12 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Entertainments
of Dancing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Banks, John:{i}Unhappy
Favourite{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 15  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Unhappy Favourite;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Earl of Essex{/playand}
{playauth}¢Banks|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} And at the desire
of some Persons of Quality, Mrs Tofts
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
performes several Entertainments of Singing in
English and Italian, with Dancing by Monsieur
Cherrier, Mrs Moss and Others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden,
John:{i}Amphitryon{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 16{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Amphitrion;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Two Sosia's{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by the late Mr Dryden).{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} And all the Songs
set by the late Mr Henry Purcell, and
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe} perform'd by Mr Leveridge, Mrs
Lyndsey, and the new Boy.
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden,
John:{i}Amphitryon{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 18   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Amphitrion;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Two Sosia's{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by the late Mr Dryden).{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} And all the Songs
set by the late Mr Henry Purcell, and
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe} perform'd by Mr Leveridge, Mrs
Lyndsey, and the new Boy.  With
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} several Entertainments of Dancing
by Mrs Cross and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:{i}Tender
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 19 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tender Husband;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Accomplish'd Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Steele|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 23 April).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Singing in English and Italian by
Mrs Tofts, and
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
Dancing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs Moss, and Others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Spanish
Fryar{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 22  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Spanish Fryar;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Double Discovery{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Fryar
¢Dominic|{¢bnb|}Estcourt.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Dominic
({i}Spanish Fryar{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With Singing by the
New Boy. And a Mad Dialogue, Composed by
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} the late Mr Henry Purcell, and
perform'd by Mr Leveridge and Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe} Lindsey.
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Betterton,
Thomas:{i}Prophetess{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Purcell,
Henry:{i}Prophetess{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 23{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Prophetess;{/play}
{playand}Or, the History of Dioclesian{/playand}
{playauth}¢Betterton and Purcell|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality.

{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Centlivre,
Susanna:{i}Gamester{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 23{/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Gamester{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Centlivre|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 22 February).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Dancing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Baker, Thomas:{i}Tunbridge-
Walks{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 24 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Tunbridge-Walks;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Yeoman of Kent{/playand}
{playauth}¢Baker|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} And at the desire
of several Persons of Quality, Mrs Tofts
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
performes several Entertainments of Singing in
English and Italian, with Variety of Dancing.  It
being the last time of Acting till Whitson Monday.
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden,
John:{i}Amphitryon{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 24 {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}Amphitrion;{/play}
{playand}Or, The Two Sosia's{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by the late Mr Dryden).{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted here
but Once{_EE} The Vocal Musick set by the late Mr
Henry Purcell, with several Entertainments of
Dancing.
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Otway, Thomas:{i}{i}Souldiers
Fortune{/i}{/i}::"{/xe}

{date}Monday 28   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Soldiers Fortune{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by Mr
Otway).{/playauth} Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
Five Years{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Singing and Dancing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Beaumont, Francis:{i}Scornful
Lady{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Scornful
Lady{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 28   {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Scornful Lady{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by those
Celebrated Authors, Beaumont and
Fletcher).{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 26 May)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
three Years{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Singing and Dancing; particularly the Dialogue of,
Thus at the height of Love we live, set by the late
Mr Henry Purcell.
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Otway, Thomas:{i}Souldiers
Fortune{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 29  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Soldiers Fortune{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by Mr
Otway).{/playauth} Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
Five Years ¢but see 28 May|{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Dancing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Tuke, Sir Samuel:{i}Adventures of Five
Hours{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 30{/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Adventures of 5 Hours{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Tuke|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these Six
Years.  {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 31 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  To which will be added a Farce call'd,
{after}The Quacks,{/after} or Love's the Physician
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}Quacks{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Swiney|.  Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e}
{para}{month}June 1705{/month}
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Tuke, Sir Samuel:{i}Adventures of Five
Hours{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 1    {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Adventures of Five Hours{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Tuke|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted but once
these Six Years{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Dancing between each Act.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Cibber, Colley:{i}Careless
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 2  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Careless Husband{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Cibber|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 7 December 1704).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 1 June)
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing in English and Italian, by
Mrs Tofts, and Dancing by Mrs Cross and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare,
William:{i}Othello{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 2  {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Tragedy of Othello: Moor of Venice{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised (but see 25 November 1704).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Being the last time
of Acting it this Season.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}Man of
Mode{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 4    {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Man of Mode:{/play}
{playand}or, Sir Fopling Flutter{/playand}
{playauth}¢Etherege|.{/playauth} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Dancing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Jonson,
Ben:{i}Volpone{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 5   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Volpone;{/play}
{playand}or, The Fox{/playand} {playauth}(Written by
the Famous Ben. Johnson).{/playauth} Cast not
advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Capt. Griffin{_EE} With several
{xe} \f 2 "Griffin, Philip:benefit:"{/xe}
Entertainments of Singing, viz. A Song Compos'd by
the late Mr Henry Purcel, beginning, Genius of
England, &c. perform'd by
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe} Mr Leveridge: And a Dialogue taken out
of the Opera of {u}King Arthur{/u}{+},
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Purcell, Henry:{i}{i}King
Arthur{/i}{/i}:music used as added attraction:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}{i}King
Arthur{/i}{/i}:music used as added attraction:"{/xe}
perform'd by him and Mrs Lindsey.  Also Singing by
the new Boy;
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} and Danceing by Mrs Cross and
others.  To begin at half an Hour
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
after 5 a Clock.  No Money to be return'd after the
Curtain is drawn up.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Tuke, Sir Samuel:{i}Adventures of Five
Hours{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 6 {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Adventures of Five Hours{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Tuke|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted there
but twice{_EE} With several Entertainments of Singing
and Dancing between each Act.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 7  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  To which will be added the last Act of a
Farce, call'd, {after}Loves Contrivance,{/after} or
Le Medicin Malgre luy
{xe} \f 1 "Centlivre, Susanna:{i}{i}Love's
Contrivance{/i}{/i}:last act performed:"{/xe}
¢Centlivre|.  Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Dancing by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs
Moss, and
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
others.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Rule a
Wife{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 8    {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}Rule a Wife and have a Wife{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Fletcher|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted by that
Company these Nine Years{_EE} The Principal Parts to
be perform'd by those who play'd them when 'twas
reviv'd in King Charles the Second's time.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} According to Downes
{u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}Roscius Anglicanus{/u}{+}, pp.
82-83) Betterton acted Michael Perez and Mrs Barry
took Margaretta in the United Company revival of
1682.  Both were available at the present time.  Cave
Underhill might have performed Cacofogo in the time
of Charles II, though Downes lists William Cartwright
for the role.
{xe} \f 2 "Betterton, Thomas:roles\::Michael Perez
({i}Rule a Wife{/i}):"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Barry, Elizabeth:roles\::Margaretta
({i}Rule a Wife{/i}):"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Underhill, Cave:roles\::Cacofogo ({i}Rule
a Wife{/i}):"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Evening's
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 9  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}An Evenings Love:{/play}
{playand}Or, The Mock Astrologer{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Jacinta{¢bnb|}Mrs
Cross.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Jacinta
({i}Evening's Love{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the Desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} And the Eunuch's
Dialogue Compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcel,
perform'd by her and the
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe} New Boy; also Singing by Mr Leveridge,
and Mrs Lindsey, and Dancing
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe} by
Monsieur Cherrier and Mrs Moss.  A new Dance (never
perform'd
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
before) by Mrs Cross and others,  For her Own
Benefit.  To begin at
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:benefit:"{/xe} half an Hour
after five a Clock.  No Money to be return'd after
the Curtain is drawn up.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Indian
Emperour{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 9  {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Indian Emperor:{/play}
{playand}or, The Conquest of Mexico by the
Spaniards{/playand} {playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 14 April).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted there
but once{_EE} with several Entertainments of Singing
and Dancing between each Act.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Royal
Merchant{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Massinger, Philip:{i}Royal
Merchant{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 12  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Royal Merchant,{/play}
{playand}or Beggar's Bush{/playand}
{playauth}¢Fletcher and Massinger|. Not acted these
Twenty Years.{/playauth} Merchant ¢i.e.,
Florez|{¢bnb|}Wilks{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:roles\::Florez ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} (and see below).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{first}EDITION.{/first} {u}The Royal Merchant: or,
Beggars-Bush{/u}{+}{_per}  A Comedy.  Acted at the
Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's
Servants (London: H.N. for William Keeble, et al.,
n.d. ¢1706|).  Copy used: Harvard.  Publication was
advertised in the {u}Post Boy{/u}{+} of 25 January
1706.  Dramatis Person{__AE}:
Woolfort{¢bnb|}Williams;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Williams, Joseph:roles\::Woolfort
({i}Royal Merchant{/i}):"{/xe}
Gerrard{¢bnb|}Keen;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Keene, Theophilus:roles\::Gerrard
({i}Royal Merchant{/i}):"{/xe}
Hubert{¢bnb|}Mills;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:roles\::Hubert ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Florez, the true Heir of
Flanders, falsly call'd Goswin, a rich Merchant of
Bruges{¢bnb|}Wilks;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:roles\::Florez ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Hemskirck{¢bnb|}Biggerstaf;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bickerstaff, John:roles\::Hemskirck
({i}Royal Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Van
dunck{¢bnb|}Bullock;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bullock, William:roles\::Van-Dunck
({i}Royal Merchant{/i}):"{/xe}
Merchants{¢bnb|}Carnaby, Phillips, Kent, Toms;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Carnaby, James:roles\::Merchant ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Phillips, Mr (amateur):roles\::Merchant
({i}Royal Merchant{/i}):"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Thomas:roles\::Merchant ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Toms, William:roles\::Merchant ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Higgen{¢bnb|}Estcourt;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:roles\::Higgen ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Prig{¢bnb|}Norris, alias Jubilee
Dicky;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:roles\::Prince Prig
({i}Royal Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Snap{¢bnb|}Kent;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Thomas:roles\::Snap ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Ferret{¢bnb|}Fairbank;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Henry:roles\::Ferret ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Ginks{¢bnb|}Tom Wright
¢otherwise unknown|;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Wright, Thomas:roles\::Ginks ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Boors{¢bnb|}Sherman, Harris,
Cross{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Sherman, Mr:roles\::Boor ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Harris, Joseph:roles\::Boor ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Richard:roles\::Boor ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} // Jaculine{¢bnb|}Mrs Cox;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cox, Susannah:roles\::Jaculine ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} Bertha{¢bnb|}Mrs Rogers.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Rogers, Jane:roles\::Bertha ({i}Royal
Merchant{/i}):"{/xe} No prologue.  Epilogue Spoken by
Mr Pinkeman, mounted on an Ass; a long Whig on the
Ass's Head.
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:speaks epilogue on
ass:"{/xe} ¢Danchin, I, 275, reports that the
epilogue printed in the 1706 edition is simply the
old Jo Hayns ass epilogue.|
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} The part of the
Merchant to be perform'd by Mr Wilks for his
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:benefit:"{/xe} own Benefit;
With several new Entertainments of Singing in English
and Italian, by Mrs Tofts; and Dancing by Monsieur
Cherrier, Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe} Moss and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Enormous confusion has surrounded
this title.  The dedication to the 1706 edition was
signed "H.N.," which has generally been taken to mean
Henry Norris but was actually the
{xe} \f 2 "Newman, Hugh:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:confused with Hugh
Newman:"{/xe} published Hugh Newman, who wrote
dedications to several reprinted plays about this
time (e.g., {u}The Northern Lass{/u}{+}, which he
signed{_DA}see 8 November 1704).  Genest's account
(II, 322) muddles a 1756 edition of a Covent Garden
revival with this one.  The mess was accurately
disentangled (so far as we can tell) as long ago as
1926 by Arthur Colby Sprague in {u}Beaumont and
Fletcher on the Restoration Stage{/u}{+}, Appendix
II, pp. 274-275.  Unfortunately, Nicoll entered the
piece in his handlist (II, 346-347) as a play by
Henry Norris, and Avery indexed it under Beaumont and
Fletcher "(adapted by Henry Norris)."  In fact, the
play printed in 1706 and apparently staged by the
Drury Lane company the preceding spring is simply the
Fletcher and Massinger {u}Beggar's Bush{/u}{+} of
1622, virtually unaltered.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Tuke, Sir Samuel:{i}Adventures of Five
Hours{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 13{/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Adventures of Five Hours{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Tuke|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted but
thrice these Six Years{_EE} With Entertainments of
Singing and Dancing between each Act.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Caryll, John:{i}Sir
Salomon{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 14 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Sir Salomon Single:{/play}
{playand}or, The Cautious Coxcomb{/playand}
{playauth}¢Caryll|.{/playauth} Betty{¢bnb|}Mrs
Mountfort.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:roles\::Betty ({i}Sir
Salomon{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} The Part of Betty
to be perform'd by Mrs Mountfort; and an Epilogue
spoken by her upon her first appearance on this
Stage.  For the Advantage of Mr Estcourt; with
comical Songs and Dances.
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:benefit:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The "Epilogue: Spoken by Mrs
Mountfort at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane" was
separately published as a broadside by Bernard
Lintott and is reprinted with commentary by Danchin
(I, 276-277).  Lintott's ad in the {u}Daily
Courant{/u}{+} of 18 June says the the piece is by
the author of {u}The Yeoman of Kent{/u}{+} (i.e.,
Thomas Baker).
{xe} \f 2 "Baker, Thomas:writes epilogue:"{/xe}
Susanna Mountfort was only 14 years old, but had
already performed Betty at LIF and in a court
performance the previous season.  Her jumping to
Drury Lane is surprising, since her stepfather John
Verbruggen remained with the other company.  Those
actors who had participated in the Court performance
of February 1704 probably took their usual roles:
Peregrine{¢bnb|}Wilks;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:roles\::Peregrine ({i}Sir
Salomon{/i}):"{/xe} Justice Wary{¢bnb|}Johnson;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Benjamin:roles\::Justice Wary
({i}Sir Salomon{/i}):"{/xe}
Ralph{¢bnb|}Pinkethman.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:roles\::Ralph ({i}Sir
Salomon{/i}):"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Rule a
Wife{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 15   {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}Rule a Wife and have a Wife{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Fletcher|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted there
but once{_EE} With several Entertainments of Singing
and Dancing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Young Coquet{/bi}:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 16 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Young Coquet{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢anonymous;
lost?|.{/playauth} Young Coquet{¢bnb|}Mrs Cross.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Young Coquet
({i}Young Coquet{/i}):"{/xe} {after}The Country
House{/after}
{xe} \f 1 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:{i}Country
House{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Vanbrugh|.  Madam
Barnard{¢bnb|}Mrs Mountfort.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:roles\::Madam Barnard
({i}Country House{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these 6
Years.  For the Benefit of Mr Mills{_EE} Two
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:benefit:"{/xe} short Comedies
of Two Acts each {_EL} The Part of Madam Barnard in
the {u}Country House{/u}{+}, which was Originally
Acted by Mrs Verbruggen; to
{xe} \f 2 "Verbruggen, Susanna:mentioned in
advertisement:"{/xe} be perform'd by her Daughter Mrs
Mountfort {_EL} With the Frost Musick in {u}King
Arthur{/u}{+}; compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcel,
and
{xe} \f 1 "Purcell, Henry:{i}{i}King
Arthur{/i}{/i}:music used as added attraction:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}{i}King
Arthur{/i}{/i}:music used as added attraction:"{/xe}
perform'd by Mr Leveridge, the new Boy and others;
with the
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} proper Scenes belonging to the
Musick.  With several Entertainments of Singing in
English and Italian by Mrs Tofts.  With Dancing by
Mrs
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
Moss and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} Virtually nothing is known of
{u}The Young Coquet{/u}{+}, but this ad says
explicitly that it is "Reviv'd" rather than new.  A
date of 1699 or earlier is implied.
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 16 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} In
the {u}Diverting Post{/u}{+} of 9-16 June was
published "An Epilogue for the Theatre Royal."  ("May
we not well complain for want of Pence.")  No date,
play, occasion, or speaker is specified.  The
epilogue is reprinted with commentary by Danchin, I,
278.  Even more strongly than Danchin, we doubt that
this epilogue was spoken at Drury Lane, or ever
intended to be.  It bewails small audiences; smears
Estcourt (one of the
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:attacked in 1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Drury Lane:attack on state of in
1705:"{/xe} company's featured performers); says the
actors are "divided" about whether they should agree
to a union; calls some of them "R{_DA}h-Ridden"; and
concludes by saying that
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:1705 allusion to:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "de l'Epine, Margarita:1705 attack
on:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:1705 attack on:"{/xe}
"L'Epine, and Tofts sneak off with all our Gains."
The piece seems manifestly hostile to Drury Lane, and
we take it as a journalistic attack launched in
conjunction with Vanbrugh's
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:1705 proposal of
union:"{/xe} escalating campaign for a union of the
two companies under his own direction.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Durfey, Thomas:{i}Virtuous
Wife{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 18   {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Virtuous Wife:{/play}
{playand}or, Good Luck at Last{/playand}
{playauth}¢Durfey|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
many Years.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} There is no record of revival
between the original production of 1679 and this one.
The last known performance occurred on 22 June this
month.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Royal
Merchant{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Massinger, Philip:{i}Royal
Merchant{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 19  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Royal Merchant;{/play}
{playand}or Beggar's Bush{/playand}
{playauth}¢Fletcher and Massinger|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but once
these 20 Years. For the Benefit of Mr Baggs and
{xe} \f 2 "Baggs, Zachary:shared benefit:"{/xe} Mr
Hall{_EE} With several Entertainments of Singing in
English and
{xe} \f 2 "Hall, John (fl. 1703-1711):shared
benefit:"{/xe} Italian by Mrs Tofts, and variety of
Dancing.
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Durfey, Thomas:{i}Virtuous
Wife{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 20{/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Virtuous Wife:{/play}
{playand}or, Good Luck at Last{/playand}
{playauth}¢Durfey|.{/playauth} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but once
these many Years.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 21 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
the Composer{_EE} With several Entertainments
{xe} \f 2 "Clayton, Thomas:benefit:"{/xe} of Dancing
by Monsieur Cherrier, Mrs Moss, and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Durfey, Thomas:{i}Virtuous
Wife{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 22   {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}The Virtuous Wife:{/play}
{playand}or, Good Luck at Last{/playand}
{playauth}¢Durfey|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but twice
these many Years{_EE} With variety of Singing and
Dancing between the Acts.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Steele, (Sir) Richard:{i}Tender
Husband{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{date}Saturday 23 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Tender Husband:{/play}
{playand}or, The Accomplish'd Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Steele|.{/playauth} His own part ¢Humphry
Gubbin|{¢bnb|}Pinkethman.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:roles\::Humphry Gubbin
({i}Tender Husband{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the desire of
several Persons of Quality, For the Benefit of Mr
Bullock{_EE} Being the last time of Acting it this
Season{_EE} With
{xe} \f 2 "Bullock, William:benefit:"{/xe} several
new Entertainments of Singing in English and Italian
by Mrs Tofts, particularly a Trumpet Song, it being
the last time (but
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
twice) of her performing till Winter.  And several
Entertainments of Dancing in and between the Acts.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Congreve, William:{i}Love for
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Monday 25   {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}Love for Love{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Congreve|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted there
before{_EE} Acted all by Women. With several
Entertainments of Singing and Dancing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Brome, Richard:{i}Northern
Lass{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 26  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Northern Lass:{/play}
{playand}or, The Nest of Fools{/playand}
{playauth}¢Brome|.{/playauth} Northern Lass
¢Constance|{¢bnb|}Mrs Cross{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Northern Lass
¢Constance| ({i}Northern Lass{/i}):"{/xe} (and see 8
November).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
Mr Fairbank and Mr Bickerstaffe{_EE} The Part
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Henry:shared benefit:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bickerstaff, John:shared benefit:"{/xe} of
the Northern Lass to be perform'd by Mrs Cross, in
which she
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
both Sings and Dances several times.  The Songs new
Set by Mr Clark.
{xe} \f 2 "Clarke, Jeremiah:music featured:"{/xe}
With Singing in English and Italian by Mrs Tofts.
Being the last
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
time (but once) of her Performance till Winter.  Also
Entertainments of Singing by Mr Leveridge, Mr Hughs,
Mrs Lindsey and the new Boy,
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} Compos'd of Comical Dialogues and
two-part Songs.  With Dancing by Monsieur Cherrier,
Mrs Moss and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Congreve, William:{i}Love for
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 27{/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}Love for Love{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Congreve|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} As it was never
Acted but once before{_EE} Acted all by Women.  With
several Entertainments of Singing and Dancing.
{e} {p}

{date}Wednesday 27{/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} On
this day Anne Gibbs Shadwell (former actress and
widow of
{xe} \f 2 "Shadwell, Anne Gibbs:testifies in
1705:"{/xe} Thomas Shadwell) answered Sir Edward
Smith's bill of complaint (see 30 May 1704)
concerning profits in the patent company.  She
testified that she held a quarter share in the
company, but had received no rent since the death of
Queen Mary in 1694 and no
{xe} \f 2 "Drury Lane:fails to pay sharers and
actors' pensions:"{/xe} payment since 1695 on her
pension of 20s per week as an actress.  She admitted
taking friends to plays without paying, "as it is
usuall for other Sharers to doe." (C8/604/6)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Young Coquet{/bi}:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 28 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Young Coquet{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢anonymous;
lost?|.{/playauth} Young Coquet{¢bnb|}Mrs Cross.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Young Coquet
({i}Young Coquet{/i}):"{/xe} {after}The Country
House{/after}
{xe} \f 1 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:{i}Country
House{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Vanbrugh|.  Madam
Barnard{¢bnb|}Mrs Mountfort.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:roles\::Madam Barnard
({i}Country House{/i}):"{/xe} Two short Comedies of
two Acts each{_EE} To which will be added a Farce,
call'd, {after}The Quacks:{/after} or, Love's the
Physician
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}Quacks{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Swiney|.  Cast
not advertised (but see 29 March).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing by Mr Leveridge, Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Hughs, Mrs Lindsey, and the new
Boy.  And variety of Comick Dancing
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} by Mrs Cross, Mrs Moss and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of
27 June {+}{u}Arsinoe{/u}{+} and {+}{u}The
Quacks{/u}{+} were advertised for this day.
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:advertised but deferred:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton, Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:advertised
but deferred:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Congreve, William:{i}Love for
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 29   {/date}
{thea}Queen's{/thea}
{play}Love for Love{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Congreve|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} As it was never
Acted but twice before{_EE} Acted all by Women.  With
several Entertainments of Singing and Dancing.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Royal
Merchant{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Massinger, Philip:{i}Royal
Merchant{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 30 {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Royal Merchant:{/play}
{playand}or, Beggar's Bush{/playand}
{playauth}¢Fletcher and Massinger|.{/playauth} Cast
not advertised (but see 12 June).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but twice
these Twenty Years.  For the Benefit of Mr Newman
¢prompter|{_EE} With variety of Singing and Dancing
by the best
{xe} \f 2 "Newman, Thomas:benefit:"{/xe} Performers,
particularly the Musick in the third Act of the
Opera, call'd, {u}King Arthur, or the British
Worthy{/u}{+}, being the Frost Musick, with the
proper Scenes and Habits belonging to it.
{xe} \f 1 "Purcell, Henry:{i}{i}King
Arthur{/i}{/i}:music used as added attraction:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}{i}King
Arthur{/i}{/i}:music used as added attraction:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of
29 June {+}{u}The Committee{/u}{+} is advertised for
this
{xe} \f 1 "Howard, Sir
Robert:{i}{i}Committee{/i}{/i}:advertised but not
played:"{/xe} date, featuring Estcourt as Teague.
The ad also mentions that Leveridge will sing the
Frost Music and that tickets given out for
{u}Hamlet{/u}{+} will be taken at this play.
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare,
William:{i}{i}Hamlet{/i}{/i}:performance
cancelled:"{/xe}
{e}
{para}{month}July 1705{/month}
{p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden, John:{i}Secret-
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 3   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Secret Love:{/play}
{playand}or the Maiden Queen{/playand}
{playauth}¢Dryden|.{/playauth} Florimel{¢bnb|}Mrs
Cross.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Florimel
({i}Secret-Love{/i}):"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} With several
Entertainments of Singing by Mr Leveridge, Mr
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Hughs, Mrs Lindsey, and the new
Boy.  Particularly a mad Dialogue,
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} compos'd by the late Mr Henry
Purcel.  And Dancing by Monsieur La
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music advertised by
theatre:"{/xe} Forest, Mrs Cross, Mrs Moss, and
others.
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Etherege, Sir George:{i}She wou'd if she
cou'd{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 5  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}She Wou'd, if She Cou'd{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by the late
Sir George Etheridge).{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 19 March).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
the Box-Keepers{_EE} With several Entertainments of
Singing by Mr Leveridge, Mr Hughs, Mrs Lindsey and
{xe} \f 2 "Leveridge, Richard:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Hughes, Francis:singing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:singing advertised:"{/xe}
the New Boy.  As will be exprest in the great Bills.
And variety of
{xe} \f 2 "New Boy (fl. spring 1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} Dancing by Mr Cherrier, Monsieur La
Forest, Mrs Cross, Mrs Moss and
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
others.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Shakespeare,
William:{i}Hamlet{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 7  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Hamlet, Prince of Denmark{/play}
{playand}{/playand}
{playauth}¢Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Cast not
advertised (but see 31 January).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} For the Benefit of
the Box-Keepers{_EE} With several extraordinary
Entertainments of Singing and Dancing.  As will be
exprest in the great Bills to Morrow ¢sic; phrase
apparently retained from the ad of 6 July|.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Motteux, Peter
Anthony:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 1 "Clayton,
Thomas:{i}Arsinoe{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 10  {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}Arsinoe Queen of Cyprus{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Motteux and
Clayton|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised (but see 16
January).  To which will be added a Farce, call'd
{after}The Quacks;{/after} Or, Love's the Physician
{xe} \f 1 "Swiney,
Owen:{i}Quacks{/i}:performance:"{/xe} ¢Swiney|.  Cast
not advertised (but see 29 March).  ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} Being the last time
of performing it this Season and the last time of Mrs
Tofts's Singing till Winter{_EE} With Dancing by
Monsieur
{xe} \f 2 "Tofts, Catherine:singing advertised:"{/xe}
Cherrier, Mrs Mosse and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:dancing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mosse, Mrs:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Tate, Nahum:{i}King
Lear{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 13   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The History of King Lear, and his Three
Daughters{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Tate, adapting
Shakespeare|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Singing and Dancing between the
Acts.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 14 {/date}
{thea}RI@W{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} At Richmond
Wells, will be an extraordinary Consort of Vocal and
Instrumental Musick, viz. Several Three-Part Songs,
set by Mr Eccles
{xe} \f 2 "Eccles, John:music featured:"{/xe} and
perform'd before the Queen on Her Birth-day.  And a
Two-Part song, set by Mr Henry Purcell, never printed
nor perform'd in
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music featured in
concert:"{/xe} Publick.  Also some Solo's on the
Violin by a Scholar of Signior Gasparini's, who never
perform'd in Publick before, With
{xe} \f 2 "Gasparini's Scholar:concert:"{/xe} several
other extraordinary Entertainments (by the best
Masters) too long to be inserted here.  To begin
exactly at half an Hour after Six of the Clock, and
for those whose Business requires their Return to
London, the conveniency of the Tide will permit the
same Night.  Tickets may be had at Will's and Robin's
Coffee-Houses near the Royal Exchange, at White's
Coffee-House on Richmond-Green, and at the Wells; at
half a Crown each Ticket.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Vanbrugh, (Sir)
John:{i}Relapse{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 18{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Relapse:{/play}
{playand}or, Virtue in Danger{/playand}
{playauth}¢Vanbrugh|.{/playauth} Miss
Hoyden{¢bnb|}Mrs Cross{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:roles\::Hoyden
({i}Relapse{/i}):"{/xe} (and see 26 February).
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} At the desire of
several Persons of Quality{_EE} With several
Entertainments of Singing by Mr Ramondon,
particularly a new Italian
{xe} \f 2 "Ramondon, Littleton:singing
advertised:"{/xe} Trumpet Song: Also Singing by Mrs
Hornbolt, who never perform'd
{xe} \f 2 "Hornbolt, Mrs:singing advertised:"{/xe}
but once on the Stage before.  With Dancing by
Monsieur la Forest,
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
Mrs Cross and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} "Mr Hornbolt" in the
{u}Biographical Dictionary{/u}{+} (VII, 415) is a
ghost.  The {+}{u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} ad clearly
says "Mrs."
{e}

{p}

{date}Friday 18   {/date}
{thea}NWE{/thea}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}ADVERTISEMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
The New Wells, at Epsom, with variety of Raffling-
Shops, Bowling-Green, and fine Consort of Musick are
open every Day, from Six in the Morning, to Nine or
Ten at Night.  The Ladies Pay nothing.
({eoc}Observator{/eoc}, 14-18 July)
{e} {p}

{date}Saturday 19 {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap}
According to Charles Gildon, "The following Proposals
¢made by Vanbrugh to Christopher Rich| were sent from
the Secretary ¢Sir John Stanley| to the Lord
Chamberlain the 19th of July, 1705."
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:1705 proposal of
union:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:receives proposal of
union from Vanbrugh:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lord Chamberlain:receives 1705 proposals
of union:"{/xe}

 Proposals for Reducing the two Companies of Players
                      into one.
1st.  That the Patent Adventurers on their ceasing to
act by Vertue of their Patent, be admitted to a
Moyety of the clear Profits, which shall arise from
the Company now establish'd by the Queen in the Hay-
Market.
{para} 2d.  That there shall no Regard be had to each
Companies past Debts, Engagements, or Stock, their
Concern together being forward, not backwards.
{para} 3d.  That the Persons to be intrusted for the
Management, be Nam'd by the Queen, to be at any Time
chang'd, and remov'd, as she shall think fit.
{para} 4th.  That if these three principal Heads be
agreed to, the Settlement of the inferiour Matters,
may be refer'd to my Lord Chamberlain.  J. Vanbrugh.
{u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}The Post-Boy Robb'd of His
Mail{/u}{+}, 2nd edition (London:  B. Mills for John
Sprint, 1706), pp. 344-345)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The flagrantly self-serving
nature of these proposals is obvious.  For Rich's
refusal, see 25 July.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Dryden,
John:{i}Amphitryon{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 20   {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Amphitryon:{/play}
{playand}or, The Two Sosia's{/playand}
{playauth}(Written by Mr John Dryden).{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never Acted there
before{_EE} With proper Entertainments of Singing and
Dancing in and between the Acts.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} In the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} ad
of the 19th for this performance is an important
special notice: "Note, That the Company will continue
to Act there ¢Lincoln's Inn Fields| till Her
{xe} \f 2 "Lincoln's Inn Fields:used in summer of
1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Haymarket Theatre:closed for further
construction in 1705:"{/xe} Majesty's Theatre in the
Hay-market be intirely finish'd."  The return of
Vanbrugh's company to their former quarters has
excited surprise and speculation among some theatre
historians, but this notice probably states the
simple truth: the company had hastened to open its
long-delayed new theatre late in the season, and now
had to vacate it while Vanbrugh got it fully
"finish'd" and rigged.
{e}
{e} {p}

{date}ca.         {/date}
{i}Monday 23

{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} At a
date probably between Vanbrugh's union proposal of 19
July and Rich's refusal of 25 July 33 members of the
Drury
{xe} \f 2 "Drury Lane:1705 actors' petition against a
union:"{/xe} Lane company addressed a formal petition
to the Lord Chamberlain, objecting to the proposed
union.  The full text and complete list of
signatories follows.
{para} To the Right Honourable the Earl of Kent; Lord
Chamberlain of Her
{xe} \f 2 "Lord Chamberlain:petitioned by actors
against union in 1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Earl (later Duke) of:petitioned by
actors against union in 1705:"{/xe} Majesty's
Houshold.  The Humble Petition of the Comedians
Acting at the Theatre Royal In Drury-Lane.  Sheweth,
{para} That Mr Rich having from Sir John Stanley
Receiv'd your Lordship's Commands to send his
Proposals for an Union of the two Play Houses,
according to Her Majesty's Royal Pleasure, Signify'd
to your Lordship: It is with the utmost Reluctance,
That your Petitioners make this their most Humble
Address to your Lordship; But they having by their
long Labour and Diligence (notwithstanding many
Discouragements) Improv'd themselves into an Intire
and Able Company, to the General Satisfaction of the
Town, and being fully Content with the Terms and
Conditions under which they now Act, and absolutely
Convinc'd, That an Union of the two Companies cannot
be without great Prejudice, if not utter Ruine, to
them and their Numerous Families.
{para} Your Petitioners therefore most Humbly Pray,
That your Lordship will be pleas'd to Represent to
her Majesty, the many unavoidable Hardships which
they Conceive will be brought upon them, in Case your
Lordship should Exert your Power, to unite them to
the other Company, who having never shewn the same
Diligence, Industry, nor Disposition to please their
Audiences, (that we presume to think we have done;)
now seek to support themelves by the Successfull
labours of your Petitioners (contrary as we have
reason to believe) to the intention of the Nobility
and Gentry, who Subscrib'd to the Building of a New
Theatre, and to the frequent Encouragements given by
them for the support of two Houses.  And your
Petitioners shall ever Pray, &c.
{para} Rob Wilks, Phil. Griffin, Rich. Estcourt, Jos.
Williams, Wm.
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Griffin, Philip:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Estcourt, Richard:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Williams, Joseph:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bullock, William:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe} Bullock, Hen. Norris, John
Bickerstaffe, Rich. Cross, Tho. Kent,
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Henry:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bickerstaff, John:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Richard:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Thomas:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe} James Carnaby, Colley Cibber, John
Mills, Wm. Pinkethman, Wm.
{xe} \f 2 "Carnaby, James:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cibber, Colley:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Pinkethman, William:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Toms, William:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe} Toms, Hen. Fairbank, Theop. Keen,
Rene Cherrier, La Forest,
{xe} \f 2 "Fairbank, Henry:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Keene, Theophilus:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cherrier, Ren{__EA}:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe} Littlet. Ramondon, Fran. M. Knight,
Jane Rogers, Mary Powell,
{xe} \f 2 "Ramondon, Littleton:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Knight, Frances Maria:signs 1705 DL
actors' petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Rogers, Jane:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, Mary:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe} Henrieta Moor, Diana Temple, Eliz.
Sapsford, Mary Kent, Anne
{xe} \f 2 "Moore, Henrietta:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Temple, Diana:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Sapsford, Elizabeth:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Kent, Mary:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Oldfield, Anne:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe} Oldfield, Lett. Cross, Mary Lindsey,
Su. Mountfort, Marg. Mills,
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Lindsey, Mary:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mountfort, Susanna:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, Margaret:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Smith, Mariana:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Finch, Katharine:signs 1705 DL actors'
petition:"{/xe} Mariana Smith, Kath. Finch.
(Chetham's Library, Halliwell-Phillips Collection,
no. 884)
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} This printed petition is
reproduced in facsimile with annotation and
commentary in Judith Milhous and Robert D. Hume, "The
Drury Lane Actors' Petition of 1705," {u}Theatre
Notebook{/u}{+}, 39 (1985), 62-67.  See also
{u}Document Register{/u}{+}, no. 1814.  The date of
the petition has been the subject of great confusion,
being variously placed in August 1706 and December
1707.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Loyal
Subject{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 25{/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Loyal Subject{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by those
Ingenious Authors, Beaumont and Fletcher){/playauth}
¢actually by Fletcher|.  Cast not advertised (but see
below).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} This play was republished ca.
January 1706 with the following cast, all members of
which were available at Drury Lane in July 1705.  For
bibliographical details, see 4 January 1706.
Czar{¢bnb|}Williams;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Williams, Joseph:roles\::Czar ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Archas{¢bnb|}Mills;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mills, John:roles\::Archas ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Theodore{¢bnb|}Wilks;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Wilks, Robert:roles\::Theodore ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Putsky{¢bnb|}Griffin;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Griffin, Philip:roles\::Putsky ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Alinda{¢bnb|}Mrs Rogers;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Rogers, Jane:roles\::Alinda ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Burris{¢bnb|}Bickerstaffe;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bickerstaff, John:roles\::Burris ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Borosky{¢bnb|}Keen;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Keene, Theophilus:roles\::Borosky
({i}Loyal Subject{/i}):"{/xe}
Ensign{¢bnb|}Johnson;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Johnson, Benjamin:roles\::Ensign ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Olimpia{¢bnb|}Mrs Finch;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Finch, Katharine:roles\::Olimpia ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Honoria{¢bnb|}Mrs Temple;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Temple, Diana:roles\::Honoria ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Viola{¢bnb|}Mrs Norris;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Norris, Sarah:roles\::Viola ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Petesca{¢bnb|}Mrs Cox;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Cox, Susannah:roles\::Petesca ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe} Lady{¢bnb|}Mrs Tapsford ¢i.e.,
Sapsford|.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Sapsford, Elizabeth:roles\::Lady ({i}Loyal
Subject{/i}):"{/xe}
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
Twenty Years{_EE} All the Parts being Play'd to the
best Advantage.  With several Entertainments of
Singing by Mr Ramondon.  And Dancing by Monsieur la
Forest, Mrs Cross and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Ramondon, Littleton:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}

{date}Wednesday 25{/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} On
this day, replying to letters of 7 and 21 June (now
lost) and Vanbrugh's formal proposal of 19 July,
Christopher Rich point-blank refused to consider a
new theatrical union.  About the 25th of July, Mr
Rich sent the following Answer to Sir
{xe} \f 2 "Rich, Christopher:refuses 1705 union
proposal:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Stanley, Sir John:receives Rich's refusal
of union:"{/xe} John St{_DA}ly ¢Stanley|:  Sir, I
Receiv'd from you two Letters, one on the 7th, and
the other on the 21st of June, last, intimating my
Lord Chamberlain's Pleasure, That I shou'd bring in
Proposals for uniting the two Companies; I shall ever
be ready to pay the utmost duty and Obedience to his
Lordships Commands, and wou'd sooner have return'd an
Answer to the Letters, but that I have waited for
Opportunity of speaking with the Parties concern'd:
Many of whom being still out of Town, cannot as yet
be summon'd together; and it is impossible for me to
bring any Proposals without all their respective
Consents.  For I beg leave to represent, that I am
concern'd with above forty Persons in number, either
as Adventurers under the two Patents granted to Sir
William Davenant, and Tho. Killegrew, Esq;  or as
Renters of Covent-Garden ¢i.e., Drury Lane| and
Dorset-Garden Theatres; and tho I have hitherto
manag'd for all with an equal Regard to their
Interest, as to my own, and have done it to my own
Expence and Hazard, and with infinite Pains, to raise
a New Sett of Actors, Singers, and Dancers, and to
keep the Company together; yet to receive any Persons
(other than Actors, Singers, Dancers, and Performers)
into any Part, Interest or Share, with the
Proprietors, under the Patents, is not in my Power,
without a Breach of Trust, which I cannot answer to
the rest of the Proprietors, who may tear me to
pieces with Law-Suits, if they shou'd see me go about
an Act, which in the Consequence of it, may in their
Apprehension, conclude, or prejudice their Rights and
Properties purchas'd for a valuable Consideration, on
which divers Marriages, Settlements, Mortgages,
Contracts, and the Support of many Families depend.
And I suppose it is not unknown to you, how many
Troubles and Vexatious Suits, both at Law and Equity,
I have already drawn upon me, from several of the
Proprietors, by my Endeavours to preserve them and my
self.  Sir, I am a Purchaser under the Patents, to
above the value of two Thousand Pounds, (a great part
of which was under the Marriage-Settlements of Dr.
Davenant) and am not only accountable to the rest of
the Proprietors, and lyable to several New Debts, but
also under Covenants with several Actors, Singers,
and Dancers, for the whole Undertaking.  And when
after ten Years Employment, Expence, and Diligence, I
have (notwithstanding many Difficulties) succeeded;
so that the Company has the good Fortune to please
the Town, and the Profits begin to reimburse, and pay
the Monies and Debts contracted: If I shall now be
depriv'd of reaping the Benefit of such my Labour and
Charges, what must the Effect be, but the undoing of
my self, and of the Interests of those engag'd with
me, to raise great Estates to Mr Vanbrugh, and a few
others, on our Ruins?
{para}
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:criticized by Rich in
1705:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Congreve, William:criticized by Rich in
1705:"{/xe} Before Mr Vanbrugh and Mr Congreve had
obtain'd Her Majesty's License for a Company of
Actors, I did humbly offer to his Lordship (the
Company of Actors in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields) that I
wou'd receive them all at such Salaries as his
Lordship shou'd think reasonable; but his Lordship
was pleas'd to declare, That Her Majesty intended to
have two Companies, and he wou'd not permit me to
entertain them.  And afterwards, in complyance with
his Lordship's Pleasure, I did not insist upon my
right, so far as I was advis'd I might, of keeping
those Actors, whom his Lordship has been lately
pleas'd to command from me in order, as his Lordship
then declared, for the keeping up of two Companies
that might Emulate one another.

{para} And now, Sir, with Submission, I do not see
upon the whole Matter, how such an Union, as seems to
be intended, can have a good Effect, if one considers
either the Inclination of the Quality, and Gentry,
who have always declared for the keeping up of two
Companies (and to that purpose, subscribed to the
Building of a New Theatre) or the Management of the
New Theatre, since it was open'd, which has not been
such, with all the Advantages of setting forth, as
wou'd invite others to put the whole under the same
Government, in order to pay a very large Rent to Mr
Vanbrugh, for that which cost him little or nothing,
beyond the Subscriptions received by him.  And, with
regard to the Players themselves, since they have
already, in a Petition to his Lordship ¢see ca.
Monday 23 July|, declared themselves content with the
Terms, under which they act here, and apprehensive of
great Hardships, if not utter Ruin, which they
conclude will be brought upon them by such a Union.
It wou'd be very hard, that those who desire only to
subsist by their Labour, shou'd be forc'd into the
other Company, who have not taken the same Care to
entertain the Town, notwithstanding the many Favours,
and large Subscriptions they have receiv'd, whereof
three or four have engross'd the whole Benefit.
{para} These, Sir, are some of the Reasons, which I
humbly offer against a Union in general; and having
on Thursday last, receiv'd Mr Vanbrugh's Proposals in
writing, I am the more confirm'd in my Opinion
against it: For by the first, he wou'd have us cease
to Act by virtue of our Patents; and in the second,
he declares, That no Regard shall be had to the
Companies past Debts, Engagements, or Stock, and how
an Union can be either practicable, or safe, with
respect to the Interest of all Parties upon this
foot, I cannot conceive.  I am, Sir, ¢Christopher
Rich|.  Theatre-Royal, 25th July, 1705.
{u}{/u}{+}({+}{u}The Post-Boy Robb'd of his
Mail{/u}{+}, 2nd edn. ¢London:  B. Mills for John
Sprint, 1706|, Letter XLII, pp. 345-347)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Otway,
Thomas:{i}Orphan{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 26 {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Orphan:{/play}
{playand}or, The Unhappy Marriage{/playand}
{playauth}¢Otway|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 25 July)
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Fletcher, John:{i}Loyal
Subject{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 27   {/date}
{thea}DL{/thea}
{play}The Loyal Subject{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}(Written by those
Ingenious Authors, Beaumont and Fletcher){/playauth}
¢actually by Fletcher|.  Cast not advertised (but see
25 July).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Acted but once
these Twenty Years{_EE} All the Parts being Play'd to
the best Advantage.  With several Entertainments of
Singing by Mr Ramondon.  And Dancing by Monsieur la
Forest, Mrs Cross and others.
{xe} \f 2 "Ramondon, Littleton:singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "La Forest, Mons.:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cross, Letitia:dancing advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Crowne, John:{i}Sir Courtly
Nice{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 27   {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}Sir Courtly Nice,{/play}
{playand}or, It Cannot Be{/playand}
{playauth}¢Crowne|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised.
({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 25 July)
{e}
{para}{month}August 1705{/month}
{p}

{date}ca.@August  {/date}


{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}DOCUMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} About
the beginning of August Charles Gildon wrote an
account of Vanbrugh's proposal for a theatrical union
and Rich's rejection of it (see 19 and 25 July).
{para} ¢Following a rambling account of why "The
Publick Diversions" should be controlled by "publick
Magistrates," Gildon discusses the recent history of
the
{xe} \f 2 "Gildon, Charles:account of union
negotiations in 1705:"{/xe} London theatre.|  The
Play-house having been granted to private Hands,
nothing was minded but private Advantages, Obscenity,
Profaneness, Bombast, Farce, and what is more
ridiculous and extravagant, Sing-song Operas were
refus'd, and every thing without Judgment or
Understanding, try'd to bring Money into their ¢the
patentees'| Pockets.  By Sale this patent comes into
the Hands of those who know even less than the first
Possessors of it; but how cou'd any Man go out of his
way, when there was no fix'd Path to confine them.
Money purchas'd the Business, and therefore the
Business must be made to bring in the Money into the
Purchaser's Pockets: But here was some sort of Right,
and the Stage call'd a Property, even unalterable by
the Crown who gave it.  However, dayly Grievances and
Complaints gave Capt. V{_DA}{_DA}h hopes of
{xe} \f 2 "Vanbrugh, (Sir) John:union proposals
attacked by Gildon:"{/xe} succeeding, in setting them
¢the actors| free from the Slavery they daily
murmur'd at.  By his Address, and Acquaintance with
the People of Quality, he got large Subscriptions for
Building a New Theatre, on which he might Exercise
his double Capacity of Poet, and Architect.  And here
Men of Sense were in hopes, that a Poet had publick
Spirit enough to regard only the Publick Good of
those who upheld the Diversion by their Writing, or
their Acting, which might have brought the Stage soon
to its antient Lustre, and gain'd him more Credit
(and perhaps all things consider'd) not less Money.
If he had call'd in many Men of Learning, and Art,
into the Management, and sought no farther Advantage
from the Business that cost him little, than others
equally qualify'd, except a Reimbursement of what he
had really expended more than the Subscriptions.
Thus he wou'd have enlarg'd his Reputation, and made
Friends of all the Men of Sense, Wit and Poetry,
present, and to come; and wou'd have persuaded the
World, that he was not so unpoetical a Lover of only
his own sordid Interest, as to mind nothing else.
The Inconveniencies he wou'd have avoided by this
means, had been first his building a Theatre at the
Fagg-End of the Town, whither
{xe} \f 2 "Haymarket Theatre:1705 attack on by
Gildon:"{/xe} four parts in five, that make an
Audience, cannot come without an insupportable
Expence.  Next, the building a Theatre in nothing
better than what we had before, except in the Front,
or Case, which signifies little to the Business of
the Place.  Thirdly, his taking no Care to engage the
Players of Drury-lane, who kept out of Articles  a
long time in expectation of being sent to; but he,
either through Pride, Negligence, or something worse,
never minded till they were all engag'd; and then,
without any manner of Justice, forc'd away one of
them ¢identity uncertain| when he might fairly, and
without Noise, have had the major Part, and the best.
Fourthly, his taking the Direction and Advice of
those very People in the Government of this new
Company, who had before ruin'd two Companys, and
brought them from the Admiration, to the Contempt of
the Town.  Fifthly, his attempting, contrary to all
Reason or Justice in the World, to destroy the
Patent, and unite the Companies, when he found his
Hopes and Projects disappointed, contrary to the
Pleasure and Will of his Benefactors, who gave him
their Subscriptions to keep up two Companies, whose
Emulation may the better divert the Town.  But to
judge of the Justice of this Design, I send you his
Proposals of Union, and Mr Riche's Answer.  ¢See 19
and 25 July.| {u}The Post-Boy Robb'd of his
Mail{/u}{+}, 2nd edn., Letter XLII (London: B. Mills
for John Sprint, 1706), pp. 243-244.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Chaves, A.:{i}Cares of
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Wednesday 1 {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Cares of Love:{/play}
{playand}or a Nights Adventures{/playand}
{playauth}¢A. Chaves|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see below).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc}, 31 July)
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The Cares of Love,
or, A Night's Adventure{/u}{+}{_per}  A Comedy.  As
it is now Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Little
Lincolns-Inn Fields, By Her Majesties Servants
(London: W. Davis and J. Chantry, 1705). Copy used:
Readex. Person{__AE} Dramatis:
Florencio{¢bnb|}Booth;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Booth, Barton:roles\::Florencio ({i}Cares
of Love{/i}):"{/xe} Beltran{¢bnb|}Powell;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Powell, George:roles\::Beltran ({i}Cares
of Love{/i}):"{/xe} Don Pedro{¢bnb|}Cory;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Corey, John:roles\::Don Pedro ({i}Cares of
Love{/i}):"{/xe} Corillo{¢bnb|}Weller;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Weller, Mr:roles\::Corillo ({i}Cares of
Love{/i}):"{/xe} Antonio{¢bnb|}Mynns;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Mynns, Mr:roles\::Antonio ({i}Cares of
Love{/i}):"{/xe} Host{¢bnb|}Knapp;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Knapp, Francis:roles\::Host ({i}Cares of
Love{/i}):"{/xe} Julio{¢bnb|}¢Josias?| Miller;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Miller, Josias:roles\::Julio ({i}Cares of
Love{/i}):"{/xe} Two Alguazils{¢bnb|}Freeman,
Bright{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Freeman, John:roles\::Alguazil ({i}Cares
of Love{/i}):"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bright, George:roles\::Alguazil ({i}Cares
of Love{/i}):"{/xe} // Lucinda{¢bnb|}Mrs
Allison;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Allison, Maria:roles\::Lucinda ({i}Cares
of Love{/i}):"{/xe} Lucretia{¢bnb|}Mrs Baker;{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Baker, Katherine:roles\::Lucretia
({i}Cares of Love{/i}):"{/xe} Lisena{¢bnb|}Mrs
Bradshaw.{_TH}
{xe} \f 2 "Bradshaw, Lucretia:roles\::Lisena
({i}Cares of Love{/i}):"{/xe} The Prologue: Written
and Spoken by Mr Booth.
{xe} \f 2 "Booth, Barton:writes prologue:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Booth, Barton:speaks prologue:"{/xe} The
Epilogue As it ought to have been Spoken ¢a burlesque
of {u}Arsinoe{/u}{+}|.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} The dedication is signed by A.
Chaves, who refers to it as his "first Dramatic
Essay."
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never acted
before{_EE} Beginning exactly at six a Clock.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Chaves, A.:{i}Cares of
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Friday 3    {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Cares of Love{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Chaves|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised (but see 1 August).  This
performance was not advertised, but is conjectured
because the premiere occurred on Wednesday 1 August
and the third night benefit was advertised on Tuesday
7 August.  The LIF company had performed on the
previous two Fridays but not on Saturday, so Friday 3
August seems the likeliest time for the second night.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 4  {/date}
{thea}ST G{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}{/playauth} In the
great Room at the Ship Tavern in Greenwich, will be
an extraordinary Consort of Vocal and Instrumental
Musick, viz. Several Songs set by the best Masters:
Particularly a Song of two Parts by Mr Henry Purcel,
never perform'd but once before in Publick.  As
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music featured in
concert:"{/xe} also a Three-Part Song perform'd on
the Birth-day, compos'd by Mr Eccles.  Likewise a
Song and some Sonata's with a Trumpet, and
{xe} \f 2 "Eccles, John:music featured:"{/xe} other
extraordinary Entertainments by the best Masters of
all kinds, too long to be inserted here.  Beginning
exactly at half an Hour after Six of the Clock.
Tickets are deliver'd out at Mr Blany's a Sword
Cutler near the Royal Exchange, and at the abovesaid
Ship Tavern at Greenwich, at half a Crown each
Ticket.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Chaves, A.:{i}Cares of
Love{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 7   {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The Cares of Love:{/play}
{playand}or a Nights Adventures{/playand}
{playauth}¢Chaves|.{/playauth} Cast not advertised
(but see 1 August).  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Never acted but
twice{_EE} For the Benefit of the Author Mr Chaves;
with Dancing by the little Girl, Mrs Elford's
Scholar;
{xe} \f 2 "Chaves, A.:benefit:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Bruce, Miss:dancing advertised:"{/xe} and
singing by Mrs Hodgson, with several other
Entertainments.
{xe} \f 2 "Hodgson, Mary (?):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Grimstone, William Lord
Viscount:{i}Lawyers Fortune{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 10 {/date}
{thea}Windsor{/thea}
{play}{_DD} The Lawyer's Fortune;{/play}
{playand}or, Love in a Hollow Tree{/playand}
{playauth}¢William Lord Viscount Grimstone|.  Cast
not known.{/playauth}
{first}FIRST EDITION.{/first} {u}The Lawyer's
Fortune: or, Love in a Hollow Tree{/u}{+}{_per} A
Comedy (London: Bernard Lintott, 1705). Copy used: BL
161.c.48.  Dramatis Person{__AE}: no actors named. No
prologue or epilogue.
{para} Preface: Of all kind of Scribling, sure Poetry
is the most unprofitable{_EE} He that writes a Play
exposes himself without any Advantage to a parcel of
fleering Criticks, who wonder at any Man for
attempting so difficult a Business, and are only
disappointed when he succeeds in't{_EE} 'Twas wrote
only for an Amusement in the Country, and never
intended for the Stage{_EE} ¢Readers should| excuse
abundance of Faults they may justly find thro' the
Unexperience of the Author.
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} This performance is known from a
"This day is publish'd ad by Bernard Lintott in the
{u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of 18 August which specifies
"as it was acted on Friday the 10th Instant at
Windsor."  Lintott advertised a "2d Edition" "In the
Press" in the {u}Daily Courant{/u}{+} of 23 July
1706.  Entirely reset and incorporating minor verbal
changes, it appeared as {u}The Lawyer's Fortune: or,
Love in a Hollow Tree{/u}{+}{_per} A Comedy.  Written
by William Grimston, Esq. (London: Bernard Lintott,
n.d.).  Copy used: BL 1346.e.12 (misdated 1705 in the
BM Catalogue).  Another edition was published in
1736, "Revis'd and Compar'd with the First Edition in
1705."
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "Crowne, John:{i}City
Politiques{/i}:performance:"{/xe}

{date}Tuesday 14  {/date}
{thea}LIF{/thea}
{play}The City Politiques{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}¢Crowne|.{/playauth}
Cast not advertised.  ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{adv}ADVERTISEMENT DETAILS.{/adv} Not Acted these
Twenty Years{_EE} Beginning exactly at 6 of the
Clock.
{e} {p}

{date}ca.@late    {/date}
August
LIF
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} When
the company advertised
{xe} \f 1 "Crowne, John:{i}{i}City
Politiques{/i}{/i}:two unadvertised performances in
1705:"{/xe} {u}City Politiques{/u}{+} on 12 September
1705 the ad read "Not Acted but thrice these Twenty
Years."  Since the performance of 14 August was
billed as "Not Acted these Twenty Years," this
implies that the play received two unrecorded
performances between 14 August and 12
September{_DA}most probably before the closure for
Bartholomew Fair on 23 August.
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 2 "concerts:1704-05:"{/xe}

{date}Saturday 18 {/date}
{thea}HA@W{/thea}
{play}Concert.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}In the great Room at
Hampstead-Wells {_EL} will be an
extraordinary{/playauth} Consort of Vocal and
Instrumental Musick, viz. several Single Two and
Three Part Songs with a Trumpet, and other
Instruments; set by Mr Henry Purcel and Mr Eccles,
and Sung by Mr Cook, Mr Davis and others, the
{xe} \f 2 "Purcell, Henry:music featured in
concert:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Eccles, John:music featured:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Cook, Mr (fl. 1694-1718):singing
advertised:"{/xe}
{xe} \f 2 "Davis, John (fl. 1700-1705):singing
advertised:"{/xe} best Masters of all kind: The
particulars of which will be mention'd in the great
Bills.  To begin exactly at Six a Clock;  Tickets may
be had at Mr Blany's a Sword-Cutler near the Royal
Exchange, and at North's Coffee-house at Hampstead
Wells.  ¢Price not stated.| ({eoc}Daily
Courant{/eoc}, 15 August)
{e} {p}

{date}Thursday 23 {/date}
{thea}BF{/thea}
{play}Entertainments.{/play}
{playand}{/playand} {playauth}At the Widow{/playauth}
Barnes's Booth, Over against the Cross Daggers in
Smithfield,
{xe} \f 2 "Barnes, Mrs:advertises fair booth:"{/xe}
during the usual Time of Bartholomew Fair, are to be
seen the most Famous Rope Dancers of Europe, who
perform such strange and surprising Things on the
Dancing Rope, as are incredible to relate;  With
great Variety of Encomparable fine Tumbling, Walking
on the Slack Rope, and Vaulting, far surpassing all
that has ever yet been seen.  Together with the
diverting Entertainment of your Old Friend Pickle
Herring, the Chief of all his imitating Brethren.
{xe} \f 2 "Pickle Herring:featured in fair booth
advertisment:"{/xe} ({eoc}Daily Courant{/eoc})
{e} {p}
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Distressed Virgin{/bi}:"{/xe}

{date}Thursday 23 {/date}
{thea}BF{/thea}
{play}The Distressed Virgin;{/play}
{playand}or, The Unnatural Parents{/playand}
{playauth}¢anonymous; lost|.  This title and
performance are known from{/playauth} {u}The
Wandering Spy, or the Way of the World inquired
into{/u}{+}, 1-8 September ¢1705|, as transcribed by
Haslewood in "Collections Relating to the Drama,"
vol. IX, fol. 72 (British Library 11791.dd.18): {_EL}
looking up I saw Doggets Booth, where you are
presented with a new Droll called the {u}Distressed
Virgin{/u}{+};  being a true history of the fair Maid
of the West, with the comical Humours of poor Trusty
in search of his Master's Daughter, &c. By this time
Andrew and one of the actors (who I a little before
took for a Lord) fell into a Discourse without Head
or Tayl, and said many Things to very little purpose,
and had much talk without any sense in it, when all
of a sudden a whistle rattles within a Booth, upon
which they all run in, in a mighty hurry, with a pray
gentlemen walk in and take your places for upon my
word we are just going to begin; and to close all,
Andrew cries, do gentlemen be rul'd by a Fool for
once, and come in all of you, do, there's good Boys,
do now:{_DA}tho they were no more going to begin than
I was about to eat a Toad; this was only to decoy
people in, and to fill their Booth, for they all came
out again presently, and told the same story over;
and this is a method I perceive they observe all over
the Fair.  So I went from Booth to Booth, and found a
gang of R¢ogue|s and W¢hore|s in every one of them,
and every gang had its Fool or Merry Andrew, ¢a|
Clown from Doggets Booth, to the {u}Creation of the
World{/u}{+}, where they have
{xe} \f 1 "{bi}Creation of the World{/bi}:"{/xe}
Granny, a she Fool, and who is indeed a mere fool,
well known all over the Town; there's the Rope
Dancing Booth {_EL} and a Booth full of outlandish
Monsters {_EE}
{adv}COMMENT.{/adv} For discussion, see Rosenfeld,
{u}Theatre of the London Fairs{/u}{+}, pp. 17-18, who
cites
{xe} \f 2 "Doggett, Thomas:operates fair booth:"{/xe}
an undated handbill for the droll in British Library
Harleian 5931, which adds subtitle details: "or, The
Loving Sisters.  With the Comical Travels of Poor
Trusty, in Search of his Master's Daughter, and his
Encounter with Three Witches."  Fancy scenes and
machines "never seen before" were advertised.
{e}
{para}{month}September 1705{/month}
{p}

{date}Saturday 8  {/date}
{1}{2}{datecap}{¢f-2|}CONTEMPARY
COMMENT.{¢/f|}{/datecap} In the
{xe} \f 2 "theatres:1705 argument for suppression
of:"{/xe} {u}Observator{/u}{+} of 5-8 September is
yet another rambling denunciation of plays and
actors, produced as part of an argument for
suppression of the theatre by the Queen.
{xe} \f 2 "Anne, Queen:asked to suppress theatres in
1705:"{/xe}
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                {b}INDEX OF PLAYS{/b}


Plays   are   indexed  under   author,    if   known.
Collaborative plays  are indexed under  both authors.
Anonymous plays (including pasticcios,  puppet plays,
and fair drolls) are indexed under title.  Operas are
entered   under    composer   (and    usually   under
librettist).   The final form of this index will have
cross-references  from all  titles  to authors  where
authors are known;  the present index has some cross-
references  where  a  particular   case  might  prove
confusing.   Users should note  that most adaptations
are indexed under the name of the adapter rather than
the original author.  Thus {u}The Tempest{/u}{+} will
be found  under Dryden and  Davenant,  but  not under
Shakespeare.   In  a few  instances,   however,   the
alterations  are  sufficiently  minor  that  we  have
indexed  under the  original author  {u}{/u}{+}(e.g.,
{+}{u}Macbeth{/u}{+}).   Users should  remember  that
many playwrights also appear in the General Index.


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                {b}GENERAL INDEX{/b}


This    index     is    principally     devoted    to
people{_DA}actors,   actresses,   singers,   dancers,
musicians,  theatre  staff,  shareholders,   audience
members, government officials.   Coverage of subjects
(Bartholomew Fair, constant charge,  fast days,  rope
dancing)  is  at present very  sketchy,  but  will be
expanded in the final form of the index.  Every known
occurrence  of  every  role for  every  performer  is
included  (a  radical  departure  from  both  Avery's
version and  the 1979 {u}London  Stage Index{/u}{+}).
Users should  remember that role  names are  given in
the calendar  as advertised  in the  newspapers,  but
that  they  are  of necessity  standardized  in  this
index.  Names sometimes (but not always)  preceded by
"Mr,"  "Mrs,"   "Widow,"  etc.,   can   be  extremely
confusing.  "Kite,"  for example,  is  normally given
(and indexed)   as "Serjeant Kite." Users  are warned
that titles  for dances are  particularly treacherous
and  are   at  present  only   very  unsatisfactorily
indexed.  Modern scholars are  not currently indexed.
In the final  form of the index  some references will
be included to permit  easy location of bibliographic
information.    Virtually  all  short  citations  are
identified  in   the  list  of   {u}Works  Frequently
Cited{/u}{+} in the front matter.


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