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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ead xmlns:ns2="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"> <eadheader findaidstatus="Completed" repositoryencoding="iso15511" countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b"> <eadid url="http://wakespace.lib.wfu.edu/handle/10339/39036"/> <filedesc> <titlestmt> <titleproper>Theatre Royal, Haymarket Playbills Collection <num>MS630</num> </titleproper> </titlestmt> <publicationstmt> <publisher>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</publisher> <address> <addressline>PO Box 7777</addressline> <addressline>Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27109</addressline> <addressline>336 758-5755</addressline> </address> </publicationstmt> </filedesc> <profiledesc> <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit <date>2013-08-27T12:45-0400</date> </creation> </profiledesc> </eadheader> <archdesc level="collection"> <did> <unittitle>Theatre Royal, Haymarket Playbills Collection</unittitle> <unitid>MS630</unitid> <repository> <corpname>Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives</corpname> </repository> <langmaterial> <language langcode="eng"/> </langmaterial> <container id="cid902001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">1</container> <physdesc> <extent>1.0 linear feet</extent> <extent>1 box</extent> </physdesc> <unitdate normal="1790/1815" type="inclusive">1790-1815</unitdate> <abstract id="ref220" label="Abstract">This collection contains original playbills from the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, from 1790-1812.</abstract> </did> <acqinfo id="ref222"> <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition note</head> <p>Purchased by Harold Tedford [?]</p> </acqinfo> <scopecontent id="ref223"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>These playbills advertise performances of various plays that took place at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.</p> </scopecontent> <arrangement id="ref224"> <head>Arrangement note</head> <p>Arranged chronologically.</p> </arrangement> <bioghist id="ref225"> <head>Biographical/Historical note</head> <p>The Theatre Royal, Haymarket dates back to 1720, and is currently the third-oldest playhouse still in use in London.</p> </bioghist> <controlaccess> <subject source="lcsh">19th Century Plays</subject> <subject source="lcsh">Actors--Great Britain</subject> </controlaccess> <dsc> <c id="ref1" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1790</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref4" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, June 15</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref5"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Battle of Hexham; or Days of Old, by George Colman | The Author, by Samuel Foote. Notable actors include: John Bannister, Jr., Elizabeth [Satchell] Kemble.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref2" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, June 17</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref3"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Seeing is Believing, by [R. P. Jodrell?] | The Citizen, by Arthur Murphy | The Follies of a Day [or, The Marriage of Figaro], originally in French by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, adapted for the English stage by Thomas Holcroft (first ever performance at Haymarket). Noted actors: John Bannister, Jr.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref6" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, June 18</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref7"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>A Quarter of an Hour Before Dinner, by John Rose | Ways and Means; or, A Trip to Dover, by George Colman | [An Old Man Taught Wisdom; or,] The Virgin Unmasked, by Henry Fielding. Noted actors: John Bannister, Jr., Mr. [Stephen?] Kemble, Elizabeth [Satchell] Kemble.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref8" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, June 26</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref9"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay | Try Again, by Thomas Holcroft (first performace ever at Haymarket). Noted actor: John Bannister, Jr.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref10" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, June 28</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref11"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Inkle and Yarico, by George Colman, with music by Samuel Arnold | Try Again, by Thomas Holcroft. Noted actors: John Bannister, Jr., Stephen Kemble, Elizabeth [Satchell] Kemble.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref12" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, June 29</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref13"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Gretna Green, by Charles Stuart | The Minor, by Samuel Foote | Try Again, by Thomas Holcroft. Noted actors: John Bannister, Jr., Maria Theresa De Camp.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref14" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, June 30</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref15"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Spanish Barber, by George Colman | The Citizen, by Arthur Murphy. Noted actors: John Bannister, Jr., Maria Theresa De Camp.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref16" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, July 1</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref17"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Inkle and Yarico, by George Colman, with music by Samuel Arnold | Try Again, by Thomas Holcroft. Noted actors: John Bannister, Jr., Stephen Kemble, Elizabeth [Satchell] Kemble.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref18" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, August 18</unittitle> <unitdate>1790</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref19"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Gretna Green, by Charles Stuart | The Lyar, by Samuel Foote | The Virgin Unmask'd, by Henry Fielding. Noted actors: John Bannister, Jr., Elizabeth [Satchell] Kemble.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref21" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1797</unittitle> <unitdate>1797</unitdate> </did> <c id="ref22" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, September 2</unittitle> <unitdate>1797</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref23"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Italian Monk, by James Boaden | Sylvester Daggerwood [published as New Hay in the Old Market], by George Colman | The Children in the Wood, by Thomas Morton. Noted actors: Charles Kemble, Sarah Harlowe, Maria Theresa De Camp, John Fawcett, Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref24" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, September 7</unittitle> <unitdate>1797</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref25"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar, by J. C. (John Cartwright) Cross | London Hermit; or Rambles in Dorsetshire by John O'Keeffe | The Children in the Wood, by Thomas Morton. Noted actors: Charles Kemble, John Fawcett, Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref27" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1798</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref28" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, July 9</unittitle> <unitdate>1798</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref29"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Italian Monk, by James Boaden | Agreeable Surprise, by John O'Keeffe. Noted actors: Charles Kemble, Maria Theresa De Camp, Sarah Harlowe, John Bannister, John Fawcett.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref30" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, July 10</unittitle> <unitdate>1798</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref31"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Spanish Barber, by George Colman | The Children in the Wood, by Thomas Morton | Lock and Key, by Prince Hoare. Noted actors: Maria Theresa De Camp, John Fawcett.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref32" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, July 12</unittitle> <unitdate>1798</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref33"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Heir at Law, by George Colman | Peeping Tom, by John O'Keeffe. Noted actors: Maria Theresa De Camp, Sarah Harlowe, John Fawcett.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref34" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, August 28</unittitle> <unitdate>1798</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref36"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Inkle and Yarico, by George Colman, with music by Samuel Arnold | Irishman in London, by William Macready. Noted actors: Maria Theresa De Camp, Sarah Harlowe, John Fawcett.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref37" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, August 29</unittitle> <unitdate>1798</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref38"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare | The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar, by J. C. (John Cartwright) Cross | Rosina, by Frances Brooke. Noted actors: Charles Kemble, Maria Theresa De Camp, Sarah Harlowe.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref40" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1799</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref41" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, August 1</unittitle> <unitdate>1799</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref42"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Sighs; or, The Daughter, by Prince Hoare | My Grandmother, by Prince Hoare. Noted actors: Charles Kemble, Maria Theresa De Camp, John Fawcett.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref43" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, August 10</unittitle> <unitdate>1799</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref44"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Beggar's Opera, by John Gay (Bannister's final appearance as Macheath) | Fortune's Frolick, by John Till Allingham. Noted actors: John Bannister, Maria Theresa De Camp, John Fawcett.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref45" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, August 14</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent id="ref46"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Sighs; or, The Daughter, by Prince Hoare | The Castle of Sorrento, by Henry Heartwell. Noted actors: John Fawcett, Charles Kemble, Maria Theresa De Camp.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref47" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, August 17</unittitle> <unitdate>1799</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref48"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>London Hermit; or Rambles in Dorsetshire by John O'Keeffe | The Spoil'd Child, by Isaac Bickerstaff (first performance at Haymarket) | The Prize; or 2, 5, 3, 8, by Prince Hoare. Noted actors: John Fawcett, Maria Theresa De Camp.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref49" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, August 19</unittitle> <unitdate>1799</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref50"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Heir at Law, by George Colman | My Grandmother, by Prince Hoare. Noted actors: John Fawcett, Charles Kemble, Maria Theresa De Camp.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref51" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, August 24</unittitle> <unitdate>1799</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref52"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Surrender of Calais, by George Colman | The Children in the Wood, by Thomas Morton. Noted actors: Charles Kemble, Maria Theresa De Camp, Sarah Harlowe, John Fawcett.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref53" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1800</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref54" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, June 27</unittitle> <unitdate>1800</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref55"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Heir at Law, by George Colman | My Grandmother, by Prince Hoare. Noted actors: John Fawcett, Charles Kemble, Maria Theresa De Camp, John Emery, Charles Farley.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref56" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1802</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref57" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, September 2</unittitle> <unitdate>1802</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref58"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Sighs; or, The Daughter, by Prince Hoare | Sylvester Daggerwood [published as New Hay in the Old Market], by George Colman | Fairies' Revels; or, Love in the Highlands, by Samuel Arnold (a burletta and ballet dance). Noted actors include: John Fawcett, Charles Kemble, Sarah Harlowe, Maria Theresa De Camp.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref59" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, September 4</unittitle> <unitdate>1802</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref60"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Speed the Plough, by Thomas Morton | Fairies' Revels; or, Love in the Highlands, by Samuel Arnold. Noted actors: John Fawcett, Charles Kemble, John Emery.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref61" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, September 9</unittitle> <unitdate>1802</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref62"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Road to Ruin, by Thomas Holcroft | The Sixty-Third Letter, by Walley Chamberlain Oulton, music by Samuel Arnold. Noted actors: John Fawcett, John Emery, Sarah Harlowe.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref63" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1803</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref64" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, May 18</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent id="ref65"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>No Prelude! by R. W. Elliston, et. al. | The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, by William Shakespeare | The Spoil'd Child, by Isaac Bickerstaff. Noted actors: Charles Mathews, Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref66" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, May 21</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent id="ref68"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>No Prelude! by Robert William Elliston, et. al. (presented for the last time) | Ways and Means [or, A Trip to Dover], by George Colman | The Children in the Wood, by Thomas Morton. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston, Charles Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref69" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, May 23</unittitle> <unitdate>1803</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref70"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Voice of Nature, by William Dunlap | Sylvester Daggerwood, by George Colman | The Agreeable Surprise, by John O'Keefe. Noted actors: John Bannister.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref71" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, May 30</unittitle> <unitdate>1803</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref72"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Mountaineers, by George Colman | Mrs. Wiggins, by John Till Allingham. Noted actors: Robert William Ellison, Charles Mathews. 3 copies.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref73" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, May 31</unittitle> <unitdate>1803</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref74"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Voice of Nature, by William Dunlap | Mrs. Wiggins, by John Till Allingham| Obi; or, Three-Fingered Jack, by John Fawcett. Noted actors: Charles Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref75" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, June 1</unittitle> <unitdate>1803</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref76"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Birth Day, by Thomas Dibdin | Mrs. Wiggins, by John Till Allingham | Obi; or, Three-Fingered Jack, by John Fawcett. Noted actors: Charles Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref78" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1804</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref79" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, June 9</unittitle> <unitdate>1804</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref80"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Guilty, or Not Guilty, by Thomas Dibdin | Love Laughs at Lock-Smiths, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston, Charles Mathews, John Bannister, Sarah Harlowe.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref81" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, June 11</unittitle> <unitdate>1804</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref83"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Mountaineers, by George Colman | The Mogul Tale, by Elizabeth Inchbald. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston, Charles Mathews, John Bannister, Sarah Harlowe.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref84" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, June 12</unittitle> <unitdate>1804</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref85"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Guilty, or Not Guilty, by Thomas Dibdin | Love Laughs at Lock-Smiths, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston, Charles Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref86" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, July 30</unittitle> <unitdate>1804</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref87"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Dramatist, by Frederick Reynolds | The Enchanted Island [musical adaptation of The Tempest], music by Henry Condell. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston, Charles Mathews, George Bartley.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref88" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1805</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref89" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, July 31</unittitle> <unitdate>1805</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref90"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Chapter of Accidents, by Sophia Lee | A Tale of Mystery, by Thomas Holcroft. Noted actors: Charles Mathews, Sarah Harlowe.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref91" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, August 1</unittitle> <unitdate>1805</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref92"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Birth-Day, by Thomas Dibdin | The Lying Valet, by David Garrick | Tom Thumb, by Henry Fielding. Noted actors: Sarah Harlowe.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref218" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, August 26</unittitle> <unitdate>1805</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref219"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Dead Alive, by John O'Keeffe | A Tale of Mystery, by Thomas Holcroft | Three and the Deuce, by Prince Hoare. Noted actors: Charles Mathews, Sarah Harlowe, Robert William Elliston, Anne Jackson Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref95" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1807</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref93" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, August 18</unittitle> <unitdate>1807</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref94"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Five Miles Off, by Thomas Dibdin | Tekeli; or, The Siege of Montgatz, by Theodore Edward Hook (one night only performance) | Tom Thumb, by Henry Fielding. Noted actors: John Fawcett, Charles Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref96" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1808</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref97" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, July 27</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent id="ref98"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Catch Him Who Can! by Theodore Edward Hook | Plot and Counterplot; or, The Portrait of Michael Cervantes, by Charles Kemble | Tom Thumb, by Henry Fielding. Noted actors: John Fawcett, Charles Mathews, Anne Jackson Mathews, Charles Farley.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref99" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, July 28</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref100"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Iron Chest, by George Colman | Plot and Counterplot; or, The Portrait of Michael Cervantes, by Charles Kemble. Noted actors: Charles Farley, Charles Mathews, Charles Mayne Young.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref101" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, August 3</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref102"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Africans; or War, Love, and Duty, by George Colman | Mock Doctor, by Henry Fielding | The Spoil'd Child, by Isaac Bickerstaff. Noted actors: Charles Farley, John Fawcett, Charles Mathews, Charles Mayne Young.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref103" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, August 6</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref104"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Africans; or War, Love, and Duty, by George Colman | Musick Mad, by Theodore Edward Hook | The Follies of a Day [or, The Marriage of Figaro], originally in French by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, adapted for the English stage by Thomas Holcroft. Noted actors: Charles Farley, John Fawcett, Charles Mathews, Charles Mayne Young.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref105" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, August 18</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref107"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Five Miles Off, by Thomas Dibdin | The Review [or, The Wags of Windsor], by George Colman | [Flora; or] Hob in the Well, by John Hippisley. Noted actors: John Fawcett, Charles Farley, Charles Mathews, Charles Mayne Young, Anne Jackson Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref108" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, August 23</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref110"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Africans; or War, Love, and Duty, by George Colman | The Blind Boy, by James Kenney. Noted actors: Charles Farley, John Fawcett, Charles Mayne Young.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref111" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, August 24</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref113"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Pannel, by John Philip Kemble [altered from Bickerstaff's translation of Calderon's El escondido y la trapada] | Who Wins? or, The Widow's Choice, by Henry Condell | The Critick, [or, A Tragedy Rehearsed] by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Noted actors: Charles Farley, Anne Jackson Mathews, Charles Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref114" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, August 26</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref115"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Africans; or War, Love, and Duty, by George Colman | The Pannel, by John Philip Kemble. Noted actors: Charles Farley, John Fawcett, Anne Jackson Mathews, Charles Mathews, Charles Mayne Young.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref116" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, December 19</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref117"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>King Richard the Third, by William Shakespeare | The Double Wedding [a "new ballet," composed by Mr. Rossi] | Who Wins? or, The Widow's Choice, by Henry Condell. Noted actors: Charles Kemble, John Fawcett, Maria Theresa De Camp [now credited as Mrs. C. Kemble].</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref118" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, December 20</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref119"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Exile, by Frederick Reynolds, music by Joseph Mazzinghi | The Double Wedding [ballet] | Raising the Wind, by James Kenney. Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, John Fawcett, John Emery.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref120" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, December 22</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref121"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Town and Country [or, Which Is Best?], by Thomas Morton | The Double Wedding [ballet] | Arbitration; or, Free and Easy, by Frederick Reynolds. Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, John Fawcett, John Emery.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref122" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, December 23</unittitle> <unitdate>1808</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref123"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Venice Preserved; or, A Plot Discovered, by Thomas Otway | The Double Wedding [ballet] | A School for Authors, by John Tobin. Noted actors: Charles Kemble, Charles Farley.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref124" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1809</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref125" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, January 13</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref126"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Gamester, by Edward Moore | Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg, by Thomas Dibdin. Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, Charles Kemble.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref127" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, January 14</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref128"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Othello, the Moor of Venice, by William Shakespeare | Tom Thumb, by Henry Fielding. Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, Charles Kemble, Charles Farley.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref129" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, January 19</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref131"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Exile, by Frederick Reynolds, music by Joseph Mazzinghi | The Prisoner at Large, by John O'Keeffe. Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, John Fawcett, Charles Farley.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref132" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, January 21</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref133"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Exile, by Frederick Reynolds, music by Joseph Mazzinghi | Katharine and Petruchio, by David Garrick. Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, John Fawcett, Charles Farley, Maria Theresa Kemble.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref134" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, June 19</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref135"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Honey-Moon, by John Tobin | Obi; or, Three-Fingered Jack, by John Fawcett. Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, Charles Mathews, Charles Farley.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref136" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, June 20</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref137"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Five Miles Off, by Thomas Dibdin | Mrs. Wiggins, by John Till Allingham | Obi; or, Three-Fingered Jack, by John Fawcett. Noted actors: Charles Farley, Charles Mathews, Anne Jackson Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref138" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, June 27</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref139"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Stranger, by August von Kotzebue | Of Age To-Morrow, by Thomas Dibdin. Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, Charles Farley.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref140" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, June 28</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref142"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Battle of Hexham; or Days of Old, by George Colman | Barnaby Brittle, by Thomas Betterton | Peeping Tom, by John O'Keeffe. Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, Charles Mathews, Anne Jackson Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref143" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, July 4</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent id="ref144"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Soldier's Daughter, by Andrew Cherry | Killing No Murder, by Theodore Edward Hook. Noted actors: Charles Mathews, Anne Jackson Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref145" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, July 24</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref146"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Foundling of the Forest, by William Diamond | Killing No Murder, by Theodore Edward Hook. Noted actors, Charles Mayne Young, Charles Farley, Charles Mathews, Anne Jackson Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref147" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, July 25</unittitle> <unitdate>1809</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref149"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Foundling of the Forest, by William Diamond | The Critick; or, A Tragedy Rehearsed, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (2 copies). Noted actors: Charles Mayne Young, Charles Farley.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref150" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1811</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref151" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, June 5</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref154"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Foundling of the Forest, by William Diamond | The Register Office, by Joseph Reed | Trial by Jury, by Theodore Edward Hook. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref155" level="fonds"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, June 7</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref156"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Trial by Jury, by Theodore Edward Hook | Point of Honour, by Charles Kemble, et. al | The Mogul Tale; or, Descent of the Balloon, by Elizabeth Inchbald. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref158" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, June 10</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref159"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Royal Oak [author unknown] (premiere performance) | The Midnight Hour, by Elizabeth Inchbald [from the French by Antoine-Jean Dumaniant]. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref160" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, June 11</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref161"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Royal Oak [author unknown] | Agreeable Surprise, by John O'Keeffe. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref162" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, June 13</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent id="ref163"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Royal Oak [author unknown] | The Lying Valet, by David Garrick (2 copies). Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref164" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, June 14</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref165"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Royal Oak [author unknown] | The Hunter of the Alps, by William Diamond. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref166" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, June 15</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent id="ref167"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Royal Oak [author unknown] | Trial by Jury, by Theodore Edward Hook. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref168" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, July 16</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref169"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Dramatist, by Frederick Reynolds | A Day after the Wedding, by [Charles Kemble?] | Raising the Wind, by James Kenney. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref170" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, July 17</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref171"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Road to Ruin, by Thomas Holcroft | Plot and Counterplot, by Charles Kemble (2 copies). Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref173" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, July 24</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref174"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Purse, by J. C. (John Cartwright) Cross | Five Miles Off, by Thomas Dibdin | Fortune's Frolick, by John Till Allingham (2 copies)</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref175" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, July 25</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref176"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Road to Ruin, by Thomas Holcroft | Trial by Jury, by Theodore Edward Hook. Also includes prominent announcement for the premiere of The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref177" level="file"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, July 26</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref178"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Birth Day, by Thomas Dibdin | A Day after the Wedding, by [C. Kemble?] | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman (premiere "grand dress rehearsal")</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref179" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, July 27</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref180"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref181" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, July 29</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref182"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Iron Chest, by George Colman | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref183" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, July 30</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref184"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>A Cure for the Heart Ache, by Thomas Morton | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman (2 copies). Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref186" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, July 31</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref187"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref188" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, August 1</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref189"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Birth Day, by Thomas Dibdin | A Day after the Wedding, by [C. Kemble?] | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman (2 copies). Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref190" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, August 2</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref191"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>The Africans, by George Colman | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman (2 copies). Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref192" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, August 3</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent id="ref193"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Poor Gentleman, by George Colman| The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref194" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, August 5</unittitle> </did> <scopecontent id="ref195"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Road to Ruin, by Thomas Holcroft | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman (2 copies). Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref196" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, August 6</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref197"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref198" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, August 8</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref200"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>A Cure for the Heart Ache, by Thomas Morton | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref201" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Friday, August 9</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref202"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>She Stoops to Conquer, by Oliver Goldsmith | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref203" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Saturday, August 10</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref204"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman (2 copies). Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref206" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, August 12</unittitle> <unitdate>1811</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref208"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Road to Ruin, by Thomas Holcroft | The Quadrupeds of Quedlinburgh; or The Rovers of Weimar, by George Colman. Noted actors: Robert William Elliston.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> <c id="ref209" level="series"> <did> <unittitle>1812</unittitle> </did> <c id="ref210" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Monday, July 27</unittitle> <unitdate>1812</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref211"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Fortune-Hunters, [author unknown] | The Children in the Wood, by Thomas Morton | Sleep-Walker; or, Which Is the Lady? by Walley Chamberlain Oulton. Noted actors: Charles Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref212" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Tuesday, August 11</unittitle> <unitdate>1812</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref213"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Such Things Are! by Elizabeth Inchbald | Sleep-Walker; or, Which Is the Lady? by Walley Chamberlain Oulton. Noted actors: Charles Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref214" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Wednesday, August 12</unittitle> <unitdate>1812</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref215"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher | High Life Below Stairs, by David Garrick</p> </scopecontent> </c> <c id="ref216" level="item"> <did> <unittitle>Thursday, August 13</unittitle> <unitdate>1812</unitdate> </did> <scopecontent id="ref217"> <head>Scope and Contents note</head> <p>Honey-Moon, by John Tobin | Sleep-Walker; or, Which Is the Lady? by Walley Chamberlain Oulton. Noted actors: Charles Mathews.</p> </scopecontent> </c> </c> </dsc> </archdesc> </ead>
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