The Elle's Stratagem at Covent Garden
A new comedy The Elle's Stratagem opened at Covent Garden with a lively cast led by Doricourt Mr Lexis and Lady Touchwood Mrs Hartley. The plot follows Doricourt returning to England to wed while Letty and Mrs Racket scheme to win his heart amid masquerade mischief and witty satire of high life. The piece features Miss Hardy Mrs Younge and Mrs Mattocks with satirical scenes including an auction room led by Silver Tongue and an underplot involving Lady Touchwood and Constable's preferment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doricourt
Lexis
Stardy
Morton
Kitty Willis Allis Stewart
England
Letty
Sir George Touchwood
Sir George
Rather
Mattocks
Touchwood
Silver Tongue
Courtall Fir
Lady Touchwood
Miss Hardy
Racket
Dericourt
Mr. Hardy
Boyfiders
Constall
Brances Touchwood
Apfhand
Mr. Savile
Masquerade farce delights crowd with witty plot twists
The scene centers on a Lady Touchwood inspired masquerade with mistaken identities and intrigue. Hardy as Isaac, Courtall, Savile, and Flutter drive farcical misdirection as Doricourt feigns lunacy to conceal entanglements. A bedchamber ruse ends with Kitty Willis revealed, provoking jest and moral reflections on English lady restraint. The piece, credited to Mrs. Cowley, earns strong audience applause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy
Isaac
Courtall’s
Frances
Savile
Courtall
Kitty Willis
Dericourt
Leticia
Doricourt
Racket
Touchwood’s
Pantheon
Flutter
Flutier
Mrs. Cowley
Dupe
Lina
Press reform and pension debates in 1780 committee actions
The East-India-House proceedings record unanimous resolutions on defending committee proceedings against misrepresentation, requests to report voting on pension disclosures, and thanks to MPs and tellers. Escourt of Directors then calls a General Court to decide eight propositions shaping a public agreement for prolonging exclusive trade rights with Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Barre
House of Commons
England
George Savile
John Luther
Thomas Berney Bramston
Roth
Eig
Bart
Robert Smyth
Escourt
United Company of Merchants of
East-Indies
Leadenhall-street
East India Company
George the Second
Bengal
Bahar
Oriffa
East-India Company
His Majesty
Treasury
House of Congnons
India
Notice of Bank Notes and Bills Stolen in Aldergate Street
Public notice from Banffree t Feb 22 1780 lists Bank Notes Bank Post Bills and Bills of Exchange stolen from an accounting house in Aldergate Street Some notes dated 1700s to 1780s payable to various individuals and firms are named including Hankey Littleton Newland Bishop Geething Wilkingson Warren Phillips and others Rewards offered for recovery and capture of offenders total value £8988
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banfreet
Aldergate-street
Hankey and Co
Edward Littleton
Ab. Newland
James Bishop
O. Geething
John Wilkingson
Phillips
John Boul
John Payne
London
M. Vernon
Samuel Kenrick
John Skey
Bewdley
Wiliam Lemon
Lamb and
Gloverand Co
Bate and Waltham
Birmingham
H. Weastherhead
Littie and Co
Tho
Coventry
Samuel Smith and Son
Sir John Fieling
Orig
Also Mentioned on This Page
Covent Garden
Elle
Cowley
Essex Committee
St. Alban’s Tavern
Gorge Henry Cavendish
Wyvill
Joan Redman
Lord Shelburne
House of Peers
Edmund Burke
George Savile, Bart
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