10 April 1746
Event Information
Theatre:
Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1745-1746
Volume:
3
Comments:
Not Acted these Eight Years [see 24 April 1741]. Benefit Cibber, Jr. Tickets and places of Hobson at the Stage door. Tickets ddliver'd out for All's Well at Covent Garden theatre will be taken to the above mentioned play this night. [Mrs Clive's Prologue recommended the cause of Liberty to the Ladies of Great Britain. Cibber had pleaded in his advance advertisement on 5 April in the General Advertiser.] As I have in justice to my creditors assigned over so much of my salary as reduces the remainder to a very small pittance, I very much depend on the encouragement and indulgence of the town at my Benefit. [On the day of the benefit he inserted in the General Advertiser a long, double column address to the Publick puffing his Benefit, and scotching a rumor industriously and invidiously spread that he came to Drury Lane only to impede Mrs Cibber in her performance there. In this he washes in public the linen of his domestic affairs at some length, professing his virtue, forbearance, and generosity, and Mrs Cibber's unfairness and ingratitude, citing her salary as about #700 per year, not a penny of which would she afford for his relief from creditors, or to bail him out of the Fleet prison where he languished six months. He alleges that she was instrumental in forming a cartel between the rival theatrical managers with precluded his employment by either house, and that she refused to act a benefit for him when he was in debtor's prison.
Performance List
Mainpiece
Comments:
Lord George-Cibber; Wronglove-Giffard; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Giffard; Lady Gentle-Mrs Mills; Sir Friendly-Berry; Heartshorn-Mrs Macklin; Brush-Raftor; Surgeon-Goodfellow; Porter-Ray; Bravoes: -Marr, Bransby, Leigh; Mrs Conquest-Mrs Woffington; Miss Notable (with a song in character)-Mrs Clive; Prologue-Mrs Clive; Epilogue-Mrs Woffington in Character of Female Volunteer.
Lord George-Cibber; Wronglove-Giffard; Lady Wronglove-Mrs Giffard; Lady Gentle-Mrs Mills; Sir Friendly-Berry; Heartshorn-Mrs Macklin; Brush-Raftor; Surgeon-Goodfellow; Porter-Ray; Bravoes: -Marr, Bransby, Leigh; Mrs Conquest-Mrs Woffington; Miss Notable (with a song in character)-Mrs Clive; Prologue-Mrs Clive; Epilogue-Mrs Woffington in Character of Female Volunteer.
Cast:
- Role: Lord George Actor: Cibber
- Role: Wronglove Actor: Giffard
- Role: Lady Wronglove Actor: Mrs Giffard
- Role: Lady Gentle Actor: Mrs Mills
- Role: Sir Friendly Actor: Berry
- Role: Heartshorn Actor: Mrs Macklin
- Role: Brush Actor: Raftor
- Role: Surgeon Actor: Goodfellow
- Role: Porter Actor: Ray
- Role: Actor: Marr, Bransby, Leigh
- Role: Mrs Conquest Actor: Mrs Woffington
- Role: Miss Notable Actor: Mrs Clive
- Role: Prologue Actor: Mrs Clive
- Role: Epilogue Actor: Mrs Woffington in Character of Female Volunteer.
Afterpiece
Song
Comment:
I: Cantata-Lowe; III: Scotch Dialogue, as17460310 V: My Faith and Truth, as17460104
Dance
Comment:
IV: Italian Peasants, as17460206; III: Scotch Dialogue, as17460310