19 April 1748
Event Information
Theatre:
Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1747-1748
Volume:
4
Comments:
[Benefit for Berry and Mrs Green. Stage form'd into Front and Side Boxes. Tickets of Hobson at stage door; or Berry at his lodgings in Little Bridges St., Covent Garden; and Mrs Green at her Lodgings at the Green Canister in Great Shier Lane, Carey St., Lincolns Inn. [This day one B. B. (presumably Macklin) inserted a letter to the author of the General Advertiser in that paper framing the historical background for the Lover's Melancholy, to be performed as benefit for his wife on 22 April. It gave a short account of the author (John Ford), his works in general, and of that dramatic piece in particular, and sought to align Ford as an intimate and profess'd admirer of Shakespeare. See comment for 23 April]. Receipts: #207 (Cross); house charges, #63 N.B.: Mr Berry paid, but at the rate o 60 pounds for his benefit, therefore I must make a draw back of #1 10s. for his half (Powel); cash, #88 9s. tickets, #118 12s. (Clay MS)
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The Suspicious Husband
Comments:
As17480312 but Epilogue-_; Strictland-Berry; Valet-Leigh; Country Dance-.
As17480312 but Epilogue-_; Strictland-Berry; Valet-Leigh; Country Dance-.
Cast:
- Role: Strictland Actor: Berry
- Role: Valet Actor: Leigh
- Role: Country Dance Actor: .
- Role: Ranger Actor: Garrick
- Role: Frankly Actor: Havard
- Role: Bellamy Actor: Blakes
- Role: Jack Meggot Actor: Yates
- Role: Buckle Actor: Usher
- Role: Simon Actor: Bransby
- Role: Tester Actor: Vaughan
- Role: Chairman Actor: Barrington
- Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs Elmy
- Role: Lucetta Actor: Mrs Green
- Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Yates
- Role: Milliner Actor: Miss Minors
- Role: Maid Actor: Miss Cole
- Role: Jacyntha Actor: Mrs Woffington
- Role: Clarinda Actor: Mrs Pritchard
- Role: Ranger's Frolick Actor: .
Afterpiece
Dance
Comment:
[II: Savoyards, as17471215; V: Gondoliers-Cooke