26 April 1751
Event Information
Theatre:
Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1750-1751
Volume:
4
Comments:
Benefit for ye Wid. Mills & Mr Matthews (Cross). Tickets and places to be had of Mathews in Fountain Court, Aldermanbury; of Mrs Mills, at Mr Gardiner's a Printer in Little Russel St., Covent Garden and at the Stage Door. Tickets deliver'd for the Way of the World, and for the 18th will be taken, and those for the Fair Penitent the 25th. Receipts: #200 (Cross)
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The Fair Penitent
Comments:
As17510121, but Calista-Mrs Pritchard; Lavinia-Mrs Mills.
As17510121, but Calista-Mrs Pritchard; Lavinia-Mrs Mills.
Afterpiece
Title:
Lethe
Comments:
As17510423.
As17510423.
Cast:
- Role: Poet Actor: Lee.
- Role: Old Man Actor: Shuter.
- Role: Aesop Actor: Bridges.
- Role: Mercury Actor: Wilder
- Role: Charon Actor: Layfield
- Role: Fine Gentleman Actor: Woodward
- Role: Frenchman Actor: Blakes
- Role: Drunken Man Actor: Yates
- Role: Tattoo Actor: Marr
- Role: Mrs Tattoo Actor: Mrs Green
- Role: Fine Lady Actor: Mrs Clive.
Dance
Comment:
I: Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; II: The Savoyard-Mathews, Mad Camargo; III: Running Footman's Dance, as17501020; IV: A Harlequin Dance-the Little Swiss; V: The Scotch Dance-Mathews, Mad Auretti