*p1753 10 20 dl The Provok'd Husband. Manly-Havard; Trusty-Mrs Bennet; Sir Francis Wronghead-Yates; Mrs Motherly-Mrs Cross; Lord Townly-Ross; Moody-Burton; Squire Richard-Vernon; Myrtilla-Mrs Hippisley; Lady Grace-Mrs Mills; Miss Jenny-Mrs Minors; Lady Wronghead-Mrs James; Basset-Blakes; Lady Townly-Mrs Pritchard.*a1753 10 20 dl The Englishman in Paris. Buck-Foote; Lucinda-Miss Macklin (her first appearance there); Other characters-Devisse, Taswell, Blakes, Bransby, Davies, Clough, Philips, Lewis, Ackman, Mrs Bennet; New <i>Occasional Prologue</i>-; <i>Original Epilogue</i>-.*c1753 10 20 dl $MMr Foote= play'd <i>Buck</i>r & $Miss Macklin= <i>Lucinda</i>r, --went off tol: ye Girl was lik'd-she sung in ye Character <i>Aly Croky</i>--fine, --& danc'd a Minuet--well ($Cross=). [Foote was engaged as an actor for a certain number of nights and made his 1st appearance on this evening-he spoke a <i>Prologue</i> written by $Garrick= which was encored every night $Genest=, IV, 380). The Prologue was printed in the <i>Public Advertiser</i> on 29 Oct. suggesting the many sources of laughter on stage as they appealed to various parts of the House, pointing fun at Foote, and closing with his mock, humble statement: @"Many my passions are, tho' one my view@They all concenter--in the pleasing you.'@ It also contained information about a specialty performer on the Cello, $Monsieur Cervetti=, and his reception by the upper galleries: @"...In like extremes your laughing humour shows@Have ye not roar'd from Pit to upper Rows@And all the jest was, What? a Fiddler's nose..."@ The person here meant is M Cervetti, who has been a standing joke with the upper gallery for a long time past, on account of the length of his nose: but as I am inform'd, that no feature of his Mind is out of proportion, unless it be that his good qualities are extraordinary, I take this opportunity to mention that it is cruel to render him uneasy in the Business, in which he is eminent, and by which he must gain his livlihood." See identical comment in <i>Gray's Inn Journal</i>, 27 Oct. A puff for Miss Macklin appeared in Gray's Inn Journal, 20 Oct.] Receipts: #190 [Cross).