*p1758 10 03 dl The Recruiting Officer. Brazen-Obrien, 1st appearance; Plume-Palmer; Justice Balance-Burton; Kite-Berry; Bullock-Taswell; Worthy-Austin; Collier-Blakes; 1st Recruit-Yates; 2d-Vaughan; Melinda-Mrs Davies; Lucy-Mrs Bennet; Rose-Miss Hippisley; Sylvia-Miss Macklin.*a1758 10 03 dl The Anatomist. ^As17580916^.*c1758 10 03 dl $OObrien= did <i>Brazen</i>, for his first appearance, & met with great Applause ($Cross=). [See a two-column comment on <i>The Recruiting Officer</i> and O'Brien's acting in <i>Theatre No II</i> published in <i>The London Chronicle</i>, No. 277, 5-7 Oct., p. 343: "The character of <i>Brazen</i>r never existed in human nature, but is merely the child of $Farquhar='s own licentious invention...and for this reason I imagined it impossible for any actor to appear to advantage in it, without having recourse to that buffoonery and grimace which has always been made use of by the most eminent to support it; but I was agreeably surprised to find myself mistaken: for the young gentleman who has now got it into his possession goes through the whole with a genuine comic spirit; and, by his peculiar method of acting it, in a great measure corrects the unnatural absurdity of the writer." Specific details of his acting as well as comments on other roles are given.] Receipts: #150 (Cross); #174 3s. 6d. (<i>Winston MS 8</i>).