21 March 1763
Event Information
Theatre:
Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1762-1763
Volume:
4
Comments:
Benefit for Mrs Clive. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire.Afterpiece: Never perform'd before. Ladies and Servants by 3 o'clock. Part of Pit laid into boxes; No Building on Stage. [See Theatrical Review; or, Annals of the Drama, 1763, 1 April, pp. 142-46, for critique of the Sketch of a Fine Lady's Return from a Rout. Rather damns the writing and the performance on all counts, Moody's part being so bad, to save his face he commenced Hibernian in his dialogue" to amuse the ears of his audience. The parts are listed in Larpent MS 220: Sir Gregory Jenkings, Mr Nettle (a Lawyer), 1st Clerk, 2nd Clerk, Porter, Footmen, Lady Jenkings, Nancy Jenkings, Fanny Jenkings, Jane (Lady's Maid).
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The School For Lovers
Comments:
Principal characters-Garrick, Palmer, O'Brien, Mrs Cibber, Mrs Yates, Mrs Clive.
Principal characters-Garrick, Palmer, O'Brien, Mrs Cibber, Mrs Yates, Mrs Clive.
Afterpiece
Comments:
Characters-Love, Moody, Mrs Clive, King, Ackman, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Rogers, Miss Heath.
Characters-Love, Moody, Mrs Clive, King, Ackman, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Rogers, Miss Heath.
Cast:
- Role: Characters Actor: Love, Moody, Mrs Clive, King, Ackman, Mrs Bradshaw, Miss Rogers, Miss Heath.
Song
Comment:
End of Farce: A Mimic Comic Italian Song from the Opera of Il Filosopho di Campagna-Mrs Clive
Dance
Comment:
End of Play: The Cow@Keepers, as17630315