*p1772 12 02 dl The Gamesters. ^As17721030^.*a1772 12 02 dl The Rose. Parts by Vernon, Bannister, Dodd, Dibdin, Kear, Fawcett, Wright, Ackman, Miss Weller, Mrs Davies, Mrs Love, Miss Platt, Miss Hopkins, Miss Collett, Mrs Smith. With a <i>Dance</i> in Act I, incidental to the piece-Atkins, Sga Giorgi; Lord Gainlove-Vernon; Jack Rattle-Dodd; Sir Humphrey Carbuncle-Bannister; Buckskin-Dibdin; Town Crier-Kear; Mr Violet-Wright; Letland-Ackman; Servant(?)-Fawcett; Billy Viodet-Miss Collett; Millclack-Miss Weller; Miss Clara Violet-Mrs Davies; Mrs Violet-Mrs Love; Lady Willmore-Miss Platt; Kitty Willmore-Miss Hopkins; Miss Serina Violet-Mrs Smith ($Genest=, V, 342, $MacMillan=, and Edition of 1773.).*c1772 12 02 dl <i>The Rose</i> is a New Musical performance of Two Acts by $Dr Arne= a very dull insipid piece. $Mr G.= protested against its being perform'd its being perform'd it was hiss'd from the beginning & wd not Suffer it to be given out again, therefore $Mr King= went on & told them it Should not be perform'd again until it be alter'd (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). [$Macmillan='s note from $Kemble= differs slightly. See critical damnation of The Rose in British Theatre Article in <i>The London Magazine</i>, Dec. 1772.] Book of the Entertainment to be had at the Theatre (playbill). Paid $Mr Petit= for men's cloaths, #8 8s. CTreasurer's Book). [Reviewer for <i>Town and Country Magazine</i> (<i>Theatre, No. XLI</i>) disappointed with the Rose: "We are told that this precious piece of stuff is the production of an <i>Oxford</i> student; it may be so, of this every auditor is certain, that the collegian who penned it was so entirely lost in the pursuit of some abstruse study, that he has totally forgot grammar, common sense, and even his mother tongue...it was unanimously damn'd."] Receipts: #172 6s. (Treasurer's Book).