*p1774 01 29 cg The Man of Business. Principal parts by Woodward, Shuter, Lewis, Kniveton, Davis, Owenson, Fox, Bensley, Lewes, Dyer, Quick, Cushing, Gardner, Thompson, Hamilton, Mrs Bulkley, Mrs Pitt, Miss Helme, and Mrs Green. With a <i>Prologue</i> and an <i>Epilogue</i>. Tropic-Woodward; Golding-Shuter; Beverly-Lewis; Capias-Kniveton; Lord Riot-Davis; Col. Rakish-Owenson; Sir Helter Skelter-Fox; Fable-Bensley; Denier-Lewes; Handy-Dyer; Check-Quick; Hazard-Cushing; Scanty-Gardner; Snap-Thompson; Cash-Hamilton; Lydia-Mrs Bulkley; Mrs Carlton-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Flounce-Mrs Helme; Mrs Golding-Mrs Green; With a <i>Prologue</i>-Woodward; <i>Epilogue</i>-Mrs Bulkley (Edition of 1774).*a1774 01 29 cg The Chaplet. Damon-Mattocks; Palaemon-DuBellamy; Pastora-Mrs Thompson; Laura-Mrs Mattocks.*c1774 01 29 cg Mainpiece: A New Comedy (never performed) [by $George Colman=]. Paid $Miller= for performing 11 nights in <i>The Sylphs</i> #2 15s. Paid $Mr Anderson= for 2 suits of women's cloaths #21 (Account Book). [The mainpiece received a scourging review in the <i>Westminster Magazine</i> for Feb. 1774. $Gibbon= attended, "We dined at the <i>Shakespeare</i> and went in a body to support it....Though we got a verdict for our client his cause was but a bad one. It is a very confused miscellany of several plays and tales" ($John Hampden@Journal=, p. 18).] Receipts: #258 3s. (Account Book).