02 December 1774
Event Information
Theatre:
Covent Garden
Theatrical Season:
1774-1775
Volume:
4
Comments:
Afterpiece: A New Comedy (by Hugh Kelly] of 2 Acts never perform'd. [Written, as the author states in his Advertisement to the Edition of 1774, at the instigation of and on the inspiration of Mrs Abington. The Larpent MS 379 lists a partial cast and the lengths for each part: 10 Hector Strangeways-Shuter; 7 Brownlow-$Bensley; 5 Ormsby-$Clarke; 6 Bussora-...; 5 +Orson-...; 6 +Pillage-$Dunstall; 1!2 Servant-...; 5 +Lady Strangeways-$Mrs Green; 7 1!2 Zelinda 1!2 Jenny-....(A Length was 42 lines of dialogue.)] [From the +Westminster Magazine, Dec: Though there is scarce anything new in the Plot, Characters, Dialogue of this piece; yet upon the whole we found it extremely entertaining. The Indian servant is well introduced to satirize the follies and vices of the metropolis; and Sir Hector and his son give us a good dish of sea terms, well served up by Messrs $Shuter and Quick."
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Artaxerxes
Comments:
As17741129.
As17741129.
Cast:
- Role: Arbaces Actor: Mrs Mattocks
- Role: Artaxerxes Actor: Mattocks
- Role: Artabanes Actor: Reinhold
- Role: Rimenes Actor: DuBellamy
- Role: Semira Actor: Mrs Baker
- Role: Mandane Actor: Miss Catley.
Afterpiece
Title:
The Romance of An Hour
Comments:
Parts by: Shuter, Bensley, Clarke, Lee Lewes, Quick, Dunstall, Miss Pearce, Mrs Green, Mrs Bulkley. With a New Prologue and Epilogue. Sir Hector Strangeways-Shuter; Brownlow-Bensley; Col. Ormsby-Clarke; Bussora-Lee Lewes; Orson-Quick; Pillage-Dunstall; James-Bates; Jenny-Miss Pearce; Lady Di Strangeways-Mrs Green; Zelida-Mrs Bulkley; With a New Prologue by Kelly-Lee; Epilogue by Kelly-Mrs Bulkley (Edition of 1774).
Parts by: Shuter, Bensley, Clarke, Lee Lewes, Quick, Dunstall, Miss Pearce, Mrs Green, Mrs Bulkley. With a New Prologue and Epilogue. Sir Hector Strangeways-Shuter; Brownlow-Bensley; Col. Ormsby-Clarke; Bussora-Lee Lewes; Orson-Quick; Pillage-Dunstall; James-Bates; Jenny-Miss Pearce; Lady Di Strangeways-Mrs Green; Zelida-Mrs Bulkley; With a New Prologue by Kelly-Lee; Epilogue by Kelly-Mrs Bulkley (Edition of 1774).
Cast:
- Role: Sir Hector Strangeways Actor: Shuter
- Role: Brownlow Actor: Bensley
- Role: Ormsby Actor: Clarke
- Role: Bussora Actor: Lee Lewes
- Role: Orson Actor: Quick
- Role: Pillage Actor: Dunstall
- Role: James Actor: Bates
- Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Pearce
- Role: Lady Di Strangeways Actor: Mrs Green
- Role: Zelida Actor: Mrs Bulkley
- Role: Kelly Actor: Lee
- Role: Epilogue by Kelly Actor: Mrs Bulkley
Dance
Comment:
I: The Vintage Festival, as17741007; End Opera: The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, Miss Valois. [See17731005]