*p1775 05 03 dl Venice Preserv'd. ^As17741209^, but Jaffier-Brereton, first time.*a1775 05 03 dl The Quaker. Parts by Bannister, Waldron, Dibdin, Davies, Wrighten, Kear, Fawcett, Legg, Carpenter, Blanchard, Master Blanchard, Mrs Scott, Mrs Love, and a Young Gentlewoman. Steady-Bannister; Lubin(?)-Dibdin; Solomon(?)-Waldron; Easy-Wrighten; Countrymen-Kear, Fawcett, Legg, Carpenter, Blanchard, Master Blanchard; Floretta(?)-Mrs Scott; Cicely-Mrs Love; Gillian-A Young Gentlewoman ($Miss Wilde=) first appearance on this stage ($Genest=, V, 452).*c1775 05 03 dl Benefit for Brereton. Music of the Afterpiece (entirely new) composed by Dibdin. $Mr Brereton=-<i>Jaffier</i>r, Much Applause. <i>The Quaker</i> is Mr Dibdins Production he has sold it to Mr Brereton. The Music is pretty & Novel it was very badly perform'd--when it is properly Cast & got up with care it will do very well (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). [$MacMillan='s note from $Kemble= differs slightly in wording.] [The Reviewer for the <i>Westminster Magazine</i> for May gave a paragraph to Dibdin's afterpiece: "The words will not add to $Mr Dibdin='s reputation as a writer, nor Will the music increase his fame as a composer, the latter, however, possessed more merit than the former. The Finale was in new stile and pleased. Upon the whole this piece, like the rest of Mr Dibdin's performances, proves that this would-be author, is resolv'd in spite. Of Nature and the Stars, to write."] Receipts: #105 19s. 6d. Charges: #69 18s. Profits to Brereton: #36 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book).