*p1776 09 21 dl New Brooms! Principal Characters by King, Moody, Palmer, Parsons, Bannister, Baddeley, Wrighten, Carpenter, Griffiths, Wright, Burton, R. Palmer, Dodd, Mrs Bradshaw, Mrs Love, Miss Platt, Miss Stageldoir, Mrs Wrighten. [Cast from text ($T. Becket=. 1776): Sprightly-King; Phelim-Moody; Catcall-Palmer; Sir Dulcimer Dunder-Parsons; Sailor-Bannister; Mezzetin-Baddeley; Furrow-Wrighten; Dripping-Griffiths; Musician-Wright; Frank Furrow-Burton; Lad-R. Palmer; Crotchet-Dodd; Mrs Dripping-Mrs Bradshaw; Mrs Furrow-Mrs Love; Doxy-Miss Platt; Miss Dripping-Miss Stageldoir; Miss Quaver-Mrs Wrighten; unassigned-Carpenter; <i>Prologue</i>[, not listed on playbill,-King [; it was presumably, spoken at all subsequent performances].*a1776 09 21 dl Twelfth Night. Malvolio-Yates (1st appearance in that character these 1O years); Sir Andrew Ague@Cheek-Dodd; Sir Toby Belch-Palmer; Orsino-Jefferson; Sebastian-Davies; Fabian-Lamash; Antonio-Wrighten; Captain-Wright; Officer-Carpenter; Priest-Griffiths; Valentine-Norris; Curio-Everard; Clown-Vernon; with the original <i>Epilogue song</i>-Vernon; Olivia (with a <i>song</i>)-Mrs Baddeley; Maria-Mrs Hopkins; Viola-Miss Younge.*a1776 09 21 dl Miss in her Teens. Fribble (with a <i>song</i> in character)-Dodd; Captain Flash-Palmer; Captain Loveit-Davies; Puff-Moody; Jasper-Burton; Tag-Mrs Love; Miss Biddy-Miss Jarratt.*c1776 09 21 dl Prelude [1st time: PREL 1, by $George Colman elder=; incidental music by $Thomas Linley Sen.= and $Nicola Piccinni=. Prologue by $David Garrick= (<i>Poetical Works</i>, II, 327)]. The Words of the Songs in [the] Prelude will be given at the Theatre. The Doors to be opened at 5:3O. To begin at 6:30 [see 11 Nov.]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of $Fosbrook= at the Stage Door. No Money to be taken at the Stage Door, nor any Money returned after the Curtain is drawn up. The TR opened this Season under the Management of Messrs $Lacy=, $Sheridan=, $Ford= and $Linley=. This Summer the Flys has been raised considerably--the Stage widened and heitened--the orchestra enlarged, and Iron ornaments at the Top. <i>New Brooms</i> written by G. Colman Esq. went off with tolerable Applause--is much too long (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 3 Oct. 1776: This Day at Noon will be published New Brooms! (1s.). [$Yates= had last acted <i>Malvolio</i>r at dl on 6 Jan. 1764 and at cg on 5 May 1772.] Receipts: #269 19s. 6d.