*p1777 10 17 dl The First Part of King Henry the Fourth. Hotspur-Smith; King Henry-Bensley (1st appearance in that character); Worchester-Aickin; Sir Richard Vernon-Farren; Northumberland-Packer; Sir Walter Blunt-Hurst; Prince John-Lamash; Westmorland-Wrighten; Douglas-Chaplin; Poins-R. Palmer; Carriers-Moody, Parsons; Francis-Waldron; Bardolph-Wright; Sheriff-Griffiths; Gadshill-Holcroft; Peto-Nash; Prince of Wales-Palmer; Falstaff (1st time [at this theatre])-Henderson; Hostess-Mrs Bradshaw; Lady Piercy (1st time)-Mrs Cuyler.*a1777 10 17 dl The Quaker. ^As17771007^.*d1777 10 17 dl End II: <i>Comic Dance</i>-the Miss Stageldoirs.*c1777 10 17 dl Mainpiece: Not acted these 7 years. No joke ever raised such loud and repeated mirth, in the galleries, as <i>Sir John</i>r 's labour in getting the body of <i>Hotspur</i>r on his back...At length this upper-gallery merriment was done away [with] by the difficulties which $Henderson= encountered in getting $Smith= on his shoulders. So much time was consumed in this pick-a-pack business that the spectators grew tired, or rather, disgusted. It was thought best, for the future, that some of <i>Falstaff</i>r 's ragamuffins should bear off the dead body" ($Davies=, I, 273-75). [For Henderson as Falstaff see <i>hay</i>, 24 July 1777.] Receipts: #207 10s. 6d. (185.6.0; 20.7.0; 1.17.6).