*p1780 11 04 cg Tamerlane. Tamerlane-Henderson; Moneses-Wroughton; Axalla-Whitfield; Omar-Fearon; Dervise-L'Estrange; Prince of Tanais-Booth; Hali-Robson; Stratocles-Thompson; Zama-J. Wilson; Mirvan-Stevens; Bajazet-Aickin; Selima-Mrs Inchbald; Arpasia-Miss Younge; The usual <i>Prologue</i>-Wroughton.*a1780 11 04 cg The Excise-Man. Principal Characters-Edwin, Wilson, Whitfield, Fearon, Webb, Jones, Quick, Mrs Morton, Mrs Wilson, Mrs Webb. Cast from <i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 6 Nov.: Plummet-Edwin; Alderman Graves-Wilson; Charles Fairford-Whitfield; Major Rampart-Fearon; Stage@coachman-Webb; George-Jones; Sir Michael Megrim-Quick; Maria-Mrs Morton; Jenny-Mrs Wilson; Mrs Tantrum-Mrs Webb; New <i>Prologue</i>-Lee Lewes.*d1780 11 04 cg ^As17801027^.*s1780 11 04 cg IV: <i>To thee O gentle sleep!</i>-Mrs Morton.*c1780 11 04 cg [Mainpiece: <i>Prologue</i> by $Nicholas Rowe=.] Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by $Henry Knapp=. <i>Larpent MS 535</i>; not published. Author of Prologue unknown]. The audience indulged "in the usual scornful hissing of theatrical displeasure. The Second act [of the afterpiece]...was not suffered to proceed to its conclusion; and the actors, when it was not more than half gone through, were driven from the stage by the clamours of almost all the spectators" (<i>London Chronicle</i>, 6 Nov.). Receipts: #192 5s. (188.14.6; 3.10.6).