12 November 1781
Event Information
Theatre:
Haymarket Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1781-1782
Volume:
5
Comments:
By Permission of the Right Hon. the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, based on Le Dissipateur, by Philippe Nericault, dit Destouches. Authors of Prologue and Epilogue, and speaker of Epilogue, unknown]: Written by the late Samuel Foote Esq. [The attribution to Foote is dubious.] Afterpiece [1st time in London; MF-2. See CG, 28 Mar. 1778]: Now acting in Dublin with applause; written by [i.e. altered from, by T. A. Lloyd] the author of Love in a Village, &c. &c
Performance List
Mainpiece
Comments:
Principal Characters by Reilly, Dutton, Moss, Horwell, Lloyd, Mendez, Swords; Miss Villiers, Miss Blaney, Miss Wood, Miss Carne, Mrs Read, Mrs Hyam. [Text, in The Comic Theatre, Vol. I (Dryden Leach, 1762), lists the parts: Cleon, Moneylove, The Baron, Count Raveline, The Marquis, Justice Florid, Picquet, Pasquin; Julia, Belinda, Arsinoe, Araminta, Belisa, Finesse.] Occasional Prologue spoken by Davis and a Lady in the character of Taste. New Epilogue .
Principal Characters by Reilly, Dutton, Moss, Horwell, Lloyd, Mendez, Swords; Miss Villiers, Miss Blaney, Miss Wood, Miss Carne, Mrs Read, Mrs Hyam. [Text, in The Comic Theatre, Vol. I (Dryden Leach, 1762), lists the parts: Cleon, Moneylove, The Baron, Count Raveline, The Marquis, Justice Florid, Picquet, Pasquin; Julia, Belinda, Arsinoe, Araminta, Belisa, Finesse.] Occasional Prologue spoken by Davis and a Lady in the character of Taste. New Epilogue .
Cast:
None Listed
None Listed
Afterpiece
Title:
The Romp
Comments:
Priscilla Tomboy (the Romp)-Mrs Cox; the other Characters by those who perform in the Comedy . the other Characters by those who perform in the Comedy .
Priscilla Tomboy (the Romp)-Mrs Cox; the other Characters by those who perform in the Comedy . the other Characters by those who perform in the Comedy .
Song
Comment:
End of Acts II and in of mainpiece two favourite airs by Mrs Cox (1st appearance.)
Monologue
Comment:
1781 11 12 End of Act IV of mainpiece Shuter's Post Haste Observations on his Journey to Paris by Dutton