14 December 1782
Event Information
Theatre:
Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1782-1783
Volume:
5
Comments:
Benefit for Mrs Siddons. Part of the Pit will be laid into Boxes. To prevent Confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by Half past Four o'clock. Public Advertiser, 10 Dec: Tickets to be had of Mrs Siddons, No. 149 in the Strand. [The most famous "point" in this play was the parting of Belvidera and Jaffier in Act III, and her words, "Remember twelve!" Boaden, Siddons, 1, 354, refers to Mrs Siddons's "querulous melancholy of tone, partaking of doubt, though still hoping for the best," in uttering these words.] Receipts: #335 5s. (157/15/0; 4/0/6; 0/12/6; tickets: 172/17/0) (charge: free). [Thus, officially, the Account-Book, but Mrs Siddons's total profit, from presents and from additional sums being added by her admirers to the usual price of her tickets, was, according to Public Advertiser, 25 Dec, over #800. This figure is almost certainly an accurate reckoning.]
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Venice Preserv'd
Comments:
Jaffier-Brereton; Priuli-Aickin; Renault-Packer; Bedamar-R. Palmer; Duke-Chaplin; Elliot-Fawcett; Spinosa-Wright; Officer-Phillimore; Pierre-Bensley; Belvidera-Mrs Siddons .
Jaffier-Brereton; Priuli-Aickin; Renault-Packer; Bedamar-R. Palmer; Duke-Chaplin; Elliot-Fawcett; Spinosa-Wright; Officer-Phillimore; Pierre-Bensley; Belvidera-Mrs Siddons .
Afterpiece
Title:
Bon Ton
Comments:
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Cast:
- Role: Jessamy Actor: Burton
- Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King
- Role: Colonel Tivy Actor: Brereton
- Role: Davy Actor: Parsons
- Role: Lord Minikin Actor: Dodd
- Role: Lady Minikin Actor: Miss Pope
- Role: Gymp Actor: Miss Simson
- Role: Miss Tittup Actor: Miss Farren
Dance
Comment:
End of mainpiece, as17820917