*p1791 05 14 dl The Mourning Bride. Manuel-Aickin; Gonzalez-Packer; Garcia-Barrymore; Perez-Haymes; Alonzo-Phillimore; Osmyn-Kemble; Heli-Benson; Selim-Williames; Almeria-Mrs Powell (1st appearance in that character); Zara-Mrs Siddons (only time of her performing [in this play] this season); Leonora-Miss Tidswell.*a1791 05 14 dl All the World's a Stage. ^As17910430^.*c1791 05 14 dl Benefit for a Fund for the Relief of those whose Infirmities oblige them to retire from the Stage. The whole Pit will be laid into the Boxes. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who have seats in the Pit are earnestly requested to be early at the Theatre, and Servants are desired to attend at half past Four o'Clock to keep Places. "The fine tragic powers of [$Mrs Siddons=] and $Kemble= were but wasted on the turgid trumpery of the play...But Kemble in this scene [end of Act III] was so impassioned and transcendent that it killed all the rest of the piece. The scorn of Mrs Siddons at his dissimulation--her haughty bearing and marking emphasis, with the piercing powers of her eye, are all treasured where they should be" (<i>Oracle</i>, 16 May). Receipts: #117 14s. (107.11.0; 9.12.6; 0.10.6; tickets: none listed, but <i>Oracle</i>, 17 May, reports that tickets were purchased for as much as one guinea and a half) (charge: free).