*p1792 02 18 dlking's Macbeth. Duncan-Packer; Malcolm-Palmer Jun. (1st appearance on that stage); Donalbain-Bland; Macbeth-Kemble; Banquo-Bensley; Lenox-Whitfield; Macduff-Wroughton; Rosse-Barrymore; Fleance-Master Gregson; Seward-Fawcett; Seyton-Phillimore; Doctor-Jones; Captain-Benson; Messenger-Banks; Murderer-Webb; Hecate-Bannister; Witches-Aickin, Moody, Burton; Lady Macbeth-Mrs Siddons; Gentlewoman-Miss Tidswell.*a1792 02 18 dlking's The Virgin Unmask'd. ^As17920121^.*s1792 02 18 dlking's In: The original Music by $Matthew Locke=, with full Chorusses and additional Accompaniments-Bannister, Sedgwick, Dignum, Danby, Maddocks, Caulfield, Cooke, Alfred, Shaw, Lyons, Mrs Bland, Mrs Edwards, Miss Hagley, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Edwin, Mrs Butler, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Gawdry, Miss Kirton.*c1792 02 18 dlking's Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. With new Dresses and Decorations. The Characters dressed in the Habits of the Times. [$Palmer Jun.= was from the <i>hay</i>.] "It is necessary to remind both <i>Macbeth</i>r and his Lady that there is a measured declamation, of which the natural utterance of passion knows nothing, and that words and syllables may be divided and subdivided till the fatigue of the ear overcome every other feeling...Between the first and second acts Ca ira was loudly called for from the pit and gallery. The clamour, after preventing the first part of the second act from being heard, subsided as unaccountably as it rose. The performers, in compliance with an admonition from the pit, began the act again, and proceeded without further interruption" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 20 Feb.). "In <i>Macbeth</i> there was too much that was not $Shakespeare=, too much bad taste and shabbiness in the costumes of the <i>witches</i>r, and all in all too much claptrap. He found it insufferable that <i>Banquo</i>r should take the part of his own ghost and felt that the audience should behold the specter only in Macbeth's terror, as was the case with the banquet guests. '$Mr Kemble= has desired on several occasions to suppress the ghost,' Meister says, 'but has never had the courage to do so.'" ($J. H. Meister= quoted in $J. A. Kelly=, 134). For Kemble's eventual courage in this matter see <i>dl</i>, 21 Apr. 1794.] Receipts: #425 6s. (383.2; 40.4; 2.0).