*p1793 02 25 dl at <i>king's</i> Anna. [Characters by Wroughton, Whitfield, Palmer, Bannister Jun., Suett, Lyons, Webb, Miss Pope, Miss Collins, Mrs Kemble, Mrs Jordan, Mrs Powell, Mrs Booth, Mrs Bland, Mrs Edwards. [Cast from <i>Larpent MS</i>: Sir Frederick Touchwood-Wroughton; Gaythorn-Whitfield; Henry-Palmer; Bustle-Bannister Jun.; Pill-Suett; Jonathan-Lyons; Lady Touchwood-Miss Pope; Lady Lydia Graveairs-Miss Collins [in MS: $Mrs Goodall=]; Cordelia-Mrs Kemble; Anna-Mrs Jordan; Miss Harcourt-Mrs Powell; Dawdle-Mrs Booth; Ruth-Mrs Bland [in MS: $Miss Heard=]; Daube-Mrs Edwards; unassigned-Webb; <i>Prologue</i>-Palmer; <i>Epilogue</i>-Mrs Jordan.*a1793 02 25 dl The Deaf Lover. ^As17930123^.*c1793 02 25 dl Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by $Catherine? Cuthbertson=. Authors of Prologue and Epilogue unknown. <i>Larpent MS 969</i>; not published]: With new Dresses and Decorations. "The [new] piece possessing nothing like a plot, and being perfectly uninteresting, was much disapproved of...$Palmer= contributed to its bad reception by being absent when he was most wanted on the stage, and occasioning thereby an aukward chasm, which put the audience out of humour. He was otherwise highly reprehensible for his imperfections in his part" (<i>Public Advertiser</i>, 26 Feb.). Receipts: #375 16s. 6d. (342.13.6; 31.7.0; 1.16.0).