*p1795 02 28 dl The Wheel of Fortune. Characters by R. Palmer, King, Kemble, Whitfield, Palmer, C. Kemble, Suett, Waldron, Phillimore, Bland, Maddocks, Banks, Trueman, Webb, Lyons, Evans, Fisher, Mrs Powell, Miss Farren, Mrs Maddocks, Miss Tidswell. [Cast from text ($C. Dilly=, 1795): Sir David Daw-R. Palmer; Tempest-King; Penruddock-Kemble; Woodville-Whitfield; Sydenham-Palmer; Henry Woodville-C. Kemble; Weazel-Suett; Woodville's Servant-Waldron; Attendant-Phillimore; Jenkins-Bland; Servants of Sir George Penruddock-Maddocks, Banks, Evans, Fisher, Lyons; Livery Servant-Trueman; Servant to Tempest-Webb; Mrs Woodville-Mrs Powell; Emily Tempest-Miss Farren; Dame Dunckley-Mrs Maddocks; Maid of the Lodging-Miss Tidswell; <i>Prologue</i>-Palmer; <i>Epilogue</i>-Miss Farren. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 9 performances only (^see17950328^] .*a1795 02 28 dl Alexander the Great. ^As17950221^.*c1795 02 28 dl Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by $Richard Cumberland=. <i>Prologue</i> and <i>Epilogue</i> by the author (<i>Pocket Magazine</i>, Mar. 1795, pp. 190, 191)]: With new Scenes, &c. $Powell=, 27 Feb.: <i>Wheel of Fortune</i> rehearsed at 11; 28 Feb.: Wheel of Fortune rehearsed at 10. "The character of <i>Penruddock</i>r is [$Kemble='s] greatest performance, and I believe it to be a perfect one. It is admirable...because the very defect which hurts his general style of acting, that studious and important preciseness, which is affectation in all his other characters, contributes to the strength, to the nature of Penruddock" ($Leigh Hunt=, <i>Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres</i>, 1807, p. 8). Receipts: #255 19s. (195.10; 57.15; 2.14).