*p1798 01 16 dl The Country Girl. ^As17971122^, but Moody-Wroughton; Countryman-_; William-_.*a1798 01 16 dl Blue-Beard; or, Female Curiosity! Abomelique (Blue-Beard)-Palmer; Ibrahim-Suett; Selim-Kelly; Shacabac-Bannister Jun.; Hassan-Hollingsworth; Mustapha-Webb; Aladin-Davis; Spahis-Sedgwick, Bannister, Dignum, Wathen, Trueman, Maddocks; Janizaries-Danby, Wentworth, Brown, Tett, Denman, Atkins, Phillimore, Fisher, Meyers, Peck, Bardoleau, Walker, Cook, J. Fisher, Dibble, Simpson; Male Peasants-Grimaldi, Gregson, Gallot, Aylmer, Potts, Willoughby, Evans; Male Slaves-Roffey, Thomson, Whitmell, Wells, Male, Garman, W. Banks, Nicolini; Fatima-Mrs Crouch; Irene-Miss DeCamp; Beda-Mrs Bland; Female Peasants-Ms Arne, Ms Roffey, Ms Wentworth, Ms Jackson, Ms Maddocks, Ms Menage; Principal Dancer-Mlle Parisot (1st appearance this season); Female Slaves-Ms Brooker, Ms Daniels, Ms Brigg, Ms Haskey, Ms Hillingsworth [recte $Illingham=], Ms Byrne, Ms Willis, Ms Vining.*c1798 01 16 dl Afterpiece [1st time; MD 2, by $George Colman, ynger=, based on <i>Raoul Barbe Bleue</i>, by $Michel Jean Sedaine= (although, in the 1st edition of the play, this denied by Colman). Text ($Cadell and Davies=, 1798)]: The Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, and Decorations entirely new. The Musick composed and selected [from $Paisiello=] by $Kelly=. The Scenes designed and executed by $Greenwood? Jun=, $Chalmers=, and others. The Machinery, Decorations, and Dresses designed and under the direction of $Johnston=, and executed by him, $Underwood=, $Gay=, and $Miss Rein=. Books of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. <i>Times</i>, 8 Feb. 1798: This Day is published <i>Blue Beard</i> (1s. 6d.). "In the course of the representation, many blunders in working the scenery, which are unavoidable in a first representation of this nature, occurred, and the delays which took place were frequently very great...It was twelve o'-clock before the curtain dropped...The Expense of getting it up is said to be not less than #2,000" (<i>London Chronicle</i>, 18 Jan.). Proud swells the tide, with loads of capering heels, And vacant Folly shouts applause in peals; Hoards, even beyond th miser's wish, are thrown, To deck some sham farago for the town...Money for dresses, money for new scenes, New music, decorations, and machines; The cost of these, including every freak, Would pay ten decent players four pounds a week. $Anthony Pasquin= (pseud. for $John Williams=), "Innovation," in <i>The Devil</i> [1787], II, no. 2, 46. Receipts: #319 14s. 6d. (216.17.6; 102.2.0; 0.15.0).