*p1798 12 11 cg Laugh When You Can. ^As17981208^, but unassigned-_Platt.*a1798 12 11 cg Albert and Adelaide; or, The Victim of Constancy. Principal Characters-Incledon, Fawcett, H. Johnston, Betterton, Townsend, Simmons, Miss Webb (1st appearance), Follett; Miss Wheatley, Miss Walcup, Mrs Whitmore, Mrs Johnson. [Cast from Songs ($T. Rickaby= [1798]): Henrico-Incledon; Jocelin-Fawcett [in Songs: $Emery= (^see17981214^)]; Albert-H. Johnson; Rudolph-Betterton; Bertolt-Townsend; Gariga-Simmons; Adolphus-Miss Webb; Rosella-Miss Wheatley; Cicely-Miss Walcup; Algonde-Mrs Whitmore; Adelaide-Mrs Johnson; unassigned-Follett; Chorus of Soldiers and Followers in the Black Forest-Oddwell, Clarke, Sawyer, Curties, Little, Thomas, Everett, J. Linton, Smith, Lee, Powers, Lewiss; Chorus of Guards in the Castle-Linton, Gray, Street, Abbot, Kenrick, Silvester, Jones, Fairclough, Tett, Russel.*d1798 12 11 cg In afterpiece: <i>Procession and Dance</i> of Swabian Peasants-Blurton, Dyke, Wilde, L. Bologna, T. Cranfield, Platt, Masters, Slape, Ramage, Goodwin, Little, Ms Watts, Ms Iliff, Ms Norton, Ms Castelle, Ms Leserve, Miss Gray, Ms Bologna, Ms Masters, Ms Burnett, Ms Gilbert, Ms Lloyd, Ms Blurton, Ms Ward.*c1798 12 11 cg Afterpiece [1st time; MD 3, by $Samuel Birch=, adapted from <i>Camille; ou, Le Souterrain</i>, by $Benoit Joseph Marsollier des Vivetieres=, and from <i>Les Victimes Cloitrees</i>, by $Jacques Marie Boutet de Monvel=; the songs written by $Thomas John Dibdin=. <i>Larpent MS 1236</i>; not published. The playbill states that this was "Taken from the $German=," but <i>London Chronicle</i>, 12 Dec., says that its source is the same as that of <i>The Captive of Spilburg</i> (see <i>dl</i>, 14 Nov.). An examination of the MSS of these two pieces (<i>Larpent 1230</i> and 1236) proves that such is unmistakably the case]: With entire new Scenes, Machinery, Dresses & Decorations. The Music composed and selected by $Steibelt= and $Attwood=. The Action of the Chorusaes, Finales, &c. under the Direction of $Farley=, and the Action of the Overture by $Bologna Jun.= A new Descriptive Overture, composed by Steibelt, on a Plan never before introduced on the English Stage, accompanied by Action. "The overture is...nothing more than music adapted to pantomime; and, in the present instance, the dumb shew is an unnecessary anticipation of the procession with which the piece opens" (<i>Monthly Mirror</i>, Dec. 1798, p. 369). The Scenery painted by $Richards=, $Phillips=, $Lupino=, $Hollogan=, $Blackmore=, &c. The Dresses by $Dick= and $Mrs Egan=. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #338 17s. 6d. (325.14.6; 13.3.0).