*p1799 05 24 dl Pizarro. Characters by Powell, Kemble, C. Kemble, Barrymore, Caulfield, Wentworth, Trueman, Surmont, R. Palmer, Aickin, Suett, Dowton, Cory, Holland, Russell, Wathen, Maddocks, Sparks, Ryder, Master Chatterley, Webb, Fisher, Evans, Mrs Jordan, Mrs Siddons. [Cast from text ($James Ridgway=, 1799), and $Genest=, VII, 420: Ataliba-Powell; Rolla-Kemble; Alonzo-C. Kemble; Pizarro-Barrymore; Almagro-Caulfield; Gonzalo-Wentworth; Davilla-Trueman; Gomez-Surmont; Valverde-R. Palmer; Las Casas-Aickin; Diego-Suett; Orozembo-Dowton; Old Blind Man-Cory; Centinel-Holland; Peruvian Officer-Archer [^see17990525^]; Attendant-Maddocks; Boy-Master Chatterley; Soldiers-Webb, Fisher, Evans, Chippendale; Cora-Mrs Jordan; Elvira-Mrs Siddons; unassigned-Russell, Wathen, Sparks, Ryder; <i>Prologue</i>-King; <i>Epilogue</i>-Mrs Jordan.*a1799 05 24 dl My Grandmother. ^See17980918^.*s1799 05 24 dl Vocal Parts-Kelly, Sedgwick, Dignum, Trueman, Danby, Brown, Cook, Tett, Caulfield Jun., Sawyer, Danby Jun., Aylmer, Willoughby, Bardoleau, Clark, Mead, Elliot, Ms Crouch, Ms DeCamp, Ms Stephens, Ms Leak, Ms Dufour, Ms Arne, Ms Menage, Ms Roffey, Ms Menage Jun., Ms Jackson, Ms Wentworth, Ms Chippendale, Ms Jacobs, Ms Butler, Ms Bowyer, Ms Williams, Ms Saunders, Ms Gaudry, Ms Benson, Mrs Illingworth, Mrs Coates.*c1799 05 24 dl Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, by $Richard Brinsley Sheridan=, adapted from <i>Die Spanier in Peru</i>, by $August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue=. Prologue by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (consisting of the 1st 30 lines and the concluding couplet of his Prologue to <i>The Miniature Picture</i>); Epilogue by the $Hon. William Lamb= (see text). For publication see 1 July]: The Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations entirely new. The Musick, Airs and Chorusses incidental to the Piece composed and selected [from $Gluck=, $Sacchini=, &c. (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 25 May)] by $Kelly=. The Symphony preceding the Play, and those between the Acts, composed for the occasion by $Dussek=. The Scenery designed and executed by $Marinari=, $Greenwood? Jun=, $Demaria=, $Banks=, $Blackmore=, &c. [See <i>Theatre Notebook</i>, XX, 30-32, for suggestion that one scene was designed by $DeLoutherbourg=.] The Machinery, Decorations, and Dresses under the direction of $Johnston=, and executed by him, $Underwood=, and $Gay=. The Female Dresses designed and executed by $Miss Rein=. Account-Book, 14 May: Paid $Miss Anne? Plumtree= [i.e. $Plumptree=] for <i>Spaniards in Peru</i> #25. [It was this translation of $Kotzebue='s play that $Sheridan= adapted for the stage as <i>Pizarro</i>. For an account of the relationship between the translation and its adaptation see $Marcella Gosch=, "'Translators' of Kotzebue in <i>England</i>," <i>Monatshefte fur deutschen Unterricht</i>, XXXI, 178-83.] Paid $Johnston= [on this and other days] for sundries for Pizarro #135 14s. "It requires certainly more than English patience and spirits to sustain any Play of five hours in length. It is not one of the worst features of <i>Pizarro</i> that it contains a great deal which may be spared, without injury to the piece [see 25, 27 May]" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 25 May). Receipts: #540 3s. 6d. (406.0.6; 17.5.0; 0.4.0; tickets sold by $Fosbrook='s Office: 116.14.0).