Event Comment: "In point of voice, there are few women so highly favoured as
Mrs Litchfield [whose 1st appearance at
cg was on 27 May 1796]; through every gradation of tone it is perfect, combining strength and melody, it is equal to any task which the theatre (large and extensive as it is) can impose. It is suited to the firmness of declamation, the tenderness of pathos, and the burst of indignant passion" (
Monthly Mirror, Oct. 1797, p. 226). The Epilogue is not listed on the playbill, but "The audience would not be satisfied without the original Epilogue [by
Miles Peter Andrews], which
Lewis came forward and spoke" (
True Briton, 21 Sept.). [Afterpiece in place of
The Poor Soldier, advertised on playbill of 18 Sept.] Receipts: #225 0s. 6d. (195.14.0; 29.6.6)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist
Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey