Event Comment: Under the Patronage of their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Wales,
Duke of York,
Duke of Clarence,
Duke of Cumberland, and Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of York [and] the
Duchess of Devonshire and the
Duchess of Gordon. Benefit for
O'Keeffe, the Unfortunate Author of the following successful Dramatic Pieces:
The Son in Law,
Agreeable Surprise,
Peeping Tom,
Dead Alive,
Young Quaker,
Life's Vagaries,
Castle of Andalusia,
Czar,
Tony Lumpkin in Town,
Poor Soldier,
Modern Antiques,
Basket Maker,
Wild Oats,
Wicklow Mountains,
French Grenadier [never acted],
Positive Man,
Love in a Camp,
Tantara Rara Rogues all,
Beggar on Horseback,
Toy,
London Hermit,
Highland Reel,
Blacksmith of Antwerp,
Man Milliner,
Irish Mimic,
Little Hunchback,
World in a Village,
Fontainbleau,
Magic Banner,
Farmer,
Doldrum,
Sprigs of Laurel,
Birth Day,
Prisoner at Large, &c. &c. Tickets delivered for
The Belle's Stratagem will be admitted. [O'Keeffe is referred to as being unfortunate because he was totally blind. In delivering his Poetical Composition, which is printed in
Dramatic Censor, II, 265-67, the
Monthly Mirror,
June 1800, p. 367, reports that he was led on and off the stage by
Lewis. It also notes that "
Mrs Jordan...came from
Drury-Lane, where she had performed the
Child of Nature, to officiate at
Covent-Garden as the handmaid of charity."] The Last Night of the Company's performing this season. Receipts: none listed