Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years. [
Mrs Worthington is identified in MS list in
Kemble playbills of new performers for this season.] Ballet: 1st time; composed by
Giacomo? Gentili. Afterpiece [1st time: ENT 1, by
Richard Brinsley Sheridan; acted in place of
The Prize, advertised on playbill of 4 Mar. Text (
C. Lowndes, 1797)]: Altered from a Dramatick
Entertainment performed 1794 [
The Glorious First of June]. In the course of which will be introduced a representation of the late Glorious
Engagement between the
British and Spanish Fleets on the Fourteenth of February [1797, under
Sir John Jervis, off
Cape St. Vincent]. Receipts: #253 9s. (151.2.6; 100.17.0; 1.9.6)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline
Afterpiece Title: Cape St
Performance Comment: Vincent; or, British Valour Triumphant. Commodore Broadside-Palmer; Splicem-Kelly; Endless-Suett; Robin-Barrymore; Tom Oakum-Bannister; William-C. Kemble; Ben-Sedgwick; Busy-Caulfield; Boys-Master Welsh, Master Chatterley; Mary-Miss DeCamp; Susan-Miss Leak; Old Woman-Mrs Booth; Nancy-Miss Menage. [Text adds Cottager-Maddocks, and specifies Tom-Master Welsh; Bill-Master Chatterley.]Song: III: a Masquerade Scene-; with Hark! the Lark at Heaven's Gate sings-Sedgwick, Dignum, Welsh, Master Welsh
Ballet: End: The Labyrinth; or, The Country Madcap. Joseph-Gentili; Robert-Grimaldi; Philip-Master Menage; Rosina-Sga Bossi DelCaro; Countess-Mrs Wild; Lauretta-Miss S. DeCamp