Event Comment: Benefit for
Austin and
Wood. Wood, Sub Treasurer (
Winston MS 8). No Building on Stage. Receipts: #140 (
Cross). [The Prologue was
The Night's Adventure of a Buck,
Larpent MS 147. The mid-portion shows the Buck at the playhouse]: @First to the Playhouse,--not to hear the play--@I went to pass an hour or so away,@For what to me are Shakespears, Otways, Rowes,@Their, Jaffiers, Bajazets, andRomeos?@Such mouthing rascals give no joy to me@I get behind the scenes, and there d'ye see,@I strut, and ogle, pull the girls about@Stand in the way, and put the actors out.@These, these are joys, which only
Bucks can know,@And all the pleasures playhouses bestow...
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Mistake
Cast
Role: Principal parts Actor: Woodward, Palmer, Austin, Bransby, Yates, Philips, Burton, Mrs Clive, Mrs Jefferson, Mrs Bennet, Mrs Pritchard.Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris
Entertainment: TheNew Magic Scene in the characters of Harlequin, as17580428