Event Comment: Benefit for
Lewis. Mainpiece: In Act II the admired
Procession from the Gr
and Spectacle of
Hercules and Omphale, with the entire Decorations, Music, Dance, Dresses, &c. adapted
and introduced in the Triumphal Entry of
Alexander into
Babylon. 3rd piece: Never acted at this theatre.
Morning Chronicle, 26 Mar.: Tickets to be had of
Lewis, No. 6,
Bow-street,
Covent-Garden. Receipts: #392 6s. 6d. (273.4.0; 13.4.0 ; tickets: 105.18.6)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great
Performance Comment: Alexander (for that night only)-Lewis; Lysimachus-Farren; Polyperchon-Macready; Hephestion-Davies; Cassander-Richardson; Clytus-Harley; Statira-Miss Morris; Parisatis-Miss Chapman; Sysigambis-Mrs Platt; Rozana-Mrs Pope.Afterpiece Title: The British Recruit
Afterpiece Title: The Absent Man
Performance Comment: Shatterbrain-Lewis; Welldone-Macready; Doctor Gruel-Powel; Capt. Slang-Farley; Coxcomb-Claremont; Robin-Burton; Frank-Munden; Landlady-Mrs Davenport; Flavia-Miss Hill; Miss Frolick-Miss Cornelys; Mrs Junket-Miss Chapman.