Event Comment: [
T+The Theatrical Monitor, No. V (21 Nov.) includes a letter from
Bathyllus: As Dancing has ever been receiv'd by the greatest of dramatic writers, with encomiums suitable to its distinguished merit; you will be pleased through the channel of your justly spirited paper, to express the satisfaction I met with from
Mr Aldridge in the
Merry Sailor: his stature, strength, agility, and swiftness, are beyond anything I ever saw on
Covent Garden theatre: he stands tip-toe on the pinnacle of perfection, and gives us an idea of
Homer's pyrrhick dance delineated on the shield of
Achilles"] Receipts: #74 17s. (Account Book)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy
Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus
Cast
Role: Harlequin Actor: MilesRole: Others Actor: Legg, Mrs Baker, Morris, R. Smith, Banks, Wignel, Dibdin, Holtom, Weller, Mrs Copin, Baker, Mrs Lampe, Miss Helm, Mrs Dyer, Miss Pitt.Role: Dances Actor: LaRiviere, Arnauld, Miss Valois, Fishar.Dance: III: A new dance call'd The Merry Sailors-Aldridge