Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains
Barrymore as
Careless, but "Barrymore came too late to play Careless, in consequence of which
Dignum did the part and sang
Sedgwick's song, who came in time to the theatre [
Powell's italics, see 7 Feb.], but begged to be excused going on from the violent pain he was in, occasioned by a swelling upon his finger. Dignum not in time to be discovered at
Lady Sneerwell's rout, but came on after the Scene opened.
Fisher, one of the waiters in the above Scene, was absent.
Caulfield absent from the scene with
Charles, and
Kelly Jr. not being in time to be discovered With the rest, walked on after the Scene opened." [In afterpiece] the playbill retains
Aumer as
Hephestion, "Hephestion
C. Kemble, Aumer at the Opera House" (
Powell).] Receipts: #349 7s. (264.16; 81.10; 3.1)