Event Comment: Benefit for
Mrs Martyr. [In 1st piece the playbill retains Mrs Martyr as
Dolly, but "Dolly was undertaken at a short notice, by
Mrs Chapman, upon the sudden indisposition of Mrs Martyr" (
Monthly Mirror, June 1800, p. 366). "In consequence of Mrs Martyr's accouchement...the part of Dolly was sustained by
Miss Sims" (
Dramatic Censor, II, 140).] 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1, author unknown. Not in
Larpent MS; not published]: To conclude with a
Representation of the Storming the City of Acrev by the
French [17 Mar.-20 May 1799], and the Heroic Defence made by the
Turkish Troops led on by the
British Sailors [under the command of
Sir Sidney Smith].
Morning Chronicle, 23 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr, No. 16,
Martlett-court,
Bow-street,
Covent Garden. Receipts: #333 4s. 6d. (118.3.6; 11.16.6; tickets: 203.4.6)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Woodman
Performance Comment: As18000415, but Dolly-Mrs Chapman [or Miss Sims?].or Miss Sims?].Afterpiece Title: The Siege of Acre
Afterpiece Title: The Jew and the Doctor
Song: End I 1st piece: The Last Shilling (composed by Dibdin)-Incledon; (in the Course of the Evening) Old Towler-Incledon; In Scene I 2nd piece: by Permission of Dibdin, his following popular songs: The Sailor's Journal-Incledon; The Anchor Smiths-Townsend; All Hands to the Anchor-Fawcett; Jacky and the Cow-Munden; The Advantage of Toping-Townsend; A Comic Irish Song-Johnstone