Event Comment: Mainpiece [altered by
John Philip Kemble]: With new Scenes, Dresses, Decorations,
and Machinery. In
Act I, at the opening will be introduced, for the First Time a Battle between the
Macedonians and the
Persians. In
Act IV, the Royal Banquet. [These were included in all subsequent performances.] The Scenes designed
and painted by
Marinari. The Dresses
and Decorations by
Johnston and Miss Rein. The Machinery by
Cabanel. "[In the last scene] the expiring tone with which [
Kemble] pronounces 'Cover me'; his shivering, when wrapt round in the imperial robes; his wan
and wasted countenance; the manner of his labouriously drawing his legs together,
and their aguish knocking when they meet, surpass all description" (
Monthly Mirror, Jan. 1796, p. 180). Receipts: #375 2s. 6d. (306.14.6; 67.3.0; 1.5.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great
Performance Comment: Characters by Kemble, Bensley, Palmer, Barrymore, C. Kemble, Caulfield, Whitfield, Maddocks, Benson, Packer, Trueman, Mrs Hopkins, Mrs Powell, Miss Miller, Mrs Siddons. Cast from text (C. Lowndes, 1795): Alexander-Kemble; Clytus-Bensley; Cassander-Palmer; Lysimachus-Barrymore; Hephestion-C. Kemble; Polyperchon-Caulfield; Perdiccas-Whitfield; Thessalus-Maddocks; Eumenes-Benson; Aristander-Packer; Slave-Trueman; Sysigambis-Mrs Hopkins; Statira-Mrs Powell; Parisatis-Miss Miller; Roxana-Mrs Siddons.Related Works
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): George Frideric Handel
Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother
Song: In II: Alexander's Triumphal Entry into Babylon-; The Grand Chorus of Priests Youths Virgins-Bannister, Sedgwick, Dignum, Wathen, Welsh, Wentworth, Trueman, Cooke, Danby, Evans, Fisher, Master Welsh, Master DeCamp, Master Gregson, Mrs Bland, Miss Leak, Miss DeCamp, Miss Arne, Miss Mellon, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Boimaison, Mrs Maddocks, Miss Menage, Miss Jackson, Miss Granger, Miss Chatterley, Miss Wentworth, Mrs Butler