Event Comment: Benefit for
Wilson. Second Course [1st time; M. INT I, by
James Cobb.
Larpent MS 567; not published]: With Songs
and a New Overture. Entrement [1st time: INT I, by
Charles Stuart.
Larpent MS 566; not published]. Desert: Never acted here; by Permission of
Harris [proprietor of
cg. The playbill assigns
Princess Huncamunca to
Mrs Kennedy, but "Huncamunca was very well performed by a Lady who resembled Mrs Kennedy in her voice" (
Public Advertiser, 23 Aug.;
and see 24 Aug.)]
Performances
Mainpiece Title: the Feast Of Thalia; Or, A Dramatic Olio
Performance Comment: [Bill of Fare, in which every Dish belonging to the Drama will be served up: Prelude, Tragedy, Comedy, Opera, Interlude, and Burlesque. By way of Relish: The Manager in Distress. [Principal Characters by Palmer, Aickin, R. Palmer, Egan, Bannister Jun., Mrs Cuyler, Mrs Jewell, Miss Hale, Mrs Webb. [Cast from text (T. Cadell [1780]): Bustleton-Palmer; Manager-Aickin; Easy-R. Palmer; Irishman in the Pit-Egan; Gentleman in the Balcony-Bannister Jun.; Actresses-Mrs Cuyler, Mrs Jewell, Miss Hale; Lady in Balcony-Mrs Webb.Afterpiece Title: First Course, a substantial Dish from: Henry IV
Afterpiece Title: Second Courae, a Comic Dish, never serv'd up before: Kensington
Gardens; or, The Walking Jockey
Afterpiece Title: Third Course, an Operatic Dish: The Son-in-Law
Afterpiece Title: Also by way of Entremet: Ripe Fruit; or, The Marriage Act
Afterpiece Title: Desert: Tom Thumb
Song: In Second Course: Auld Robin Gray-Miss Harper