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Event Comment: FFelix, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Loverule-Vernon; Lady Loverule-Mrs Johnston; Jobson-Love; Nell-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Loverule Actor: Vernon

Dance: I: New Comic Dance, as17681210

Event Comment: BBenedick-Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Performance Comment: Benedict-Garrick; Don John-J. Aickin; Balthasar (with song)-Vernon; Antonio-Hurst; Leonato-Aickin; Dogberry-Parsons; Verges-Hartry; Claudio-Cautherly; Don Pedro-Packer; Borachio-Ackman; Town Clerk-Baddeley; Sexton-Clough; Hero-Mrs Baddeley; Beatrice-Miss Pope; In Act II, a Masquerade Dance proper to the play, -Grimaldi; To Conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Balthasar Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: RRanger, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Garrick; Strictland-Love; Frankly-Aickin; Bellamy-Packer; Jack Meggot-Vernon; Ranger's Servant-Ackman; Tester-J. Burton; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Stephens; Lucetta-Mrs Love; Milliner-Miss Radley; Jacintha-Mrs Jeffries; Clarinda-Miss Pope; To Conclude with a Country Dance- (playbill).
Cast
Role: Jack Meggot Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Hob in the Well; or, Flora

Dance: I: A New Dance call'd the The English Gardeners-Atkins, Mrs King

Event Comment: SSir John Brute, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Cast
Role: Bully Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor

Performance Comment: Mindora-Mrs Scott; Daphne-Mrs Baddeley; Amintor-Vernon; With Dances-Giorgi, Tassoni, Mrs King, Miss Tetley, Miss Rogers, Miss Collett.
Cast
Role: Amintor Actor: Vernon

Dance: II: New Dance (Performed but once) The Rabbit Seller, as17691228

Event Comment: AArcher, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Jobson-Love; Loverule-Vernon; Lady Loverule-Mrs Johnston; Nell-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Loverule Actor: Vernon

Dance: IV: The Rabbit Sellers, as17691228

Event Comment: Sir John Brute, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Garrick; Constant-Cautherly; Heartfree-Aickin; Bully, song-Vernon; Lord Rake-Ackman; Justice-Bransby; Razor-Baddeley; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Abington; Belinda-Mrs Jeffries; Mademoiselle, song-Miss Radley; Lady Brute-Mrs Barry.
Cast
Role: song Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Ladies' Frolick

Event Comment: great applause to the Play (Hopkins Diary). Mainpiece: A tragedy never before acted [by Mrs Celisia]. Prologue (by Whitehead)-Reddish; Epilogue (by Garrick)-Mrs Barry. New Scenes, Dresses and Decorations (Winston MS 10). [The Gentleman's Magazine for Feb. reviewed the mainpiece in great detail, concluding: "A combat between two knights in the days of chivalry and honour, not to determine whether a person accused is innocent or guilty, but whether a person under the infamy of acknowledged guilt shall suffer, is, as the Scotch peasant says emphatically of his pupil, a phenomenon. It is, however, but justice to Mrs Barry, to say, that in performing the part allotted her in this piece, she rises like perfection out of chaos, and therefore those who have not yet seen it represented should by no means be deterred by these strictures on the composition, supposing them to be just."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Almida

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Event Comment: Garrick. Lady Brute 1st time Miss Younge--very well (Hopkins). Paid Half a year's paving, Lighting & Cleaning to Mich. Last--#14 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #254 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Garrick; Constant-Cautherly; Heartfree-Aickin; Col. Bully (with song)-Vernon; Razor-Baddeley; Lord Rake-Ackman; Justice-Bransby; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Abington; Belinda-Miss Ambrose; Mademoiselle-Mrs Egerton; Lady Brute-Miss Young, 1st time.
Cast
Role: Bully Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Performance Comment: Cupid-Miss Hopkins, 1st time; Griskin-Parsons; Sotherton-Palmer; Jemmy Twinkle-Brereton; Chamberlain-W. Palmer; Miss Grishin-Miss Pope; Housemaid-Miss Platt; Miss Flack-Miss Ambrose; Filagree-Mrs Bradshaw; Landlady-Mrs Lowe; With Dance incidental to the piece,-Giorgi, Atkins, Mrs King; To Conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Cupid Actor: Miss Hopkins, 1st time
Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties 4th night. Paid subscription to L. Brady #1 1s. Receipts: #255 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Performance Comment: Malvolio-King; Sir Andrew-Dodd; Antonio-Davies; Fabian-Waldron; Viola-Miss Younge; Sebastian-Cautherly; Sir Toby-Palmer; Orsino-Brereton; Maria-Mrs Hopkins; Clown (with the Original Epilogue Song)-Vernon; Olivia (with a song)-Mrs Baddeley (first time).
Cast
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Clown Actor: Vernon

Dance: In: The Grand Provencalle Dance, as17741213

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Jacket

Event Comment: LLovemore by Mr Holland (Hopkins). Lovemore is a character no way proper for Mr Holland (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan). Full Prices. Receipts: #247 14s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

Event Comment: LLusignan by Mr Powell (first time) (Hopkins). Mr Powell played Lusignan with great Feeling, but spoke much too low, and cryed too much (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan). Full Prices. Receipts: #241 7s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Dress'd in the Habits of the Times. Mr Powell King Henry for 1st time (Hopkins). Mr Powell played King Henry with great feeling, and was very well received in it (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan). Receipts: #142 3s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Iv, Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

Event Comment: In the last Scene of the Pantomime from the Galleries some hissing; some Crying off! &c. till Mr King adress'd the Audience as follows: Ladies & Gentlemen. If this Token of your disapprobation Proceeds from the Mad Scene being left out, give me leave to Assure you, Many Applications have been made to the Managers to have it omitted upon which they were quiet (Hopkins). In the last scene of the Pantomime from the Gallery a Great noise, and hissing, and crying Off, off-the mad Scene &c. Mr King goes forward, and addressed the audience-'Ladies and Gentlemen, if this token of your disapprobation, proceeds from the Mad scene being left [out]; I do assure you there were many applications made to the managers that it might be omitted, as they thought that unhappiness of human being too melancholy for a diversion (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan). Receipts: #180 7s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

Cast
Role: Hymen Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. When Face ask'd Drugger if he had any Interest with the Players--Mr G. Answer'd I believe I had once but don't know if I have now or not--It It had a good Effect--his having Just Sold his Share of the Patent (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly.] On Wed. Night Jan. 18, 1776, Mr Garrick concluded his treaty for the sale of his share of the patent and property of Drury Lane Theatre to 4 gentlemen for #35,000 (Winston MS 11). Receipts: #256 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchymist

Cast
Role: Doll Common Actor: Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: II: The Jealous Harlequin, as17760117

Event Comment: Taken from a Midsummer Night's Dream written by Shakespear. The Songs from Shakespear, Milton, Waller, Dryden, Lansdown, Hammond. Music-Smith. [First edition Text by John Christopher Smith; see Garrick to James Murphey French, Dec. 1756; H. Walpole to R. Bentley 23 Feb. 1755.] Besides our own Singers, we had Sg Guadagni, Sga Passerini, Miss Potier [i.e., Mrs Vernon], and Savage's Boys. Very great Applause; Sabatini danced after it and fell down, not hurt (Cross). [See A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Hands of Garrick and Colman, G. W. Stone Jr, PMLA (June 1939).] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fairies

Performance Comment: Theseus-Beard; Egeus-Chamnys [MacMillan lists Wilder]; Lysander-Curioni but Guadagni listed by Cross, MacMillan, and first edition]; Demetrius-Atkins [MacMillan lists Vernon]; Hermia-Sga Passeroni; Helena-Mrs Vernon; Hippolita-Mrs Jefferson; Oberon-Mas. Reinhold; Titania-Miss Young; Puck-Mas. Moore; Fairy-Mas. Evans; Prologue [written and-Garrick [first edition.].first edition.].
Cast
Role: Helena Actor: Mrs Vernon

Dance: CComic Dance-Sabatini, Sga Sabatini, Sabatini jun, his first time

Event Comment: Doors open at 5 o'clock. Play to begin at 6 o'clock. Prices: Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places to be had of Mr Johnston at the Stage door. [Customary note, repeated.] Rec'd Mrs Groath's one year's rent to Xmas last #3; Paid Renters #8 (Treasurer's Book). This regular expenditure was made nightly for the 189 acting nights of the season, as well as for the 11 nights on which Oratorio's were given in the Spring. The total amount came to #1600. No further note will be made of this item this season. The Westminster Magazine this month, reiterated its doleful cry "that the stage is on its decline." In a long article on "Stage Effect, or Dramatic Cookery," it concluded that our "Theatrical managers and even our Theatrical Critics seem to have resolved all the merit of dramatic composition into stage trick, and rest their criterion of Dramatic Genius on the knowledge of what they are pleased to call Stage effect." The "Theatre" article for the month remarked upon the boldness of Garrick's opening with the Beggar's Opera, "notwithstanding he was requested by the Bench of Justices at Bow-Street, to suppress it, as they were of opinion it had done a great deal of mischief among the low class of people." Lloyd's Evening Post, 17 Sept., included extracts from letters against playing the Beggar's Opera, "because every performance makes from one two twenty thieves." Sir John Fielding and his associates had addressed a letter to Garrick requesting him not to perform the opera for the same reason. The Morning Chronicle, 23 Sept., praised Garrick for not complying with the Justices' request. Wm Augustus Miles published a Letter to Sir John Fielding occasioned by his extraordinary Request to Mr Garrick for the suppression of the Beggar's Opera (44 pp.). In this he vindicated the moral effect of the opera.] Receipts: #158 (Treasurer's Book). [Note: For perform ance at hay 18 and 20 September, see Season of 1772-1773, p. 1740

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Vernon; Peachum-Moody; Ben Budge-Ackman; Lockit-Bransby; Filch-Parsons; Beggar-Waldron; Player-Wheeler; Lucy-Mrs Wrighten; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Love; Diana Trapes-Mrs Bradshaw; Polly-Mrs Smith; In III, a Hornpipe-Atkins; To Conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Macheath Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: II: The Irish Fair-Atkins, Mrs Sutton

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Rec'd Stopages #30 14s.; Paid Salary list at #87 3s. per diem #522 18s.; Mr Atkins 11 days additional salary not on list 18s. 4d.; Mr S. Barry's 4 drafts #400; Chorus 2 nights (this incl.) #4 1s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #122 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Performance Comment: Leonora-Mrs Smith; Leander-Vernon; Ursula-Mrs Love; Diego-Bannister; Mungo-Dibdin.
Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: Rec'd Stopages #29 10s. 6d.; Paid salary list #522 18s.; Mr King 29 nights additional salary (29th inst. incl.) #14 10s.; Mr Loutherbourg's draft #120. Receipts: #241 15s. 6d. (Treaurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Garrick; Heartfree-Aickin; Constant-Cautherly; Razor-Baddeley; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Abington; Lord Rake-Ackman; Belinda-Mrs Robinson, first time; Lady Brute-Miss Younge; Col. Bully (with a Song)-Vernon; Justice-Bransby; Mademoiselle-Mrs Bradshaw.
Cast
Role: Bully Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Event Comment: N.B. The sixth night of the New Tragedy of The Grecian Daughter is oblig'd to be deferred till Monday. Paid 2 Clarinets 3 nights (22 Feb. incl.) #4 14s. 6d.; Paid 4 Days' salary at #83 9s. 9d.; #333 19s.; Mrs Abington's cloaths acct, #1; Mr S. French 6 days, #1 10s.; Extra soldiers, #1 4s.; Rec'd Mr Condill's 2nd payment for fruit office #20 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #156 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Performance Comment: As17720109, but Fanny-Miss Rogers, 1st time; Chambermaid-Mrs Davies; Mrs Heidleberg-Mrs Hopkins.

Afterpiece Title: The Institution of the Garter

Event Comment: N.B. The West Indian is oblig'd to be deferred. Paid Mr Vernon on note, #43 13s.; Housekeeper's bill #2 12s. 3d.; Properties 17s. 8d. (Treasurer's Book). [The housekeeper's bill was rendered weekly and the properties bill about every two weeks. The first averaged #8 7s. per week and totaled #310 for the season. The second averaged #2 4s. for a total of #81 14s. for the season. Neither will be itemized further.] Receipts: #248 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Performance Comment: Sir John Brute-Garrick; Constant-Cautherly; Heartfree-Aickin; Rake-Ackman; Justice-Bransby; Col. Bully (with a song)-Vernon; Razor-Baddeley; Lady Fanciful-Mrs Abington; Belinda-Miss Ambrose; Mademoiselle-Mrs Egerton; Lady Brute-Miss Young.
Cast
Role: Bully Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Performance Comment: Sir John Loverule-Vernon; Lady Loverule-Mrs Johnston; Jobson-Love; Nell-Miss Pope.
Cast
Role: Sir John Loverule Actor: Vernon
Event Comment: Rec'd stopages #18; Paid salary list #567 16s.; J. French On Acct #20; half year's New River Water to Mids. Last #3 2s.; Mr Vernon for 2 fancy dresses #7 7s. Receipts: #94 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Cast
Role: Mrs Heidelberg Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Performance Comment: As17741019, but with a new concluding song-Vernon.
Cast
Role: with a new concluding song Actor: Vernon.
Role: Richard Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Elopement

Event Comment: The Author's Night A very bad House much hissing & Groaning but got thro' & the play was not given out again (Hopkins). Author...Greatly Hiss'd, but play'd out (Cross Diary). A very bad house-much hissing and groaning, but got thro' and was not given out again (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan). Tomorrow The Conscious Lovers and High Life Below Stairs for the benefit of a Public Charity. Receipts: #55 5s. 6d. (MacMillan). [Charges?]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dupe

Cast
Role: Wellford Actor: Packer

Dance: III: The Irish Lilt, as17630922

Event Comment: RRanger by Mr Obrien. he Play'd with Spirit & was well receiv'd (Hopkins). Receipts: #148 9s. (MacMillan)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Performance Comment: Ranger-Obrien, first time; Jack Meggot-Vernon; Clarinda-Miss Yates, first time; Jacintha-Miss Plym, first time; Strictland-Love; Mrs Strictland-Mrs Davies; Frankly-Palmer; Bellamy-Packer; Lucetta-Mrs Bennet; To conclude with a Country Dance-.
Cast
Role: Jack Meggot Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: Interlude Hymen

Cast
Role: Hymen Actor: Vernon

Afterpiece Title: The Rites of Hecate

Event Comment: The Runaway published. Paid salary list #416 4s. 4d.; Thomson (smith) #4 14s. 6d.; Buzaglio (smith) #11 7s. 6d.; Jennings (glover) #10 4s. 6d.; Racket (taylor) #37 17s. 6d.; Mist (ironmonger) #18 19s.; Carter (scowerer) #12 16s. (Treasurer's Book). House (Hopkins Diary). Receipts: #248 1s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Cast
Role: Lady Dinah Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss P. Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: The Spleen

Cast
Role: Mrs Rubrick Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Eliza Actor: Miss P. Hopkins
Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Walker. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2]: by a Gentleman from Edinburgh [unidentified. Larpent MS 433; not published. Authors of Prologues unknown. Mrs Moss is identified on playbill of 22 Apr. 1777]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00. Tickets to be had of Walker, No. 4, New Round-court, Strand; of McIntosh, the King's Head, near Marybone-street; at the St. Andrew, Wapping; at the Mount-street Coffee-house, Grosvenor-square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd

Performance Comment: Sir William-A Gentleman [unidentified]; Patie-McDonald; Roger-Burnat; Symon-Middlemist; Glaud (with the Cries of Edinburgh)-Boyack; Bauldy-Walker; Peggy-The Lady who performed it with universal Applause last February [Mrs Moss]; Jenny-Miss Ross; Madge, Elspa-Mr Wilson; Mause-Mr Hamilton; New Prologue-Walker.

Afterpiece Title: The Prejudice of Fashion

Song: End: The Birks of Invermay-the Lady who performs Peggy