Event Comment: Benefit for Mr
and Mrs Baddeley. House charges #67 9s. 6d. [Profits to Baddeley family 16s. plus tickets.] Tickets deliver'd for this night will be taken. Paid
Palmer of
Bath for Spermecetti c
andles #128 4s. Paid
Mr Deeble (chorus singer) omitted 3 nights 15s.; Chorus singers 1 night #2 10s. 6d.; Salary list #435 19s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #68 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). I find ye corner of ye orchestra is ye best place to st
and in...
Holland played
Iago very well,
and Mrs Baddeley Desdemona pretty well, being her 1st appearance in that character...End of ye play
Baddeley spoke a composition of his own, called "
Search after Scrubs," to hear which
Garrick came into ye orchestra. He looks healthy
and strong,
and should oftener entertain ye Public to which he owes so much. Entertainment
Daphne and Amintor.
Daphne (for ye first time)
Mrs Baddeley, who does not shine in the singing part, as
Mrs Arne does (
Neville MS Diary)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Othello
Performance Comment: As17661206, but Emilia-Mrs Hopkins; Roderigo-Baddeley, 1st time; Desdemona-Mrs Baddeley, 1st time.Afterpiece Title: Daphne and Amintor
Performance Comment: As17661114, but Daphne-Mrs Baddeley(, 1st time); Dancing-Sga _Giorgi.Dance: IV: The Irish Lilt, as17670430
Entertainment: End: the Particulars of a Humorous Descriptive Search After Scrubs-Mr Baddeley