Event Comment: Lethe is reviv'd with Alterations & a New Character-very well receiv'd & great Applause-
Mr Garrick play'd with great Spirit & was much Applauded (
Hopkins Diary). [
MacMillan notes lack of
Fribble parts in
Larpent MS. Yet
Theatrical Review, 11 Jan., describes briefly the alterations, suggesting, The character of the
Fine Gentleman in the former
Lethe had some strong allusions to the behaviour of Gentlemen behind the scenes at the playhouses, which custom being abolished of late years, the character had lost its importance, on which account it is altered to a Fribble, and consequently entirely new written." A
methodist taylor, an
Irishman,
Mr & Mrs Carbine (originally
Mr & Mrs Tatoo) are also new. See account also in
Town and Country Magazine (
Theatre NO. XXXIII).] Paid Salary list, #502 3s. 6d.;
Mrs Abington's cloaths acct #2;
Mr S. French 6 days #1 10s.; Rec'd, Stopages. #11 13s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #245 11s. (Treasurer's Book)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice
Afterpiece Title: Lethe
Performance Comment: Parts by: Garrick, Vernon, Dodd, Weston, Bannister, Baddeley, Keen, J. Aickin, Moody, Love, Parsons, Ackman, Miss Rogers, Miss Pope. Chalkstone-Garrick; Aesop-J. Aickin; Fribble-Dodd; Charon-Bannister; Old Man-Parsons; Snap-Weston; Mercury-Vernon; Frenchman-Baddeley; Bowman-Ackman; Carbine-Keen; Mrs Carbine-Miss Rogers; Fine Lady-Miss Pope (Winston MS 10).Dance: III: The Amusements of Strasburgh-as17711118, but now By the scholars of Sg Daigville