Event Comment: Benefit for
Mrs Wells. Mainpiece [1st time: C 5, by
Simon. Prologue by
John Henniker (
Town and Country Magazine, June 1791, p. 281).
Larpent MS 906; not published; synopsis of plot in
Morning Post, 11 May]. "Scarcely [any] performer in the piece thought it worth while to charge their memories with words, that they would wish afterwards, if they had, to forget as fast as possible...The imitations were some tolerably true, and a few excellent.
Siddons and
Storace were outrageous caricatures.
Mrs Wells once came infinitely nearer the former. She is now deficient in tone and emphasis--all is shiver and sob.
Mrs Crawford,
Mrs Jordan and
Mrs Abington were worthy her talents in the mimetic art" (
Oracle, 11 May).
Public Advertiser, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of
Mrs Wells, No. 12,
Weymouth-street,
Portland-place. Receipts: #313 3s. (148.15; 8.7; tickets: 156.1)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: National Prejudice
Performance Comment: [Principal Characters-Lewis, Quick, Holman, Farren, Blanchard, Davies, Macready, C.] Powell, Mrs Mattocks, Mrs Wells, Miss Chapman, Mrs Harlowe, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Pope. [Cast from European Magazine, May 1791, p. 389, and Larpent MS: Sir Paul Flippant-Lewis; Mr Tudor-Quick; Egerton-Holman; Frank Tudor-Farren; William-Blanchard; Marquis Luzan-Davies; Sir Frederick O'Neil-Macready; Henry Tudor-[C.] Powell; Florizet-Mrs Mattocks; Miss Clerimont-Mrs Wells; Lucy Tudor-Miss Chapman; Emma Tudor-Mrs Harlowe; Madame Detour-Mrs Davenett; Harriet Clerimont-Mrs Pope; [New Prologue-Harley.Afterpiece Title: The Poor Soldier
Entertainment: Imitations End II: (for that Night only some) Comic Imitations-Mrs Wells; End: instead of an Epilogue, some Tragic Imitations-Mrs Wells