Event Comment: Benefit for
Edwin. 2nd piece [1st time; F 2, by
George Colman, elder, based of
L'Avocat Patelin, by
David Augustin de Brueys. This is usually ascribed to
William Macready. But on the title-page of his copy (K-D 295 in
Huntington Library)
J. P. Kemble has written "This Piece was not written by Mr Macready."
Public Advertiser, 29 Aug. states that "Colman...presented
Edwin upon this occasion with a new Farce, taken from a celebrated
French Play."
World, 15 Oct. 1787 refers to Colman's dislike of
L'Avocat Patelin, but adds, "When [he] came to translate it himself, he found reason to alter his opinion."].
Public Advertiser, 25 Aug.: Tickets to be had of
Edwin, No. 19,
Piazza,
Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Sir John Cockle, At Court
Performance Comment: King-Williamson; Sir John Cockle-Kemble; Sir Timothy Flash-Davies; French Cook-Wewitzer; Joe-Edwin; with The Tower of London-Edwin; Mrs Starch-Mrs Edwin; Miss Kitty-Mrs Brown.Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer
Performance Comment: [Principal Characters by Edwin, Bannister Jun., Moss, Lawrence, Parsons, Mrs Brown, Miss Francis, Mrs Webb. Cast adjusted from text (no pub. [pirated], 1795, and London Chronicle, 29 Aug.: Sheepface-Edwin; Scout-Bannister Jun.; Justice Mittimus-Moss; Charles-Lawrence; Snarl-Parsons; Kate-Mrs Brown; Mrs Scout-Mrs Webb; unassigned-Miss Francis.Afterpiece Title: The Ghost; or, The Man Bewitch'd
Performance Comment: Farmer Hodge-Edwin; Trusty-Moss; Captain Constant-Davies; Sir Jeffery-Usher; Clinch-R. Palmer; Belinda-Miss Palmer; Dolly-Mrs Edwin.Song: End 2nd piece: the new Four@and@twenty Fiddlers all on a Row-Edwin
Entertainment: Monologue End: Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners (a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody)-Edwin
Related Works
Related Work: Lingo’s Opinions on Men and Manners (A Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody) Author(s): John Edwin