Event Comment: Benefit for
Mrs Mattocks. [In mainpiece
Squire Tally-ho is assigned to
Edwin, and he is also listed as acting in the afterpiece, but "On the night of
Mrs Mattocks' benefit [he] absented himself from the theatre, and at his next appearance [on 4 Apr.] was obliged to make an apology" (
Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1788, p. 188). Who substituted for him, in both pieces, has not come to light.] Receipts: #249 15s. (180.3.6; 4.7.6; tickets: 65.4.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Fontainbleau; Or, Our Way In France
Performance Comment: Lackland-Lewis; Lepoche-Quick; Squire Tally@ho-; Sir John Bull-Booth; Lord Winlove-Davies; Colonel Epaulette-Wewitzer; Henry-Johnstone; Mrs Casey-Mrs Kennedy; Celia-Mrs Martyr; Rosa (1st time)-Miss Tweedale; Lady Bull-Mrs Webb; Nannette-Mrs Morton; Miss Dolly Bull-Mrs Mattocks (1st appearance in that character).Afterpiece Title: The Midnight Hour
Related Works
Related Work: The Midnight Hour Author(s): Elizabeth Inchbald