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Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Duke of Venice-Maddocks; Brabantio-Aickin; Gratiano-Phillimore; Lodovico-Packer; Othello-Kemble; Cassio-Barrymore; Iago-Bensley; Roderigo-Dodd; Montano-Whitfield; Officers-Banks, Lyons; Julio-Benson; Antonio-Caulfield; Messenger-Bland; Sailor-Trueman; Desdemona-Mrs Siddons; AEmilia-Mrs Powell.
Cast
Role: Desdemona Actor: Mrs Siddons
Role: AEmilia Actor: Mrs Powell.

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Cast
Role: Lady Contest Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Mrs Hamford Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Performance Comment: Antipholis of Syracuse-Pope; Antipholis of Ephesus-Holman; Dromio of Syracuse-Munden; Dromio of Ephesus-Quick; Luciana-Mrs Mountain; Abbess-Miss Chapman; Adriana-Mrs Mattocks.
Cast
Role: Luciana Actor: Mrs Mountain
Role: Adriana Actor: Mrs Mattocks.

Afterpiece Title: Hercules and Omphale

Event Comment: On account of the Indisposition of Mrs Siddons The Roman Father [advertised on playbill of 24 Nov.] is deferred till Saturday. Powell: New Ballet rehearsed at 10; Nobody at 11; Cherokee (2nd & 3rd Acts read) at 12. Receipts: #172 18s. 6d. (129.2.6; 41.10.6; 2.5.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pirates

Cast
Role: Aurora Actor: Mrs Crouch
Role: Fidelia Actor: Mrs Bland

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Cast
Role: Lady Contest Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Mrs Hamford Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Dance: As17941027

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Performance Comment: As17941018, but Anne Bullen-Mrs Powell; added; Campeius-Packer; Capucius-Phillimore; D. of Suffolk-Caulfield; Lord Chancellor-Maddocks; Lord Chamberlain-Trueman; Lord Sands-Hollingsworth; Sir Henry Guilford-Bland; Sir ThomasLovell-Dignum; Dr Butts-Waldron; Surveyor-Benson; Brandon-Banks; Serjeant-Lyons; Cryer-Evans; Door@keeper-Jones; Gentlewoman-Mrs Booth; Agatha-Miss Collins.
Cast
Role: Anne Bullen Actor: Mrs Powell
Role: Gentlewoman Actor: Mrs Booth
Role: Queen Katharine Actor: Mrs Siddons
Role: Patience Actor: Mrs Bland.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Jordan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mysteries Of The Castle

Afterpiece Title: Modern Antiques

Performance Comment: As17940926, but Nan-Mrs Henley.
Cast
Role: Nan Actor: Mrs Henley.
Role: Mrs Camomile Actor: Miss Chapman
Role: Mrs Cockletop Actor: Mrs Mattocks.
Event Comment: [In mainpiece "Evans Lady Sneerwell's Servant for Maddocks"; in afterpiece the playbill retains Mrs Bramwell as Nelly, but "Mrs Bramwell being Ill Miss Tidswell play'd the part of Nelly, and Miss DeCamp sang the Trio" (Powell).] Powell: New Ballet rehearsed at 12. Receipts: #139 1s. 6d. (93.1.0; 40.2.0; 5.18.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope
Role: Maria Actor: Mrs Kemble
Role: Maid Actor: Mrs Heard.

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Cast
Role: Dorothy Actor: Mrs Bland

Song: As17941112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Performance Comment: Sciolto-Bensley; Altamont-Barrymore; Horatio-Kemble; Lothario-Palmer; Rossano-Caulfield; Servants-Phillimore, Maddocks, Lyons; Calista-Mrs Siddons; Lavinia-Mrs Powell; Lucilla-Miss Heard.
Cast
Role: Calista Actor: Mrs Siddons
Role: Lavinia Actor: Mrs Powell

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Thespian Panorama; Or, Three Hours Heart's Ease

Performance Comment: [Composed of a variety of Matter, Musical, Rhetorical and Imitative; the greatest part of which has never yet been offered to the Public. The new Music by Shield, Carter and Reeve; The Selection from Martini i.e. Martin y Soler], Giordani, Storace, Jackson, Stevens, Pleyel. The Recitals will principally be new, and mostly spoken by Palmer; The Interlocutory Parts that connect the whole will likewise be delivered by him, and the other Parts of the Entertainment will be given by Johnstone, Wathen, Williames, Caulfield, Bannister, Mrs Mountain. Part 1. Exordium [written by Arthur Murphy, spoken by-Palmer; Overture [composed by Stamitz-; [New Glee The shipwreck'd Sailors (see dl, 19 May) [composed by an amateur-; Thespian Advice [spoken by-Palmer; Gipsey Jenny-; The Sailor's Joke [sung by-Wathen; A Milesian Pasticcio [spoken by-Johnstone; An attempt to cleanse the Augean Stable-; Love of our Country-; [Glee, Britain's best Bulwarks are her Wooden Walls-; [Part II. An Overture [by Clementi-; Neptune's Exhortation-; [the Death of Faulknor-; [The Country Clergyman [spoken by-Wathen; Anna's Lullaby [sung by-Johnstone; The Cambrian Quack [or Killing no Murder, spoken by-Williames; A further Attempt at the Stable-; Exhortation to Unanimity-; The Royal Nuptials-; Happiness and the House of Brunswick-; [Part III. The Overture [by Haydn-; The Comforts of Dust [or the Citizen's Cake-House-; Nothing but a Place [sung by-Wathen; Noli me tangere [or No jesting with Edged Tools-; Fancy's Festival [sung by-Johnstone; The Profit of Prosody-; [Irish Explanation, Tho' born in a Stable a Man's not a Horse [sung by-Mrs Mountain; Finale of Gratitude-; other Parts-Caulfield, Bannister.
Cast
Role: sung by Actor: Mrs Mountain

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Measure For Measure

Performance Comment: As17950226, but Mrs Maddocks's name listed in playbill.
Cast
Role: Mrs Over@done Actor: Mrs Maddocks
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Siddons
Role: Mariana Actor: Mrs Powell

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Performance Comment: King John-Kemble; Prince Henry-Bland; Arthur-Master Welsh; Pembroke-Dignum; Essex-Caulfield; Salisbury-Whitfield; Hubert-Bensley; Fauconbridge-Palmer; R. Faulconbridge-Waldron; English Herald-Trueman; King Philip-Aickin; Lewis-Barrymore; Austria-Phillimore; Cardinal Pandulpho-Packer; Elinor-Mrs Hopkins; Constance-Mrs Siddons; Blanch-Miss Collins.
Cast
Role: Elinor Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Constance Actor: Mrs Siddons

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Life's Vagaries

Cast
Role: George Burgess Actor: Fawcett
Role: Fanny Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Fruit Woman Actor: Mrs Watts
Role: Lady Torrendel Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Highland Reel

Performance Comment: As17941111, but Jenny-Mrs Arnold; Moggy-Mrs Lee (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Mrs Arnold
Role: Moggy Actor: Mrs Lee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander (for that night only)-Lewis; Lysimachus-Farren; Polyperchon-Macready; Hephestion-Davies; Cassander-Richardson; Clytus-Harley; Statira-Miss Morris; Parisatis-Miss Chapman; Sysigambis-Mrs Platt; Rozana-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Sysigambis Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Rozana Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: The British Recruit

Afterpiece Title: The Absent Man

Performance Comment: Shatterbrain-Lewis; Welldone-Macready; Doctor Gruel-Powel; Capt. Slang-Farley; Coxcomb-Claremont; Robin-Burton; Frank-Munden; Landlady-Mrs Davenport; Flavia-Miss Hill; Miss Frolick-Miss Cornelys; Mrs Junket-Miss Chapman.
Cast
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Mrs Junket Actor: Miss Chapman.

Song: As17950316

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Life's Vagaries

Performance Comment: As17950319but Thompson_; Tradesmen-_; Ledger_; Blurton_; Abbot_; Miss_ Stuart; Mrs_ Platt; Mrs_ Watts; Miss_ Leserve; unassigned-_.
Cast
Role: George Burgess Actor: Fawcett
Role: Fanny Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Fruit Woman Actor: Mrs Watts
Role: Lady Torrendel Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: Windsor Castle 1

Cast
Role: Villagers Actor: Mrs Clendining, Mrs Martyr.
Role: Hymen Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Minerva Actor: Mrs Follett
Role: Cupid Actor: Mrs Clendining

Afterpiece Title: Windsor Castle 2

Cast
Role: Villagers Actor: Mrs Clendining, Mrs Martyr.
Role: Hymen Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Minerva Actor: Mrs Follett
Role: Cupid Actor: Mrs Clendining

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Life's Vagaries

Cast
Role: George Burgess Actor: Fawcett
Role: Fanny Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Fruit Woman Actor: Mrs Watts
Role: Lady Torrendel Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: Windsor Castle 1

Performance Comment: As17950406, but Mrs Clendining.
Cast
Role: Villagers Actor: Mrs Clendining, Mrs Martyr.
Role: Hymen Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Minerva Actor: Mrs Follett
Role: Cupid Actor: Mrs Clendining

Afterpiece Title: Windsor Castle 2

Cast
Role: Villagers Actor: Mrs Clendining, Mrs Martyr.
Role: Hymen Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Minerva Actor: Mrs Follett
Role: Cupid Actor: Mrs Clendining
Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Account-Book: The Proprietors made Palmer a present of Mrs Siddons's [charge for] playing this Night, #20. Morning Chronicle, 1 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 12. New Lisle-street, Leicester-square. Receipts: #473 5s. (284.15; 54.14; 4.14; tickets: 129.2) (charge: #231 11s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Mrs Siddons
Role: Nurse Actor: Mrs Booth.
Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage Author(s): David Garrick

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Cast
Role: Lady Contest Actor: Mrs Jordan
Role: Mrs Hamford Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Song: As17941011

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Collins's Ode on the Passions-Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Welch Heiress

Performance Comment: Characters by Palmer, Dodd, Barrymore, Hollingsworth, Bannister Jun., Suett, R. Palmer, Aickin, Webb, Evans, Miss Farren, Miss Pope, Mrs Jordan. [Cast from text (Richard White, 1795), and London Chronicle, 18 Apr.: Lord Melcourt-Palmer; Sir Pepper Plinlimmon-Dodd; Mr Fashion-Barrymore; Taffy-Hollingsworth; Mr Phrensy-Bannister Jun.; Cautious-Suett; Mr Fancy-R. Palmer; Steward-Aickin; Lady Bellair-Miss Farren; Lady Plinlimmon-Miss Pope; Miss Plinlimmon-Mrs Jordan; Webb, Evans [are unassigned; Prologue [read-Barrymore ["Barrymore could not learn the prologue" (Boaden, Jordan, I, 286)]; Epilogue-Miss Farren.
Cast
Role: Miss Plinlimmon Actor: Mrs Jordan

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Performance Comment: As17941014, but Manly-Macready; Miss Jenny (with a song)-Mrs Lee.
Cast
Role: Miss Jenny Actor: Mrs Lee.
Role: Lady Wronghead Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Mrs Motherly Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Fawcett

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Cast
Role: Mrs Ratcliffe Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Goodison Actor: Mrs Booth
Related Works
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): George Granville, Lord Lansdowne

Afterpiece Title: The Adopted Child

Performance Comment: Characters by Trueman, Sedgwick, Suett, Bannister Jun., Bland, Phillimore, Master Welsh, Miss Leak, Miss DeCamp, Miss Tidswell, Mrs Bland. Cast from text (C. Dilly, 1795): Sir Bertrand-Trueman; Le Sage-Sedgwick; Record-Suett; Michael-Bannister Jun.; Spruce-Bland; Flint-Phillimore; Boy-Master Welsh; Clara-Miss Leak; Lucy-Miss DeCamp; Jannette-Miss Tidswell; Nell-Mrs Bland.
Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Bland.

Song: End IV: a favourite song (unaccompanied)-Master Welsh

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deserted Daughter

Cast
Role: Mrs Sarsnet Actor: Mrs Mattocks
Role: Mrs Enfield Actor: Mrs Cornelys
Role: Lady Ann Actor: Mrs Pope

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Mimick

Performance Comment: As17950423, but Mrs_ Platt.
Cast
Role: Miss Melcombe Actor: Mrs Davenport
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Platt
Role: Julia Melcombe Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Villagers Actor: Mrs Clendining, Mrs Martyr.
Role: Hymen Actor: Mrs Martyr
Role: Minerva Actor: Mrs Follett
Role: Cupid Actor: Mrs Clendining

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex

Performance Comment: Essex-Holman; Raleigh-Macready; Burleigh-Richardson; Southampton (1st time)-Harley; Rutland-Miss Morris; Nottingham-Mrs Fawcett; Queen Elizabeth-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Nottingham Actor: Mrs Fawcett
Role: Queen Elizabeth Actor: Mrs Pope.

Afterpiece Title: True Blue; or, The Parting Lovers

Performance Comment: Lieutenant-Incledon; True Blue-Davies; Careful-Rees; Nancy-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Nancy Actor: Mrs Mountain.

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

Cast
Role: Ellen Woodbine Actor: Mrs Mountain
Role: Catherine Actor: Mrs Martyr.

Dance: As17950428

Song: In 2nd piece: the following additional songs: Wives and Sweethearts-Townsend; The Wand'ring Sailor-Incledon (1st time); When gen'rous wine-Bowden; The days we now possess-Munden; The Storm-Incledon; Ye Gentlemen of England, as17950428; Rule Britannia-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue In evening: The Young Widow a fable-Harley

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for this Evening [Account-Book: by Stokes, Massingham, Massingham Jun., Gray, Cole, Hough, Tice, Calkin, Ross, Thompson, Fosbrook, Faux, Gillis, Waters, Perry, Chumbley, Powell, Appleby, Chatterley, Roffey, Henderson, Phillips, Master Gregson, Mrs Scott] will be admitted. Receipts: #623 14s. 6d. (64.11.6; 26.2.0; 9.19.6; tickets: 523.1.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew

Cast
Role: Mrs Ratcliffe Actor: Mrs Hopkins
Role: Mrs Goodison Actor: Mrs Booth
Related Works
Related Work: The Jew of Venice Author(s): George Granville, Lord Lansdowne

Afterpiece Title: The Adopted Child

Cast
Role: Nell Actor: Mrs Bland.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bank Note

Performance Comment: As17950519, but Prologue as17950501. Epilogue Belles have at ye all-Mrs Mattocks.

Dance: As17941029

Song: Incidental: The Irishman's Peep at the Continent-Johnstone; In the course of the entertainments: Old Towler, The Storm-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologue. End: Monsieur Tonson, as17950514

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Dramatist

Performance Comment: As17950123, but Ennui (1st time)-Farley; Lord Scratch (1st time)-Munden; Marianne-Mrs Lee (1st appearance in that character); added: Willoughby-Macready; Peter-Thompson.
Cast
Role: Marianne Actor: Mrs Lee
Role: Lady Waitfort Actor: Mrs Davenport
Related Works
Related Work: The Female Dramatist Author(s): George Colman, the younger

Afterpiece Title: Robin Hood

Performance Comment: As17941007, but Little John (1st time)-Munden; Stella-Mrs Follett; Angelina-Mrs Mountain.
Cast
Role: Stella Actor: Mrs Follett
Role: Angelina Actor: Mrs Mountain.
Role: Clorinda Actor: Mrs Martyr

Song: End: An Irishman's Tour thro' London or, Tully's Vocal and Rhetorical Description of Westminster Abbey, St, James's, St. Paul's, The Tower, A Quarrel, A Masquerade-Johnstone; Old Towler, The Storm-Incledon