Event Comment: Benefit for
Mrs Mountain. [
Philipps is identified in
Monthly Mirror, Sept. 1796, p. 315. As
Mrs Plomer Sga Salvini had 1st appeared at the
hay, 12 June 1788.] Afterpaece [1st time; MF 2, author unknown.
Larpent MS 1131; not published]: The Music and Overture by
Spofforth.
Morning Herald, 4 May: Tickets to be had of
Mrs Mountain, No. 6,
York-street,
Covent-Garden. Receipts: #380 18s. 6d. (150.7.6; 5.16.0; 224.15.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia
Performance Comment: As17950923, but Spado-Quick; Pedrillo-Munden; Philippo (for that night only)-A Young Gentleman (1st appearance on any stage [Philipps]); Victoria (1st and only time)-Mrs Clendining; Catalina (1st time)-Mrs Mountain; Lorenza (with an Italian Scena and several Italian Airs, adapted by Shield)-Sga Salvini (1st appearance on this stage); Don Juan-_; Vasquez-_; Calvette-_; Isabel-_.Afterpiece Title: The Witch of the Wood; or, The Nutting Girls
Performance Comment: Characters by Incledon, Fawcett, Powel, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Davenport, Mrs Martyr. Cast from Songs (H. Macleish, 1796): Woodville-Incledon; Quickset-Fawcett; Quash-Powel; Patty-Mrs Mountain; Dame Hazlenut-Mrs Davenport; Kitty-Mrs Martyr; Larpent MS also lists: Jerry-; Villagers-; Officers-.Dance: In: The Spanish Fandango-Byrn, Mlle St.Amand; II afterpiece: The Humours of a Country Fair-Holland, Platt, Bayzand, Cranfield, Ratchford, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Blurton, Miss Smyth, Mrs Watts
Performance Comment: Amand; II afterpiece: The Humours of a Country Fair-Holland, Platt, Bayzand, Cranfield, Ratchford, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Blurton, Miss Smyth, Mrs Watts.Song: End: Sally in our Alley-Incledon