Event Comment: Benefit for
Mrs Siddons (the last Night of her Engagement). [She had 1st acted
Juliet at
Birmingham, 6 Sept. 1776, and 1st recited the Ode, written by
Robert Merry (
European Magazine, Apr. 1789, pp. 335-38), at the
King's on 21 Apr.] Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes, To prevent Confusion, Ladies are desired to send their Servants by Half past Four o'Clock.
Public Advertiser, 29 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Siddons,
Gower-street,
Bedford Square. "The pouting Scene with the old
Nurse was the cleverest thing I ever saw--so pretty, so Babyish, so charming" (
Thraliana, II, 748). On this and every Evening for the Remainder of the Season the Doors will not be opened till 5:30, and the Performance will commence exactly at 6:30. Receipts: #320 6s. 6d. (112.12.0; 11.12.0; 1.7.6; tickets: 194.15.0) (charge: #112 13s. 7d.)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet
Afterpiece Title: The Toy Shop
Song: As17881117, but Vocal Parts-Miss Hagley, Miss _Collett
Entertainment: Monologue. End afterpiece: An Ode on the Recovery of His Majesty-Mrs Siddons; in the Character of Britannia. Conclude with: God save the King!-