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Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Oracle, 22 Aug.: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 3, London Road, Lambeth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Hexham

Cast
Role: Gondibert Actor: Palmer
Role: Fool Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Catch Club [i

Performance Comment: e. The Sons of Anacreon]. President-Palmer; Vocal Parts-Bannister, Johnstone, Davies, Cubitt, Chapman.
Cast
Role: President Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Sandford Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Granger Actor: Palmer
Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill. In afterpiece the playbill retains Palmer as Petruchio, but "Mr Palmer not coming to the Theatre tonight, I acted Petruchio for him" (Kemble Mem.).] Receipts: #231 14s. 6d. (186.3.6; 40.1.0; 5.10.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #178 17s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dido Queen Of Carthage

Afterpiece Title: Katharine and Petruchio

Cast
Role: Biondello Actor: R. Palmer.
Role: Milliner Actor: Miss Palmer.
Event Comment: In consequence of the sudden Indisposition of Mrs Kemble, Inkle and Yarico [in place of Cross Partners, advertised on playbill of 31 Aug.] is obliged to be postponed. [In mainpiece the playbill retains Palmer Jun. as the Officer, but "An apology was made by Palmer for his Son who (as he said), not knowing of the sudden change [of play], was gone to the country, but the son thought proper to give his father the lie, by appearing in the boxes, a few minutes after, with a girl. Farley performed his part, and the audience seemed rejoiced at the change" (Thespian Magazine, Oct. 1792, p.102). Afterpiece in place of Katharine and Petruchio, advertised on playbill of 31 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Surrender Of Calais

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Cast
Role: Egbert Actor: Palmer Jun.
Role: Gondibert Actor: Palmer
Role: Fool Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Captain Nightshade Actor: Palmer Jun.
Role: Simon Actor: R. Palmer
Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Tickets delivered for The Country Girl will be admitted. [Afterpiece in place of The Sultan, advertised on playbill of 11 Apr.] Oracle, 4 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Palmer, No. 12, New Lisle-street, Leicester Fields. Receipts: #346 11s. (158.3.0; 49.11.6; 4.2.6; tickets: 134.14.0). (charge: #241 16s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Cast
Role: Cassander Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Spoil'd Child

Cast
Role: Baron Lovinski Actor: Palmer
Role: Tag Actor: R. Palmer

Song: As17951204

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

Performance Comment: Collins'Ode on the Passions-Palmer.
Cast
Role: 'Ode on the Passions Actor: Palmer.
Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister Jun. 1st piece [1st time; MD 2, by Samuel Birch]: The Musick by Attwood. Books of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. 2nd piece [1st time; INT 1, by George Colman, ynger. This was the 1st scene from Colman's New Hay at the Old Market, slightly revised; in subsequent seasons it was acted under the title of Sylvester Daggerwood]: By Permission of the Proprietor of the Theatre Royal Hay-Market. 3rd piece: With a Sea Fight. [The playbill assigns Sneer to Palmer, but "The Public are most respectfully informed that Palmer being too ill to perform this Evening, the character of Sneer will be attempted by Benson, who humbly hopes for their usual indulgence" (printed slip attached to Kemble playbill).] Oracle, 4 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bannister Jun., No. 65, Gower-street, Bedford Square. Receipts: #613 12s. (332.0.6; 45.19.6; 4.3.0; tickets: 231.9.0) (charge: #221 19s.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Smugglers

Afterpiece Title: A Favourite Scene from New Hay [Sylvester Daggerwood]

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding Day

Cast
Role: Baron Lovinski Actor: Palmer
Role: Stingo Actor: R. Palmer
Event Comment: Mainpiece: With a Medley Overture of favourite Sea Tunes. Old City Manners [announced on playbill of 8 Nov.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Palmer's Illness. Receipts: #146 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Dance: End: The Grand Naval Review-; in which a Dance of Sailors-Blurton, Mrs Sutton

Song: Rule Britannia-Davies, Fawcett, others

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Paid Palmer of Bath, Spermacetti Candles #259 16s.; Stacy, Colourman #106. Receipts: #175 3s. 6d. (159.10.0; 15.13.6; 0.0.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #005)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramis

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Cast
Role: Turnkey Actor: R. Palmer
Event Comment: Merope [announced on playbill of 24 Jan.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of Palmer's Illness. Receipts: #186 7s. (150.12; 34.6; 1.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Dance: As17770118

Event Comment: The School for Scandal [announced on playbill of 17 Feb.] is obliged to be deferred till Friday, on account of Palmer's Illness. Receipts: #115 5s. 6d. (96.5.0; 18.17.0; 0.3.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Fathers

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Cast
Role: Meagre Actor: R. Palmer

Dance: As17771009

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Summer Amusement

Cast
Role: Shuffle Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Tailors

Performance Comment: As17790604 but Dungs: Christophorides-Peirce; Tinderella-_; Blousidora-Mrs W. Palmer.
Cast
Role: Blousidora Actor: Mrs W. Palmer.
Role: Abrahamides Actor: Palmer
Role: Isaacos Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Tinderella Actor: Mrs W. Palmer.
Event Comment: Tickets delivered by Kenny, Painter, Walker and Brownsmith for this Evening will be admitted. Public Advertiser, 28 Aug.: Palmer [being too much indisposed] to sustain so laborious a part as Gondibert, Albina [announced on playbill of 27 Aug.] cannot be performed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Widow And No Widow

Cast
Role: Jemmy Daisey Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Pin Actor: Mrs W. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Event Comment: The Countess of Salisbury [announced on playbill of 15 Aug.] cannot be performed on account of the Indisposition of Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Fire and Water

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. [Certain members of the audience took objection to The Baron. Palmer came forward and said that the author "finding a strenuous opposition" would withdraw it. He then pointed "to several apples which some humane person or other...had thrown at the performers, and which lay on the stage" (London Chronicle, 12 July).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakengatchdern

Cast
Role: Hogrestan Actor: Palmer
Role: Rubrick Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Mrs Palmer

Dance: As17810612

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Kensington Gardens

Cast
Role: Slender Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Ford Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Chapter of Accidents

Cast
Role: Mrs Bruin Actor: Mrs Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Hodge Podge

Song: In 1st piece: As17810822; End III 2nd piece: Admiral Benbow, as17810817; In 3rd piece: an Italian Laughing Song-Delpini; Moderation and Alteration, as17810817

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. 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. Receipts: #145 17s. (140/0/0; 5/9/6; 0/7/6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #66 7s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella

Cast
Role: Belford Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Villeroy Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Performance Comment: As17821018, but Young Philpot-Palmer .
Cast
Role: Young Philpot Actor: Palmer

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17821016

Event Comment: Benefit for Watson, Carleton Jun., Wilson, Hicks & Palmer Sen. Receipts: #267 3s (14/17; 7/6; 0/14; tickets: 244/6) (charge: #105 8s. 8d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling

Cast
Role: Young Belmont Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Palmer
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: R. Palmer

Dance: As17830505

Event Comment: "[Kemble's] 'Did not you speak to it?' is an Emphasis not at all justified by the Context... Palmer should not have worn in the Farce the Breeches which but a little before were on Ostrick's thigh" (.Public Advertiser, 6 Oct.). Receipts: #242 16s. (211/3/0; 31/0/6; 0/12/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Cast
Role: Ostrick Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Performance Comment: Buck-Palmer; Classic-Packer; Subtle-Chapman [Public Advertiser: Waldron]; Sir John Buck-Wrighten; Marquis-Burton; Mrs Subtle-Mrs Love; Luanda (with a song)-Miss M. Stageldoir .
Cast
Role: Buck Actor: Palmer

Dance: In afterpiece a Minuet by Second and Miss M. Stageldoir

Event Comment: Benefit for Portal, Shade, Morris & Palmer Sen. Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Receipts: #223 6s. 6d. (24/6/0; 8/13/6; 0/8/0; tickets: 189/19/0) (charge: #105 17s. 4d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Cast
Role: Amble Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Wellborn Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Cast
Role: Sandford Actor: R. Palmer
Role: Granger Actor: Palmer

Dance: As17840320athi

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, by Richard Cumberland. Prologue and Epilogue by the author (see text)]: With new Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. Public Advertiser, 14 Dec. 1784: This Day is published The Carmelite (1s. 6d.). "We never saw [Kemble] wandering to the audience; he never turned his eye around for applause when he had closed an animated period, nor ever entertained his intervals of silence with glances at the side-boxes, like some of his contemporaries, not to mention the great Palmer, nor Davies, &c." This behavior "he has so happily caught from Mrs Siddons" (Public Advertiser, 22 Dec.). Receipts: #233 17s. (216/15/0; 16/10/6; 0/11/6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Carmelite

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Smith, Kemble, Aickin, Packer, Fawcctt, Phillimore, Palmer; Mrs Siddons. [Cast from text (C. Dilly and G. Nicol, 1784): Saint Valori-Smith; Montgomeri-Kemble; Lord De Courci-Aickin; Gyfford-Packer; Raymond-Fawcett; Fitz-Allan-Phillimore; Lord Hildebrand-Palmer; Matilda-Mrs Siddons.] Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Siddons. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 11 performances only (see17840301785).] hathi. Prologue spoken by Palmer. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Siddons. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 11 performances only (see17840301785).] hathi.
Cast
Role: Lord Hildebrand Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Rivals

Cast
Role: Basto Actor: R. Palmer
Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: I'll Tell You What

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Cast
Role: Harlequin Teague Actor: R. Palmer
Event Comment: Benefit for Portal, Shade, Hicks & Palmer Sen. Receipts: #249 4s. 6d. (17/4/0; 10/4/6; 2/12/0; tickets: 219/4/0) (charge: #105 9s. 6d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Cast
Role: Don John Actor: Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Palmer
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: R. Palmer

Dance: As17860522

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Performance Comment: As17860406, but Petruchio-Palmer; Catherine-Mrs Bates (of CG) .
Cast
Role: Petruchio Actor: Palmer
Role: Biondello Actor: R. Palmer

Dance: As17860601

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Performance Comment: As17880226, but Tom-Phillimore; Robert-Jones; Lady Bab's Maid-Miss Tidswell; Lady Charlotte's Maid-Mrs A. Palmer.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Performance Comment: As17870920, but Aimwill-Whitfield; Cherry (1st time)-Miss Barnes; Dorinda-Mrs Kemble [i.e. formerly Mrs Brereton]; Gipsey-Mrs A. Palmer.
Cast
Role: Gipsey Actor: Mrs A. Palmer.
Role: Sir Charles Freeman Actor: R. Palmer

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Palmer
Role: Sir James Elliot Actor: R. Palmer

Song: End IV: a favorite Scotch Duett-Dignum, Miss Barnes; End: Hunting Song-Miss Barnes

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for this Evening [Account-Book: by Brady, Dale, the D'Egvilles, Jones, Lyons, Powell, Sherratt, Smith, Whittow, Mrs Heard, Mrs Haskey, Mrs Mills, Miss Palmer, Mrs Shaw] will be admitted. [Miss Davies's 1st appearance, billed as "A Young Lady," was at the hay, 28 July 1786.] Receipts: #279 12s. 6d. (16.1.0; 10.8.6; 0.6.0; tickets: 252.17.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The West Indian

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Cast
Role: Harry Stukely Actor: R. Palmer

Dance: End III: New Dance taken from the Favourite Comic Opera of Gli Schiavi par Amore (recte per)-the two young D'Egvilles, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp; End: a new dance, The Comic Concert, in which will be introduced The Devonshire Reel, Jack Tar's Delight-the two young D'Egvilles, Miss D'Egville, Miss Blanchet, Miss DeCamp