Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by
Richard Cumberland.
Prologue and Epilogue by the author (
Pocket Magazine, Mar. 1795, pp. 190, 191)]: With new Scenes, &c.
Powell, 27 Feb.:
Wheel of Fortune rehearsed at 11; 28 Feb.: Wheel of Fortune rehearsed at 10. "The character of
Penruddock is [
Kemble's] greatest performance,
and I believe it to be a perfect one. It is admirable...because the very defect which hurts his general style of acting, that studious
and important preciseness, which is affectation in all his other characters, contributes to the strength, to the nature of Penruddock" (
Leigh Hunt,
Critical Essays on the Performers of the London Theatres, 1807, p. 8). Receipts: #255 19s. (195.10; 57.15; 2.14)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune
Performance Comment: Characters by R. Palmer, King, Kemble, Whitfield, Palmer, C. Kemble, Suett, Waldron, Phillimore, Bland, Maddocks, Banks, Trueman, Webb, Lyons, Evans, Fisher, Mrs Powell, Miss Farren, Mrs Maddocks, Miss Tidswell. [Cast from text (C. Dilly, 1795): Sir David Daw-R. Palmer; Tempest-King; Penruddock-Kemble; Woodville-Whitfield; Sydenham-Palmer; Henry Woodville-C. Kemble; Weazel-Suett; Woodville's Servant-Waldron; Attendant-Phillimore; Jenkins-Bland; Servants of Sir George Penruddock-Maddocks, Banks, Evans, Fisher, Lyons; Livery Servant-Trueman; Servant to Tempest-Webb; Mrs Woodville-Mrs Powell; Emily Tempest-Miss Farren; Dame Dunckley-Mrs Maddocks; Maid of the Lodging-Miss Tidswell; Prologue-Palmer; Epilogue-Miss Farren. [These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 9 performances only (see17950328] .These were spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 9 performances only (see17950328] .Related Works
Related Work: The Wheel of Fortune Author(s): Richard Cumberland
Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great