Event Comment: Benefit for
Mrs Kemble, being
the last Time of her Appearing on
the Stage. 1st piece [1st time; T 2, by
John Philip Kemble, altered from
the same by
Philip Massinger.
Larpent MS 1040: not published]: In Act I
the Triumphal Entry of Domitian into the Capitolv. 2nd piece [1st time; C 3, by John Philip Kemble, altered from
The Comical Lovers, by
John Dryden and Colley Cibber.
Larpent MS 1133: not published.
Genest, VII, 243:
C. Kemble on being asked, in 1821, if
the above cast was right, said that he believed it was, but that he was ill
and did not act]. [Address by
Bertie Greatheed (
European Magazine, June 1796, p. 397).]
Morning Herald, 10 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Kemble, No. 13,
Caroline-street,
Bedford-square. Account-Book: Paid
H. S. Hargraves, Box No. 95, his Servant being turn'd out by Force, #1 4s. Receipts: #190 9s. 6d. (130.9.0; 59.10.0; 0.10.0; tickets: none listed; odd money: 0.0.6) (charge: #216 17s.)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Roman Actor
Performance Comment: The Emperor Domitian-Palmer; Lamia-Aickin; Aretinus-Caulfield; Rusticus-Maddocks; Sura-Webb; Parthenius-C. Kemble?; Cornellius-Trueman; Paris, the Roman Actor-Kemble; Aesopus-Whitfield; Latinus-Packer; Domitia-Mrs Powell; Julia-Miss DeCamp; Domitilla-Miss Heard; Galeria-Miss Miller.Afterpiece Title: Celadon and Florimel; or, The Happy Counterplot
Performance Comment: Characters-Palmer, Wroughton, C. Kemble (?); Miss Farren, Mrs Goodall, Miss DeCamp, Mrs Kemble, Mrs Cuyler, Miss Granger, Miss Mellon. [Cast from Genest, VII, 243: Palamede-Palmer; Rhodophil-Wroughton; Celadon-C. Kemble; Melantha-Miss Farren; Doralice-Mrs Goodall; Florimel-Miss DeCamp; Flavia-Mrs Kemble; Olinda-Mrs Cuyler?; Sabina-Miss Granger?; Philotis-Miss Mellon. [Genest does not assign Olinda or Sabina; they are my conjecture. The names of the parts are in the Larpent MS.]Genest does not assign Olinda or Sabina; they are my conjecture. The names of the parts are in the Larpent MS.]Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper
Performance Comment: As17950917, but Robin (1st time)-Wathen; William-_; Servant-_.Related Works
Related Work: No Song No Supper Author(s): Prince Hoare
Entertainment: Monologue.End 2nd piece: an Address-Mrs Kemble on the Occasion of her Retiring from the Stage
Performance Comment: End 2nd piece: an Address-Mrs Kemble on the Occasion of her Retiring from the Stage.