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Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Elizabeth Inchbald. Author of Prologue unknown]: With new Dresses, Scenery, &c. Morning Herald, 4 Apr. 1797: This Day is published Wives as they Were, and Maids as they Are (2s). "The Manager of Covent Garden Theatre gives Mrs Inchbald #500 for her new Comedy" (True Briton, 13 Mar.). Receipts: #302 13s. 6d. (295.9.0; 7.4.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Lewis, Quick, Pope, Munden, Fawcett, Waddy, Thompson, Ledger, Wilde, Blurton, Hawtin, Abbot, Lee, Curties, Mrs Mattocks, Miss Chapman, Mrs Norton, Miss Wallis. Cast from text (G. G. and J. Robinson, 1797), and European Magazine, Mar. 1797, p. 192: Mr Bronzely-Lewis; Lord Priory-Quick; Sir George Evelyn-Pope; Sir William Dorrillon-Munden; Oliver-Fawcett; Mr Norberry-Waddy; Nabson-Thompson; Servants-Ledger, Wilde, Lee, Curties; Bailiffs-Hawtin, Abbot; Lady Mary Raffle-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Priory-Miss Chapman; Servant-Mrs Norton; Miss Dorrillon-Miss Wallis; unassigned-Blurton; Prologue-Waddy. This was spoken, as here assigned, at the 1st 15 performances only (see17970404). For Address in place of Epilogue, see17970306 .

Afterpiece Title: The Wicklow Mountains

Related Works
Related Work: The Wicklow Mountains Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Lad of the Hills; or, The Wicklow Gold Mine Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cape St

Cast
Role: Arviragus Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: The Purse

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore
Related Works
Related Work: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar Author(s): John Cartwright Cross

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore
Role: Josephine Actor: Mrs Bland
Related Works
Related Work: Lodoiska Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Ballet: End 2nd piece: The Labyrinth. As17970306

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore
Role: Josephine Actor: Mrs Bland
Related Works
Related Work: Lodoiska Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Ballet: End: The Labyrinth. As17970306

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: C. Kemble
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Crouch
Related Works
Related Work: The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island Author(s): Thomas Shadwell
Related Work: The Tempest Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The Mock-Tempest; or, The Enchanted Castle Author(s): Thomas Duffett

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore
Role: Josephine Actor: Mrs Bland
Related Works
Related Work: Lodoiska Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Song: Vocal Parts, as17970222, but Miss Granger, Master _Welsh

Monologue: The Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite. As 22 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Cast
Role: Mrs Candour Actor: Miss Pope
Related Works
Related Work: The School for Scandal Scandaliz'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore
Role: Josephine Actor: Mrs Bland
Related Works
Related Work: Lodoiska Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Song: As17960927

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Cast
Role: Prince of Tanais Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore
Role: Josephine Actor: Mrs Bland
Related Works
Related Work: Lodoiska Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Song: As17970307

Event Comment: "Miss Mellon possesses good comic powers, but they are rather of the hoyden cast; and there was a want of judgment in those who assigned this character [one recently acted by Miss Farren] to her" (True Briton, 19 Apr.). Receipts: #195 9s. (143.0.6; 48.15.0; 3.13.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wheel Of Fortune

Related Works
Related Work: The Wheel of Fortune Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore
Role: Josephine Actor: Mrs Bland
Related Works
Related Work: Lodoiska Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): John WolcotWilliam Thomas Parke

Dance: As17961220

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Will

Cast
Role: Mandeville Actor: Wroughton
Role: Albina Mandeville Actor: Mrs Jordan

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore
Role: Josephine Actor: Mrs Bland
Related Works
Related Work: Lodoiska Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Event Comment: Benefit for Incledon. 2nd piece: Performed but once [recte twice: on 1 and 8 May 1795]. The Music part new, and part compiled, by Shield. True Briton, 20 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Incledon, No. 15, Charlotte-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #440 7s. 6d. (245.7.0; 5.18.0; tickets: 189.2.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abroad And At Home

Performance Comment: As17970103, but Principal Characters-Johnstone, _Waddy.

Afterpiece Title: The Sailors Prize

Performance Comment: Characters-Incledon, Johnstone, Munden, Bowden, Mrs Martyr. Cast from Larpent MS 1076: Sam Surf-Incledon; Teddy O'Shaughnessey-Johnstone; Joey-Munden; Platoon-Bowden; Sally-Mrs Martyr.

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Related Works
Related Work: The Prisoner at Large Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Song: End I 1st piece: The Storm-Incledon; In 2nd piece: New Ballad-Mrs Martyr; Fat Dolly-Munden; Battle Song-Bowden; Let us love and let us drink-Munden, Bowden, Mrs Martyr; Teddy O'Shaughnessey's History-Johnstone; Black Ey'd Susan-; Hearts of Oak-; Rule Britannia-; End I 3rd piece: Old Towler- [Incledon?]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): John WolcotWilliam Thomas Parke

Dance: As17970221

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Purse

Related Works
Related Work: The Purse; or, Benevolent Tar Author(s): John Cartwright Cross

Afterpiece Title: Fatal Curiosity

Cast
Role: Lord Rakeland Actor: Russell
Role: John Actor: Evans

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

Cast
Role: Don Ferdinand Actor: Barrymore
Related Works
Related Work: The Pannel Author(s): John Philip Kemble
Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. 1st piece: In 3 Acts. [In 1st piece the playbill assigns Welford to Holman, and in 3rd piece Don Carlos to the same. But "An uncle of Holman expired suddenly on Saturday morning. An apology was made for Holman in the evening, and Macready took the Parts he was to have performed in the Play and Farce" (True Briton, 8 May). In 1st piece Cheaterly is assigned to Macready; who took his place is not stated.] True Briton, 22 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mattocks, No. 8, Great Russell-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #223 12s. 6d. (118.10.0; 4.2.0; tickets: 101.0.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fashionable Levities

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Performance Comment: As17960916, but Servants and Sailors-_.
Cast
Role: Servants and Sailors Actor: Gray, Lee, Street

Afterpiece Title: Lovers Quarrels

Related Works
Related Work: The Mistake Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: The Jealous Clown; or, The Lucky Mistake Author(s): Thomas Gataker

Afterpiece Title: Bantry Bay

Cast
Role: O'Laughlin Actor: Johnstone

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): John WolcotWilliam Thomas Parke

Dance: As17961220

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): John WolcotWilliam Thomas Parke

Dance: End I: Le Rendez@vous (1st time; composed by Gallet)-Mme Hilligsberg [will perform in Man's Cloaths]

Ballet: End Opera: Sapho et Phaon. As17970406

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): John WolcotWilliam Thomas Parke

Dance: End I: Le Rendez@vous, as17970511, but Mme _Hilligsberg

Ballet: End Opera: Sapho et Phaon. As17970406

Event Comment: Benefit for Fawcett. 1st piece: Not acted some years [acted 30 Oct. 1790]. 2nd piece [1st time: ENT 1]. 3rd piece: By Permission of George Colman, Esq., and for that Night only. Tickets and Places to be had of Fawcett at his house, No. 10, Golden Square, and of Brandon, at the Theatre. "To the Public, May 16, 1797. In consequence of repeated Forgeries of Tickets on Benefit Nights, particularly those of Miss Wallis, Mr Incledon, Mr Holman, and Mrs Mattocks, it has been found necessary to offer a large Reward for the Discovery of the Person or Persons concerned in this unjust and cruel Practice. Mr Fawcett, therefore, thinks it his Duty to warn his Friends and the Public from purchasing Tickets for his Night of Strangers, especially those Persons who sell them in the Avenues of the Theatre, as all such will be stopt at the Doors, and if forged the Persons offering them for Admittance will be drawn into a disagreeable dilemma" (printed slip attached to Kemble playbill). Receipts: #462 5s. (189.12; 8.13; tickets: 264.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of The World

Performance Comment: Sir Pertinax Macsycophant-Fawcett (1st appearance in that character); Egerton-Holman; Sidney-Murray; Melville-Hull; Lord Lumbercourt-Thompson; Counsellor Plausible-Waddy; Serjeant Eitherside-Macready; Sam-Ledger; John-Wilde; Tomkins-Abbot; Betty Hint-Mrs Martyr; Constantia-Miss Mansel (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Lady Macsycophant-Mrs Platt; Nanny-Mrs Norton; Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt-Mrs Mattocks (1st appearance in that character).
Cast
Role: John Actor: Wilde

Afterpiece Title: An Entremets

Performance Comment: Sally in our Alley-Incledon; The Story of Lord Hoppergollop's Cook and Gardener's Ghost-Munden; A favorite Irish Song-Johnstone; The Barber's Petition, with a song in character, Wigs, including His Own Wig, The Lover's Wig, Doctor's Wig, Coachman's Wig, Counsellor's Wig-Fawcett.

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

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Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): John WolcotWilliam Thomas Parke

Ballet: Sapho et Phaon. As17970513

Event Comment: Account-Book: Tickets delivered by Ledger, Claremont, Goostree. Mrs Dick, Mrs Egan will be admitted. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1, by Richard Cumberland. Larpent MS 1111; not published]: To conclude with an Illumination, Transparency, and a Rural Procession. The Music partly selected, and partly composed, by Shield. The Harp by Weippert. The Bells by Lawrence. With appropriate Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations. [Written in honour of the Royal Marriage" [see dl, 13 May] (Morning Herald, 19 May). "If we are to have these repeated Congratulations, let them be written by men of spirit and invention. The public are miserably placed, in cases like the present: between a respect for their King and a respect for their own understandings, they know not how to act" (Monthly Visitor, May 1797, pp. 454-55, which also includes a brief synopsis of the plot). Receipts: #254 9s. 6d. (84.0.0; 11.2.6; tickets: 159.7.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are

Cast
Role: Inkle Actor: Johnstone

Afterpiece Title: The Village Fete

Related Works
Related Work: The Village Fete Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Peeping Tom

Related Works
Related Work: Peeping Tom Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Song: 2nd piece: Chorusses-Blurton, Abbot, Simmons, Hawtin, Curties, Lee, Little, Sawyer, Tett, J. Linton, Wilde, Thomas, Oddwell, Cranfield, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Masters, Mrs Watts, Miss Leserve, Mrs Norton, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Follett, Miss Walcup, Mrs Henley, Miss Owen, Miss Gray

Performance Comment: Linton, Wilde, Thomas, Oddwell, Cranfield, Mrs Castelle, Mrs Masters, Mrs Watts, Miss Leserve, Mrs Norton, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Follett, Miss Walcup, Mrs Henley, Miss Owen, Miss Gray.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nina

Related Works
Related Work: Nina Author(s): John WolcotWilliam Thomas Parke

Dance: As17970513

Ballet: Sapho et Phaon. As17970513

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Clendining. [1st piece in place of The Travellers in Switzerland, advertised on playbill of 23 May.] Morning Herald, 22 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Clendining, No. 13, King-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #157 18s. (55.10; 3.19; tickets: 98.9)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: An Harmonic Festival

Afterpiece Title: Lovers Quarrels

Related Works
Related Work: The Mistake Author(s): John Vanbrugh
Related Work: The Jealous Clown; or, The Lucky Mistake Author(s): Thomas Gataker

Dance: End I: The Statute Dance-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wives As They Were And Maids As They Are

Afterpiece Title: The Positive Man

Cast
Role: Lenox Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Positive Man Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis
Related Work: The She Gallant; or, Once a Lover and always a Lover Author(s): Thomas Arne
Related Work: The Wild Gallant Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: The Amorous Gallant; or, Love in Fashion Author(s): John Bulteel
Related Work: The She Gallant Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Modern Antiques

Related Works
Related Work: Modern Antiques; or, The Merry Mourners Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: As17961227

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer and Russell. [Miss Dorell is identified in MS list in Kemble playbill of new performers for this season.] True Briton, 31 May: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, No. 28, Lower Eaton-street, Pimlico; of Russell, No. 46, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #290 13s. (65.13.0; 52.7.6; 4.3.0; tickets: 168.9.6, of which R. Palmer sold 107.9.6, and Russell 61.0.0) (charge: #225 9s. 3d.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: First Love

Related Works
Related Work: First Love Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: Sylvester Daggerwood

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore

Afterpiece Title: Lodoiska

Cast
Role: Sir Rowland Actor: Barrymore
Role: Josephine Actor: Mrs Bland
Related Works
Related Work: Lodoiska Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Castle Of Andalusia

Cast
Role: Ferdinand Actor: Johnstone
Related Works
Related Work: The Castle of Andalusia Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Banditti; or, Love's Labyrinth Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Banditti Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Related Works
Related Work: The Prisoner at Large Author(s): John O'Keeffe