Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted
these 12 years [not acted since 4 Nov. 1780]. "
Mrs Siddons's manner of receiving
the death of
Moneses, and
the struggle that ended in her own, was one of
the best efforts of
the art we ever beheld. T
his effort, however, was too much for her powers; for after her fall, her groans were so audible that
the curtain was properly dropped [in
the middle of Act V], and it was some moments before she could be removed from
the stage. [
The curtain was raised again, and] on
the conclusion of
the tragedy
the audience would not suffer
the farce to begin until
Whitfield came forward, and assured
them that she was perfectly recovered" (
True Briton, 4 Feb.). Receipts: #257 13s. 6d. (181.18.0; 73.5.6; 2.10.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane
Performance Comment: Bajazet-Kemble; Tamerlane-Palmer; Axalla-Campbell; Moneses-Barrymore; Stratocles-Trueman; Prince of Tanais-Holland; Omar-Caulfield; Mirvan-Wentworth; Zama-Cooke; Haly-Maddocks; Dervise-Denman; Arpasia-Mrs Siddons; Selima-Mrs Powell.Afterpiece Title: The Prize
Related Works
Related Work: The Prize; or, 2.5.3.8 Author(s): Prince Hoare
Ballet: The Scotch Ghost. As17961221