Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted
these 5 years [acted 24 Nov. 1791]. "
Fawcett is unfortunate in his laugh, which is forced and affected, as if it were more
the result of some specific direction acting on his memory, than of any combination of ludicrous images excited in his mind" (
Monthly Mirror, Dec. 1795, p. 123). Receipts: #170 12s. (168.8.6; 2.3.6)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, First Part
Performance Comment: Sir John Falstaff (1st time)-Fawcett; King Henry-Harley; Prince of Wales-Lewis; Sir Richard Vernon-Middleton; Worcester-Hull; Poins-Macready; Francis-Knight; Sir W. Blunt-Richardson; Bardolph-Thompson; Douglas-Farley; Northumberland-Davenport; Westmorland-Claremont; Sheriff-Haymes; Peto-Rees; Gadshill-Williamson; Prince John of Lancaster-Holland; Messenger-Abbot; Hotspur's Servant-Master Curties; Travellers-Blurton, Coombs, Wilde; Carriers-Quick, Munden; Hotspur-Holman; Hostess-Mrs Davenport; Lady Percy-Miss Chapman.Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon