Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; BALL. P 1, by
James Byrn. Performed in place of
Windsor Castle, advertised on playbill of 11 May]:
The Overture and new Music composed, and
the rest compiled, by
W. Parke. "It being thought, by some, intended to treat
the Clergy with disrespect, produced much disapprobation.
The next night [20 May], when given only as an Interlude, it met with better success" (
Oulton, 1796, II, 177). Receipts: #158 12s. (152.8. 6.4)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Deserted Daughter
Afterpiece Title: The Tythe Pig
Performance Comment: Countryman-Byrn; Capt. Wade-Holland; Drummer-Farley; Squire-Follett; Tythe Parson-Hawtin; Serjeant-Cranfield; Boniface-Thompson; Dickey Gossip-Rayner; Steward-Simmons; Corporal-Barnes; Country Woman-Mme Rossi; Parson's Wife-Miss Leserve; Peggy of Darby-Mlle St.Amand.