*p1747 02 28 cg The Conscious Lovers. ^As17461117^, but Daniel-_.*a1747 02 28 cg Orpheus and Eurydice. ^As17461231^, but Country lasses-Mrs <i>Vaughan, Mrs _LeFont.*c1747 02 28 cg <i>TThe Suspicious Husband</i> deferr'd by $Garrick='s Indisposition [repeated in the bills]. From <i>The Museum, or Literary and Historical Register</i>, No 25, 28 Feb. 1747, p. 382: On the Present State of the Theatre: I remember when you and I were last in Town together, some years ago, we were eternally repining at the wretched condition of the stage. $Quin= was then at the head of the Fraternity; but a very different man from what he is at present, and merely a bad copy of $Booth=; with all his mouthing and pageantry, but without his musical elocution, or his dignity. Whether Time or Emulation has had the greatest hand in Improving him, I know not; but certain it is, that he is improved, beyond what you will really imagine. He has got much more variety, and much more Spirit. He was always a tolerably just speaker; but then he has hardly anything more; he recited rather than acted....However, $Rich= has...got $Quin=, $Garrick=, $Mrs Cibber= and $Mrs Pritchard= to the new house. The consequence has been, that the stage was never, in my memory, so fashionable; not even in the Time of $Mrs Oldfield='s highest fame. A good taste both of acting and of plays themselves, is much more general than I ever expected to have seen it; and those who are skilled in such matters, tell me, that Rich will be a greater gainer this season than has been known for these many years. Receipts: #108 1s. 6d.