*p1751 10 22 dl Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave. Oroonoko-Dexter (first appearance on any stage); Aboan-Lee; Blandford-Palmer; Daniel-Shuter; Imonida-Miss Bellamy; Widow-Mrs James; Charlot Weldon-Mrs Willoughby; Lucy-Miss Minors; Governor-Burton; Capt. Driver-Taswell; Stanmore-Winstone; Jack Stanmore-Mozeen; Hotman-Blakes.*a1751 10 22 dl The Anatomist. ^As17510910^.*c1751 10 22 dl Mainpiece: Not acted in 5 years. [See 11 Dec. 1744. For further comment on $Dexter=, see $Genest=, IV, p. 341.] One Mr Dexter did <i>Oroonoko</i>r , a Gent of <i>Ireland</i>--who never appear'd upon a Stage before--he had ye Greatest applause ever heard & indeed deservedly a Sweet Voice, great feeling--his name was not in ye Bills--only by a Gent (Cross). We hear that a Comedy call'd <i>Eastward Hoe; or, The Prentices</i>, written by $Ben Johnson=, $Chapman=, and $Marston=, is now reviving at the Theatre Royal in <i>Drury Lane</i>, and will be acted the 29th. [A four page double column account of the text of <i>Oroonoko</i> appeared in the <i>Gentleman's Magazine</i>, 1752, pp. 163-67.] Receipts: #130 ($Cross=).