05 December 1755
Event Information
Theatre:
Covent Garden
Theatrical Season:
1755-1756
Volume:
4
Comments:
Benefit for furnishing the new Wards in the Middlesex Hospital. Paid Charlotte Lane for altering a cloth coat, and green corded silk waistcoat lac'd with silver for Mr Wm. Smith, 5s. 6d.; shalloos back & bod lining to coat & stiffening, 3s. (MS list in Davies, Life of Garrick II, 332). [The Occasional Prologue, written by Mr Boyce was publish'd in the Public Advertiser 19 Dec. 1755]: @And, Britons, Godlike charity is yours...@'Tis yours to silence Misry's plaintive moan@And make the grief of others all your own...@Give balm to Nature's accidental woes,@And sooth th'impovrish'd matron's pregnant throes...@ [The Epilogue, written by C. Smart, and spoken by Shuter in the character of a Man-midwife, was published in the same paper: Shuter enters with a child]: @Whoe'er begot thee has no cause to blush:@Thou'rt a brave chopping boy (child cries) nay, hush, hush, hush.@.......................@Nay if you once begin to puke and cough@Go to the nurse. Within, here, take him off.@Well Heav'n be prais'd, it is a peopling age,@Thanks to the Bar, the Army, and the Stage...
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The Conscious Lovers
Comments:
Young Bevil-Barry; Myrtle-Smith; Sir John Bevil-Gibson; Cimberton-Arthur; Humphrey-Anderson; Daniel-Collins; Tom (with a song in Character)-Dyer; Sealand-Sparks; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Stephens; Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Lucinda-Mrs Baker; Indiana-Mrs Bellamy; Phillis-Mrs Woffington; Occasional Prologue-Mrs Woffington; and an Epilogue-Shuter.
Young Bevil-Barry; Myrtle-Smith; Sir John Bevil-Gibson; Cimberton-Arthur; Humphrey-Anderson; Daniel-Collins; Tom (with a song in Character)-Dyer; Sealand-Sparks; Mrs Sealand-Mrs Stephens; Isabella-Miss Ferguson; Lucinda-Mrs Baker; Indiana-Mrs Bellamy; Phillis-Mrs Woffington; Occasional Prologue-Mrs Woffington; and an Epilogue-Shuter.
Cast:
- Role: Young Bevil Actor: Barry
- Role: Myrtle Actor: Smith
- Role: Sir John Bevil Actor: Gibson
- Role: Cimberton Actor: Arthur
- Role: Humphrey Actor: Anderson
- Role: Daniel Actor: Collins
- Role: Tom Actor: Dyer
- Role: Sealand Actor: Sparks
- Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Stephens
- Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Ferguson
- Role: Lucinda Actor: Mrs Baker
- Role: Indiana Actor: Mrs Bellamy
- Role: Phillis Actor: Mrs Woffington
- Role: Occasional Prologue Actor: Mrs Woffington
- Role: and an Epilogue Actor: Shuter.
Afterpiece
Title:
The Cheats of Scapin
Comments:
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Dance
Comment:
Mrs Roland; and "By Desire" the Fingalian Dance, as17551126