04 March 1707
Event Information
Theatre:
Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1706-1707
Volume:
2
Comments:
[Text by Joseph Addison. Music by Thomas Clayton.] A new Opera never yet perform'd. By Subscription. None to be admitted into the Boxes or Pit but by the Subscribers' Tickets. [Both A Critical Discourse upon Operas (1709) and Jacobs (I, 3) refer to the unsatisfactory nature of the music; as a result, according to Jacobs, "It had not the Success due to its Merit."
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Rosamond
Comments:
Edition of 1707 lists: King Henry-Hughes; Sir Trusty-Leveridge; Page-Holcomb; Messenger-Lawrence; Queen Elinor-Mrs Tofts; Rosamond-Mrs Gallia; Grideline-Mrs Lindsey.
Edition of 1707 lists: King Henry-Hughes; Sir Trusty-Leveridge; Page-Holcomb; Messenger-Lawrence; Queen Elinor-Mrs Tofts; Rosamond-Mrs Gallia; Grideline-Mrs Lindsey.
Cast:
- Role: King Henry Actor: Hughes
- Role: Sir Trusty Actor: Leveridge
- Role: Page Actor: Holcomb
- Role: Messenger Actor: Lawrence
- Role: Queen Elinor Actor: Mrs Tofts
- Role: Rosamond Actor: Mrs Gallia
- Role: Grideline Actor: Mrs Lindsey.