*p1775 03 18 cg Edward and Eleonora. Edward-Lewis; Selim-Bensley; Gloster-Hull; Theald-Clarke; Assassin-L'Estrange; Officer-Thompson; Daraxa-Mrs Mattocks; Eleonora-Mrs Barry; <i>Prologue</i>-Hull; <i>Epilogue</i>-Mrs Mattocks.*a1775 03 18 cg The Padlock. ^As17741110^, but Leonora-a Young Lady not 14 years of age, first time. Pupil to $Mr Savage=.*d1775 03 18 cg End <i>Epilogue</i>: <i>The Vintage Festival</i>, ^as17741007^.*c1775 03 18 cg Benefit for $Mrs Barry=. Mainpiece: A Tragedy altered from $Thomson= [by $Thomas Hull=] never perform'd. Part of Pit laid into the Boxes. Servants who are to keep places are desired to be at the stage door by 4 o'clock, and those Ladies and Gentlemen who have taken seats in the Pit are requested to come early to prevent confusion in getting to their places. <i>Epilogue</i> by $Sheridan=. [This play had been refused a license on 26 March 1739, While $Walpole= was still Prime Minister, probably because of such speeches as: @Is there a cure on Humankind so fell@So pestilent, to Prince and People,@As the base servile vermin of a court;@Corrupt, Corrupting ministers and favourites?@How oft have such eat up the widow's morsel,@The Peasant's toil, the Merchant's far-sought gain,@And wantoned to the ruin of a nation!-<i>Larpent MS</i>, op. p. 65.@ Also the play equalizes $Christianity= and $Mohammedanism= before $God=, and gives a slight edge to the latter (Act IV, scene ii), suggesting the part politics play in <i>Christian churches</i>. An account of the alterations made for the present performance is given in the <i>Westminster Magazine</i> for March. The review concludes: The Play was got up altogether well, and reputedly acted, and is in its present state what the Ladies call "a very pretty tragedy."]