30 March 1775

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1774-1775
Volume: 4
Comments: Mrs Yates would not play for Mr Slingsby altho' her name has been advertis'd from the beginning--Mrs Hartly of Covent Garden was ask'd to do the part, She refus'd it as it was to be done there for a Benefit the week after at Last Mr Reddish said Mrs Canning Should do it, & Such a performance I think was never Seen in Drury Lane Theatre very bad indeed many hisses (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for Slingsby. [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly in wording.] Paid 1 yrs. Subscription to St George's Hospital to Lady Day 1776, #10 10s. Receipts: #270 10s. Charges: #68 8s. Profits to Slingsby: #202 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p30 dl The Distress'd Mother. As 16 Jan., but Andromache-A Lady. *aA Peep behind the Curtain. As 2 March, but Wilson-Brereton (playbill). *dII: The Favourite Tambourine Dance=[, for that night only%-Slingsby; End: <i>Grand Provencalle Dance</i>-. *c$Mrs Yates= would not play for $Mr Slingsby= altho' her name has been advertis'd from the beginning--$Mrs Hartly= of <i>Covent Garden</i> was ask'd to do the part, She refus'd it as it was to be done there for a Benefit the week after at Last $Mr Reddish= said $Mrs Canning= Should do it, & Such a performance I think was never Seen in <i>Drury Lane Theatre</i> very bad indeed many hisses (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). Benefit for Slingsby. [$MacMillan='s note from $Kemble= differs slightly in wording.] Paid 1 yrs. Subscription to <i>St George's Hospital</i> to <i>Lady Day</i> 1776, #10 10s. Receipts: #270 10s. Charges: #68 8s. Profits to Slingsby: #202 2s. (Treasurer's Book).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1775 03 30 dl The Distress'd Mother. ^As17750116^, but Andromache-A Lady.*a1775 03 30 dl A Peep behind the Curtain. ^As17750302^ but Wilson-Brereton (playbill).*d1775 03 30 dl II: The Favourite Tambourine Dance=, for that night only-Slingsby; End: <i>Grand Provencalle Dance</i>-.*c1775 03 30 dl $Mrs Yates= would not play for $Mr Slingsby= altho' her name has been advertis'd from the beginning--$Mrs Hartly= of <i>Covent Garden</i> was ask'd to do the part, She refus'd it as it was to be done there for a Benefit the week after at Last $Mr Reddish= said $Mrs Canning= Should do it, & Such a performance I think was never Seen in <i>Drury Lane Theatre</i> very bad indeed many hisses (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). Benefit for Slingsby. [$MacMillan='s note from $Kemble= differs slightly in wording.] Paid 1 yrs. Subscription to <i>St George's Hospital</i> to <i>Lady Day</i> 1776, #10 10s. Receipts: #270 10s. Charges: #68 8s. Profits to Slingsby: #202 2s. (Treasurer's Book).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 38128 | 17750330 | dl | $Mrs Yates= would not play for $Mr Slingsby= altho' her name has been advertis'd from the beginning--$Mrs Hartly= of <i>Covent Garden</i> was ask'd to do the part, She refus'd it as it was to be done there for a Benefit the week after at Last $Mr Reddish= said $Mrs Canning= Should do it, & Such a performance I think was never Seen in <i>Drury Lane Theatre</i> very bad indeed many hisses (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). Benefit for Slingsby. [$MacMillan='s note from $Kemble= differs slightly in wording.] Paid 1 yrs. Subscription to <i>St George's Hospital</i> to <i>Lady Day</i> 1776, #10 10s. Receipts: #270 10s. Charges: #68 8s. Profits to Slingsby: #202 2s. (Treasurer's Book)
    Performance: 79681 | 38128 | p | The Distress'd Mother | As17750116, but Andromache-A Lady.
    AsSeeDate: 79681 | dl | p | As | 17750116
    Cast:
    136077 | 79681 | Andromache | A Lady.
    509175 | 79681 | Orestes | Smith
    509176 | 79681 | Pyrrhus | Palmer
    509177 | 79681 | Hermione | Miss Younge
    509178 | 79681 | Phoenix | Usher
    509179 | 79681 | Pylades | Packer
    509180 | 79681 | Cleone | Mrs Johnston
    509181 | 79681 | Cephissa | Miss Platt.
    Performance: 79682 | 38128 | a | A Peep behind the Curtain | As17750302 but Wilson-Brereton (playbill).
    AsSeeDate: 79682 | dl | a | As | 17750302
    Cast:
    136078 | 79682 | Wilson | Brereton
    509182 | 79682 | Glib | King
    509183 | 79682 | Sir Macaroni Virtue | Dodd
    509184 | 79682 | Sir Toby Fuz | Usher
    509185 | 79682 | Carpenter | Moody
    509186 | 79682 | Orpheus | Vernon
    509187 | 79682 | Miss Fuz | Mrs Davies
    509188 | 79682 | Rhodope | Mrs Smith, first time
    509189 | 79682 | Lady Fuz | Mrs Hopkins
    509190 | 79682 | Other characters | Packer, Brereton, Lamash, Wright, Johnston, Legg, Fawcett, Griffiths, Carpenter, Blanchard, Mrs Love, Mrs Bradshaw.
    Performance: 79683 | 38128 | d | II: The Favourite Tambourine Dance=, for that night only-Slingsby; End: <i>Grand Provencalle Dance</i>-

Mainpiece

Title: The Distress'd Mother
Comments:
As17750116, but Andromache-A Lady.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: A Peep behind the Curtain
Comments:
As17750302 but Wilson-Brereton (playbill).
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1767
Author: David Garrick
Birth: 1717
Death: 1779

Dance

Comment: II: The Favourite Tambourine Dance=, for that night only-Slingsby; End: Grand Provencalle Dance-

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