*p1776 01 15 cg Douglas. Douglas-A Young Gentleman, first appearance any stage ($Webster=); Lord Randolph-Wroughton; Officer-Thompson; Glenalvon-Aickin; Old Norval-Barry, being their first appearance in those characters; Anna-Miss Dayes; Lady Randolph-Mrs Barry.*a1776 01 15 cg The Cheats of Scapin. Scapin-Wilson, first time; Thrifty-Cushing; Leander-Young; Octavian-Thompson; Shift-Wewitzer; Sly-Bates; Gripe-Quick; Lucia-Mrs Masters; Clara-Mrs Poussin.*d1776 01 15 cg End Tragedy: <i>Mirth and Jollity</i>, ^as17760102^.*c1776 01 15 cg Afterpiece: Not acted these 6 years. [See 11 May 1772.] [Young gentleman identified by <i>Hopkins MS Notes</i>. $Genest=, V, 517, also calls attention to the fact that the text lists <i>Douglas</i>r as <i>Norval</i>r and <i>Old Norval</i>r as <i>Stranger</i>r (1757) or <i>Prisoner</i>r (1768). $Webster= first named as Douglas on bill for 27 Feb. 1776. Review of Webster's acting appeared in the <i>Westminster Magazine</i> for Jan.: "His person is rather elegant; his voice is full and harmonious, his pronunciation distinct and correct, and his delivery graceful and unembarassed. Those are his excellencies, and considering it was his first performance, he seems to possess them in a degree far superior to the various candidates for theatrical fame which the managers of both houses have brought forward for some years past. On the other hand he is aukward, and in some parts unanimated. His arms are too long, or he flung them about in a very disgusting manner. He seemed to express the sense of his author much better than his own feelings. His voice though full, wants variety and modulation; not but on some occasions he managed it with infinite grace and judgement. But if this want of variety of tones and extent of voice, which is so indispensibly necessary to constitute a first rate actor, be not the effect of Nature, the Public may behold with less anxiety their decayed veterans giving nightly proofs of their increasing infirmities, and quick approaching theatrical dissolution."]