*p1777 06 11 hay The Merchant of Venice. Shylock-Henderson (from the $Theatre Royal, Bath=; 1st appearance in <i>London</i>); Antonio-Younger; Bassanio-Davies; Salanio-Egan; Solarino-T. Davis; Lorenzo (with <i>songs</i>)-Du-Bellamy; Old Gobbo-Blissett; Tubal-Massey; Launcelot-Edwin; Duke-Fearon; Gratiano-Palmer; Nerissa-Mrs Hunter; Jessica (with a <i>song</i>)-Mrs Hitchcock; Portia-Miss Barsanti (1st appearance on this stage).*a1777 06 11 hay Piety in Pattens. Butler-Edwin; Squire-Fearon; Mrs Caudy-Mrs Love; Polly Pattens-Mrs Jewell.*d1777 06 11 hay End III: <i>The Merry Lasses</i>-; End IV: <i>The Venetian Regatta</i>- [performers not listed for either dance, but "Monsieur $Giorgi='s infantile pupils, as dancers, were a complete burlesque upon a <i>corps de ballet</i>. The audience laughed, and tolerated the poor little things, when they were pushed on between the acts to caper and lose their shoes" ($Peake=, II, 15-16)].*c1777 06 11 hay "[$Henderson=] appears to have cultivated the gifts of nature, with great industry; he promises better to attain the character of a player of consummate judgment than a great player, properly so called. $Edwin=, in spite of his thin voice and disgusting articulation, is at least equal to half his London contemporaries; and exhibited proofs that neither his conception, nor style of playing, is limited to a particular cast of parts, or mode of acting" (<i>London Magazine</i>, June 1777, p. 288). [$ Miss Barsanti= was from the $Crow Street Theatre, Dublin=.]