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26 September 1782

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1782-1783
Volume: 5
Comments: [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Lady Sneerwell to Miss Sherry, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Whitfield. Miss Sherry was ill; she died early in October.] "Sheridan has also despised the faults of another school, trap claps. Not a word in The School for Scandal is to be found in praise of Laws, Jack Tars, Innocence, an Englishman's castellum, or Liberty" (Reynolds, II, 227). Receipts: #193 13s. 6d. (155/11/0; 37/12/6; 0/10/0)

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  • Original Data

    Source: OCR from HathiTrust PDFs

    *p1782 09 26 dl The School FOR Scandal. Sir Peter Teazle-King; Sir Oliver Surface-Aickin; Joseph Surface-Palmer; Sir Benjamin Backbite-Dodd; Crabtree-Parsons; Rowley-Packer; Moses-Baddeley; Snake-Wrighten; Careless-Farren; Trip-Lamash; Charles-Smith; Mrs Candour-Miss Pope; Maria-Mrs Brereton; Lady Sneerwell-Mrs Whitfield [of CG]; Lady Teazle-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character). Also Robinson Crusoe. As 21 Sept DANCING. As 21 Sept. SINGING. In Act III of mainpiece song by Williames. [This was sung, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances, except on 10 Dec] comment. [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Lady Sneerwell to Miss Sherry, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Whitfield. Miss Sherry was ill; she died early in October.] "Sheridan has also despised the faults of another school, trap claps. Not a word in The School for Scandal is to be found in praise of Laws, Jack Tars, Innocence, an Englishman's castellum, or Liberty" (Reynolds, II, 227). Receipts: �193 13s. 6d. (155/11/0; 37/12/6; 0/10/0).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1782 09 26 dl The School FOR Scandal. Sir Peter Teazle-King; Sir Oliver Surface-Aickin; Joseph Surface-Palmer; Sir Benjamin Backbite-Dodd; Crabtree-Parsons; Rowley-Packer; Moses-Baddeley; Snake-Wrighten; Careless-Farren; Trip-Lamash; Charles-Smith; Mrs Candour-Miss Pope; Maria-Mrs Brereton; Lady Sneerwell-Mrs Whitfield [of CG]; Lady Teazle-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character) .hathi.*a1782 09 26 dl Robinson Crusoe. ^As17820921^.hathi.*d1782 09 26 dl ^As17820921^.hathi.*s1782 09 26 dl In Act III of mainpiece song by Williames. [This was sung, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances, except on 10 Dec].hathi.*c1782 09 26 dl [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Lady Sneerwell to Miss Sherry, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Whitfield. Miss Sherry was ill; she died early in October.] "Sheridan has also despised the faults of another school, trap claps. Not a word in The School for Scandal is to be found in praise of Laws, Jack Tars, Innocence, an Englishman's castellum, or Liberty" (Reynolds, II, 227). Receipts: #193 13s. 6d. (155/11/0; 37/12/6; 0/10/0) .hathi.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 42286 | 17820926 | dl | hathi | [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Lady Sneerwell to Miss Sherry, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Whitfield. Miss Sherry was ill; she died early in October.] "Sheridan has also despised the faults of another school, trap claps. Not a word in The School for Scandal is to be found in praise of Laws, Jack Tars, Innocence, an Englishman's castellum, or Liberty" (Reynolds, II, 227). Receipts: #193 13s. 6d. (155/11/0; 37/12/6; 0/10/0)
    Performance: 90706 | 42286 | p | The School For Scandal | Sir Peter Teazle-King; Sir Oliver Surface-Aickin; Joseph Surface-Palmer; Sir Benjamin Backbite-Dodd; Crabtree-Parsons; Rowley-Packer; Moses-Baddeley; Snake-Wrighten; Careless-Farren; Trip-Lamash; Charles-Smith; Mrs Candour-Miss Pope; Maria-Mrs Brereton; Lady Sneerwell-Mrs Whitfield [of CG]; Lady Teazle-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character) .
    Cast:
    156450 | 90706 | Sir Peter Teazle | King
    156451 | 90706 | Sir Oliver Surface | Aickin
    156452 | 90706 | Joseph Surface | Palmer
    156453 | 90706 | Sir Benjamin Backbite | Dodd
    156454 | 90706 | Crabtree | Parsons
    156455 | 90706 | Rowley | Packer
    156456 | 90706 | Moses | Baddeley
    156457 | 90706 | Snake | Wrighten
    156458 | 90706 | Careless | Farren
    156459 | 90706 | Trip | Lamash
    156460 | 90706 | Charles | Smith
    156461 | 90706 | Mrs Candour | Miss Pope
    156462 | 90706 | Maria | Mrs Brereton
    156463 | 90706 | Lady Sneerwell | Mrs Whitfield
    156464 | 90706 | Lady Teazle | Miss Farren
    Performance: 90707 | 42286 | a | Robinson Crusoe | As17820921.
    AsSeeDate: 90707 | dl | a | As | 17820921
    Performance: 90708 | 42286 | d | As17820921 | hathi.
    AsSeeDate: 90708 | dl | d | As | 17820921
    Performance: 90709 | 42286 | s | In Act III of mainpiece song by Williames | [This was sung, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances, except on 10 Dec].

Mainpiece

Title: The School For Scandal
Comments:
Sir Peter Teazle-King; Sir Oliver Surface-Aickin; Joseph Surface-Palmer; Sir Benjamin Backbite-Dodd; Crabtree-Parsons; Rowley-Packer; Moses-Baddeley; Snake-Wrighten; Careless-Farren; Trip-Lamash; Charles-Smith; Mrs Candour-Miss Pope; Maria-Mrs Brereton; Lady Sneerwell-Mrs Whitfield [of CG]; Lady Teazle-Miss Farren (1st appearance in that character) .
Cast:

Afterpiece

Title: Robinson Crusoe
Comments:
As17820921.
Cast:
None Listed

Dance

Comment: As17820921

Song

Comment: In Act III of mainpiece song by Williames. [This was sung, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances, except on 10 Dec]

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