*p1790 04 13 cg The Beggar's Opera. ^As17891024^, but Captain Macheath-Mrs Wells (1st time at this theatre); Lucy-Mr Johnstone (1st appearance in that character); Polly-Mr Bannister (1st time these six years); Ben Budge-_.*a1790 04 13 cg The Flitch of Bacon. ^As17900318^ .*d1790 04 13 cg ^As17891024^.*s1790 04 13 cg In course of Evening: <i>The Wolf</i>-Bannister.*c1790 04 13 cg Benefit for $Bannister=. [$Mrs Wells= had 1st acted <i>Macheath</i>r at the <i>hay</i>, 14 Sept. 1781; Bannister had acted <i>Polly</i>r at the same theatre, 16 Sept. 1785.] <i>Gazetteer</i>, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, <i>Suffolk-street</i>, <i>Haymarket</i>. "There is now a most vehement rage of innovation in language, government, religion, and everything else...On the British stage, with infinite applause, young and beautiful actresses perform sometimes the Parts of highwaymen; and some singing actors squall in an affected voice resembling, and intended to imitate, that of women; the most humourous dramatic pieces are frittered away into songs; and I should not be surprised to hear that henceforth <i>Miranda</i>r and <i>Juliet</i>r are to be personated by grim-visaged grenadiers seven feet high, and <i>Falstaff</i>r by a slender miss just entered her teens" (<i>Universal Magazine</i>, Mar. 1795, p. 171). Receipts: #285 14s. (162.4.6; 5.9.6; tickets: 118.0.0).