11 May 1791

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1790-1791
Volume: 5
Comments: Benefit for Whitfield. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2] Translated from the French [La Nuit aux Aventures; on, Les Deux Morts Vivants, by Antoine Jean Bourlin, dit Dumaniant] by Mrs Inchbald, the Author of I'll Tell You What, Such Things Are, A Simple Story, &c. [Larpent MS 900; not published. In 1797 altered by J. C. Cross as An Escape into Prison. "In January 1788 Mrs Inchbald was translating an unnamed French play, acted three years later as The Hue and Cry" (James Boaden, Memoirs of Mrs Inchbald, 1833, I, 255-56). "Mrs Inchbald is now adapting La Nuit aux Aventures, by Dumaniant" (World, 26 Jan. 1788). In the text of Dumaniant's play the dramatis personae is the same as that in the Larpent MS. Author of Prologue unknown.] Morning Chronicle, 30 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No. 19, Great Piazza, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #263 13s. (68.19.0; 31.7.6; 3.13.6; tickets: 159.13.0) (charge: #116 4s. 4d.)

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    *p dl Love for Love. As 12 Oct. 1790, but[<i>Ben</i>r's% <i>song</i>-_. *aThe Hue and Cry. Characters-Whitfield Hollingsworth, Bland, Bannister Jun., Burton, Suett, Phillimore, Williames, Maddocks, Lyons, Alfred, Webb, Miss Collins, Mrs Williames; [<i>Larpent MS</i> lists the parts: <i>Count Abeville</i>r, <i>Don Lewis</i>r, <i>Don Juan</i>r, <i>Perroquet</i>r, <i>Fabio</i>r, <i>Sanchez</i>r, <i>Corregidore</i>r, <i>Jailor</i>r, <i>Grim</i>r, <i>Donna Leonora</i>r, <i>Inis</i>r.% <i>Prologue</i>-Bannister Jun. *cBenefit for $Whitfield=. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2] Translated from the <i>French</i> [<i>La Nuit aux Aventures; on, Les Deux Morts Vivants</i>, by $Antoine Jean Bourlin=, dit $Dumaniant=] by $Mrs Inchbald=, the Author of <i>I'll Tell You What</i>, <i>Such Things Are</i>, <i>A Simple Story</i>, &c. [<i>Larpent MS 900</i>; not published. In 1797 altered by $J. C. Cross= as <i>An Escape into Prison</i>. "In January 1788 Mrs Inchbald was translating an unnamed <i>French play</i>, acted three years later as <i>The Hue and Cry</i>" (James <i>Boaden, Memoirs of Mrs Inchbald</i>, 1833, I, 255-56). "Mrs Inchbald is now adapting La Nuit aux Aventures, by Dumaniant" (<i>World</i>, 26 Jan. 1788). In the text of Dumaniant's play the dramatis personae is the same as that in the Larpent MS. Author of Prologue unknown.] <i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 30 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No. 19, <i>Great Piazza</i>, <i>Covent-Garden</i>. Receipts: #263 13s. (68.19.0; 31.7.6; 3.13.6; tickets: 159.13.0) (charge: #116 4s. 4d.).

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    *p1791 05 11 dl Love for Love. ^As17901012^, but <i>Ben</i>r's <i>song</i>-_.*a1791 05 11 dl The Hue and Cry. Characters-Whitfield Hollingsworth, Bland, Bannister Jun., Burton, Suett, Phillimore, Williames, Maddocks, Lyons, Alfred, Webb, Miss Collins, Mrs Williames; <i>Larpent MS</i> lists the parts: <i>Count Abeville</i>r, <i>Don Lewis</i>r, <i>Don Juan</i>r, <i>Perroquet</i>r, <i>Fabio</i>r, <i>Sanchez</i>r, <i>Corregidore</i>r, <i>Jailor</i>r, <i>Grim</i>r, <i>Donna Leonora</i>r, <i>Inis</i>r. <i>Prologue</i>-Bannister Jun.*c1791 05 11 dl Benefit for $Whitfield=. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2] Translated from the <i>French</i> [<i>La Nuit aux Aventures; on, Les Deux Morts Vivants</i>, by $Antoine Jean Bourlin=, dit $Dumaniant=] by $Mrs Inchbald=, the Author of <i>I'll Tell You What</i>, <i>Such Things Are</i>, <i>A Simple Story</i>, &c. [<i>Larpent MS 900</i>; not published. In 1797 altered by $J. C. Cross= as <i>An Escape into Prison</i>. "In January 1788 Mrs Inchbald was translating an unnamed <i>French play</i>, acted three years later as <i>The Hue and Cry</i>" (James <i>Boaden, Memoirs of Mrs Inchbald</i>, 1833, I, 255-56). "Mrs Inchbald is now adapting La Nuit aux Aventures, by Dumaniant" (<i>World</i>, 26 Jan. 1788). In the text of Dumaniant's play the dramatis personae is the same as that in the Larpent MS. Author of Prologue unknown.] <i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 30 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No. 19, <i>Great Piazza</i>, <i>Covent-Garden</i>. Receipts: #263 13s. (68.19.0; 31.7.6; 3.13.6; tickets: 159.13.0) (charge: #116 4s. 4d.).

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    Event: 47241 | 17910511 | dl | Benefit for $Whitfield=. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2] Translated from the <i>French</i> [<i>La Nuit aux Aventures; on, Les Deux Morts Vivants</i>, by $Antoine Jean Bourlin=, dit $Dumaniant=] by $Mrs Inchbald=, the Author of <i>I'll Tell You What</i>, <i>Such Things Are</i>, <i>A Simple Story</i>, &c. [<i>Larpent MS 900</i>; not published. In 1797 altered by $J. C. Cross= as <i>An Escape into Prison</i>. "In January 1788 Mrs Inchbald was translating an unnamed <i>French play</i>, acted three years later as <i>The Hue and Cry</i>" (James <i>Boaden, Memoirs of Mrs Inchbald</i>, 1833, I, 255-56). "Mrs Inchbald is now adapting La Nuit aux Aventures, by Dumaniant" (<i>World</i>, 26 Jan. 1788). In the text of Dumaniant's play the dramatis personae is the same as that in the Larpent MS. Author of Prologue unknown.] <i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 30 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No. 19, <i>Great Piazza</i>, <i>Covent-Garden</i>. Receipts: #263 13s. (68.19.0; 31.7.6; 3.13.6; tickets: 159.13.0) (charge: #116 4s. 4d.)
    Performance: 103474 | 47241 | p | Love For Love | As17901012, but <i>Ben</i>'s <i>song</i>-_.
    AsSeeDate: 103474 | dl | p | As | 17901012
    Cast:
    656247 | 103474 | Sir Sampson Legend | Moody
    656248 | 103474 | Valentine | Kemble
    656249 | 103474 | Scandal | Bensley
    656250 | 103474 | Tattle | Dodd
    656251 | 103474 | Ben | Bannister Jun.
    656252 | 103474 | with a <i>song</i> | Bannister Jun.
    656253 | 103474 | Foresight | Waldron
    656254 | 103474 | Jeremy | Baddeley
    656255 | 103474 | Trapland | Burton
    656256 | 103474 | Angelica | Miss Farren
    656257 | 103474 | Mrs Foresight | Mrs Ward
    656258 | 103474 | Mrs Frail | Miss Pope
    656259 | 103474 | Miss Prue | Mrs Jordan.
    Performance: 103475 | 47241 | a | The Hue and Cry | Characters-Whitfield Hollingsworth, Bland, Bannister Jun., Burton, Suett, Phillimore, Williames, Maddocks, Lyons, Alfred, Webb, Miss Collins, Mrs Williames; <i>Larpent MS</i> lists the parts: <i>Count Abeville</i>, <i>Don Lewis</i>, <i>Don Juan</i>, <i>Perroquet</i>, <i>Fabio</i>, <i>Sanchez</i>, <i>Corregidore</i>, <i>Jailor</i>, <i>Grim</i>, <i>Donna Leonora</i>, <i>Inis</i>. <i>Prologue</i>-Bannister Jun.
    Cast:
    183629 | 103475 | Characters | Whitfield Hollingsworth, Bland, Bannister Jun., Burton, Suett, Phillimore, Williames, Maddocks, Lyons, Alfred, Webb, Miss Collins, Mrs Williames
    183630 | 103475 | <i>Prologue</i> | Bannister Jun.

Mainpiece

Title: Love For Love
Comments:
As17901012, but Ben's song-_.
Cast:

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Work Title: Love for Love
Publish Date:
Birth: 1670
Death: 1729

Afterpiece

Title: The Hue and Cry
Comments:
Characters-Whitfield Hollingsworth, Bland, Bannister Jun., Burton, Suett, Phillimore, Williames, Maddocks, Lyons, Alfred, Webb, Miss Collins, Mrs Williames; Larpent MS lists the parts: Count Abeville, Don Lewis, Don Juan, Perroquet, Fabio, Sanchez, Corregidore, Jailor, Grim, Donna Leonora, Inis. Prologue-Bannister Jun.
Cast:

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Publish Date:
Birth: 1753
Death: 1821

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