13 August 1791
Event Information
Theatre:
Haymarket Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1790-1791
Volume:
5
Comments:
3rd piece [1st time; F 2, by Charles Stuart, "from the Spanish"; on 2 Sept. reduced to 1 act. Prologue by the author (see text)]. "The Piece, we understand, was originally founded on some topics that have of late engrossed the conversation of much of the fashionable world...The Lord Chamberlain thought [it] too delicate a nature to appear with the allusions and title it then bore, She would be a Duchess. The consequence was that the offensive bits were expunged and the piece re-christened...It would be unfair to make any observations...in the mutilated stage it was presented" (Public Advertiser, 15 Aug.). "Some part of the plot was supposed to allude to the late occurrences in the family of General John? Gunning, who was indulged with the privilege of erasing [from the MS] that which he disliked, and who reduced it to its present feeble and unconnected form" (Gazetteer, 15 Aug.). [The reference in the original title is to the simultaneous flirtation of Miss Elizabeth Gunning, the General's daughter, with the eldest sons of the Dukes of Marlborough and Argyll (see dnb, under Susannah Gunning). She would be a Duchess: in Larpent MS 915.
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Next Door Neighbours
Comments:
As17910718 but Prologue-_; Epilogue-_[and thereafter].and thereafter].
As17910718 but Prologue-_; Epilogue-_[and thereafter].and thereafter].
Cast:
- Role: Mr Level Actor: Williamson
- Role: Colonel Modish Actor: Davies
- Role: Lord Simper Actor: R. Palmer
- Role: Wealthy Actor: Kemble
- Role: Plainwell Actor: Aickin
- Role: John Actor: Phillimore
- Role: William Actor: Abbott
- Role: Mrs Level Actor: Mrs Brooks.
Afterpiece
Title:
The Padlock
Comments:
Don Diego-Bannister; Leander-Davies; Mungo-Cornellys; Scholars-Evatt, Farley; Leonora-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Ursula-Mrs Webb.
Don Diego-Bannister; Leander-Davies; Mungo-Cornellys; Scholars-Evatt, Farley; Leonora-A Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified]); Ursula-Mrs Webb.
Afterpiece
Title:
The Irishman in Spain
Comments:
Characters by R. Palmer, Evatt, Wewitzer, Farley, Rock, Mrs Goodall, Miss Fontenelle. [Cast from text (J. Ridgway, 1791), and European Magazine, Aug. 1791, p. 142: Don Carlos-R. Palmer [in text: Farley (see17910903)]; Don Fabio-Evatt; Don Guzman-Wewitzer; Servant-Farley; Kilmainham-Rock; Olivia-Mrs Goodall [in text: Miss Heard (see17910902)]; Viletta-Miss Fontenelle; Prologue-R. Palmer.
Characters by R. Palmer, Evatt, Wewitzer, Farley, Rock, Mrs Goodall, Miss Fontenelle. [Cast from text (J. Ridgway, 1791), and European Magazine, Aug. 1791, p. 142: Don Carlos-R. Palmer [in text: Farley (see17910903)]; Don Fabio-Evatt; Don Guzman-Wewitzer; Servant-Farley; Kilmainham-Rock; Olivia-Mrs Goodall [in text: Miss Heard (see17910902)]; Viletta-Miss Fontenelle; Prologue-R. Palmer.
Cast:
- Role: Don Carlos Actor: R. Palmer
- Role: Don Fabio Actor: Evatt
- Role: Don Guzman Actor: Wewitzer
- Role: Servant Actor: Farley
- Role: Kilmainham Actor: Rock
- Role: Olivia Actor: Mrs Goodall
- Role: Viletta Actor: Miss Fontenelle
- Role: Prologue Actor: R. Palmer.