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27 December 1791

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane at King's Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1791-1792
Volume: 5
Comments: "Had Mr Bannister, sen (whose merit as a singer is pre-eminent) never played any other character than that of Caliban, he would, by so capital, so unique, so unparalleled a performance, have deserved to be ranked with the foremost" (Jonson, ed. Waldron, 178). Receipts: #182 15s. (145.11; 36.2; 1.2)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p dlking's The Tempest. As 9 Nov., but Caliban-Bannister (1st appearance on this stage these 5 years). *aDon Juan. As 9 Nov. *dAs 2 Dec. *sVocal Parts, as 14 Dec.; Masque of <i>Neptune and Amphitrite</i>, as 9 Nov. *c"Had $Mr Bannister, sen= (whose merit as a singer is pre-eminent) never played any other character than that of <i>Caliban</i>r, he would, by so capital, so unique, so unparalleled a performance, have deserved tobe ranked with the foremost" ($Jonson=, ed. $Waldron=, 178). Receipts: #182 15s. (145.11; 36.2; 1.2).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1791 12 27 dlking's The Tempest. ^As17911109^, but Caliban-Bannister (1st appearance on this stage these 5 years).*a1791 12 27 dlking's Don Juan. ^As17911109^.*d1791 12 27 dlking's ^As17911202^.*s1791 12 27 dlking's Vocal Parts, ^as17911214^; Masque of <i>Neptune and Amphitrite</i>, ^as17911109^.*c1791 12 27 dlking's "Had $Mr Bannister, sen= (whose merit as a singer is pre-eminent) never played any other character than that of <i>Caliban</i>r, he would, by so capital, so unique, so unparalleled a performance, have deserved to be ranked with the foremost" ($Jonson=, ed. $Waldron=, 178). Receipts: #182 15s. (145.11; 36.2; 1.2).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 47588 | 17911227 | dlking's | "Had $Mr Bannister, sen= (whose merit as a singer is pre-eminent) never played any other character than that of <i>Caliban</i>, he would, by so capital, so unique, so unparalleled a performance, have deserved to be ranked with the foremost" ($Jonson=, ed. $Waldron=, 178). Receipts: #182 15s. (145.11; 36.2; 1.2)
    Performance: 104389 | 47588 | p | The Tempest | As17911109, but Caliban-Bannister (1st appearance on this stage these 5 years).
    AsSeeDate: 104389 | dlking's | p | As | 17911109
    Cast:
    186024 | 104389 | Caliban | Bannister
    663093 | 104389 | Prospero | Bensley
    663094 | 104389 | Alonzo | Packer
    663095 | 104389 | Antonio | Phillimore
    663096 | 104389 | Ferdinand | Kelly
    663097 | 104389 | Gonzalez | Maddocks
    663098 | 104389 | Stephano | Moody
    663099 | 104389 | Trincalo | Baddeley
    663100 | 104389 | Ariel | Mrs Bland
    663101 | 104389 | Hyppolito | Mrs Goodall
    663102 | 104389 | Miranda | Mrs Crouch
    663103 | 104389 | Dorinda | Miss Farren.
    Performance: 104390 | 47588 | a | Don Juan | As17911109.
    AsSeeDate: 104390 | dlking's | a | As | 17911109
    Cast:
    663104 | 104390 | Don Antonio | Bland
    663105 | 104390 | Don Ferdinand | Dignum
    663106 | 104390 | Don Juan | Palmer
    663107 | 104390 | Don Guzman | Benson
    663108 | 104390 | Carlos | Caulfield
    663109 | 104390 | Perez | Cooke
    663110 | 104390 | Pedrillo | Banks
    663111 | 104390 | Lopez | Lyons
    663112 | 104390 | Gomez | Alfred
    663113 | 104390 | Vasquez | Fawcett
    663114 | 104390 | Waiter | Phillimore
    663115 | 104390 | Masaniello | Whitmill
    663116 | 104390 | Scaramouch | Fairbrother
    663117 | 104390 | Alguaziles | Burton, Jones, Webb
    663118 | 104390 | Boatswain | Sedgwick
    663119 | 104390 | Sailors | Danby, Maddocks, Fawcett
    663120 | 104390 | Donna Anna | Miss Collins
    663121 | 104390 | Isabella | Miss Heard
    663122 | 104390 | Inis | Miss Palmer
    663123 | 104390 | Katharina | Mrs Edwards
    663124 | 104390 | Viletta | Mrs Bland
    663125 | 104390 | <i>3rd Sailor | $Reynoldson</i>, and adds: Host-Fawcett
    663126 | 104390 | Host | Fawcett
    663127 | 104390 | Vocal Parts | Dignum, Sedgwick, Mrs Bland, Mrs Edwards, Miss Hagley
    663128 | 104390 | <i>Dances</i> | Hamoir, Bourk, Fairbrother, Keys, Whitmill, Bidotti, Giani, Walker, Nicolini, Mrs Davis, Mrs Brooker, Mrs Haskey, Mrs Brigg, Mrs Barrett, Mrs Harris, Miss Jacobs, Miss Bourk, Miss DeCamp.
    Performance: 104391 | 47588 | d | As17911202
    AsSeeDate: 104391 | dlking's | d | As | 17911202
    Performance: 104392 | 47588 | s | Vocal Parts, as17911214; Masque of <i>Neptune and Amphitrite</i>, as17911109
    AsSeeDate: 104392 | dlking's | s | As | 17911214

Mainpiece

Title: The Tempest
Comments:
As17911109, but Caliban-Bannister (1st appearance on this stage these 5 years).
Cast:

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Afterpiece

Title: Don Juan
Comments:
As17911109.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1782

Dance

Comment: As17911202

Song

Comment: Vocal Parts, as17911214; Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite, as17911109

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