*p1796 04 30 dl Mahmoud; or, The Prince of Persia. [Characters-Aickin, Kemble, Braham (1st appearance on any stage i.e. as an actor, not a singer]), Packer, Suett, Bannister Jun., Kelly, Dignum, Sedgwick, Maddocks, Cooke, Caulfield, Evans, Webb, Trueman, Wentworth, Phillimore, Banks, Master Gregson, Miss Menage, Miss Leak, Miss Miller, Mrs Bland, Sga Storace; Cast from Songs (no pub., 1796): Sultan-Aickin; Mahmoud-Kemble; Noureddin-Braham (whose 1st appearance on the stage was at <i>cg</i>, 21 Apr. 1787); Helim-Packer; Barakka-Suett; Abdoul Cassan-Bannister Jun.; Mossafer-Kelly; Hassan-Dignum; Malek-Sedgwick; Petitioners-Caulfield; Muley-Banks; Aladdin-Miss Menage; Balsora-Miss Leak; Zobeide-Miss Miller; Desra-Mrs Bland; Zelica-Sga Storace; unassigned-Maddocks, Cooke, Evans, Webb, Trueman, Wentworth, Phillimore, Master Gregson; General Chorus-Danby, J. Fisher, Welsh, Master DeCamp, Atkins, Boyce, Brown, Denman, Fisher, Tett, Aylmer, Caulfield Jun., Dibble, Gallot, Willoughby, Annereau, Bardoleau, Cook, Walker, Miss Arne, Mrs Boimaison, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Butler, Miss Chatterley, Miss Jackson, Mrs Maddocks, Miss Mellon, Miss Stuart, Miss Wentworth. [<i>Prologue</i>, not listed on playbill, spoken by $Benson=.]*a1796 04 30 dl All the World's a Stage.*c1796 04 30 dl Mainpiece [1st time; MD 3, by $Prince Hoare=. <i>Larpent MS 1126</i>; not published; synopsis of plot in <i>Monthly Magazine</i>, May 1796, p. 320]: With new Scenes, Dresses, Decorations, &c. The Musick principally composed by the late $Mr Storace= [who had died on 19 Mar.], with a few Selections from $Paisiello=, $Haydn= and $Sarti=. [$Grove=, under Storace, states that the music was completed and prepared for the stage by $Kelly= and $Sga Storace=.] The Scenes designed and executed by $Marinari= and assistants. The Dresses by $Johnston=, $Gay= and $Miss Rein=. Books of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. "It was exceedingly tedious the first night, not being over till eleven o'clock. Since, it has been prudently cut down, and yet has lost nothing. A prologue, written on the very morning of representation, deploring the loss of the composer, was spoken (perfectly) by the last unfortunate $Benson= [for whom see 9 June. It was written by Hoare (<i>Universal Magazine</i>, May 1796, p. 362), and Was perhaps spoken only on the 1st night; it is not listed on any playbill]" (<i>Monthly Magazine</i>, May 1796, p. 320). "In short, possessing all the science of $Harrison=, the melody of $Incledon=, and the pleasing articulation of the late $Mrs Kennedy=, we have no hesitation in pronouncing [$Braham=] the first public singer of the present day. He was three times encored. His action is indifferent, and his dialogue scarcely audible" (<i>Morning Herald</i>, 2 May). Receipts: #297 14s. (258.10.6; 38.19.6; 0.4.0).