05 June 1800
Event Information
Theatre:
Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1799-1800
Volume:
5
Comments:
Benefit for Trueman. [In mainpiece the playbill retains Mrs Walcot as Mrs Heidelberg, but "An apology was made on behalf of Mrs Walcot, in whose stead the papt of Mrs Heidelberg was ably sustained by Mrs Sparks" (Dramatic Censor, II, 243. As afterpiece the playbill announces Three Weeks after Marriage, but "Mrs Jordan happening, like other great performers, to be taken ill (it is wonderful how much great actors and actresses are subject to sudden indisposition!) Trueman was under the necessity of subsituting The Prize for the afterpiece" (ibid, p. 244).] Morning Chronicle, 30 May: Tickets to be had of Trueman, No. 38, Norfolk-street, Strand. Receipts: #127 8s. (70.6; 55.6; 1.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #201 2s. 2d.)
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
The Clandestine Marriage
Comments:
As18000220, but Lovewell (1st time)-Trueman; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Sparks; Fanny (1st time)-Miss Heard; Trueman-_ [i.e. the character].i.e. the character].
As18000220, but Lovewell (1st time)-Trueman; Mrs Heidelberg-Mrs Sparks; Fanny (1st time)-Miss Heard; Trueman-_ [i.e. the character].i.e. the character].
Cast:
- Role: Lovewell Actor: Trueman
- Role: Mrs Heidelberg Actor: Mrs Sparks
- Role: Fanny Actor: Miss Heard
- Role: Serjeant Flower Actor: Packer
- Role: Traverse Actor: Caulfield
- Role: Lord Ogleby Actor: King
- Role: Sir John Melvill Actor: Barrymore
- Role: Sterling Actor: Dowton
- Role: Canton Actor: Wewitzer
- Role: Brush Actor: Palmer
- Role: Trueman Actor: Trueman
- Role: Miss Sterling Actor: Miss DeCamp
- Role: Betty Actor: Miss Mellon
- Role: Chambermaid Actor: Miss Stuart
- Role: Trusty Actor: Mrs Maddocks.