Event Comment: Benefit for
Bannister. Under
the Patronage of His Royal Highness
The Prince of Wales. [In mainpiece
the playbill retains
Mrs Bland as
Ariel , but "Ariel was, on account of
the sudden indisposition of Mrs Bland, read by
Miss Heard" (
Diary, 8 May). Miss Heard may also have substituted for Mrs Bland in
the afterpiece.] Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by
James Cobb, for whose authorship see
Kemble Mem.
Larpent MS 982; not published].
Public Advertiser, 2 May: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7,
Suffolk-street,
Charing Cross. Receipts: #227 8s. (95.17; 7.5; tickets: 124.6) (charge: #90 2s. 6d.)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: At Hay The Tempest
Afterpiece Title: Fortunes Wheel
Performance Comment: Characters-Bannister Jun., Caulfield, Suett, Dignum, Bland, Wewitzer, Waldron, Fawcett, Phillimore, Hollingsworth, Maddocks, Alfred, Webb, Lyons, Mrs Hopkins, Mrs Bland, Miss Heard. [Larpent MS lists the parts: Sir Harry Harebrain , Lord George , Mr Curl , Hawser , Papillot , Ishmael , Pillage , Balance , John , Clinker , Scoredouble , Clod , Mrs Curl , Sophia Curl , Miss Broadhem .]Larpent MS lists the parts: Sir Harry Harebrain , Lord George , Mr Curl , Hawser , Papillot , Ishmael , Pillage , Balance , John , Clinker , Scoredouble , Clod , Mrs Curl , Sophia Curl , Miss Broadhem .]Song: In: Vocal Parts, as17921213, Sedgwick, _Kelly, Mrs +Crouch; Masque of Neptune and Amphitrite, as17930102 In course of Evening: +The Little Farthing Rushlight-Bannister Jun