Event Comment: Benefit for
Hull and Macready. 1st piece: In Act IV a Martial
Procession with
the Body of
Marcus. 2nd piece [1st time: M. INT 1, author unknown.
Larpent MS 1173; not published]: With appropriate Scenery
and Dresses.
The Music selected from
Boyce,
Purcell,
Reeve and Shield.
Morning Herald, 31 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, No. 7,
Duke's-court, near
Dean's-yard,
Westminster; of Macready, No. 22,
Charles-street,
Tottenham-court-road. Receipts: #314 3s. (112.9.0; 4.14.6; tickets: 196.19.6, of which Hull sold 70.12.6,
and Macready 126.7.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Cato
Performance Comment: Cato-Pope; Juba-Holman; Sempronius-Murray; Portius-Middleton (Their 1st appearance in those characters); Syphax-Hull; Marcus-Macready; Lucius-Powel; Decius-Thompson; Lucia (1st time)-Miss Mansel; Marcia (1st time)-Miss Morris.Afterpiece Title: Cambro' Britons; or, Fishguard in an Uproar
Performance Comment: Principal Characters-Incledon, Munden, Fawcett, Farley, Wilde, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Mattocks. [Larpent MS lists the parts: Morgan, Dickey, Apshinkin, David, Welsh Peasantry, French Troops, Sailors, Two Deserters, Winifred, Ellen.]Larpent MS lists the parts: Morgan, Dickey, Apshinkin, David, Welsh Peasantry, French Troops, Sailors, Two Deserters, Winifred, Ellen.]Afterpiece Title: Animal Magnetism
Song: In 2nd piece: Together let us range the fields-Incledon, Mrs Mountain; Gallant Soldiers born to Arms, Old England will be England still-Incledon; To arms! Britons strike Home!-Incledon, Bowden