Event Comment: Benefit for
Mrs Powell. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1, author unknown. MS not in
Larpent MS; not published]: Founded on a recent fortunate Event [
the escape of
Sir William Sidney Smith from
The Temple, Paris, on 24 Apr. 1798 (
European Magazine, June 1798, p. 395)]. With appropriate Scenery, and Machinery. [3rd piece in place of
The Children in the Wood, advertised on playbill of 19 May.]
Times, 15 May: Tickets to be had of Mrs Powell, No. 43,
Craven-street,
Strand. Receipts: #548 17s. (233.4.6; 61.4.6; 0.17.0; tickets: 253.11.0) (charge: #214 12s. 1d.)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Castle-spectre
Performance Comment: As17980409, but added; Mrs Powell [the only time her name is in the playbill of this play (and see17971214)]; Wentworth_; Gibbon_; Original Epilogue-Mrs Jordan; (for that night only) a new Additional Dialogue[, written by M. G. Lewis, Esq., Author of the Play,-Mrs Jordan, Mrs Powell.Related Works
Related Work: The Castle-Spectre Author(s): Matthew Gregory Lewis
Afterpiece Title: The Escape
Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck Author(s): Henry Mackenzie