Event Comment: [In 2nd piece the playbill assigns
Orlando to
Kemble, but "On account of indisposition,
Barrymore last night performed Orl
ando for Kemble" (
Oracle, 4 Oct.).] 3rd piece: To conclude with the Glorious Defeat of the
Spanish Armada,
and a Gr
and Procession. "Equal to any actor I ever saw, as far as his line extends, is
Mr Parsons; his conception
and expression of
Sir Fretful Plagiary, in
Mr Sheridan's
Critic, are as strong
and masterly as were
Garrick's in
Kitely [in
Every Man in his Humour];
and his 'laughing without mirth' therein equally admirable" (
Jonson, ed.
Waldron, 171). Receipts: #251 4s. 6d. (213.6.6; 37.0.0; 0.18.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Poor Old Drury
Afterpiece Title: As You Like It
Performance Comment: Duke-Aickin; Frederick-Packer; Amiens (with songs)-Dignum; Jaques-Palmer; Le Beau-R. Palmer; Oliver-Whitfield; Jaques de Bois-Benson; Orlando-Barrymore; Adam-Moody; Touchstone-King; Corin-Waldron; Silvius-Bland; William-Burton; Rosalind (with the Cuckoo Song)-Mrs Jordan; Celia-Mrs Kemble; Phebe-Miss Collins; Audrey-Mrs Edwards.Afterpiece Title: The Critic
Performance Comment: Dangle-R. Palmer; Sneer-Palmer; Sir Fretful Plagiary-Parsons; Signor Ritornello-Hamoir; Interpreter-Baddeley; Puff-King; Mrs Dangle-Mrs Hopkins; Italian Girls-Miss Hagley, Miss DeCamp, Miss Daniels; Characters of the Tragedy: Lord Burleigh-Hollingsworth; Governor-Wrighten; Earl of Leicester-Whitfield; Sir Walter Raleigh-Burton; Sir Christopher Hatton-Waldron; Master of the Horse-Alfred; Beef@eater-Phillimore; Justice-Packer; Son-Suett; Constable-Fawcett; Don Ferolo Whiskerandos-Bannister Jun.; Nieces-Miss Heard, Miss Collins; Justice's Lady-Mrs Heard; Confidant-Mrs Booth; Tilburina-Miss Pope.Song: V 2nd piece: song-Miss Hagley