Event Comment: Benefit for
Lewis. 1st piece: By Permission of the Author
and positively for that Night only [see 27 Apr.]. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1, by
John Cartwright Cross]: The Music composed by
Reeve. The Scenery
and Machinery by
Phillips,
Lupino, &c. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre, & of
Mr Barker,
Vinegar-Yard.
Morning Herald, 3 May 1798: This day is published
The Raft (1s.).
Times, 22 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis, No. 6,
Bow-street. Receipts: #412 6s. 6d. (273.16.0; 2.17.0; tickets: 135.13.6)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal
Performance Comment: Sir Peter Teazle-Munden; Sir Oliver Surface-Murray; Sir Benjamin Backbite-Knight; Joseph Surface-Pope; Charles Surface-Lewis; Crabtree-Quick; Careless-Clarke; Rowley-Davenport; Moses-Fawcett; Trip-Farley; Snake-Powel; Mrs Candour-Mrs Mattocks; Lady Sneerwell-Miss Chapman; Maria-Miss Mansel; Lady Teazle-Mrs Abington.Afterpiece Title: The Raft or Both Sides of the Water
Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Johnstone, Townsend, Waddy, Farley, Simmons, Wilde, Abbot, Rees, Linton, Gray, Street, Dyke, Smith, Hawtin, Curties, Coombs, Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Henley, Mrs Castelle, Miss Leserve, Mrs Follett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Lloyd, Miss G. Walcup, Miss Burnett, Mrs Martyr. Cast from text (J. Barker, 1798): O'Bowling-Johnstone; Rivers-Townsend; Chip-Waddy; Drunken French Gaoler-Farley; Busy-Simmons; Monsieur Machine-Wilde; Countrymen, French and English Soldiers, Sailors-Abbot, Rees, Linton, Gray, Street, Dyke, Smith, Hawtin, Curties, Coombs, Noble; Countrywomen-Mrs Gilbert, Mrs Henley, Mrs Castelle, Miss Leserve, Mrs Follett, Mrs Watts, Mrs Lloyd, Miss G. Walcup, Miss Burnett, Mrs Iliff; Fanny-Mrs Martyr.Afterpiece Title: Lovers Quarrels
Song: In III 1st piece: a song-Incledon