Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains
Palmer as
Woodville , but "The curtain was dropped in the middle of the first act, and after a delay of near half an hour,
Barrymore informed the audience Palmer was not come to the theatre...and therefore solicited per
mission for
Benson to [act] Woodville, which he had undertaken at a few minutes' notice. Benson (who had played the two first scenes of Vane) agreeable surprised the audience by his representation of Woodville" (
Thespian Magazine, June 1793, p. 2). Who continued in the part of Vane (which cannot be doubled with that of Woodville) is not stated. R. Palmer, who acted it on 14 Feb., was indisposed.] Receipts: #175 4s. (117.16; 52.14; 4.14)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: At King's The Chapter Of Accidents
Performance Comment: As17930214, but Woodville-Benson; Vane-Benson [sic; see below]; Bridget-Mrs Bateman.Afterpiece Title: The Prize