Event Comment: MMr Foote play'd
Buck &
Miss Macklin Lucinda, --went off tol: ye Girl was lik'd-she sung in ye Character
Aly Croky--fine, --& danc'd a Minuet--well (
Cross). [Foote was engaged as an actor for a certain number of nights
and made his 1st appearance on this evening-he spoke a
Prologue written by
Garrick which was encored every night
Genest, IV, 380). The Prologue was printed in the
Public Advertiser on 29 Oct. suggesting the many sources of laughter on stage as they appealed to various parts of the House, pointing fun at Foote,
and closing with his mock, humble statement: @"Many my passions are, tho' one my view@They all concenter--in the pleasing you.'@ It also contained information about a specialty performer on the Cello,
Monsieur Cervetti,
and his reception by the upper galleries: @"...In like extremes your laughing humour shows@Have ye not roar'd from Pit to upper Rows@
And all the jest was, What? a Fiddler's nose..."@ The person here meant is M Cervetti, who has been a st
anding joke with the upper gallery for a long time past, on account of the length of his nose: but as I am inform'd, that no feature of his Mind is out of proportion, unless it be that his good qualities are extraordinary, I take this opportunity to mention that it is cruel to render him uneasy in the Business, in which he is eminent,
and by which he must gain his livlihood." See identical comment in
Gray's Inn Journal, 27 Oct. A puff for
Miss Macklin appeared in Gray's Inn Journal, 20 Oct.] Receipts: #190 [Cross)