Event Comment: [
Longley is identified in
European Magazine, Dec. 1797, p. 410, but
Monthly Visitor, Jan. 1798, p. 64, says that he was
Clarke, "from the
Shakesperian Theatre at
Tottenham Court Road." Afterpiece in place of
The Shipwreck, advertised on playbill of 24 Nov.] "[Longley] is not inferior to some
Falstaffs we have seen upon the
London stage,
and he possesses all the traditionary shrugs, winks
and bye-play usual in the representation of the part" (
True Briton, 27 Nov.). Receipts: #140 18s. (101.15; 38.3; 1.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The First Part Of King Henry The Fourth
Performance Comment: King Henry-Wroughton; Prince of Wales-C. Kemble; Duke of Lancaster-Gregson; Earl of Worcester-Aickin; Earl of Northumberland-Packer; Hotspur-Kemble; Earl of Douglas-Caulfield; Sir R. Vernon-Barrymore; Earl of Westmoreland-Trueman; Sir Wal. Blunt-Holland; Sir John Falstaff-A Gentleman (1st appearance on the stage [Longley]); Poins-Russell; Gadshill-Gibbon; Peto-Simpson; Bardolph-Webb; Francis-Suett; Carriers-Dowton, Hollingsworth; Sheriff-Maddocks; Traveller-Fisher; Messenger-Evans; Lady Percy-Mrs Powell; Mrs Quickly-Mrs Walcot.Afterpiece Title: Richard Coeur de Lion