Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of
The Honest Thieves, advertised on playbill of 17 Sept.] "
The shameful neglect of
Whitfield in
the etiquette of dress in
the character of
Hastings must not pass unnoticed. He came on arranged in every point for
the drawing-room, although he is supposed to be on his journey, and is informed by his companion
Young Marlow that
they must change
their travelling dresses...An audience must naturally look to
the Manager for due observance of stage decorum...and we trust that on future occasions
the actor will not be allowed to sport with propriety by any fantastical display of his own, which is in direct oppostion to
the character he ought to represent, and to
the text with which he must be acquainted" (
Times, 20 Sept.). Receipts: #197 1s. 6d. (186.0.6; 11.1.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer
Performance Comment: Hardcastle-Munden; Young Marlow-Mansel (from the Theatre Royal Dublin; 1st appearance on this stage); Hastings-Whitfield; Sir Charles Marlow-Powel; Diggory-Simmons; Slang-Rees; Landlord-Thompson; Jeremy-Farley; Roger-Abbot; Tony Lumpkin-Knight (1st appearance in that character); Mrs Hardcastle-Mrs Davenport; Miss Neville-Miss Mansel; Maid-Miss Leserve; Miss Hardcastle-Mrs Gibbs.Afterpiece Title: The Farmer