Event Comment: "Nothing reduces acting to so miserable a show of mechanism as
the constant applause at particular speeches...
Mrs Siddons labours under a disadvantage [in
dl theatre]. that she is not everywhere heard. To be so she would strain her voice unnaturally. She does not choose to make
the sacrifice, and preserves her excellence with
the near, whatever she may lose to
the remote" (
Oracle, 27 Sept.). Receipts: #372 0s. 6d. (280.13.0; 89.18.6; 1.9.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Isabella; Or, The Fatal Marriage
Related Works
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Fatal Marriage; or, The Innocent Adultery Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Afterpiece Title: The Liar
Performance Comment: Sir James Elliot-R. Palmer; Old Wilding-Aickin; Young Wilding-Palmer; Papillion-Wewitzer; Miss Grantham-Miss Mellon; Miss Godfrey-Miss Heard; Kitty-Miss Tidswell.Song: In III: Epithalamium. Vocal Parts-Miss Leak, Master Welsh