Event Comment: "
The only fault we observed was [
Miss Biggs's] mode of turning away at
the close of every speech, and retiring towards
the back of
the stage, as if
the character was of no consequence when
the speech was ended" (
True Briton, 18 Oct.). MS annotation on
Kemble playbill: Rehearsals--
Cheap Living at 10;
Sir Benjamin Backbite's scenes at 11;
Irish Widow at 12;
Adela'rs scenes,
Haunted Tower at 1. Receipts: #247 16s. 6d. (162.0.0; 82.12.6; 3.4.0)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal
Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow
Performance Comment: Sir Patrick O'Neale-Caulfield; Whittle-Dowton; Nephew-Holland; Bates-Maddocks; Kecksey-Suett; Thomas-Hollingsworth; Widow Brady-Miss Biggs (from the Theatre Royal Bath; 1st appearance on this stage). 1st appearance on this stage).Entertainment: Entertainment.As17971016