Scope and Contents Arthur Murphy's adaptation of Moliere's "Cocu Imaginaire" was presented to the audience with "a dramatic romance, told in action, called 'The Rival Knights' and 'The Sultan';" the evening ended with a "grand dance." The actors were Mr. Wroughton, Mr. Thompson, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Fearon, Mr. Helme, Mr. Wewitzer, Mr. Lewis, Mrs. Mattocks, Miss Stuart, Mrs. Davenett, Mrs. Morton, Mrs. Abington. Advertised for the next day: "The Wives Revenged," "Man and Wife," and "Poor Vulcan." The evening to...

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Performed in accompaniment with Thomson's tragic play was "The Deaf Lover" by Frederick Pilon. The principal actors that evening were Mr. Kemble, Mr. Bensley, Mr. Farren, Mr. R. Palmer, Miss Kemble, Mrs. Siddons. Advertised for the Monday: "(not acted these 14 years) Love Makes a Man; or, the Fop's Fortune. With (2d time these 20 years) a Farce, call'd Duke and No Duke," these "for the benefit of Mr. and Mrs. Ward."

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Leonard MacNally's forest romp was acted by Mr. Bannister, Mr. Quick, Mr. Edwin, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. Brett, Mr. davies, Mr. Fearon, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Martyr, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Kemble, Mrs. Bannister. There was to be new music, with "the Words of the Songs to be had at the Theatre;" the dance "Rural Merriment," was to end the play. As an added attraction the evening included Samuel Foote's "The Commissary" and ended with "a Caledonian Reel."

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Henry Carey's play enjoyed a cast that included Mr. Lewis, Mr. Quick, Mr. Edwin, Mr. Booth, Mr. Wewitzer, Mr. Wroughton, Mr. Fearon, Mr. Thompson, Mrs. Kemble, Mrs. Wilson, and Miss Younge. At the "end of the play" there was "An address written on the occassion by Mr. MacNally... [spoken] by Mr. Kemble." Also for the audience's pleasure, "Midas." "Tickets to be had of Mrs. Kemble, No. 22, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's-Inn Fields; and or Mr. Branlon at the Theatre."

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John O'Keeffe's comic opera is here paired with "The Rival Knights" and "Barnaby Brittle," the latter by Thomas Betterton. The actors that night included Mr. Mattocks, Mr. Reinhold, Mr. Bannister, Mr. Quick, Mr. Edwin, Mr. Brett, Mr. Booth, Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. Bannister, Mrs. Wilson, Signora Sestini. Advertised for the next day: "Which is the Man?" and "The Flitch of Bacon" for the benefit of Mr. Reinhold.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The London theatre collection consists of playbills, scripts, and other ephemera documenting performances that took place in London theatres in the late 18th century.

Scope and Contents Includes: Tancred and Sigismunda, A Tragedy. Written by James Thomson, Esq., 1787 The Merchant of Venice. A Comedy. Written by William Shakespeare, Esq., 1788 Chrononhotonthologos: The Most Tragical Tragedy That ever was Tragedized by any Company of Tragedians, 1787 Thomas and Sally; or The Sailor's Return: A Musical Entertainment, 1787 The Minor; A Comedy. Written by Samuel Foote, Esq., 1787 Barbarossa. A Tragedy. By the Rev. Dr. Brown., 1788 Comus. A Masque. Altered from Milton., 1787 The...

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The London theatre collection consists of playbills, scripts, and other ephemera documenting performances that took place in London theatres in the late 18th century.

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Full-page frontispiece engravings of Mr. Garrick in Act IV, Scene II, as Tancred, drawn from life by Isaac Taylor and engraved by Collyer.