15. Henry 2d Palmer: Rosamond Mrs. Mattocks. 17. Cymbeline. Imogen Mrs. Mattocks. 22. Twelfth Night. Clown Lee Lewes : Olivia Mrs. Mattocks. 9. Committee. Teague Palmer: Obediah = Quick: Abel Lee Lewes : Ruth Mrs. Mattocks. = = = Lee 13. Man of Business. Fable Palmer: Beverley = Wroughton: Check Quick: Handy Lewes : Lydia - Mrs. Mattocks: Mrs. Carlton = Mrs. Barrington:-with Deuce is in him. Prattle -Lee Lewes. = 22. Note of Hand. Revell Lee Lewes Mac Cormuck = Palmer: Sapling Quick. = Aug. 8. Mrs. Barrington's bt. Mrs. Mattocks acted Mrs. Oakly. 10. Careless Husband. Sir Charles Easy = Wroughton: Lord Foppington = Lee Lewes : Lady Betty Modish Mrs. Mattocks. = = 12. Drummer. Tinsel Palmer: Vellum = Quick: Abigail Mrs. Hopkins: Lady Truman Mrs. Mattocks :—with Padlock. Leonora Mrs. Mattocks. 13. Provoked Husband. John Moody Palmer. 15. Mrs. Mattocks acted Countess of Salisbury. = 17. Old Maid Mrs. Barrington: Capt. Cape= Palmer. 19. Spanish Fryar = Palmer: Lorenzo Lee Lewes. 22. Mattocks' bt. Love's last Shift. Sir Novelty Fashion Lee Lewes Young Worthy Palmer : Snap Quick : Amanda Mrs. Mattocks. = 24. Country Lasses. Modely Palmer : Shacklefigure Quick: Aura Mrs. Mattocks. = 26. Wroughton's bt. She wou'd and She wou'd not. Trappanti = Palmer: Octavio = Wroughton : Soto Quick: Hypolita Mrs. Mattocks :—with Musical Lady. Mask Lee Lewes : Sophy Mrs. Mattocks. = = 29. For bt. of Mrs. Hopkins. Roman Father. Horatius = Wroughton: Publius Palmer: Horatia Mrs. Mattocks. 31. Lee Lewes acted Trim, and Prattle for his bt. Sep. 2. Palmer's bt. As you like it. Jaques= Palmer Rosalind Mrs. Mattocks :-with Neck or Nothing. Slip Palmer: Martin Lee Lewes : Sir Harry Harlowe = Quick. 5. Quick's bt. Conscious Lovers. Cimberton = Quick Indiana Mrs. Mattocks :-with Man of Quality. Lord Foppington = Lee Lewes : Young Worthy Palmer: Sir Tunbelly Clumsey Quick : Miss Hoyden = Mrs. Mattocks :-the mistake of Young Worthy for Young Fashion was repeated in another bill. = 7. Suspicious Husband. Clarinda Mrs. Mattocks. 9. Royal Convert. Aribert Wroughton: Hengist = Palmer: Offa Lee Lewes Rodogune Mrs. Melmoth Ethelinda Mrs. Mattocks. = BELL'S SHAKSPEARE AND BRITISH THEATRE. 4.39 = 12. Last night. For bt. of Mrs. Mattocks. All in the Wrong. Sir John Restless Palmer: Beverley=Wroughton: Belmont Lee Lewes Belinda = Mrs. Mattocks: Lady Restless Mrs. Hopkins. (Bills from Mr. Field.) BELL'S SHAKSPEARE AND BRITISH In 1773 and 1774 Bell, a bookseller in the Strand, published an edition of Shakspeare in numbers, each number containing a play-this has been censured as the worst edition of Shakspeare ever published; which strictly speaking is true, as it presents the plays in a mutilated state-but in another point of view, this edition is very useful, as it is copied from the Prompter's book, and gives the names of the performers who acted the characters, as near the time of publication as Bell could procure them. On May 4th 1776 he began to publish his British Theatre with the names of the performers to the characters-he is not always to be depended on, but in general he is right-one play was published each Saturday till the whole amounted to 105. D. L. 1774-1775. = Sep. 17. Drummer. Butler Baddeley :-rest as Nov. 6 1771-with a new Prelude called the Meeting of the Company or Bayes' Art of Acting-King -Weston-Parsons-J. Aikin, &c.—acted about 10 times-not printed. = = 20. Maid of the Mill. Sir Harry Sycamore = Parsons Giles = Bannister: Fanny Miss Pope. 22. Richard 3d-Smith, his 1st appearance there: Henry 6th J. Aikin: Richmond = Palmer: Buckingham Jefferson: Queen Mrs. Hopkins: Lady Anne Miss Younge-with Miss in her Teens. Fribble Dodd: Flash = Palmer: Puff = = Biddy Miss Jarratt. = Moody : 24. Clandestine Marriage. Sterling = Parsons, 1st time: Sir John Melvil Brereton, 1st time. 27. Cymbeline. Posthumus Reddish; Jachimo =Smith: Cloten Dodd: Imogen Miss Younge : -with Anatomist. Mons. le Medicin Baddeley : Crispin = Dodd. = 29. Fair Quaker. = Oct. 1. As you like it. Touchstone King: Jaques Jefferson: Orlando Brereton: Adam= Moody Rosalind Miss Younge: Celia Mrs. Baddeley. = 4. Hamlet, with alterations. Hamlet Smith. 8. Alexander the Great. Alexander Lacy, his 1st appearance there: Clytus Jefferson: Lysimachus Brereton: Cassander Palmer: Statira= Mrs. Baddeley, 1st time: Roxana - Miss Younge. 13. Zara. Osman Reddish: Lusignan = Garrick Nerestan Brereton, 1st time: Zara = Miss Younge. = = = 15. Never acted there, Electra, from the Orestes of Voltaire. Orestes Smith: Ægisthus Palmer : Pammenes J. Aikin: Pylades = Packer: Electra = Mrs. Yates, her 1st appearance there for 8 years: Clytemnestra Mrs. Hopkins: Iphisa Mrs. Baddeley :-acted 3 times-see C. G. March 13 1769. 20. Every Man in his Humour. Kitely Garrick: Bobadill King: Brainworm = Baddeley: Master Stephen = Weston: Dame Kitely Miss Younge. = = 21. Grecian Daughter. Evander Reddish, 1st time: Philotas Cautherley, 1st time: Euphrasia = Miss Younge-with Election, 2d time. John = Bannister Richard Vernon: Trusty Davies: John's Wife Mrs. Love: Sally (his daughter)= Mrs. Wrighten :-John's wife wants him to vote for Sir Courtly-he votes for Trusty-Trusty gains his Election-Richard marries Sally-this musical Interlude is poor stuff-it is attributed to M. P. Andrews. 24. Alchemist. Abel Drugger = Garrick: Subtle J. Aikin: Face Palmer: Ananias Parsons: Sir Epicure Mammon = Jefferson: Surly Baddeley: Dol Common Mrs. Hopkins. 26. Gamesters. = 27. Not acted 8 years, Oroonoko. Oroonoko = Lacy: Aboan= Palmer: Imoinda Miss Younge. = = 28. Much ado. Benedick Garrick : Leonato= Jefferson, 1st time. 29. Richard 3d at both houses. Nov. 1. Jane Shore. Hastings Smith: Shore |