LIVERPOOL BILLS 1777.

June 2. Busy Body. Marplot = Lee Lewes.

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4. Citizen. Old and Young Philpot Wilson and Lee Lewes Maria Mrs. Wilson.

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9. Lee Lewes acted Mercutio.

11. Wonder. Violante Mrs. Wilson: Flora = Mrs. Kniveton: -with Don Quixote in England. Don Quixote Lee Lewes : Sancho Wilson.

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18. Stratagem, with Country Wife. Pinchwife = Wilson: Mrs. Pinchwife Mrs. Wilson.

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20. All the World's a Stage. Diggery Wilson. 21. Wilson acted Periwinkle.

25. Recruiting Officer. Bullock Wilson: Sylvia Mrs. Wilson with Harlequin's Invasion. HarWilson: Dolly Snip =

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lequin Lee Lewes : Snip

Mrs. Wilson.

27. Sir Thomas Overbury. Somerset = Kemble, 1st appearance there: Countess of Somerset = Mrs. Siddons.

30. Henry 2d. King Clinch: Queen Mrs. Siddons.

July 1. Fashionable Lover. Tyrrel = Clinch : Dr. Druid Lee Lewes : Colin Wilson.

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3. Sir Thomas Overbury, as before.

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5. Jane Shore Mrs. Hartley, her last appearance this season: Alicia Mrs. Siddons: Dumont = Clinch.

7. Miss Younge made her 1st appearance in Grecian Daughter.

9. Miss Younge acted Lady Townly.

11. Cymbeline. Jachimo = Clinch : Imogen = Miss Younge : Queen = Mrs. Barrington.

12. Suspicious Husband. Frankly = Clinch : Clarinda = Mrs. Siddons : Lucetta = Mrs. Wilson. 14. Zenobia. Rhadamistus = Clinch : Teribazus = Lewis : Zenobia = Miss Younge.

16. As you like it. Touchstone = Wilson : Jaques = Clinch : Rosalind (with a song = Miss Younge. 18. Miss Younge acted the Countess of Salisbury. 19. George Barnwell = Kemble : Millwood = Mrs. Siddons: Lucy = Mrs. Barrington with Hotel.

Sir Jacob Thrift = Wilson : Trimwell = Lee Lewes.

21. Miss Younge's bt. Heroine of the Cave. Alberti = Clinch : Colredo = Kemble : Clermont = Lewis : Constantia = Miss Younge : - with High Life. Duke's Servant = Lee Lewes: Philip = Wilson : Kitty (with a song and mock Minuet) = Miss Younge.

23. Hamlet = Lewis : Ghost = Clinch : Osrick = Lee Lewes: Polonius = Wilson : Ophelia = Mrs. Wilson : Queen = Mrs. Siddons.

25. Miss Younge acted Mrs. Oakly.

26. Merchant of Venice. Shylock = Wilson : Portia = Mrs. Siddons.

28. Rival Queens. Alexander = Clinch : Statira = Mrs. Siddons : Roxana = Miss Younge.

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30. Twelfth Night. Malvolio Wilson: Sir Andrew Aguecheek = Lee Lewes : Olivia=Mrs. Kniveton : Viola = Miss Younge : Maria = Mrs. Wilson.

Aug. 1. Miss Younge acted Lady Townly :—with Upholsterer. Razor = Lee Lewes: Pamphlet = Wilson : Mrs. Termagant = Mrs. Wilson.

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= Clinch :

2. All for Love. Cleopatra Mrs. Siddons.
4. Earl of Warwick Lewis: King
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Margaret of Anjou Miss Younge.

6. Venice Preserved. Jaffier Clinch: Pierre =
Lewis Belvidera Miss Younge.

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8. Matilda. Morcar-Clinch: Edwin = Kemble:
Matilda Miss Younge, positively her last appearance.
9. Fair Quaker. Mizen Lee Lewes: Binnacle
-Wilson: Dorcas Zeal Mrs. Wilson.

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11. Funeral. Lord Hardy Clinch: Trim Lee
Lewes Campley Lewis Sable = Wilson: Lady
Brumpton Mrs. Siddons: Lady Harriet = Mrs.
Wilson-with Absent Man by Lee Lewes.

13. Love makes a Man. Carlos Lewis Clodio
Lee Lewes : Don Lewis - Wilson.

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15. Rivals, with Bankrupt. Sir Robert Riscounter
= Wilson: Margin = Lee Lewes : Lydia Mrs. Wilson.
18. Miss Leeson's bt. Woman's a Riddle. Court-
well Lewis: Sir Amorous Vainwit Lee Lewes :
Aspin = Wilson: Lady Outside Mrs. Siddons :
Miranda Miss Leeson-with Royal Merchant,
with the original Mock Coronation. Vandunk:
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Wilson Jaqueline Mrs. Wilson the original
Mock Coronation is nonsense-see Irish Stage 1734.
20. Mrs. Wilson's bt. Way of the World. Fain-
all Clinch Sir Wilful Witwou'd Wilson: Milla-
mant Mrs. Wilson: Mrs. Marwood Mrs. Siddons:

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-with Doctor Last in his Chariot.

Wilson Prudence Mrs. Wilson.

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22. Mahon's bt. School for Wives.

Dr. Last=

Torrington

Lee Lewes Capt. Savage = Kemble: Mrs. Bel-
ville Mrs. Siddons :-with Chrononhotonthologos.

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King of the Fiddlers = Siddons :-he played many

small parts.

23. Woman's a Riddle, as before.

25. Falstaff's Wedding.

Falstaff Wilson :

Slender Lee Lewes: Dame Ursula = Mrs. Siddons: -with (originally given in the Primitive Puppetshow) Piety in Pattens. Squire Boothby = Siddons : Thomas Steady Wilson: Polly Pattens = Mrs. Wilson.

27. For bt. of Mrs. Siddons. Philaster = Lewis : Pharamond Clinch: Bellario Mrs. Siddons: Arethusa Mrs. Kniveton.

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29. Douglas = Lewis: Lady Randolph Mrs. Siddons.

30. Romeo and Juliet Lewis and Mrs. Siddons : Nurse Mrs. Barrington.

Sep. 1. All in the Wrong. Sir John Restless= Lee Lewes Beverley Lewis: Belinda Mrs.

Wilson Lady Restless Mrs. Siddons.

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3. Lee Lewes' bt. Busy Body. Miranda = Mrs. Siddons.

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5. Packer's bt. Never acted there, Good-natured Man. Croaker Wilson: Lofty Lewis: Honeywood Clinch: Twitch Lee Lewes : Miss Richland Mrs. Siddons: Olivia Mrs. Kniveton: Garnet Mrs. Wilson: - with Englishman in Paris. Buck-Lee Lewes : Lucinda Mrs. Wilson :—r. b.

6. Mrs. Siddons acted Lady Restless.

8. Clinch's bt. Tender Husband. Capt Clerimont = Clinch Sir Harry Gubbin= Wilson: Humphrey Gubbin= Lee Lewes : Biddy Tipkin Mrs. Wilson:

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Mrs. Clerimont Mrs. Siddons: Aunt=Mrs. Bar

rington.

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10. Wilson's bt. Richard 3d = Wilson, his 1st appearance in Tragedy: Richmond Clinch : Queen = Mrs. Siddons :-with Minor. Shift, Smirk, and Mrs. Cole Wilson.

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12. Mrs. Kniveton's bt. Pilgrim. Pedro Lewis : Roderigo Kemble: Alphonso Wilson: Mad Welchman - Lee Lewes : Alinda Mrs. Kniveton: Juletta Mrs. Wilson.

13. Mrs. Siddons acted Miss Richland.

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15. For bt. of Lewis. Know your own Mind. Lady Bell Mrs. Siddons :—with Mayor of Garratt. Major Wilson: Jerry Sneak Lee Lewes : Mrs. Sneak Mrs. Wilson. (From Mr. Field.)

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The London Performers acted several of their usual characters-Kemble acted but little, and had no benefit.

ÆSCHYLUS.

Potter published his translation of Eschylus in 1777-(B. D.)-Eschylus wrote a large number of plays-of which only 7 remain entire.

1. Prometheus in Chains-Prometheus had con