SUPPLEMENT TO CHAPTER XXII.
List of the principal Dramatic Pieces produced at the Patent Theatres, from the Retirement of Garrick to the End of the Eighteenth Century:—
1776-77.—Drury Lane.
"Trip to Scarborough" (altered by Sheridan from Vanbrugh). Miss Hoyden, Mrs. Abington.
"School for Scandal" (Sheridan). Sir Peter Teazle, King; Charles Surface, Smith; Lady Teazle, Mrs. Abington.
1776-77.—Covent Garden.
"Caractacus" (Mason). Caractacus, Clarke; Evelina, Mrs. Hartley.
"Know Your Own Mind" (Murphy). Millamour, Lewis; Lady Bell, Mrs. Mattocks.
1777-78.—Drury Lane.
"Battle of Hastings" (Cumberland). Edgar Atheling, Henderson; Edwina, Mrs. Yates.
1777-78.—Covent Garden.
"Percy" (Hannah More). Percy, Lewis; Douglas, Wroughton; Edwina, Mrs. Barry.
"Alfred" (Home). Alfred, Lewis; Ethelswida, Mrs. Barry.
"Poor Vulcan" (Dibdin). Vulcan, Quick; Venus, Miss Brown.
1778-79.—Drury Lane.
"Camp" (Tickell, falsely attributed to Sheridan).
"Fathers, or the Good-natured Man" (newly-discovered Comedy, by Fielding). Sir George Boncour, King.
"Law of Lombardy" (Jephson). Paladore, Smith; Bireno, Henderson; Princess, Miss Young.
"Who's the Dupe" (Mrs. Cowley). Gradus, King; Doyley, Parsons; Elizabeth, Mrs. Brereton.
1778-79.—Covent Garden.
"Buthred" (Anon.). Buthred, Wroughton; Rena, Mrs. Hartley.
"Touchstone, or Harlequin Traveller" (a speaking Pantomime). Harlequin, Lee Lewes.
"Calypso" (Masque, by Cumberland). Telemachus, Mrs. Kennedy; Calypso, Miss Brown.
"Fatal Falsehood" (Hannah More). Rivers, Lewis; Julia, Mrs. Hartley.
"Critic" (Sheridan). Sir Fretful, Parsons; Puff, King; Tilburina, Miss Pope.
"Times" (Mrs. Griffith). Lady Mary Woodley, Mrs. Abington.
"Zoraida" (Hodson). Zoraida, Mrs. Yates.
1779-80.—Covent Garden.
"Mirror, or Harlequin Everywhere" (Burletta-Pantomime, by Dibdin). Harlequin, Bates.
"Widow of Delphi" (Cumberland).
"Deaf Lover" (Pilon). Meadows, Lee Lewes.
"Belle's Stratagem" (Mrs. Cowley). Doricourt, Lewis; Laetitia Hardy, Miss Younge.
1780-81.—Drury Lane.
"Generous Impostor" (O'Beirne, afterwards Bishop of Meath). Sir Harry Glenville, Palmer; Mrs. Courtly, Mrs. Baddeley.
"Lord of the Manor" (Burgoyne). Trumore, Vernon; Moll Flagon, Suett.
"Royal Suppliants" (Dr. Delap). Acamas, Smith; Dejanira, Mrs. Crawford.
"Dissipation" (Andrews). Lord Rentless, Palmer; Lady Rentless, Mrs. Abington.
1780-81.--Covent Garden.
"Tom Thumb" (Fielding's piece turned into an opera, by O'Hara). Tom, Edwin; Arthur, Quick; Dolalolla, Miss Catley.
"Siege of Sinope" (Mrs. Brooke). Pharnaces, Henderson; Thamyris, Mrs. Yates.
"Man of the World" (Macklin). Sir Pertinax, Macklin; Egerton, Lewis; Lady Rodolpha Lumbercourt, Miss Younge.
1781-82.—Drury Lane.
"Fair Circassian" (Pratt,—Courtney Melmoth). Omar, Bensley; Hamet, Smith; Fair Circassian, Miss Farren.
1781-82.—Covent Garden.
"Duplicity" (Holcroft). Sir Harry Portland, Lewis; Melissa, Mrs. Inchbald.
"Count of Narbonne" (Jephson). Count, Wroughton; Countess, Miss Younge.
"Which is the Man" (Mrs. Cowley). Lord Sparkle, Lee Lewes; Fitzherbert, Henderson; Lady Bell Bloomer, Miss Younge.
"Walloons" (Cumberland). Father Sullivan, Henderson.
1782-83.—Drury Lane.
"Fatal Interview" (Hull). Montague, Smith; Mrs. Montague, Mrs. Siddons.
"School for Vanity" (Pratt). Onslow, Brereton; Ophelia Wyndham, Miss Farren.
1782-83.—Covent Garden.
"Castle of Andalusia" (O'Keefe). Spado, Quick; Lorenza, Signora Sestini.
"Philodamus" (T. Bentley). Philodamus, Henderson.
"Rosina" (Mrs. Brooke). Belville, Bannister; Rosina, Miss Harper.
"Mysterious Husband" (Cumberland). Lord Davenant, Henderson; Sir Edmund, Yates; Lady Davenant, Miss Younge.
"Bold Stroke for a Husband" (Mrs. Cowley). Julio, Lewis; Olivia, Mrs. Mattocks.
1783-84.—Drury Lane.
"Reparation" (Andrews). Lord Hectic, Dodd; Lady Betty Wormwood, Miss Pope.
"Lord Russell" (Rev. Dr. Stratford).
1783-84.—Covent Garden.
"Poor Soldier" (O'Keefe). Patrick, Mrs. Kennedy; Dermot, Johnstone; Bagatelle, Wewitzer; Norah, Mrs. Bannister.
"More Ways than One" (Mrs. Cowley). Bellair, Lewis; Arabella, Mrs. Stephen Kemble.
"Robin Hood" (Mac Nally). Robin, Bannister; Clorinda, Mrs. Martyr.
1784-85.—Drury Lane.
"The Carmelite" (Cumberland). Montgomerie, Kemble; St. Valori, Smith; Matilda, Mrs. Siddons.
"Natural Son" (Cumberland). Blushenly, Palmer; Lady Paragon, Miss Farren.
1784-85.—Covent Garden.
"Fontainebleau; or, Our Way in France" (O'Keefe). Lackland, Lewis.
"Follies of a Day" (Holcroft, from Beaumarchais). Figaro, Holcroft; Almaviva, Lewis; Susanna, Miss Younge.
1785-86.—Drury Lane.
"Heiress" (Burgoyne). Sir Clement Flint, King; Alscrip, Parsons; Lady Emily Gayville, Miss Farren.
"Captives" (Dr. Delap). Everallin, Kemble; Malvina, Mrs. Siddons.
1785-86.—Covent Garden.
"Omai." Grand spectacle, by O'Keefe.
1786-87.—Drury Lane.
"Richard Cœur de Lion" (Burgoyne). Richard, Kemble; Antonio, Miss Romanzini; Matilda, Mrs. Jordan; Laurette, Mrs. Crouch.
"School for Greybeards" (Mrs. Cowley). Alexis and Gaspar (the Greybeards), King and Parsons; Seraphina, Miss Farren.
"Seduction" (Holcroft). Lord and Lady Morden, Kemble and Mrs. Siddons.[132]
"Julia" (Jephson). Mentevole, Kemble; Julia, Mrs. Siddons.
1786-87.—Covent Garden.
"Richard Cœur de Lion" (Mac Nally). Blondel, Johnstone; Queen Berengaria, Mrs. Billington.
"He Would be a Soldier" (Pilon). Caleb, Edwin; Charlotte, Mrs. Pope.
"Eloisa" (Reynolds). St. Preux, Pope; Eloisa, Miss Brunton.
"Such Things Are" (Mrs. Inchbald). Elvirus, Holman; Lady Tremor, Mrs. Mattocks.
1787-88.—Drury Lane.
"New Peerage; or, Our Eyes may Deceive Us" (Harriet Lee). Lady Charlotte Courtly, Miss Farren.
"Fate of Sparta" (Mrs. Cowley). Cleombrotus, Kemble; Chelonice, Mrs. Siddons.
"Love in the East" (Cobb). Warnford, Kelly; Ormellina, Mrs. Crouch.
"The Regent" (B. Greatheed). Manuel, Kemble; Dianora, Mrs. Siddons.
1787-88.—Covent Garden.
"The Farmer" (O'Keefe). Jemmy Jumps, Edwin; Molly Maybush, Mrs. Martyr.
"Ton; or, the Follies of Fashion" (Lady Wallace). Lord Bonton, Wewitzer; Lady Bonton, Mrs. Mattocks.
"Animal Magnetism" (Mrs. Inchbald). Doctor, Quick; Constance, Mrs. Wells.
1788-89.—Drury Lane.
"Impostors" (Cumberland). Lord Janus, Palmer; Eleanor, Mrs. Jordan.
"Mary, Queen of Scots" (Hon. John St. John). Norfolk, Kemble; Queen Mary, Mrs. Siddons; Queen Elizabeth, Mrs. Ward.
"False Appearances" (General Conway). Marquis, Kemble; Cælia, Mrs. Kemble.
1788-89.—Covent Garden.
"Highland Reel" (O'Keefe). Shelty, Edwin; Moggy, Miss Fontenelle.
"Child of Nature" (Mrs. Inchbald). Almanza, Farren; Amanthis, Miss Brunton.
"The Toy, or Hampton Court Frolics" (O'Keefe). Alibi, Quick; Lady Jane, Miss Brunton.
"Dramatist" (Reynolds). Vapid, Lewis; Ennui, Edwin; Willoughby, Macready; Louisa Courtney, Miss Brunton.
"Marcella" (Hayley). Hernandez, Kemble; Marcella, Mrs. Powell.
"Haunted Tower" (Cobb). Lord William, Kelly; Lewis, Suett; Lady Elinor, Mrs. Crouch.
"Love in Many Masks" (Kemble, from Aphra Behn). Willmore, Kemble; Valeria, Mrs. Kemble; Helena, Mrs. Jordan.
1789-90.—Covent Garden.
"Marcella" (Hayley). Hernandez, Harley; Marcella, Mrs. Pope.
"Eudora" (Hayley). Raymond, Holman; Eudora, Mrs. Pope.
"Widow of Malabar" (Marianna Starke). Indamora, Miss Brunton.
1790-91.—Drury Lane.
"Better Late than Never" (Reynolds and Andrews). Saville, Kemble; Flurry, Dodd; Augusta, Mrs. Jordan.
"Siege of Belgrade" (Cobb). Seraskier, Kelly; Peter, Dignum; Katharine, Mrs. Crouch.
1790-91.—Covent Garden.
"School for Arrogance" (Holcroft). Sheepy, Munden; Lady Peckham, Mrs. Mattocks.
"Two Strings to Your Bow" (Jephson). Lazarillo, Munden; Ferdinand, Macready; Clara, Mrs. Harlowe.
"Woodman" (the Rev. Bate Dudley). Wilford, Incledon.
"Modern Antiques" (O'Keefe). Cockletop, Quick; Frank, Munden.
"Lorenzo" (Merry). Lorenzo, Holman; Zoriana, Miss Brunton (afterwards Mrs. Merry).
"Wild Oats" (O'Keefe). Rover, Lewis; Ephraim Smooth, Munden; Lady Amaranth, Mrs. Pope.
1791-92.—Drury Lane Company at the King's Theatre, Haymarket.
"Huniades" (Hannah Brand). Huniades, Kemble; Agmunda, by the authoress, her first appearance on any stage.
"Fugitive" (Richardson). Young Manly, Palmer; Lord Dartford, Dodd; Mrs. Larron, Miss Pope.
"Dido" (Hoare). Æneas, Mrs. Crouch; Dido, Madame Mara.
1791-92.—Covent Garden.
"Notoriety" (Reynolds). Nominal, Lewis; Sophia, Mrs. Wells.
"Road to Ruin" (Holcroft). Goldfinch, Lewis; Old Dornton, Munden; Sophia, Mrs. Merry.
"Irishman in London" (Macready). Murtoch Delaney, Johnstone; Colloony, Macready; Cubba, Mrs. Fawcett.
1792-93.—Drury Lane at Haymarket Opera; except on Tuesdays and Saturdays, then at the Haymarket Theatre.
"The Prize" (Hoare). Lenitive, Bannister, jun.; Caroline, Signora Storace.
"Rival Sisters" (Murphy). Theseus, Palmer; Ariadne and Phædra, Mrs. Siddons and Mrs. Powell.
"False Colours" (Morris). Sir Paul Panick, King.
1792-93.—Covent Garden.
"Columbus" (Morton). Columbus, Pope; Cora, Mrs. Pope.
"Every One has his Fault" (Inchbald). Harmony, Munden; Lady E. Irwin, Mrs. Pope.
"Sprigs of Laurel" (O'Keefe). Nipperkin, Munden.
1793-94.—Drury Lane, under Colman, at the Haymarket.
"Mountaineers" (Colman). Octavian, Kemble; Floranthe, Mrs. Goodall (was first acted in the summer of 1793, before the company went to Drury Lane in September).[133]
"Children in the Wood" (Morton). Walter, Bannister, jun.
"Lodoiska" (Kemble). Lovinski, Palmer; Lodoiska, Mrs. Crouch.
1794.—Drury Lane; in the new House built by Holland.
"The Jew" (Cumberland). Sheva, Bannister, jun.; Eliza Ratcliffe, Miss Farren.
1793-94.—Covent Garden.
"Siege of Berwick" (Jerningham). Seaton, Pope; Ethelberta, Mrs. Pope.
"Love's Frailties" (Holcroft). Sir Gregory Oldwort, Quick.
"Travellers in Switzerland" (Bate Dudley). Dorimond, Johnstone; Sir Leinster M'Laughlin, Rock.
"Siege of Meaux" (Pye). St. Pol, Pope; Matilda, Mrs. Pope.[134]
1794-95.—Drury Lane.
"Emilia Galotti" (from Lessing, by Thompson).[135] Appiani, C. Kemble; Orsina, Mrs. Siddons.
"Wedding Day" (Mrs. Inchbald). Young Contest, C. Kemble; Sir Adam, King; Lady Contest, Mrs. Jordan.
"Wheel of Fortune" (Cumberland). Penruddock, Kemble; Henry Woodville, C. Kemble; Emily Tempest, Miss Farren.
"Adopted Child" (Birch). Michael, Bannister, jun.; Nell, Mrs. Bland.
"First Love" (Cumberland). Billy Bustler, Suett; Sabina Rosny, Mrs. Jordan.
1794-95.—Covent Garden.
"The Rage" (Reynolds). Darnley, Holman; Clara, Mrs. Mountain.
"Town before You" (Mrs. Cowley). Tippy, Lewis; Fancourt, Fawcett; Mrs. Fancourt, Mrs. Mattocks.
"Mysteries of the Castle" (Andrews and Reynolds). Hilario, Lewis.
"England Preserved" (Watson). Surrey, Holman.
"Life's Vagaries" (O'Keefe). George Burgess, Fawcett; L'Œillet, Farley; Augusta Woodbine, Miss Wallis.
"Deserted Daughter" (Holcroft). Mordent, Pope; Item, Quick; Joanna Mordent, Miss Wallis.
"Secret Tribunal" (Boaden). Herman, Holman; Ida, Miss Wallis.
1795-96.—Drury Lane.
"Man of Ten Thousand" (Holcroft). Dorington, Kemble; Olivia, Miss Farren.
"Iron Chest" (Colman). Sir Edward Mortimer, Kemble; Judith, Miss De Camp.
"Almeyda" (Miss Lee). Alonzo, Kemble; Almeyda, Mrs. Siddons.
"Mahmoud" (Hoare). Mahmoud, Kemble.
"Vortigern" (Ireland, but acted as Shakspeare's). Vortigern, Kemble; Constantius, Bensley; Fool, King; Edmunda, Mrs. Powell; Flavia, Mrs. Jordan.
1795-96.—Covent Garden.
"Speculation" (Reynolds). Tanjore, Lewis; Lady Katharine Project, Mrs. Davenport.
"Days of Yore" (Morton).[136] Voltimar, Pope; Adela, Mrs. Pope.
"Lock and Key" (Hoare). Brummagem, Munden; Fanny, Mrs. Martyr.
1796-97.—Drury Lane.
"Conspiracy" (Jephson). Sextus, Kemble; Vitellia, Mrs. Siddons.
"The Will" (Reynolds). Veritas, R. Palmer; Albina Mandeville, Mrs. Jordan.
1796-97.—Covent Garden.
"Abroad and at Home" (Holman). Harcourt, Incledon.
"Cure for the Heart Ache" (Morton). Young Rapid, Lewis; Bronze, Farley; Ellen Vortex, Mrs. Pope.
"Wives as they Were and Maids as they Are" (Inchbald). Bronzely, Lewis; Miss Dorillon, Miss Wallis.[137]
1797-98.—Drury Lane.
"Cheap Living" (Reynolds). Sponge, John Bannister.
"Castle Spectre" (Lewis). Osmond, Barrymore; Percy, Kemble.
"Blue Beard" (Colman). Abomelique, Palmer; Fatima, Mrs. Crouch.
"Knave or Not" (Holcroft). Monrose, Palmer; Susan, Mrs. Jordan.
"Stranger" (Kotzebue).[138] Stranger, Kemble; Mrs. Haller, Mrs. Siddons.
"False Impressions" (Cumberland). Scud, Quick.
"Secrets worth Knowing" (Morton). Undermine, Munden.
"He's much to Blame" (Holcroft).[139] Versatile, Lewis; Lady Jane, Miss Betterton (afterwards Mrs. Glover).
"Curiosity" (by the late King of Sweden).
"Blue Devils" (Colman the Younger). Megrim, Fawcett.
1798-99.—Drury Lane.
"Aurelio and Miranda" (Boaden). Aurelio, Kemble; Miranda, Mrs. Siddons.
"Secret" (Morris). Lizard, jun., John Bannister; Rosa, Mrs. Jordan.
"East Indian" (Lewis). Mortimer, Kemble; Zorayda, his daughter, Mrs. Jordan.
"Castle of Montval" (Whalley). Old Count, Kemble; Matilda, Mrs. Powell.
"First Faults" (Miss De Camp). Fallible, C. Kemble; Tulip, Miss Mellon.
"Pizarro" (Sheridan). Rolla, Kemble; Alonzo, C. Kemble; Cora, Mrs. Jordan; Elvira, Mrs. Siddons.
1798-99.—Covent Garden.
"Lovers' Vows" (Inchbald). Frederick, Pope; Amelia, Mrs. H. Johnston.
"Ramah Droog" (Cobb). Sidney, Incledon.
"Jew and the Doctor" (T. Dibdin). Abednego, Fawcett.
"Laugh When You Can" (Reynolds). Gossamer, Lewis.
"Votary of Wealth" (Holman). Leonard, Pope; Julia, Mrs. Pope.
"Five Thousand a Year" (T. Dibdin). Fervid, Lewis; Maria, Miss Betterton.
"Birthday" (T. Dibdin). Captain Bertram, Munden.
"Fortune's Frolic" (Allingham). Robin Roughead, Fawcett.
1799-1800.—Drury Lane.
"Adelaide" (Pye). Richard, Kemble; Adelaide, Mrs. Siddons.
"Of Age To-Morrow" (T. Dibdin). Frederick, John Bannister.
"De Montfort" (Joanna Baillie). De Montfort, Kemble; Jane, Mrs. Siddons.
"Indiscretion" (Hoare). Maxim, King; Julia, Mrs. Jordan.
"Antonio" (Godwin). Antonio, Kemble; Helena, Mrs. Siddons.
1799-1800.—Covent Garden.
"Management" (Reynolds). Mist, Fawcett; Mrs. Dazzle, Mrs. Davenport.
"Turnpike Gate" (Knight). Crack, Munden.
"Joanna" (Cumberland, from Kotzebue). Joanna, Mrs. Pope.
"Speed the Plough" (Morton). Bob Handy, Fawcett.
"Paul and Virginia" (Cobb;—music by Mazzinghi). Paul, Incledon; Virginia, Mrs. H. Johnston.[140]
In the next chapter, we will examine something of the progress of the stage, as indicated by the above records.
Mrs. Yates as Mandane.