5. At the New Vauxhall Gardens, in St. George’s in the East.

6. That at the “White Horse,” Old Gravel Lane, near Hughes’s late riding-school, at the foot of Blackfriars Bridge.[127]

Disputes having frequently occurred as to the characters in which Garrick last appeared, by persons not sufficiently in possession of documents at hand to enable them to decide their controversies, I am induced to conclude that such disputants will be pleased to see a statement of the nights of his acting, the titles of the plays in which he performed, and the names of the characters which he represented, as well as those of the principal actresses who performed with him during the last year of his appearance on the stage. The original play-bills of the time, collected by the late Dr. Burney, now in the British Museum, have enabled me to give this information in the following chronological order:—

Nights of
Acting.		Title of Play.Names of Characters.
Jan.18.The Alchemist.Abel Drugger, Mr. Garrick. (Doll Common, by Mrs. Hopkins.)
20.The DiscoverySir Anthony Branville. (Lady Flutter, by Mrs. Abington.)
22.Ditto.Ditto.
24.Ditto.Ditto.
26.Ditto.Ditto.
29.Ditto.Ditto.
30.The Provoked WifeSir John Brute. (Lady Brute, by Miss Younge.)
31.Ditto.Ditto.
Feb.3.ZaraLusignan. (Zara, by Miss Younge.)
5.The Provoked WifeSir John Brute. (Lady Brute, by Miss Younge.)
7.The DiscoverySir Anthony Branville. (Lady Flutter, by Mrs. Abington.)
9.Every Man in his Humour.Kitely. (Mrs. Kitely, Mrs. Greville.)
12.Much Ado about Nothing.Benedict. (Beatrice, by Mrs. Abington.)
14.Rule a Wife and have a Wife.Leon. (Estifania, by Mrs. Abington.)
March6.ZaraLusignan. (Zara, by Miss Younge.)
7.ZaraLusignan. (Zara, by Miss Younge.)
April11.The Alchemist.Abel Drugger. (Doll Common, by Mrs. Hopkins.)
16.Much Ado about Nothing.Benedict. (Beatrice, by Mrs. Abington.)
25.Every Man in his Humour.Kitely. (Mrs. Kitely, by Mrs. Greville.)
27.HamletHamlet. (Ophelia, by Mrs. Smith.)
30.The Provoked Wife.Sir John Brute. (Lady Brute, Miss Younge.)
May2.Rule a Wife and have a Wife.Leon. (Estifania, Mrs. Abington)
7.The Stratagem.Archer. (Mrs. Sullen, Mrs. Abington.)
9.Much Ado about Nothing.Benedict. (Beatrice, by Mrs. Abington.)
13.King LearKing Lear. (Cordelia, Miss Younge.)
16.The WonderDon Felix. (Violante, by Mrs. Yates.)
21.King LearKing Lear. (Cordelia, by Miss Younge.)
23.The Suspicious Husband.Ranger. (Mrs. Strickland, Mrs. Siddons; Clarinda, Mrs. Abington.)
27.King Richard the Third.King Richard. (Lady Anne (first time), Mrs. Siddons.)
30.HamletHamlet. (Ophelia, by Mrs. Smith.)
31.The Suspicious Husband.Ranger. (Mrs. Strickland, Mrs. Siddons; Clarinda, Mrs. Abington.)
June1.Ditto.Ditto.
3.King Richard the Third.King Richard. (Lady Anne, by Mrs. Siddons.)
5.King Richard the Third.King Richard. (Lady Anne, by Mrs. Siddons.) By command of their Majesties.
8.King LearKing Lear. (Cordelia, Mrs. Younge.)
10.The WonderDon Felix. (Violante, by Mrs. Yates.)[128]

Notwithstanding it has been said that Mr. Garrick spoke slightingly of Mrs. Siddons’s talents, the above list incontrovertibly proves that he considered her powers sufficiently great to appear in principal characters with him no fewer than six nights of the last nine in which he performed.

I shall now subjoin a similar list of Mrs. Siddons’s nights of performance at Drury Lane Theatre, during the last year of Mr. Garrick’s acting.[129]

Jan.13, 15, 17.Epicœne, or The Silent Woman (as a Collegiate Lady).
Feb.1, 2, 3.The Blackamoor Washed White.
Between Feb. 15
and April 18
(22 nights).		The Runaway (as Miss Morley).
May23.The Suspicious Husband (as Mrs. Strickland).
24.The Runaway (as Miss Morley).
27.King Richard the Third (as Lady Anne).
31.The Suspicious Husband (as Mrs. Strickland).
June1.
3.King Richard the Third (as Lady Anne).
5.Ditto. Ditto. By command of their Majesties.