acted-it was not printed till the latter end of the year-Garrick in a short advertisement prefixed says, "this little Drama was brought out last season for "the benefit of Mr. King, as a token of regard for 66 one, who during a long engagement, was never "known, unless confined by real illness, to disap

point the public, or distress the managers"-the Prologue by Colman was so good and so well delivered, that King always spoke it till he left the stage.

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20. For bt. of Mrs. Yates. Medea. Jason - Gentleman Creon Smith: Eson Palmer: Lycander = Cautherley: 1st Colchian J. Aikin: Medea = Mrs. Yates Theano Mrs. Hopkins :-with Peep behind the Curtain-Smith usually played Jasonbut he seems on this night to have given up the part and to have played Creon to oblige Mrs. Yates-he had acted Creon at C. G.

21. Miss Younge's bt. Never acted there, Timanthes. Timanthes Smith: Demophoon Palmer: Cherinthus Brereton: Mathusius Jefferson: Ismena Miss Younge: Cephisa Young Lady.

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23. Smith's bt. Macbeth Smith: Macduff = Reddish Banquo Packer: Rosse J. Aikin: Malcolm = Cautherley: Witches Parsons, Moody and Baddeley Lady Macbeth Mrs. Yates: Lady Macduff Miss Sherry.

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25. Reddish's bt. Acted but once, Heroine of the Cave. Lorenzo Brereton :-rest as before-with Guardian. Heartly Reddish Sir Charles Clackit Parsons: Young Clackit Dodd: Lucy = Miss Pope: Harriet = Young Lady, her 1st appearance

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27. Mrs. Abington's bt. Hypocrite. Lady Lambert Mrs. Greville: (rest as usual) with, 2d time, Bon Ton with alterations-it was now reduced to 2 acts.

28. Vernon's bt. Suspicious Husband. Ranger = Vernon, 1st time: Frankly = Palmer, 1st time: Mrs. Strictland Mrs. Greville.

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April 3. School for Wives. Belville = Brereton, 1st time.

4. Dodd's bt. Twelfth Night, and Bon Ton, 3d time.

8. Miss Pope's bt. Funeral. Campley = Dodd: Lady Brumpton Miss Pope: Lady Harriet Mrs. Abington: Lady Charlot Mrs. Greville- -with Bon Ton, 4th time.

17. Moody's bt. Committee. Teague = Moody: -with, not acted 12 years, Phoebe, or the Beggar's Wedding. Hunter Vernon: Phoebe Mrs. Smith.

19. Weston's bt. Christmas Tale, with an Interlude called Weston's return from the Universities of Parnassus-and, not acted 3 years, Lethe. Lord Chalkstone = King: Fine Gentleman Dodd: Old Man Parsons: Drunken Man (by desire)=Weston: Æsop=J. Aikin: Frenchman = Baddeley Mercury Davies Fine Lady Miss Pope.

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20. Palmer's bt.-2d time for 16 years, Measure for Measure-with, never acted there, Henry and Emma. (from Prior) Henry Brereton: Eugenius= Palmer: Venus Mrs. Smith: Emma = Mrs. Baddeley.

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Worthy Du-Bellamy from C. G.: Recruits - Parsons and Weston: Melinda Mrs. Greville : Rose Miss Jarratt: Lucy Mrs. Davies: Sylvia = Miss Younge, being their 1st appearance in those cha

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24. For bt. of Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins. Earl of Warwick. King Edward Palmer, 1st time.

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29. Cymbeline. Posthumus Brereton, 1st time. May 1. Cautherley's bt. Mourning Bride. myn Smith: King J. Aikin: Garcia - Cautherley Zara Miss Younge: Almeria Mrs. Yates: -with, never acted there, Comus in 2 acts. Comus Cautherley: Lady Mrs. Baddeley.

2. Mrs. Smith's bt. Cymbeline, and, never acted, a Musical Entertainment called the Wish.

3. Brereton's bt. Venice Preserved. Jaffier = Brereton, 1st time: Pierre Smith: Belvidera = Miss Younge-with a new Comic Opera called the Quaker-Bannister-Dibdin-Davies-Mrs. Scott, and Young Lady, her 1st appearance on any stagethis C. O. was written by Dibdin, who seems to have acted Solomon-Steady means to marry Gillian, but on finding that she is attached to Lubin, he resigns her to him-see Oct. 7 1777.

5. Stratagem. Archer King: Scrub Yates, 1st appearance this season:—with Bon Ton.

6. Fashionable Lover. Tyrrel Brereton, 1st time.

8. Brothers. Sophia Mrs. Baddeley.

10. Conscious Lovers. Young Bevil Brereton, 1st time Sealand J. Aikin, 1st time: Indiana = Miss Younge.

12. For bt. of Waldron, and Mrs. Greville. All

for Love. Antony Smith: Ventidius Palmer : Dolabella Brereton, their 1st appearance in those characters: Cleopatra = Miss Younge: Octavia= Mrs. Greville, 1st time:-with, never acted, the Contrast, or the Jew and Married Courtezan. Sharp= Dodd: Blunt = Moody: the other characters by Baddeley, Mrs. Davies, &c.-not printed. r. b.

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13. Suspicious Husband. Ranger King: Mrs. Strictland Mrs. Baddeley: Jacintha Mrs. Davies, 1st time :—with a burlesque Opera, not acted 25 years, called Tom Thumb. Tom Master. Blanchard King Davies: Grizzle Bannister: Queen = Mrs. Wrighten: Huncamunca Mrs. Smith:

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19. West Indian. Charlotte Rusport Mrs. Mattocks from C. G. :—with Tom Thumb, 4th time.

25. Theatrical Fund. Wonder. Don Felix= Garrick-and Rival Candidates, 18th time-a new occasional Prologue by Palmer, and an occasional Epilogue by Garrick-pit and boxes laid together.

27. Matilda, 11th time, and Bon Ton 8th timelast play. (Bills from B. M.)

Garrick acted Lusignan 3 times-Kitely 2-Abel Drugger 2-Benedick 2-Archer 1-Brute 1-Leon 3-Don John 2-Felix 4-Hamlet was acted 3 times, but Smith certainly acted the part the 1st time, and probably on the 2 other nights.

F. Aikin left D. L. before the beginning of this season-J. Aikin was very injudiciously called Mr. Aikin in the bills.

C. G. 1774-1775.

Sept. 19. All's well that ends well. Countess= Mrs. Hull-rest as Dec. 3 1772.

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21. She Stoops to Conquer. Miss Neville Mrs. Lessingham.

23. Maid of the Mill-26. George Barnwell. 28. Love in a Village. Sir W. Meadows Quick, 1st time.

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30. Miser. Lovegold Shuter: Frederick = Wroughton Clerimont Whitfield: Ramilie Lee Lewes, 1st time: List=Quick: Lappet Mrs. Pitt: Mariana=Mrs. Bulkley: Harriet Mrs. Whitfield. Oct. 3. Elfrida. Athelwold Lewis, 1st time. 4. Alexander the Great Clinch: Clytus Clarke: Statira Mrs. Hartley: Roxana Mrs. Melmoth, 1st time.

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5. Beggar's Opera. Polly Mrs. Mattocks: Lucy = Miss Catley, 1st time.

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7. Conscious Lovers. Young Bevil = Lewis, 1st time: Tom Woodward: Myrtle Wroughton : Cimberton = Shuter: Sealand Clarke: Phillis= Mrs. Mattocks, 1st time: Indiana Young Lady, her 1st appearance on any stage.

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11. Not acted 8 years, Rehearsal. Bayes-Lee: Johnson = Lewis: (probably Lee Lewes) Smith= Clarke : other characters by Dunstall, Quick, Clinch, Miss Barsanti, &c.-Clinch, Dunstall, and Quick acted Volscius, Gentleman Usher, and Physician.

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13. Romeo and Juliet. Romeo Lewis, 1st time: Mercutio Woodward: Capulet Clarke, 1st time: