tar. = 13. Deuce is in him. Col. Tamper = Stanley : Emily Mrs. Campbell :-Stanley played very well. 30. Mahomet. Alcanor Vandenhoff: Zaphna = Cooper from Liverpool :-with Timour the TarTimour Stanley :-the Horses, which had performed at C. G. with so much success, were greatly approved of at Bath, but they did not bring so much money to the theatre, as they would have done, if they had not been forestalled by another set of horses. Dec. 3. Earl of Essex = Cooper: Queen Elizabeth = Mrs. Weston: Rutland Mrs. Campbell. = 7. Country Lasses, revived. Modely Stanley : Freehold Vandenhoff: Aura Mrs. Mardyn. = 10. Blue Beard, with Horses. Stanley. 11. Lady's last Stake, revived. Brilliant Stanley: Lady Wronglove = 16. Maid of the Mill. = = Sir Harry Sycamore = Chatterley Giles - Comer :-with Lodoiska. Varbel=Chatterley: Kerah Khan Stanley :-the Horses were introduced-Comer played Giles, and several other country parts, very well-his acting was natural and simple, without any stage trick. = 28. Barbarossa. Achmet Warde, 1st app. : Zaphira Mrs. Campbell :-Warde at this time had not been long on the stage-he made a gradual improvement in his acting-and before he left Bath was deservedly a great favourite with the audience. 30. Love in a Village. Justice Woodcock = Chatterley Rosetta Miss Stephens :-she acted 5 nights. Jan. 4. Mrs. Campbell's bt. Doubtful Son. Malvogli= Vandenhoff: Leon Warde: Marchioness = Mrs. Campbell. 11. Suspicious Husband. Ranger Stanley : Clarinda Mrs. Jordan, 1st time she played this part with a view of playing it in London, but she told me she would never act it again, as she was not satisfied with her own performance-it was however as good as that of her other fine ladies-her mode of thanking Strictland for his civilities was in her best style of acting-Mrs. Jordan acted 10 nights on the whole. Feb. 1. Miller and his Men. Grindoff-Gomery : Lothair Stanley :-this piece was gotten up very well. 11. For bt. of Brownell. Which is the Man? Belville Stanley: Beauchamp = Warde. = March 5. Mrs. Vining's bt. Rivals. Sir Antony Absolute = Chatterley: Capt. Absolute = Stanley : Faulkland = Warde: Julia Mrs. Vining:Mrs. Vining was rather a favourite with the audienceand in parts which were not beyond her powers, she had considerable merit-she was the wife, or the friend, of the elder Vining-and a different actress from Miss Bew who married Frederick Vining. 12. Charlton's bt. Never acted on any stage, Zulieman, or Love and Penitence. Fernando (Marquis of Ferriera) = Vandenhoff: Emanuel (Duke of Braganza, disguised as a Renegade under the name of Zulieman) = Bengough: Casario (his son) = : Stanley Moors conspiring against Zulieman = Charlton, &c.: Bacbarah = Chatterley: Cecilia (wife to Fernando)= Mrs. Weston: Sylvia (his daughter) Mrs. Vining:-not acted a 2d time-this was a musical Drama in 3 acts-the bulk of it was serious -the principal incident-that of the engraving on the rock - was certainly taken from the Desert Island-(see D. L. Jan. 24 1760)-probably more -the characters of Fernando, Cecilia, and Sylvia were perhaps founded on those of Ferdinand, Constantia, and Sylvia, in Murphy's piece-Zulieman is not printed. = 17. First time, Orphan of the Castle, or the Black Banner. Abbot of Corbey Ash: Prince Palatine Vandenhoff: Young Ravensberg - Warde: Christopher Woulds: Oliver Ayliffe: Baron Ravensberg-Charlton: Agnes Mrs. Vining: Ulrica = Miss Greville Countess Roland Mrs. Cunningham - this play was an alteration of the Free : = Knights, or the Edict of Charlemagne. -Dimond omitted the character of Count Roland-added a striking scene from the 4th act of the Secret Tribunal-and made other additions from the Romance of Herman of Unna, on which both these pieces were founded-Reynolds' play was greatly improved, but the expense bestowed on it would have been better bestowed on a better play. April Kemble acted 15 nights. 17. Road to Ruin. Goldfinch = Mathews: Harry Dornton Warde :—with Sleep Walker. Somno = Mathews-On the 16th, one of the coaches in which the Bath Company were going to Bristol, was overturned-Chatterley made a shift to act Silky-his name was in the bill for Dr. Cantwell, but he was too ill to act. 19. Hypocrite. : Maw-worm = Mathews: Col. Lambert = Stanley with Killing no Murder. Buskin Mathews:-Mathews in Maw-worm was truly comic. = 21. Good-natured Man, in 3 acts. Croaker = Mathews with Sleep Walker-Mathews acted Croaker very well, but the play on the whole went off very flatly. Col. Feignwell = 24. Bold Stroke for a Wife. Mathews Periwinkle = Chatterley: - Iwith Dead Alive Motley Mathews :-Mathews acted Feignwell pretty well, but was very bad in the tags. = 26. Mathews acted Dr. Pother, and Lying Valet. 28. For bt. of Mathews. Who wants a Guinea? in 3 acts. Solomon Gundy Solomon Gundy = Mathews: Jonathan Oldskirt = Chatterley :-after which, the 1st act of Love a-la-Mode. Sir Archy = Mathews, after Cooke's manner :-a Dissertation on Hobbies, in humble imitation of the celebrated Amateur of Fashion-and Killing no Murder-in the course of the Farce, Kemble-Cooke- Munden -- FawcettBannister-Blanchard Braham - and Incledon, will give their different ideas how Hamlet's advice to the players should be delivered Mathews in his imitation of Cooke as Sir Archy was correct and perfect-but in general he was apt to give a caricature rather than an exact likeness of the performer whom he imitated-this was particularly the case with his Kemble as Penruddock-nothing could be more diverting than Hamlet's advice as above, but much of it was an unfair imitation-Mathews in his imitation of the Amateur, was ridiculous to the last degree, but an actor, who had heard the Amateur recite the Hobbies, assured me, that Mathews was not more absurd than the Amateur himself. = 31, For bt. of Miss Summers. Miller and his Men, with Intrigue. Capt. Rambleton Stanley: Tom = Chatterley: Ellen = Mrs. Chatterley :- and the Pageant of the Jubilee, as originally performed at Stratford upon Avon, in commemoration of Shakspeare-an unpardonable mistake was committed on this evening-the scene selected as a specimen of King Lear, was that in which Edgar rescues Cordelia from the Ruffians. In the course of the season Warde acted-George Barnwell-Young Norval-Oroonoko-Rolla-Frederick Bertram-Edgar in King Lear-Portius — Capt. Ambush-Posthumus-Woodville in Chapter of Accidents, &c. Stanley acted-Don Felix-Campley in Funeral -Henry 5th-Ribemont in Black Prince, &c. |