The Pre-Victorian Drama

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P RE - VI CTO RIAN D RAMA

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P R OFE S S OR W DO DEN, of Trinity College, Dublin , writes

Octo ber i m 1 8 0 . , 9 4 "Your ‘ Pre -Victorian Drama in Dublin ’ seems to m e a very valuable piece of pio n ee r work in th e h istory of th e drama in Ireland . It must have cost

” you immense research .

P R E FA C E .

L D Dublin newspapers have been carefully f ﬁ studied in the preparation o this volume, and information h as been sought in other likely sources . Sh akespere is so much read that the chapter referring to his plays is almost conﬁned to dates and the relative popularity of the various plays . Concerning the other dramatists and the chief

e m players, it is hoped that much inter sting atter is supplied . It appears a pity that educated people s hould know a little about Greek , Latin , German ,

French , and even Spa nish dramas , and remain f ignorant about the dramas o their o wn country . T h e author regrets that his knowledge o f music is so slight that he can only write about the books

f . m o musical plays However , even usical critics will be placed in a better position to give an Opinion o n the works that entertained o ur ancestors . PREFAC E .

T h e test relied on is simply popularity ; a n d n o h better can be adopted in t e case of entertainments , for managers and players were keenly alive to th eir o wn interests and the public insisted o n taste bei n g gratiﬁed . Popularity measured th e interest o f the

e manager, the capacity of the player , and the pleasur o f the people .

This little volume is so great an advance o n any it thing presented before , that may be called a " o f pioneer , and one the ﬁrst that ever burst into

” that silen t se a .

No apology is made for the title , because Dublin i saw the best in the Emp re, both of players and plays . It would have bee n far easier to have made a w similar book about London , because a riter could have found much undigested material in Genest and

h ad n other authors here , a search to be made amo g all the old newspapers in Trinity College and in the National Library ; but Dublin people like their o ld city . Some delay and change were caused by an illness o f the author .

S . C . HUGHES .

GM N G WI ORE , RA ELA H ,

October l o t/z, 190 4 . C O N T E N T S .

C LI O t A H I S TORIC AL S KET C H MELP OME N E A N D THALIA : S HA KE S P E R E MELP OME N E : TRAG ED IE S THALIA A : COMED IES O F T H E U S UAL LE N GT H

: T C M D S N T D S A N D THALIA B SHOR O E IE , I ERLU E ,

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TERP S IC HORE A : MU S ICAL PLAY S O F T H E U S UAL

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TERP S I C H ORE B : S H O R T M U S ICAL PLAY S

A P P E N D I X

THE

PRE-VI CTORI AN DRAMA D B I U L N.

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N e d D ublin , as els where , the rama began with

. e in the religion At East rtide, fourteenth

n e th e ce tury , a miracl play was seen at Church

h the e Fisham l — Of S . Jo n Evang list in b e Street than which o n ly two Older in the Empire are known by the

a 1 8 . e h th e R e su rr e c Athen eum Press , 9 7 It d als wit

- tion and is a well developed play . I t is surely

Fish am bl the striking to ﬁnd it in e Street , near scene h i Of t e glor es Of the Music Hall , and Of Smock Alley P ’ Theatre . Gilbert mentions a mystery at S . atrick s

1 0 . o r a e in 5 9 Mysteries, moralities, ppear d also at

h r 8 Hoggin Green before t e Earl Of Ossory in 53 .

T he e h ﬁrst theatre in Dublin was in W rburg Street , ’ e h n som w ere between Hoey s Court a d Ship Street , h and was erected by John Ogilby, a Scotc man , who B - 2 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

‘ was Deputy Master Of the Reve ls und e r the Earl Of

1 6 — 1 6 1 h e Strafford . Its period was 3 5 4 . This t eatr d was closed u n der Puritan inﬂu e n ce . Ogilby re turne

n h n e e e n to Lo don , and wit i domitabl courag l ar ed Gre ek and La tin well e n ough to tran slate Virgil an d

h h his Homer . Wit Morgan , the usband Of step

h h n . daugh te r , e Opened a publis i g ﬁrm James

th e 1 6- 1 666 Sh irley, dramatist ( 59 ) managed Werburgh

1 6 6—1 6 0 h Street , 3 4 ; he wrote plays for it imself, and h prologues fo r oth e r plays . T h e t eatre was rated in

h m e r 1 64 i u n der t e na e Of a Mr . P r y . William

e th e n Cooke , a play r, was rated in parish Of S . Joh .

’ ’ A John Cooke wrote Green s Tu Quoqu e and a n Alexande r Cooke was o n e Of th e original players in

‘ ’ Volpone . ’ Sh irley s o wn plays in W e rburgh Street were ’ h h a S . Patrick for Ireland , in w ich t ere was a m gical ’ T h e n T h e ’ bracel e t Consta t Maid , Royal Master, ’ ’ ’ ’ ‘ he ‘ i . t T h R o sa n a, S Alban s , Look to Lady , e ’ e Gentleman Of Ve nice . He wrot prologues for T h e

’ ‘ ’ ’ N O Al chemist , Wit , no Help but a Woman s , by

‘ ’ ‘ ’ e T h e h n T o Thomas Middl ton ; Iris Ge t , The y, ’ ’ T h e General ; La n dg a r t ha was by Henry Burnell

e T h e n h n an d there was a play call d Lo don Merc a t , written by Ogilby himself. The impression left by Shirley ’ s prologues is that - bear -baiting and cudge l playi n g were more to th e taste Of o u r ancestors than plays . Ogilby th e indomitable came back in 1 66I with C LIO 3

' h n a m a n wh o h a d Sir T omas Sta ley , Cambridge , ‘ ’ tra nslated The Clouds Of Aristophanes . They

in 6 f built a theatre Smock Alley , 3 eet wide and I 39

e o n f et deep , a site Obtained from Sir Francis

. in 1 2 1 Brewster It was opened 66 , rebuilt in 73 5,

1 8 8 T h e h and closed in 7 . Roman Cat olic Church

h a n d o n th e e Of SS . Mic ael John was dedicated sit

z r st 1 8 1 o n December , 3 . T h e acoustic properties were e xcellent ; but the

n e d f arrow stre ts approaching it were most i ﬁcult .

-in - th h h John Dunton , brother law to e mot er o f Jo n

e 1 6 8 . h We sl y , visited it in 9 He says t ere were a

e a n d stag , two galleries , a pit , upper boxes , a music

b u t h e d id n h loft . The players were good ; o t relis

th e . h . the Squire Of Alsatia Of T S adwell By way ,

h h he h h h S adwell , t ough did not like to be t oug t Iris ,

h ad was son Of a Galway Recorder, and one so n in

h n in th e t e Dubli Civil Service, and another Colleg e

livi n g Of Ardtrea . Hitchcock imagined that Smock Alley was closed

1 6 2 1 6 h from 7 to 93 , t at is, from the retirement Of Ogilby till after the Re volution ; but there is the

h e h clearest proof t at this is a mistak , and t ere was no

wh h h . th e reason y it s ould ave been closed Now ,

n h th eatre was rated duri g all t at period , except in the

1 6 0 1 6 1 1 6 2 . troubled years , 9 , 9 , and 9 Further, well

e known players wer rated , and baptisms and fu n erals

n h e h i t ir families occur in the Paris Books . But th e h truth is , t at we have very scant informati o n about T H E P R E - C 4 VI TORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN. the plays re pre sen ted in the e arly days of Smock

. n n o Alley Dubli had Pepys to write a diary ,

A n li an - and no Roscius g c u s to collect Old play bills . The earli e st reference o f the kind is quoted by

. e n r . e o f 1 1 n Mr H y F B rry from a letter 7 3 , me tioning ’ The Rival Queens .

e o f th Howev r, we know four adaptations from e — French three from Corneille , and one from Quinault — . i a th e rin e h h e made by Mrs I P ilips and Jo n Danc r , e 1 6 all printed as played in Dublin b fore 75. T h e earliest manag e ment o f Smock All e y was in h e h t hands of Joseph Ashbury and Jo n Richards , ’ his wife s broth e r .

bo 1 6 8 Ashbury was rn in London in 3 , and was an

n the o n f Eto b o y . He served in army the side o the

he d a n d o n o f th Round a s, , subsequently , the side e him Royalists . Ormond appointed Deputy Master

in 1 662 h e n Of the Revels , and thus became co nected

- with the drama in Smock Alley . He and his so n in

e th e law, Thomas Elrington , stablished peculiar

Of e Dublin school playing, noted for its cl ar , bold

h e h d e locution , whic was for a whil overs a owed by

’ C arrick s sch ool Of grimace and play o f features .

T he R th e embles, however , reverted to Older methods .

n m e Besides Elri gton , any oth r famous players were

n h W trai ed under As bury notably , ilks , Norris ,

e h an d all t Dogg tt , Boot , Quin ; the latter migrated o

Lon don.

TH E P R E - 6 VICTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

ariho e d however, were y at the interference , and a

h R ain sfo rd e t eatre was at once Opened in Str et , in

h o f D n h o n t e Liberty o ore . This t eatre Opened

e u th 1 n F br ary s , 73 3, under the manageme t Of Lewis ’ e D uval and B njamin Husband , with Congreve s Love ’ in for Love . Smock Alley was sad need Of repairs , and th e n o bility a n d gentry de termined to build a

th e new theatre, and to put it under control Of a huge

f - h A u n i r comm ittee o thirty six. A site was c osen in g e h th e Street, at the nort corner of Longford Street ; S - urveyor General , Sir Edward Lovet Pearce, was the

h c n arc ite t, and he failed in the very eleme tary pro pe rty o f acoustics . It was opened with great pomp ’ ‘ th 1 h Far u h ar s c n on March 9 , 733, wit q Re ruiti g ’ h f Oﬁi c e rs . T e views o the committee were lofty good plays , good players ; proﬁts not to be con

sid e r ed .

The A u n gier Street theatre ha d quite a short h istory ; goo d plays and operas were seen there till

e 1 1 74 7. Operas w re played once a week in 750 and in 1 753 ; there were al so a few fashionable h assemblies , and t en it is heard o f no more .

’ Margaret W o fﬁn g to n s ﬁrst spoken part was that o f

e A u n ier r o n e th 1 . Oph lia in g St eet , F bruary 9 , 73g

e her an d h r Her , also , was friend , Isaac Sparks anot e friend , John Barrington , a few years later , sang and danced here his R o ra to r io s in derision Of the Oratorios in Fish am ble Street . Here Dublin people saw ’ ’ ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ T h e Comus , Henry VI I I , As You Like It , CLIO . 7

’ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ e d e Winter s Tale , The T mpest , an M asure for

’ . A u Measure n gie r Street was visited by Quin ,

B . h e . . elane , Mrs Clive , Mrs . T o Cibber, Mrs Arne,

. n a n d . Mrs Rey olds , Mrs Bellamy . T he R ain sfo r d Stre e t house had a still short e r

1 th r th e h H o n . career, for , on January 3 , y3g , Rig t

n Of the e e Edward Hopki s , Master Rev ls, gav a patent h to Lewis Duval to restore Smock Alle y . T is was

the th e R ain sfo rd done by aid Of subscriptions , and ’ e h h Street Company migrat d t it er, and opened on ’ e 1 th 1 . Nov mber s , 73 5, with Henry IV , Part I No ma n age r was more liberal in beneﬁt plays for h ch arities than Duval . I t was he that secured t e ﬁrst

c 1 2 . n visit of Garri k , in 74 He resig ed the manage

i in 1 an d e n his l ment 74 3 , j oyed a beneﬁt from O d th eatre till h is death in 1 766. He was buried at W ’ . r th e n e rb u h s . S g at adva ced age Of ninety , after

n h - worki g in Dublin for t irty s e ven years .

h e fo r T omas Phillips ﬁll d the gap a short time ; but ,

1 A u n ier e e in 744 , g Str et and Smock Alley w re place d

n h n u der t e same manageme t , and public Opinion

e n wh o cl arly i dicated should take up the re ins , n e h wh o his am ly, young Thomas S eridan , had made

h o n th 1 . ﬁrst appearance as Ric ard I II , January 9 , 74 3 Thomas Sheridan was man ager for twenty-three ye ars ,

excepting a period Of two years , when Smock Alley

n was let by h im to Victor and S o wdo .

h 1 1 — 1 8 8 o f th T omas Sheridan , 7 9 7 , was a son e

R ev . h n D . D . o f Thomas S erida , , who lost his chance P R - 8 T H E E VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

’ promotion by preachi n g O n Kin g G e orge s birthday from the text S u ﬁi c ien t unto t h e day is th e evil ” a c h h l th e reof. He h d a private s ool at t e O d Mint

e n h was a n d in Capel Street , wher you g T omas born

h h e h e was afterwards admaster Of the Royal Sc ool ,

Cavan . Young Sheridan was educated at Westminster

n e u h e n School and Tri ity Colleg , D blin , where Obtai ed

h 1 8 a n d i c o n a Scholars ip in 73 . Oxford Cambr dge ferred hon orar y d egrees o n him for his lectures On th e

pronunciation Of the English lan guage . His later

e n a n d h e e years wer spe nt in Engla d , was buri d at

h f . e in h n . the C urch o S P ter, T a et His wife was a

h n h o f th e h Miss C amberlai , daug ter Arc deacon Of

Glen alo u h T h e he i e en d g . S r dans wer close fri ds Of

e the f h h . D an Swift, and Dean was god at er to T omas Before his marriage he lived in Fl e et Stre et and in

we h e e e n 1 2 Lo r Exc ang Str et , subs que tly , in Dorset

’ e h e e his h e . G a rric k s Str et , w r c ildr n were born second

’ i was in h n v sit to Dublin S eridan s time . D ubli was

W o ed wa rd n an d T h e0 . C ib b e r . also visited by , Mackli ,

a n d o n th e The great rivals , Barry Mossop, appeared

e his e— h e e 1 th stag in tim Barry , as Ot llo, F bruary s ,

1 1 6th 1 . 74 g ; and Mossop , as Zanga , November , 749

n h e e b o h 1 0 — 1 8 0 A ot er W stminst r y , T omas King , 73 5,

1 0 1 8 e played in Dublin from 75 to 75 , and r turned to

London as th e leading comedian o f Drury Lane . He

a n d h Of fu n . h was tall dark , wit a face full T omas

h his so n h S eridan has been eclipsed by , Ric ard m a n Brinsley but he was a brilliant in every way , winning laurels as a scholar , a player, and a manager .

h n n e The Sh e ridan family , and t eir co nectio s , w re more closely identiﬁed with the drama than a n y others w known to us . His father wrote ; Dean S ift wrote ;

h e w so n h Thomas wrote ims lf; his ife wrote ; his , Ric ard

n his h . e P Bri sley , wrote daug ters, Mrs Jos ph Le anu

- - . Fa n u in l w and Mrs Henry Le , wro te ; a brother a ,

Fa nu h Peter Le , wrote ; a brother, Ric ard , played ; th h r n e descendant of another sister , James S e ida h Knowles , played and wrote ; a Miss S eridan appe ared at Crow Street in th e begi n n in g o f th e last c e ntury ;

n u Fi h a m bl and a Miss L e P a at s e Stree t . Thomas

h n h h d S hak es e re S erida was t oroug ly evoted to p , for wh ose plays Smock All e y was ligh ted with wax

a h a d h c ndles . He two severe struggles wit sections o f th e o n e 1 e Dublin public ; , in 74 7, for ej cting from

- e wh o the green room a student named K lly, had

T h 1 insulted o n e o f his players . e trouble in 754 - originated with the Beef steak Club . This club h a d — become very aristocratic lords , commons , the Pro

W o tﬁn to n vost , all Tories ; Miss g presided at the

n n dinners . The you g Whigs rese ted the club , and ’ d o f emanded an encore a speech in Mahomet . With

o f o n h want tact, he produced the same play t at day

h . T h mont , refusing the encore e Whigs wrecked the - i . theatre , and Sher dan sub let it for two years I n

1 6 75 he returned , made an apology , and ﬁnally retired

1 8 in 75 , when Crow Street was about to be Opened as a rival theatre . 1 0 T H E P R E - VI CTOR IAN -DR AMA IN DUBLIN .

e e x o f Quite early in his car r , he had e perience a

h e h n rival t eatr . W e A u n gier Street and Smock Alley

e m e n 1 came und r one anag me t in 744 , all the players

n o t e n a n d th e d were r tai ed , iscarded members, under h h h ’ T omas P illips , Opened a small t eatre in Mary s

e o n 1 th 1 h Abbey, Off Capel Str et, January 7 , 743, wit

‘ ’ e e h h e b e The M rchant Of V nice . T is t atre must e d e i f a n d r gar ed as in the ﬁrst rank , k ep ng a good sta f,

n e aspiring to the best plays . In it Dubli peopl

’ d e witnessed, for the ﬁrst time, Hoa ley s gr at comedy,

‘ ’ n th 1 . T he The Suspicious Husba d , April 24 , 74 7

h e h rivalry only lasted t r e years , but S eridan was d e termined not to re main at Smock Alley in a

r st uggle with Crow Street . Two famous women playe d for Sherida n at Smock

f h n in Alley , though most o t eir career was spe t

n W ﬁi n —1 . o to n 6o Londo Miss Margaret g , 7 ,

o f W o fﬁn to n in the daughter John g , a work g mason , wh o died leaving a widow and two small girls ; and

A n n e 1 1 — 1 8 8 th e George B llamy , 73 7 , ille gitimate

h o f a n h h v e rv daug ter Iris nobleman . Bot were c a e h in apabl e pl y rs b o t tragedy and comedy . ’ W o tﬁn to n wa s h Miss g tall , with dark air and eye d d h ad n . h brows , and a goo complexio S e j oine

’ 1 0 a n learn Madame Violante s booth in 73 , d ed to

c . sing, dan e, and play small parts In South Great

’ ’ ’ George s Street she was Polly in The Beggar s Opera .

u th 1 A u n ier On Febr ary 9 , 73g, she appeared at g

n Street as Ophelia, and closed her short and brillia t ‘ CLIO . 1 t

1 f career at Covent Garden in 757, in th e part o

n Rosalind . Garrick , Mackli , and she set up house 6 ke e ping together a t B o w Stre e t , London and there was a contract Of marriage b e twe e n h e r and Garrick

but all her ways were Boh e mian a n d irre gular . Her h h t t e . younger sister Mary married e Rev. Hon

Robert Cholmondele y . Margaret was generous and - large hearted towards struggling players , but j ealous - b and foul tongued to rivals , and went so far as to sta

n n Miss Bellamy on the stage . Her Lo do rivals in

. h . he playing were Mrs . Clive and Mrs Pritc ard S

e 1 0 n w nt to Covent Garden in 74 , but was back i — 1 2 1 1 1 . Dublin in 74 , and again 75 754 Miss B ellamy

blu ~ ed was small , e ey , very petulant and capricious in

e e e t mper, and became dissipat d and irr gular in her conduct . She came from Covent Garden to Dublin

1 2 h e 1 . in 74 , w ere she stay d till 74 5 She spent

1 60 — 1 61 he another winter season in Dublin in 7 7 . S w h a s t e original Dublin Juliet and Beatrice . Isaac Sparks was the genius o f low comedy in

1 0 t 1 6 h h Dublin from 73 o 77 , wit t e e xc e ption Of a f n e w . years in Lo don His tall , corpulent ﬁgure was o n - many sign boards through the city, as Captain ’ ’ B lu n r h O de , the brave Irishman Of Thomas S eridan s

’ . h farce He began in Madame Violante s boot . His

-in - son Richard , and his daughter lawy formerly

Frances Ashmore , an excellent young Dublin player , h may be mentioned here , though t ey belong to a later

. n o t e . period Richard was a great play r Porter, a R - 1 2 T H E P E VICTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLI N .

e n f h police magistrat , connects the origi o t e word qu iz with Richard . T h e story is that Daly an d others we re discussing the histrionic ability Of Richard

in o n 2 1 1 in a tavern Eustace Street August I st, 79 , when Daly made a bet th at h e would inve n t a h im new word to describe , and have it accepted .

a Accordingly , he procured men to go round the city t

h h th e u iz o n nig t, and c alk word q every door and window . Next morning Dublin awoke to ﬁnd th e vocabulary enric hed .

Mrs . Frances Sparks was most versatile . Tragedy , — comedy , Opera , and farce all came alike to her . She adde d greatly to th e popularity in Dublin o f

Widow Brady and Clarissa . S h e playe d here from 1 765 to 1 779 ; from 1 78 3 to 1 78 5; and was back for h a few weeks lat e r . She would probably ave been h e n th e ff . t e perman ntly o sta ; but Mrs Daly , mana

’ e n o f . ger s wif , took up ma y her parts in comedy

‘ h n h n S e a d er husband lived in Smock Alley , a d in

n Upper Exch a ge Street . Be njami n Victor a n d John S o wd o n rented Smock — h n 1 1 6. S o wdo n Alley from S erida , 754 75 was a player Victor h ad given up an Irish linen house in

’ Pall Mall to become Sheridan s treasurer in 1 746.

a n d h h He a ﬁe c te d poetry theatrical istory , w ich

e . brought him no r nown He married Mary Danvers,

1 a n d a promising young player , who died in 757; in the next year he married Penelope Wolseley .

r a n d Bar y, Mossop , Woodward all played at Smock

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h for a short visit to L ondon . S e played for both h Mossop and Barry , with some caprice s e return e d

’ in 1 6 a n a to London 75 , d became at once G rric k s

e n e Sh e Queen Of Com dy at Drury La . never forgot

e sh e e e th a n Dublin , wher ﬁrst r c ived e training d e n courage ment that le d to hon our ; and visite d

n 1 8 1 8 6 1 0 1 d it agai in 77 , 7 , 79 , and 793 . Com e y

e in ev ry form was brilliantly played ; but, pro

‘ ’ e h r bably , Kitty in High Life B low Stairs was e

e e masterpi c . Everybody must admire the person ality of t his

e who e h e f n a n d resolut woman , rais d ers l from mea ,

’ h n n a n per aps , vicious surrou di gs to competence d

e e n e to est em , and Obtain d entra ce into circles d nied h most Of th e stage sisterh ood Of t e day . At h e r ﬁrst

e h 1 8 th 1 60 Dublin ben ﬁt, Marc , 7 , Abington was ‘ given a sp e aki n g-part as Justice Greedy in A N e w ’ ld e th n Way to Pay O D bts , but e experime t was n o t

a n d h e e e to th e repeated , was r legat d orchestra

e she n him inde d , was obliged to mai tain afterwards o n th e co n dition Of living apart . Whe n Madame Violante moved to South Great

’ ’ e e h e r h Fo wn e s s an d George s Str t , Old boot at Street Crow Street was turned into a music hall a n d assembly

th e h Fisha m b le room , somewhat Of same kind as t at in

e e . h h e Stre e t . On Tuesday v nings a Mr Jo nson ld

n n assemblie s in Crow Street . Saturday eve i gs were c laimed by Fisha m ble Street .

an d a In Crow Street , Barry Woodward , ided by 1 C LIO . 5

n w h e o f public subscriptions , bu ilt a e t eatr at a cost

d h o f th e h inclu ing t e purchase free old , which was essential to get a licence fo r playing . It ’ o n c e 2 rd 1 8 Cibb er s was opened O tob r 3 , , 75 , with ’ - S h e n o t . com e dy , Sh e would and would Sixty two ‘ e h a n d y ars later , it closed with Ric ard II I Rosina

h 1 8 2 0 . e o n May 1 3t , I t was in active Op ration about

ﬁft - h e e n fo r th e h y t re years , b i g ot er years closed , . because Smock Alley a n d Crow Stre et cam e under

h e n n . the same management , bot b i g used at i tervals Crow Street wrest e d from Smock Alley th e Ofﬁcial recognition Of b e ing th e Th eatre Royal in 1 759 . Spranger Barry and H e nry Woodward o n ly work e d

t . e d toge h er four years Barry lov costly pageants , and

w e n e Wood ard lov d costly pa tomimes , aft r the manner

o f Rich in Cove n t Gard e n . Th e y lost mo n e y i n st e ad

n a n d e n e of gaini g it , Woodward r tur ed to Cov nt

1 62 h n e h e Garden in 7 , from w e c had come . He was

a n d . a harlequin , a good low comedian B oth men

e h w re born in the same year , and died in t e sam e

year .

1 1 — 1 f Spranger Barry, 7 7 777, was a son o William

h in n e Barry , a goldsmit Ski n r Row , and was W ’ . e r b u r h s h c h h baptized in S g C ur , w ere the Barrys h and A rc hdalls sat in t e sam e p e w . H e was brought ’ n e up to his father s busi ss , and served as Constable

of the Watch in 1 74 1 . B usiness a n d he soo n pa rte d

h m e n company , and e ad a brillia t entrance o n the

o n e 1 th stage at Smock Alley, F bruary 5 , as 1 6 T H E P R E - C VI TORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

H e Othello . was already married , but his ﬁrst wife

appare ntly died in 1 764 . Nature was very bountiful

e to Barry : tall , grac ful , and possessing a voice o f

exquisite music and sweetness , he was th e ideal o f

a n H e h a tragedy d stately comedy . d spe nt thre e

n seasons in Dubli , and nearly ten in London , before th e Ope n i n g o f Crow Street . He spent n in e years in

n h Crow Street , and returned to Londo , w ere he was

. in 1 1 readily welcomed He revisited Dublin 77 ,

T h n 1 1 . e h 773 , and 774 Dubli people wis ed to have

f him his more o , but later years were sadly racked

1 h e with gout . In 777, was laid to rest in the

o f e his n e cloisters Westminst r , where seco d wif , the

in 1 8 0 1 . great player , followed His public life covered - thirty th re e ye ars o f rare splendour and popularity .

in Barry was at his best tragedy, and at his worst in

A n n opera . His great wife , Barry , was trained by

sh himself in Crow Street . Though e was married three times , we cannot call her by any other name than

Barry .

e 1 — 1 8 0 1 Ann Str et, 734 , was born in Bath , and never

h h e r k n ew the dept s of poverty, as mother settled a

th e h small annuity upon her, in hope t at she would h retire from th e stage . After two years in the E nglis

h h er provi n ces , s e and ﬁrst husband , Dancer , came

sh to Crow Street , where e appeared as Cordelia on

8 1 8 n November th , 75 . She had the unique experie ce Of playing at Crow Street in company with three

n . h usba ds , Dancer , Barry , and Crawford Dancer was

1 st 1 . Ranger o n March 3 , 759 1 C LIO . 7

wa s h Mrs . Barry tall , fair , graceful , shortsig ted , with

n h . brown e yes a d auburn air By training, slowly, but

e h er very sur ly, voice was modulated to the utmost sweetness . She was

ha a c u ee n who d a a h e c ea f e e e e T t tr gi q , r ws p t ti t rs rom v ry y , ” d h h e a h f e s e e e . A n d gla s t e rt wit so t st , w t st voic e

Her versatility , both in quality and quantity , has never been surpassed . Her pathos as Lady Randolph f could startle rows o spectators from their seats . Her

f r fun as Widow Brady , a part written o her by Garrick

n could keep them rippli g with laughter . English

sh e e n though was, she was b loved by the Dubli

n people . Mrs . Siddons, in their opi ion , could not approach her ; she never had the pathos, and she was

. . e h an utter failure in comedy Mrs Barry, as we d lig t

b 1 8 to call her still , continued to visit Du lin till 7 3 . She was quite unable to make Crawford a decent player .

1 2 8 — 1 Henry Mossop, 7 774, was a son of b o f Rev . John Mossop , Pre endary Kilmeen , Tuam , h and was educated at Dublin University , w ere he 1 hi Obtained a Scholarship in 74 7. He made s ﬁrst

e 1 6th 1 appearanc as Zanga , November , 74 9, under

. e Thomas Sheridan Mossop was a man Of cultur , and excellent in rugged tragedy . Zanga, indeed, was

s his best part . His attitude were ungraceful , partien l rl n e a y o with hand on hip , like a teapot ; but his v oice was clear and resonant , even in a whisper , and C 1 8 T H E P R E — N VI CTORIAN DRAMA I DUBLI N .

h h wonderful power s one from his aze l eyes . He h a d

h e o n n o n Spent t r e years the Dubli stage, and eight th e o n e n London e , b fore he made his ve ture in th e i Smock Alley . In ﬁerce r valry that ensued

e e th between Crow S tr et and Smock All y , e Viceregal Court supported t h e Theatre Royal ; but the Countess

e Of Brandon , and other great ladi s , gave their n i ﬂu e nce to Mossop . One might have e xpected the h h battle to be decided by tragedy, in w ich bot playe rs were distinguished ; but it was n o t so .

n th e E glish opera turned scale for Mossop , and

Barry retired from an untenable position .

1 6 o n In 7 5, Opera was seen in Smock Alley ninety

n a n o n thir t - six eveni gs , d in Crow Street , y four ; in

66 Al o n h - 1 7 , in Smock ley eig ty three evenings , and

n - in Crow Street o twenty eight . Mossop paid T en du c c i enormous sums to Ann Gatley and , and the

tl e wo n . vulgar Ca y the ﬁght , such as it was Barry

. e found work and friends in London Mossop, driv n

r o u t in turn about ﬁve yea s later , had no friends,

fe w found no work , and died with a coppers in his

- e pocket, after two years Of neglect and ill h alth . People said that Garrick could have come to his

n o t rescue , but generosity did overﬂow in the little

n manager o f Drury Lane . He would o t tolerate a rival near his o wn thr one .

atle 1 —1 8 h o f Ann C y, 74 5 7 9 , was the daug ter a hackney coachman in London . Macklin introduced her to Mossop in 1 764 . She stayed in Dublin pretty 1 CLIO . 9

till 1 0 a n d e o e n constantly 77 , revisit d it from C v t

n 1 1 1 6 1 1 8 . She Garde in 773 , 775, 77 , 777, and 77

n h ad a good soprano voice , but her man ers were

e coarse , and her life irregular, so that we f el somewhat d isgusted with the Dublin ladies who imitate d h er

’ hair brushed low o n the forehead Ca tliﬁe d was th e S he h ad h phrase . was economical , and boug t a good h ouse at Ealing, having saved In Dublin ,

1 8 . sh e lived in Dorset Street . She retired in 7 4 Her encore songs were ‘ Aileen Aroon ’ and ‘ Push about ’ the Jorum . h For some t ree years after the departure Of Barry , Mossop took matters very easily ; but o n February

2 6th 1 0 h , 77 , William Dawson Opened a rival t eatre in

‘ ’ th Of T he h Capel Street under e title City T eatre . ’ It was j ust above Mary s Lan e . Rand al Stretch had used the premises for many ye ars as a puppet-sh ow ; - and as the puppets did not require a green room, but h h simply ung wit their faces to the wall , the back f parlour o an adjacent shop was hired . It Opened

‘ ’ with Richard I II , and during the four years in which the company played together, it must be regarded as in the ﬁrst rank . In former days when Barry announced a new play at Crow Street, Mossop

to th e strained every nerve produce it on same nigh t , o r even before it ; now he found himself repaid in the same way by Dawson . And so it came about that

‘ ’ ‘ ’ The West Indian , She Stoops to Conquer , and ‘ ’ Lionel and Clarissa , were ﬁrst seen by Dublin - 2 0 T H E P R E VICTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

th e w people in little house in Capel Street . Da son played a little himself, but he brought o u t his great - step son , William Thomas Lewis , and he had Isaac ’ O Kee fe h S parks , Clinch , John , Miss As more , and

e e Miss L eson . Robert Mahon sang exc llently .

Cape l Street was visited , moreover , by Macklin ,

u the . Miss Yo nge, and younger Wilks

h e T omas Ryd r succeeded Mossop in 1 772 . He is h said to have been a Nottingham man . He broug t to Smock Alley great experience gath ere d in th e Irish

e . provinces, and was an excellent com dian h imself

1 After 774 he had no Opposition in Dublin , except

1 6 n for a few weeks in 77 , when opera was carried o in Crow Street by Michael Arne . Ryd e r moved his Compan y to Crow Street later in the same y e ar and

1 8 1 h e~r e si n e d th e in 7 g management to Richard Daly, becoming a simple player again . He spent 1 78 7

n to . at Covent Garde , and then returned Dublin He

r o f 1 0 was buried at D umcondra , at the age 55, in 79 . It was considered the highest treat to see Ryder and ‘ ’ n Mrs . Abington in a mi uet in High Life Below Stairs .

R e o n e th yder ﬁrst app ared at Smock Alley Decemb r 7 ,

1 n i . 757, u der Sher dan , as Captain Plume Richard

Daly , a Galway man , was a fellow commoner in

h e Trinity College, which he left wit out a d gree , being more noted for brawlin g than for study . He was a

- i c tall , well built man , w th a cast in his eye , whi h made h im a very dangerous swordsman . Macklin gave him f some training o r the stage , and he Spent some years

2 2 HE P E - T R VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

e Ke m bles to be help d to rise from a chair . The revived the Old D ublin declamatory playing ; and in

. sh e strong tragedy, Mrs Siddons had no superior, but

w h r had not the s eet pathos of Mrs . Barry , and e

‘ attempts at comedy made ladies weep . She was penurious a n d e ven greedy in her tran sactions with the beneﬁts Of poor Dublin players . Sh e visited

1 8 1 8 1 8 0 2 0 1 1 8 . D ublin in 7 3 , 7 4 , 793 , , and in 5 On

sh e Shak e s r her ﬁrst two visits played no pe e , though she subsequently became a great Lady Macbeth . Her son Henry was in Dublin in 1 79 7.

h 1 - 1 8 2 in John P ilip Kemble , 757 3, was educated

Douay . He learned his profession in Dubli n in 1 78 1 h and 1 78 2 . He was a far more versatile player t an

. h as e Mrs . Siddons He nev r been surpassed as

a n d Coriolanus Hamlet . He never forgot Dublin , e ven when h e became a London manager . He was h tall a n d d ere, in all , twelve times . He was igniﬁed .

h n 1 8 —1 8 2 2 th e Step e Kemble , 75 , was second

to ff brother . He was able play Falsta in Crow Street without paddi n g .

1 —1 8 h h e Charles Kemble , 775 54 , was the fourt brot r, and was also educated at Douay . He was tall , but h n ungainly ; e trained himself into the front ra k ,

h e n especially in comedy, in which was better tha

’ u e S arah o r John . He visited D blin in Jon s s time

1 1 1 8 1 1 8 1 1 8 2 1 8 0 1 8 . in 8 3 , 4 , 9 , 9 , 3 , and 3 5 His

e e wa s h wife , formerly Marie Th r se de Camp, wit

h 1 8 1 2 . him in 1 8 1 4 . S e was also in Crow Street in 2 C LIO . 3

h h - S e was a s ort , stout , dark eyed woman , and could play a n d sing . The Hitchcocks came to Crow Street from England ’ . h in Daly s time Robert imself was past his time , and was cont e nt to b e a prompter . He kept an

n e E glish school at 4 Clarendon Stre t, and ﬁlled up

‘ his leisure time with an incomplete Historical View ’ h T h h n o w e of t e Irish Stage . e ouse is absorb d in

’ . h Messrs . Switzer s Mrs . Hitchcock eld on as a o f useful player for thirty years, the same type as

- - ’ h th e h in o f O Ke efe . S he Mrs . Heap y, mot er law took her ﬁ n al b e neﬁt as Mrs . Malaprop on April

2 6th 1 8 1 0 . a n d , Miss Hitchcock played sang in

ﬁv e Dublin for years, and then married a young

wh o e o f a n d barrister, b came Recorder Dublin , was

n knight e d . You g Robe rt became a police magis ’ his h n trate . H e and sist e r s usband had bee Scholars together in Trinity College .

1 — n Frederick Edward Jones , 759 1 8 34 , commo ly

h e known as Buck Jones, was anot er Trinity Coll ge

h m V e in t n h s o . A man , ailing fro g , County Meat

his hi h n th e road still bears name , and s ouse o road ‘ ’ h l n liff till as the name C o e s unaltered . He was

o f 1 1 8 20 h manager Crow Street from 79 7 till , w en

D him n e w e the ublin people , weary Of , built a th atre in Hawkin s Street . T h e habit continu e d of relying - o n o ff o f . the season London players There were , h owever , in the permanent company , several players of great merit . 2 T H E P R E - 4 VICTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

1 8 - 1 8 0 Sarah Smith , 7 3 5 , Obtained an engagement

1 at Covent Garden in 80 5 but Mrs . Siddons being o n h o n 1 8 0 8 the t rone , she came to Crow Street in ,

h h 1 h n -ﬁv e w ere s e stayed till 1 8 1 . S e was then twe ty - h years Of age , tall , noble looking , and had a ric , m elodious voice . Trage dy and stately comedy were

a d 1 1 m gniﬁcently performe . In 8 4 she married

Sh e th e n George Bartley, a player . had pain Of losi g h both her c ildren by early death , and in her later h years she suffere d from partial paralysis . S e visited

h h 1 1 the United States wit her usband in 8 8 , and

n came to Hawki s Street with him in 1 8 2 1 . ’ O N e ill 1 1 - 1 8 2 e Of Eliza , 79 7 , daught r a stage

e h manager at Drogheda , succe ded Miss Smit at Crow

o n 1 1 th 1 8 1 1 . Street October , She appeared as

h . 8 1 Widow C eerly She stayed till 1 4 , but came back in 1 8 1 9— the last year o f her public life— before

e f . sh e marri d Wrixon Beecher , o County Cork She

e Of h had a Greek fac , and was middle heig t, with a

S h e slight stoop . was not so good a tragedian as

h a sh h er Miss Smith ; but , per ps , e surpassed in comedy .

m 1 8 — 1 8 2 Willia Augustus Conway , 7 9 9, was an

H e in e xcellent young playe r . was born West

n e . e mi ster, and educated at Barbado s He cam to

1 8 1 0 a n d Crow Street from the English Provinces in ,

1 n a the stayed till 1 8 3 . He visited Dubli gain in

1 1 6—1 a n d winter Of 8 8 1 7. Conway was tall hand

had e h h some , and brilliant locution , t oug he was 2 C LIO . 5

- ’ . H e O N e ill nervous was attached to Miss , with

a c id n whom he had Often played Romeo . He was c e tally drowned in America .

e n h Mrs . John Edwin , j unior, made two l gt y stays — - 1 8 0 1 8 0 8 a n d 1 8 1 1 8 1 8 . S h e in Crow Street, 4 , 5 was

. Sh e a good player, with wide range buried her ’ . We rb ur h s a ffe c husband at S g , from 3 Dame Street ,

a tio n tely attributing his death to hostile criticism . " He had been called th e lubbard spouse Of ” Mrs . Edwin . Poor woman "the worthless man was a victim Of brandy . Among the distinguished visitors who played in h Dublin , a igh place is justly due to Edmund Kean ,

1 8 -1 8 1 7 7 3 3 , and William Charles Macready , 793

1 8 73 . h Kean was son Of An n Carey, a granddaug ter Of ‘ ’ the Henry Care y who wrote Sally in o u r Alley .

a 1 8 1 a n He appeared t Drury Lane in 4 , d visited

1 1 1 Dublin eight times between 8 5 and 833 . He - was a small , dark eyed man , impetuous , and bad h tempered . His abits were irregular, and no amount o f o u t Of e earnings could keep him d bt .

o William C . Macready was a son f William

Macready, the Dublin player and dramatist . He th was a most careful and polished player , without e

o f o r genius Barry , Kemble , even Kean . He was

fo r th e . educated at Rugby , and was intended bar

i 1 8 1 1 8 1 6 1 8 26 1 8 0 1 8 2 He visited Dubl n in 5, , , 3 , 3 ,

1 8 1 . 33 , 8 34 , and 1 8 35 2 6 T HE P R E - I N VI CTORIAN DRAMA DUBLIN .

Charl e s I n c ledo n (1 763 son o f a Cornish - h - barber surgeon , was a c oir boy at Exeter Cathedral ,

h ra n Off the f e from whic he to sea ; o ﬁcers , howev r,

encourag e d him to follow up his singing . He had a

n tenor voice o f fourteen natural otes , and nine falsetto

n well n a n d ones . Opera needs playi g as as singi g, I n c le do n was not a good player ; his memory was

an d h is n poor, his accent vulgar, man er obtrusive ; he

e wore many rings and many seals , and carri d a - gold snuff box ; his type Ofte n appe ars . B e twe e n

1 1 1 1 79 and 8 9 he paid ﬁfteen visits to Dublin , sing ing leading parts in all th e m u sic al plays .

his Sometimes he chose sacred concerts for beneﬁts, and Obtained the service s o f the cat hedral choristers . His charm lay in ballad -singing ; and his encores

’ ‘ ’ - e n included Black ey d Susa , Tom Bowling , Sally ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ in Our Alley , Old Towler , The Storm, The

’ ’ h wh a . H Deat of Benbow , and Scots hae e lodg e d in Dame Street and College Green .

1 -1 8 6 John Braham , 774 5 , was born in London o f e w n H bre parentage , and reared by Leo i . He

n n we t to Italy to study in 1 79 7, and sa g with Nancy h Storace o n t e Continent , returning to London in

1 8 0 1 . He was a short, stout man , and had a tenor voice of very wide range ; he inj ured it by forcing it H in unnecessary display. e received enormous h h wages , most Of w ic he lost in theatrical buildings .

n His daughter , Frances , married four times , includi g among h e r husban ds Earl Wa ldeg rav e and Lord C LIO . 2 7

h ’ ‘ Carlingford . Bra am s great encores were Robin

’ ‘ ’ h is o wn Adair , and the tenor part in duet , All s

’ ‘ in Well , from the opera , The English Fleet ’ o f . Also The Death Nelson , his own composition

1 8 6-1 8 Charles Edward Horn , 7 49, was a son of a ’

. e . German who was organist at S Georg s , Windsor

ha e His voice d both tenor and bariton notes . Like

he Braham , he was a composer and we owe him C rry

’ ’ n n Ripe , and the duet , I know a Ba k . He sa g in - w Du blin 1 8 1 7 1 8 1 9 . His encores were Scots h a ’ ‘ ’ ha e h Of n , The Deat Nelson , and The Mi strel ’ Boy .

1 8 2- 1 8 8 h a d Thomas Simpson Cooke, 7 4 , a musical warehouse in 4 5 Dame Street . He sang in Crow — 1 8 1 1 1 8 1 . Street, 4 , and then went to Drury Lane He

1 8 1 1 8 1 6. f was back in 5 and His wi e also sang .

h h 1 —1 8 1 n T omas P ilipps , 774 4 , Spe t nearly ten w ye ars in Cro Street between 1 8 0 1 and 1 8 1 7. T he author Of Familiar Epistles was severe o n him

n h fu l o f a c e Smirki g P ilipps , l gr s ,

h fee e c e e t e e a n d u e Wit bl voi , y sw t tr

B u t o f his e a n h a pip so v i wit l ,

h a fa h h e n e e n a t a ll . T t, it , v r si gs

G ri lie tta n Mrs . Lazenby and her sister, Miss g , sa g in — Crow Stre et in 1 8 1 6 1 8 1 8 . T h e former married

a h George L zenby , who had an Italian ware ouse in

e 34 Parliament Street . The ﬁrm is now in Wigmor ’ G ri lie tta s Street , Portman Square , London . Miss g ’ ’ ‘ ‘ e n T h e encores were Lov s You g Dream , Last ’ ’ a n d e O f th e . Rose Of Summer , The Me ting Waters H P - 2 8 T E R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

’ T he precocious Infant Roscius , William Henry

1 1 - 1 8 West Betty , 79 74 , was in Dublin two months,

m 1 0 1 0 fro November, 9 3 , till January , 9 4 , playing nine times . William Farren was another great comedian w ho

n e e d owed his training to Dubli . He may be consid r

o f th e the successor Tom King , so far as part of

Lord Ogilby is con cerned . He went to Covent

1 8 1 8 n Garden in , but soon retur ed to be associated

n i the management o f Crow Street . He was great fun as Sir Peter Teazle . We have noticed in this ch apter all th e Dublin th e atres that can claim the ﬁrst ran k within the period

T he f e ﬂb rt m discussed . aint ade by Brunswick

1 8 1 8 e 1 8 Street in 3 3 and 3 7, and Abb y Street in 3 5

n 1 8 3 7 n e ed scarc ely be considered . It remai s that a sh ort account Of Fisha m b le Music Hall and Theatre h s ould be given . T he music hall was built in 1 74 1 in 2 0 Fish am ble

’

a . Street , and was j ust in time for H ndel s Oratorios

1 2 1 6 w n Its glorious period was from 74 till 7 9 , he its functions began to be drawn Off to th e Rotunda and to Ran e lagh Gardens . It was in no respect like a

h o f th e h modern t eatre varieties , but sc ool and scene f th o e . best classical music , sacred and secular There were to be heard oratorios , serenatas , masques , and

n d n concerts . There were held charity balls ; a o h th Saturday evenings throug out e season , an Assembly

Room , under the careful management o f Mrs . Walker

0 T H E P R E - C M 3 VI TORIAN DRA A I N DUBLIN .

’ Gay Acis an d Galatea ’ Dryden Alexand e r s Feast

’ Milton L A lleg ro a n d I l Penseroso Dryden The Triumph o f Virtue The Triumph o f Cupid ’ L E n dim io n e

Mallet Alfred the Great Dr . T. A . Arne .

T h e followin g dramas were played for charities at h ’ ’ ’ t is early period Beggar s Opera, Phaedra, ’ ’ l l a . P hi o c e , and The Mock Doctor

Fisham b le Street became a private theatre in 1 777. I t was Often used by ofﬁcers and other amateurs fo r

. th f charities Finally , it sank to e position o third

1 8 6 class theatre, and lingered as such till 7. m elpom ene ano Ub alia .

S H A KE S P E R E .

H ERE is no record o r tradition o f the following plays having b e en seen in D ublin with i n th e period covered by our search Titus Andro

’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ n ic u s , Henry VI , in any of its parts, Love s

’ ’ ’ T h e f Labour s Lost , Two Gentlemen o Verona , ’ ’ ‘ o f ‘ The Taming the Shrew , Troilus and Cressida, ’ - ’ Antony and Cleopatra, Pericles . T h e other plays we shall simply set forth in d d o f accor ance with the ate their origin , as con

ec tu re d. h j by Professor Dowden , wit out classifying

& c . them as tragedies , comedies , m e s Ti . ’ T h e Comedy o f Errors 2 9 ’ ’ A Midsummer Night s Dream I ’ Richard I II 2 4 5 ’ Rom e o and Juliet 2 0 5 Richard I I 6 King John 59 M e rchant o f Venice 1 55 ’ 1 H e nry IV 1 0 7 ’ 2 Henry IV 2 5

’ H en ry V 2 0 2 T H E P R E - C 3 VI TORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

Tim e s. ’ M e rry Wives

’ Much Ado about N o thirig

’ As Y o u Like It Twelfth Night ’ ’ ’ All s We ll that Ends Well M e asure for Measure ‘ ’ Julius Caesar Hamlet ’ Oth ello Lear Macbeth Coriolan us Timon Cymbelin e

’ T h e Tempest Winter ’ s Tale Henry VI I I ’

Smock Alley R a in sfo rd Street A u ngie r Street ’ 1 . Capel Street (Mary s Abbey)

2 . Capel Street Crow Street Fisham b le Street Rotunda Abbey Street Hawkins Street MELPOMENE A N D THALIA . 3 3

I am indebted to the traditions Of Hitchcock

f - n f and others o r twenty ni e o these repres e ntations . All the others are taken direct from Old newspapers in the libraries o f Dublin University and th e Royal

e T h e Dublin Soci ty. utmost courtesy was shown in h h bot , whic I gladly acknowledge . I venture to

- h e quote a few we ll known p ras s .

‘ ’ — T he 2 . n 1 Comedy of Errors , 9 Londo , 59 1 ;

e 1 0 th 1 8 Crow Street , Dec mber , 7 7.

’ This is S hak e spere s farcical comedy . Hawkins

e h o n 1 8 th 1 8 2 1 . h Street Open d wit it January , Clinc ,

a n d Percy , Farren , Cherry played parts in this comedy

h e h o t e c au e th e ea c d S is so b s m t is ol . ’ ” 11 u c a h W e pl k c row toget e r .

u h a e a n n h a u ea t h th e d H e m st v lo g spoo t t m st wit ev il .

’ ’ — e 1 . L0 n do n The Midsummer Night s Dr am , ,

1 8 1 . 593 ; Smock Alley, May th , 759 h h ’ Played as an afterpiece wit Ric ard I I I .

u e n i T h e c ou rse o f tr love eve r d d ru n smooth .

’ — 2 . n 1 Richard I II , 4 5 Londo , 593 ; Smock Alley , - 2 1 0 1 . March 3rd , 73 3

” I ru n be fore my horse to m a rke t. ” Pitc h e rs h a ve e a rs .

I dan c e a tten dan c e h e re .

The curtain fe ll for ever o n Crow Street with ’ ‘ ’ ‘ th th e Richard I I I , e little opera Rosina, and ‘ i ’ farce Three Weeks after Marr age . - 3 4 THE P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Richard was played here by Quin , Elrington , i d Garr ck , Sheri an , Barry, Mossop , Ryder, John P .

a n d n . Ke mble , Cooke, Conway , Kea Queen Elizabeth

o f . . h was a part Mrs Fitzhenry , Mrs Kelf, Miss Goug ,

n W elste in . a d Miss Lady Anne was a part Of Mrs .

W ﬂi n to n . . Storer , Miss o g , and Mrs Barry

‘ ’ — — 2 0 . L0 n d0 n 1 1 Romeo and Juliet , 5 , 59 1 596; " 1 th 1 6. a f Smock Alley, December 5 , 74 A tr gedy o ” h e . D owden yout , love, and d ath ( )

h H e j e sts a t sca rs t a t n e ve r fe lt a wou n d . ’ ‘ n a e "ha h ch w e c a a e n Wh a t s in a. m t t w i ll ros by a y oth e r ” n a m e wou ld sm ell as swee t .

The original Romeo o f Dublin was Thomas

Sheridan ; and he was followed by Barry , Mossop ,

n th e h Cli ch , Lewis , Ryder, Daly , infant Roscius , Jo n

P . Kemble , Charles Kemble , W . C . Macready, and

Kean . Barry was the best stage lover ever known ; — Mossop , poor. Notable Juliets were Miss Bellamy ,

o f Mrs . Barry, Grace Phillips , the mother Mrs . Jordan , ’ . O Ke e fe Mrs . R . Sparks , Mrs , Miss Hitchcock , h Mrs . Edwin , Miss Brunton , Miss Smit , and Miss ’ ll T m O N ei . o King , Woodward , and Ryder played a ff M e rcutio . Spect cular e ect was attained by a - funeral procession for the child wife .

‘ ’ — 6. 1 e Richard I I , London , 594 ; Crow Stre t,

1 8 1 . May 8 th , 5 M M N A N D E LPO E E THALIA . 3 5

Macready a nd K ea n both play e d Ri c hard in

Dublin .

” u Th e re I s n o vi r t e like n e c e ssity .

h u th e h e e O f de a h I s e e fe e e n T o gh ollow y s t li p ri g .

f t a n Eve ryth i n g 15 l e t a six d se ve n .

a th c e c i n d th e r o d . T ke y orr t o mil ly , kiss

‘ ’ — L 0 n d o n 1 A n h n . ll Ki g Jo , 59 , 59 5 ; Smock ey

h 1 th r . Marc 5 , y3 g

n o hn n Ki g J was played by Garrick , Sherida ,

a n d h . . e Mossop , Jo n P Kemble Faulconbridg by

i n . Garr ck, Sherida , Barry , Lewis , and Conway Lady

d W o ﬂi n to n Constance , by Mrs . Blan , Miss g , Miss

h d n . Smit , and Mrs . Si do s

T o d e ﬁn e d d a i n the gil r gol , to p t lily,

h w a e fu e o n th e e To t ro p r m viol t,

I s w a ste fu l a n d ridi c u lou s e x c e ss . How o ft th e sigh t o f m e a n s to d o ill d e e ds ma ke s ill de e ds ’ d o n e ﬁ

‘ ’ - T h e h e ic e 1 . n 1 6 e M rc ant of V n , 55 Lo don , 59 ,

e e 1 6th 1 1 . Smock Alley, Nov mb r , 74

n n I b e a ed to I will d o a ythi g e re will m rri a S pon ge . ” e a ch n d e n u h b u t a h u e e ede . T h p t is ki o g , g f r ” A h a e n e c e a ca t . rml ss . ss ry

h d e n S ylock was playe by Sh rida , Macklin , Mossop ,

" h n . e e h e e n Ryder, Jo P K mbl , C arl s K mble , You g ,

a n n . . Wo fﬁ n to n d Kea Portia , by Mrs Clive, Miss g , - I N 3 6 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA DUBLIN .

M . . . iss B ellamy , Mrs Ward , Mrs Barry, Mrs Abington ,

’ '

K e fe . . . n . O e Mrs , Mrs R Sparks, Mrs Edwi , Mrs .

h . M r s . C arles Kemble, Mrs Siddons, Yates , Miss ’ h N e ill Smit , and Miss O . Launcelot, by Isaac Sparks

a n d T o m n Woodward Bassanio , by Ki g and Heaphy . ’ n O Kee fe Gratiano , by Tom Ki g, , Charles Bannister ,

R wis , and Percy Farren .

’ — 1 1 0 . 1 Henry IV, 7 London , 59 7; Smock All e y ,

1 1 . November 5th , 73 5

ff e Falsta was play d by Quin , Sheridan , Isaac Sparks ,

e h Ryder , Lewis , and St p en Kemble (the last needed

. h no padding) Hal , by King, Heap y , and Percy

r Far en . Hotspur , by Barry , Mossop , and John P .

Kemble .

Give th e de vil h is d u e . ” I n a c h o f ha k ow tri k wort two t t .

’ — 2 2 . 1 Henry IV , 5 London , 59 7 ; Smock Alley ,

I st 1 . August , 74 3 Barry i n troduced a coronation pageant after the

accession of George I I I . Mossop had a similar scene ’ in Henry VIII .

Le t the en d try th e m a n . - I m ay j u stly say with th e h ook n osed fellow o f R om e

I ca e sa w a n d e ca e . m , , ov r m

Pistol was played by Theo . Cibbe r and Charles ’ n . i O Ke e fe . Ban ister Po ns , by

8 T H E P R E - C I N 3 VI TORIAN DRAMA DUBLIN .

‘ ’ — . 1 A u i r As You Like It , 93 London , 599 ; n g e

rd Street , January 3 ,

‘ it a e a red in 1 1 Hitchcock says p p there 74 . ’ M W ﬁrn n o to . Rosalind was played by iss g , Mrs

‘

. W . . alstein Barry , Mrs Abington , Mrs R Sparks, Miss ,

’ W o fﬁn t n and Mrs . Siddons . It was Miss g o s last

n wh part ; and it is said that a lady in Dubli , o g o t a

- n . n wrong play bill , wept profusely , thinki g Mrs Siddo s h was playing Jane Shore w en she tried Rosalind .

’ O Ke e fe . Orlando was and Clinch Jaques , Quin ,

- n h h P . Sherida , Clinc , Heap y , Cooke , and Joh n

Kemble .

h a s Well sa id t t wa laid o n with a trowe l .

I a a n d d n m e t is m e t ri k to to se e a c lown . ” d w n n d n u h Goo i e e e s o b s .

‘ ’ o r Y o u 1 — Twelfth Night, What Will, 3 . Lo ndon ,

1 60 0 A u n ie r 6th 1 2 ; g Street , December , 74 .

Malvolio was a part Of Percy Farren . S ir Andrew

e o f an d Agueche k , King , Woodward, Ryder . Sir

h o f . Toby Belc , Isaac Sparks Viola was played by

a n d . Mrs . Ward Mrs . R Sparks . Maria, the maid o f

Olivia , by Mrs . Heaphy .

T wo e e e h d h e . gr y y s , wit li s to t m ” I am a d o g a t a c a tc h .

S h e n e e ld h e r e v r to lov ,

B u t l e t c n c ea e n e a in th b u d o lm t , lik worm e , ” Fe ed o n h er da ma sk c h e ek .

e are n ea e a h Som bor gr t ; som c i e ve grea tn ess , an d some ” h a ve grea tn e ss th ru st u pon th em . A N MELPOMENE D THALIA . 39

‘ ’ ’ n - d n 1 A ll s 6. L0 n o 60 2 Well that E ds Well , , ;

e h 2 0 th 1 . Crow Stre t, Marc , 757

th e d . Parolles , cowar , was played by Woodward

e . H lena , by Mrs . Barry

m ’ A you n g m a n m a rri ed is a an th at s m a rred . ” H ere c om e s my c log .

’ — 2 . L0 n do n 1 60 Measure for Measure , 3 , 3 ;

A u n ier h 1 6th 1 . g Street , Marc , 73 3

V in c en tio Duke was played by Quin , Mossop , and

. e . John P K mble Isabella , by Mrs . Fitzhenry and

Mrs . Kelf.

’ ’ ha s n e u a n d h a u n e . W t mi is yo rs , w t s yo rs is mi

‘ ’ — a 2 . L0 n do n 1 60 1 Julius C esar, 7 , Smock Alley,

a 6th 1 8 . June , 73 f A great play o r reciters .

A e n d f a m e r O b d so les .

A su rge on to Old sh oe s .

‘ ’ — 2 6. L0 n d0 n 1 60 2 Hamlet , 9 , ; Smock Alley,

1 th 1 0 . March 9 , 73

Hamlet was played by Elrington , Sheridan , Garrick ,

n Barry, Mossop, Lewis , Young, Ellisto , Cooke, Con h e way, Jo n P . Kembl , Charles Kemble , Kean ,

a n d . Fu m i al Macready , by two women , Mrs v and

. u . iv l . Mrs Siddons . Gertr de , by Mrs Fum a , Mrs W r ﬁi n t n . o o . B a ry, Miss g , Mrs Storer, Mrs Kelf,

itz h n r a n d . e . h . Mrs F y, Miss Gough Op elia , by Mrs T H E P R - 4 0 E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

W fﬁn tOn . z o . h Storer , Miss g , Mrs Barry, Mrs Fit enry ,

. M az ee n C a tle . c h Mrs , Miss y , , Mrs Hit cock , Mrs. ’ T wisl t n ill T h . . e o O N e . e R Sparks , Mrs , and Miss

h a e h . G ost , by B rry, Isaac Sparks , and H ap y Polonius , by Macklin and Woodward . ’ - Ophelia was Miss W o ﬂing to n s ﬁrst speaking part .

” 0 h a h to o to o d ﬂe h u d m elt . , t t t is , soli s wo l

a th n a e a n . Fr ilty , y m is wom ” Bre vity is th e so u l o f w rt . ’ did m a n I t e ye om s s e rvic e .

‘ ’ — 2 1 . 1 60 Othello , 3 London , 4 ; Smock Alley ,

1 6 1 9 . ’ h c T is is Hitchco k s tradition date . h Othello was played by Wilks , Farqu ar, Elrington ,

D e la n h h . e , Garrick , S eridan , Barry , Mossop , T eo

e h h . Cibb r, Clinc , Lewis , Cooke , Pope , Jo n P

e h n n K mble , C arles Kemble, Co way , Kea , and

b n c Macready . Iago , y Ashbury , Rya , Garri k , h Macklin , S eridan , Isaac Sparks , King , Mossop , h d h e . . e Heaph y , Reddis , Cook , Jo n P Kemble Des

' W fﬁn . Giﬁa rd o mona , by Mrs , Miss Bellamy , Miss g ’ Ke f . n . h . O e e to , Mrs Barry , Grace P illips , Mrs , Mrs

. I n c hb ald R . Sparks , Miss Hitchcock , Mrs , Miss

’ O N e ill . . Smith , Miss , and Mrs Yates

f . None o f them had the pat hos O Mrs Barry .

P u t b u t mon e y in thy p u rse .

h at m e n h u d u t a n e n e in h e u h eal 0 , t s o l p my t ir mo t s to st a way th eir b ia ins 1 MELPOMENE A N D THALIA . 4

’ — a 2 . 1 60 King Le r , 1 9 London , 5 Smock Alley ,

r 1 2 8 . March 3 d , 7

n he Lear was played by Qui , S ridan , Garrick , Barry ,

. Mossop , Pope , Cooke , Young , and John P . Kemble W o ﬁi n Cordelia , by Mrs . Clive, Miss Bellamy , Miss g ton , Mrs . Barry , Mrs . R . Sparks , Miss Hitchcock ,

’ ’ f h a n d N e ill . Mrs . O Ke e e , Miss Smit , Miss O

h e . As Cordelia , Mrs . Barry , t n Mrs Dancer , made h n 8 th er ﬁrst appearance in Dublin o November ,

1 758 . Fa th e rs th a t we a r r a gs D O make th e ir c h ild re n bl i n d B u t fa th e rs th a t b ea r ba gs

Sh a ll see th e ir c h ildre n k i n d . ” B e you r tea rs wet .

‘ ’ 2 1 — 1 60 6 e Macbeth , 3 . London , ; Smock All y,

n 2 h 1 . Ju e 5t , 733

B n h Macbeth was played by elane , Qui , S eridan ,

n h e n h . Garrick , Mossop , Cli c , Cook , You g , Jo n P ’ h e a n d . f Kemble, C arles Kembl , Conway Macdu f, h h by Ryan , Clinc , and Webster . Banquo , by Heap y .

Lady Macbeth , by Mrs . Blaud, Miss Bellamy , Miss

W fﬁn . . o to n . h . g , Mrs Barry , Mrs Pritc ard, Mrs R ’ M O N e ill . . Sparks , iss Smith , Miss , and Mrs Siddons

B u t sc e u c u a e to th e c n - a c e r w yo r o r g sti ki g pl , ’ ” A n d we 11 n o t fa il .

’ — . L0 n n 1 0 Coriolanus , 73 do , 6 8 ; Smock All ey ,

2 h . May 9t , 1 749 2 T H E P R E - C 4 VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Coriolanus was played by Sheridan , Mossop ,

. e n . V l m John P Kembl , and Co way o u in ia , by Miss

i h n Bellamy , Mrs . F tz e ry , Mrs . R . Sparks . Valeria ,

. h n . M e n e n iu s by Mrs Fitz e ry Agrippa , by I sa ac

Sparks . I n pe a c e

h n u With o o r .

’ - 6. L0 n o n 1 6 Timon Of Athens , d , 0 8 Smock

1 1 Alley , 7 4 .

n n o . Timon was played by Elri gto , M ssop, John P

. n Kemble , and Kean Apema tus , by Ashbury .

’ ” A h n sli d d m t i g pp i ly from e . ” W h a e e en e v s be tte r da ys .

’ — e . n 1 60 , Cymb line , 2 2 I .On d0 , 9 ; Smock Alley

r 1 6 . May 3 d , 7 2

e . . Imog n was played by Mrs Barry , Mrs Siddons ,

’

K f h . . and O e e e . Post umus , by Lewis , W Macready

h . Iachimo , by Clinc

Brats a n d be gga ry .

H e th a t sl ee ps fe e ls n o t th e tooth ach e .

T h — 1 61 0 A u n ier e Tempest London , ; g Street ,

1 1 th 1 8 May , 73 .

Prosp e ro was played by Mossop , Heaphy , an d

h . e . Cob am Trinculo, by King and Ryd r Caliban ,

. e . e G by Isaac Sparks Ari l , by Mrs Stor r, Miss atley ,

a n d . M rs . Miss Brett Miranda, by Hitchcock , and

Miss Creswell .

n T he m an in th e moo . ’ MELPOMENE A N D I H A LI A . 4 3

‘ ’ ’ — 1 1 . L0 n do n 1 61 1 A u n ier Winter s Tale , , ; g

1 2th 1 . Street, January , 744 ‘ Florizel and Perdita ’ was adapted from it by

Macnamara Morgan , a Dublin barrister , with music

n 1 2 th by Dr . Ar e ; and was seen at Crow Street , May ,

1 755°

Florizel was played by Barry . Perdita, by Mrs .

B arry and Miss Brunton . Autolycus , by King .

Hermione , by Mrs . Siddons and Miss Smith .

a c hi d I n de . A boy or l , wo r

‘ ’ H — 1 61 A u n ier e enry VIII London , 3 ; g Stre t , 1 73 5 h King Henry was played by Heap y . Wolsey, by

h h . . T eo . Cibber, Mossop , Ryder, Jo n P Kemble

i W o fﬁn to n Queen Cather ne, by Miss g , Miss Bellamy, ’

K f . O ee e h . Mrs . , Mrs Siddons , and Miss Smit

Anne Bullen , by Miss Hitchcock . Mossop used this play when George I I I wa s

crowned .

Y o u a the an e a n d h n a n o f u n u pl y sp i l, t i k w ggi g yo r to g e ” win m e to .

Two afterpieces, derived from The Taming o f the ’

h . S rew , were seen in Dublin

-a A Cure for a Scold Ballad Opera , 1 2 . 1 8 London , 73 ; Dublin , same year .

Wo rs al The work was done by James d e . T H E P R E ° V I CT OR I A N I N 4 4 DRAMA DUBLIN .

’ — ‘ h 1 1 . Katherine and Petruc io , 7 London , 1 756

1 6 I 1 . Dublin , April , 77

Doubt n o t h er c a re should b e h - ” To c omb you r n oddle with a t ree l egged stoo l .

This was a production o f Garrick . It should remembered that these plays were presented in a — ’ corrupt text notably , The Tempest .

6 T H E P R E - C 4 VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Otway Venice Preserved , o r T h e Plot Dis covered ‘ ’ S o u thern e— h Isabella , o r T e Fatal Marriage

S o u th ern e O ro o n o k o

Congreve The Mournin g Bride

' ’ Rowe Tamerlane Rowe The Fair Penitent Rowe Jane Shore Phillips T he Distrest Mother Addison Cato ’ Hughes T he Si e ge o f Damascus Hill Zara Brooke The Earl o f Essex —4 Young The R e venge Moore T he Home Douglas Brown e Barbarossa Murphy The Orphan of China ’ Murphy Zenobia ’ Murphy The Grecian Daughter ’ Fran klin The Earl o f Warwick Hartson The Countess Of Salisbury Thomson Tan c red and Sigismu n da Jeph son The Countess of Narbonne Sheridan Pizarro - Thompson (trag . com . ) The Stranger

T he f Rival Queens is a play o much beauty, and gave Barry such scope for spectacular effect b y the MELPOMENE . 4 7

’ entrance into Babylon as O Kee fe neve r saw else ‘ ’ h . e w ere The song , See the Conquering H ro Comes,

fo r h written by Morell Jos ua, was inserted and printed with the text . Alexander had sunk into contemptible vanity . The contrast between the ﬁerce Roxana and th e gentle S ta tira gave two female players great

h n 1 6 Opportunities . T eatre Royal , Londo , 77 Smock

th 1 1 . Alley , November 5 , 7 3

D elan e h Alexander was played by , Barry, Clinc ,

. n John P . Kemble , and W C . Macready . Roxa a, by

itz h e n r . . h Mrs . F y, Mrs Kelf, Mrs Siddons, Miss Goug ,

h . S ta tira Miss Smit son , and Miss Smith , by Mrs .

itz h en r . I n c hbald W l . a st in Barry, Mrs F y, Mrs , Miss e , ’

O N eill . Mrs . Yates , Miss Farren , and Miss

e n ed ee h en wa s the tu When Gre ks joi Gr ks , t g o f wa r .

’ ‘ o r — Theodosius, The Force of Love , 55. Dorset

1 68 0 1 2 1 . Gardens , ; Smock Alley, February th , 7gg Theodosius was th e second emperor o f that name

h e 0 1 in t East (4 He married Athenais in 4 2 1 .

He is better known by a codex of laws . Theodosius was played by Dexter and Thomas

h . Fu m iv a l Barry . At enais, by Mrs , Miss Bellamy ,

’ . i . K Mrs Barry , M ss Grace Phillips , and Mrs O eefe .

V n s h ara e , by S eridan , Barry , Clinch , and Ryder .

T h e e materials w re taken from Gibbon .

h 50 11 f The writer , Nat aniel Lee , o the Rector o f

Hatﬁeld, was educated at Westminster and Cambridge , a n d was at times subj ect to insanity . Lee also e te 8 T HE P R E - C A I N 4 VI TOR I N DRAMA DUBLIN .

’ ’ n T h e h r Lucius Ju ius Brutus , Fat er Of his Count y, ’ . e 1 6 2 and Mithridates , king Of Pontus He di d in 9 ,

t a e e at h e early g Of 35, and was buri d in the Church

m e n . o f S . Cle t Danes

— Joh n Dryden (1 63 1 1 70 0 ) was educated at West

mi n st e r and Cambridge . " ’ — fo r . L0 n d 0 n 1 All Love , 53 , Theatre Royal , 678

1 8th 1 8 . Smock Alley , January , 74

’ ‘ This play fairly drove Sh ak e sp ere s Antony a n d

Cl e opatra o u t o f the ﬁ eld .

n h n A tony was played by S eridan , Barry , Cli ch , and

h . e . e . Jo n P K mble Cl opatra , by Mrs Bland , Miss

W o fﬁn to n a n d h Bellamy , Miss g , Miss Hitc cock .

’ Ke f n . O e e a d I n c hb al . Octavia , by Mrs . Mrs d ’ T h h i T h e e e Spanis Fr ar , or Double Discov ry , 4 0 .

— n 1 68 1 1 th 1 Lo don , Smock Alley , July 4 , 73 7. I t is stran ge that this tragi -comedy found an entrance

n n . i to Dublin , as a friar is made a pa der ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ e 1 CE di u s 6 A u ren z eb e 1 Don S bastian , 4 ; p , ; g , ,

w . also by Dryden , ere seen in Dublin

h 1 6 1 o f th T omas Otway ( 5 son e Rev .

e Humphrey Otway , a Sussex r ctor, was educated at

Winch ester an d Oxford . He was choked with a m orsel of bread , at the age Of 34 . He wrote two f exquisite tragedies , and a farce o fair popularity .

‘ ’ o r T h e h 8 . The Orphan , Un appy Marriage , 7

1 68 0 e 2 1 5t 1 2 . Dorset Gardens , ; Smock All y . May , 74 This tragedy is said to be found e d on facts c o n

o f ff . n ec ted with the family Of Brandon , Duke Su olk M ELPOMENE . 4 9

h n h h e m Monimia, an orp a , broug t up in Bo ia , is h b a n d P o l d loved bot y Castalio y o re . Castalio

m h er P o l d o re h n secretly arries ; and y , t i kin g there

n n e e h em was o ly a light i trigue b twe n t , plays a

h n th e c a sta str o h dastardly trick , w ich bri gs on p e .

e h n I a n d u n a n a e d e a c h M t i ks st po k b ,

h n to n d a n d th e e a c m a n n Sig i g wi s to s s o pl i i g .

M n . e o imia was played by Mrs Cibb r , Miss

e . a n d e h B llamy , Mrs Barry , Miss Grac P illips .

e e . P o l d o r e Castalio, by Barry, Digg s , and Pop y ,

h d n a n d A ic ke n . h a h r by S eri a , Mossop , C mont , e

h h a n a n d brot er, by Garrick , Quin , S erid , Mossop .

’ n e o r T he 1 2 Ve ice Preserv d , Plot Discovered , 7 .

n 1 68 2 6th 1 1 Dorset Garde s , ; Smock Alley, May , 74 .

B l v id era th e d h th e e e e e , aug ter Of Dog , s cr tly marries

r wh o 15 le d n th e e Ja fﬁe , i to plot foment d by the

8 Sh e e h im Span iards in 1 61 . p rsuades to reveal the

n e : n k plot u d r a stipulation the stipulatio is bro en ,

n h e e h e a e e n B elv i e ra a d di s wit Pi rre, ft r r proachi g d , wh o los e s h e r re aso n .

e e l e e n Pi rr was p ay d by Sh rida , Garrick , Barry ,

A ic k en . C . h . Mossop , , W Macready , Jo n P Kemble , ’ a n d n . a fﬁe r ff You g J , by Gi ard, Barry , Digge s ,

e a n d n B l i e r n h e e . v Cli ch , C arl s K mbl , You g e d a , by

W o fﬁn to . Walste in Miss g n, Mrs Siddons , Miss , Miss ’

h h an d O N eill . Hug es , Miss Smit , Miss Undes e rved sufferi n g by good wom e n is in both th ese plays .

h n n h u h ea e A u n in h we S i i g t ro g t rs , lik pril s s s o rs, ’ ’ ” Tha t la bou r to o e r c o m e th e c lou d th a t loads e m .

’ ’ Ot wa y s farce is T he Ch e ats Of Scapin . O T H E P R E - C S VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

S o u th er n e 1 6 — 1 6 Captain Thomas , 59 74 , was edu c ate d u n in D blin University . He was o e Of the ﬁrst

i e his young Ir shmen to tak literary ability to London . ‘ ’ — e T he e 6O . Isab lla , or Fatal Marriag , Theatre

1 6 2 th Royal , London , 94 ; Smock Alley , November 5 , 1 754 ~ ’ ‘ S h e h The Enoch Arden type . is persuaded t at

n B iron , her husba d, is dead .

I f a a e a re a de in h e a en h e h u d b e h a e . m rri g s m v , t y s o l ppi r ’ Y o u wou ld ha v e you r ﬁnge r in e ve rybody s pie .

‘ ’ — O ro o n o ko . h 1 6 6 , 79 T eatre Royal , London , 9 .

1 6 8 n . h Smock Alley , 9 , accordi g to Hitchcock T is h tragedy expos e d t e slave trade . O ro o n o k o and I m o in da are youn g Africans carried

in h a re to a British Colony America . T ey sol d separately, and die .

Oro o n o k o e h h was play d by Boot , S eridan , Barry ,

D elan e h . I m in d a , Elrington , and Clinc o , by Miss ’ K . O e efe Bellamy , Mrs . Barry , Mrs , and Miss

Hitchcock .

B u t my I m o in da stru ggle s in my so ul ” S h e a e a c a d o f m e I c n fe . m k s ow r , o ss

A worthless comic ele ment is writte n in prose ; these are not the o n ly plays O f S o u thern e .

1 6 2 - 1 2 William Congreve, 7 7 9 , was a Yorkshire lad , educated at Kilkenny Coll ege an d Dublin University. MELPOMENE . 5r

’ ’ n n — 2 . e The Mour i g Bride , 7 Lincoln s Inn Theatr ,

1 6 2 th 1 2 9 7; Smock Alley , April 7 , 7 9 .

” u c h a h c h a h e th e a a e M si t rms to soot s v g bre a st.

e a e n h as n o a e e e h a e d u n ed H v r g lik lov to tr t r , ” N o r h e a fu e a an c n ll ry lik wom s or e d .

Osm yn a n d Almeria are secretly married ; but ff complicated di iculties arise .

Osm n h y was played by Barry , Clinc , and Pope. W o fﬁn to n . B Almeria , by Miss g , Mrs arry , and Mrs . ’ O Ke e fe . the Zara , woman scorned , by Miss

. h . th e Bellamy, Mrs Pritc ard , Mrs Siddons , and ﬁrst

Mrs . Pope . Co n gre ve c ould n o t we ll put ﬁlth into this trag e dy ;

c but h is omed i e s w e r e notorious .

h w 1 6 — 1 1 8 50 11 -at Nic olas Ro e , 73 7 , of a Sergeant

e h law , was e ducat d at Westminster School and t e — e e e . e 1 1 1 1 8 Middl T mpl He was Po t Laureate, 7 5 7 ;

n a n d held lucrative posts in the State . He a d

e e e Congrev e were lucky in this r sp ct . H was buried

th e e a n d e e . at Abb y , d s rvedly ‘ ’ — ’ n e 1 . n h 1 0 2 Tam e rla , 4 Lincol s Inn T eatre , 7 ;

A e 1 1 . S mock ll y , 7 4

h a n n n d Rowe was a ke e n W ig , d this play was i te ed

e n . l th e to complim t Wm I I I . I t was p ayed in ﬁrst

e o f h b . we k November , bot in London and Du lin

D ela n e h e n e h e e . , S rida , and H ap y w re Tamerlan

B a a z et . j was played by Barry , Mossop, and John P - 52 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

W e . o ﬂi n t n Kembl Aspasia , by Miss g o , Miss

. a n d Bellamy , Mrs Barry , Mrs . Siddons . ’ — ’ 1 2 0 . n The Fair Penitent , Lincol s Inn Theatre,

1 0 6th 1 1 . 7 3 ; Smock Alley, May , 74

h h a s h e r Lot ario betrayed Calista ; father, Sciolto ,

in n o t ignorance , marries her to Altamont . Calista is

sh e th e penitent prefers man who deceives, deserts ,

and boasts .

h a W o fﬁn to n Lot ario was pl yed by Garrick , Miss g ,

e h Theo . Cibb r , Clinc , Daly , Percy Farren , and

. . Giﬂa rd W . C Macready Altamont, by , Barry ,

n e e . . ff C . Ba nist r, and H aphy Calista , by Mrs Gi ard ,

’ W o ﬂi in to n . n O N e ill . M iss g , Mrs Siddo s, and Miss ‘ ’ — h 1 6 . 1 1 A u n i r Jane S ore , 7 Drury Lane , 7 4 ; g e

e z rd 1 . Street, F bruary 3 , 74 3

e m o f n Our gr at dra a pe itence and forgiveness .

” A a fo r l s , pity l

a h an a n d Shore was pl yed by S erid , Garrick , Barry ,

. n n a h Digges Hasti gs , by Sherida , G rrick , Barry , Jo n

. h e . . . P Kemble, C arles Kembl , and Wm C Macready

n W o fﬁn to n . Ja e Shore , by Miss g , Miss Bellamy, Mrs

’ K fe W ﬂiin t n r O e e . o o Bar y , and Mrs . Alicia, by Miss g ,

‘ Mrs . Barry , Mrs . Pritchard , Mrs . R . Sparks , Mrs .

n a n d h . Siddo s , Miss Smit

e d e e in Other trag i s Of Row , seen Dublin , were ’ ‘ ‘ 6 a 6 T h e Ulysses ; L dy Jane Grey , ; Royal ’ 2 an d T h e 1 . Convert , Ambitious Stepmother ,

- 54 T H E P R E VI C TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

e 1 6 —1 2 0 n h John Hugh s , 77 7 , was bor at Marlboroug ,

and was a poet and essayist o f some merit . His trage dy came out o n the eve Of his e a rly death by

consumption . ’ — T he e 0 . Si ge of Damascus , 3 Drury Lane ,

1 th 1 2 0 l e e . February 9 , 7 ; Smock A ley , sam y ar

u th e h n n h E docia , C ristia heroi e, w ose lover ,

P ho c a s his e e y , changes faith to sav her lif , was played

’

Ke f . by Mrs . O e e

1 68 — 1 0 th e Aaron Hill , 5 75 , was born in Strand, a d - h n buried ih t e cloist e rs of Westminster . He was

n n o f a volumi ous writer , havi g written a History the

e . Ottoman Empire , b sides some seventeen plays ’ — . e 1 6 Zara , 3 5 Drury Lan , 73 Smock Alley ,

th 1 1 . December 7 , 75

’ ’ This play is but an adaptation o f Voltaire s Za ire .

Mrs . Cibber ﬁrst became famous as a player in the ’ part Of Zara , which was also played by Miss W ‘ o ﬂin to n . itz h e n r . . g , Mrs F y, and Mrs Siddons ’ ’ 2 2 a n d Merope , a farce , A Walking Statue , 3 ,

n were also s e en i Dubli n .

— H e 1 0 6 1 8 so n o f . enry Brook , 7 7 3 , was a the Rev

a n d a h William Brooke , Rector Of Killinkere Mull g ,

a n d f . a grandson Of Simon Digby , Bishop o Elphin ’ h e e H e was a W ig , and imitate d the Drapi r Lett rs ‘ ’ ’ - in the Farmer s Letters . He was Barrack master a t e Mullingar , and had a house in William Stre t in MELPOMENE . 55

’ 1 1 . h e e 75 Besides a dozen dramas , wrot Ruth , an

oratorio . ’ - T h e a o f o . r E rl Essex, 7 Drury Lane, January 3 d ,

1 61 e 1 8th 1 0 . 7 Smock All y , May , 75 A rare insta n ce o f a play b e i n g accepted in Lon don

n e e a after it had bee played els wh re . Dougl s is

h e anoth er instance . I t tells t e story Of the trea tm nt o f

h h n k 1 6 Essex by Queen Elizabe t . Jo n Ba s , in 8 5, and

n h 1 Henry Jo es , a Drog eda bricklayer , in 753 , wrote

h e plays on the same subj ect , w ich appear d in Dublin ;

o f n . e that Jo es , eleven times Essex was play d by

e a n d . Sh ridan , Barry , Clinch , Pope , Holman Queen

W o fﬁn t n . e . o Elizab th , by Mrs Bland , Miss g , Mrs

h h . n h . Fitz en ry, t e ﬁrst Mrs Po pe , a d Miss Goug

h n n O t er plays Of Brooke, see in Dubli , were ’ ‘ T he o r o f Patriot, Gustavus Vasa , 5 ; The Earl ’ ‘ n r n n 6 th e Westmore la d , o I jur e d Ho our , Jack

’ n - e e T he o f Gia t Qu ll r a burletta , 9 ; Victims Love ’ ’ e 1 e a Oﬂic er . and Pl asure , The F m le , 3

- R e v . n LL D . 1 68 1 1 6 so n o f The Edward You g, . , 7 5,

o f e a n d the Dean Sarum , was educated at Winch ster

Oxford . ‘ ’ — 1 0 8 . 1 2 1 The Revenge, Drury Lane , 7 Smock

2 z u 1 . Alley , May d , 730

Zanga is another Iago, and required a very able

. s e d player Mos op r velle in it . Zanga plots the ruin Of Alonso by persuading him o f th e corruption o f his bride Leonora . She dies by her own hand . 6 T H E P R E - C I N 5 VI TORIAN DRAMA DUBLI N .

Thus Zanga addre ss e s th e madde n e d husband

I f o u f e th e d c a o u — d y orgiv , worl will ll y goo

I f o u f e th e d c a o — y org t , worl will ll y u wis e I f yo u re c e ive h e r to you r gra c e a ga i n

T h e d c a o — u e e n . worl will ll y v ry , v ry ki d

And thus h is corpse

I w a r n o t h th e d u — th e e a t wit st gr t , h e proud T he c on qu e ror o f A fri c w as my fo e ” n e n o t u n c a a e A lio pr ys po r c s s .

Mossop made his ﬁrst a ppearance as Zanga o n

1 6 1 . November th , 74 9

e n Zanga was play d by Thomas Elri gton , Sh eridan ,

h . Mossop , Jo n P Kemble , Cooke , Kean , and Young .

e n Leonora was played by Mrs . St rli g , Mrs . Bla nd ,

r . Miss Bellamy , Mrs . Fitzhen y Two other tragedies o f his — ‘ K o f were seen in D ublin Busiris , ing ’ ‘ ’ Egypt, 3 ; and The Brothers , 3 .

1 1 2— 1 - Edward Moore, 7 757, was a linen draper who

e a n T /ze aspired to literatur , d edited a paper calle d

’ - T h e 60 . L th e Gam ster , Drury ane , February 7 ,

1 n 1 2 th 1 8 . 753 Smock Alley , Ja uary , 75

n h Beverly was played by Mossop, Cli c ; Young , and

e . . e . John P . Kembl Mrs Bev rly , by Mrs Ward , ’

h . O N e ill . Mrs . Fitz enry , Mrs Siddons, and Miss I t is a powerful prose attack on gambling . His other ‘ — a plays were o f no importance . The Foundling ’ 2 . 2 . comedy , 6 Gil Blas , MELPOMENE . 57

1 2 -1 8 0 8 e O f The Rev . John Home, 7 4 , minist r the

th elsta n efo rd e th e . Kirk at A , was d voted to drama

i irr h R e s h . g g his paris , Lord Bute procured him a pension . ’ 1 2 8 — 1 1 6 Douglas, . Edinburgh , December 4 th , 75

1 th 1 Covent Garden , March 4 , 757 Smock Alley ,

1 2 th 1 May , 757. This sple n did drama required the most pathetic

o f h player the day to set forth Lady Randolp , and no

n e . rs . n o could approach Mrs . Barry M Siddo s and

h a Miss Smith tried . S erid n and Mossop playe d ‘ ’ 6 Douglas . Alonzo , , was also seen in Dublin .

- D D . 1 1 1 66 e Rev . John Browne, . , 7 5 7 , was educat d at Cambridge . ’ — 6o . h Barbarossa , T e scene is laid in Algiers , and

n B e c e nr contai s murder and revenge . Drury Lane ,

1 1 e 2 th 1 6. ber 7th , 754 ; Smock Alley , F bruary 5 , 75

o r A c h m e t e e Selim , , was played by Mossop , D xt r ,

h Za h ira Ryder , and John P . Kemble . His mot er , p , ’ itz h n r . K e e fe . e . by Mrs . F e y, Mrs O , and Mrs Yat s

Barbarossa , by Mossop .

1 0 -1 8 0 n Arthur Murphy, 73 5, was born in Elphi ,

’ and educated at S . Omer s . He became a writer Of

n dramas , an editor, a law student , an d a commissio er

f n . o ba kruptcy . A typical Irishman in London His comedies and farce s will be men tioned later . ’ ‘ h f h 0 — The Orp an o C ina , 4 . Drury Lane, April

2 1 3t 1 r 1 8th 1 61 . , 759 ; Smock Alley, Feb uary , 7 H E - 58 T R E E VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLI N .

‘ ’ ‘ ’ n 2 2 . u h e . Ze obia, The Grecian Da g t r, 4 5

a z 6th 1 2 e Drury L ne , February , 77 ; Smock All y, ‘ ’ 2 8 th 1 2 . T h e r n o f h n May , 77 O pha C i a is a

Za him ri declamatory play derived from Voltaire . p is

' h e n e h b Zam ti a n d broug t up , aft r da g r Of deat , y p

m e Zam ti. Manda e . Barry and Mossop play d p Miss

n e M a n d a n . Bellamy and Mrs . Fitzhe ry play d e

‘ ’ T h e Gre cia n Daught e r is a more sympathetic

e . play . The sc ne is in Sicily Evander is de throned by

a n d Dionysius , almost starved . His daughter ,

h him e H e r Eup rasia , nourishes at her br ast . husband,

h th e n . P ocian , overthrows tyra t

n h n n h Eva d e r was played by S erida , Barry , Cli c ,

a n d . . . Cooke E uphrasia, by Mrs Barry, Mrs Fitz

h n A c hm e t h e . n an d e ry , Mrs . , Miss Hug s , Mrs Siddo s ,

Miss Smith .

n D . o f T he . h D . Rev T omas Fra klin , , Professor

n o ld e Gre e k at Cambridge , was a other W stminster

H e n e h an d boy . tra slat d Sop ocles , wrote plays , adapt e d others from Vo ltaire . ‘ ’ — o f . h T h e Earl Warwick , 3 3 His t eory is that

d e there was a j ealousy about La y Elizab th Grey , between the Earl and Edward IV .

n . Margaret o f A jou was played by Mrs Fitzhenry,

fe . an d h . Mrs . Jef rys , Mrs Siddons , Miss Smit Drury

n e 1 th 1 66 e th La e, Dec mber 3 , 7 ; Smock All y , April 9 , ’ ’

1 6 . 8 a 1 . 7 7 Also Matilda , ; and Alzir ,

1 Hall Hartson was born abou t 73 5, and gained a MELPOMENE . 59

c h l in in 1 6 in n S o arship Trinity College 75 , compa y ‘ u i e n an . f with Patrick D g Longsword , Earl o Salis ’ a n e . bury, ov l written by his tutor , Dr Leland , was

turn e d into a trage dy by Hartso n . ‘ ’ — T h e n e . n Cou t ss Of Salisbury , 3 3 Alwy , the

n o f e e e e b e e husba d the Count ss, is b li v d to d ad , and

n . she is solicit e d in marriage . He re tur s as a pilgrim

‘ T h Alwyn was played by Barry and Webster . e

n . . ; Cou tess, by Mrs Barry , Mrs Fitzhenry, Mrs

Siddons, and Mrs . Yates .

n 1 0 0 -1 8 d e James Thomso , 7 74 , educate at J dburgh

n h e n n h e e h e d and Edi burg , cam to Lo do , w r ied Of a

1 8 a n d e d h n . chill in 74 , was buri at Ric mo d His poems a re better known than his plays . ’ — Si isnru n da 61 . A h Tancred and g , orrible story o f e w e e th e o f n e Sicilian spit , h r heart Ta cr d is presen ted to Sigismunda by h e r father .

e h 1 8 1h 1 m e Drury Lan , Marc , 74 5 S ock All y,

1 th 1 6. n February 9 , 74 Ta cred was played by Barry ,

h e a n d h n . . S ridan , Garrick , Mossop , Jo P Kemble ‘ a e W Oﬂin to n Sig ismund , by Miss B llamy , Miss g ,

. . h e a Mrs Barry , Mrs Fitz nry , Miss D nvers, Miss

‘

r h n . a n d G ace P illips, Miss Bru ton , Mrs Siddons ,

’ h. a n d e 1 . Miss Smit Edward El onora,

e e n 1 6-1 8 0 o f Captain Rob rt J phso , 73 3 , was son the h O f e a n d n f Arc deacon Cloyn , u cle o Sir Richard

M o u n te n e e M . P f r lin y J phson . He was . o Old Leigh , 60 T H E P R E - C M I N VI TORIAN D RA A DUBLIN .

Of e and Master the Horse under twelve vic roys . His

n e n writi gs procur d him a pe sion o f £3 0 0 . He died

O . . at Blackrock , C Dublin ’ — T h e n o f N a rb o n n e 8 . e Cou tess , 3 Cov nt Garden ,

1 8 1 e 1 1 8 1 7 Smock All y , December 4 th , 7 .

T h e h as e n Count Obtain d his positio by foul means , h and wishes to put away the Countess , to have an eir h by a younge r wife . T e rightful owner upsets his sch emes .

T h n e . e Cou tess was play d by Mrs Barry , Mrs . W h a n d a lst in . Pope , Miss Goug , Miss e Also in

‘ ’ ‘ ’ Dublin , Braganza , 5 ; The Land of Lombardy , ‘ ‘ 1 0 T he — a 1 0 2 Julia , ; Campaign musical play , .

1 1 -1 8 1 6 Richard Brinsley Sheridan , 75 , was a son

f e n h n . o the gr eat play r and ma ager , Tho mas S erida

1 n He was born in 2 Dorset Street , a d educated at

Harrow . ‘ ’ Pizarro , 93 . It deals with the b e haviour Of th e Span iards in

a n d their South American conquests , was adapted ’ n e f h s from Kotzebue . Not o half o S eridan s writing was origin al .

Rollo was played by Holman , John P . Kemble ,

n a n d . . . You g , W C Macready Elvira , by Miss

W in . . alste , Mrs Yates , Mrs Siddons , Miss Smith , and

’ W alst in . ill . e Miss O N e Cora , by Miss

2 th 1 Drury Lane , May 4 , 799 ; Crow Street , April

h 1 8 0 0 a 8 t , .

62 T HE P R E - VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

h n e C ru Jo Hool , y s (3)

a h e h e a d e a u e a e T h a n Willi m W it , Po t L r t , e Rom Fa th e r (23)

I Villia m h eh ea d C e u a 1 W it , r s ( 6) ’ R e v . a e e n . a h e 20 J m s Mill r , Oxo , M om t ( )

e e LillO e e B a m w e ll 2 G org , G org ( 8) ’ e e T h e a a C u G org Lillo , F t l riosity (2)

a c n a a a an u n a e P h ilo c le a M m r Morg , D bli b rrist r , (4)

a h e n n a a n a o f th e d e a Elij F to , p rt tr sl tor O yss y , M ri a m n e (4) R e v . a a n e w a n a . a a c a c u Willi m M so , F llo C t b , C r t s (3)

R ev a f d 10 . a n e a n a . a Willi m M so , F llow C t b , El ri ( ) ’ u h e h e e n na 8 H g K lly , Iris , Cl m ti ( )

a u e a h T h e e a ch e u u a n d S m l D vy , I ris , Tr ro s H sb (3) ’ . Ce l tsia a u h e o f a d a e A lm ido 1 Mrs , D g t r D vi M ll t , ( ) ’ h a u e n I I 2 T om s H ll , H ry ( )

h n a n A n u e e n Jo B ks , lbio Q s (3)

a e n e e n e ee d Willi m Pr sto , M ss Fr (4)

\V rllia m e n e c ra a e 10 Pr sto , D mo tic R g ( )

. e a d I h d n a M Fitzg r l , ris , E wi (5)

d n d . e T h e a d Of N m a n d 2 E mo J Eyr , M i or y ( ) ‘ ’ a e B o a d e n T h e V c f N a u 1 J m s , oi e o t re ( )

a a a d h la e h a e I Willi m H v r , I ris P y r, C rl s (5)

h n a c n d e Jo J kso , El r d (9)

h n a c n G e rilda Jo J kso , (3)

ede c e n d h T he o f e te 8 Fr ri k R y ol s, Iris , Sorrows W r r ( )

e de c e n ds a Fr ri k R y ol , Elois (3)

th ea d in h e h u e . dd n w a s B e rtie G ea , w os o s Mrs Si o s ’ a d a d Th e e e n 2 l y s m i , R g t ( ) ‘ h c c e u n T h e e 2 R obe rt Hitc o k,prompt r, D bli , Robb rs ( )

h e . Le m M . P . A h n 1 8 M a tt w G s , , lp o so ( ) ’ a th e . e M . P . A de l itha 2 M t w G L wis, , g ( )

n . h n M . P . a u ee n o f c 1 H o n . Joh St Jo , , M ry Q S ots ( )

h a d a h e M . P . A de a de R ic r L lor S il , , l i (7)

h a d a he M . P . T h e A a e R i c r L lor S il , , post t 5) 6 MELPOMENE . 3

h e M . P . B e lla m ira 1 Ri c ha rd La lor S il , , (4) 1 8 8

h e M . P . a dn e 2 Ric h a rd La lor S il , , Ev ( ) 1 8 19

a a e h a e u r 1 2 Ric h a rd S v g , Sir T om s Ov rb y (4) 7 7

n th n . h a e d a a n d H i o litu s 20 1 0 Ed mu d Smi , Oxo , P r pp ( ) 75 ’ n M . P T he a n 2 1 Fra c is Dobbs , . , P triot Ki g ( ) 773 ’ H an n ah e e c 1 Miss Mor , P r y (9) 779 - ‘ v a h e e S c h . u n h e l n da 1 80 R e . M tt w W st , Ex , D bli , Et i (3) 4

v a h e e e a e e 1 80 R e . M tt w W st , F m l H roism (3) 4 - R e v d a d e S ch . T he a de n O f a l a . E w r Grov s , Ex , W r G w y (2 1)

R e v d a rd e A P ra w . E w Grov s, lom (5)

a . f d e n Miss M ry R Mit or , Ri zi (4)

n a n a e 2 Lord Byro , M ri o F li ro ( )

d n a da n a a u Lor Byro , S r p l s (4) ‘ ’ d n e n e 1 6 Lor Byro , W r r ( )

h a N . T a lfo u rd I o n Sir T om s , (5)

. u n T h e u ch e de l a Va e e 2 E B lwe r Lytto , D ss lli r ( ) ’ h n a n a n a n d h a Jo B im , D mo Pyt i s 5)

h n a n a Jo B im , Syll (3) ‘ Ve R ev . ean an D . D . a 6 ry D Milm , , F zio ( ) - R ev . Ch a e e a u n c h a u n rl s Rob rt M t ri , Ex S ol r , D bli , Be rtra m (1 8)

I t will be seen that representations are

e 1 1 1 1 0 mention d ; plays , of which we re written by th a n h e clergy , d 7 by sons Of t e clergy . Surely we re quire no further proof o f a strong li n k b e twe en the

h h o f h c urc and stage , partly in honour t e religious

f e Origin o the drama , and partly b cause it he lped to eke out th e m e ans of living . U b alia i t.

1 6 8 u - the year 9 , Jeremy Collier , an ltra Tory ,

h- n o n - Hig Churchman , and j uror, struck a heavy blow at th e profanen ess and immorality Of the

n h a n d n h n n E glis stage . Dryden Va brug w e re p e ite t

e th e f e n e n and Congr ve , worst O f d r , soo ceased to

i h 2 0 6 e h wr te , so t at for y ars we may fairly say t at we a r e not asham e d o f the British drama . It would b e a confe ssion o f compl e te barre n ness if a n author th ough t that he could not write wit withou t utter coarsen ess . ‘ ’ ’ a N O N O 1 I p ss over Wit , Help like a Woman s , , ‘ ’ h in 1 ‘ by T omas Middleton ; Love a Tub , She ’ ‘ h e I n e 6 Would if S Could , Sir Fopli g Flutt r , , by ’ ‘ e e h e T h e e 6 T h e Sir G org Et ereg ; Plain D al e r, ’ W e 1 h T h Country if , 5, by William Wyc erley ; e ’ ‘ ’ 1 0 T h e 2 London Cuckolds , ; Wrangling Lovers , , ’ T he e 1 8 by Edward Ravenscroft Squir of Alsatia , ’ n h h 1 h h The La cas ire Witc es , , by T omas S adwell , ‘ ’ e 2 . e h n Poet Laureate Rov r, , by Mrs B ; Sir

’ ‘ e 2 h C r o wn e T h e r Courtly Nic , , by Jo n ; Fair Quake ’ ’ o f 1 6 h 1 0 T h e Deal , ; Iris Hospitality, ; Humours ’ ’ ‘ o f r 1 T h e the A my , 3 ; The Hasty Wedding , ; 6 THALIA . 5

’ 1 Sham Prince , , by Charles Shadwell . The Country ’ ‘ ’ ’ 2 1 T h e e 1 Lasses , Wife s Reli f, , by Charles Johnson . (It must be remembere d that Sir Fo plin g Flutter is i o f h the great or ginal fop comedy . ) I t en com e to

T m Jon son Every Man in His Humour ;

e h 1 Fl tc er Rule a Wife , and Have a Wife 3 1 ’ ’ Fl e tcher The Beggar s Bush 3 7

h n Fletcher The C a ces , o r Don John 3 8 Howard T he Committee 4 2 Massinger A New Way to Pay Old D e bts 4 1 — ‘ B uckingham T h e Rehearsal 60 ’ Con greve The Old Bachelor 3 7 Congreve T h e Doubl e Dealer 69 Con greve Love fo r Love 78 Con gre ve The Way of the World 4 6 Vanbrugh The Provoked Wife 59 Vanbrugh T h e Confe deracy 4 0 ’ Vanbru gh 81 Cibber The Provoked Husband 1 73 Cibber Love Makes a Man 56 ’ Cibber She Would and She Would Not 4 5 Cibber The Car e less Husband 54 ’ Cibb e r The Refusal 3 2

’ Cibber The Doubl e Gallant 2 8 Cibber T he Non-j uror 2 5 ’ ’ Cibber The Lady s Last Stake 1 6 Farqu har The Constant Couple 9 1 Farquhar The Twin Rivals 4 2 Fa rqu h ar The Inconstant 8 1 Farquhar The Recruiting Ofﬁcers 67 66 T H P R - N E E VI CTORIAN DRAMA I DUBLIN .

Farquhar The Beaux Stratagem C e n tlivr e The Busybody C en tliv r e T h e Wond er ’ C e n tlivre A Bold Stroke for a Wife Steele 81 Cibber T h e Con sciou s Lovers ’ Steele T he Funeral Bett e rton T h e Amorous Wido w Fie ldin g T he Miser Hoadl e y T he Suspicious Husband Murphy All in th e Wrong Colman (the e ld e r) T h e Jealous Wife ’ Colman 81 Garrick T he Cla n de stine Marriage

’ Garrick T h e Country Girl — ‘ Macklin T he Man O f th e World Cumberlan d T h e West I ndian

‘ Cumberland— T he Fashio n able Lover ’ Goldsmith S h e Stoops to Conquer Sheridan T h e Rivals

’ Sh eridan T h e School for Scandal Q ‘ K e lly— T he School for Wives

’ Cowley T h e B ell e s Stratage m

’ O Ke efe The Young Quaker

’ O Ke efe Wild Oats ’ Holcroft T h e Road to Ruin Colman (the younger) T h e Heir-at-Law Colman T h e Poor Gentleman Colman John Bull ’ I n c hb ald Lovers Vows Morton Speed the Plough THALIA . 67

Morton A Cure for th e Heartache ’ Cherry T h e Soldi e r s Daugh ter T Ob in T he H oneymoo n

- Ben Jon son (1 574 1 63 7) was edu cated at West

e h . minst r , and buried in t e Abbey He had an

r Honorary D e g ee from Oxford . ’ — M a n 2 . 1 8 Every in His Humour, 3 London , 59 ;

w th 1 6 Cro Street , April 5 , 75 .

U n f u n ded ea u . o j lo sy it is, sirs

r . The play is partly in p ose , and partly in verse

Kitel e e y, the j alous husband , was play d by Mossop

. Kitel . n . and Holman Dame y , by Mrs Abi gton , Mrs

ff a n d . n . B o b adill Je erys , Mrs K iveton , the coward,

T o m n . by Ki g, Woodward , and Fawcett

han d I W il n u ﬂ e sb fu l o f h e h m By my , l pi k yo r l ol s wit y ” ra pie r .

’ h n e T he h Ot er plays of his in Dubli wer Alc emist, 7; ’ T h ‘ a farce , e Tobacconist , derived from it , 7 ’ ’ ‘ E ic n p oe e , 7 Volpone , 4 ; and Bartholomew

’ 1 . Fair,

John Fle tcher (1 576 a son Of a Bishop Of

n . Lo don, was educated at Cambridge ’ ’ — e f 1 1 . L0 n do n Rul a Wi e , and Have a Wife , 3 ,

1 a th 1 8 . 64 0 Smock Alley , April 5 , 73

e h o f in Margar tta, a ric young lady Spain , be g d esirous o f retaining admirers , determines to marry H E P R E - I N 68 T VI CTORIAN DRAMA DUBLIN .

fﬁ . e 3. a simpleton L on , young O cer, pretends to this t character till after the marriage, and then asser s his

- n ffi authority . Michael Perez is a fortune hunti g o cer ,

E st fa n ia - o f and i is a clever waiting woman , no great f o . character . She makes a prey him The play was ’ Oft en called the Copper Captain , from the railing o f

E stifan ia at Perez .

’ f c e a c e e a Y u r e a m an o c ain . o opp r, opp r, opp r c pt

We ﬁnd that over 2 60 years ago a drunken person " was said to be disguised . At ﬁrst the leadi n g players chose the parts of Perez and E stifa n ia ; but Kemble

E stifa n ia and his sch ool chose otherwise . was played

W o fﬁn to n . by Miss g , Mrs Barry, Miss B ellamy , Mrs .

n . . . Abi gton , Miss Farren , Mrs R Sparks , Mrs Charles

Kemble , Mrs . Glover , and Mrs . Edwin . Perez , by

n King, Woodward, Mackli , Brown , Lewis, Ryder , and

n h e e Daly . Leo , by S ridan , Digges , L wis , Heaphy,

h e W . Macready , Jo n P . K mble , and Charles Kemble . ’ ’ e o r h o f The B ggar s Bush , The Merc ant Bruges,

— 1 6 R ain sfo rd 1 3 7. London , 4 7 Street , 73 5.

h a s e n The ruler Of Bruges b e deposed , and becomes

n th e . H e the Ki g Of Gipsies (Clause) is restored . A coronation scene was shown in this comedy at

n h R ain sfo rd Street i onour o f George .

e he o u r e Old n dea d W ll , brot rs , m rry ki g is ; ’ a " 11 n h a n Wh a t m tte rs we soo ave oth e r in stea d .

H Clause was played by olman .

0 T H E P R E - C 7 VI TORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

n d r . a Castle Rising , in No folk He was also auditor

h o f o f the Exc e quer . Several members this Howard

i e o f h h o n e fam ly wrot dramas ; Robert, seven , w ic

reached Dubli n . ’ ‘ T h e e o r h 2 Committ e, The Faithful Iris man , 4 ,

1 66 a n d appeared in folio in 5, is noticed in Smock

n h 1 2 . h Alley o May 5t , 7 9 Hitchcock , owever ,

in 1 1 a n d . mentions it 7 4 , , no doubt , he is correct This is the play call e d by Sir Roger D e Coverley a

o h f n h n go d Churc o Engla d play , by w ich he mea s a h m play from th e Royalist point o f vi e w . T e Co m itte e was a body appointed by th e Protector to s e questrate th e estat e s o f Royalists wh o re fused th e

n h h . Cove ant . Howard t oroug ly exposes its knavery ’ e ‘ T he n h e 1 6 An important farc , Ho est T i ves, , was

o in 1 h h . f rmed from it 79 7, by T omas Knig t , a player

Howard was o n e of th e ﬁrst to sketch a blund ering ,

h . ea u e but thoroughly devoted , Iris servant T g was

f h n O we n so n played by Gri ﬁt , Barri gton , Isaac Sparks , ,

a n d hn . John Jo stone Abel , by Quin , Francis

n n n . T re fu sis Elri gto , and Ki g Obadiah, by and

n ff Munde . Colonel Careless , by Ashbury , Gi ard , and

h n . Digges . Colonel Blunt , by T omas Elri gton . Mrs

W fﬁn t n h o o . . Day, by Miss g Rut , by Mrs Sterling

a nd . . . h an d Mrs Bland Arabella, by Mrs As bury ,

Miss Lyddall .

. . f h Rt Hon George Villiers , Duke o Bucking am ,

1 62 — 1 688 h 7 , C ancellor of Cambridge University , was 1 THALIA . 7

o f n . a man o f brilliant ability , but u steady character He was the auth or o f a comedy which was a rn a ste r piece o f satire o n th e bombastic tragedy of his time

a comedy which was the quarry o u t o f which R . B

’ h e T h . She ridan hewed is farc , e Critic ‘ ’ T h e 60 h Rehearsal , , was played at the T eatre

n 1 6 2 h e c Royal , Lo don , in 7 , and its t ird p rforman e at

c e n e o n e I st 1 0 . Smo k Alley is m ntio d Dec mber , 74

n e Buckingham , it is said , i tend d to attack Sir Robert

h e Howard under the name of Bilboa , but c ang d his

e o n e . mind , an d direct d his satire Dryd n as Bayes h Bayes monopolise s t e play . Bayes was played by

h i n T eoph lus Cibber, Bardi , Garrick , King , Woodward,

n n Foote , Wilkinso , Brow , and Ryder.

Philip Massinger (1 578 A New Way to ’ Pay Old Debts .

e h h as his h Sir Giles Ov rreac defrauded nep ew,

n him Wellbor , and made an outcast . Justice Greedy f has a name that speaks o r itself. We llborn meets

h e wit a kindly r ception from Lady Allworth . Sir h Giles thinks that t e lady will marry the prodigal , and with plausibility furnishes him with money an d h clot ing . He is an able , covetous , and determined

man . In the end he is trapped .

Mrs . Abington intr oduced th e play to Dublin for

w e her beneﬁt . Her husband , hos proper place was

th e h fo r e in orc estra, was once p rmitted to play as

. th e Justice Greedy Kemble revived play, himself 2 T H E P R E - C 7 VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

taki n g the part o f Sir Giles ; Kean also played th e

. h part Lady Allwort was played by Mrs . Ward and

. . T h e in Mrs Glover play is poetry . — H n e . C th h a n d a a in . H I h o st Mr ook , y g ow love t ee ” A r e th e d d h e still in e n " ea goo is s b i g Sp k, boy.

‘ ’ ’ u ‘ The D ke of Milan , 3 ; and The Fatal Dowr y , 4 , are also heard of.

William Congreve (1 670 — 1 72 9) was born in York

n shire , and educated at Kilken y College and at Dublin

. th University He was buried in e Abbey . ‘ ’ — h . The Old Bac elor , 3 7 Theatre Royal , London ,

1 6 e 1d 1 8 . 93 Smock All y , May 3 , 73 ’ 6 — The Double Dealer, 9 . Theatre Royal , London ,

1 6 1 1 8 . 94 ; Smock Alley , April 5th , 73 ’ — ’ e fo r . 1 6 Lov Love , 78 Lincoln s Inn Fields , 95

e 1 1 th 1 2 8 . Smock Alley , Octob r , 7 ’ — ’ h 6. The Way of t e World , 4 Lincoln s Inn

1 0 0 e 2 rd 1 . Fields , 7 Smock All y, March 3 , 733

h h a re T ese comedies , t ough very witty in dialogue ,

f e e e extremely low in moral tone , and o f nsive to d c nt " h ha s people . In fact , C arles Lamb said that judged

h — th e fe w morally , every character in t ese plays ex — c eptio n s are o n ly mistakes is alike essentially vain ” ‘ h in T he and worthless . We may notice , owever , ’ f ‘ Old Bach elor some examples o cowards , in Noll ’ ’ l ﬂ e h th e B u , and Sir Jos ph Wittol , whic Sheridan ,

e . plagiarist , has eag rly imitated in Bob Acres ’ O Ke e fe . Wittol was played by King, Woodward, and THALIA . 73

’ Fo n dle wife a n d A farce, named Latitia , was formed

h n from t is play , embodyi g its worst elements .

‘ ’ e M a kw ll In The Double D aler , s e and Lady

Touchwood are unsurpassed in ﬁction as scou n drels . f Love for Love is a little better , and a fords an

o f th e e - B e n early instance stag sailor in , which is said to h D u n ave been written for gg e tt to play . Ben si gs o f Buxom Joan .

Ben was played by Macklin , King, Isaac Sparks , and Ryder . ‘ ’ Wa Wishfo rt In The y o f the World , Lady says to her sham lover

B ut a s I a m a e n a n d o u u n o t a u e p rso , Sir Rowl , y m st ttrib t my yi eldi n g to a n y si n iste r a pp etite or i n digestion o f widow ” h ood . Collier fairly drove Congreve from writing and fo r

h as many years before t e period closes , public t te had ‘ revolted . However , modern Dublin can tolerate La Dame aux Camelias

— Sir John Va n brugh (1 666 1 726) was the architect o f Blenheim Palace and o f Castle Howard . ‘ ’ ’ e The Provoked Wife, The Conf deracy, and we ’ ‘ r in n 0 may add , The Relapse , o Virtue Da ger , 3 ,

’ ’ ’ being a sequel to Cibb e r s Love s Last Sh ift .

’ ’ — e The Provoked Wife , 59 . Lincoln s Inn Theatr ,

1 6 1 51 1 8 9 7; Smock Alley , July 3 , 73 .

e n ru fﬁan h It deals with a drunk , profane , Sir Jo n

e . Brute, and the meditated revenge of Lady Brut - 74 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Brute was played by Quin , Garrick , Sheridan ,

e n n e Digg s, Woodward, Brow , Mackli , Ryd r, and ’ W n Le M S . o fﬁn to . Lady Brute , by Mrs Bland , Miss g ,

Fu r n i al . Mrs . v , Mrs . Barry , Mrs Ward , Miss Ambrose , ’

. O Ke e fe o . Mrs , Miss S race , and Miss Farren ’ ‘ f e 0 - 1 0 The Con ed racy, 4 . The Haymarket , 7 5

A u n ie r ee 1 6th 1 8 . g Str t, November , 73 to I t is low in tone . Two city dames , married

n n penurious usurers , agree to receive atte tio s and ’ e h h so n money from ac ot er s husbands . Dick Amlet , o f e e h i e a p dlar , assist d by s friend Brass , pos s as an

fi n th e of cer , and pays attention to Cori na , precocious daugh ter o f o n e of th e usurers .

Dick was played by Digges , Dyer , Lewis , and

n Talbot . Brass , by King , Woodward , Macklin , Brow ,

a . n e . . n D ly , and R Jo s Corinna , by Mrs Abi gton ,

Mrs . Daly , and Mrs . Edwin . Mrs . Amlet , the pedlar , by Mrs . Macklin and Wilkinson .

’ Vanbrugh s oth e r plays in Dublin were The R e

’ ‘ ’ 0 in n f h lapse , 3 , conti uance o Love s Last S ift ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ ’ T h e 1 ZE S O 2 T h e n e 2 Mistake , 4 ; p , ; Cou try Hous , . ‘ ’ e n h a A farc , Frie ds ip la Mode , 4 , was derived from ’ his ‘ gloomy comedy , The False Friend .

Colley Cibber (1 671 — 1 757) was both a player a n d a dramatist . People h ave for a lo n g time followed the example o f the spitefu l Alexander Pope ; for Cibber had th e m isfortun e to be o f the Opposite school of politics , and t o have written a stron g Whig comedy , THALIA . 75

- ’ n . N o w h a n d The N o Juror , aut ors players should avoid politics on th e stage a n d in their plays ; and

e o n h e e th poor Cibb r brought imself, a Po t Laur ate , e

m an h e h lash o f the little , w os blows ave been repeated

- f n by half educated olk ever si ce . Yet he had risen to

e e e be manag r of Drury Lane , was Poet Laur at , could

e th e h - play comedy w ll , was aut or of twenty ﬁv e plays;

f h e e in n o w ich about fourteen w r seen Dubli . Just fancy P u m b making a picture o f Cibber o n th e throne o f h n dullness, wit little Pope pointi g at him scornfully,

o f n him in n and a chorus pigmies cappi g derisio .

e in n d h Vanbrugh and Cibb r lived tra sition ays , w en th e Empire was steppi n g o u t from miry ways into

h n h m cleaner paths . Bot carried o t e comic fops fro Etherege but Cibber has feature s all his own in attractive coquettes .

’ ’ r 6. Love s Last Shift , o The Fool in Fashion , 3

i r 2 6 h 1 1 6 6 A u n e t . Drury Lane , 9 ; g Street , April , 74 3 A wife recovers h e r erring husband by meeting h is

h is d tastes, in day of need and istress .

. i z h n r . Amanda was played by Mrs F t e y and Mrs R .

Sparks . Loveless, by R . Sparks and Cooke .

’ ’ Love Makes a Man , or T h e Fop s Fortune , — . r 1 0 1 A u n ie r 55 Dru y Lane, 7 ; g Street , December

1 8th 1 8 . , 73 - Carlos, an elder son , is a book worm , and is about

h . to resign all his rig ts to his brother , Clodio , a fop

e n h . The sight of a fair girl , Ang li a, c anges all his life

The scene is in Spain and Portugal . 6 T H E P R E - C 7 VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

ff n Carlos was played by Gi ard , Sherida , Heaphy

h . . r and Jo n P Kemble Clodio, by Ga rick , Isaac

D o n e i Sparks , King, Ryder , and Daly . L w s , an uncle and warm friend of Carlos, was played by Isaac Sparks

. n n . and Lewis A geli a , by Miss Hitchcock

Sh e h r T h Would and S e Would Not , o e Kind ’ — . u 2 6th 1 0 2 Impostor , 4 5 Dr ry Lane , November , 7 ;

1 6th 1 8 . Smock Alley , March , 74

th e n o n e Madrid is sce e . Hypolita , of his charming

e e coquettes , r j ects her lov r ; repents and, in male

h h er . attire , wit maid , Flora , goes to win him back T - ra a n ti e n . pp becomes her man s rvant , and is a ge ius

h e e h h She accomplis es her Obj ct , aft r aving gone t rough a mock marriage with another lady . ’ . . O Kee fe Hypolita was played by Mrs Bland, Mrs ,

T ra a n ti . . a n d . n . Mrs R Sparks, Mrs Daviso pp , by

i . V il ta the K ng and Ryd e r et , a clever maid on

o . pposite side , by Mrs Hitchcock . ’ — The Careless Husband , 54 . Drury Lane ,

th 1 0 2 th 1 8 . December 7 , 7 4 ; Smock Alley , July 4 , 73 Lady Easy wins back Sir Charles from ig n ominious

e e . lapses, by pret nding not to see th m Here again

e a n d th re is Lord Foppington , also Lady Betty h " Modish , a coquette, with w om beauty is power , till her lover is advised to assail he r with her o wn weapons .

. ff Lady Betty was played by Mrs Gi ard , Miss

W n o fﬁ to n . g , Miss Bellamy , Mrs Barry , Miss Grace

Phillips , Mrs . R . Sparks , and Mrs . Daly . Lady Easy ,

- 78 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN D R AMA I N DUBLIN .

A ta ll h was playe d by Colley Cibber imself. h Clarinda , by Mrs . Rogers . Sylvia , by Mrs . Brads aw . T h - ’ — e o u 2 . e 6th N Juror, 5 Drury Lane , Decemb r ,

1 1 2 rd 1 . 7 7 ; Smock Alley , May 3 , 74 3 It was this play that brought o n Cibber th e ve nom o f a n d h Pope all t e Tories .

Dr . Wolf was playe d by Colley Cibber himself a n d W il h . e o o dv by Theo Cibb r . Maria , a c arming coquette , by Mrs . Oldﬁeld . ‘ ’ ’ — 1 8 . The Lady s Last Stake , Haymarket ,

1 1 0 December 3th , 7 7 Smock Alley , December

r o th 1 . , 753

e n n e Lady G tle is an exc ellent woma in ev ry respect,

h f n n but is bitten wit a passion o r gambli g . Havi g

e lost all , she is persuad d into risking an attack upon

h sh her onour ; e loses the stake , but is rescued

h n a n d o f h e r from dis o our, cured gambling by

n a n e . h excelle t d cl ver friend , Mrs . Conquest Suc

n th e . stakes , we fear, were o ly too common at time

n e . L ady Ge tl was played by Mrs . Rogers Mrs .

Conquest , by Mrs . Oldﬁeld .

Certainly the stage and literature would be much ’ poorer without Cib b e r s charming coquettes

h h . Hypolita , Lady Betty , Sop ronia , C arlotte , Mrs

a n d W o o dv il wh o e Conquest , Maria , puts the cas

l e sh e thus : If one has an empty house to t , is not h ” displeased if there be more applicants t an one . THALIA . 79

A D VANBRUGH N CIBBER .

f Vanbrugh left behind him a fragment o a comedy , ‘ ’ e n n call d A Jour ey to London , being an amusi g

h o f n h sketc the family Of Sir Francis Wro g ead , driv i n g up to London to win o r regain wealth by a h parliamentary career . T is was taken in hand b y

Ci bber , and improved by the addition o f Lord an d

n th Lady Tow ly , e literary ancestors of Sir Peter f and Lady Teazle . Cibber des e rves the full credit o

e a e h thes ch ract rs , which broug t the comedy into

t th e a e ouch with greatest pl yers , and s cured its

S I n e n o f uccess . popularity , it r mai ed at the head all

English comedy to the close o f o u r period .

' ‘ h r T e Provoked Husband , o A Journey to ’ — 1 . r o th 1 2 London , 73 Drury Lane, January , 7 7

e e z 1 t 1 2 . Smock All y , D cember s , 7 8 Lady To wn ly spends h er life in frivolity ; at last her husba n d is driven to offe r her a separat e m a in ten

S h e a n d h ance . reforms, becomes a good and appy

h r woman . As compared wit h e , Lady Teazle is a

e e e h vixen , only sav d by accid nt from the d pt s .

D elan e Townly was played by , Sheridan , Barry ,

n Mossop , Digges , Lewis, Ryder , Daly, Ellisto ,

h a n d R . Sparks , C arles Kemble , Young, Conway,

c . . W. C . Ma ready Lady Townly , by Mrs Clive ,

W o n to n e . . Miss fﬁ g , Miss B llamy , Mrs Barry, Mrs

bin t n . . e A g o fj Mrs Fitzhenry, Mrs Charl s Kemble, ’ O N ill . Miss Farren , Miss Smith, and M iss e 0 H E P R E - I N 8 T VI CTORIAN DRAMA DUBLIN .

’ h 1 6 8- 1 0 8 so n o f George Farqu ar, 7 7 , was a the

h e o f Kill m ard Rev . Jo n Farquhar, Pr bendary y , h Rap oe and was a Freshman at Dublin University . I t is said that in his college days he wished to ’ " bo rrow Burnet s History o f th e Reformation from a

o t student in adjacent rooms , but g the answer that hi h s neig bour never lent books , but that Farquhar mi ght come and read them . The tables were soon turn e d his neighbour wanted to borrow bellows , and h h got t e answer t at they were never lent , but that his - fellow stude nt might come and u se th em .

H e e j oined Smock All y as a player, while still a

n student ; but he was o t to be a g reat player . H e

e was timid, had a weak voice , and wound d a fellow

n h player o the stage . Wilks , a Dublin player , broug t

t o n w th e o f him Londo , here Earl Orrery gave him a

i o f h e commission , by v rtue w ich he emerg d as Captain

h . H e Farqu ar was persuaded to write, and every

h in h H e t ing he touched had it gaiety and umour.

n h was o t appy in his domestic relations , and his

e -e children wer left so ill ducated , that Wilks could

n th n o t help them to employment o e stage . The army permitted him to re turn to Smock Alley fo r a

e e h 1 0 0 b n ﬁt , whic brought him £ . His last comedy, written in his thirtieth year, was the most popular .

‘ a r The Const nt Couple , o The Trip to the ’ e 1 — a 1 6 Jubile , 9 . Drury L ne , 99 ; Smock Alley,

1 0 7 4 , according to Hitchcock . Newspapers mention

o n a th 1 2 it February 7 , 7 9 . THALIA . 8 1

Wildair n Sir Harry , after tryi g to buy a young girl ,

Ang elina , marries her .

’ W ilda ir e b ff r was play d y Wilks , Farquhar , Gi a d , W o ﬂi n to n . . G Garrick , Miss g , Mrs Barry, Mrs lyn ,

f h an d A c h m et . Gri ﬁt , Garrick , Ryder, Mrs . Colonel

S o wdo n . his Standard, by Lady Lovewell , old sweet

. n heart , by Mrs Abingto . Henry Norris g o t the name o f Jubile e Dick from

o f th e n n the play, as many you g gentlemen were o the move to Italy for a function . ’ T he T h o r e 8 1 . Inconstant ; , Way to Win Him , ’ n 1 0 2 B Drury La e , 7 Madame Violante s ooth ,

2 1 73 .

Its popularity was steady in later years . Bob Mirabel was contracted to Oriana but trave l o n the h European tour leaves him indisposed to marry , t ough

h n he would keep her attached . S e pret e ds another m e h n h o f arriag approac i g , t en vows celibacy , even

n madness from melancholy . Fi ally she captures him h f by risking her life fo r im . Each o them has an

n wh o n n extraordi ary chum , are u ited after ma y

k h . e b H h s irmis es Mirabel was play d y Digges , eap y,

h e n . B isa rre C arles K mble , Dwyer, and Percy Farre , h by Mrs . Abington , Miss Farren , Mrs . C arles Kemble ,

" ’ . . an d N e ill . Mrs Edwin , Mrs Jordan , Miss O D ure ’K f e . . O e e e t te, by King and Ryder Oriana, by Mrs , ’ ill l te in . 1 0 Miss Wa s , and Miss O N e In 7 9 , Dwyer (Mirabel) brought an action a gainst Tb e D u blin

eeb essen er e 20 0 fo r . W gy M g , and recover d £ , the state G 2 T H E P R E - C I 8 VI TORIAN DRAMA N DUBLIN .

ment that h e had not played well enough up to Mrs

a r Jordan as B is r e . ’ — 2 . 1 0 The Twin Rivals, 4 Drury Lane , 7 3

1 th 1 8 Smock Alley , May 9 , 73 . This was the least important and popular play o f

Farquhar . Mrs . Abington played in it . ’ — T h e Ofﬁc e rs 6 . 1 0 Recruiting , 7 Drury Lane, 7 7

I st 1 2 Smock Alley, March , 7 9 .

n h ar The sce e is at S rewsbury , where F quhar himself had raised recruits . Captain Plume and

Captain Brazen are the notable pa ir, and Serjeant

n Kite is their factotum . His pla is to disguise himself h as a soot sayer , and forete ll honour and promotion

fo r all . the o f his dupes Sylvia, daughter Justice

’ n Balance , in ma s attire, enlists with Plume , who

h er e . marries and r tires from the army It is a lively, coarse com e dy .

e h Plum was played by S eridan , Garrick , Dexter,

a n d . n Macklin , Digges , Ryder , Heaphy Braze , by

h e . w T o Cibber , Bardin , King , Wood ard , and Lewis .

n i . Bala ce , by Qu nn Sylvia , by Mrs . Blaud, Miss

W o fﬁn t n . g o and Miss Bindon Kite , by Isaac Sparks and Wilder . ’ ’ — T he a 1 2 . T he Beaux Str tagem , 7 Haymarket ,

1 n 1 th 1 2 . 737 Smock Alley , Ja uary 9 , 7 9

T h e play is said to have been written in six we e ks ,

n his n duri g last ill ess . Aimwell and Archer, having

m n spent al ost all their patrimo y, agree to try fortune

n in hu ting the country, taking alternately th e position THALIA . 8 3

o f . Lic hﬁeld th master and man At , where e scen e is

’ A his h laid , imwell assumes brot er s titl e o f Lord

h e n th e . Aimwell , Arc er b comi g man Near Lic hﬁeld

a n d is the home Of Lady Bountiful , her daughter,

her o Dorinda , with s ttish stepson , Squire Sullen , and

h wh o n his sprig tly wife, is certai ly not sullen , except

e . T he n in nam inn is kept by Bo iface, who is in

i h e league w th ighwaym n . The adventures o f th e

n in in n you g men the , and at the house o f Lady th Bountiful , form the plot . Scrub is e factotum at

e n e the great house . The l adi g parts are Arch r,

n h Scrub , Mrs . Sulle , and Cherry Boniface . That t e

- e i e a n d ill assort d un on between Sull n his wife, in orde r h to make a present o f h e r to Archer , s ould be dis

a solved merely by mutual consent, is defect which cannot be defended by the couplet

’ C n e n if u u a a e th e a e fee o s t , m t l , s v s l wy r s

Con s e n t is la w e n ou gh to set yo u free .

h er Archer was played by S eridan , Garrick , Dext ,

n Mossop, Ki g , Woodward, Lewis , Brown , Daly , w Webster , Elliston , D yer , and Percy Farren . Scrub,

h e n h by T eo . Cibb r, Ki g, Woodward , S uter , Ryder,

n c n e . Dawso , Ma kli and Mund n Mrs . Sullen , by

Fu m iva l Mrs . Barry, Mrs Stirling , Mrs . , Miss

W . o fﬁn t n . g o , Miss Bellamy , Mrs Abington , Mrs

h n h . . Fitz e ry , Miss Grace P illips, Mrs Kelf, Mrs

E . h . a n d . Pritc ard, Mrs . Wilder , Mrs Daly , M rs dwin

h . n . C erry, by Mrs Abi gton , Miss Bellamy , Mrs Kelf,

Miss Ambrose , Mrs . Pope , and Mrs . R. Spa rks . 8 T H E P R E - C 4 VI TORIAN DRAMA IN D UBLIN .

’ ‘ 1 2 In addition , Love and a Bottle , ; and The

’ 0 . Stage Coach , 3

i ' ' C e n tliv re ezr cz ter 1 68 0 - 1 2 Mrs . Hannah ( 7 3) was dau ghter Of a prominen t Nonconformist n amed

n h Freeman , who had to leave E gland ence she was h probably born in Ireland . S e was left an orphan in

early life , and was three times married, being ,

Fo x in n . . successio , Mrs , Mrs Carroll , and Mrs .

n li C e t vre . Her last husband was chief cook to

. S he th e Queen Anne tried stage without success ,

h r n r but e dramatic writi gs are impo tant . Three o f

her comedies were often seen in Dublin . ‘ ’ — 1 0 . r 1 2th The Busybody , 5 Dru y Lane, May ,

0 A u n I er 6th 1 8 . 1 7 9 ; g Street , May 1 , 73 ‘ o f u Marplot, the literary ancestor Pa l Pry , over h shadows all others . The scene is in London , but t e h ide a is Continental , t at parents may assign th e ir

” o f h children in marriage , regardless t eir wishes .

e Marplot tries to b friend the young people , but

unconsciously thwarts them at eve ry step . A happy

n . e d crowns all Marplot was played by King ,

Woodward , Lewis , Ryder , Macklin , and Charles i h l n . a s r t . Ba nister Mirabunda , p g y girl , by Mrs Ward ,

a n d . Mrs . Abington , Miss Osborne , Mrs Hitchcock . K ’ T h 1 . e Wonder, A Woman eeps a Secret, 4 4

n 1 1 1 6 Drury La e , 7 4 ; Smock Alley , December th ,

1 74 2 . The idea is the same— the diffi culty of Continental

girls in getting a husband Of their choice . Lisbon is

- 8 6 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLI N .

’ ‘ e 1 6 The T nder Husband , , and The Lying ’ 1 . Lover , , were also seen in Dublin

1 6 8—1 1 0 Thomas Betterton , 3 7 , was a famous player , ’ a n d was manager o f th e theatre at Lincoln s Inn

Fields . ’ — ’ 0 . n The Amorous Widow, 3 Li coln s Inn Fields,

th 1 0 . 1 70 6 ; Smock All ey , May 7 , 73 e h A coarse play derived from Moli re , from whic ’ 1 8 1 came a farce , Barnaby Brittle , in 7 .

e 1 0 — 1 h e o f Henry Fi lding , 7 7 754 , was nep w William ,

r f h the 3 d Earl o Denbig , and was educated at Eton

n his e f v ic issi and Leyde . Like Steele , lif was full o

e a n d tud s . He was dramatist , barrister , novelist ,

All n n police magistrate . his writi gs show stro g , c o arse humour . ‘ ’ — 6. 1 2 The Miser , 5 Drury Lane , 73 Smock

e u e 2 th 1 6. All y , J n 5 , 73 T h e ﬁrst Dubli n performance was for the beneﬁt of o h p or prisoners in the Mars alsea , Fleece Alley ,

’ ish a m ble o f . hn F Street, to help the Prebendary S Jo s

e n to give each of th m a pen y a day for bread .

Lo v e o ld e g wishes to marry Mariana Wis ly , and

‘ enters a contract to forfe it But th e girl

his so n h prefers Frederick and t e young people ,

e . th e e e aid d by Mrs Lappet , hous ke per , get their o wn

wa th e e . T h n y, and mon y e pla was that th e woman h e n h s ould dev lop extravaga ce , and send all t e bills to

Lo veg o ld . THALIA . 7

l n Lo veg o d was played by Macklin , Ki g, Shuter ,

M n itt a n d . a . y , Percy Farren L ppet , by Mrs Macklin ,

. . e Mrs . Green , Mrs Abington , Mrs K lf, and Mrs .

Edwin .

h 1 6 - 1 2 in Sir Ric ard Steele , 75 7 9 , was born Dublin ; h his father , a barrister, being private secretary to t e

Duke of Or m on de . H e was educated at Charter house and Oxford , like his friend Addison . H is life

o f . was full excitement He was private soldi e r,

m e o f captain , pamphleteer, and emb r Parliament

e h e n all in turn . Som times wild , t n pious, ge erally h n h is t riftless ; but always elevati g , by writings , the low manners o f his age . ‘ ’ — o r e 0 . The Funeral ; , Grief la Mode , 3 Drury

1 0 2 A u n ie r 2n d 1 6. Lane , 7 g Street, February , 73 Lord B ru m pto n feigns to be dead to test his wife but the cofﬁ n o n ly carries a you n g lady to gladden her lover .

Lady B ru m pto n was played by Mrs . Fu rn ival and

h . Mrs . Pritc ard ’ — 1 0 . The Conscious Lovers , 7 Drury Lane,

th 1 2 2 2 th Nove mber 7 , 7 ; Smock Alley , June 7 ,

2 1 7 9 . T h e o f Cibb e r maintai n ed that his father h e lped to

’ write T h e Co n scio us Lovers . Sir Joh n B e vil wishes his son to marry Luci n da

th b o h as his h o n Se aland ; but e y set eart Indiana ,

' irl wh o m h a s e a young g , he rescued , and treat d 8 H P E - I N 8 T E R VI CTORIAN DRAMA DUBLI N.

M rs . S her with unselﬁsh kindness . ealand wishes

im b erto h daughter to marry a proud fop , C

Myrtle is in love with Lucinda . Bevil plans . that the refusal must come from th e girl ; and a duel between him and Myrtl e is only prevented by the

h o f i good sense o f Bevil . Phillis , t e maid Luc nda ,

a n d T m th f . o , e man o Bevil , are attractive Indiana - h turns o u t to be a long lost daug ter of Sealand . The great lesson inculcated is the folly and mischief o f

. duelling .

D elan e f h Bevil was played by Quin , , Gi fard , S eri

d an e n h . , Barry, Mossop, Digg s , Cli c , and Holman

e . Tom , by Th o Cibber , King , Woodward, and

. n e . ff Ryder I diana, by Mrs . Cibb r , Mrs Gi ard , Miss

Bellamy, Mrs . Barry , Mrs . Ward , Mrs . Fitzhenry ,

‘ h . Mrs . R . Sparks , Miss Hug es , and Mrs Edwin .

’ ’ D o n n Pasquin , 3 ; Quixote in E gland, 3 ; an d

- o r The Letter writers , A New Way to Keep a Wife ’ at Home , 3 , were also seen in Dublin .

n M . D h Benjami Hoadley , . , P ysician to the

h 1 0 6- 1 the so n o f Royal House old, 7 757, was eldest h f h Benjamin , Bis op o Winc ester , and was educated

e at Hackn y and Cambridge . He was distinguished h h h in mat ematics, p ilosop y, and medicine . ’ — T h e n 1 . Suspicious Husba d , 49 Covent Garden , ’ 1 o ff e 2 th 74 7 ; Mary s Abbey , Capel Str et, April 4 ,

1 74 70

e d Strickland domine rs over a meek, obe ient wife ,

’ " c o rre tte l st She and sends away Clarinda , a merry q , e

T H E P R E - C 9 0 VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

. S c ra c e . e . by Mrs Kelf, Miss , Mrs R ddish, Mrs R .

. . o in . Sparks, Mrs Siddons , Mrs Gl ver, and Mrs . Edw

— George Colman the elde r (1 73 2 1 794) was edu

1 68 c ate d at Westminster and Oxford . In 7 he became

1 o f th j oi n t manager of Cov e nt Garden ; and in 777, e

was h o f Haymarke t . He a nephew of t e Countess

h c Bat , and received onsiderable property from the

en e Pult ys . His stature was very small . ’ — 1 1 8 . The Jealous Wife , Drury Lane ,

2 2n d 1 62 . Smock Alley , March , 7

. e ffe Mrs Oakl y is really j ealous , but she a cts it still

e n h . his e mor to he peck her usband She opens l tters,

n n and ﬁ ds o e from Squire Russet , accusing Charles

n Oakley Of abducti g his daughter Harri e t . But there

i e h e h . . s a n p w, C arles Oakley Mrs Oakley will not ff be convinced , and causes great trouble to the a airs T f . h e n o poor, innocent Harriet you g people are

r n n married the wo m turns , and puts a ﬁ ishi g stroke

o n th e e n . T h e o f h pecking good lady, in the days h o f her powe r , had a abit passing from abuse to faint

. e o f n ing ﬁts Oth r suitors Harriet are Lord Tri ket, a

a r akish nobleman , and Sir Harry Beagle , a sportsm n , wh o barters his chance o f the lady to Trinket for a horse .

Oakley was played by Mossop , Wilkinson , Ryder ,

e h K e Daly , Ross , Pop , Jo n P . embl , Charles Kemble ,

e . Holman , Young, Conway, and William Farr n Mrs .

. n . itz h en r . Oakley, by Mrs Abi gton , Mrs F y, Mrs THALIA . 9 1

h . M . e Pritc ard, Mrs Daly, iss Wallis , Mrs Charl s ’

h O N e ill . d . Kembl e , Miss Smit , Miss , and Mrs E win

d n e . Lor Tri ket, by William Macr ady Sir Harry

’ Ke efe . Beagle , by O

Colman and Garrick jointly wrote

‘ ’ — 6. a n The Clandestine Marriage, 7 Drury L e ,

1 66 w 2 6th 1 66. 7 ; Cro Street, May , 7

n o f Fanny Stirli g, the younger daughter a rich " ” h i h e th e e merc ant, w th w om mon y is stuff, secr tly

’ f an d n marries Lovewell , who is in her father s o ﬁce , o ly " ” h ff n nee ds t e stu . Her au t and elder sister are also d a h n e vot e d to wealth n d fas io . Affairs are compli ’ c a te n h d for Fan y , when her sister s betrot ed would

e the o f th e pref r her ; but cream comedy , and we

n h d wh o may say of all E glis comedy, is Lor Ogilby ,

o n o ld e e comes a visit, a rheumatic b au , with extr me

- e wh o n u h is good natur , has to be daily wou d p for

n ﬂirtatiou s by restorative pills a d cordial wate rs . He

n n e h n o t b e would marry Fa y hims lf ; but as t is may , h e gallantly helps the youn g people o u t o f th e n difﬁ c l i s c u t e . It seems certain that Garri k developed

e Ogilby from Lord Chalkston in his afte rpie ce, ’ Lethe .

Ogilby was played by Austin , King , Ryder, Dawson ,

h e h a n d Willia m Brown , Talbot , Fulham , C arl s Mat ews,

e n n . a n d . Farr n . Fa y , by Mrs Barry Mrs . R . Sparks N O player ever reached T o m Ki n g as Ogilby ;

William Farren was also good . - 9 2 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Other comedies o f the e lder Colman in Dublin we re

’ T h e n r n 2 T h e E glish M e cha t , 4 ; and Man of ’ Business .

1 1 6— 1 David Garrick , 7 779 , was born at Hereford ,

h e n w ere his father , Captain Pet r Garrick , was raisi g

e h h in e h e Lic hﬁeld . r cruits . T eir o , owev r , was at ’ n n e fo r o n his h He was i te d d the law ; but , fat er s

n his e th e death , he joi ed broth r Peter in wine trade

i n Lic hﬁeld . T h e David l vi g in London , and Peter at

o f e a n d e love acting , how ver, prevailed ; he join d ' ’ G iﬂa rd s Company at Ipswich under th e name Of

Lyddal . The nam e s are all familiar to Old Dublin , for was n o t o u r Polly a Miss Lydda l before h er i marriag e "In 1 74 2 and in 1 74 5 he visited Dubl n , stayin g six mon ths at Smock Alley o n th e second

n d e oc casion . H e was w e ll received ; a was call d

Roscius . The chief diffe rence bet ween Garrick and the o ld Dubli n school was that they put in th e fore

e h e h front clear locution , whic could b eard occasion a h lly across the street . Garrick pus ed forward his

e e e n f e stag into the pit, and r li d o play o f atures and

e th e o f graceful movements, which ev n Barry , man grace , could not surpass . He appears to have e W o fﬁn to n ngaged himself to Miss g , but that good

r e n lady prefer d to remai a Boh emian . He was , like

h e e s . Colman , a small man , dark , wit pi rcing black ey

h e ld wh o T er was an o song about Manager Strut , was three feet high . He married a dancer . He was adroit

T H E P R E - 9 4 VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

’ . " h e A Mr Capel , in the Lord C amb rlain s ofﬁce , k e pt it o u t of London for seventeen years as u n pala table to favourite s fro m Scotla n d ; its earliest name ‘ ’ e n b ing The Trueborn Scotchma . Certainly , Sir Pertinax Mac -Sycophant is not ch arming but he says

o f th e some best things in comedy . One of his spe e ches is a favourite after-dinn e r re citation with

o f friends ours still . He laid the foundation o f his l fortune by a marriage with a mad O d creature .

M a rrie d he r i n a fortn ight ; bu ri ed h er in a mon th tou ch ed ” th e sille r .

’ T hen he could never stand straight in a gre at rn an s

h e e e presence , but always kept booing , till b cam a we althier man than half th e gold e n calve s he had

e n n boo d to , getting i to Parliame t and securing many

e n n Gov r me t contracts .

n Sir Perti ax was played by Macklin and King .

h 1 2— 1 8 1 1 Ric ard Cumberland , 73 , was a son of the

n h Of e Rt . Rev . Denison Cumberla d, Bis op Kilmor , a n d was educat e d at We stminster and Cambridge ,

h h h n w ere e became a Fe llow . He was also an o orary

f n . h o f LL . D . o Dubli His mot er was a daughter as h . w Bentley, the great Cambridge sc olar He solicitor and clerk in th e trade and plan tatio n depart

n an d . h me t , was buried at Westminster Goldsmit " ‘ calls him th e Teren ce o f Englan d ; but in The ’ " e Critic , R . B . Sh e ridan sneers at him as Sir Fr tful ” n f Plagiary . N O o e o sense in our day minds the THALIA . 9 5

sneers o f Pope or o f Sheridan ; and if we are to

e e assume that Plagiary is d riv d from Plagiarist , we

know well where to put on the cap . ‘ ’ — T he 1 1 . 1 1 West Indian , 5 Drury Lane, 77 ; - e 1 th 1 1 . B elc o ur Cap l Street, February 9 , 77 , a rich

e in n n young plant r from Jamaica, arrives Lo do , and

a n d proves himself impetuous , generous , susceptible .

a n o f n en Cumberl nd thi ks much climatic i ﬂu ces .

h n B lc u r e n U n der a misappre ensio , e o b gi s by insult — ing a young lady Louisa Dudley , and ends by

h e r Sh e e h R u s o r t marrying . , and her fri nd , C arlotte p , ’ Fl h are excellent ske tche s . Maj or Dennis O a erty is

n a n d an Irish gentlema , popular straightforward, though he says he may have a triﬂe Of ﬁve wive s ” alive .

B e lc u r o was played by Mossop, Lewis , Daly ,

d . Re dish , R Jones, Talbot, Young , Dwyer, Hamerton ,

d . and W . C . Macrea y The Major , by Ryder, John

h A ic ke n a n d Owe n so n . a Jo nstone , , Connor, Louis , ’ . O Kee fe S c ra c e a n d th by Mrs , Miss , e second

Mrs . Pope . Charlotte , by Mrs . Daly , Mrs . Reddish , ’ and Miss O N e ill . ’ — T h e h . 1 Fas ionable Lover , 4 3 Drury Lane , 772

m e 8 h Crow Street and S ock All y , February t , — 1 2 . A bb e rv ille n h 77 Lord , a you g spendt rift , is the fash ionabl e love r who would repair his fortune

h the a h B rid e m o re by marriage wit d ug ter of g , a London merchant , who has appropriated a him rich cargo , consigned to by Aubrey , whom he - 6 T HE P R E C I N . 9 . VI TORIAN DRAMA DUBLIN

hop e s to be dead . T he play is enrich ed by Colin

e n . u Macl od, a faithful Scotchma , by Dr Dr id , a Welsh

n an d a n a tiquarian , by Mortimer , excellent o ld h bac elor , who veils great gen e rosity under cynical

man n ers . Augusta Aubrey is badly treated by the

B ridg em o r e s . Aubrey and his daughter were played

h e wit gr at success by the Barrys . O ther plays o f Cumb e rland in Dublin were ‘ The ’ ‘ ’ ’ e 1 6 T h e S o n ‘ Broth rs , ; Natural , 4 ; The Jew , ’ ‘ ’ 1 6 n 1 h o f ; First Impressio s , The W eel Fortune, ‘ ’ ‘ ’ 0 T he e 6 1 ‘ T h 3 ; Carm lite , ; First Love, ; e ’ ‘ ’ n T h e Mysterious Husba d, 3 ; Note of Hand , 6 ; ’ ’ ’ The Summer s Tale , 3 Calypso , 5.

h 1 2 8—1 Oliver Goldsmit , 7 774 , was a son of th e h Rev . Charles Goldsmit , and was educated at Du blin

n e h e e n U iversity , wh re t r is a promi ent statue to his memory . Th e re are peculiar graces a n d Charms abou t all his h h th e . works, w ic have endeared him to Empire

e His poems , nov l , and comedies all alike give pleasure ; but his life was a sever e struggle for exist

h eﬂ h Own i . ence, c i y t rough his thr ftless habits

‘ o r T he a Sh e Stoops to Conquer ; , Mist kes o f a

’ — 1 1 Night , 9 3 . Covent Garden , March 5th , 773 ;

1 2th 1 Crow Street , April , 773 . Tony Lumpkin directs Marlow a n d his frie nd to

o f his e . th e house stepfather , Hardcastl , as to an inn

sh Miss Hardcastle , ﬁnding Marlow to be stupidly y,

8 H R -V I ’ ‘ I N 9 T E P E CI OR A DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

” This play is said to have been slowly elaborate d till the wit o f the dialogu e equals o r surpasses his

e e e mod l , Congreve . He is not so indec nt as Congr ve ,

but he can write u gly and coarse scenes . Sir Peter ’ and Lady Teazle are a lat e r version o f Cibb er s Lord

’ a n h e d Lady Town ly . S ridan s woman would be

c h more odious in re al life . Sir Peter had mu th e

o f worse the bargain , as the clever lady , having gained

h er e priz , leads him a miserable life , and is only saved

from the worst ruin o f a woman by accident . The spe ndthrift Surface is more desirable than the

h e ypocrit Surface .

e e Sir P t r was played by King , Ryder , Wilson ,

ulham . e Cherry , F , and William Farren Jos ph ’

f n h . Sur ace , by Cli c , John P Kemble , Cooke , and

e . W . Macr ady Charles Surface , by Daly , Talbot ,

h . ea z l C arles Kemble , and Percy Farren Lady T e .

n by Mrs . Barry , Mrs . Abi gton , Mrs . Daly , Mrs .

o r n l . . n C e ys , Mrs . Edwin , Mrs Glover , Mrs Jorda , ’ h O N e ill . d Miss Smit , and Miss Mrs . Can our , by

p . Mrs . Hea hy ’ h 1 8 A Trip to Scarboroug , , was only an adapta

’ ’ n tion o f Va bru gh s Relapse .

— f n h 1 1 3. Hug Kelly , 73 9 777, was son o Dubli

- in tavern owner , but was born Killarney . He served h a n apprentice s ip in Dublin , and went to London .

h e Th ere e became a transcriber for an attorn y , m to anaged periodicals, wrote plays , and was called i the Bar . He was a small , fa r , corpulent man . THALIA . 9 9

‘ ’ — T h e . n 1 School for Wives , 34 Drury La e , 773 ;

e 1 2 th 1 . Cap l Street , January , 774

e n th e B l l I t is not v ry origi al , as e v il e s are a recast

’ o f Cib b er s h Sir C arles and Lady Easy . General

o ld h Savage , an gentleman , bullied at ome by M rs .

e e n e e . T mpest , is d termi d to rul eve ryon e else H e ’ n K f was played by Ki g and O e e e .

’ o f Other plays Kelly were False Delicacy , 8 ; ’ h e 2 A Word to t Wise , The Romance o f an

’ ’ 1 1 e 8 Hour , and Cl mentina , .

o f the e A comedy same nam , by Robert Lloyd , was played in Smock Alley twice . Ke lly was for a time more popular in London than

Goldsmith .

Mrs . Anne Matilda Cowley was born at Tiverton ,

n h 1 e th e h e o f Devo s ire, in 743 , b ing daug t r a book h selle r named Parkhouse . S e becam e th e wife o f a

n th e e o f th e captai in servic East India Company . ‘ ’ ’ e 1 6 — n The Belle s Stratag m , 3 . Covent Garde ,

1 8 0 h r e 1 th 1 8 0 . 7 ; S ock Alley , D cember 3 , 7 D o ric o u r t and Letitia Hardy were betrothed in infancy by th e ir pare nts

a e c ed a t a n d chu c ed a t a e . M st r row Miss , Miss kl M st r

Th e y have n o t see n ea ch other ag ain till the tim e

th e a n d arrives for marriage . He has travelled , has come to think Fre nch an d Italian women to b e more spirited than a be autiful pie ce o f E n g lish ﬂ e sh and

h h er blood . S e determines to make him love , and 0 0 T H E P R E - 1 VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN . adopts th e curious plan of ﬁrst disgusting h im with

ff w n h a ected awk ard ess and vulgarity , and t en capti v a tin g him with brilliant charms at a masked ball . D o ric o u rt would fai n break o ff th e match to marry th n h th e e unknown . A ot er interesting part of play is th e attempt to tur n Lady Frances Touchwood into a woman o f the world .

W al te in . s Letitia was played by Mrs Daly , Miss ,

n n Mrs . Charles Kemble , Mrs . Daviso , Mrs . Edwi , ’ N ill D o ric o u rt and Miss O e . , by Daly , Melvin , and

. ilv r t n u e h Talbot S e o g , a fas ionable auctioneer , by

w n so n n . O e . Flutter, by Woodward and Ki g Lady

. a n d . Frances , by Mrs Kniveton Miss Hitchcock Sir Henry Irvin g and Miss Terry have revived this beautiful play . T h ’ Her other plays in Dublin were e Runaway ,

‘ 1 2 ; Which is the Man 2 ; A Bold Stroke for a ’ ’ 1 0 in 1 h Husband , ; A Day Turkey , ; Who is t e

’ Dupe "3 0 .

’ h K e fe 1 — 1 8 Jo n O e , 74 7 3 3 , was born in Abbey

e in Stre t , Dublin , and educated in a Jesuit School

n Cook Street . Le sso s in drawing and painting were ’ ’ in e e h . received W st s Acad my , S aw s Court " ” His Re coll e ctions are charming reading for

o f o ld . o u r lovers Dublin Yet, for purpose, we ﬁnd h too much reticence . It may be t at in his day writ e rs wer e in much higher social e ste e m than players ; for th e fact remains that while h e speaks

2 H E P R E - 1 0 T VICTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

’ ’ ’ Village , 3 ; Life s Vagaries , 3 and The Londo n ’ 1 Hermit , .

’ o f K f We know above sixty parts O e e e as a player , th e n b ern S hak e s ere — followi g g In p Tressel , Roderigo,

n P isanio Clo te n Orla do , , , Mercutio, Antonio , Osric, V Poins , Gratiano , erges, Ventoso, and the clown in ’ Twelfth Night .

1 - 1 8 0 Thomas Holcroft, 74 5 9 , was born in London , a n d became a player, a prompter, translator , novelist, an d w o f dramatist . He was one of the ﬁrst riters

e . m lodrama His widow married James Kenney, h anot er dramatist . ’ — 6 . 1 2 The Road to Ruin , 4 Covent Garden , 79

i 1 1 2 Crow Street , Apr l 3th , 79 .

n n a n rblin . The road is by raci g, betti g , and g g

D o r n to n h e e Young , aving trav ll d in it for some time, h h is forgiven by his fat er , a respectable merc ant , and

e e o f obtains Sophia Fre love, the daught r the Widow

Warren . All the oth er parts are thrown in the sh ade by

n o f th e so n o f Goldﬁ ch , a suitor widow . He is the a

his o f th e sugar baker, but whole language is that

n sporting frat e rnity . He has a co stant refrain ’ ” That s your sort .

n h Goldﬁ c was played by Lewis , Jones , Fawcett ,

h D o rn to n Mat ews , and Lee Lewis . Young , by W i h n . lliam Macready and C arles Co nor Sophia , by W alstein . Miss Bindon , Miss , Mrs Kniveton , and

Mrs . Edwin . THALIA . 1 0 3

’ D u blirl His other plays in Duplicity, 4 The ’ ‘ ’ 1 T h e h Noble Peasant, ; Sc ool for Arrogance , 3 ; ’ ’ 2 e The Deserted Daughter , 4 D af and Dumb , 9 ’ T he 2 ‘ f 6 Escapes , The Maid o the Vale , .

1 0 — 1 88 Frederick Pilon , 75 7 , was born at Cork,

h e from w ich he migrated to London, and b came a player . ‘ ’ — 6. n He Would be a Soldier , 3 Covent Garde ,

1 8 2n 1 8 . 7 4 ; Smock Alley , January d , 7 7

n Colo el Talbot , who is secretly married , leaves his

h o n e n . son wit Wilkins , b i g sent to foreign service

T h e a e o ff o f lad , at the g of twelve , goes with a party soldiers , and rises to be a captain .

o n h im Talbot returns , and Wilkins tries to pass

o wn . his son , Caleb ‘ ’ ‘ ’ rr A e r stato n The Humours o f a Election , 4 ; o , I ’ e The Fair American , 6 with music by Carter , wer a lso seen in Dublin .

i 1 6 - 1 8 1 th e o f Freder ck Reynolds, 7 4 4 , was son a

n n solicitor , and was born i Lo don . ‘ ’ — T he . 1 w Will , 3 9 Drury Lane, 797 Cro Street,

2 th 1 . November 6 , 798 h f ha s By t e scheming o Mrs . Rigid, Mandeville

h f his h n bee n disin erited in favour o daug ter , Albi a, wh o with the object of getting h er married to Veritas , agrees to give h alf th e dowry to Mrs . Rigid . Albina , w getting to kno Mrs . Rigid thoroughly , and having a 1 0 T HE P R E - C 4 VI TORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

r h e r lover mo e to taste , tears the will , restoring the

h n h r h in erita ce to e fat er .

e . Albina was played by Mr . Charles K mble ’ — e 0 . Laugh Wh n You Can , 4 Covent Garden ,

1 8 e 1 th 1 . 79 ; Crow Str et , April 7 , 799 This comedy is n o t so interesti n g and amusing as

n m h the a e suggests ; in fact, it is rat er stupid .

C o lnran George the younger, was a son o f e n a n d srrc c e e ded the eld r Colma , him in the

h e d management of th e Haymark e t . His mot r h a

e . n b en a player He was educated at Westmi ste r ,

a n d e a n d e fo r Oxford , Ab rdeen , was int nded the Bar . ‘ ’ T h e e 61 — 1 H ir at Law, . The Haymarket, 79 7

o th 8 . Crow Street , March 3 , 1 79 T he son o f Lord D u b erley is wrecked comi n g

b e e h om e from Qu e bec , and is supposed to d ad ; the

e e o n e n title and estat pass to a distant relativ , Da iel - n e . a Dowla , a tallow chandl r in Gosport Dowl n employs Dr . Pangloss as tutor for his son .

n th e a n d Pa gloss is best part , was played by John

e an n Banniste r , Fawc tt , d William Farre . Lord

D u b e rle . y, by Percy Farren and Mathews " ’ — Th n . e e Poor Gentlema , 57 Cov nt Garden ,

1 0 1 2 th 1 8 0 1 . 8 Crow Street, June 9 ,

‘ e h Li e ut nant Worthington and his daug ter , Emily ,

h . lodge humbly wit Farmer Harrowby The Hon .

ac a b the o f Lucretia M T , poor and proud sister a

h o n . e Scottis noble, sponges them Sir Charl s Crop

0 H - 1 6 T E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

S he is b e tter known as a dramatist and novelist than

h n h . as a player . S e was i Dublin with Jo n P Kembl e

1 8 2 1 8 in 7 and 7 3 . ’ ’ 0 — e e 1 8 w Lovers Vows , 4 . Cov nt Gard n , 79 Cro

n 26th 1 . Street , Ju e , 799

e e e This is a dom stic story , adapted from Kotz bu , a n d nW ild e n h eim h n tells how Baro , avi g betrayed a ’ h h a n d h farmer s daug ter in his yout , t en married a fashionable lady, who dies , subsequently makes full reparation .

n h The Baron was played by Murray . A alt , by

h . Henry Johnston . Amelia, by Mrs . H . Jo nston

Frederick , by Po pe .

‘ ’ Her other plays in Dublin were I ll Te ll Y o u

’ ‘ ’ ‘ 8 2 T h e h What , ; Such Things Are , 5 ; C ild of ’ ’ 1 8 2 Nature , ; Everyone Has His Fault , 5 Next

’ ‘ e door Neighbours , 3 ; Wives as They W re , and ’ h 2 o r Maids as T ey Are, 3 ; To Marry Not To ’ 1 . Marry , 2

1 6 —1 8 8 Thomas Morton , 7 4 3 , was born in the f h Old County o Dur am . He was a cricketer , and an f ’ member o Lord s . ‘ ’ 0 — A Cure for a Heartache , 4 . Covent Garden ,

1 80 0 z r t 1 8 0 0 ; Crow Street , June s , . o r Seldom do we ﬁnd tailors o f celebrity , look to o ld them for our amusement ; but in this play, Rapid,

h n who has acquired an immense fortun e o ourably ,

and his son , are both ﬁne fellows, and give us intens e THALIA . I 0 7

e pleasure . Old Rapid still carri s a needle with him , a n d his son som etimes sits upo n it the motto o f th e " ” " ” so n th is Keep Moving , and , Sink e Tailor .

Fo r th a moment e young fellow deserts Jessie , th e ’ o f th e farmer s daughter , in favour Miss Vortex, ’ h Nabob s daughter ; but he soon returns , and elps

ff in others to their rights . Great pleasure is a orded o n e h hi ﬁn scene , where t e young tailor , having torn s e

e - clothes in a hedg , is made to sit cross legged by his

h n fat er, and dar them , and is caught in this posture h by the Nabob and his haug ty daughter .

Young Rapid was played by Lewis and Jones .

n a n d . Old Rapid , by Mu den Liston Jessie , by Miss

L . Kelly and Miss Murray .

‘ ’ P l u h o — o . Speed the g , 4 Covent Garden , February

8 1 8 0 0 r t 1 0 2 s 8 0 . th, ; Crow Street , June ,

n e h h Henry , who wi s the priz at a ploug ing matc , h is found to be t e son o f a Baronet .

n Henry was play e d by H . Joh ston .

— . h e 1 1 8 8 Mrs C arles Kembl , 774 3 , was a small , dark

th e Ke m ble s . woman , and like all , somewhat stout

She was a good comedian , and could sing . ‘ - ’ — h 0 . e n T e Day after the Wedding Day , 5 Cov t

1 8th 1 80 8 1 1 th 1 8 1 2 . Garden , May , ; Crow Street, May , Lady Elizabeth Freelove is quick and irritable in

h er n th e her temper ; husba d, Colonel , pretends to the be more so, and she has good sense to cure herself.

Lady Elizabeth was played by Mrs . Kemble herself. 0 8 T H P R - I N 1 E E VICTORIAN DRAMA DUBLIN .

1 62—1 8 1 2 Andrew Cherry , 7 , a Dublin player , was

the author o f a popular comedy . His wife was a

player as well as himself. ‘ ’ ’ . 1 80 The Soldier s Daughter Drury Lane , 4 ;

2 n d 1 8 0 . Crow Street , April , 4

e o f fﬁ is a Widow Cheerly , the daught r an o cer ,

n bright , ki dly coquette , well dowered by her late s husband , and very generous to distress . She marrie

a gain a man o f her o wn type .

Widow Cheerly was played by Mrs . Charles Kemble ,

h . . Miss Smit , Mrs Edwin , Mrs Jordan , and Miss

’ O N eill .

It was as Widow Cheerly that Mrs . E dwin and ’ N M iss O eill made their ﬁrst appearance in Dublin . ‘ Other plays of Cherry seen here were The Tra

’ ’ 1 0 ‘ T he 2 ‘ vellers, Grateful Child , ; :and The ’ 2 Outcasts , .

1 0 —1 8 0 John Tobin , 77 4 , a solicitor , was born at f Salisbury , and buried at the Cove o Cork , near the f h grave o the Rev . C arles Wolfe . He was o n a v a h oy ge , seeking healt , at the time o f his death . ’ — o 6 . 1 8 0 The H neymoon , 4 D rury Lane , 5 Crow

2 r 1 8 0 . Street , March 3 d , 5 h - f T is is a beautifully written play , much o it in

a e - bl nk v rse , like the seventeenth century work o f

Fletcher and Massinger . Duke Aranza marries the beautiful and imperious

. h Juliana He pretends , after marriage, that e is not

E b alia TB .

SHORT PLAYS OF VARIOU S KINDS W HIC H MIGHT B E

C I NTERLUDES OR AFTERPIE ES .

N order o f date we ﬁnd

Nahum Tat e A Duke and N O Duke h T . Otway T e Che ats of Scapin h Mrs . B e n T h e Emp e ror o f th e Moon T C . Cibber h e Schoolboy

. M a n r Wm Lyon Like Master Like o , The Wranglin g Lovers

‘ ’ n — T o m H . Fieldi g Th umb the Gre at d H . Fiel ing T he Mock Doctor

e d T h n n H . Fi l ing e Virgi U mask e d ’ Edward Ravenscroft T he Sham Doctor Robert D o dsle y T h e King and The Miller o f Mansﬁeld Henry Ward The Vintn e r Tricked ’ h h n l r r T omas S erida Captain O B u n de ; o , T h e Brave Irishman 1 I O THALIA . I I I

Tim e s ’ David Garrick T h e Lyi n g Valet

in h e r e r David Garrick Miss Te ns o , T he Medl e y o f Love rs David Garrick Le th e David Garrick T h e Guardian David Garrick The Jubilee David Garrick T he Irish Widow

T o n o r David Garrick Bon , High Life Above Stairs

T he R e v . James Townley High Life B e low Stairs ’ Arthur Murph y T h e Appren tice Arthur Murphy T h e Way to Ke e p Him —J Arthur Murphy T he Citizen Arthur Murphy T h e Old Maid Arthur Murphy Thre e Wee ks After Marriage Samuel Foote T h e Author ’ Samu e l Foote T he Mayor o f Ga rratt Samu e l Foote T h e Liar George Colman the eld e r Polly H o n eyc o m b e Cha rles Macklin Love a la Mode Charl e s Macklin T he Trueborn Irishman Joseph Re ed T h e Regist e r Ofﬁce I saac B e c k er sta ff The Sultan ’ e n tliv re T h h From Mrs . C e G ost ’ Captain J e ph son T h e Hotel ’ ’ h e T h e R . B . S ridan Critic Fred erick Pilon T h e Deaf Lover I I 2 T H E P R E - C VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

h e o f T omas Holcroft The Folli s a Day m es Ti . o r o f , The Marriage Figaro 80 William Macready The Irishman in London 66 Dora Brand The Spoile d Child 72 Elizabeth I n c hb ald T h e Midn ight Hour 94 Elizabeth I n c hb ald Animal Magnetism 4 0 Elizabeth I n c hb ald The Weddi n g -Day 3 5 J ames Kenney R aising the Wi n d 78 J ohn Till Allingham T he We athercock 53 ’ J ohn Till Allin gham Fortune s Froli c 3 7 ’ I saac Jackman All the World s a Stage 3 5 John Pool e Paul Pry 75

n T he i o r N w Lord Fi gall Ir sh Tutor , e Ligh ts ’

—L ‘ Richard B . Peake Th e Haunted Inn Rich ard Jones Ch arles I I

h n n r T omas Hay es Bayley Perfectio o , The Lady Of Munster ’ Samue l Penly Th e Sleeping -Draught

Ker tlan d . n e William Mr and Mrs . Pri gl

’ h an d William Dimond You t , Love , Folly

e - Wally C . Oulton The Sle p Walker ’ Pi e rce Ega n and Moncrieff Tom and Jerry Pierce Egan (th e Sequel) Life in Dublin Thomas Morton A Roland for an Oliver ’ - . T . C . D . d R e v . George Croly , Ex Sch Pri e Shall h ave a Fall ’ h D . L . T e C lu tte rb u c ks Maj or I . Pocock ,

D . L . n Major I . Pocock , The Om ibus

1 T H E P R E - C 1 4 VI TORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

T f ’ — he O . e n Cheats Scapin , 4 5 Dorset Gard , 1 677

c e 2 1 5t 1 . Smo k All y , March , 754 The plot is traceable to Terence but the scene is

e h in Dover , wh re the old men , T rift and Gripe , are

th e n e be l n h at feud , you g p ople g mutually attac ed .

th e Scapin is servant of Gripe, and, by his tricks , helps th e youn g peopl e .

n T o m n Scapi was played by Ki g and Ryder.

h n n 1 68 Mrs . Ap ra Be died in 9 , and was buried in th e cloiste rs at Westminst e r . Her plays were ge n e rally o f th e ﬁlthie st R e sto ra

. h e e e tion type Happily we av this farc tol rably clean . h ’ — T he e t e . Emp ror of Moon , 3 5 Theatre Royal ,

n 1 68 1 th 1 8 Londo , 7 ; Smock Alley , January 5 , 74 .

th e n n h Dr . Baliardo believes moo to be i abited . Two you n g men pre ten d to be th e Emperor o f th e

h o f T h n rl h Moon and t e Prince u de an d . T ey marry h is daughte r a n d ni e c e .

Colley Cibber again . ‘ ’ — he h 0 . 1 0 T Sc oolboy, 3 Drury Lane, 7 7 ; Smock

2 6th 1 2 . Alley, July , 74

h o f o Cibber formed t is farce from a play his wn ,

’ ’ T h e Woman s Wit . precocious Master Johnny h was played by Garrick, T eo . Cibber, Mrs . Green ,

n a n d . Mrs . Abingto , Woodward

e William Lyon , a strolling player , di d at Edinburgh

8 H e in 1 74 . had such a memory that he could repeat one of the short newspapers of that period . THALIA . 1 1 5

‘ ’ e M an o r T h e n n Lik Master, Like ; , Wra gli g Lovers , — 1 . n 1 68 2 2 3 Londo , 7 ; Smock Alley , Novembe r n d,

1 73 8 . A gentleman and his sweetheart have a m isu n der

n T h e the standi g . man and maid , though attached

h h e to eac ot r , take up the quarrel .

n Fielding agai .

’ ‘ e 1 0 2 — A 11 Tom Thumb the Gr at , . burle sque 0

e o n o f tragedi s , especially the All for Love Dryden . — 1 0 e 2 th 1 . Haymarket , 73 ; Smock All y , May 7 , 743

’ Kean O H a ra e n riched it with songs .

’ T h e o r T h e e Mock Doctor ; , Dumb Lady Cur d , — 1 1 . 1 5 Drury Lane , 733 ; Smock Alley , February

th 1 8 4 , 73 .

the h e o f Charlotte , daug t r Sir Jasper, feigns dumb

S h e n h . ness, because can ot ave her lover , Leander

h e Near t e great house lives Gr gory , a poor faggot

n d th e n o f e h e e bi er . When serva ts the gr at ous S arch

th e e o f e for a doctor , Dorcas , wif Gr gory , plays a

h h h e h n in di trick . S e pretends t at is a p ysicia s

a n d n e guise , must be beat e n i to an acknowledgm nt o f h is true position .

e e h Gr gory s es t e young lady , and by bringing

his e h e r . Leander , as apoth cary, cures

Gregory was play e d by Macklin , Isaac Sparks ,

a n d . King, Ryder

‘ T h e n o r h Virgin U masked , An Old Man Taug t ’ — 1 1 8 . 1 Wisdom , Drury Lane , 73 4 ; Dublin , July

2 n d 1 2 , 74 . E P R E - C 1 1 6 T H VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Lucy will not have an apothecary , a dancing

e o r mast r , a Quaker , a lawyer, all suggested by her

h Sh e . fat er . prefers a handsome footman

Lucy was played by Mrs . Clive , Mrs . Green , Mrs .

Abington , Mrs . Storer, Mrs . Jackson , and Mrs . h H e ap y .

e - 1 6 Edward Rav nscroft , 9 7. ’ T h e h o r T h e S am Doctor ; , Anatomist , 53 , was o f cu t down to a farce two acts , probably by his

’ n l . n n so n . e 1 6 in Dubli , M Medecin Li col s Inn , 97 n 1 1 0 th 1 Drury La e , 743 Smock Alley , May , 73 8 .

e Gerald wants to marry Ang lica , the daughter o f the doctor . His man , Crispin , pretends to be a body

H e h e in fo r dissection . is frightened by aring the stru m to ents sent for, and pretends be another doctor .

le M n l n M . edeci was p ayed by King and Brow .

D sle 1 0 -1 6 Robert o d y, 7 3 7 4 , was a books eller in

London . He wrote , and made a collection o f o ld

a n d o n e o f o ld . po ems , plays ’ ‘ the e The King and Miller Of Mansﬁ ld , 4 5. a 1 51 1 2 o Drury L ne, February , 7 7; Sm ck Alley ,

1 . March 6th , 73 7

n h King He ry I I loses his way in S erwood Forest ,

h e th e wh ere Jo n Cockl , miller , is also a keeper of the

e e fore st . Cockl treats him roughly , but r lents , and brings him home to supper . Henry makes a knigh t o n o f him, and settles a pension him of marks .

1 1 8 T H E P R E - C I N VI TORIAN DRAMA DUBLIN .

’ a . n - David G rrick The Lyi g Valet , 1 1 0 . Good ’ e o th 1 0 man s Fi lds , November 3 , 74 ; Smock Alley ,

1 74 6.

C e e ayl ss is complet ly bankrupt , and does n o t trust his generous lover , Melissa .

Sharp , his servant , is full o f expedients to hide A ll their poverty but he ﬁnds a match in Kitty Pry . com e s right .

Sharp was played by Garrick . Melissa , by Miss

Bennet . Kitty Pry , by Mrs . Clive .

' ’ h e r e 0 1 T h e M e dl Miss in T ens ; , e y o f Lovers , 95.

- 1 Covent Garden , 74 7 ; Smock Alley , 1 74 7.

o f n L v it h During the absence Captai o e , er Sweet

ﬁllS ‘ h heart , Miss Biddy Bellair up her time wit ﬂirta

h a n d f tions wit Fribble Flash . To get rid o them sh e urges them to a duel .

e . Fribble was play d by Garrick and Russell Flash , by Woodward and Palmer . Miss Biddy, by Mrs . "

T a . . a Green and Mrs . Jordan . g , by Mrs Clive C ptain

Lo v eit e . , by Havard and Bartl y ’ — h 8 . 1 1 Let e, 5 Drury Lane , April 5th , 74 9 ;

z r st 1 0 . Smock All e y , May , 75

h th n e h In t is play , e sce of w ich is beyond the Styx ,

th . . Woodward played e Fine Gentleman Mrs Clive ,

h o n e the Fine Lady . Garrick played more t an part , b e ing a Fren c hman and a poet . The Lord Chalk stone o f this play seems the germ o f th e grand o ld ‘ ’ an o f T he e . m , Lord Ogilby, Clandestine Marriag ‘ ’ — . rd T h e Guardian , 3 5 Drury Lane , February 3 ,

e 1 1 759 ; Crow Str et , 759 . n d Heartly , the guardia , Is an unmitigate prig, who e h t e his a - can scarcely beli ve t a Harri t , w r d , is devoted hi to m .

Heartly was played by Murray. Harriet , by Mis s

Murray . ’ — ” T h e 1 . n 1 6 w Jubilee , 4 Drury La e , 7 9 Cro

Street , 1 771 . I t was intended to have a great Shake sp erian w h j ubilee at Stratford , but the eat er became very

e so nre bad then , to rais of the expense , this play, was produced . ’ — T h e 8 0 . e 1 2 Irish Widow , Drury Lan , 77

e e z u d 1 . Smock All y , Decemb r , 772 Written by Garrick to b r in g o u t th e graceful ways

o f . Mrs Barry in comedy .

h th e n Widow Brady, the daug ter of eedy Sir Patrick

’ O N e al h a d e n e , b en compelled to marry a dru ken

r ﬂi a e o f h p o g a te . Now at the g t ree and twenty she

h e ir would fain ave her own choic ; b t his uncle ,

h a s h e r h . h Whittle , the fancy to marry imself Wit

h f n o f h t e advice o Bates , an old frie d W ittle , she plays

h e o f f h e n t part a ast , vulgar , artless, and extravaga t

h n e his n to woman , w e reupo Old Whittle brib s ephew take h e r o ff his h ands .

Mrs . Brady was played by Mrs . Barry, Mrs . R .

n n Sparks , Mrs . Robinso , Miss Bindo , and Mrs .

Edwin . - T n o r h Bon o , Hig Life Above Drury

1 I r th 1 6. La ne, 775 ; Smock Alley, January , 77 P — 1 20 T H E R E VI CTORIA N DRAMA IN DUBLI N .

An exaggerated picture o f manners in the upper ranks Of th at period in London . It did n o t deserve any more popularity than it received .

the Miss Titup, bold young lady, was played by

n Wal t in . a d . s Mrs . Edwin, Miss B indon , Mrs e ’ o f 1 Other little plays Garrick were Lilliput, ’ ’ e T h e The Male Coqu t, 7 Farmer s Return from ’ ’ ’ T he n h n e o r h n London , 3 ; E c a t r , 3 Neck Not i g , ‘ ’ 1 0 ; A Peep Behind the Curtain ; The N e w R e ’ ’ hearsal , 4 May Day , with music, by Dr . Arn e, 7 ’ n The Theatrical Ca didates , with music, by William

Bate .

— R . 1 1 1 8 ev James Townley , 7 4 77 , was educated at

’ h h a Merchant Taylors School , of w ich he became e d master in 1 760 . Garrick procured him the Vicarage

h e o f Hendon , in Middlesex , where , curious to say, had another dramatist as curate , Rev . Sir Henry Bate

e Dudley . Some writ rs attribute this farce to Garrick , but without j ust cause . ’ — h 1 . 1 Hig Life Below Stairs , 44 Drury Lane , 759

1 th 1 60 . Crow Street , February 4 , 7

e h Mr . Lov l has information t at his servants are h robbing him e pretends a visit to Devonshire , but

h re d- returns to his butler , P ilip , disguised as a headed

n e country lad. Philip u dertak s to train him as a

e n th e pantry boy . A great supp r and da ce , with

’ rarest wines , are given at Lovel s expense , to the

2 T H E P R E - C 1 2 VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Cut down to two acts .

n e . Lovemore is a roving husba d , whose wif mopes

o f h I n the guise a bac elor , he pays attention s to the

t e th e Widow Belmon ; the widow befri nds wife, an d

e e induces her to becom as pl asant , elegant , and

gainsome as before marriage .

B e lm o u r wa s . W idow played by Mrs Abington ,

M . iss Slack , Mrs . Daly , Miss Farren , Mrs Charles

. n Kemble , Mrs Glover , Mrs . Este , Mrs . Edwin , and

’

N e ill . . Miss O Lovemore , by Talbot Sir Bashful

d n a a n . Const nt , by King John Ba nister

’ e n 1 2 2 — n 1 61 w The Citiz , . Drury La e , 7 Cro

e 1 1 th 1 61 . Street, Nov mber , 7

e It had not such succ ss in London , as it was

thou ght to be a n attack o n merchan ts . It was written

e e . Specially for Miss Elliott , a swe th art of Murphy

h h is e Sir Jasper wis es daught r, Maria , to marry

e h th e o f o ld n Georg P ilpot , son a miserly Lo don

m h . h e erc ant S e , howev r , acts like Widow Brady ,

n h a d gets er Own way . ‘ ’ — T h 6 . n e 1 61 e Old Maid , 5 Drury La , 7 ; Crow 6 e 1 2 . Stre t, 7 Old mutto n dress e d like lamb in 1 8 1 9 it gave rise

‘ to e e . a farc , Miss Micha lmas ’ — h e e e 1 1 0 . T re W ks after Marriage, Drury Lane ,

1 1 6 . 765 ; Smock Alley , 7 5

h e n T is play failed und r the ame , What We Must ’ h e h n in All Come To . So that t re is somet i g a name ,

S h ak e sper e n otwithstandin g . THALIA .

"Drugget has r e tiredfr o m bu srn e ss w ith n a' The h to e j oy mansion in d ust of t e London Road. - S r C e h is e d h e i harles Racket has marri d l est daug t r ,

' '

‘ h i h n s i s t n an M rs t e r appi e s talked of cons a tly ; d .

- ‘ D r h i f r ugget devoutly opes for a S milar :title O Nancy .

‘ N o h R a c k et h ad e w, it happened t at Lady look d On ’ w er hu sb a n d la in a a e o f C hile h was p y g g m ards . He ‘ i played a c lu b s he maintained that a diamond was " ’ ~ th e e . b ear c o n tradic tio n an prop r card He cannot , d is ready to desert her and she loves the last word .

n Nancy gets her o w choice . Sir Charl e s was played by Wilks a n d William

har M ; e . n C les acready Lady Rack t , by Mrs Abi gton ,

l . n . e at e . Miss C y, Mrs Daly , an d Mrs Jorda Drugg t , h by Brown and Ful am . Oth e r S hort plays o f Murphy were Kn ow Your

’ ‘ ’ 1 1 0 . Own Mind , 7 ; The Upholsterer , Lady Bell a n d L ady Jan e are admirably con trasted in th e latter .

l 1 2 1 — 1 n h S am lre Foote , 7 777, was a Cor is man ,

He i h e e du c a fe d at Oxford . was r c and quarrelsom .

n wh o e e ne . A n u pleasant m imic , mad bitt r e mies He - " On e man m n . gave many i personatio s , as Mr Foote ” th e . takes tea . Foote was buried at e Abb y ’ — ’ h . n 1 S , , 7 7; The Aut or 53 , Drury La e 5 mock

‘ l o th 1 . Alley , November , 757

r c . He re h e mimicked Mr . A pi e W Cadwallade r was played by FOo te , ilkinson , and

rn K g . 2 T H E P R E - C I N 1 4 VI TORIAN DRAMA DUBLIN .

‘ ’ — ’ . 1 6 The Major of Garratt , 55 Haymarket, 7 3 ;

a 8 th 1 6 . Crow Street , December , 7 3

o llu Sir Jacob J p has two married daughters , Mrs .

h n n a n d . Sneak , who e pecks her husba d Mrs Bruin , who is bullied .

wh o Maj or Sturgeon , a militiaman , adores Mrs .

. e . Sneak , was played by Foote Sn ak , by Ryder

. a tle . Mrs Sneak , by Miss C y and Mrs Heaphy . ’ — T he 60 . n Liar , Wildi g , the young gentleman ,

F h . who must bounce , was played by oote imself ’ ‘ e T he n h T h He also wrot K ig ts , 4 ; e English

’ in 1 h man Paris , 9 The Englis man Returned from ’ ’ ’ ‘ ‘ 1 ‘ Paris , 9 ; Taste , 7 3 The Orators , ; The ’ ‘ ’ 2 T he Commissary , 3 Devil upon Two Sticks , 5 ‘ ’ ‘ ’ ‘ T h e 2 T he f 2 T h Nabob , ; Maid o Bath , ; e ’ ‘ ’ ‘ 6 T he n Bankrupt, 4 ; Piety in Pattens , ; Exami a ’ ‘ ’ ‘ o f . tion Dr Last , 3 ; The Cozeners , 3 ; An

’ f e o . Auction Pictur s , 3

GE OR GE COLMAN T HE ELDER .

’ H o n e c o m —D 1 60 Polly y b e , 53 . rury Lane , 7 ;

1 1 . Crow Street , 75 Polly has h a d her little head turned by readin g - novels , so that every quill driver is gloriﬁed into a nobleman .

Polly was played by Mrs . Abington .

CHARLES MACKLIN .

’ — 1 80 a , r . , 7 Love la Mode 7 _ Drury Lane Smock

1 1 . Alley , 78

- 1 2 6 a m : P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

’ ‘ ’ — ; - T h 61 . S . e Hotel , cene Granada Drury Lane,

1 6 e 1 . 77 ; Smock All y, 777

n th e t o f h er e Don a Clara, in a tire d ad brother, h goes forth to seek h e r lover Octavio . She ires

Lazarillo as a se rvant . In th e same hote l Octavio

e . happens also to stay . Lazarillo is also hir d by him

a n d n h e He cannot read , complicatio s arise , w en lett rs

n th e and money are given to the wrong perso . In end all comes righ t .

. I n c hbald Donna Clara was played by Mrs .

’ . O R e ill . Octavio, by Palmer Lazarillo, by y

FREDERI C K PILON .

‘ ’ — 1 . 8 The Deaf Lover, 4 Covent Garden , 1 7 0 ;

1 Smock All e y , 1 78 .

n wa rd o f n W ro g is guardian Sophia , and wa ts her h is sh e to wed son ; but and Meadows are in love .

e o ld a n Meadows disguises hims lf as a deaf man , d

’ n wa rd s enters W ro g house , pretending to b eli e ve it to be an inn

R . B . SHERIDAN .

‘ ’ — 6 . 1 The Critic , 3 Drury Lane , 779 ; Smock

h 1 e e 2 t . Alley , S ptemb r 9 , 779

’ A farc e largely draw n from T h e Rehearsal o f the

o f n - Duke Bucki gham , but much more ill natured .

L R ’ ‘ THOMAS H O C OFI .

‘ o f The Follies a Day ; or , The Marriage o f ’ 8 0 — 1 8 Figaro , . Covent Garden , 7 4 ; Smock Alley , 8 1 7 5. THALIA . 1 2 7

in the his Count Almaviva , early days of marriag e ,

h e n had abolis d a barbarous Gothic right , a d now seeks to revive it . All his attempts are baffled .

C — WI LLIAM MA READY , 1 757 1 8 2 9 .

‘ ’ — T he h in n 66. n Iris man Lo don , Cove t Garden ,

2 1 th 1 2 1 79 ; Crow Street , July 9 , 79 . Frost wish e s his daugh ter Caroline to marry

e h e e he r e Colloon y , an Iris man , who pr f rs fri nd Louisa .

th e Captain Seymour comes to rescue , marries

e n e fo r . Caroline , s tti g Collooney fr e Louisa

’ h e n e o llo o n e s Murtag D la y, C y man , was grandly played by Joh n sto n e .

— Dora Bland (1 762 1 8 1 6) was daughter o f Grace

h th e e e o f 1 6. P illips , cl v r Juliet 75 Dora obtain e d

h n small parts in D ublin in 1 777. S e l e ft u der a h h t e e . S e e cloud , betrayed by Daly , manag r b came

n n n a n d h famous i E gla d as a comedian , no less for e r

h e n in 1 80 n intrigues . S e visit d Dubli again 9 , bei g

’

h e . S h e B ic k e rs t e n gild d with Royal favour , or ta ﬁ, wrote th e followi n g ‘ ’ — h . 1 0 T he Spoil e d C ild Drury Lane, 79 Crow

n 1 1 8 0 6. Street , Ja uary 4th ,

e e h Little Pickl is a boy , utt rly spoiled by his fat e r .

W l i n a ste n a d . w He was play e d by Miss Mrs Ed in .

I n c hb ald . Mrs . again ’— n h . T he Mid ig t Hour Covent Garden , 1 78 7

1 th 1 8 . S mock Alley , December 7 , 7 7 1 2 8 T H E P R E - C I N VI TORIAN DRAMA DUBLI N .

a n This play is adaptation from the French , a n d is

n n in i teresti g to us as the last play Smock Alley ,

o f o n before the ﬁnal fall the curtain , January 1 4 th , ’ 1 8 . e e 77 I t was pr ced d by The Du e nna . h C erry and Mrs . Heaphy were in both plays . ’— . 1 8 Animal Magnetism Covent Garden , 78

e 8 th 1 8 . Crow Street , Nov mber , 78

c h n h Fren in origi . A doctor wis es to marry his

. T h e e ward Marquis De Lancy has the same d sire . ’ e n e His Valet, La Fleur, ters the doctor s house und r

th e e o f . h th e pret nce a doctor As u sually appens, h eadstro n g you ng people have their o wn way to satie ty . ’ ‘ - — T h e n . 1 Weddi g Day Crow Street , January 4th ,

1 8 0 6.

n n e n th e Sir Adam Co test marries a you g wif , but o - wedding day a former wife turns up alive . The younger Lady Cont e st is glad to escape with her title .

Sir Adam was played by William Farren . The

n d younger Lady Contest by Mrs . Charles Ke mble a

Mrs . Edwin .

I n c hb ald Other sh ort plays o f Mrs . in Dublin ’ ‘ ‘ e 1 1 e we re The Mog l Tale, ; and Appearanc is

’ i he . Aga nst T m , 5

1 8 - 1 8 1 n James Kenn e y ( 7 3 9) migrated to Lo don , and became a ban k clerk . He married Mrs . Holcroft .

H e is a typical Irishman . ’ — n 1 80 w Raising the Wi n d . Covent Garde , 3 ; Cro

2 2nd 1 8 0 . tre e t , December , 3

- 1 3 0 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAM A IN DUBLIN .

’ ’— th e e . n e th All World s a Stag Drury La , April 7 ,

1 2 r d 1 8 1 6. 777 ; Crow Stre et , April 3 ,

T h h e T he sce n e is at S hrewsbury . e w ol family o f Sir Gilbert Pumpkin have been bitten with a d e sire to

D i e r th e e . play ; but especially gg y, butl r D ig g ery was a favourite part with Liston a n d

Ki n g .

‘ " T h n 1 . e Man of Parts was also see in Dublin , 4

— 1 8 6 1 8 2 . JOHN POOLE, 7 7

‘ ’ — . e 1 8 2 6 n e e Paul Pry, 75 Haymark t, ; Hawki s Str t ,

2 th 1 8 26. January s ,

l . Paul repre sents the Marplot of Mrs . C e n t iv re Also — e e n . n 1 8 2 . s n Simpso and 3 4 Hawki s Street , 3

— I N GA L L 1 1 8 6 . LORD F , 759 3 , OF KI LLEEN CASTLE

’ — T h e h h 1 . n Iris Tutor ; or , New Lig ts , 7 Cove t

n 2 8th 1 8 2 2 Garde , October , ; Hawkins Stre e t ,

1 6th 1 2 2 . December , 8

. a n d n e Dr Toole is taken ill, is imperso at d by ’ Terry O R o u r k e .

’ R o u rke h O was played by Jo nstone and Power .

— C . 1 2 1 8 . RI HARD B PEAKE , 79 4 7 ‘ ’ — T h e n 2 . 1 0 Hau ted Inn , 3 Drury Lane , 83 ;

2 th 1 8 2 . Hawkins Street , December 7 , 3

C RI HARD JONES . ‘ ’ — 2 . n 1 8 2 n Charles I I , 7 Cove t Garden , 3 ; Hawki s

l 2 6th 1 8 2 . h F h Street, Ju y , 4 From t e renc . THALIA . [3 1

h e a n d h e the o f C arl s Roc est r, in garb sailors , visit

a n in n . h e e o ff the n Roc st r goes with mo e y , l e avi n g h s in th e o f th e h C arle grip ost .

B T HOMAS HAYNES AYLY .

’ e e c n T h e o f n e 1 P rf tio ; or, Lady Mu st r , 9 . e n e n 1 8 0 n e Cov t Gard , 3 ; Hawki s Str e t , D e cemb e r

2 th 1 8 0 . 9 , 3

A y o un g ge ntle man b o asts that he will n ever marry

’ n o t e c any girl who is simply p rfe tion . Kate O B rie n ,

r o n e e e e n a Munster gi l , assumes d f ct aft r a other , a n d

him th e wh e keeps fast all il .

’ T he m th e I n n 0 Du b Girl of , 5 , was also by Bayly .

- W M . . . W 1 1 8 G T PO ER , 79 7 4 1 . ’

e 8 . Paddy Car y,

E E SAMUEL PENL Y, A COM DIAN .

‘ ’ T h n - h 2 — e e . n 1 8 1 Sl epi g Draug t , 3 Drury La e , 8 ;

w 1 8 1 8 . Cro Street ,

W I LLIAM KE R T LA N D . ‘ ’ — . n e 2 . e n Mr . and Mrs Pri gl , 7 Cov t Garden ,

1 8 2 r 8 th 1 8 . 3 ; Hawkins Street , Janua y , 3 3

e a n d n the h WI LLIAM DIMOND , play r, ma ager of Bat

Theatre .

‘ ’ h e a n d e Yout , Lov , Folly ; or, The Little Jock y ,

— 1 8 0 e e e e 3 5. Drury Lane , 5 ; Hawkins Str t, Sept mb r

1 1 th , 1 8 2 1 .

the h e o f h e r A young lady comes to visit ous lover, ' a n d e th e d ress o f e . , to escape notic , dons a jock y - 1 3 2 T HE P R E VICTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

WALLY C . OULTON .

‘ ’ — 2 . a 1 8 20 The Sleep Walker , 3 Drury L ne , ;

1 . Hawkins Street , 8 2 1

A N D W . C . PIERC E EGAN M T . MON RIEFF

‘ ’ — T o m . 2 6th and Jerry, 75 Adelphi, November ,

1 8 2 1 1 8 2 2 . ; Hawkins Street, Corinthian Tom shows Jerry Hawthorn the sights

n in Londo . ‘ ’ ‘ e th f T o m Lif in Dublin , 4 5 ; e sequel o and ’ — 8 . 1 1 8 . Jerry Adelphi , 34 ; Hawkins Street , 34

THOMAS MORTON . ’ - A Roland for an Oliver . Covent Garden , April

h 1 8 1 1 2 0 2 t 8 . 9 , 9 ; Crow Street, Selborne is t hreatened to be disinherited by Sir h Mark, if he marries without leave ; he wis es him to marry Maria . Selborne introduces Maria as his wife ; h h but s e is attac ed to Alfred . Alfred comes to Sir ’

h an d . e Mark s ouse, takes it for an asylum S lborne

h . pretends to be the keeper , wit Maria for a patient

e m ad . Alfr d , to be equal to them , pretends to be

— R E v . R v 1 8 0 1 8 60 . GEORGE C OL , 7

‘ ’ h 1 0 — Pride shall ave a Fall , . Covent Garden ,

1 l th 1 8 2 1 8 2 . March , 4 ; Hawkins Street , 5

— C C C D . L . 1 8 2 1 8 . MAJOR ISAA PO O K , , 7 35

‘ ’ T h e lu tterb u c k s 1 — 1 8 2 C , 5. Drury Lane, 3 ;

1 8 2 . Hawkins Street, 3

- 1 34 T H E P R E VICTOR IAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Two gentlemen inse rt a dv e rtisements in the sam e

n e e th e h h paper ; o wants a wif , ot er a player ; t ey

e n adopt th e same signatur , hence amusi g complicatio n s arise .

- W M . 0 1 8 1 8 . DOUGLAS JERROLD , 3 57

’ — 1 0 . n e 1 8 0 T h e Re nt Day , Drury La , 3 ; Hawkin s

e 1 8 2 . Str et , 3

‘ ’ — . 1 8 1 Nell Gwynn , 5 Drury Lan e , 3 ; Hawkin s

1 8 . Street , 33 ‘ ’ — T h h o f D e rn c le u h 2 . e Witc g , 5 Drury Lane ,

1 8 2 1 e e e z rd 1 8 2 . Hawkins Str t . Nov mber 3 , 4

— W . M C 1 1 8 . . THOS MON RIEFF , 794 57

‘ ’ — . 0 . 1 8 2 1 M Tonson , 4 Drury Lane , ; Hawkins

e 1 8 2 2 . Stre t , E erpstcb o re i t.

trage dies and comedi e s a re writt e n in ﬁve

n acts , so English musical plays are writte in

h e h e ar e th e o f t r e acts , when t y main feature

h n n t e e nte rtai me t .

n n e Italia opera links so gs togeth r by recitation ,

a n d h e e Englis by dialogue, xcept in a few cas s derived

e ff e from I talian . The English , therefor , a ords bett r

scope fo r good playing .

h e n e Englis op ra was popular in Dubli , and turn d the tide Of battle betwe e n Smock Alley and Crow

e e e d Street . Barry and Mossop w r both spl n id

h e e h e players , and t r seemed little to c oose b tween

n h h C atle th e ir cha ces . T en Mossop broug t in Miss y,

n and gained a pyrrhic victory . E glish opera was

th e e e played in Dublin about 2 50 evenings , in v n tful

1 66 ye ars 1 765 and 7 . W e propose to put before o u r readers th e n ames n e o f both auth or a n d composer . Good music e ded a good book .

h d e n n A rhu 6 en u c e . Jo n Dry , Ki g t r (7 ) H ry P r ll ‘ ’ ’ n T h e e a e a 60 . h n C . e u ch . Joh Gay , B gg r s Op r (4 ) Dr Jo P p s ’ n C u 1 22 Joh n Milton a n d R e v . John D a lto , om s ( )

h a A . A n e . Dr . T om s r 1 6 - 3 T H E p R E VICTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

aa c c e a ff e in a Vi a e 1 Is Bi k rst , Lov ll g (4 5)

h a A . A n e . Dr . T om s r ' ’ aa c B ic k ersta ﬂ T h e a d o f th e l 1 0 Is , M i Mil ( 9 )

a u A n d . Dr . S m e l r ol ’ aa c c e a ff n e a nd a 2 1 Cha e D ib din . Is Bi k rst , Lio l Cl rissa ( 4 ) rl s

e a a A a e e 1 2 . h a A . A n e . From M t st sis , rt x rx s ( 7) Dr T om s r ’ ’ ean O H a ra ‘ da 1 20 K , Mi s ( ) ’ O H a ra d n n n a n d . H o n . a n . , Lor Mor i gto , Rt Willi m Brow low

a d a c C m o n 0 c ha e l A n e . D vi G rri k , y (9 ) Mi r ’ . . he idan T h e ue nn a 1 h a n e . R B S r , D ( 74) T om s Li l y ’ h n O Ke e fe Th e C a e o f A n da u a 1 1 Jo , stl l si ( 3)

a u e A n d . Dr. S m l r ol ’ ’ h n O Kee fe o n tain eb lea u 2 i a h e d . Jo , F (7 ) Will m S i l ’ ’ h n O Ke e fe T he H h a nd e e 6 a h e d . Jo , ig l R l ( 9) Willi m S i l

‘ e n a d M N a ll n H d a h e d . L o r y , Robi oo (55) Willi m S i l

e e C an the Y u n e I n e a nd Y a c 6 G org olm o g r , kl ri o ( 9)

a u e A n d . Dr . S m l r ol ’ e e C a n th e Y u n e T h e u n a n ee G org olm o g r, Mo t i rs (55)

A n d . Dr . S a m u e l r ol

a e T h e e e o f e ade 80 e h e n a c e . J m s Cobb , Si g B lgr ( ) St p Stor ’ a e C T he H a un ed e 10 6 e h en a c e . J m s obb, t Tow r ( ) St p Stor

‘ ’ a h e e T h e C a e ec e 10 0 c hae e . M tt w G . L wis , stl Sp tr ( ) Mi l K lly ’ h a . D i b din Th e C a n e T om s J , bi t (55)

e e e ehea d a e a n d ah a . R v , Moor , D v y , Br m

h a . D ib din Th e a d o f th e a e 8 T om s J , L y L k (9 )

e . S an d e rs a n d T . S . Cook ’ a e en n e l a R o sanb e r 68 a h e e e n . J m s K y , El g ( ) M tt w P t r Ki g ’ a n d T he u ndlin o f th e 6 Willi m Dimo , Fo g Forest ( 3)

Mi c ha e l Ke lly . ‘ ’ ’ a ue . A n d Th e e d e 6 S m l J r ol , D vil s Bri g ( 4) n n Brah a m a d Hor . a n e e G u a n n e n 8 D i l T rry , y M ri g (7 )

H n r . i h e A d a n d h a e . Sir y R B s op , ttwoo , W itt k r ’ en e a h n u n e T h e d Of th a n G r l Jo B rgoy , Lor e M or (51)

Willia m J a c kson . ’ a aa c c c R o b a c e M jor Is Po o k , Roy M gr gor (73)

B ishop a n d D a ve y.

- I 38 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

' — i r c . 1 1 6. Joh n Braham . C 774 8 5 Composed ’ ” All s Well . — h 1 1 8 . Joh n W itaker , 776 4 7 - . 1 8 2 1 . Thomas S Cooke , 7 8 48 - . 1 8 6 1 . Dr Sir Henry R . Bishop , 7 855 — f h 1 8 6 1 8 . o C arles E Horn , 7 49 Composer

h n . C erry Ripe , and I Know a Ba k - h 1 8 0 1 8 . Jonat an Blewitt , 7 53 — 0 1 0 . e o f the William Jackson , 1 73 8 5 Mast r

h o f in . C oristers at Exe ter . Composer a Service F

e a e Tomaso Giordan i . Conducted Op ras in C p l

1 8 . Street , 7 3 — h M az z in hi 1 6 1 8 . Count Josep g , 7 5 44 — h 1 1 8 2 . Matt ew P . King , 773 3

’ — h 6. h John Dryden . King Art ur, 7 T eatre Royal,

n 1 6 1 t h 1 th 1 0 . Lo don , 9 ; Aungle Street , Marc 7 , 75 T he story of Arthur was t ake n from Ge offrey o f Monmouth ; and the incident Of th e e n chan ted wand from Tasso .

e n Sight was given to Emmelin by Merli . Purcell compos e d the music for th e C e nte nary o f Dublin University ; the words being writte n by Nahum

h f n th e o o e e . Tat , Poet Laureate , brot er of Fellows h h King Art ur was played by Barry , Clinc , and

e . . . Wild r Emmeline , by Mrs Barry , Mrs Ward , and Mrs . R . Sparks . C TERPSI HORE . 1 39

— ’ h 1 688 1 2 h Jo n Gay , 73 , was broug t up as a mercer s

in . h n shopman the Strand In eriting a small fortu e , h e n turned his attentio to poetry and drama . ‘ ’ ’ — ’ e 60 . n I n The B ggar s Opera , 4 Li coln s n Fi elds ,

n 1 2 h 1 2 Ja uary, 7 3 ; Smock Alley , Marc , 7 3. T h e charact e rs a re drawn from th e lowest types Of life ; but the ridicule throw n o n th e e n croachi n g

e T I talian opera gave it xtraordi n ary succe ss . h e

’ e h h id a is said to ave been Swift s , and e gave it st e ady support .

th e n Lavinia Beswick , original Lo don Polly ,

e . th e n b came a duchess Mrs . Stirling, origi al Dublin

Polly, was already a married woman .

h h th e Mac eat was played by Walker , London h h orig inal Mac eat , Sullivan , Dyer, Barry , Digges ,

e n C atle h n e Ryd r , Verno , Miss y , Ma o , Wilks , Wild r,

W e du e I n c le d o n . . bster , B llamy, Miss Brett , , T S

o e h h H h a n d C ok , Hill , P illips, S ort , orn , Bra am ,

n Cobham . Polly was played by Mrs . Stirli g , Mrs .

i e . e . . M o z ee n . C bb r, Mrs Stor r , Mrs Arne, Mrs , Mrs

C a tle . Barry , Miss y , Miss Brent , Miss Cole, Mrs

Wild e r , Miss Jameson , Miss Potter, Mrs . R . Sparks ,

n n h M i s . Miss Ryder, Mrs . Billi gto , Mrs . Crouc ,

h c c Dickons , Mrs . Hitc o k , Miss Byrne , Miss George,

M G ri lie tta . n . Mrs . Lazenby , iss g , Mrs Addiso , Mrs

n d e e . e n n . . . e a Cr ssw ll , Mrs Gl ndin i g, Mrs T S Cook ,

e M o z e e n Miss Ke lly . Lucy , by Mrs . Stor r , Mrs . ,

n C atle Mrs . Lampe , Mrs . Abi gton , Miss y, Miss

e . . . Ambros , Mrs Wilder , Mrs R Sparks , Miss - 1 4 0 T H E P R E VICTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Hitchcock , Miss Brett , Miss George , Mrs . Mountain ,

Mrs . Cresswell , Mrs . Lazenby , and Miss Kelly . It was often played with the male and fe male parts

o f reversed towards the close the period, it was cut

‘ ’ ’ h " 2 0 down to two acts . W at d ye call it ; and ’ Momus Turned Fabulist , were also seen in Dublin .

1 60 8- 1 6 John Milton , 74 , the great Puritan poet ,

’ i . was educated at S . Paul s and Cambr dge ‘ ’ His Masque of Comus was somewhat enlarged ,

1 8 D . D in 73 , by Rev . John Dalton , . , Oxon , and was r - r h e set by Dr . Arne . Dalton enla ged it by ot er

o f his lines Milton , and a few j udicious things of own . ’ ‘ — h 1 8 1 2 2 . t Comus, Drury Lane , March 4 , 73 ;

A u n ier r o th g Street , January , Lady Alice Egerton and her two brothers los e th eir way in a wood . The Masque was written for ’ h c e . performance at Ludlow Castle , their fat er s residen

T h e original music was by Henry Lawes .

. E u h o s n e Comus was played by Mossop p y , by

Mrs . Cibber, Miss Gatley , Miss Brent , Mrs . Billington ,

n . . and Mrs . Crouch . Sabri a , by Mrs Storer, Mrs

Arne , and Miss Brent . One o f th e chie f charms o f th e play was the Echo

n o n e e n . So g , by two voice s , or voice , and an instrum t

' ' — B ic k er sta ﬂ a r c . 1 1 8 1 2 th e Isaac , 73 5 , was born in

f an d e e-in pre cincts o Dublin Castle , s rved as a pag

1 2 T H E P R E - C 4 VI TORIAN D RAMA I N D U BLIN .

r st 1 6 e e a n d c e January 3 , 7 5 ; Crow Str t Smo k All y,

h o th 1 . Marc 3 , 765

’ Fa ir ﬁeld the h e h a Patty , miller s dau g t r , s be e n

h A im wo r th broug t up above her station by old Lady ,

o n h n an d im s whose deat she retur s home, ﬁnds it po sibl e to marry farmer Giles ; h er broth e r Ralph is

h . h entangled wit a gipsy , Fanny Meanw ile, Lord

A im wo r th b e h is said to about to marry T eodosia ,

h o f wh o h h a s daug ter Sir Harry Sycamore , , owever , a i mind to a lover of h er own choice . A m wo r th is all the

h h a n d w ile attac ed to Patty , , overcoming family pride ,

h er . A im w rth marries o was played by Barry , Ryd e r ,

h e n d u C arl s Ban ister , Webster , Bellamy , Kelly ,

. d Duffy , Phillips, Short, and Horn Giles , by Wil er

’ M r s l h Ke f . . a n I n c do n . e e d e Ralp , by O Patty , by

a tle e n Barry, Miss C y, Miss Brown , Miss Jam so , Miss

h . . Potter , Mrs . Billington , Mrs . Crouc , Mrs R Sparks,

h h . Mrs . Molloy , Miss Step ens, Miss Hitc cock , Mrs

G r i lietta Addison, Mrs . Cresswell , Miss g , and Miss

l . at e . Byrne . Fanny , by Miss C y, Miss Brown , Mrs R

Sparks , Mrs . T . S . Cooke , and Mrs . Stewart . T h e music was partly written and partly sel e cted by Dr . S . Arnold . ’ a n T h e h h e Lionel d Clarissa or , Sc ool for Fat rs ,

r — n a 1 68 e 2 n d 24 . Cove t G rden , 7 Capel Stre t , April ,

0 1 77 . h f a n d th e n The music c ie ly composed , remai der

D ihdin . T h e e n selected , by Charles excell nt playi g f f . . o o Mrs R Sparks, as Clarissa ; and Wilks , as

Jessamy , secured success . TERPS IC HORE . 1 4 3

Clarissa is the sol e ch ild o f Sir Joh n Flow e rdal e ; a n d n th e n o f f Lio el is orpha son an o ﬁcer , e ducat e d

d h e r h h at Oxfor by fat er , wit the purpose o f i n duc tion i n to a family living . The young pe opl e becom e

c he h h n e n atta d , t oug Lio l struggles agai st it fo r his

’ patron s sake .

n h e h n n Mea w il , Sir Jo arra ges a marriage for

h e f Clarissa wit Jessamy, an ffeminate fop , son o ’ n e c Oldbo Oldb o s h n Colo l Ja k y . y daug ter, Dia a , is

n in love with Harma . Harman tells h e r father that h h e love s a young lady wh ose fat er would n o t approv e .

ld o him e e h a n d O b y promptly urges to lop wit her ,

n h im e a n h even le ds a carriag d orses , never suspe ct

h f r th e ing th at Dia n a is the prey . All comes rig t o young folk .

n e h n Lio el was played by Ryd r , Ma o , Webster , d I n c l n u . e do Bellamy , Brett , J Kelly, , Bellamy ,

h h n . . e . P illips , S ort , Hor , and T S Cook Jessamy ,

’ O Ke e fe a n d S e stin i. by Wilks , , Miss Clarissa ,

. e n . by Mrs R . Sparks , Miss Jam so , Miss Potter , Mrs

h . e . n Crouc , Mrs Molloy , Miss Br tt , Mrs Dicko s , M . . e . r s. e Mrs . T S Cook , Mrs Addison , Cressw ll ,

h a n d G ri lie tta . Miss Step ens , Miss g Diana, by

M . . a n d e e . iss G org , Mrs T . S Cooke , Mrs Hitchcock,

e e . M rs . Cr ssw ll

h n 1 1 0 — 1 8 Dr . T omas Augusti e Arne , 7 77 , was an o ld Eton boy . He adapted an opera from Metas

tasio . e , and set it to music Oxford gav him a E P R E - C [44 T H VI TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

musical degree . Mrs . Susanna M . Cibber , the player

and singer, was his sister . He and Lampe married d h aughters o f an organist named Young . Bot these

ladies were excellent singers . ‘ ’ — 1 2 . 1 2 Artaxerxes , 7 Covent Garden , 76 ; Smock

h 1 e 1 8t 6 . All y , February , 7 5

e o f Her we ﬁnd recitative instead dialogue .

o f A rtab an e s th e At Susa , the capital Persia, , h n f X . ge eralissimo , has e fected the deat of King erxe s

T h e o n e blame was pu t a prince, nam d Darius , who

f A a was executed . The plan s o r t b a n e s are thwarte d

A rb a c s h n by attachments of his son e , and t e you g

’ n pri ce Artaxerxes , to each other s sister . Arn e wrote th e part o f M an dan e specially for his

o f pupil , Miss Brent , and it was considered a test

n n sopra o si ging .

M a n d an e C a tle was played by Miss Brent, Miss y,

e . i Miss Jam son , Mrs B llington , Madame Mara , Mrs .

h . . A r b ac e s Crouc , and Mrs Dickons , by Miss Brent,

i I l o n . T e n du c c n c e d . Webster , , , T S Cooke , Horn ,

A r tab an e s e e . and Braham . , by Wild r and Palm r

e P e ritti . h Artax rxes , by , J Kelly , Bellamy, P illips , and Short .

’ e n H a ra 1 1 — 1 8 2 K a O , 7 4 7 , was born at Te mple

e an d n Hous , County Sligo, educated at Dubli Uni

e . h n e e v rsity He resided in Sout Ki g Str t , and ’ K f subsequently in Molesworth Street . O e e e tells ’ h h e H ara h is n us t at saw O , and frie ds , Lord

H P R E - M I N 1 4 6 T E VICTOR IAN DRA A DUBLIN .

’ ‘ Oth e r piece s o f O H ara in Dubli n were T h e

’ ‘ ’ d n 1 T h e 1 Gol e Pippin , 5 ; Two Misers , 4 ; a n d ’ 2 0 D ib din . Poor Vulcan , . Music by

d d n e David Garrick pro uce a roma tic drama , call d

’

m o n t o h h h e A m e . Cy , w ic music was set by Mic a l ‘ ’ — 6 C m o n 0 . 1 e y , 9 Drury Lane , 7 7 ; Capel Stre t ,

h th 1 1 e h th 1 . Marc 4 , 77 Smock All y , Marc 8 , 771

e n h n e e a n d U r a n da h a d e e n Two c a t rs , M rlin g , b

r a n a n fo r attach e d to each oth er . U g d tak e s a fa cy

e m o n h n his a id Simpl Cy , but Merlin t en bri gs to a

h h a b e autiful young s ep erdess , Sylvi

th e e n d th e n . h I n , power of Merli prevails Muc ’ fun is cause d by the other sheph e rde sse s j e alousy o f

a n h e h e Sylvia , d Dap n requests Justice Dorus to av h e r ban ish ed ; but the amorous j usti c e ﬁrst i n cli n e s

n e h e the h . to o pretty girl , and t n to ot er Fatima is th e cl e ver maid o f U rg an da .

m o n n e Cy was played by Maho , Ryd r , Wilks ,

d . S w e b a n . e o d o n a n d W ster , J K lly Merlin , by ’ K fe n O we n so n . O e e . h h e Dorus , by Li co , a s ep rd ,

’ O Ke e fe a n d e . S by Wilder , , Ford ylvia , by Miss

a tle n . . n . . C y , Miss Brow , Mrs M Ar e , Mrs R Sparks ,

a n . h . n d Mrs Crouc Fatima, by Miss You g , Miss h l n . n at e a d . . C y , Miss Ma sell , Mrs Hitc cock , Mrs R

Sparks .

. . h a n e e R B S eridan produced exc ll n t opera , with i h -i - h s e h h . music by fat r law , T omas Linley C TERPSI H ORE . 1 4 7

‘ ’ — T he 1 . e n d o Duenna, 74 Cov t Gar en , N vembe r z r st 1 Fish a m b le e 1 ‘ T , 775 Str et, 777, as h e ’ n Gov e r ess . T h e scen e is laid at S e vill e ; a n d the plot is th e usual story of Span ish parents s e e king absolute control t h over h e marriage o f t e ir childre n . The y a re o u t

th e e n d the n wh o ha s e witted in by Due na , a purpos

o f h e r o wn . Sh e h e e n d gets ers lf dismiss d , but se s o u t th e n a n d young lady , Do na Louisa , in disguise , ’ h e n to e e n the he e . r mai s captur I saac M doza , fat r s c oic ’ e n h r Louisa s fri d , Donna Clara , also e scapes to join e

D n t T he o h e h o f . lover, Ferdinand , brot er Louisa

e - o n e D n e n d o f b st known song is of o Carlos , a fri

e n n i h th e I saac, b gin i g w t lines

H a d I a h e a fo r fa e h d f a e d rt ls oo r m , ’ ” I n e e r c ou ld i nj u re yo u .

f Isaac outwits h imsel .

e d . Donna Clara was play by Mrs Molloy , Miss

d . h e . n Re ynol s , Mrs Crouc , Madam Mara , Mrs Dicko s ,

n . . . e . Miss Steph e s , Mrs T S Cooke , Miss Georg , Mrs

n . a n d n e . n n Addiso , Mrs Stewart, Miss Byr Do a

n Louisa , by Miss Brett , Mrs . Murray , Mrs . Billingto ,

ri li ta . . e G et Mrs T . S . Cook , and Miss g Don Carlos ,

I n c l do n . . . by Miss Brett , e , T S Cooke, Mrs Cresswell ,

h n a n d h . P illips , Hill , Hor , Bra am

’ John O Kee fe succeeded better with his books o f

ope ras . - 1 48 T H E P R E VICTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

’

1 1 . . . The Castle of Andalusia, 3 Music by Dr S

1 8 2 Arnold . Covent Garden , 7 ; Smock Alley ,

1 1 8 . January 3th , 7 3

. ha Again , we have a Spanish story Don Scipio s

his promised daughter, Victoria, to Fernando ; but

n the e o f h h e h u der inﬂu nce his ousekeeper , banis e s his o wn D o n a th e o f son , C esar , who becomes leader

n d . e n th a ba of robbers He pret nds that Lore za , e

h e o f the h e h n daug t r ousekeep r, is Victoria , w e

e n d . e F rna o arrives Spado , a comical robb r , p e r su a de s the h ousekeeper that Fe rnando and his

h h n . e man , Pedrillo , ave c a ged characters F rnando

e i e n humours the mistake . So P dr llo pos s , a d make s love to Lorenza .

I n e n d n e . e n the , the tangle is u wov n F r ando

e an d o ld marri s Victoria ; Lorenza marries an lover ,

h a variously stated to be Alp onso , or Don C esar , the r e stored son o f Don Scipio .

h T en du c c i ff I n c le Alp onso was played by , Du y, do n ,

h h an d . a P illips , Hill , S ort , Braham Don C esar, by

I n c le do n . . . , Bellamy , and T S Cooke Lorenza, by

S e stin i e Mrs . Molloy , Miss , Madam Mara , Miss

h . n n . . . . Step ens, Mrs Mou tai , Mrs T S Cooke , Mrs

Gri lie tta . Stewart, and Miss g Victoria , by Miss

h . . h e r Hitc cock and Mrs Addison Catilina, maid ,

h . by Mrs . Hitc cock and Miss Kelly

‘ ’ in 2 0 1 . Fontainebleau ; , Our Way France , 7

n 1 8 2 th Covent Garde , 7 4 ; Crow Street, January 9 ,

1 78 5.

I O TH E P R E - C I S VI TOR AN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

‘ n M N all h The book by Leo ard y, an Iris barrister ,

a he n T lo t d as an i former . h e music by William h th - S ield . I t is e well kn own story o f the outlawed

’ o f n d n Earl Hunti g on . Clori da s uncle , Baron Fitz h e erbert , disguis s himself as Friar Tuck , and bribes

Scarle t to desert . Littlejohn holds an amusing trial

o n h e . I n th e e n d t m , all obtai n th eir pardon from th n e Ki g .

n was h Robi Hood played by Bellamy , P illips , and h . n I n l n h . S ort Edwi , by c e do and P illips Clorinda ,

w a n d . . by Miss George , Mrs . Cress ell , Mrs Stewart

th h George Colman e younge r , wit mu sic by

Dr . Samuel Arnold . ’ — e 6 . 1 8 Inkl and Yarico, 9 Haymarket, 7 7; Smock

e e e th 1 8 . All y , D c mber s , 7 7

n his h wh o e I kle and Narcissa , betrot ed , is a daught r

h e e of Sir C ristoph r Curry , Governor of Barbado s , are

a o n their way thith e r to b e marri e d . Inkle h s be e n

h n n o t a broug t up to be shrewd and calculati g, and is

. O n e his n d warm lover the way , Inkl , u cle Me ium , a n d his e d e e th e s rvant Tru g , disembark to explor

e mainland with an e ye to busin ess . In a for st they

ar e e . th e h pursued by nativ s Medium regains s ip, but Inkle and Trudge are obliged to ﬁn d refuge in a who cave , where they are protected by Yarico, is W k n e h h . o ws i arly w ite, and knows some Englis is he r black maid .

ff n h e Afte rwards they are taken o by a ot r ship, C TERPSI HORE . 1 5I

n the e h h e bringi g wom n wit t em to Barbadoes . Inkl would meanly sell Yarico as an Obstac le to his marriage . Trudge would part with his life rathe r h n b e n e W i t a so co t mptible as to discard o wsk , whom h e h n h n h T h e is teac i g Englis , includi g a few oat s . mean n e ss o f I nkl e is fully expos e d b e fore Curry a n d

e d . T h e d n e e h a n d M ium e se Inkl f els it imself, marrie s Yarico . Narcissa marries th e worthy Captain Ca m ple yﬁ

n e d I n c le do n I kle was play by Palmer , , Bellamy,

h n n a n h . h n Jo so , d P illips Honest Trudge , by Jo nso

a n d a . m n l d n Stew rt C a pley , by I c e o . Yarico , by h . n n . an d . . Mrs Billi gto , Mrs Glendinning , Mrs Crouc

W w . o ski . . . . e , by Mrs T S Cooke and Mrs St wart ’ T h e n e e . . . Mou tain rs , 55 Music by Dr S

n d — 1 e e Ar ol Haymarket , 793 Crow Str et , Nov mber

1 8th 1 , 794 .

This opera is not so int e restin g as th e forme r . T h e s c e n e is laid in Spain during the struggle b e tw e e n

n h Mo o rs a n d Spa iards . Octavian is alf crazed by

h a h e n his Flo ran t . separatio from love , T ey wer

n h h re un ited . Colma delig ted in aving a popular Irish man in h is plays ; a n d h ere we ﬁn d Captai n th e Kilmallock , from Tipperary, escaping from Moors with Zo ra yde .

Octavian was playe d by You n g a n d John P .

h h e . Ke mbl e . Kilmallock , by Jo n Jo nston

‘ Other op e ras by Colman an d Arnold we re T he — 1 52 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN D U BLIN .

’ ‘ ’ e o f e h 2 1 T he e o f 1 . Battl H x am , ; Surrend r Calais , 5

‘ ’ n 0 1 1 The Africa s ; , War , Love, and Duty , , was by

n Colma and Michael Kelly .

1 6—1 8 1 8 o f th e James Cobb, 75 , auditor East

n h f Indian Compa y , was aut or o several musical plays

and farces . ‘ ’ T h e r e 8 0 Siege of Belg ad , music by Storace .

1 1 2 th 1 2 . Drury Lane , 79 Crow Street , January 7 , 79

e th e the In a struggle betw en Turks and Austrians,

h th e n Turkis army, under Seraskier , is e camped near

e . h th h n r Belgrad Kat erine , e wife of Colone l C o e b e g ,

h e th e and Lilla, the sweet art of Leopold , fall into h o f ands the Seraskier , who would make love to each o f them separately . Co h en b erg enters the camp as h th a spy , and is about to perish when e is rescued by e

U se h e . Austrian army . p is a rascally magistrat

T he . . Seraskier was played by J Kelly , T S . Cooke ,

. se h . Phillips , Braham , and Horn U p , by Williams

h . . Kat erine , by Mrs Crouch and Miss Kelly

Lilla , by Mrs . Mountain , Miss Stephens , Mrs .

. . . B ellc ha m b er s . T S Cooke , Mrs , Mrs Lazenby , and

Miss Kelly .

n f h William Dimond, player and ma ager o Bat h h T eatre , was aut or of several plays and farc e s .

‘ ’ T h e n Foundli g of the Forest , 63 ; music by — . 1 8 0 Michael Kelly Haymarket , 9 ; Crow Street ,

8 h 1 8 1 0 February t , .

1 T H E P R E - M 54 VI CTORIAN D RA A IN DUBLIN .

e n T h e K nt at the Norman Co qu e st . e conqu ror h a d e th f . banish d e Baron o Oakland Afterwards ,

n n e h e h n ﬁ di g hims lf wrong , gives t e baro y to a peasant

e f h n h . relativ o Oakland , thinking him t e ext eir

th e e h in Lord William , tru heir , comes back , and ides

th e e h h h h . tow r , w ic is thoug t to be aunted He is in

e h n h h th e so n lov wit Lady Eli or , w ose brot er prefers f o th e n . h e peasa t baron The latter , owev r , is

h the . attac ed to Adela , and right pairs are mated

d e e Lor William was play d by Palm r , Bellamy ,

. . e h h n a n d T S Cook , P illips , Hill, Bra am , Hor ,

h . . n Cob am Adela , by Miss Brett , Mrs Mountai ,

h n . n . e Mrs Billi gton , Mrs Addison , Miss St p e s ,

. n Mrs Williams , and Miss Byrne . Lady Eli or , by

. . . Gri li tta a n d . Mrs T S Cooke , Miss g e , Miss Kelly

‘ ’ a n d e The Strangers at Home , 5, Cobb Linl y ; " ‘ ’ I he n e n h e Co tract , 4 , Cobb , Stev son , and ot rs ; ’ ‘ W ’ h . T h e o f n Rama Droog 4 ; ife Two Husba ds ,

1 h hi a n d M a z z in . , bot by Cobb g

— h e e M . P 1 1 8 1 8 e Matt w Gregory L wis , . , 775 , a fri nd o f o f n o n e o f n h Scott and Byro , was the ﬁrst E glis

n h e m e to cultivate a taste for t e w ird , spectral

f e h n n e h is lit e rature o G rmany , whic greatly i ﬂue c d

w n o n writi gs . ‘ ’ h e e 1 0 0 . The Castle Sp ctr , Music by Mic ael — . 1 e e Kelly Drury Lane , 79 7 Crow Str t , January

1 th 1 . 4 , 799

n d his h Earl Osmond had wou ed eldest brot er , Earl C TERPSI HORE . r 55

n e e Regi ald , sixt en y ars before, and killed th e Counte ss e n h . e to n . Ev li a Now wishes marry his nie ce , A gela

n e A gela has a lov r, Earl Pe rcy . S he personat e s ’ h e r h h . th mot er s g ost Osmond, in e end , me ets his

e h . n h o u t o f d at Regi ald is broug t a dunge on .

e e Angela marri s P rcy .

’ An gela was playe d by Miss O N e ill a n d Miss

Cramer .

‘ ’ n 2 Ruganti o , 5, by Lewis and Dr . T . Busby ;

’ ’ ’ On e O Clo c k T he e h e 8 , 7, and Trav llers Benig t d, ,

e a n d . . . by L wis, Kelly , M P King

h D ib din 1 1 -1 8 1 e a n T omas John , 77 4 , a play r d a

o f h D ibdin . T h e dramatist , was a son C arles poor fe h ad th n f llow e stai o illegitimacy . But society sympathized with him rath er than with th e gay

h h n f T he L o n C arl e s . T e editio o plays known as do n Theatr e was issued by him .

’

T he . e e h Cabinet 55 Music by Reev , Moor ead , — e a n d h . e n 1 80 2 w Dav y , Bra am Cov t Garden , ; Cro

e e 2 1 0 . Str et , Dec mber n d , 8 9

Orland o and Cu rv o so are petty princes in I taly .

C u rv o so h a s his h n promised daug ter, Consta tia , to

n h his d Orla do , but c anges min , and sends back ’ n d n in h h Orla o s presents , including a cabi et, w ic

n h e Co n stantia h ides hers e lf. I this t ere is a s cret

n n h h a n n spri g , o touching w ic artiﬁcial bird si gs a ’ n token for Co n stantia to Show h erself. Orla do s - h step mother and a rival lady ﬁnd t e spring , and - 1 56 T H E P R E VI C TORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

h h e send Constantia to prison . All comes rig t to t os that wait . h Orlando was played by T . S . Cooke , S ort ,

h n . . n . Bra am , and Hor Constantia , by Mrs Addiso

‘ ’ T h e f th 8 . . . Lady o e Lake , 9 Music by T S

n h — h h Cooke and Sa de rs ; also by Bis op Bat , Marc

z r st 1 8 1 2 e 2 th 1 8 1 0 . , Crow Stre t , December 9 , We h ope that the youngest child is familiar with h a n t is work of Sir Walter . It used to be le r ed by o r te in schools . I t was also turned into drama by

Thomas Morton and by Edmund J . Eyr e . ’ ’ h O N e ill Ellen was played by Miss Smit , Miss ,

. Fitz a m e s o n Miss Cramer , and Miss Byrne j , by C

D hu . way . Roderick , by Sowerby

‘ Oth er Operas by D ibdin were The Lily o f ’ ’ . 0 n S Leonard s, 3 , with music by Barto , the teacher ’ o f I l B o n du c an i 6 h w d Balfe , , wit music by Att oo ‘ h T h e English Fleet in 1 3 , wit music by " ’ h the Bra am , including great duet , All s Well

’ ‘ ‘ T h ai 1 h e Cors r , , wit music by Blewitt ; Thirty ’ h 2 . h h T ousand , , music by Reeve His brot er , C arles ‘ ’ din th e Mungo D ib , was author of The Farmer s ’

h . Wife , with music by Bis op

JAMES KE N N E v .

‘ ’ R o sa n b er 68 . h Ella g , Music by Matt ew Peter

— 1 8 0 King Drury Lane , 7 Crow Street, December

1 th 1 0 . 9 , 8 7

- 1 58 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

’ f h 1 T h e Lord o t e Manor , 5 . Music by William

o f he c Jackson , Organist Exeter Cat dral , and omposer ” — T e e . of a popular D um Drury Lane , December

2 th 1 8 0 e e 1 2th 1 8 0 6. 7 , 7 ; Crow Str et, Nov mber , h h Maj or Isaac Pocock , wit music by Bis op and

Davey . ’

e n n e . Rob Roy Macgr gor or, Auld La g Sy , 73

e o th 1 8 1 Cove nt Garden , Septemb r 3 , 4 Crow Street ,

th 1 8 1 D e cember 7 , 4 .

‘ ’ T h o f n o r n e Forest Bo dy ; , The Dog of Mo targis , — . h 8 1 n e e o t 1 . 53 Covent Garde , S ptemb r 3 , 4 Book by Henry Harris music by Jonath an Ble witt .

d o a n the e Dragon , a g , comes to inn , rings b ll , s e n an d th e eizes a lant r , beckons to innkeeper to

him n th h his ha d follow i to e forest , w ere master been m d e th e urdere and was buri d , and murderer was h c t en e detect e d .

n e 1 8 1 e e th Cove t Gard n , 4 ; Crow Street, D cemb r 7 ,

1 8 1 4 . ‘ E CYDB I CDOI C 3 .

HORT musical plays which migh t b e played as f i n terlude s or a te rpiec e s .

e n Ca e Th e C n a n c e e a han H ry r y , o triv s ; or, Mor W ys T

n 6 n a e . O e ( 7) Joh F . L mp ‘ e n C a e T h e n de an n e Y h e H ry r y, Wo r , Ho st orks ir

m a n (75) H e n ry Ca re y .

C e C e a n an d h d a Cha e D ihdin . oll y ibb r, D mo P illi (34) rl s ’ e n e d n T h e e 2 a a d u c . H ry Fi l i g, Lott ry (4 ) B ll M si n e din Th e n u n Ch a e a d 2 H e ry Fi l g , I trig i g mb rm i (4 )

B a lla d M u si c .

aa c B i c k e r sta ﬁ T h e ad c 16 Ch a e D i b din . Is , P lo k ( 3) rl s

a a c B ic k e rsta ﬁ h a a n d a 1 0 . . A n d . Is , T om s S lly ( 4) Dr S r ol ' ’ aa c B ic k ersta ﬁ T h e Cha e D ihdin . Is , Romp (74) rl s

' ‘ a C o ﬁe T h e e P a 18 1 a ad M u c . Ch rle s y . D vil to y ( ) B ll si

h a e D ib din f the e n c h T h e e e e 10 6 C rl s , rom Fr , D s rt r ( )

Ch a rle s D ib din .

h a e D i bd in T he a e an 0 Ch a e D ib din . C rl s , W t rm (7 ) rl s ’ Ch a e D ibd in Th e u a e 1 Ch a e D ibdin . rl s , Q k r (7 ) rl s

‘ ’ T h e v . en B . u d e T h e ch o f a c n 0 e R Sir H ry D l y , Flit B o (5 )

Willia m Sh ie ld . ’ - - ’ h n Ke e fe Th e S o n in La w 1 h n A . e e n n . Jo O , (7 ) Sir Jo St v so

’ n h n O Ke e fe T h e ea d A e h n . e e n . Jo , D liv (43) Sir Jo A St v so ’ ‘ ’ h n O Ke e fe T h e A r e ea e u e 1 0 8 Jo , g bl S rpris ( )

. n n Sir John A Ste ve so . 1 60 T H E P R E - M I VI C TORIAN DRA A N D U BLIN .

’ ’ K ef T h 0 a h n O e e e d e 1 h eld . Jo , Poor Sol i r ( 5) Willi m S i ’ K e f n T m o . n h n O e e ee o f C en . A d . Jo , P pi g ov try (54) Dr S r ol ’ h n O Ke e fe T h e d n e o f c 1 Jo , Gol Mi s Wi klow (5 )

a h d Willi m S i e l . ’ d n T h e e e o f a a 1 . d e e c a n . Fr ri k Pilo , Si g Gibr lt r (4 ) T Gior i

. a n n 80 ia c e e a h e d . Mrs Fr s Brook , Rosi ( ) Will m S i l ’ n a N n N h c e e o o u e 10 e e n a ce . Pri Ho r , So g , S pp r ( 9) St p Stor

n c e a e c a n d Ke 6 i a h e d . Pri Ho r , Lo k y ( 7) W lli m S i l ’ h m a n T h e Ch i d en in th e d . . A n d . T o s Morto , l r Woo Dr S r ol ’ a e C a u a n d V n a 8 1 e e e a n d M az z in hi. J m s obb, P l irgi i ( ) R v g ‘ a e C Th e c a n d th e A he ca e he n a c e . J m s obb, Do tor pot ry St p Stor

e e C an th e Y u n e u e e a d c ha e e . G org olm o g r , Bl b r (94) Mi l K lly

‘ e e C a n T he e e T h e a o f G org olm , R vi w ; or, W gs

Win d sor (61 ) Dr . S . A r n old .

e a n e au h a t c h G e org Colm , Lov L g s Lo ksmit s (74)

c ha e Mi l Ke lly . - f 0 i c h a e . h . D ibdin O A e e T omas J , g To Morrow (7 ) M l K lly

a e e n n e a n 1 a h e . in . J m s K y , M trimo y 5 ) M tt w P K g ‘ e n n e T he n d h n a e . J a m s Ke y , Bli Boy (55) Jo D v y

n a u e c h T he A d e d Ch d . d . A lde rm a S m l Bir , opt il T Attwoo ’ h E d . H e e 1 a e . T e odore ook , T k li (5 ) J m s Hook

d a n e n n . a h e . e u e ea M tt w G L wis , Bl b r (94) P tomim So gs o ly

aa c c c T he e a n d his M en M ajor Is Po o k , Mill r (53)

e n A . Sir H ry Bis hop .

— n 1 6 0 1 . He ry Carey, about 9 74 3 His granddaught e r b e came mother o f Edmund

n . Kea , the tragedian ’ ‘ n o r h 6 The Contriva ces , More Ways t an One, 7.

1 1 e z 2u d Drury Lane , 7 5 ; Smock Alley , Novemb r ,

1 74 1 . h h Argus wis es his daug ter , Arethusa, to marry Squire

n R o v w ll Cuckoo ; but h er lover , Captai e e , outwits

1 62 - T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN D U B Ll N .

CHARLES COFFEY .

Modiﬁed by Theo . Cibber . ’ T h e P a 0 1 T h h Devil to y ; , e Wives Metamorp osed , — 1 8 1 . n 6th 1 1 1 8 . Drury La e , August , 73 Dublin , 73

h Lo v e ru l n who Sir Jo n e is marrie d to a t e rmaga t ,

him r is a brute to and to h e servants .

h Zekiel n T eir lowly neighbour , Jobso , straps poor

h is e . Nell , wif

h n e h e fo r d a th e A doctor c a g s t ir position a y, with

h Lo v e ru le e e a n d result t at Lady becom s g ntle , Nell gets n o more o f th e strap .

h n . e c l d n e . Sir Jo n was play d by I e o N ll , by Mrs

n n Clive , Mrs . Abi gton , Mrs . Barry , and Mrs . Jorda .

b e . Jo son , by Em ry

h th . T is little play m ade e career of Mrs Cliv e .

HENRY FIELDING .

’ — T he 2 . n . n e Lottery , 4 Ballad tu es Drury La , h 1 2 t 1 . 73 ; Smock Alley, January 5 , 74 3 5

h c n h sh e C loe buys a lottery ticket , and , fan yi g t at will win describes herse lf as a n h e iress .

o f e o f the Jack Stocks , son the ke per lottery, makes love to h e r und e r th e name o f Lord Lace . When

h h er . s e draws a blank , he throws over

’ Ke efe Stocks was played by King and O . T ’ he e 1 . . Intriguing Chamb rmaid , 4 Ballad tunes

1 e 1 2 th Drury Lane , 74 3 Smock Alley, D cember , 1 74 7 l Lettice , the smart chambermaid , was p ayed by

M rs . . Clive TERPSI C HORE . 1 63

K ISAAC BI C ERSTAFF .

’ h 1 0 . T omas and Sally, 4 A cou n try squire s e eks to b etray an d th en to force

wh o i s s Sally, a country maid , re cued by her lover ,

Thomas , a returned sailor .

S la ed b G . . ally was p y y Miss atley , Mrs M Arne ,

n . h Miss Bre t , and Mrs . R Sparks . T omas , by Wilder

a n d I n c le do n .

‘ ’ - 1 6 . e 1 68 The Padlock , 3 Drury Lan , 7 Crow h h i 1 t 1 6 . . Street , Apr l 9 , 7 9 Music by C arle s D ibdin

D o n e n his h Di go , an old bachelor , bri gs to ouse ,

n n i h r Leonora, a you g maide , plac ng e under a d h th e n o f h er in uenna , Ursula, wit i tention marrying

fe w h if sh e b e . h h n a mont s , content T ey live wit i

n h igh walls . Sh e assents to a marriage i a listless

h e e . N o t way, and go s to make arrangements trust

th e . T he ing the duenna, he puts a padlock on gate

h as n h h e n e n girl been see at c urc by L a d r, a you g

wh o the student , , in guise of a lame minstrel , makes

h a n d d friends wit Mungo , a negro servant , is admitte to entertain the women .

w b I n c led o n Le der was played y Ryder, , and

h u llam . e P illips . Mungo, by Wilder and F L onora ,

l h a n d C at e . . . by Miss y, Mrs R Sparks, Mrs Crouc ,

Mrs . Cresswell . Ursula , by Miss Hudson and Mrs .

h in h . H e ap y . Mungo was also played by D ibd imself ’ T h e o r th e . Romp ; , A Cure for Spleen , 74

e 1 8 z rd Covent Gard n , 77 ; Capel Street , January 3 ,

1 1 . 77 Music by Charles D ibdin . P R E - 1 64 T H E VICTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

Priscilla Tomboy , a West Indian girl , visits London ,

h n w ere Barnacle is her guardian ; her doi gs , and ’ o f fu ll f those Watty Cockney , are o lively fun .

. a . Priscilla was played by Mrs . R Sp rks , and Mrs ’

. . O Ke efe . T S . Cooke Watty Cockney, by ff Another musical play of Bickersta , in Dublin , was ’ n 2 Daph ne a d Amintor , 7.

D ibdin could write as well as compose ; thus we ’

1 0 6 . h ave The Deserter , . Adapted from the French

h . 1 Music by imself Drury Lane , 773 ; Smock Alley ,

h 1 . February 1 o t , 774 Henry and Louisa are in love ; hearing that sh e is

e a a . about to b m rried , he gives himself up as de serter

n . He is condemned, but Louisa wins his pardo

Henry was played by J . Kelly . Louisa by Mrs .

Crouch and Mrs . Murray .

‘ ’ o r o f . The Waterman ; , The First August , 70

m 1 1 51 Hay arket , 774 Smock Alley , December 3 ,

1 776.

D i . Both words and music by C . ib d n h Bundle is a market gardener , enpecked by his ” . fo r h er genteel wife She prefers daughter ,

Wilh elmina , Robin , who dresses smartly , and talks in

o f . T m h e strain ﬂowers Bundle prefers o Tug , for whom th e girl has a regard ; but she can play tricks

with both parents and both lovers . T o m wins the

Doggett badge and the girl and Mrs . Bundle is

brou ght to terms by a threat o f separation .

H E P R E - C 1 66 T VI TORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLI N .

o f n . T h elopes with Eliza, daughter Justice Be bow e

ﬂitc h young people gain the , and are forgiven .

I n c l do n ‘ Greville was played by e . Oth er musical plays of his seen in Dublin we re

’ ‘ T h e R 2 0 h ival Candidates , ; music by T om as Carter . ’ T h e 2 0 h . Woodman , music by William S ield ’

en a n d 1 . . . H ry Emma , music by Dr. T A Arne

’ JOHN O KEEFE .

- - — T h e in 1 . e 1 Son Law 7 Haymark t , 779 Smock

z r st 1 8 1 . . Alley, May , 7 Music by Sir John A

St e venson .

’ T h e -ih - e th e Son Law, was s en at Haymarket in

1 n 2 r st 1 8 1 . 779 , and at Smock Alley o May , 7

. n London music by Dr . Arnold Dubli music by

e young Stevenson . The point o f th e little Op ra

turns o n mistaken identity o n the address o f a lette r .

fo r h o m h his e A letter Bouque t , p erc ant , from swe t ’ - h e B o wkitt n . art s father , is delivered to , danci g master

’ T h e th e Dead Alive , 43 , appeared at Haymarket

1 8 1 A 1 in 7 , and at Smock lley on December 7th , in

h e . t e same y ar . Dublin music by Stevenson

d - e e a n d A mid le aged couple , Sir Walt r W athercock

W in te rto o n th e o f e Miss p , eve marriage, quarr l

h e r h is c because nephew , Edward , marries nie e ,

a n d , Caroline . Edward Caroline become bankrupt

n h his e He appeals to his aunt for help , sayi g t at wif

. h e r h er n is dead She to uncle , saying that husba d

o u t e is dead . The trick is found by the elder coupl , wh o become friends again . 1 TERPSI CHORE . 67

‘ ’ 1 0 8 The Agreeable Surprise , , appeared at the

in 1 8 1 Haymarket 7 , and at Smock All e y o n Fe bruary

h 1 2 r 1 t 8 . , 7 London music by Arnold . Dublin music by St e venson . Its tone is somewhat lower ’ h h O Ke f t an is usual wit e e . It was the last written

o wn h by his and before blindness set in . He tells us that these thre e little operas brought him an average o f £ 1 0 0 each .

’ ’ T he 1 0 O Kee fe Poor Soldier , 5, by , with music ,

a n d partly selected, partly composed , by William

h e n in 1 8 S ield , was s e in Covent Garden 7 3 , and at

l h 1 . T h n Smock A ley on January 1 6t , 784 e sce e is

a t . . Carton , Co Kildare

h e th e Nora is lov d by Patrick, soldier , and also by T h Captain Fitzroy . e Captain , hearing that Patrick

th e m a n wh o ha d h im was saved in battle, gives up

h is pursuit o f Norah . h Norah was played by Miss Hitc cock and Mrs .

I n le d n Dickons . c o played Fitzroy and Patrick at

n in h different tim e s . There are airs by Carola t is

ope ra . ’ ’ Ke efe h Peeping Tom of Coventry , 54 , by O , wit

e music by Dr . Arnold , app ared at the Haymarket in

1 8 a n d o n e 2 th th e 7 4 , at Smock Alley Nov mber 9 in

the - same year . It is a musical farce on well known story o f Lady Godiva saving th e town from a ﬁn e

n e h er h th e o f . i ﬂict d by usband , Earl Mercia Tom is

e e n h . a tailor, who is m an oug to peep at Godiva His

wife has a ﬂirtatio n with the Mayor . - 1 68 T HE P R E C N I N VI TORIA DRAMA DUBLIN.

Peeping Tom was played by Ryder . ’ ’ 8 O Ke efe The Farmer , 3 , by , with music selected h and composed by William S ield , app e ared at Covent

1 8 o n 2 th Garden in 7 7, and at Crow Street January 9 ,

1 788 . ’ ‘ O Ke efe h ad written a comedy called T he Plague ’ o f h th e Riches, w ich was rej ected at Haymark et . In

o u t h vexation he cut t ree acts , wrote songs, and formed a short opera for Covent Garden , from which h e

2 0 0 made £ .

Valentine had deserted his wife, and was living a

. e dissipated life His uncle , Colonel Dormant, s nds

his h for Farmer Blackberry to make him eir . Black f berry is soon weary o London , and returns to his

. h n farm In t e e d Valentine reforms , and is reconciled to his friends .

’ ’ O Kee fe h The Wicklow Mountains , 4 4 , by , wit h music by William S ield , appeared at Covent Garden

1 6 o f o r in 79 , in three acts , as The Lad the Hills , ’ T h e Wicklow Gold Mines . In the same year it was cut down , with altered title , and was seen at Crow

n 1 0 th 1 . Street o February , 79 7 Felix ﬁnds some bits o f gold o n o n e o f the h ld him mountains , whic his o nurse sells for in

Dublin . His neighbours think he must have got money by robbing th e mail . ’ Oth er small musical plays by O Ke e fe in Dublin

’ ’ ‘ ‘ 6 S h e o r were Colin s Welcome , ; The Gallant ; ,

’ ’ ‘ h M n 2 T h 2 in T e Positive a , e Fugitive , Love a

1 0 T H E P R E - 7 VI CTORIAN DRAMA I N DUBLIN .

Endless , a lawyer , is invited to supper by Mrs Crop , ’ . f h she a farmer s wife On the return o her usband, h f ides the leg o lamb . His brother Robin has a

h a wh o sweet eart, Margarett , sings about a leg of

. th e n lamb Robin will have supper as well as the so g , so the supper is produced . ’ 6 h Lock and Key , 7 music by William S ield .

e n 1 6 e 2 2n d Covent Gard , 79 ; Crow Stre t , December , 1 8 79 . Brummagem keeps his nie ce under lock and key to drive h er into a disagreeable marriage ; but a clev e r

e she e h er e s rvant steals the key , and scapes to lov r ,

Captain Cheerly . ‘ ‘ ’ e 2 0 The Lott ry Prize 3 3 ; My Grandmother ,

’ 2 2 e 3 and The Paragraph , , were by Hoar and

Storace .

C FREDERI K PILON .

’ T f 1 G o rdan i. h e Siege o Gibraltar , 4 music by

1 8 0 1 th Covent Garden , 7 Capel Street , December 5 ,

1 783 .

It is simply a love e pisode , added to a display ’ n e o f R odn ey s Fleet in th e Bay . Ensig B auclerk

h Za de h o f manage s to attac and marry y , daug ter

Ben Hassa, a Moor .

JAMES COBB .

’ ‘ n 8 1 Paul and Virgi ia, ; music by Reeve and

— 1 8 0 0 M a z z in ghi. Covent Garden , ; Crow Street ,

h 1 8 0 1 . July 4 t , TERPSI C HORE . 1 71

th e o f h Virginia had obtained pardon Al ambra , a h runaway slave , but is erself forcibly carried o ff by

Don Antonio . T h e grateful slave anticipates th e

in h er . lover, Paul , rescuing

I n c ledo n Paul was played by , Phillips, Hill, and

. in . Walste . . Kean Virginia, by Miss , Mrs T S Cooke,

. a n d ri li tt . Mrs Cresswell , Miss G g e a ’ T h e a n d th h Doctor e Apot ecary , 4 5 music — h . n 1 88 t e by Step en Storace Drury La e, 7 ; Crow S re t ,

z 2 u 1 . July d , 78 9

h e a r e o n T ese two gentl men bad terms , each h oldin g the other to be dan gerous to patients . The

he ha s h e apot cary a fair daughter, whom wishes to we d o ld n e o n e . an Germa ofﬁc r, with eye and one leg

T he th e h son of doctor , owever, assisted by a friend ,

th e h th e n m en the outwits apot ecary , and you g marry daughter o f th e apothecary and her cousin . The old men are reconcil e d . ’ T h e h h House to be Sold , wit music by Mic ael

n Kelly, was also see .

THOMAS MORTON .

‘ ’ n h . . T h e Children i t e Wood , music by Dr S

— 1 e Ar nold Haymarket , 793 ; Crow Street, F bruary

r h 1 o t , 794 . This is th e o ld ballad story o f T h e Babes in the

’ Wood . wh o th e h h Walter , saves c ildren , was played by Jo n

Bannister and Elliston . 1 - 72 T H E P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

‘ ’ Zo r in ski 2 h , , was anot er play by Morton and

Arnold .

GEORGE COLMAN T H E YOUNGER .

‘ ’ Blue B eard , 94 ; music by Michael Kelly .

1 8 w r st Drury Lane, 79 Cro Street , January 3 ,

1 8 0 0 .

This play was only a substitute for a pantomim e .

r . Fatima was played by Miss By ne Selim , by

Horn .

’ ‘ T h e r o f 61 Review ; o , The Wags Windsor , ; — . 1 8 0 0 music by Dr . S . Arnold Haymarket, ; Crow

1 1 8 0 1 . Street , March 1 th , Colman here assumes the name o f ‘ Arthur ’ ’ ﬂ n . Gri en h o o f. The review is see in the distance

Captain Beaugard and Grace Gaylo ve are attached .

Deputy Bull is in opposition .

M l r h The play is dominated by Looney ac twa te , w o

n was played by Joh Johnstone . ’ Love Laughs at Locksmiths , 74 ; music by

h — 1 8 0 Mic ael Kelly Haymarket, 3 ; Crow Street ,

8 . February , 1 0 4

f . Lydia is a ward o Vigil , a painter Vigil keeps

B l ar her locked up from Captain e d e , whose servant ,

Risk , outwits Vigil . ’ The play is by Arthur Griffen h o o f. ’ ‘ ’ h 2 Blue Devils , 3 ; We Fly by Nig t, ; Two to ’ ’ ‘ 2 T h e u o f One , 3 ; Gay Deceivers , ; Quadr peds ’ ‘ ’ uadlin b u r h 2 D a erwo o d 2 0 Q g , ; and Silvester gg , , were all by Colman .

- 1 74 T HE P R E VI CTORIAN DRAMA IN DUBLIN .

’ ‘ ’ r - 2 The Fo ty Thieves , 3 5; and Turn out , 5, were also by Kenney .

h 1 — 1 8 1 L Samuel Birc , 757 4 , was a ondon alderman - and pastry cook . H e received the freedom of Dublin

1 8 a n of n in 1 8 0 5 and 0 6, d became Lord Mayor Lo don in 1 8 1 4 . ’ 8 . The Adopted Child , 3 ; music by Attwood

a 1 e 1 th Drury L ne , 79 5 Crow Str et , December 7 ,

1 8 79 . The ch ild has been reared near th e Derwent by h the i o f Mic ael , and is proved to be he r the pro perty .

W M . G . LE IS .

’ Timour the Tartar , 4 5; music by Matthew P .

— 2 h 1 1 1 King Covent Garden , April 9t , 8 ; Crow

28th 1 8 1 1 . Street , October , It is a spe ctacle scarcely removed from a pan to

h a a n h th e mime . T ere is comb t o orseback on stage .

. Zo rilda Timour was played by Conway , by ’ ll Miss O N ei . ’

1 8 . Rugantino , , with music by Dr Busby ; Ray ’ o 8 h e T h e m nd and Agnes , , wit music by Re ve ; ’ ’ ’ h On e Travellers Benig ted , and O clock , with music

h . by Matt ew P King and Michael Kelly , were also by Lewis . TERPSIC HORE . 1 75

h 1 8 8- 1 8 1 T eodore Edward Hook , 7 4 , was educated at Harrow and Oxford . He was a versatile

n o f writer, shining most in ovels London su rb u rb an h life . His mot er was a Miss Madde n . Both she a n d h er son wrote words for th e music o f James

1 6—1 8 2 Hook , 74 7.

’ o r T h e o f M o n t a tz 1 Tekeli , Siege g , 5 . Music — . e 1 80 6 by James Hook Drury Lan , Crow Stre e t ,

h 1 th 1 8 0 . Marc 4 , 7

M o n t atz e g , a Hungarian castl , was besieged by T th e Austrians . h e siege was raised by Cou n t

Tekeli .

e e Tek li was played by Henry Erskin Johnston .

’ i 1 6 n he K lling no Murder, , was a ot r musical play o f th e Hooks .

c k . MAJOR I . Po c o

‘ ’ an d 6. T h e Maid Magpie, 5 Music by S ir — . 1 8 1 Hen ry R . Bishop Covent Garden , 5 Crow

1 2th 1 8 1 . Street, December , 5 T h e sligh t plot tells o f th e accusations o f dishon esty

n h e aped o n th e maid , before the stole treasures o f th e magp i e a re found in the church tower . ‘ ’ — T h his M e n . n e Miller and , 53 Covent Garde ,

1 1 8 1 . 1 8 4 ; Crow Street, November, 4

' G r in d o ﬁ was played by T . S . Cook .

’ ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ 1 0 o f 2 Fo r T he Libertine , John Paris , 3 ;

’ ‘ ’ n n " o r E gla d , Ho 7 ; Hit Miss , 5, were all by

Pocock . 1 6 T H E P R E - i N 7 VICTORIAN DRAMA DUBLI N .

A N D THOMSON MALLET .

‘ ’ e e . The Famous Masqu , Alfr d , 4 ; music by Dr ’ n . Arne , including Rule Brita nia

MOSES M U N D E Z .

’ 2 0 . . . The Chaplet , Music by Wm Boyce

’ ’ Shepherd s Lottery , 7.

1 78 APPENDI X .

Gbalia 15.

Ve R e v . ea n f i e n e a ry D Swi t , Pol t Co v rs tion

. i n n T he u h u Mrs P lki gto , T rkis Co rt ’ T h R a n R e u A tt. e ob rt Dr ry , , iv l Milli e rs ’ ’ T o m n a a e Ki g , Wit s L st St k

a n a a g e T he M an o f a M rmio S v , P rts d d e T h e P a d Woo bri g ,

ea c e N e e A e P r , tl y bb y " ’ . G re fulh e I s h e a n c e " M , Pri

. G refulh e A u d e o f u n d e M , B g t Bl rs

a . M o n c rie ﬂ D o n a n n in n d n Willi m T , Giov i Lo o ’ h n e Th e l e in th e a Jo Pool , I ol W ll

C erpstc bo re El.

‘ ’ M N a ll Th e u n a n — 1 L . y , R li g P ssio 778

A n n A a ch fo r a d — 1 86 J . tki so , M t Wi ow 7 - e n u c a ch . T . C .D . e in e H ry L s , Ex S , Lov Disgu is

1 766. - H n u a S c h . T . C . D . T he u h e ry L c s , Ex , , Tri mp — Va n ity 1 772 .

Oet natc bore 15. — da n A a n a a 1 . f a n d . h e C Swi t Dr S ri , t t 747 T — 1 h e a e . en de Ch . Moses M z , pl t 757 Wm Boy c e ’ — en de T he he h e d o e 1 61 . c e . Mose s M z , S p r s L tt ry 7 Wm Boy

e A e en A h Georg . St v s , Trip to Fortsmit

. D ihd n 1 773 C i .

‘ ’ n c The a d o f th e an Willi a m Ke ri k , L y M or

1 784 T . Giorda ni . — M adden T he u e u e 1 8 a e H . iss M , Do bl Disg is 7 4 J m s ook ‘ — a H u rlsto n e u in e 1 . Ca e Th om s , J st Tim 793 T rt r . X APPENDI . 1 79

h a n h T he u n e a e — 180 0 T om s K ig t, T r pik G t R ee ve . e e C i e e a a n d A — 1 80 1 Sir G org oll r , S lim zor Gretry. h a c f A a e o f e — 80 1 . u . T om s Hol ro t, T l Myst ry 3 Dr. T B sby e n d T h e Ca a a n — 18 1 F . R y ol s , r v 5 Ree ve .

A u in en e a n d n a n d A n n a D bl G tl m , E wi ge li

1 8 16 n Ste ve son Clifton . ’ — 8 . a u 1 1 2 T . E Hook , Tri l by J ry Ja me s Hook . — . e Lo do isk a 1 8 16 h n e a e . Jo P K mbl , S . Stor c — a n n c u n a e e 1 8 16. R. Br ssi gto , Tri ks po Tr v ll rs ‘ ’ — . n d T h e h e a n d s e 18 16 h Wm Dimo , Brot r Si t r Bis op Reeve . - R e v . a h e e S c h . e an d M tt w W st , Ex , Egb rt

h e n d a —1 8 16 Et li Blewitt . ’ e a a c e W i h e c a e — 1 822 From M t st sio , Dir , t r it tiv . — n n A n n e e 1822. From Rossi i , by Hor , tt — n T h e a d o f ud ah 18 0 . From Rossi i , M i J 3 — n C n de e a 18 1 . From Rossi i, i r ll 3

H a d a n e C a i o r T he a d o f an ow r P y , l r ; , M i Mil h 1 8 23 Bis op . a c n a n th e a ir e e e (This little ope r o t i s , Hom , Sw t — e D e r Freisc h titz 1 82 . From We b r , 5 — e e e n 182 . From W b r, Ob ro 7 — u e a anie 18 2. From A b r , M s llo 3 ’ - an a n a 1826 M a c fa rr e n . From Ossi , M lvi ‘ — h a A a n d Ze a 1 8 1 . From Spo r, by Sm rt , zor mir 3 — e ee e the a e 18 2 . From Mey rb r , Rob rt Di bl 3 — z b a ll T he e e o f c he e 18 6 . . B a fe . Ed wa rd Fi t , Si g Ro ll 3 M W l ’ (Balfe s ﬁrst Ope ra . )

b O N S ON B Y 81 I B B S U n i v e r sn e s s , u b n . P r i n te d y P G , y Pr D li

Un ive rs ity o f Ca lifo rn ia S OUTHE R N RE GI ON AL LI B RA RY FA C I LITY 405 Hil rd Av n u L 24- ga e e , o s An g e le s , CA 900 1388 Re tu rn this m ate ria l to the lib ra ry

fro m wh ic h It was b o rro wed .