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March 8. Never acted, a Hint to Husbands. Lord Transit-C. Kemble: Sir Charles Le Brun = H. Johnston: George Trevor (nephew to Fairford) - Brunton Fairford (father to Lady Transit) Fawcett Heartright (formerly tutor to Lord Transit) Pope: Dogherty (an old servant in Lord Transit's family) Blanchard: Codicil Emery: Pliant

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22. Oroonoko, or the Royal Slave, revived. Oroonoko = Betty, 1st time : Aboan = C. Kemble : Bland

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24. Mountaineers. Octavian Kemble: Sadi= Blanchard Bulcazin Muley Murray: Virolet = Brunton: Kilmallock = Waddy : Waddy: Lope Tocho = Emery: Zorayda Lady, 1st app.: Floranthe = Miss Searle Agnes Miss Tyrer.

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27. Wheel of Fortune. Tempest = Liston, 1st time: Emily Tempest Miss Brunton.

29. For bt. of Lewis. Not acted 12 years, Chances. Don John Lewis: Don Frederick = Brunton: Antonio Emery: 1st Constantia = Miss Brunton: 2d Constantia = Mrs. Glover: Mother in Law Mrs. Mattocks: Landlady Mrs. Davenport: -Chances was acted 3 times.

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9. Hamlet Master Betty: Polonius = Liston :Master Betty was taken ill, and the play was changed to the Chances.

10. Never acted, White Plume, or the Border Chieftains. Scots-Earl Glenfillan (Warden of the Scotch Border) = Murray: Kilspindie (one of his household) Fawcett Allan (a soldier) = Blanchard: Flora (Glenfillan's daughter) = Miss Davies : -Danes-Sir Guthred (related to Glenfillan) = H. Johnston Randal (an old minstrel) Taylor :English-Sir Alfred (Warden of the English Border) = Munden: Edward (his son) = Incledon: Arthur (steward to Sir Alfred) Liston Nicholas (his man) = Simmons: Ellen (daughter to Sir Alfred) = Miss Serle Martha (her attendant) = Miss Tyrer:

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musical Romantick Drama, in 3 acts, was written by T. Dibdin-it was acted 5 times-and then cut down to 2 acts--songs only printed.

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14. Pizarro Pope, 1st time: Elvira Mrs. Siddons.

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19. Stranger. Baron Steinfort H. Johnston. 21. Gamester. Lewson Brunton.

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23. Henry 8th, revived. King = Pope: Wolsey = Kemble: Buckingham H. Johnston: Cromwell = Brunton: Cranmer Murray: Gardiner Blanchard: Lord Sands Simmons: Campeius Hull : Queen Katharine Mrs. Siddons: Anne Bullen = Miss Brunton: Lady Denny Mrs. Davenport :

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Henry 8th, as revised by Kemble, was printed in 1804-the cast differed from the bill for this evening -King Cooke: Buckingham Brunton: Cromwell C. Kemble: Gardiner Munden:-some circumstances seem to have happened to prevent this play, and All's well that ends well, from being acted according to Kemble's original cast.

Wordsworth in 1810 published Cavendish's Life of Wolsey from two manuscripts in the Lambeth library -it had never been printed entire before—it is a very interesting work, as Cavendish was Gentleman Usher to Wolsey, and continued with him to the last—it was first printed in 1641, but no publication was ever more unfaithful to the manuscript, from which it professed to be taken-There is a striking similarity between many of Shakspeare's speeches and Cavendish's narrative-Wordsworth says, that Stowe in his Annals had inserted large extracts from Cavendish's Manuscript.