6. That at the “White Horse,” Old Gravel Lane, near Hughes’s late
riding-school, at the foot of Blackfriars Bridge.[127]
Disputes having frequently occurred as to the characters in which Garrick
last appeared, by persons not sufficiently in possession of documents
at hand to enable them to decide their controversies, I am induced to
conclude that such disputants will be pleased to see a statement of the
nights of his acting, the titles of the plays in which he performed, and
the names of the characters which he represented, as well as those of the
principal actresses who performed with him during the last year of his
appearance on the stage. The original play-bills of the time, collected
by the late Dr. Burney, now in the British Museum, have enabled me to
give this information in the following chronological order:--
Nights of Title of Play. Names of
Acting. Characters.
Jan. 18. The Alchemist. Abel Drugger, Mr. Garrick.
(Doll Common, by Mrs.
Hopkins.)
20. The Discovery Sir Anthony Branville.
(Lady Flutter, by Mrs.
Abington.)