Feb. 3. Zara Lusignan. (Zara, by Miss
Younge.)
5. The Provoked Wife Sir John Brute. (Lady
Brute, by Miss Younge.)
7. The Discovery Sir Anthony Branville.
(Lady Flutter, by Mrs.
Abington.)
9. Every Man in his Kitely. (Mrs. Kitely, Mrs.
Humour. Greville.)
12. Much Ado about Benedict. (Beatrice, by Mrs.
Nothing. Abington.)
14. Rule a Wife and Leon. (Estifania, by Mrs.
have a Wife. Abington.)
March 6. Zara Lusignan. (Zara, by Miss
Younge.)
7. Zara Lusignan. (Zara, by Miss
Younge.)
April 11. The Alchemist. Abel Drugger. (Doll Common,
by Mrs. Hopkins.)
16. Much Ado about Benedict. (Beatrice, by Mrs.
Nothing. Abington.)
25. Every Man in his Kitely. (Mrs. Kitely, by Mrs.
Humour. Greville.)
27. Hamlet Hamlet. (Ophelia, by Mrs.
Smith.)
30. The Provoked Sir John Brute. (Lady
Wife. Brute, Miss Younge.)
May 2. Rule a Wife and Leon. (Estifania, Mrs. Abington)
have a Wife.
7. The Stratagem. Archer. (Mrs. Sullen, Mrs.
Abington.)
9. Much Ado about Benedict. (Beatrice, by Mrs.
Nothing. Abington.)
13. King Lear King Lear. (Cordelia, Miss
Younge.)
16. The Wonder Don Felix. (Violante, by
Mrs. Yates.)
21. King Lear King Lear. (Cordelia, by
Miss Younge.)
23. The Suspicious Ranger. (Mrs. Strickland,
Husband. Mrs. Siddons; Clarinda,
Mrs. Abington.)
27. King Richard the King Richard. (Lady Anne
Third. (first time), Mrs. Siddons.)
30. Hamlet Hamlet. (Ophelia, by Mrs.
Smith.)
31. The Suspicious Ranger. (Mrs. Strickland,
Husband. Mrs. Siddons; Clarinda,
Mrs. Abington.)
June 1. Ditto. Ditto.
3. King Richard the King Richard. (Lady Anne,
Third. by Mrs. Siddons.)
5. King Richard the King Richard. (Lady Anne,
Third. by Mrs. Siddons.) By
command of their Majesties.
8. King Lear King Lear. (Cordelia, Mrs.
Younge.)
10. The Wonder Don Felix. (Violante, by
Mrs. Yates.)[128]
Notwithstanding it has been said that Mr. Garrick spoke slightingly of
Mrs. Siddons’s talents, the above list incontrovertibly proves that
he considered her powers sufficiently great to appear in principal
characters with him no fewer than _six_ nights of the last _nine_ in
which he performed.
I shall now subjoin a similar list of Mrs. Siddons’s nights of
performance at Drury Lane Theatre, during the last year of Mr. Garrick’s
acting.[129]
Jan. 13, 15, 17. Epicœne, or The Silent Woman (as a Collegiate Lady).
Feb. 1, 2, 3. The Blackamoor Washed White.
Between Feb. 15
and April 18
(22 nights). The Runaway (as Miss Morley).
May 23. The Suspicious Husband (as Mrs. Strickland).