LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PLAYS, VOL. V. ST. BENE'T'S, PAUL'S WHARF From an original drawing by E. E. Carlson. Frontispiece This little church in London was the scene of Fielding's second marriage, in 1847, to Mary Daniel. PRAY, SIR, WHO ARE THOSE EXTRAORDINARY FIGURES? PAGE 14 From an original painting by E. J. Read. FACSIMILE TITLE PAGE to Miss Lucy in Town, PUBLISHED 1742 33 FACSIMILE TITLE PAGE TO The Wedding Day, PUBLISHED 1743 65 118 152 This most celebrated actor of the eighteenth century took part as an amateur in Fielding's play, The Mock Doctor. He made his debut at Goodman's Fields in 1741, soon "taking the town by storm," and holding the first rank until his death when he was accorded a public funeral and a resting place in Westminster Abbey. He created the part of Millamour in Fielding's Wedding Day. He acted in others of his dramas. He revived Shakesperian plays and introduced the device of footlights. In both comedy and tragedy he was master, and in private life also he was popular. TUMBLE-DOWN DICK OR PHAETON IN THE SUDS A DRAMATIC ENTERTAINMENT OF WALKING IN SERIOUS AND FOOLISH CHARACTERS Interlarded with Burlesque, Grotesque, Comic Interludes CALLED HARLEQUIN A PICK-POCKET AS IT IS PERFORMED AT THE NEW THEATRE IN THE HAYMARKET Being ('tis hoped) the last Entertainment that will ever be Exhibited on any Stage INVENTED BY THE INGENIOUS MONSIEUR SANS ESPRIT THE MUSIC COMPOSED BY THE HARMONIOUS SIGNIOR WARBLERINI AND THE SCENES PAINTED BY THE PRODIGIOUS MYNHEER VAN BOTTOM-FLAT Monstr horrenď inform. FIRST ACTED IN 1744 |