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Richer here refers to Mr. Richer, a tightrope performer whose performance included a clown.
There was a semi-private rehearsal on February 23, March 10, and March 22 as the Lord Chamberlain had refused a license for Il Pirro . Godwin attended on March 22. The play was performed for money on March 26, 'the singers, to avoid the licensing act, coming in their own dresses and confining themselves to the airs' (Windham Diary).
The performance was comprised of a view of Abbotsford, a procession of characters from his major works, and concluded with 'a grand scene of Apotheosis of the Minstrel of the North' by the whole company.
Godwin also saw Mr. Richer, a tightrope performer whose performance included a clown.
This is Du Crow's benefit night, noted as 'Du Crow' in diary. It is unclear if The Reaper is a performance or song.
The entry reads only 'theatre'. The possibilities are: The Rivals , The Earl of Warwick , Margaret of Anjou or Antigona .
The entry reads only 'theatre'. The Times records that Hoare and Storace's Mahmoud was the only play advertised.
Godwin records that he was 'sans view'. The possibilties are George Barnwell , playing at Drury Lane, or Lover's Vows , playing at Covent Garden.
Godwin's entry reads only 'theatre'. The possibilities are Douglas , playing at Covent Garden and featuring William Henry West Betty, or Belle's Stratagem , playing at Drury Lane. The entry is more likely to refer to the former.
The entry reads only 'theatre'. The possibilities are Douglas , playing at Drury Lane and featuring William Henry Betty West, or Thirty Thousand , playing at Covent Garden.
The wording of the entry ('Call on Wordsworth: theatres; adv Lawrence') leaves it unclear whether Godwin saw a play or was visiting the theatres for another, unspecified, reason.
The entry reads only 'Epilogue'. This does not seem to correspond to any of the plays advertised for this night.
The entry reads only 'theatre, 2/5 Pertinax'. This does not seem to match up with any of the advertised plays for this night.
The possibilites are The Exile , a new Frederick Reynolds musical playing at Covent Garden, or The Siege of St Quentin , a Theodre Hook musical playing at Drury Lane.
The possibilties are James Kenney's False Alarms; or, My Cousin (1807); D'Egville and Henry Bishop's Love in a Tub (1808), or Samuel Foote's The Mayor of Garratt (1763).
The entry reads only 'theatre', but it seems highly likely that Godwin went to see Macbeth on the opening night of the re-built Covent Garden, which had been destroyed by fire the previous year. Kemble's attempt to raise the price of tickets provoked the Old Price riots, lasting three months. While the riots severely disrupted performances, Godwin continued to visit the theatre during this period. See 'Covent Garden Theatre opens', 18 September 1809.
The entry reads only 'theatre', but it seems highly likely that Godwin went to see Love In A Village and Who Wins? at Covent Garden, where the Old Price riots continued. See 'Covent Garden Theatre opens', 18 September 1809.
The entry reads only 'theatre', but it seems highly likely that Godwin went to see The Beggar's Opera and Is He A Prince? at Covent Garden, where the Old Price riots continued. It is not surprising that Godwin failed to enter the names of the plays and he may not even have have been aware of what was being performed: The Times reported the following day that 'not a word or a note of it could be heard, from beginning to end.' Kemble came on stage at the beginning and end of the performance and tried to insist on the necessity of the new prices. See 'Covent Garden Theatre opens', 18 September 1809.
The entry reads only 'theatre', but it seems highly likely that Godwin went to see Romeo and Juliet and The Poor Soldier at Covent Garden, where the Old Price riots continued. It is not surprising that Godwin failed to enter the names of the plays and he may not even have have been aware of what was being performed: The Times for this day reported that during the previous night's performances, 'not a word of either play or farce was heard. There were plenty of placards, plenty of fights, plenty of whistles, plenty of horns, and plenty of small rattles.' See 'Covent Garden Theatre opens', 18 September 1809.
The possibilities are The Cabinet , playing at Covent Garden or Trip to Scarborough , playing at the Lyceum.
The possibilites are Merchant of Venice and The Ninth Statue , both playing at the Drury Lane, or The Gamester and The King and the Duke , both playing at the Covent Garden
The entry seems to read 'Made Sachi'. This does not seem to match up with any of the advertised plays for this night.
This performance is perhaps most likely to be Macbeth , playing at Drury Lane and starring Edmund Kean.
The possibilities are Beggar's Opera , Cure for Romance or Deserter of Naples , all playing at the Theatre Royal, English Opera House, or Maid of the Mill at Covent Garden.
The entry reads 'Deux Precepteurs and Trente Ans'. This is the French Theatre du Petit Lazary of Messrs. Maffey of Paris, a puppet theatre company. The Morning Chronicle advertisement promises 'HARLEQUIN PRINCE by MAGIC. Many transformations and singular Changes. View of St. Sebastian. And the ballet of FLORA and ZEPHYR, andc. andc.' Les deux precepteurs (1817) is by Eugène Scribe; Trente ans, ou la vie d'un jour (1827) is by Victor Ducange.
The entry reads 'Justine and Auberge des Adrets'. Godwin attended with Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. The Morning Chronicle advertisement promises 'RICHARD COEUR DU LEON; the intervals will be enlivened with many curious DEVICES and ILLUSIONS, andc.' as well as a view of Paris and a ballet. There is little information available regarding Justine ; Auberge des Adrets (1823) is by Benjamin Antier.
The possibilities for this entry include Shakespeare's Othello and W.T. Moncrieff's Monsieur Tonson (1821).
Possibilities include J.R. Planche's adaptation from Thomas Love Peacock, Maid Marian; or, the Huntress of Arlingford (1822) and John O'Keefe's The London Hermit; or, Rambles in Dorsetshire (1792).
Possibilites include Thomas Morton's The Way to Get Married (1796), the spectacle The Halt of the Caravan and John Poole and George Daniel's adaptation from Eugene Scribe, Old and Young (1822).
Possibilities include J.R. Planche's Maid Marian; or, the Huntress of Arlingford (1822, adapted from the Thomas Love Peacock novel) and John O'Keefe's The London Hermit; or, Rambles in Dorsetshire (1792).
With music by William Linley.
With music by John Davy.
The entry reads only 'theatres'. The possibilities are Douglas , playing at Drury Lane and featuring William Henry Betty West as Norval, or The Cabinet , playing at Covent Garden.
This is an adaptation of the first six Cantos of Don Juan .
Godwin records that this performance is taken 'from the French'.
This is an adaptation of George Farquhar's The Constant Couple; or, A Trip to Jubilee (1698).
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