''Trick for Trick'' is a 1735
comedy play by Robert Fabian.
Performed at the
Drury Lane Theatre
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England. The building faces Catherine Street (earlier named Bridges or Brydges Street) and backs onto Drur ...
as an
afterpiece to
Cato. It became notorious for the killing of the actor
Thomas Hallam
Thomas Haydn Hallam (12 April 1881 – 24 November 1958) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire in 1906 and 1907.
Hallam was born at Pilsley, Derbyshire. A right-hand batsman, he made his debut for Derbyshire ...
by
Charles Macklin after a dispute over a costume in the
green room
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during the performance on 10 May. Macklin was subsequently convicted of
manslaughter
Manslaughter is a common law legal term for homicide considered by law as less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th cen ...
.
The playbill listed amongst its cast
Edward Berry
Rear Admiral Sir Edward Berry, 1st Baronet, KCB (17 April 1768 – 13 February 1831) was an officer in Britain's Royal Navy primarily known for his role as flag captain of Rear Admiral Horatio Nelson's ship HMS ''Vanguard'' at the Battle of ...
as Don Lopez, Macklin as Sancho, Hallam as Guzman,
Richard Arne
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'stron ...
as Estifania and
Hannah Pritchard
Hannah Pritchard (née Vaughan, 1711–1768) was an English actress who regularly played opposite David Garrick. She performed many significant Shakespearean roles and created on stage many important female roles by contemporary playwrights.
Lif ...
as Eugenia.
[Avery p.490]
References
Bibliography
* Burling, William J. ''A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737''. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
* Gilman, Todd. ''The Theatre Career of Thomas Arne''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2013.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. ''A History of Early Eighteenth Century Drama: 1700-1750''. CUP Archive, 1927.
1735 plays
British plays
Comedy plays
West End plays
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