ters; but although she often spoke of the happy
hours she spent in his company, there appears to be no foundation
for this surmise. Bowen, a low comedian of considerable talent,
afterwards accidentally killed by Quin the
actor, was Foigard; and Scrub--originally written for Colley
Cibber, who, however, preferred Gibbet--was represented by
Norris, a capital comic actor, universally known as 'Jubilee
Dicky' on account of his representation of 'Dicky' in _The
Constant Couple_. He had an odd, formal little figure, and a high
squeaking voice; if he came into a coffee-house and merely
called 'Waiter!' everybody present felt inclined to laugh. He
had previously appeared in Farquhar's four principal plays, as
also had Mills, who did Aimwell. Cibber tells us that the
play was better received at Drury Lane than at the Haymarket,
as, owing to the larger size of the latter house, it was difficult
to hear.

_Later Stage History_. Originally brought out under the
title _The Stratagem_ only, which it retained in the playbills till
1787 (though printed with 'Beaux'), this play continued to be
very popular with the stage down to the dawn of the present
century; and many great actors and actresses appeared from
time to time in its characters; In 1721 Quin acted in
Lincoln's Inn Fields as Squire Sullen. The part of Mrs. Sullen
has been undertaken by Mrs. Pritchard (1740 and 1761), Peg
Woffington (1742, along with Garrick as Archer for the first
time, and Macklin as Scrub), Mrs. Abington (1774, 1785,
1798), Mrs. Barry (1778), Miss Farren (1779), Mrs. Jordan
(1802), Mrs. C. Kemble (1810), Mrs. Davison (1818), and Miss
Chester (1823, for Dibdin's benefit, with Liston as Scrub).
Garrick's repeated performances of Archer, in light blue and
silver livery, were supremely good, more particularly in the
scenes with Cherry, the picture scene with Mrs. Sullen, and when
he delivers Lady Howd'ye's message. He generally acted with
Weston, an inimitable Scrub; but at O'Brien's benefit at Drury
Lane, 10th April 1761, Garrick himself played Scrub to O'Brien's
Archer. On one occasion Garrick had refused Weston a loan of
money, and Weston not appearing at the greenroom, Garrick
came forward before the curtain and announced that he would
himself play Scrub, as Weston was ill. Weston, who was in the
gallery with a sham bailiff, shouted out, 'I am here, but the
bailiff won't let me come '; whereupon the audience insisted
on Garrick's paying the loan and r