elieving the debtor so as to
enable him to play Scrub! Other famous Scrubs were Shutes
(1774), Quick (1778, 1785, 1798), Bannister, junior (1802, will
C. Kemble as Aimwell), Dowton (1802), Liston (1810), Johnstone
(1821), and Keeley (1828, with C. Kemble as Arches
and Miss Foote as Cherry; it ran for twelve nights at Covenl
Garden). Goldsmith is said to have expressed a desire to art
this part. On the occasion of Mrs. Abington's benefit (Covenl
Garden, November 19, 1785), she took the part of Scrub for that
night only, for a wager, it is said. Ladies were desired to send
their servants to retain seats by four o'clock, and the pit and
boxes were laid together. She disgraced herself, acting the
part with her hair dressed for 'Lady Racket' in the afterpiece
(_Three Hours After Marriage_). In April 1823 another female
impersonator of this part appeared--not very successfully--in
Miss Clara Fisher, with Farren as Archer. This was in Dublin
(Hawkins' Street), where the play was frequently performed
about 1821-1823. It was also the piece chosen for the re-opening
of Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, in 1759, when Mrs. Abington
made her first appearance on the Irish stage as Mrs. Sullen.

Miss Pope (1774), Mrs. Martyn (1785, 1798), and Mrs.
Gibbs (1819) were the principal exponents of Cherry. In 1819
Emery did Gibbet.

About 1810 the play was performed at the Royal Circus
under Elliston as a _ballet d'action_, in order to evade the Patent
Act. Otherwise, neither this play nor any other of Farquhar's
seems ever to have been 'adapted' for the modern stage. In the
present half-century _The Beaux-Stratagem_ has been but seldom
performed. It was acted in London in 1856. In February
1878 Mr. Phelps gave it extremely well in the Annexe Theatre
at the Westminster Aquarium. Lastly, William Farren, as
Archer, revived it at the Imperial Theatre, on Monday, 22nd
September 1879, with great success, a new Prologue (spoken
by Mrs. Stirling) being written for the occasion. There were
several matinees given in succession. The cast included Mr.
Kyrle Bellew as Gibbet; Mr. Lionel Brough as Scrub; Miss
Marie Litton as Mrs. Sullen; Mrs. Stirling--one of her last
appearances--as Lady Bountiful; Dorinda, Miss Meyrick;
Cherry, Miss Carlotta Addison; Gipsy, Miss Passinger;
Aimwell, Mr. Edgar; Sir Charles Freeman, Mr. Denny;
Sullen, Mr. Ryder; Foigard, Mr. Bannister; Boniface, Mr.
Everill; Hounslow, Mr. Bunch; Bagshot, Mr. Leitch. The
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