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Friday Novr. 14th. -

[1783-11-14]
Dined with Mr. Grierson. In the ...

Sunday Novr. 16th. -

[1783-11-16]
Dined at Mr. Hartley's. ...

Saturday Novr. 15th.

Docno: DQA01d627

Author: JQA
Date: 1783-11-15
Dined at Mr. West's. In the evening I went to the Covent Garden Theatre, and saw Douglas, and the Poor Soldier:1 Mrs. {p. 204} Crawford2 appeared in the Character of Lady Randolph in Douglas.
 
1. Douglas, London, 1757, by John Home; The Poor Soldier, a comic opera by John O'Keeffe, first produced on 4 Nov. ( Biographia Dramatica ; Hogan, ed., London Stage, 1660–1800 ).
 
2. That is, Mrs. Ann Spranger Barry, née Street, whose Lady Randolph in Douglas was regarded as one of her two greatest characterizations. At this time she was known by her stage name, Mrs. Crawford ( DNB ).
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