Trick for Trick (1735 play)

Trick for Trick is a 1735 comedy play by Robert Fabian.

Trick for Trick
Original languageEnglish
Written byRobert Fabian
GenreComedy
Premiere
Date10 May 1735[1]
PlaceTheatre Royal, Drury Lane

Performed at the Drury Lane Theatre as an afterpiece to Cato. It became notorious for the killing of the actor Thomas Hallam by Charles Macklin after a dispute over a costume in the green room during the performance on 10 May. Macklin was subsequently convicted of manslaughter.[2]

The playbill listed amongst its cast Edward Berry as Don Lopez, Macklin as Sancho, Hallam as Guzman, Richard Arne as Estifania and Hannah Pritchard as Eugenia.[3]

References

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  1. Burling p.172
  2. Gilman p.61
  3. Avery p.490

Bibliography

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  • 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.