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at D. L. (B. M.)—Davies is so rash as to affirm that he was alive in 1717, and that he had formerly seen a playbill for his benefit dated that year--Powell was brought up to the stage, his father being an actor -his name stands to several parts as Powell Jun.— Addison, in No. 40 of the Spectator, having spoken of him as sometimes raising applause from the ill taste of the audience, (that is by ranting) adds "I must do "him the justice to own, that he is excellently formed “for a Tragedian, and when he pleases, deserves the "admiration of the best judges; as I doubt not but "he will in the Conquest of Mexico, which is to be "acted for his own Benefit to-morrow night April " 17th 1711."

Powell's example ought to be a warning to all actors not to be their own enemies--he had very good natural requisites for the stage; he was able to act Comedy and Tragedy, and on Mountfort's death he succeeded to most of his parts; he seems to have wanted nothing but industry and sobriety to have made him the first actor of his time, Betterton excepted--but by being seldom sober, and frequently imperfect, he lost himself to a great degree in the estimation of the audience; and had the mortification of acting under the management of Cibber, whom he had despised, and of Wilks, who was a successful rival.

Booth told Cibber that he had been at one time too great a lover of the bottle, but that having observed what contempt and distress Powell had plunged himself into by that vice he took up a resolution (which he strictly observed) of utterly reforming it—

Chetwood says that Booth drank very hard at one time, but it never marred his study or his stomach.

Powell's characters-selection only.

T. R. 1687. *Don Cinthio in Emperor of the Moon.

1688. *Shamwell in Squire of Alsatia.

1690. *Muley Zeydan in Don Sebastian.

1691. *Edward 3d in ditto-*Palmer in Sir Antony Love-*Ned Brag in Love for Money.

1692. *Col. Hackwell Jun. in Volunteers—*Granger in Maid's last Prayer.

1693. *Bellmour in Old Batchelor-Tom Romance in Richmond Heiress-*Courtwitt in Very Good Wife-*Brisk in Double Dealer-*Carlos in Love Triumphant.

1694. *Don Fernando and *Manuel in Don Quixote 1st and 2d part-*Carlos in Fatal Marriage— *Careless in Canterbury Guests.

1695. Old Batchelor-*Philaster as altered by Settle.

1696. *Don Quixote in 3d part—*Aboan—*George Marteen in Younger Brother-Caratach in Bonduca altered.

1697. *Jack Rakish in Woman's Wit-*Worthy in Relapse.

1698. Petruchio in Sauny the Scot-*Caligula in ditto.

1699. Armusia in Island Princess-*Col. Standard -*Achilles in ditto.

1700. Roderigo in Pilgrim.

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L. I. F. 1702. *Moneses-*Toper in Beau's Duel. 1703. *Lothario-*Drances in Love Betrayed. 1703-1704. Sir Courtly Nice-Sir Positive Atall in Sullen Lovers-*Solyman in Abra-Mulé-Ford. D. .L About June 1704. Volpone-ProsperoRashly in Fond Husband.

D. L. 1704-1705. *Lord Morelove in Careless Husband.

1706-1707. Capt. Plume-Peregrine in Sir Solomon.

1707-1708. Edipus - Libertine-Macbeth-Sir Philip Luckless in Northern Lass-Timon of Athens -Piercy in Virtue Betrayed-Leon-Springlove in Jovial Crew-King Lear-Sir Frederick Frolick in Comical Revenge-Torrismond.

1708. Laertes-Alexander the Great Mithridates -Aurenge-Zebe-Cortez in Indian Emperor-Beaugard in Soldier's Fortune-King in Mourning Bride --Elder Loveless in Scornful Lady-Macduff.

1708-1709. Ramble in London Cuckolds-Quarlous in Bartholemew Fair-Bellfort in Lancashire Witches-Worthy in Recruiting Officer-Massinissa in Sophonisba-Jupiter in Amphitryon-EssexHotspur Rains in Epsom Wells-Rollo in dittoPrince Prettyman-Surry in Henry 8th--Face in Alchemist-Almanzor in Conquest of GranadaYoung Valere in Gamester-Humorous Lieutenant Pinchwife-Ventidius-Hector in Troilus and

Cressida.

1709-1710. Southampton in Unhappy FavouriteSir George Airy-Polydore-Cassius-*King in Elfrid-Warner in Sir Martin Marrall-Valentinian in ditto-Silvio in Successful Strangers-Hamlet→ Caius Marius--*Rovewell in Fair Quaker-Otrante in Maid in the Mill-Goswin in Royal Merchant.

Greenwich Summer of 1710. Capt. Mizen-the Rover-Dick in Confederacy.

D. L. 1710-1711. Cassio-Castalio.

1711-1712. Lord Bellamour in Madam FickleBanquo-Henry 8th in Virtue Betrayed-Pharnaces in Mithridates-Leontius in Humorous Lieutenant*Orestes-Falstaff in Henry 4th-John in Destruction of Jerusalem-Florio in City Politics-Cutter in Cutter of Coleman Street.

1712-1713. *Wilmot in Humours of the Army*Portius in Cato.

1713-1714. Cecil in Albion Queens.

*Originally.

He also acted Capt. Anvil, and Palamede in Marriage a-la-Mode.

L. I. F. 1714-1715.

Christopher Rich had for some years employed himself in rebuilding this theatre-as for the order of silence, he seemed little concerned about it, while it gave him so much uninterrupted leisure to indulge his passion for architecture.

However reprehensible Rich's conduct had been as Manager of D. L. yet still it must be allowed that a

more arbitrary stretch of power was never exercised, than that by which he had been prohibited for so many years from making use of the right given him by his patent-on the accession of George the first, this right was restored to him, but he did not live to open L. I. F.-it was opened by his son, John Rich, who collected some Recruits, and seduced 7 or 8 actors in one day from D. L.-this circumstance obliged the Managers of that theatre to postpone many of their best plays-Wilks, Cibber, and Booth had a great advantage on this occasion in being the principal actors themselves, yet their dividends at the end of the season did not amount to more than a third of their usual profits-however they recovered their loss the following year. (Cibber chiefly.)

In some theatrical accounts the Performers, who go from one theatre to another, are frequently called Deserters, which generally speaking is improper, for no man can be said to desert a post, in which he is not under an obligation to continue; but on the present occasion these 8 actors may be called Deserters with propriety, for tho' they were under no legal obligation to continue at D. L., yet they left that theatre in a most unhandsome manner; and no doubt any one of them, if he had been discharged without notice, would have considered himself as ill used.

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Cibber says "The chief of these deserters were "Keen, Bullock, Pack, Leigh son of the famous Tony Leigh, and others of less note: it is true they "none of them had more than a negative merit, in "being only able to do us more harm by leaving us "without notice, than they could do us good by re"maining with us; for though the best of them could

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