Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Conventions of Transcription
- 1 The Siren Song: Kitty Clive in the Playhouse
- 2 ‘The Lovely Virgin tun'd her Voice’: Henry Carey and the Production of a Native Songster
- 3 ‘Charm'd with the sprightly Innocence of Nell’: The Metamorphosis of Miss Raftor
- 4 ‘HINT writes, and RAFTOR acts in Drury-lane’: Clive, Fielding, and Theophilus Cibber
- 5 ‘The pious Daughter, and the faithful Wife’: Fielding, Miller, and Clive, 1733–35
- 6 ‘A Likeness where none was to be found’: Contested Images of Clive, 1734–37
- 7 The Patriot Soprano: British Worthies at Drury Lane
- 8 Handel and the Sweet Bird of Drury Lane, 1740–43
- 9 The Case of Mrs. Clive
- 10 Of Scuffles and Rivalries: The Demise of ‘Kitty Cuckoe’
- 11 From Miss Lucy to Mrs. Riot: Voice and Caricature
- 12 Clive on Clive: The Rehearsal: Or, Bays in Petticoats
- 13 Conclusion: The Fair Songster
- Appendix 1 Catherine Clive's Roles 1728–69
- Appendix 2 Lines in Catherine Clive's Repertory 1728–69
- Appendix 3 The Case of Mrs. CLIVE (1744)
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Appendix 3 - The Case of Mrs. CLIVE (1744)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 September 2019
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Conventions of Transcription
- 1 The Siren Song: Kitty Clive in the Playhouse
- 2 ‘The Lovely Virgin tun'd her Voice’: Henry Carey and the Production of a Native Songster
- 3 ‘Charm'd with the sprightly Innocence of Nell’: The Metamorphosis of Miss Raftor
- 4 ‘HINT writes, and RAFTOR acts in Drury-lane’: Clive, Fielding, and Theophilus Cibber
- 5 ‘The pious Daughter, and the faithful Wife’: Fielding, Miller, and Clive, 1733–35
- 6 ‘A Likeness where none was to be found’: Contested Images of Clive, 1734–37
- 7 The Patriot Soprano: British Worthies at Drury Lane
- 8 Handel and the Sweet Bird of Drury Lane, 1740–43
- 9 The Case of Mrs. Clive
- 10 Of Scuffles and Rivalries: The Demise of ‘Kitty Cuckoe’
- 11 From Miss Lucy to Mrs. Riot: Voice and Caricature
- 12 Clive on Clive: The Rehearsal: Or, Bays in Petticoats
- 13 Conclusion: The Fair Songster
- Appendix 1 Catherine Clive's Roles 1728–69
- Appendix 2 Lines in Catherine Clive's Repertory 1728–69
- Appendix 3 The Case of Mrs. CLIVE (1744)
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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THE CASE OF Mrs. CLIVE Submitted to the PUBLICK.
LONDON: Printed for B. DOD at the Bible and Key in Ave- Mary-Lane near Stationers-Hall. MDCCXLIV. [Price Six Pence.]
THE CASE OF Mrs. CLIVE Submitted to the PUBLICK.
IN order to put an End to some false Reports, which have been raised in Relation to my not acting this Season, as well as to bespeak the Favour of the Publick, I have, by the Advice of my Friends, ventured to address my self to them, from whom I have received many and great Marks of Favour, and whose further Protection I now stand in need of.
I know Appeals of this Nature, which relate to Disputes that happen at a Theatre, are by some thought presuming and impertinent, supposing they are too trifling to demand Attention: But, as I persuade my self, that Injustice and Oppression are by no means thought Matters of Indifference by any who have Humanity, I hope I shall not be thought to take too great a Liberty. I am the more encouraged to hope this from Experience; it having been observed, that those Performers, who have had the Happiness to please on the Stage, and who never did any thing to offend the Publick, whenever they have been injured by those who presided over Theatres, have seldom, if ever, failed of Redress upon representing the Hardships they met with: And, as I at this time, apprehend my self to be greatly oppressed by the Managers of both Theatres, I hope I shall be justified in taking this Method of acquainting the Publick with my Case, submitting it to their Determination.
Before the Disputes happened betwixt the Manager of Drury-Lane Theatre and his Actors, I had articled for Five Years to receive Three Hundred Pounds a Year, tho’ another Performer on that Stage received for Seven Years Five Hundred Guineas, per Year; and at the Expiration of my Agreements the Manager offered me an additional Salary to continue at that Theatre.
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- Kitty Clive, or the Fair Songster , pp. 477 - 481Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2019