30. The Provoked Sir John Brute. (Lady Wife. Brute, Miss Younge.) May 2. Rule a Wife and Leon. (Estifania, Mrs. Abington) have a Wife. 7. The Stratagem. Archer. (Mrs. Sullen, Mrs. Abington.) 9. Much Ado about Benedict. (Beatrice, by Mrs. Nothing. Abington.) 13. King Lear King Lear. (Cordelia, Miss Younge.) 16. The Wonder Don Felix. (Violante, by Mrs. Yates.) 21. King Lear King Lear. (Cordelia, by Miss Younge.) 23. The Suspicious Ranger. (Mrs. Strickland, Husband. Mrs. Siddons; Clarinda, Mrs. Abington.) 27. King Richard the King Richard. (Lady Anne Third. (first time), Mrs. Siddons.) 30. Hamlet Hamlet. (Ophelia, by Mrs. Smith.) 31. The Suspicious Ranger. (Mrs. Strickland, Husband. Mrs. Siddons; Clarinda, Mrs. Abington.) June 1. Ditto. Ditto. 3. King Richard the King Richard. (Lady Anne, Third. by Mrs. Siddons.) 5. King Richard the King Richard. (Lady Anne, Third. by Mrs. Siddons.) By command of their Majesties. 8. King Lear King Lear. (Cordelia, Mrs. Younge.) 10. The Wonder Don Felix. (Violante, by Mrs. Yates.)[128] Notwithstanding it has been said that Mr. Garrick spoke slightingly of Mrs. Siddons’s talents, the above list incontrovertibly proves that he considered her powers sufficiently great to appear in principal characters with him no fewer than _six_ nights of the last _nine_ in which he performed. I shall now subjoin a similar list of Mrs. Siddons’s nights of performance at Drury Lane Theatre, during the last year of Mr. Garrick’s acting.[129] Jan. 13, 15, 17. Epicœne, or The Silent Woman (as a Collegiate Lady). Feb. 1, 2, 3. The Blackamoor Washed White. Between Feb. 15 and April 18 (22 nights). The Runaway (as Miss Morley). May 23. The Suspicious Husband (as Mrs. Strickland). 24. The Runaway (as Miss Morley). 27. King Richard the Third (as Lady Anne). 31. The Suspicious Husband (as Mrs. Strickland). June 1. 3. King Richard the Third (as Lady Anne).