[108] Performers, 1770: Barthelemon (violin); Hook; Reinhold, Charles Bannister; Mrs. Thompson; Mrs. Barthelemon; Mrs. Dorman. It is well known that Thomas Chatterton the poet wrote a burletta called _The Revenge_, which he sold to the management of Marybone Gardens for five guineas. It was not published till 1795, when it was issued as _The Revenge, a burletta acted at Marybone Gardens, MDCCLXX._ In the Marybone Gardens’ advertisements of 1770 (and of later dates) no burletta bearing the name of _The Revenge_ appears, and the writer of the article “Chatterton” in _Dict. Nat. Biog._ thinks that the burletta must have been performed at some time subsequent to 1770, the year of Chatterton’s death. In _The Revenge_ as published, the _dramatis personæ_ are Jupiter, Mr. Reinhold; Bacchus, Mr. Bannister; Cupid, Master Cheney; Juno, Mrs. Thompson. Reinhold, Bannister, and Mrs. Thompson sang at the Gardens 1770–1773, and Cheney in 1770. I may add that a burletta called _The Madman_, performed at the Gardens in 1770, has a plot quite distinct from that of _The Revenge_. [109] Performers, 1771: Hook; solo violin, Mons. Reeves; Charles Bannister; Mrs. Thompson; Miss Esser; Miss Harper (afterwards Mrs. John Bannister); Miss Thomas; and Miss Catley who sang “The Soldier tired of War’s Alarms”; “Sweet Echo,” from _Comus_ (the echo “sung by a young gentleman”), &c. [110] According to J. T. Smith (_Rainy Day_, p. 52, n.), Torré was a print-seller in partnership with Mr. Thane, and lived in Market Lane, Haymarket. Other fireworkers at the Gardens at this period were Clitherow (1772); Clanfield (1772 and 1773); Caillot of Ranelagh (1773, 1775, 1776). [111] Performers, 1772: Hook, organ; Charles Bannister, Culver, Reinhold, Mrs. Calvert, Mrs. Forbes, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. Cartwright and Mrs. Thompson. [112] On his own benefit night in July 1772, Torré gave a representation of Hercules delivering Theseus from Hell, in addition to the Forge of Vulcan. [113] Performers, 1773: Charles Bannister; Reinhold; Phillips; Barthelemon (leader); Miss Wilde; Mrs. Thompson; Mrs. Barthelemon. “Mr. Dibdin, of Drury Lane Theatre,” was announced to sing in Barthelemon’s “La Zingara, or the Gipsy” on Barthelemon’s benefit night. [114] Also on 13 June, 1774. [115] Performers, 1774: Fisher (violin), Dubellamy, Reinhold; Mons. Rodell, “musician to the King of Portugal,” German flute; Miss Wewitzer, Miss Trelawny, Miss Wilde. [116] A large printed bill referring to this entertainment is in the possession of Mr. H. A. Rogers, and is reproduced in his _Views of Pleasure Gardens of London_, p. 30. [117] _Nollekens_, i. 33, chap. ii.