| Stage Managers |
£50 |
Internal |
Mr. Kemble for Deaf & Dumb |
BD vol. 8, p. 326 mentions that Charles Kemble and Maria Theresa De Camp were sometimes reported to have been the authors of Deaf and Dumb, but it rejects that attribution; it also mentions that Charles Kemble acted in it and, on p. 354, mentions that John Philip Kemble acted in it too. Based on the lack of a first name and the fact that, for an earlier payment to a Kemble for Deaf and Dumb the recipient's name was conveyed by a ditto, it appears that John Philip was the recipient here; presumably he was being paid for producing the play (i.e. as a stage manager, not as an author), as further suggested by a payment of 12 March 1801, "Mr. Kemble for a Picture in Deaf & Dumb". |