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Letter from Thomas King to James Aickin, 2 January 1799
1799
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Letter from Thomas King to James Aickin, 2 January 1799:
'Dear Aickin, I consider it absolutely necessary that we shou'd have two rehearsals of the School for Scandal; and neither of them on the day of performance - therefore if the other business of the Theatre will so allow, I wish it may be call'd at ten tomorrow - on Friday at any time most convenient. Our new recruits will want I fear a good deal of drilling. Will you [underlined] undertake to drill [underlined] Miss Biggs? I think this task a little above me. Yrs. with the utmost sincerity Thos King'. dated below 'Janry. 2nd 1799'.
The performance to which he refers was probably that on Tuesday 8th January 1799, at which Miss Biggs made her first appearance in the role of Lady Teazle. King was Sir Peter Teazle and Aickin Sir Oliver Surface.
The letter is pasted to the foot of a letter from George Sherry to James Winston {whose name is beneath the top of King's letter), dated 4 [October?] 1846, presenting King's letter to the Garrick Club.