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The evening's performance at the Royal Princess's Theatre, 16 March 1853 featured Macbeth with Locke's music, and Bishop's Shakespearean Overture. The cast featured Mr. F. Cooke, Mr. J.F. Cathcart, Miss Hastings, Mr Charles Kean, Mr. Graham. Mr. Ryder, Mr. G. Everett, Mr James Vining, Mr Stacey, Mr Brazier, Mr Stoakes, Miss Kate Terry, Mr. Terry, Mr Paulo, Mr J. Chester, Mr Hermann Vezin, Mr J. Collett, Mr Daley, Mr Rolleston, Mr Collis, Miss J. Lovell, Miss Desborough, Mrs Charles Kean, Mrs W. Daley, Mr H. Drayton, Mr Addison, Mr Meadows and Mr H. Saker, with a chorus 'enlarged for this occasion' by Miss Poole, Mr Manvers, Mr H. Drayton, Mr S. Jones, Mesdames Pawsey, Charlton, Frost, Byers, Millar, Bowden, Walker, Goldsmith, Robertson, Morgan, Cowlrick, Hughes, and Messrs James Cronin, M. Cronin, Deither, Beale, Bowden, Grundy, Jackson, Smithson, Barnett, I. Galli, Miller, Fleetwood, Morgan, Foster, May, Pendygrass, W. Price, J. Price, Sharp, Roberts, Hodges, Galli, Beale, Pawsey, Holgate, Graham, Butler, McCarthy, Skelton, Simmons, Cowlrick, Frost, Temple, Day, Gledhill, Ball, Grundy, Husk. The sets were designed by Messrs Dayes, Cuthbert, F. Lloyds, Dayes and Gordon, and the scenery was painted under the direction of Mr. Grieve The actors in A Roland For an Oliver were Mr. Addison, Mr G. Everett, Mr Walter Lacy, Mr Meadows, Mr Terry, Messrs Rolleston and Stoakes, Mr Collis, Miss Carlotta Leclereq, Miss Desborough and Miss Vivash. The playbill also notes that The Corsican Brothers will be played tomorrow - Thursday 17th March 1853 - that Douglas Jerrold's new play St. Cupid, or, Dorothy's Misfortune will be performed on Saturday, and that the new French drama Marcospada by Monsieur Scribe would be performed on Easter Monday, the 28th March. The Stage Manager for the theatre was Mr G. Ellis, the Treasurer Mr S. Lambert, the Musical director Robert Stöpel, the Treasurer Mr S. Lambert and the Ballet Master Mr. Oscar Byrn. Tickets for the private boxes and the stalls could be purchased from the Libraries, and also from Mr Massingham at the Box Office. These cost 5/-for the Dress Circle, 4/- for a box, 2/- for the pit, 6d for the gallery and 6/- for the orchestra stalls. Private boxes cost £2/12/6d., £2/2/0d and £1/11/6d. Half price started from about 9pm. There is a note that 'Children in Arms' could not possibly be admitted and that the Free Lists were suspended for the nights of Macbeth.