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Issue Details: First known date: 1790... 1790 No Song No Supper; Or, The Lawyer in the Sack
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Notes

  • Music by English composer Stephen John Seymour Storace (1762–1796).
  • Prince Hoare's work No Song No Supper; Or, The Lawyer in the Sack is included in AustLit because it falls within the parameters of the Colonial Newspapers and Magazines Project.
  • Advertisements for the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, 1838 performance of the work describes it as a farce.

Production Details

  • First produced at at Drury Lane, London, England, 16 April 1790.

    Source: Nicoll, Allardyce. A History of English Drama 1660-1900 Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1966.

  • Performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, April 1838. William Kerr notes, in a review of a performance of the work at the Royal Victoria, that the 'after-piece No Song No Supper has long been an established favourite with the Sydney audience.'

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First known date: 1790
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Works about this Work

Royal Victoria Theatre : No Song No Supper; or, The Lawyer in the Sack &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 28 July vol. 4 no. 288 1838; (p. 2) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 28 July vol. 36 no. 4050 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 28 July 1838 of the 'laughable Farce, called No Song No Supper' and the 'grand Romantic Drama, entitled The Jewess.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Rochester &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 5 April vol. 36 no. 4001 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 4 April vol. 4 no. 255 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 5 April 1838 of: ’Moncrief’s Musical Comedy, in three Acts, entitled Rochester, or, King Charles the Second’s Merry Ways’ [William Thomas Moncrieff, 1818]; ‘To conclude with the Musical Farce called No Song No Supper, or, The Lawyer in the Sack’ [Prince Hoare, 1790].

The advertisement also announces the ‘[f]irst Appearance at this Theatre, of Mrs Larra & Mr [J. H. S.] Lee’ and includes a list of the actors, and the names of the characters they portray, for each play.
The Theatre William Kerr , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 7 April vol. 36 no. 4002 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Rochester; Or, King Charles the Second's Merry Days W. T. Moncrieff , 1818 single work musical theatre ; No Song No Supper; Or, The Lawyer in the Sack Prince Hoare , 1790 single work musical theatre
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Merchant's Wedding &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 10 April vol. 36 no. 4003 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 10 April 1838 of: ‘(2nd time) The Merchant’s Wedding, or, London Frolics in 1638’ [James Robinson Planche, 1828]; ‘To conclude with the operatic Farce, called No Song No Supper, or, The Lawyer in the Sack’ [Prince Hoare, 1790].
The Theatre William Kerr , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 7 April vol. 36 no. 4002 1838; (p. 2)
— Review of Rochester; Or, King Charles the Second's Merry Days W. T. Moncrieff , 1818 single work musical theatre ; No Song No Supper; Or, The Lawyer in the Sack Prince Hoare , 1790 single work musical theatre
Royal Victoria Theatre : The Merchant's Wedding &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 10 April vol. 36 no. 4003 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 10 April 1838 of: ‘(2nd time) The Merchant’s Wedding, or, London Frolics in 1638’ [James Robinson Planche, 1828]; ‘To conclude with the operatic Farce, called No Song No Supper, or, The Lawyer in the Sack’ [Prince Hoare, 1790].
Royal Victoria Theatre : Rochester &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 5 April vol. 36 no. 4001 1838; (p. 3) Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 4 April vol. 4 no. 255 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 5 April 1838 of: ’Moncrief’s Musical Comedy, in three Acts, entitled Rochester, or, King Charles the Second’s Merry Ways’ [William Thomas Moncrieff, 1818]; ‘To conclude with the Musical Farce called No Song No Supper, or, The Lawyer in the Sack’ [Prince Hoare, 1790].

The advertisement also announces the ‘[f]irst Appearance at this Theatre, of Mrs Larra & Mr [J. H. S.] Lee’ and includes a list of the actors, and the names of the characters they portray, for each play.
Royal Victoria Theatre : No Song No Supper; or, The Lawyer in the Sack &c. 1838 single work advertisement
— Appears in: Commercial Journal and Advertiser , 28 July vol. 4 no. 288 1838; (p. 2) Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser , 28 July vol. 36 no. 4050 1838; (p. 3)

Advertisement for a performance at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, on 28 July 1838 of the 'laughable Farce, called No Song No Supper' and the 'grand Romantic Drama, entitled The Jewess.
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