Productions
In the original 1825 London production, Madame Vestris sang "Cherry Ripe", and John Liston portrayed the title character. His costume included striped pants, hessian boots, top hat, and tailcoat. Liston's portrayal was so popular that images of Liston as Pry appeared on signs, shops, warehouses, handkerchiefs, and snuff boxes. Porcelain and pearlware factories in Staffordshire, Rockingham, Derby and Worcestershire produced figurines of Liston as Pry. The Liston as Pry image was even stamped on butter.
The following year, in 1826, the play was produced in New York City at the Park Theatre, featuring Thomas Hilson.
It returned to London's Adelphi Theatre, for the 1851-52 season, featuring Edward Wright and Sarah Woolgar, receiving extensive, positive press comment.
The play wasn't produced in Australia until Friday, 19 December 1890, when it premiered at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, featuring John Lawrence Toole.
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