[2] The original cast included William Thomas Lewis as Tippy, John Quick as Sir Robert Floyer, Joseph George Holman as Conway, Alexander Pope as Asgill, Joseph Shepherd Munden as Humphrey, John Fawcett as Fancourt, John Bernard as Acid, Thomas Hull as Perkins, James Thompson as Slopseller, Samuel Simmons as Sir Robert's Servant, Charlotte Chapman as Lady Charlotte and Isabella Mattocks as Mrs Fancourt, Margaret Martyr as Jenny and Jane Pope as Lady Horatia Horton.

Sir Robert Floyer, a Welch knight, weak, vain, ostentatious, but generous, spirited, and tenderly attached to his daughter, Georgina, comes to town on the invitation of the county member, with the view of getting a place.

She is sensible of Asgill's merits but conceals her partiality, till she hears that, reduced to distress, he, in a fit of desperation, had entered himself on board a man of war.

Mrs. Fancourt, whose virtue is proof against distress, and who suspects the designs of her husband against Georgina, assumes the garb and manners of a Savoyard, and attracting the attention of that young lady, under pretence of telling her fortune, warns her against the arts of the confederates.

This comedy being withdrawn for some time, made it appearance again on Monday, December 22, with considerable improvements, and some judicious alterations.