Diary of John Quincy Adams, volume 1
1783-12-05
In the evening I went to the Covent Garden Theatre, and saw the Merchant of Venice, with Love a la Mode;1 a young Lady appeared for the first Time she play'd upon any
Stage in the part of Portia.
Love à la Mode, London, 1793, by Charles Macklin, first
produced in 1760 (
Biographia Dramatica
; Hogan, ed.,
London Stage, 1660–1800
).
1783-12-06
Dined at Mr. W. Vassal's1 at Clapham.
Harvard Graduates
, 9:349–359; JA,
Works
, 10:214–215).