"But I had a much larger Share of his Esteem after playing <em>Scrub</em>, which was indeed infinitely more suitable to his Taste; and left so strong an Impression on his Mind, that a Night or two after, when I was tragedizing in the Part of <em>Pyrrhus</em>, in <em>The Distress'd Mother</em>, he stepped from the Pit, and desired me to oblige some of his Friends, as well as himself, by mixing a few of <em>Scrub</em>'s Speeches in the Play; assuring me, it would give much more Satisfaction to the Spectators, though they liked me very well, he said, in the Part I was acting."
A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke
See <u>A Narrative of the Life of Mrs. Charlotte Charke: (Youngest Daughter of Colley Cibber, Esq.)</u> (London: Printed for W. Reeve; A. Dodd; E. Cook, 1755). &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004842197.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;