23 January 1740

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1739-1740
Volume: 3
Comments: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Daily Advertiser, 25 Jan.: On Wednesday night last a Disturbance happen'd at Drury-Lane Playhouse, occasion'd by one of the principal Dancers not being there to dance at the end of the Entertainment, and after most of the People in the Pit and Galleries were gone, several Gentlemen in the Boxes pull'd up the Seats and Flooring of the same, tore down the Hangings, broke down the Partitions, all the Glasses and Sconces, the King's Arm over the middle front Box was pull'd down and broke to Pieces; they also destroy'd the Harpsichord, Bass Viol, and other Instruments in the Orchestra; the Curtain they cut to pieces with their Swords, forc'd their way into the lesser Green-Room, where they broke the Glasses, &c. and after destroying every thing they could well get asunder, to the amount of about three or four hundred Pounds Damage, left the House in a very ruinous Condition. [See also London Magazine, IX (1740), 47-48, 100.

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *py?dl Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. As 1 Sept. 1739. *ay?dl The Fortune Tellers. As 16 Jan. *by?dl <i>AA Voyage to the Land of Cytherea</i>. As 15 Jan. *cy?dl At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. <i>Daily Advertiser</i>, 25 Jan.: On Wednesday night last a Disturbance happen'd at <i>Drury-Lane Playhouse</i>, occasion'd by one of the principal Dancers not being there to dance at the end of the Entertainment, and after most of the People in the Pit and Galleries were gone, several Gentlemen in the Boxes pull'd up the Seats and Flooring of the same, tore down the Hangings, broke down the Partitions, all the Glasses and Sconces, the King's Arm over the middle front Box was pull'd down and broke to Pieces; they also destroy'd the Harpsichord, Bass Viol, and other Instruments in the Orchestra; the Curtain they cut to pieces with their Swords, forc'd their way into the lesser Green-Room, where they broke the Glasses, &c. and after destroying every thing they could well get asunder, to the amount of about three or four hundred Pounds Damage, left the House in a very ruinous Condition. [See also <i>London Magazine</i>, IX (1740), 47-48, 100.]
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1740 01 23 dl Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. ^As17390901^.*a1740 01 23 dl The Fortune Tellers. ^As17400116^.*b1740 01 23 dl <i>AA Voyage to the Land of Cytherea</i>. ^As17400115^.*c1740 01 23 dl At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. <i>Daily Advertiser</i>, 25 Jan.: On Wednesday night last a Disturbance happen'd at <i>Drury-Lane Playhouse</i>, occasion'd by one of the principal Dancers not being there to dance at the end of the Entertainment, and after most of the People in the Pit and Galleries were gone, several Gentlemen in the Boxes pull'd up the Seats and Flooring of the same, tore down the Hangings, broke down the Partitions, all the Glasses and Sconces, the King's Arm over the middle front Box was pull'd down and broke to Pieces; they also destroy'd the Harpsichord, Bass Viol, and other Instruments in the Orchestra; the Curtain they cut to pieces with their Swords, forc'd their way into the lesser Green-Room, where they broke the Glasses, &c. and after destroying every thing they could well get asunder, to the amount of about three or four hundred Pounds Damage, left the House in a very ruinous Condition. [See also <i>London Magazine</i>, IX (1740), 47-48, 100.]
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 19871 | 17400123 | dl | At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. <i>Daily Advertiser</i>, 25 Jan.: On Wednesday night last a Disturbance happen'd at <i>Drury-Lane Playhouse</i>, occasion'd by one of the principal Dancers not being there to dance at the end of the Entertainment, and after most of the People in the Pit and Galleries were gone, several Gentlemen in the Boxes pull'd up the Seats and Flooring of the same, tore down the Hangings, broke down the Partitions, all the Glasses and Sconces, the King's Arm over the middle front Box was pull'd down and broke to Pieces; they also destroy'd the Harpsichord, Bass Viol, and other Instruments in the Orchestra; the Curtain they cut to pieces with their Swords, forc'd their way into the lesser Green-Room, where they broke the Glasses, &c. and after destroying every thing they could well get asunder, to the amount of about three or four hundred Pounds Damage, left the House in a very ruinous Condition. [See also <i>London Magazine</i>, IX (1740), 47-48, 100.
    Performance: 37838 | 19871 | p | Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark | As17390901.
    AsSeeDate: 37838 | dl | p | As | 17390901
    Cast:
    311136 | 37838 | Hamlet | Milward
    311137 | 37838 | King | Mills
    311138 | 37838 | Ghost | Quin
    311139 | 37838 | Polonius | Griffin
    311140 | 37838 | Laertes | Wright
    311141 | 37838 | Ostrick | Macklin
    311142 | 37838 | Horatio | Havard
    311143 | 37838 | Queen | Mrs Butler
    311144 | 37838 | Ophelia | Mrs Clive
    311145 | 37838 | Gravediggers | Johnson, Ray.
    Performance: 37839 | 19871 | a | The Fortune Tellers | As17400116.
    AsSeeDate: 37839 | dl | a | As | 17400116
    Cast:
    311146 | 37839 | Gipsies | _Vaughan, <i>Peploe.
    311147 | 37839 | Harlequin | Woodward
    311148 | 37839 | Queen of Gipsies | Miss Jones
    311149 | 37839 | Young Rustick | Liviez
    311150 | 37839 | Colombine | Mrs Walter
    311151 | 37839 | Colombine's Father | Pelling
    311152 | 37839 | Mittimus | Usher
    311153 | 37839 | Goaler | Reed
    311154 | 37839 | Mother | Yates
    311155 | 37839 | Maid | Mrs Woodward
    311156 | 37839 | Magician | Rheinhold
    311157 | 37839 | Pierrot | Lalauze.
    Performance: 37840 | 19871 | b | <i>AA Voyage to the Land of Cytherea</i> | As17400115.
    AsSeeDate: 37840 | dl | b | As | 17400115
    Cast:
    311158 | 37840 | Adonis | Denoyer
    311159 | 37840 | Venus | Mlle Chateauneuf
    311160 | 37840 | Pilgrims | Liviez, Baudouin, Rector, Cook, Mrs Walter, Mrs Chetwood, Mrs Wright, Mrs Woodward
    311161 | 37840 | Cupid | Muilment.

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As17390901.
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Afterpiece

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As17400116.
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Ballet

Comment: AA Voyage to the Land of Cytherea. As17400115

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