14 November 1749
Event Information
Theatre:
Haymarket Theatre
Theatrical Season:
1749-1750
Volume:
4
Comments:
Les Comediens Francais representeront aujourdhui...par Suscription. [To begin at six o'clock.Prices: 5s., 3s., 2s. Mainpiece]: Comedie du Nouveau Theatre Italien. [Afterpiece]: Opera comique. On Tuesday night there was a great Disturbance...at the French Play, it being the Night of Opening; the first Act was very much disturbed and some Persons were wounded (Daily Advertiser, 16 Nov.). [Same paper carries advertisement offering reward for identification of five or six men who had assaulted a person in the gallery; "they seemed to come from the upper Side-Boxes on the right Hand of the Stage; they were of the first Party that came into the Gallery with Swords."] Whereas it has been maliciously reported...that I [Lord Trentham] was active in the Disturbance...last Tuesday Night: I do declare...that I was neither in the Pit nor Gallery where the Disturbance happened during the Time of Performance...nor was I present at the first and chief Disturbance (Daily Advertiser, 20 Nov.). [Lord Trentham was at the time running against Sir George Vandeput for parliament. The latter led by 100-150 votes until the very last moment when Trentham won by 175. A recount was called for.
Performance List
Mainpiece
Title:
Les Amans Reunis
Comments:
Parts-Desormes, Mauly, Hamond, Bureau, Toscano, M Durancy, Mme Durancy, Parant, Terodat, Kelly, Villiers, Chateauneuf, Dujoncel, Champville, StAmand.
Parts-Desormes, Mauly, Hamond, Bureau, Toscano, M Durancy, Mme Durancy, Parant, Terodat, Kelly, Villiers, Chateauneuf, Dujoncel, Champville, StAmand.