13 February 1752

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Theatre: Castle Tavern
Theatrical Season: 1751-1752
Volume: 4
Comments: By order of the Town. None to be admitted without tickets at 2s. 6d. each. The Roarings of the Lion disturbing some of the inhabitants of Covent Garden, his Leonic Majesty has adjudged it necessary to remove from that end of town to the place of performance. To begin at 7 p.m. [See Cross, History of Henry Fielding, II, 409, for an account of this piece and the way it was stopped by officers while the performance was in progress.

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    *p??ct Grand Composition of Fun and Music. [But advertised (10 Feb.) as a <i>Decision of the Match</i> [so long depending between <i>Sir Alexander Drawcansir</i>r, Knt. and their <i>Lownesses of Grub Street</i>r, on which large bets are depending. It is thought the Knowing Ones will be greatly taken in.% A piece of Witchcraft from <i>Macbeth</i>-; A Town and a Country piece between a Blood and a Blockhead-; A curious examination before Mr Justice Bobadil-; A Phenomenon of High Humbug-; A Piece from the Brazen Head-; A solo on a very uncommon instrument imported from the Antipodes-Mynheer [eht soumaf dna deifiton reddalb dna grirts saila Len Roop.%; An Apparition of a Ghost-; [A barbarous cruel bloody and inhuman committed by the% Man Mountain in Rocky Termagant[, in a new Taste. To conclude with a dying% Fall and the Birth, Parentage and Education of Fun. (<i>General Advertiser</i>). *c??ct By order of the Town. None to be admitted without tickets at 2s. 6d. each. The Roarings of the Lion disturbing some of the inhabitants of <i>Covent Garden</i>, his <i>Leonic Majesty</i> has adjudged it necessary to remove from that end of town to the place of performance. To begin at 7 p.m. [See $Cross=, <i>History of Henry Fielding</i>, II, 409, for an account of this piece and the way it was stopped by officers while the performance was in progress.]

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    *p1752 02 13 ct Grand Composition of Fun and Music. But advertised (10 Feb.) as a <i>Decision of the Match</i> so long depending between <i>Sir Alexander Drawcansir</i>r, Knt. and their <i>Lownesses of Grub Street</i>r, on which large bets are depending. It is thought the Knowing Ones will be greatly taken in. A piece of Witchcraft from <i>Macbeth</i>-; A Town and a Country piece between a Blood and a Blockhead-; A curious examination before Mr Justice Bobadil-; A Phenomenon of High Humbug-; A Piece from the Brazen Head-; A solo on a very uncommon instrument imported from the Antipodes-Mynheer eht soumaf dna deifiton reddalb dna grirts saila Len Roop.; An Apparition of a Ghost-; A barbarous cruel bloody and inhuman committed by the Man Mountain in Rocky Termagant, in a new Taste. To conclude with a dying Fall and the Birth, Parentage and Education of Fun. (<i>General Advertiser</i>).*c1752 02 13 ct By order of the Town. None to be admitted without tickets at 2s. 6d. each. The Roarings of the Lion disturbing some of the inhabitants of <i>Covent Garden</i>, his <i>Leonic Majesty</i> has adjudged it necessary to remove from that end of town to the place of performance. To begin at 7 p.m. [See $Cross=, <i>History of Henry Fielding</i>, II, 409, for an account of this piece and the way it was stopped by officers while the performance was in progress.]

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    Event: 25992 | 17520213 | ct | By order of the Town. None to be admitted without tickets at 2s. 6d. each. The Roarings of the Lion disturbing some of the inhabitants of <i>Covent Garden</i>, his <i>Leonic Majesty</i> has adjudged it necessary to remove from that end of town to the place of performance. To begin at 7 p.m. [See $Cross=, <i>History of Henry Fielding</i>, II, 409, for an account of this piece and the way it was stopped by officers while the performance was in progress.
    Performance: 52112 | 25992 | p | Grand Composition Of Fun And Music | But advertised (10 Feb.) as a <i>Decision of the Match</i> so long depending between <i>Sir Alexander Drawcansir</i>, Knt. and their <i>Lownesses of Grub Street</i>, on which large bets are depending. It is thought the Knowing Ones will be greatly taken in. A piece of Witchcraft from <i>Macbeth</i>-; A Town and a Country piece between a Blood and a Blockhead-; A curious examination before Mr Justice Bobadil-; A Phenomenon of High Humbug-; A Piece from the Brazen Head-; A solo on a very uncommon instrument imported from the Antipodes-Mynheer eht soumaf dna deifiton reddalb dna grirts saila Len Roop.; An Apparition of a Ghost-; A barbarous cruel bloody and inhuman committed by the Man Mountain in Rocky Termagant, in a new Taste. To conclude with a dying Fall and the Birth, Parentage and Education of Fun. (<i>General Advertiser</i>). A barbarous cruel bloody and inhuman committed by the Man Mountain in Rocky Termagant, in a new Taste. To conclude with a dying Fall and the Birth, Parentage and Education of Fun. (<i>General Advertiser</i>).
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    85794 | 52112 | A piece of Witchcraft from <i>Macbeth</i>
    85795 | 52112 | A Town and a Country piece between a Blood and a B
    85796 | 52112 | A curious examination before Mr Justice Bobadil
    85797 | 52112 | A Phenomenon of High Humbug
    85798 | 52112 | A Piece from the Brazen Head
    85799 | 52112 | A solo on a very uncommon instrument imported from | Mynheer eht soumaf dna deifiton reddalb dna grirts saila Len Roop.
    85800 | 52112 | An Apparition of a Ghost

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Title: Grand Composition Of Fun And Music
Comments:
But advertised (10 Feb.) as a Decision of the Match so long depending between Sir Alexander Drawcansir, Knt. and their Lownesses of Grub Street, on which large bets are depending. It is thought the Knowing Ones will be greatly taken in. A piece of Witchcraft from Macbeth-; A Town and a Country piece between a Blood and a Blockhead-; A curious examination before Mr Justice Bobadil-; A Phenomenon of High Humbug-; A Piece from the Brazen Head-; A solo on a very uncommon instrument imported from the Antipodes-Mynheer eht soumaf dna deifiton reddalb dna grirts saila Len Roop.; An Apparition of a Ghost-; A barbarous cruel bloody and inhuman committed by the Man Mountain in Rocky Termagant, in a new Taste. To conclude with a dying Fall and the Birth, Parentage and Education of Fun. (General Advertiser). A barbarous cruel bloody and inhuman committed by the Man Mountain in Rocky Termagant, in a new Taste. To conclude with a dying Fall and the Birth, Parentage and Education of Fun. (General Advertiser).
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