13 February 1752
Event Information
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.
Performance List
Mainpiece
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).
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).
Cast:
- Role: A piece of Witchcraft from Macbeth Actor:
- Role: A Town and a Country piece between a Blood and a B Actor:
- Role: A curious examination before Mr Justice Bobadil Actor:
- Role: A Phenomenon of High Humbug Actor:
- Role: A Piece from the Brazen Head Actor:
- Role: A solo on a very uncommon instrument imported from Actor: Mynheer eht soumaf dna deifiton reddalb dna grirts saila Len Roop.
- Role: An Apparition of a Ghost Actor: