24 December 1763

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1762-1763
Volume: 4
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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?xdl [No performance.% Christmas Eve (<i>Cross Diary</i>). [This day was dedicated for rehearsing the New Pantomime called the <i>Rites of Hecate</i>. In our practices we found such a total want of Business and Incidents to carry on the story from one scene to another were obliged to call the good natured $Mr Colman= to our aid, as we could get no assistance from the Author, $Mr Love=, who seems not to have the least genius in contriving any thing of that Kind.-The whole day spent till eleven o'clock that night in [a word illegible] and everbody threw in their mite, and made it as well as the short time would allow (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>-$MacMillan=)% .

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    *p1763 12 24 dl [No performance. Christm^as^Eve (<i>Cross Diary</i>). This day was dedicated for rehearsing the New Pantomime called the <i>Rites of Hecate</i>. In our practices we found such a total want of Business and Incidents to carry on the story from one scene to another were obliged to call the good natured $Mr Colman= to our aid, as we could get no assistance from the Author, $Mr Love=, who seems not to have the least genius in contriving any thing of that Kind.-The whole day spent till eleven o'clock that night in [a word illegible] and everbody threw in their mite, and made it as well as the short time would allow (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>-$MacMillan=) .

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    Event: 31984 | 17631224 | dl
    Performance: 65148 | 31984 | p | [no Performance | ChristmasEve (<i>Cross Diary</i>). This day was dedicated for rehearsing the New Pantomime called the <i>Rites of Hecate</i>. In our practices we found such a total want of Business and Incidents to carry on the story from one scene to another were obliged to call the good natured $Mr Colman= to our aid, as we could get no assistance from the Author, $Mr Love=, who seems not to have the least genius in contriving any thing of that Kind.-The whole day spent till eleven o'clock that night in [a word illegible] and everbody threw in their mite, and made it as well as the short time would allow (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>-$MacMillan=) .
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    108432 | 65148 | who seems not to have the least genius in contrivi | The whole day spent till eleven o'clock that night in
    108433 | 65148 | <i>Hopkins Diary</i> | $MacMillan=) .

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ChristmasEve (Cross Diary). This day was dedicated for rehearsing the New Pantomime called the Rites of Hecate. In our practices we found such a total want of Business and Incidents to carry on the story from one scene to another were obliged to call the good natured Mr Colman to our aid, as we could get no assistance from the Author, Mr Love, who seems not to have the least genius in contriving any thing of that Kind.-The whole day spent till eleven o'clock that night in [a word illegible] and everbody threw in their mite, and made it as well as the short time would allow (Hopkins Diary-MacMillan) .
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