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12 July 1766

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Theatre: Haymarket Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1765-1766
Volume: 4
Comments: This Week a Patent passed the Great Seal for the Establishment of a new Theatre, to Samuel Foote, Esq. only (Public Advertiser, London notes, p. 2, col. 3). Mr Barry and Mrs Dancer from Dublin are said to be engaged for this summer at the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket (Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, London notes, p. 2, col. 2, which corroborates the Foote patent)

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    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?Lhay Comment. *c?Lhay This Week a Patent passed the Great Seal for the Establishment of a new Theatre, to $Samuel Foote, Esq.= only (<i>Public Advertiser</i>, <i>London</i> notes, p. 2, col. 3). $Mr Barry= and $Mrs Dancer= from <i>Dublin</i> are said to be engaged for this summer at the Theatre Royal in the <i>Haymarket</i> (<i>Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser</i>, London notes, p. 2, col. 2, which corroborates the Foote patent).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1766 07 12 hay Comment.*c1766 07 12 hay This Week a Patent passed the Great Seal for the Establishment of a new Theatre, to $Samuel Foote, Esq.= only (<i>Public Advertiser</i>, <i>London</i> notes, p. 2, col. 3). $Mr Barry= and $Mrs Dancer= from <i>Dublin</i> are said to be engaged for this summer at the Theatre Royal in the <i>Haymarket</i> (<i>Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser</i>, London notes, p. 2, col. 2, which corroborates the Foote patent).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 33223 | 17660712 | hay | This Week a Patent passed the Great Seal for the Establishment of a new Theatre, to $Samuel Foote, Esq.= only (<i>Public Advertiser</i>, <i>London</i> notes, p. 2, col. 3). $Mr Barry= and $Mrs Dancer= from <i>Dublin</i> are said to be engaged for this summer at the Theatre Royal in the <i>Haymarket</i> (<i>Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser</i>, London notes, p. 2, col. 2, which corroborates the Foote patent)

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