*p1789 10 21 dl The Beggar's Opera. ^See17890924^.*a1789 10 21 dl Comus. ^As17890926^, but <i>Sweet Echo</i>-Mrs Crouch,accompanied-Parke.*c1789 10 21 dl [As mainpiece the playbill announces the 1st night of <i>The False Friend</i> (see 24 Oct.), but "$Miss Farren= was taken ill, and <i>The Beggar's Opera</i> was the substitute. It proved, however, to be a substitute flat, stale and unprofitable. We never saw more indiffernet acting" (<i>Oracle</i>, 22 Oct.). Afterpiece in place of <i>Richard Coeur de Lion</i>, advertised on playbill of 20 Oct.] Paid <i>Watch & Beadles</i>, <i>St. Martin's parish?</i> 1 Year #42 10s. 4d. Receipts: #73 4s. (46.17.0; 24.17.6; 1.9.6).