*p1792 01 30 dlking's Cymon. ^As17920127^, but $Mrs Powell='s name listed in playbill.*a1792 01 30 dlking's The Englishman in Paris. ^As17920128^.*c1792 01 30 dlking's [This is the only occasion in the 18th century when a play was acted in <i>London</i> on this date. "The performance at the <i>Haymarket</i> on the 30th of January has been noticed by $his Majesty= in a manner which is still a topic of conversation in the higher circles...There will be no more theatrical performances on the 30th of January" (<i>London Chronicle</i>, 28 Feb.). On 3 Feb. the <i>Lord Chamberlain</i> wrote to $Sheridan= as follows: "Sir--Information has been received at this Office that Theatrical Entertainments were exhibited at the Theatre, under your direction, in St. James's Haymarket on the 30th of Last Month, contrary to all precedent, and repugnant to Decency, being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King <i>Charles the First</i>. I do not know by what Authority such a Step was taken but, as Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household, think it my Duty to desire that you will be pleased to Cause the Practice to be discontinued in future. I am, Sir, Your Obedient, Humble Servant, $Salisbury=" (MS <i>Letters to Sheridan from Various Correspondents</i>,II, 64, in <i>Harvard Theatre Collection</i>). The <i>Morning Chronicle</i> on 31 Jan. offered another opinion: "It gave us infinite pleasure that last night we happily broke through one of the most absurd fasts in the calendar. The Managers of <i>Drury Lane</i>, with proper regard to the public, rescued them from the common dullness of a 30th of January." But the absurd fast remained in force until 1843.] Receipts: #339 18s. (291.4; 40.0; 8.11; ticket not come in: 0.3).