18 December 1714

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Theatre: Lincoln's Inn Fields
Theatrical Season: 1714-1715
Volume: 2
Comments: [Opening night, under the management of John Rich.] By the Company of Comedians under Letters Patents granted by King Charles the Second. Beginning exactly at Six. No Persons are to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up. Receipts: #143. Weekly Packet, 18 Dec.: This Day the New Play-House...is to be open'd...by the Company that act under the Patent; tho' it is said, that some of the Gentlemen who have left the Theatre in Drury-Lane for that Service, are order'd to return to their Colours, upon Pain of not exercising their Lungs anywhere; which may in Time prove of ill Service to the Patentee; that has been at vast Expence to make his Theatre as convenient for the Reception of an Audience as any one can possibly be

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    *pS?lif The Recruiting Officer. *cS?lif [Opening night, under the management of $John Rich=.] By the Company of Comedians under Letters Patents granted by King <i>Charles the Second</i>. Beginning exactly at Six. No Persons are to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up. Receipts: #143. <i>Weekly Packet</i>, 18 Dec.: This Day the New Play-House...is to be open'd...by the Company that act under the Patent; tho' it is said, that some of the Gentlemen who have left the Theatre in <i>Drury-Lane</i> for that Service, are order'd to return to their Colours, upon Pain of not exercising their Lungs anywhere; which may in Time prove of ill Service to the Patentee; that has been at vast Expence to make his Theatre as convenient for the Reception of an Audience as any one can possibly be.

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    *p1714 12 18 lif The Recruiting Officer.*c1714 12 18 lif [Opening night, under the management of $John Rich=.] By the Company of Comedians under Letters Patents granted by King <i>Charles the Second</i>. Beginning exactly at Six. No Persons are to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up. Receipts: #143. <i>Weekly Packet</i>, 18 Dec.: This Day the New Play-House...is to be open'd...by the Company that act under the Patent; tho' it is said, that some of the Gentlemen who have left the Theatre in <i>Drury-Lane</i> for that Service, are order'd to return to their Colours, upon Pain of not exercising their Lungs anywhere; which may in Time prove of ill Service to the Patentee; that has been at vast Expence to make his Theatre as convenient for the Reception of an Audience as any one can possibly be.

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    Event: 5760 | 17141218 | lif | [Opening night, under the management of $John Rich=.] By the Company of Comedians under Letters Patents granted by King <i>Charles the Second</i>. Beginning exactly at Six. No Persons are to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any Money to be return'd after the Curtain is drawn up. Receipts: #143. <i>Weekly Packet</i>, 18 Dec.: This Day the New Play-House...is to be open'd...by the Company that act under the Patent; tho' it is said, that some of the Gentlemen who have left the Theatre in <i>Drury-Lane</i> for that Service, are order'd to return to their Colours, upon Pain of not exercising their Lungs anywhere; which may in Time prove of ill Service to the Patentee; that has been at vast Expence to make his Theatre as convenient for the Reception of an Audience as any one can possibly be
    Performance: 7972 | 5760 | p | The Recruiting Officer

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Title: The Recruiting Officer
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Publish Date: 1706
Birth: 1676/7
Death: 1707

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