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25 September 1717

Event Information
Theatre: Southwark Fair
Theatrical Season: 1716-1717
Volume: 2
Comments: Benefit Penkethman, Pack, and Spiller. At Penkethman's Booth near St. George's Church, in Southwark. The Boxes and Pit are laid together, and the Booth will be pull'd down on Thursday. At 6 p.m. Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 5 Oct.: Wednesday at the Quarter-Sessions for the Borough of Southwark, Mr Penkethman, Mr Leigh, and other Persons taken out their Booths by the Informing Constables during the Time of the Fair, appear'd upon their Recognizances, and were immediately Discharg'd, there being no Prosecution, upon which Occasion the Recorder severely reprimanded the Constables for presuming to molest such as Acted upon a Lawful Patent, whilst they let others pass undisturb'd, who were really under the Censure of the Act against Strolling, or Vagrant Players

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pXsf The Recruiting Officer. [And the usual% Epilogue (Spoke upon an Ass)-. *dXsf <i>Lancashire Hornpipe</i>-Esq Timothy's Countryman [who perform'd it with so much Applause during the Time of the Fair%; <i>Mimic Scene</i> between Harlequin and a Peasant-; <i>Vaulting on the Horse</i>-a Gentleman [lately arriv'd from <i>France</i>%. *cXsf Benefit $Penkethman=, $Pack=, and $Spiller=. At <i>Penkethman's Booth</i> near <i>St. George's Church</i>, in <i>Southwark</i>. The Boxes and Pit are laid together, and the Booth will be pull'd down on Thursday. At 6 p.m. <i>Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer</i>, 5 Oct.: Wednesday at the Quarter-Sessions for the Borough of Southwark, $Mr Penkethman=, $Mr Leigh=, and other Persons taken out their Booths by the Informing Constables during the Time of the Fair, appear'd upon their Recognizances, and were immediately Discharg'd, there being no Prosecution, upon which Occasion the Recorder severely reprimanded the Constables for presuming to molest such as Acted upon a Lawful Patent, whilst they let others pass undisturb'd, who were really under the Censure of the Act against Strolling, or Vagrant Players.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1717 09 25 sf The Recruiting Officer. And the usual Epilogue (Spoke upon an Ass)-.*d1717 09 25 sf <i>Lancashire Hornpipe</i>-Esq Timothy's Countryman who perform'd it with so much Applause during the Time of the Fair; <i>Mimic Scene</i> between Harlequin and a Peasant-; <i>Vaulting on the Horse</i>-a Gentleman lately arriv'd from <i>France</i>.*c1717 09 25 sf Benefit $Penkethman=, $Pack=, and $Spiller=. At <i>Penkethman's Booth</i> near <i>St. George's Church</i>, in <i>Southwark</i>. The Boxes and Pit are laid together, and the Booth will be pull'd down on Thursday. At 6 p.m. <i>Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer</i>, 5 Oct.: Wednesday at the Quarter-Sessions for the Borough of Southwark, $Mr Penkethman=, $Mr Leigh=, and other Persons taken out their Booths by the Informing Constables during the Time of the Fair, appear'd upon their Recognizances, and were immediately Discharg'd, there being no Prosecution, upon which Occasion the Recorder severely reprimanded the Constables for presuming to molest such as Acted upon a Lawful Patent, whilst they let others pass undisturb'd, who were really under the Censure of the Act against Strolling, or Vagrant Players.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 7014 | 17170925 | sf | Benefit $Penkethman=, $Pack=, and $Spiller=. At <i>Penkethman's Booth</i> near <i>St. George's Church</i>, in <i>Southwark</i>. The Boxes and Pit are laid together, and the Booth will be pull'd down on Thursday. At 6 p.m. <i>Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer</i>, 5 Oct.: Wednesday at the Quarter-Sessions for the Borough of Southwark, $Mr Penkethman=, $Mr Leigh=, and other Persons taken out their Booths by the Informing Constables during the Time of the Fair, appear'd upon their Recognizances, and were immediately Discharg'd, there being no Prosecution, upon which Occasion the Recorder severely reprimanded the Constables for presuming to molest such as Acted upon a Lawful Patent, whilst they let others pass undisturb'd, who were really under the Censure of the Act against Strolling, or Vagrant Players
    Performance: 10770 | 7014 | p | The Recruiting Officer | And the usual Epilogue (Spoke upon an Ass)-.
    Cast:
    14215 | 10770 | And the usual Epilogue | .
    Performance: 10771 | 7014 | d | <i>Lancashire Hornpipe</i>-Esq Timothy's Countryman who perform'd it with so much Applause during the Time of the Fair; <i>Mimic Scene</i> between Harlequin and a Peasant-; <i>Vaulting on the Horse</i>-a Gentleman lately arriv'd from <i>France</i>

Mainpiece

Title: The Recruiting Officer
Comments:
And the usual Epilogue (Spoke upon an Ass)-.
Cast:

Related Works

Publish Date: 1706
Birth: 1676/7
Death: 1707

Dance

Comment: Lancashire Hornpipe-Esq Timothy's Countryman who perform'd it with so much Applause during the Time of the Fair; Mimic Scene between Harlequin and a Peasant-; Vaulting on the Horse-a Gentleman lately arriv'd from France

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 25 September 1717 at Southwark Fair." London Stage Database. Accessed April 2, 2025. https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=7014.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 25 September 1717 at Southwark Fair." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedatabase.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=7014. Accessed 2 April 2025.