Event Comment: Under the Patronage of H. R. H. the
Prince of Wales, H. R. H. the
Duke of York, and H. R. H. the
Duke of Clarence. Benefit for a Fund for the Relief of the Wounded Seamen, and also for the Widows and Orphans of the Brave Men who fell in the late Glorious Action, under
Admiral Lord Viscount Duncan [see 16 Oct.]. The Tickets for the Boxes are issued under the Direction of a Committee consisting of the following Noblemen and Gentlemen, who have obligingly undertaken to attend to the arrangement of the Evening: The
Duke of Leeds, The
Duke of Bedford, The
Earl of Guildford, The
Earl of Thanet, The Right Honorable the
Lord Mayor [
Brook Watson],
Mr Alderman Combe, M. P.,
Mr Alderman Skinner,
John Julius Angerstein, Esq. Tickets and Places for the Boxes not disposed of by the Committee to be had of
Fosbrook at the Box Office,
Little Russell-Street, and at the Bar of
Lloyds Coffee House. Ladies and Gentlemen having Privilege of the Theatre are requested by the Stewards to waive the use of it for this Evening. [Address by
Richard Cumberland (
European Magazine, Nov. 1797, p. 339).
True Briton. 23 Nov. 1797, prints a letter from the Chairman of Committee of Subscribers to the performers of the theatre, thanking them for not "accepting the usual emolument on the night of performance."] Receipts: #631 8s. (357.17.6; 57.4.6; 1.11.0; money extra left at the doors: 2.14.6; tickets: 212.0.6) (charge: #161 0s. 6d.)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Will
Afterpiece Title: The Prize
Entertainment: Monologue.As17971016; An Occasional Address-Wroughton