Event Comment: Benefit for
the London Hospital. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. Places for
the Boxes to be taken at
the Stage Door of
the Theatre;
the Doors of which will be opened at 5:30, and
the Performance to begin precisely at 6:30. No Money to be returned after
the Curtain is drawn up, nor will any Person be admitted behind
the Scenes. [
Master Braham is identified in
Grove. Address by
Arthur Murphy (
Town and Country Magazine, July 1787, p. 324).] This was
the opening night of this
theatre, which had been built by and was under
the management of
John Palmer. Following
the afterpiece he explained to
the audience
the objections of
the proprietors of
dl,
cg and
hay to his opening
the theatre. He said that he had from
the Lieutenant of
the Tower of London what he considered to be sufficient permission, but that he would never
theless close
the theatre temporarily. Palmer's difficulty was that he had no really legal permission from anybody for
the performance of actual plays. See 3 July, and for fur
ther details
the head-note to this season.
World, 18 July, prints an official accoudting for this night from
the theatre's treasurer: Receipts were #273 12s.; paid for music, advertisements, servants, &c. #37 10s.; lost in bad silver #1 19s.; paid
the London Hospital #234 4s.;
the players acted without salary