Event Comment: Benefit
Dukes. 5s., 3s., 2s. At
the General Session...for Courts of
Middlesex...on Thursday
the 10th Day of May, 17
George II....T
his Court being informed, that several common Players of Interludes have for several Years used and accusdomed to assemble and meet toge
ther at or near a certain place called
Tattenhoe, alias
Tattenhall, alias
Tottenham Court, in
the Parish of St.@Pancras in t
his County, and to erect Booths, and act or exhibit Drolls and o
ther Shews...whereby great Numbers of
His Majesty's Subjects have been encouraged to assemble and to commit Riots and o
ther Misdemeanors, in breach of
His Majesty's Peace, and to
the disturbance of
the Neighborhood, of that Place; and that some of
the said Players of Interludes, and o
ther evil disposed Persons, are now seeking out and contracting for ground in or near
the Place aforesaid, to build Booths for showing and acting said Plays and Drolls...and whereas all such Players of Interludes are deemed and declared Rogues and Vagabonds, and
the Acting of such Plays, Drolls and Shews, are contrary to
the Inns and Statues of
the Realm...require
the High Constable to apprehend all and every Players of Interludes, Plays, and Drolls.--
Daily Advertiser, 17 May