Event Comment: Not acted in 30 years. Principal Characters new Dress'd. Written by
Otway (
General Advertiser).
Mr Woodward did ye part of
Malagene in which he took off
Mr Foote & would have many of ye Actors but
the Audience grew so outragious, that he was forc'd to desist ye 4th & 5th Acts were much hooted,
Mr Havard in a part where he says
Whir was severely treated, nor could he ever appear after in ye play, but
the whole Audience echoed that Word--it was given out again, wch so enrag'd
the Audience yt
they call'd loudly for
Garrick, but as he was not this Night at
the House,
they pull'd up
the Benches, tore down ye
King's Arms, & wou'd have done much more mischief had not
Mr Lacy qone into
the Pit, & talk'd to 'em, what
they resented was giving out a piece again after
they had damn'd it--
the Gallery resented ye Guards being sent in--Mr Lacy was oblig'd to go upon
the Stage after & tell 'em I had given out
the play again, as ne'er a Manager was present to give o
ther Directions--In his Argument Mr Lacy call'd a Witness in ye pit, saying that Gent: next to ye painter knows I was in ye pit when ye Guards went into
the Gallery, so I cou'd not send 'em this painter after ye rout came behind
the scenes & was angry for being call'd painter (his name was
Hudson) but at length he as well as ye rest was pacified--and we gave out
Provok'd Husband (
Cross). [See Foote's retaliation in
Daily Advertiser, 26 Jan.] Paid
Capt. Turber 1!2 year's rent #11 3s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #140 (
Cross); #137 12s. (Treasurer's Book)