Event Comment: At the
Old Theatre. Advertisement for the Publick Good: Whereas a pack of Strolling Players, who by the Laws now in force are liable to be punished by
His Majesty's Justices/of/the/Peace as vagrants and vagabonds, lately infested the villages of
Clapham,
Stackwell and
Borough of Southwark and other places in the County of
Surrey and have made several riots and have contracted several debts with His Majesty's liege subjects and have given out printed handbills and Tickets for several of their benefits, particularly that the play called the
Recruiting Officer and the Entertainment called
Flora, or Hob in the Well would be performed on Monday Night Last at
Yeates Old Theatre in the
Bowling Green in
Southwark and Several Gentlemen and Ladies were prevailed on and paid for majy tickets and went in coaches expecting to see and hear the proposed entertainments but the said strollers neither performed nor returned the money advanced for such tickets though demanded, this Advertisement is therefore hembly recommended to the serious consideration of the justices of the peace for the said county of Surrey and also to give a friendly caution to unwary people not to be imposed upon by such persons in the future.--
Daily Advertiser, 8 Nov. [See 27 Nov. at
hay] On Tuesday last the Court Leets for the
Town and Borough of Southwark...Likewise directed the Constables to use their utmost Endeavours toward suppressing the Acting of Plays...and avoiding all unlawful Games and Plays....By the Statue, no Plays to be acted but in
Westminster, or Place of his Majesty's Residence, on forfeit of #50.--
London Courant, 6 Nov
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer