Event Comment: "
Palmer and
Bannister having withdrawn from the theatre,
The School for Scandal and
The Quaker, which were intended for the opening pieces, were changed" (
Town and Country Magazine, Oct. 1787, p. 445). [These two actors thought themselves ill-used because of the refusal of the
dl management to acknowledge their right to open the
Royalty (see 20 June 1787).
Oulton, 1796, II, 1-8, prints an exchange of letters between
Palmer, Bannister, and
King (the
dl acting manager) relating to this situation.] "Some twenty of thirty bars of
Handel, on the approach of the court to the play [in III. ii of mainpiece]...made a fine preparation for the scene which followed" (
World, 19 Sept.). Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken of
Fosbrook at the Theatre. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [see 13 Nov.]. Receipts: #186 5s. 6d. (151.0.0; 35.4.6; 0.1.0)