Event Comment: 1st piece [1st time; PREL 1, by
Richard Cumberland.
Larpent MS 958; not published]. Without insisting on
the great Expence that has been incurred in re-building this
Theatre (in
the erecting of which no o
ther Object has been attempted but
the greater ease, safety
and accomodation of
the Spectators) it appears upon
the Books that
the Annual Disbursements of
the past Seasons have gradually been encreasing from Year to Year, under
the Direction of
the present Proprietor, to nearly
the sum of #10,000 per Annum more than
the usual Expenditure of any of his Predecessors; it is
therefore trusted
the Necessity of
the following small Advancement of
the Prices of Ad
mission to
the Boxes
and the Pit will be sufficiently apparent to
the Justice of that Public whose Liberality has never yet been doubted.
E. Barlow, Treasurer. Boxes 6s. 2nd Price 3s. Pit 3s. 6d. 2nd Price 2s. Gallery 2s. 2nd Price 1s. No Money to be returned.
The Office for taking Places for
the Boxes is removed to
Hart-street.
The principal new Entrance to
the Boxes is from
the Great Portico in
Bow-street; from
the Small Portico are Entrances to
the Pit
and Gallery only. In
the Old Passage from
the Piazza are new Entrances to
the Boxes, Pit,
and Gallery. Carriages coming to Bow-street Entrances are desired to set down
and take up with
the Horses' Heads towards Hart-street.
The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30 [see 12 Nov.]. [
The audience objected vociferously to
the increased prices of ad
mission
and to
the absence of a 2nd gallery (
and see under 19 Sept.). "
The Prelude passed off without a syllable of it being heard...Two acts of
The Road to Ruin displayed
the performers' skill in
pantomime, for not a word was heard...
The Irishman in London then walked over
the stag amidst
the same riot
and confusion which attended
the preceding pieces" (
Times, 18 Sept.).] Receipts: none listed