Event Comment: The Two Misers is unavoidably oblig'd to be deferr'd. Books of the Entertainment [
The Two Misers?] to be had at the theatre. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. No persons admitted behind the scenes, nor any money returned after the curtain is up. Places for the Boxes to be taken, of
Mr Sarjant (only) at the Stage Door. The Doors to be opened at Half after Five o'c
lock. To Begin exactly at Half after Six. Vivant Rex and Regina. (Customary footnote for succeeding Playbills. It will not be repeated here. The
Westminster Magazine, September, p. 459, indicates a
Prelude was also given this opening night, consisting of several of the actors comparing notes on their various successes, casts of parts, droll accidents, which they had experienced during their different summer excursions.
Mattocks,
Dunstall,
Lee Lewes,
Miss Barsanti, and
Hull participated. The reviewer reported the content of their reminiscences, but disliked the jumbled nature of the
Prelude. Another account in the
Morning Post, 21 September.] Note: For performance at hay 20 September, see Season of 1774-1775, p. 1905