Event Comment: Benefit
Penkethman,
Pack, and
Spiller. At
Penkethman's Booth near
St. George's Church, in
Southwark. The Boxes and Pit are laid together, and the Booth will be pull'd down on Thursday. At 6 p.m.
Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 5 Oct.: Wednesday at the Quarter-Sessions for the Borough of Southwark,
Mr Penkethman,
Mr Leigh, and other Persons taken out their Booths by the Informing Constables during the Time of the Fair, appear'd upon their Recognizances, and were immediately Discharg'd, there being no Prosecution, upon which Occasion the Recorder severely reprimanded the Constables for presuming to molest such as Acted upon a Lawful Patent, whilst they let others pass undisturb'd, who were really under the Censure of the Act against Strolling, or Vagrant Players
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer
Dance: Lancashire Hornpipe-Esq Timothy's Countryman who perform'd it with so much Applause during the Time of the Fair; Mimic Scene between Harlequin and a Peasant-; Vaulting on the Horse-a Gentleman lately arriv'd from France