Event Comment: The Play of
Othello, which was performed last night at
Drury Lane theatre, by some gentlemen and ladies to the most numerous and polite Audience that could be assembled, went off throughout with great approbation and applause (
General Advertiser). [See
A Satirical Dialogue between a Sea Captain and his friend in Town: Humble submitted to the Gentlemen who deformed the Play of Othello on Th-rs-y M- the 7th....To which is added a
Prologue and
Epilogue much more suitable to the occasion than their own. (
London [n.d.], BM 11,795, K 31, 8pp): @'Good manners oblig'd them sometimes to applaud@Tho' they little deserv'd it...'@ The author laments the fact that the expenditure (#1,500) was not put out to charitable purposes, rather than for such entertainment.] This day is publish'd at 1s. 6d., beautifully printed,
Alfred, a Masque, acting at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, by Mr Mallet. Printed for
A. Miller, opposite
Catherine St in the
Strand, where may be had Alfred, a Masque, represented before their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales at
Cliefden, on the first of August 1740. Written by
Mr Thomson and
Mr Mallet