Event Comment: About Ten o'clock
this Morning Orders came from
the Lord Chamberlain to Shut up
the House on Account of
the Dea
th of
the Princess Dowager of Wales who died
this Morn[in]g between 6 & 7 o'clock (
Hopkins Diary). [Closed
through Sat., Feb. 15. No record in Treasurer's Book save "
The Princes Dowager of Wales died
this Morning."]
Theatres clos'd on 8 Feb. and reopen'd on 17
th Feb. for
Augusta Princess Dowager of Wales (
Winston MS 10). Paid salary list, at #83 9s. 9d. per diem, #500 18s. 6d.;
Mrs Abington's Cloa
ths acct, #2;
Mr S. French, 1 1!2 days 7s. 6d.;
Mr Weston's note to
Mr Holman, #8 3s. (Treasurer's Book). [
The cast scheduled for mainpiece was
that of 4 Feb.; for afterpiece
that of 30 Dec. 1771.
The dance between was to have been
Sailor's Revels of 8 Oct. 1771.
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover
Afterpiece Title: The Witches