Event Comment: By Command of
Their Majesties. "
The crowd and
the tumult at
the doors of
the Theatre last Wednesday [raised
the question] why
the Box and Pit passages, which were
the same last year, are now separated.
The answer is because at
the Opera,
the Boxes and
the Pit are for
the same price and company; at
the Playhouse
they are different in both respects. Repeated notices were sent by
Kemble both to those on foot and in carriages that
the house was full; and
the doors were actually closed before
the house was really filled in
the hope of dispersing
the crowd--but
they were a second time forced open" (
Morning Chronicle, 7 Jan.). Receipts: #582 8s. 6d. (552.15.6; 26.14.0; 2.19.0, being
the largest amount received at this
theatre during its occupancy by
the dl company)