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28 November 1724

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1724-1725
Volume: 2
Comments: Afterpiece: A New Night Scene. The Scenes being all painted from tne real Place of Action. [By John Thurmond.] Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post, 5 Dec.: [It] was dismiss'd with a universal hiss.-And, indeed, if Shepherd had been as wretched, and as silly a Rogue in the World, as the ingenious and witty Managers have made him upon the Stage, the lower Gentry, who attended him to Tyburn, wou'd never have pittied him when eh was hang'd

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pb?dl Aesop. Aesop-Cibber. *ab?dl Harlequin Shepard. [No actors' names in edition of 1724.% *cb?dl Afterpiece: A New Night Scene. The Scenes being all painted from tne real Place of Action. [By $John Thurmond=.] <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 5 Dec.: [It] was dismiss'd with a universal hiss.-And, indeed, if $Shepherd= had been as wretched, and as silly a Rogue in the World, as the ingenious and witty Managers have made him upon the Stage, the lower Gentry, who attended him to <i>Tyburn</i>, wou'd never have pittied him when eh was hang'd.
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1724 11 28 dl Aesop. Aesop-Cibber.*a1724 11 28 dl Harlequin Shepard. No actors' names in edition of 1724.*c1724 11 28 dl Afterpiece: A New Night Scene. The Scenes being all painted from tne real Place of Action. [By $John Thurmond=.] <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 5 Dec.: [It] was dismiss'd with a universal hiss.-And, indeed, if $Shepherd= had been as wretched, and as silly a Rogue in the World, as the ingenious and witty Managers have made him upon the Stage, the lower Gentry, who attended him to <i>Tyburn</i>, wou'd never have pittied him when eh was hang'd.
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 10499 | 17241128 | dl | Afterpiece: A New Night Scene. The Scenes being all painted from tne real Place of Action. [By $John Thurmond=.] <i>Weekly Journal or Saturday's Post</i>, 5 Dec.: [It] was dismiss'd with a universal hiss.-And, indeed, if $Shepherd= had been as wretched, and as silly a Rogue in the World, as the ingenious and witty Managers have made him upon the Stage, the lower Gentry, who attended him to <i>Tyburn</i>, wou'd never have pittied him when eh was hang'd
    Performance: 17397 | 10499 | p | Aesop | Aesop-Cibber.
    Cast:
    22730 | 17397 | Aesop | Cibber.
    Performance: 17398 | 10499 | a | Harlequin Shepard | No actors' names in edition of 1724.

Mainpiece

Title: Aesop
Comments:
Aesop-Cibber.
Cast:

Afterpiece

Comments:
No actors' names in edition of 1724.
Cast:
None Listed

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