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26 October 1727

Event Information
Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1727-1728
Volume: 2
Comments: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Shakespear. Daily Journal, 28 Oct.: The same Night [Thursday 26] a Gentlewoman fancying she saw Smoke issue from under the Stage, as she sat in the Pit, during the Play Time,...and at the same time believing she smelt Fire, declared her Opinion so loud, and by her precipitate Endeavours to get out, gave such an Alarm all over the House, as was attended with the fatal Consequence of one Woman big with Child being press'd to Death, and several others Persons were very much bruised. [See also Daily Post, 27 Oct. A reward of #20 was offered by John Rich for the apprehension of the malicious ill designing Persons" who presumably occasioned the incident.-Daily Journal, 31 Oct.

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pg:dl King Henry the VIIIth. King Henry-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Cranmer-Mills; Gardiner-Johnson; Queen Katherine-Mrs Porter. *cg:dl At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by $Shakespear=. <i>Daily Journal</i>, 28 Oct.: The same Night [Thursday 26] a Gentlewoman fancying she saw Smoke issue from under the Stage, as she sat in the Pit, during the Play Time,...and at the same time believing she smelt Fire, declared her Opinion so loud, and by her precipitate Endeavours to get out, gave such an Alarm all over the House, as was attended with the fatal Consequence of one Woman big with Child being press'd to Death, and several others Persons were very much bruised. [See also <i>Daily Post</i>, 27 Oct. A reward of #20 was offered by $John Rich= for the apprehension of the malicious ill designing Persons" who presumably occasioned the incident.-<i>Daily Journal</i>, 31 Oct.]

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1727 10 26 dl King Henry the VIIIth. King Henry-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Cranmer-Mills; Gardiner-Johnson; Queen Katherine-Mrs Porter.*c1727 10 26 dl At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by $Shakespear=. <i>Daily Journal</i>, 28 Oct.: The same Night [Thursday 26] a Gentlewoman fancying she saw Smoke issue from under the Stage, as she sat in the Pit, during the Play Time,...and at the same time believing she smelt Fire, declared her Opinion so loud, and by her precipitate Endeavours to get out, gave such an Alarm all over the House, as was attended with the fatal Consequence of one Woman big with Child being press'd to Death, and several others Persons were very much bruised. [See also <i>Daily Post</i>, 27 Oct. A reward of #20 was offered by $John Rich= for the apprehension of the malicious ill designing Persons" who presumably occasioned the incident.-<i>Daily Journal</i>, 31 Oct.]

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 11860 | 17271026 | dl | At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by $Shakespear=. <i>Daily Journal</i>, 28 Oct.: The same Night [Thursday 26] a Gentlewoman fancying she saw Smoke issue from under the Stage, as she sat in the Pit, during the Play Time,...and at the same time believing she smelt Fire, declared her Opinion so loud, and by her precipitate Endeavours to get out, gave such an Alarm all over the House, as was attended with the fatal Consequence of one Woman big with Child being press'd to Death, and several others Persons were very much bruised. [See also <i>Daily Post</i>, 27 Oct. A reward of #20 was offered by $John Rich= for the apprehension of the malicious ill designing Persons" who presumably occasioned the incident.-<i>Daily Journal</i>, 31 Oct.
    Performance: 20060 | 11860 | p | King Henry The Viiith | King Henry-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Cranmer-Mills; Gardiner-Johnson; Queen Katherine-Mrs Porter.
    Cast:
    26328 | 20060 | King Henry | Booth
    26329 | 20060 | Wolsey | Cibber
    26330 | 20060 | Cranmer | Mills
    26331 | 20060 | Gardiner | Johnson
    26332 | 20060 | Queen Katherine | Mrs Porter.

Mainpiece

Title: King Henry The Viiith
Comments:
King Henry-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Cranmer-Mills; Gardiner-Johnson; Queen Katherine-Mrs Porter.
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