London Stage Event: 17 November 1739 at Drury Lane Theatre

17 November 1739

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre

Theatrical Season: 1739-1740

Volume: 3

Comments: AA Compleat List (1747), pp. 182-83: [After some resentment at Quin's refusing a part in Fatal Retirement, 12 Nov.]. When coming on one Night to play the Part of Pierre...and he was treated in the same Manner, he came forward, and speaking to the Audience said, 'That he had met with Insults of that kind for several Nights past, and that he judged they came from the Friends of the Author of a Play lately acted at that House, called Fatal Retirement; that the Author of it desired him to read it before it was acted, which he did, at his Requests, and likewise, at his Request, gave him his sincere Opinion of it, which was, that it was the very worst Play he had read in his Life; and therefore he had refused to act a Part in it, &c.' After his Speech was ended, he found a thundering Applause from the Audience, and went thro' the whole Play without any farther Disturbance. But we ought not entirely to form out Judgment of its being the very worst Play, from what this Gentleman was pleased to say of it, in the Heat of his Resentment for being ill-treated; nor wonder that an Audience should applaud a Sentence which condemned an Author, at a Time when it was the Fashion to condemn them all, right or wrong, without being heard; and when Parties were made to go to new Plays to make Uproars, which they called by the odious Name of The Funn of the first Night. For the Afterpiece, A Compleat List, p. 183: And on the very Night I am speaking of it, at the End of the Play, was acted for the first [second] Time a new Farce, called, An Hospital for Fools, of which one single Word was not heard that the Actors spoke, the Noise of these First-Night Gentlemen was so great; however, the Actors went thro' it, and the Spectatbrs might see their Mouths wag, and that was all

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*pyQdl Venice Preserv'd. As 14 Sept., but Pierre-Quin. *ayQdl An Hospital for Fools (being generally Insisted on by last Night's Audience). See 15 Nov. *syQdl . *dyQdl As 16 Nov. *cyQdl AA Compleat List (1747), pp. 182-83: [After some resentment at $Quin='s refusing a part in Fatal Retirement, 12 Nov.]. When coming on one Night to play the Part of Pierrer...and he was treated in the same Manner, he came forward, and speaking to the Audience said, 'That he had met with Insults of that kind for several Nights past, and that he judged they came from the Friends of the Author of a Play lately acted at that House, called Fatal Retirement; that the Author of it desired him to read it before it was acted, which he did, at his Requests, and likewise, at his Request, gave him his sincere Opinion of it, which was, that it was the very worst Play he had read in his Life; and therefore he had refused to act a Part in it, &c.' After his Speech was ended, he found a thundering Applause from the Audience, and went thro' the whole Play without any farther Disturbance. But we ought not entirely to form out Judgment of its being the very worst Play, from what this Gentleman was pleased to say of it, in the Heat of his Resentment for being ill-treated; nor wonder that an Audience should applaud a Sentence which condemned an Author, at a Time when it was the Fashion to condemn them all, right or wrong, without being heard; and when Parties were made to go to new Plays to make Uproars, which they called by the odious Name of The Funn of the first Night. For the Afterpiece, A Compleat List, p. 183: And on the very Night I am speaking of it, at the End of the Play, was acted for the first [second] Time a new Farce, called, An Hospital for Fools, of which one single Word was not heard that the Actors spoke, the Noise of these First-Night Gentlemen was so great; however, the Actors went thro' it, and the Spectatbrs might see their Mouths wag, and that was all.
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*p1739 11 17 dl Venice Preserv'd. ^As17390914^, but Pierre-Quin.*a1739 11 17 dl An Hospital for Fools (being generally Insisted on by last Night's Audience). ^See17391115^.*s1739 11 17 dl .*d1739 11 17 dl ^As17391116^.*c1739 11 17 dl AA Compleat List (1747), pp. 182-83: [After some resentment at $Quin='s refusing a part in Fatal Retirement, 12 Nov.]. When coming on one Night to play the Part of Pierrer...and he was treated in the same Manner, he came forward, and speaking to the Audience said, 'That he had met with Insults of that kind for several Nights past, and that he judged they came from the Friends of the Author of a Play lately acted at that House, called Fatal Retirement; that the Author of it desired him to read it before it was acted, which he did, at his Requests, and likewise, at his Request, gave him his sincere Opinion of it, which was, that it was the very worst Play he had read in his Life; and therefore he had refused to act a Part in it, &c.' After his Speech was ended, he found a thundering Applause from the Audience, and went thro' the whole Play without any farther Disturbance. But we ought not entirely to form out Judgment of its being the very worst Play, from what this Gentleman was pleased to say of it, in the Heat of his Resentment for being ill-treated; nor wonder that an Audience should applaud a Sentence which condemned an Author, at a Time when it was the Fashion to condemn them all, right or wrong, without being heard; and when Parties were made to go to new Plays to make Uproars, which they called by the odious Name of The Funn of the first Night. For the Afterpiece, A Compleat List, p. 183: And on the very Night I am speaking of it, at the End of the Play, was acted for the first [second] Time a new Farce, called, An Hospital for Fools, of which one single Word was not heard that the Actors spoke, the Noise of these First-Night Gentlemen was so great; however, the Actors went thro' it, and the Spectatbrs might see their Mouths wag, and that was all.
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Event: 19755 | 17391117 | dl | AA Compleat List (1747), pp. 182-83: [After some resentment at $Quin='s refusing a part in Fatal Retirement, 12 Nov.]. When coming on one Night to play the Part of Pierre...and he was treated in the same Manner, he came forward, and speaking to the Audience said, 'That he had met with Insults of that kind for several Nights past, and that he judged they came from the Friends of the Author of a Play lately acted at that House, called Fatal Retirement; that the Author of it desired him to read it before it was acted, which he did, at his Requests, and likewise, at his Request, gave him his sincere Opinion of it, which was, that it was the very worst Play he had read in his Life; and therefore he had refused to act a Part in it, &c.' After his Speech was ended, he found a thundering Applause from the Audience, and went thro' the whole Play without any farther Disturbance. But we ought not entirely to form out Judgment of its being the very worst Play, from what this Gentleman was pleased to say of it, in the Heat of his Resentment for being ill-treated; nor wonder that an Audience should applaud a Sentence which condemned an Author, at a Time when it was the Fashion to condemn them all, right or wrong, without being heard; and when Parties were made to go to new Plays to make Uproars, which they called by the odious Name of The Funn of the first Night. For the Afterpiece, A Compleat List, p. 183: And on the very Night I am speaking of it, at the End of the Play, was acted for the first [second] Time a new Farce, called, An Hospital for Fools, of which one single Word was not heard that the Actors spoke, the Noise of these First-Night Gentlemen was so great; however, the Actors went thro' it, and the Spectatbrs might see their Mouths wag, and that was all

Performance: 37534 | 19755 | p | Venice Preserv'd | As17390914, but Pierre-Quin.
AsSeeDate: 37534 | dl | p | As | 17390914

Cast:
58696 | 37534 | Pierre | Quin.

309591 | 37534 | Jaffier | Milward

309592 | 37534 | Belvidera | Mrs Giffard

309593 | 37534 | Renault | Berry

309594 | 37534 | Bedamar | Ridout

309595 | 37534 | Priuli | Havard

Performance: 37535 | 19755 | a | An Hospital for Fools (being generally Insisted on by last Night's Audience) | See17391115.

Performance: 37536 | 19755 | s

Performance: 37537 | 19755 | d | As17391116
AsSeeDate: 37537 | dl | d | As | 17391116

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Title: Venice Preserv'd

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As17390914, but Pierre-Quin.

Cast:

Role: Pierre Actor: Quin.
Role: Jaffier Actor: Milward
Role: Belvidera Actor: Mrs Giffard
Role: Renault Actor: Berry
Role: Bedamar Actor: Ridout
Role: Priuli Actor: Havard

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Title: An Hospital for Fools (being generally Insisted on by last Night's Audience)

17 November 1739

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