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20 March 1751

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Theatre: Drury Lane Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1750-1751
Volume: 4
Comments: This Morning we were surpris'd with the unhappy News, that Frederick Prince of Wales Dy'd the Night before between ten & eleven-Mr Beard's Benefit was to be on Thursday & many of ye Bills were posted before we heard of this Accident the Bills were immediately torn down, & the House shut up before my Ld Chamberlain sent orders for so doing-on fryday the 5th of Ap: my Lord sent us leave to open on the 8th: being Easter Monday; it is said our having permission to open so soon, & before the prince was Bury'd was on account of the Actors Benefits depending (Cross)

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p?Tdl None. *c?Tdl This Morning we were surpris'd with the unhappy News, that $Frederick Prince of Wales= Dy'd the Night before between ten & eleven-$Mr Beard='s Benefit was to be on Thursday & many of ye Bills were posted before we heard of this Accident the Bills were immediately torn down, & the House shut up before my <i>Ld Chamberlain</i> sent orders for so doing-on fryday the 5th of Ap: my Lord sent us leave to open on the 8th: being Easter Monday; it is said our having permission to open so soon, & before the prince was Bury'd was on account of the Actors Benefits depending ($Cross=).

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1751 03 20 dl None.*c1751 03 20 dl This Morning we were surpris'd with the unhappy News, that $Frederick Prince of Wales= Dy'd the Night before between ten & eleven-$Mr Beard='s Benefit was to be on Thursday & many of ye Bills were posted before we heard of this Accident the Bills were immediately torn down, & the House shut up before my <i>Ld Chamberlain</i> sent orders for so doing-on fryday the 5th of Ap: my Lord sent us leave to open on the 8th: being Easter Monday; it is said our having permission to open so soon, & before the prince was Bury'd was on account of the Actors Benefits depending ($Cross=).

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 25636 | 17510320 | dl | This Morning we were surpris'd with the unhappy News, that $Frederick Prince of Wales= Dy'd the Night before between ten & eleven-$Mr Beard='s Benefit was to be on Thursday & many of ye Bills were posted before we heard of this Accident the Bills were immediately torn down, & the House shut up before my <i>Ld Chamberlain</i> sent orders for so doing-on fryday the 5th of Ap: my Lord sent us leave to open on the 8th: being Easter Monday; it is said our having permission to open so soon, & before the prince was Bury'd was on account of the Actors Benefits depending ($Cross=)
    Performance: 51267 | 25636 | p | None

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