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23 March 1779

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Theatre: King's Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1778-1779
Volume: 5
Comments: Public Advertiser, 22 Mar.: At the particular Desire of the Nobility and Gentry, the Subscribers to this Theatre, on account of the young Prince's Christening there will be no Opera to-morrow. This delay will prove very convenient for compleating the great Preparations which in every respect are necessary to present [the new] Opera [see 25 Mar.] in all the Magnificence it requires. [Prince Octavius, 8th son of George III, was christened on 23 Mar.

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p king's None. *c<i>Public Advertiser</i>, 22 Mar.: At the particular Desire of the Nobility and Gentry, the Subscribers to this Theatre, on account of the young Prince's Christening there will be no Opera to-morrow. This delay will prove very convenient for compleatingthe great Preparations which in every respect are necessary to present [the new] Opera [see 25 Mar.] in all the Magnificence it requires. [$Prince Octavius=, 8th son of <i>George III</i>, was christened on 23 Mar.]

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1779 03 23 king's None.*c1779 03 23 king's <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 22 Mar.: At the particular Desire of the Nobility and Gentry, the Subscribers to this Theatre, on account of the young Prince's Christening there will be no Opera to-morrow. This delay will prove very convenient for compleating the great Preparations which in every respect are necessary to present [the new] Opera [see 25 Mar.] in all the Magnificence it requires. [$Prince Octavius=, 8th son of <i>George III</i>, was christened on 23 Mar.]

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 40341 | 17790323 | king's | <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 22 Mar.: At the particular Desire of the Nobility and Gentry, the Subscribers to this Theatre, on account of the young Prince's Christening there will be no Opera to-morrow. This delay will prove very convenient for compleating the great Preparations which in every respect are necessary to present [the new] Opera [see 25 Mar.] in all the Magnificence it requires. [$Prince Octavius=, 8th son of <i>George III</i>, was christened on 23 Mar.
    Performance: 85539 | 40341 | p | None

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