Event Comment: Gentlemen are particularly entreated to observe that in consequence of
the displeasure expressed by
the Subscribers, as well as
the Public, at
the frequent interruption of
the business of
the Representation, by
the pressure of people on
the Stage,
the Company will hereafter be admitted behind
the Scenes, before and after
the Opera, and during
the intervals between
the Opera and Ballets only; but while
the Curtain is up,
Gentlemen are earnestly entreated to withdraw from
the Stage; o
therwise
the request of
the Nobility and Gentry, in conformity also to
the public opinion, of shutting entirely
the doors between
the audience part of
the Theatre and
the Stage, must at last be compiled with. Those persons entitled to Admissions previous to
the year 1789, who may not have an opportunity of sending
their Securities to be registered before
the opening of
the Theatre, are requested to produce
them at
the Door, as
they pass.
The Public are entreated to observe that Ladies dressed in Bonnets, and
Gentlemen in Boots, cannot be admitted into
the Pit of
the Opera. Pit 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. No Money to be returned.
The Doors to be opened at 6:30. To begin at 7:30 [same throughout opera season].
The Nobility are entreated to give direction to
their Servants to set down and take up at
the Theatre with
the Horse's head toward
Pall Mall. On account of
the abuses practised in
the names of
the Subscribers, it is become necessary to require
the production of
the Subscription Ticket at
the Doors and
the Boxes. At
the Chair-door in
Market-Lane, Subscribers only will be admitted. "
Braham sustained his part so well that we trust he will give us an example that shall induce us to chace from an English stage
the degrading and distusting form of a
Castrato" (
Morning Chronicle, 28 Nov.). [
The playbill omits
Rovedino, but his performance is reviewed in
True Briton, 28 Nov.
The only o
ther male part in
the opera is that of
Sandro. And see 14 Feb. 1797.