Event Comment: DDaily Post, 29 May: We are assur'd that there will be no more Plays acted this Season at [
dl],
and we hear that there was Yesterday no Play acted...as had been advertiz'd for that Day; the Occasion we are inform'd was, that at Midnight on Saturday last several persons arm'd took Possession of the same, by Direction from some of the Patentees,
and lock'd up
and barricado'd all the Doors
and Entrances thereunto, against the whole Company of his Majesty's Comedians, as also against
Mr Cibber, Jun. notwithst
anding he had paid to one of the Patentees several hundred Pounds for one third Part of the Patent, Cloaths, Scenes, &c.
and all Rights
and Privileges thereunto annexed, for a certain Term not yet expired. Mr Cibber, Jun.
and the rest of the
Company of Comedians,
and this Morning to wait upon his Grace the
Duke of Grafton,
Lord Chamberlain of
his Majesty's Houshold, with their humble Petition,
and the Representation of their Cast,
and to beg his Grace's Favour
and Protection
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Henry Viii
Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress