Event Comment: Benefit
for the
London Hospital. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s. Places
for the Boxes to be taken at the Stage Door of the Theatre; the Doors of which will be opened at 5:30, and the Per
formance to begin precisely at 6:30. No Money to be returned after the Curtain is drawn up, nor will any Person be admitted behind the Scenes. [
Master Braham is identified in
Grove. Address by
Arthur Murphy (
Town and Country Magazine, July 1787, p. 324).] This was the opening night of this theatre, which had been built by and was under the management of
John Palmer. Following the afterpiece he explained to the audience the objections of the proprietors of
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hay to his opening the theatre. He said that he had from the Lieutenant of the
Tower of London what he considered to be sufficient per
mission, but that he would nevertheless close the theatre temporarily. Palmer's difficulty was that he had no really legal per
mission from anybody
for the per
formance of actual plays. See 3 July, and
for further details the head-note to this season.
World, 18 July, prints an official accoudting
for this night from the theatre's treasurer: Receipts were #273 12s.; paid
for music, advertisements, servants, &c. #37 10s.; lost in bad silver #1 19s.; paid the London Hospital #234 4s.; the players acted without salary