Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. A great Noise, the whole House against us-When
Garrick appear'd one from the Slips cry'd out Monsieur, & great Numbers Hiss'd-the play went on-wch done, the Mutiny began, amazing noise-no plating, except one Apple; ye pit to ye Boxes cry'd-now draw yr Swords, wch makes us think, the Riot was occasion'd by the Box people being so busy & turning some out of the pit & Gall: before. Some benches were pull'd up, &
Mr Lacy gave up the Dance to appease 'em-being Sat: our friends were at ye Opera, & the common people had leisure to do Mischief (
Cross). [
Lynham in
The Chevalier Noverre, quotes from the
Journal Etranger of 25 Nov. 1775: 'The blackguards...tore up the benches
and threw them into the Pit on the opposing party; they broke all the mirrors, the ch
andeliers, &c.,
and tried to climb onto the stage to masacre everybody; but, as there is a magnificent organization in this theatre, in three minutes all the decor had been removed, all the traps were ready to come into play to swallow up those who might venture up, all the wings were filled with men armed with sticks, swords, halberds, &c.,
and behind the scenes the great reservoir was ready to be opened to drown those who might fall on the stage itself."
Cross lists no Receipts.
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title: The Chinese Festival
Performance Comment: As17551112, but Parts-Mons _Delaistre; _StLeger; _Pochee; _Granier; _Walker; _Atkins; Sga _Pietro; Mrs _Addison; Mlle _Charon; Mlle _Rousselet; Mrs _Philips; Mrs _Lawson; _Scrase; _Jefferson; _Vaughan; _Burton; _Marr; _Chamness; _Bullbrick; _Clough; _Allen; _Gray; Mrs _Bradshaw; Mrs _Hippisley; Mrs _Mathews; Mrs _Simson; Miss _Mills, _Lewis. _StLeger; _Pochee; _Granier; _Walker; _Atkins; Sga _Pietro; Mrs _Addison; Mlle _Charon; Mlle _Rousselet; Mrs _Philips; Mrs _Lawson; _Scrase; _Jefferson; _Vaughan; _Burton; _Marr; _Chamness; _Bullbrick; _Clough; _Allen; _Gray; Mrs _Bradshaw; Mrs _Hippisley; Mrs _Mathews; Mrs _Simson; Miss _Mills, _Lewis.