Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by
Shakespear.
Daily Journal, 28 Oct.: The same Night [Thursday 26] a Gentlewoman fancying she saw Smoke issue from under the Stage, as she sat in the Pit, during the Play Time,...
and at the same time believing she smelt Fire, declared her Opinion so loud,
and by her precipitate Endeavours to get out, gave such an Alarm all over the House, as was attended with the fatal Consequence of one Woman big with Child being press'd to Death,
and several others Persons were very much bruised. [See also
Daily Post, 27 Oct. A reward of #20 was offered by
John Rich for the apprehension of the malicious ill designing Persons" who presumably occasioned the incident.-
Daily Journal, 31 Oct.
Performances
Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Viiith
Performance Comment: King Henry-Booth; Wolsey-Cibber; Cranmer-Mills; Gardiner-Johnson; Queen Katherine-Mrs Porter.