Event Comment: Benefit for Powell. Ladies send Servants by 3 o'clock (playbill).
Othello (for first time)
Mr Powell. This Night
there was
the greatest over flow ever known.
the Crowd was so great it prevented
the Ladies from coming into
the Boxes till near Seven o clock at half past Six begun
the play. As
the Ladies were not come into
the Boxes, being prevented by passage being Stopt up by
the Crowd
the Gentlemen Cry'd out. off off &c.
Mr King &
Mr Havard remaind on
the Stage some time but
the Noise increasing. Mr King address'd
the Audience & told
them it would be equally agreeable to
the performers to stay half an hour longer, upon which
there was a great Clap &
the Curtain was drop'd & a quarter before Seven begun
the play again. N.B.
The Farce was hiss'd all thro'(
Hopkins). This night one of
the greatest overflows that ever was known.
The crowd was so great it preventdd
the ladies from coming to
their places in
the boxes till near seven o'clock-At half past six
the play began, and in
the first scene
they cried Off, off.' Mr King and Mr Havard remained on
the Stage some time; but
the noise increasing, Mr King went forward and said, It would be equally agreeable to
the performers to stay half an hour longer, before
they began-upon which
there was a great clap, and
the curtain was dropped; and in about a Quarter of an hour began
the play again (
Hopkins Diary-MacMillan). Receipts: #268 11s. (
MacMillan). charges. #64 9s. [Profit to Powell: #204 2s.