Event Comment: The
King's Theatre having been rented to the Proprietors of
Drury-Lane House, with a reserve of the Nights for the
Italian Opera to be carried on there for the Opera Trust, the Drury-Land Patent
will in future be moved on Tuesdays and Saturdays to the Theatre Royal,
Hay-Market, where all old and new Renters, claiming under the Drury-Lane Patent,
will be entitled to Free Admission, and to their Rights for each Night of Performance. Half Price not being taken at this Theatre, the Performances
will be reduced to the old established Prices. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes in the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market, to be taken at
Fosbrook's Office at the King's Theatre as usual. [Mainpiece in place of
Cymon; afterpiece of
The Patron, both advertised on playbill of 25 Jan.] Receipts: #140 11s. (139.0; 1.11)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: At Hay Jane Shore
Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin