SEASON OF
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His SEASON had the most comprehensive offerings of plays
and dramas thus farintheeighteentlr century. Four theatres—
Drury Lane, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Goodman’s Fields, and the
Haymarket— offered ffill repertories, and the King’s Theatre
great, ;'aymarkct presented Italian operas througliout tire winter. On a
nights Londoners lrad a cltoice of four dramatic or opci'atic
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offer
< In addition, Drury I,,ane and the Haymarket played during the
the offerings at Bartholomew anti Southwark Fairs were ad-
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Vortiscd
'[! .::;re extensively than usual.
theatres made no important changes in tlieir admission cliarges
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notices in a variety of
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information are tlie Daily
principal source^ of theatric
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for Drury Lane, Goodman’s Fields, and the Haymarket),
Inn Fields and the King’s), and Daily
Courant
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reggs^heRre), but eacli paper occasionally carried notices of theatres
PnbbeaM ;;rly advertising in it. Early in 1731 the Daily Advertiser began
advance bills for
carried notices, particular
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Th' he receipts for Lincoln’s Inn Fields come ffom Rich's Register
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Lane. Actors: Berry, Boman, Br^dg^ateR K
Jr, Corey, Evans, Excel, Fielding, Griffin, A. Hallam, Harper
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Roberts
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Mills, Nojris, ORes
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Jr, Wilk.S; WiRams
Rench, H. Tench, Watson, .Weth
Mrs Booth, Mrs ButRr, Mr Charkc, Rlrs Cibber,
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Mrs Heron, Mrs Horton, Miss Meats, Mrs Mills, Miss Oates,
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' Miss Raftor, Miss Robinson, Mrs sltireburn, Mrs Thurmond