SEASON OF
1758-1759
|N 1738-39 competition among the tlieatres remained at the
level of the preceding year. A full program of dramas, usually
with afterpieces and entr'acte entertainments, filled the bills at
Court, Welch
four F’airs-T
remained dark. A
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Southwark— the proprietors of booths
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0 although the newspaper advertisements indicate ratlier meager
ngs at Welch and Southwark Fairs.
: exception ،0 the traditional offerings occurred. In the early
troupe of French comedians received
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permission to
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lew tjW" repertories in London produced a great disturbance at the
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seasons of increasing financial difficulty in the
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opera, ], j. Heidegger attem.pted unsuccessfully to open
howevefg for new offerings of Italian opera. In January 1739,
addition,’ leased the house and offered a series of oratorios. In
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for the “Benefit and Increase
'd Musicians or their Families,"
ent practice followed in later years.
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