SEASON OF
1740-1741
THIS season the first major relaxation of the restraints
of the Licensing Act occurred. After three years in which only
Drury Lane and Covent Garden offered plays, .Henry Giffard
acting with the consent of the
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opened “the late Theatre" in Goodman’s Fields. He employed
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of offering a concert in two parts (at charges ranging ftom one
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he presented plays
four); during the internal of the con
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of repertory, altliouglr in the late spring
a full sea
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by wax figures began at the
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In add:; Idaymarket and offered puppet performances of familiar plays.
gained an
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singing^ dancing, an
esrablisl::": programs
voguC’ especially after Easter, at the New Wells in Goodman's
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Wells. These entertain-
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yhich h::T no; been listed in the ensuing calendar, but those
hoUs; a close relation to the theatres and to performers in the play
in the Calendar.
operas are en
General c p. ncipal source for tlie theatrical bills is the London Daily Post and
not ad 4; Iverther , with tile Daily Advertiser carrying an occasional notice
Tlie receipts for Covent Garden are extant in
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ertised elsewhere.