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of rhe Castle Tavern, 13 February; and liy Justice Fielding’s
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0. 12 August 1752, with a g.roup of apprentices who were attempting
Tennis Court, James Street. In order not
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Early in the season the Gentleman) Magazine (November)
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D،;at the reformation of the stage was entirely in the power of the courts,
had : this activity <j)f censorship Christopher Smart seems to have
Castle Tavern and tlie Hay-
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ofliis brand of vaudeville and satire
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Mrs Midniglit's
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and he nature of the performances can be inferred from the playbills,
٧nder which the performers acted: Sg Antonio, Sg
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Sg Bombasto, Sg Lombarino, and the dancer
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tlie evening to Montagu
Walpole attended and
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(see entry under 5 May HAY
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having returned ftom a visit to France managed Drury Lane
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of 182 performances during wldch he acted 87 times in
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Presented ,;,4; tznres in afterpieces, and spoke 3 prologues. For new pieces he
hilip Francis’s Eugenia{ see 17 February), Henry Woodward’s new
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