SEASON OF
1754-1755
, ; rt in December. It foiled in January and was followed by a course of
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at the Haymarket by George Alexander Stevens. A note in tile
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of the Historical MSS Commission (see Covent Garden,
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Noveiex)
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tone of the season: "Great are tile disputes at present between tlie
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tlteatres, vicing witli eaclt otlier in different characters wliicli afford
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other in different characters which a
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;;1eatres, vicing with eac
entertainment to ;ill ffequenting tile stage." Eacli of tlie pat
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singing and
new sets of dancers ffom abroad, increased til
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attractions. Roger Pickering’s voice of constructive
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in Ills sliilling pamplilet. Reflections upon Theatrical Expression in
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in calling attention to
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Drury Lane, 13 March), was
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costume, "Taste in dress demands tliat an actor be con
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counties as well
ancient and modern, in 0th
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Q own. . . . Alexander and Cato were not masters of the snuft'box, nor
Cek Women of French heels.” ])ickering also called upon tlic managers to
Public Advertiser (see II Feliruary)
letter was inserted in til
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for
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deploring “the ill beliavior of some persons in tile Upper Gallery
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the season was prosperous
Decemlier),
on a new tragedy, John Brown’s Barbarossa
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Risque Britannia (9 May) by David Mallet, witli music by Arne, and