SEASON OF
1759-1760
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N ESS and regularity continued to :;mi during the
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1 ;759-60 season. No colorful riotso^cry nc;^wOrthy disputes
bysorpe
Londoners
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the
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Drury Lane, Covent Garden, the King
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booths at the fairs, the
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Room, and tlie Great Room,
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gauge of public Rehavior in an orderly season. The guns
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management in a
ppon Garrick
opened ea
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on opening the Theatre. T١٦e autWr, Mwatd WvLiXon,
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repertoire, his personnel, his casting, and liis failure to
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^eet
October
deepration
Covpnt Garden in
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A fortnigi
Noveptber) appeared A Defence of Mr Garrick in Answer
ئ
'
: denial This 37-page anonymous pamphlet closed with
Garrick's scenery, even in his pantomimes, was inferior
to Rich
saw the publication of a complaisant Essay upon the
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tbe Theatre in France, Fnylantl an،l Ital). TYvc autVvOT
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Polite Companion
or Gentleman atpl Lad
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laf of new plays, .and the lack of real competition
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between
the theatres seemed to set Har-
؛,
h;uses
agajC pate
(I hnuaryyt Harlequin, and one dancing master against the other