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VGW(HU.770.050
13 Sep 1770:21 (1008)
London. . . On Monday night there was a riot at the Theatre
Royal in the Haymarket, on account of the manager's
desiring, in consequence of the illness of one of the
performers, to play the farce of Miss in Her Teens, instead
of The Padlock, which had been previously advertised. The
clamour was very great, and Mr. Ross and Mr. Dancer came out
successively to make proper apologies on the occasion; but
it was still insisted on that The Padlock should be
represented, which was alleged to be impossible, because of
Mrs. Jewell's indisposition. Thus the endeavours to obtain
a representation of the opera on the side of the audience,
and the attempts to substitute the farce in its stead, on
the part of the house, continued until half an hour after
eleven o'clock, when the people gradually withdrew, and
neither of the pieces were performed.
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