THE BEGGARS' OPERA.

[Vol. ii. P. 292.]

In addition to the value of this print as a collection of portraits, it may be observed that it contains the only known representation of the inside of the Lincoln's-Inn Fields Theatre. This playhouse was opened under the management of Betterton, with the comedy of Love for Love, which had a very considerable run. The Beggars' Opera, however, was of still superior attraction, and it carried all before it. After continuing open with various success for several seasons, the Lincoln's-Inn Fields playhouse finally closed, on the removal of the company to the new theatre in Covent Garden, and the building (the exterior of which is still entire) is now occupied as Spode's pottery warehouse.