"No servants will be permitted to keep places on the stage."
It appears that at the King's Theatre on the night of Mademoiselle Sallé's benefit, at Covent Garden, there was "an assembly." "Two tickets," says the advertisement, "will be delivered to every subscriber, this day, at White's Chocholate House, in St. James's Street, paying the subscription-money; and if any tickets remain more than are subscribed for, they will be delivered the same day at the Opera office in the Haymarket, at six and twenty shillings each.
"Every ticket will admit either one gentleman or two ladies.
"N. B.—Five different doors will be opened at twelve for the company to go out, where chairs will easily be had.
N. B.—To prevent a crowd there will be but 700 tickets printed."
I find from the collection of old newspapers before me, that Handel, whose Ariadne was first produced and whose Pastor Fido was revived in 1734, is called in the playbills of the King's Theatre "Mr. Handell." The following is the announcement of the performance given at that establishment on the 4th June, 1734, "being the last time of performing till after the holidays."
MR. HANDELL.
"AT the KING'S THEATRE in the HAYMARKET, on Tuesday next, being the 4th day of June will be performed an Opera called
PASTOR FIDO,
Composed by Mr. Handell, intermixed with Choruses.