Between these parts dramatic performances were presented gratis.

The obscurity of the theatre, combined with its remote position, probably protected it for some time from interference and suppression.

But on the 19th October, 1741, at this unlicensed theatre, a gentleman, who, as the playbill of the night untruly stated, had never before appeared on any stage, undertook the part of Richard III.

in Cibber's version of Shakespeare's tragedy.

The gentleman's name was David Garrick.