actor rebellion event took place theatre royal london england actors worked changes management attempted seize control rebellion theatre controlled managers lost share denied bid run theatre actors attempted theatre controlling lease shareholders found refused admit actors building theatre closed months fight contemporary newspapers generally sided managers reopened september new company actors experienced talented old crew majority old actors moved remained loyal sided managers produced plays aid caused backlash actors finally won dispute end rebellious actors managed seize legal control theatre property sole manager time lost legal abilities stop february sold shares agreement actors secured return background run holders official licenses letters patent established charles_ii operated replaced death actors died took share notice stated patent issued official government license run theatre royal bureaucratic delays official patent given managers years july booth poor health decided sell half share fellow actor september died share inherited widow authorised painter serve place reaction changing partners rented share son actor new management group members incompetent known arrogant volatile end problems management theatre resulted failure december march seized event failure theatre management insufficient present managers lane discharge trust directors public newspaper group concerned plays soon cancelled matters complicated mass illnesses spreading london epidemic probably flu reduced number actors able work plays cancelled play open early january postponed poor health cast members including eventually staged mid february successful plays wife lasted night april regardless problems season positive fielding lasted plays produced stage fielding set music management changes gentlemen actors insisted actively participating day day decisions scheduling choice plays expenses actors behaviour management style clashed recovered returned february denied play progress instead putting play fighting managers coincided poor attendance epidemic london theatres attracting audiences popular performances play mock officer failed caused turn march based painting proved successful embarrassed managers interested theatre royal hill earlier partner theatre removed previous actor riot took place june march hill letter arranged sale booth shares criticised fact kept buying theatre management attacked offered pounds years booth shares pounds shares negotiations continued dropped widow sold remaining shares manager fields theatre days husband died time partners including longer wanted theatre sought sell shares sought rent share son pounds year approached order buy news selling shares appeared march sale price pounds upset father sold share instead continuing rent share believed rebellion tried work asked run operations theatre turned provoked stir actors rebellion actors upset management changes theatre operations experience theatre refused listen actors ideas cut salaries half known successful manager good actor rebellious actors plan lease deny use building shareholders complex set stage actors use control building negotiate renting patent control theatre run actors tried rent building remaining shareholders found responded refusing actors building shut plays performed according occasion inform midnight saturday persons arm took possession direction lock doors entrances company majesty notwithstanding paid pounds patent scenes rights privileges annexed certain term expired actors petitioned 2nd duke lord chamberlain requested settle dispute refused involve matter early june actors control theatre lease management refused leave actors tried file management legally removed property court system slow respond management continued cause problems actors including griffin fired theatre june responded june history events started removal accused management bad treatment wrote great instances gentlemen injuries company season direction experience knowledge capacity gathering forming entertaining governing keeping company able purchase patent truth believe positive little time thoroughly convinced contemporary response local newspapers quick respond rebellion article dated june described actors players busy mutiny june stated article selfish article street journal attacked management understanding theatres supposed work managers state defence argued correct actors reason complain especially treatment received actors responded later june letter response emphasised inability management effectively run theatre claimed acting like alleged refused offer actors rent patent calm dispute instead june printed parts play criticised actor rebellion took place june article claimed problems actors complained caused previous managers actors current management composed outsiders additionally claimed actors general unfit run theatre pamphlet titled state present dispute patent players published late summer attacked actors claimed men sense integrity entirely convinced great injustice late attempt company property actors responded article published september summer produced stage play started july ran nights play fun actors writers management attacked street journal august theatre historian described play harmless stuff regardless fielding personally mocked characters play offended portrayal reopening reopened september new company actors majority rebellious actors joined started producing plays september replacement actors lesser talent loyal experienced members joined management dispute loyal actors stayed including note reportedly losing pounds week victor account time wrote went expected bring thin losing audiences especially party prevailed plays acted better melancholy consequence proceeding saturday morning office manager pounds pride honour nearly concerned week conditions sold shares turned control theatre hill brought work actors lane autumn theatre declining end year order aid theatre fielding revised author intriguing fielding october king queen noble families attendance fielding produced universal different husbands didn run february 20th century theatre scholar believed fielding joined management theatre royal people legitimate investments fielding later attacked revised version author ran january caused backlash actors finally won dispute harder stage plays father applied lord chamberlain summer asking new license issued refused following applied master received license perform theatrical shows return payment license legal authority brought criticism lee dated september issuing licence called ploy actors october management theatre royal sent letter veteran actor rebels threatening legal action theatre responded claim acting law management manager demanded courts shut theatres november hearing set date trial case fell apart heard technical wording law conflicted original request licensed theatre managers trial rebellious actors sued management king bench management occupation building actors controlled lease held november judgment chief justice favour actors granted control theatre building march response asked charge rebellious actors harper sent prison provoked negative reaction public action attacked november eventually writ corpus issued november released case tried having began negotiate sale theatre license purchased portions license january february announced asked rebellious actors return agreement reached higher wages promotion deputy manager theatre actors took control theatre royal march marking end rebellion
Actor Rebellion of 1733