1715

1715 By: Jasmine Booker

//**__The London Gazette __**// By 1715 //The London Gazette// was 50 years old as it began in 1665 and became the authoritative source of government and other news as Britain's top newspaper. In 1715 the //Gazette// was a weekly newspaper from an English perspective that published articles that dealt with the nation's politics, The Parliament, foreign affairs, it addressed the monarch "The King's Proclamation," and the addresses presented to the monarch. Furthermore, aside from national news, the newspaper also published advertisements and classified ads that acknowledged civil service notices, notices of bankruptcies, and notices of medals and meritorious actions. Significantly, the format and structure of the newspaper is simple understand and easily distinguished between the news and advertisement sections. The newspaper standardly began with the news, which were typically 1 page to a page and a half long. Interestingly, each article is titled based on its location and date, not including the King's Proclamation. After the news was the advertisements and classified ads that could be identified under the heading Advertisements, which was shorter than the news and only, covered a half of page to 1. //The London Gazette// as one of Britain's most dominant newspapers faced rivalry from its competition //The Daily Courant//, which was a daily newspaper unlike the weekly publication.

 **__Theater in 1715__** During the theater season of 1714-1715 and 1715-1716,  especially highlighting the year 1715, the theater companies Lincoln's Inn Fields and Drury Lane almost monopolized the theater scene o n the London Stage, with the exception of King's hosting a couple operas. Both Lincoln's Inn Fields and Drury Lane operated throughout the entire year and if one company was not hosting something, the other one was. The forms of entertainment that took place in the theater were: 1) comedy, 2) farce, 3) afterpiece, 4) tragedy and, 5) opera. //The Daily Courant// definitely had the upper-hand on //The London Gazette// when it came to advertising and publishing theater news and information in the newspaper. Amid 1715, //The Daily Courant// consistently advertised for both the theaters Lincoln's Inn Fields and Drury Lane, announcing the publication of the play or date of the show.



Amid the year 1715 several plays were published and performed, as this form of entertainment played a pivotal role in Restoration comedy and drama. Listed below are some, but not all, plays performed during the season. 4 February 1715 //The Country Lasses: or, The Custom of the Manor. // By: Charles Johnson. Comedy
 * __The London Stage __**
 * Drury Lane: **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">20 April 1715 //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">The Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">By: Nicholas Rowe. Tragedy

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">16 February 1715 //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">The Perplex'd Couple: or, Mistake upon Mistake // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">By: Charles Molloy. Comedy
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17px;">Lincoln's Inn Fields: **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">23 June 1715 //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">The Doating Lovers: or, The Libertine Tam'd // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">By: Newburgh Hamilton. Comedy


 * __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 21px;">Works Cited __**


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson UP, 1993. 57-60. Print.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">//The London Gazette// (London, England), 1825-1962. Web. <http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=50014>.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">"By the KING A PROCLAMATION." //London Gazette// (London, England), January 11, 1715 - January 15, 1715; Issue 5294. Print. __17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers.__ Gale. University of Maryland, College Park. Web.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">"St. James, February 18." //London Gazette// (London, England), February 15, 1715 - February 19, 1715; Issue 5304. Print. __17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers.__ Gale. University of Maryland, College Park. Web.
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;">"Advertisements." //London Gazette// (London, England), March 12, 1715 - March 15, 1715; Issue 5311. Print. __<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">17th-18th Century Burney Collection Newspapers. __<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;"> Gale. University of Maryland, College Park. Web.