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Richard Brinsley Sheridan writes in behalf of himself and the other proprietors of the Drury Lane Theatre (on the stage of which his great comedies were performed in the 1770s) in connection with the expenses incurred in the building of a new theatre after the original one was judged unsafe in 1791. Sheridan assures the shareholders that the proprietors (of which he was the chief one, having first purchased Garrick's share in 1775) "sincerely regretted the irregularity with which the old theatre's expenses have been paid," explaining there are "enormous debts incurred in the building of the new theatre.” But now “the holders of these shares may positively rely on the punctual payment of the drafts.”
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