Moor Street Theatre

[2] Although the theatre was not purpose-built for dramatic performances, surviving records show that it had boxes, a pit, a balcony and two galleries, together with significant backstage machinery, suggesting that it was a substantial structure.

[3] Plays were performed on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings between July and October.

[4] During cold weather the theatre was heated by burning fires for two days before a performance.

[6] The top seat prices of 2 shillings and 6 pence suggest a well-off audience[7] and, following the lead of David Garrick, performances were given in costumes "proper to the play".

When the closed Moor Street Theatre was converted into a Methodist chapel in 1764, John Wesley preached how "Happy would it be, if all playhouses in the kingdom were converted to so good an use", though some elements of the town evidently disagreed, and stoned the congregation as they left.