| Description | Undated petition of Samuel Butler manager of a company of players who have performed at Bedale to the satisfaction of the inhabitants. He asks for a licence to open a theatre at Bedale on 1 March next
With grant of a licence by the Justices at the Quarter Sessions at the adjourned Sessions at Richmond on 13 January 1791 to Samuel Butler comedian for performances at a theatre in the town of Bedale for a maximum of 60 days from 1 March next and withing the space of four months |