… with revolutionary ideals, or both. On 3 September 1790, Necker resigned his position as finance minister citing ill health and the burden of his work. A public man to the last, Necker published, just as he had in the 1780s, not only a …
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… conspicuous, charity performances were usually limited to two per season, so as not to damage the theatre’s financial health. 21 Following Covent Garden Theatre’s lead in 1765, in 1766 Drury Lane also began staging an annual benefit for a …