Pinkethman, the indefatigable, had a theatre at Greenwich, which he worked during the summer months, though the exact time is unknown. In an advertisement of his moving picture (_Daily Courant_, May 9, 1709) he says it may be seen 'next Door to his New Play House, where variety of Plays are Acted every Day as in London.' He could not long have started, as in the _Tatler_ (No. 4, April 18, 1709) it says, 'We hear Mr. _Penkethman_ has removed his ingenious Company of Strollers to Greenwich. But other letters from Deptford say, the company is only making thither, and not yet settled; but that several Heathen Gods and Goddesses, which are to descend in machines, landed at the King's Head Stairs last Saturday. _Venus_ and _Cupid_ went on foot from thence to Greenwich; _Mars_ got drunk in the town, and broke his Landlord's head, for which he sat in the Stocks the whole Evening; but Mr. _Penkethman_ giving Security that he should do nothing this ensuing Summer, he was set at liberty. The most melancholy part of all was, that _Diana_ was taken, and committed by Justice Wrathful; which has, it seems, put a stop to the Diversions of the Theatre at Blackheath. But there goes down another _Diana_ and a _Patient Grissel_ next tide from Billingsgate.' Queen Anne was not a patron of the drama. She never went to the theatre, and, as far as I can learn, seldom had dramatic performances at court. 'On Sunday, being the Queen's Birth Day, her Majesty receiv'd the usual Compliments on that occasion, and yesterday there was an extraordinary appearance of the Nobility and Gentry of both Sexes at St. James's upon the same account. The Play call'd, All for Love,[429] was Acted in the presence of the Court.'[430] And this was such an extraordinary event that even another newspaper informed its readers of the astounding fact. Downes remarks on this: 'Note From _Candlemas_ 1704 to the 22d of April 1706. There were 4 Plays commanded to be _Acted_ at Court at St. _James'_, by the _Actors_ of both Houses viz. First _All for Love_. The Second was _Sir_ Solomon _or the Cautious Coxcomb_.[431] The next was _The Merry Wives of_ Windsor, _Acted_ the 23rd of _April_, the Queen's Coronation Day. The last was _The Anatomist or Sham Doctor_;[432] it was perform'd on _Shrove Tuesday_, the Queen's Birthday.' [Footnote 429: _All for Love, or the World well Lost_, by Dryden.] [Footnote 430: _Postman_, Feb. 5/8, 1704.] [Footnote 431: A translation from the _Ecole des Femmes_ of Molière, and attributed to John Caryll.] [Footnote 432: By Edward Ravenscroft, 1697.] But though she would not go to the theatres, she heartily took their reformation in hand, as the following proclamation shows:-- 'ANNE R.