NOTES UPON CUNNINGHAM'S HANDBOOK FOR LONDON

*Sans Souci Theatre, Leicester Place*. —This theatre was originally built by Dibdin, the celebrated sea-song writer, at the back of his music shop in the Strand. It was opened on the 16th of February, 1793. Park, in his *Musical Memoirs*, i. 175., says, "As a proof of the versatility of Dibdin's genius, it need only be stated that this pretty little theatre was planned, painted, and decorated by himself, and that he wrote the recitations and songs, composed the music to them, and sang and accompanied them on an organised pianoforte of his own invention." Dibdin afterwards rebuilt this theatre…