*p1743 05 02 dl Oroonoko. ^As17421214^, but Oroonoko-Delane; Imoinda-Mrs Roberts; Blandford-Nodder, 1st time of his appearing on any stage.*a1743 05 02 dl The Lying Valet. ^As17430430^ but Melissa-Miss Lee.*s1743 05 02 dl ^As17430120^.*d1743 05 02 dl II: <i>La Florana</i>, ^as17430408^ <i>New Ballet</i>-Desse, Mrs Walter.*m1743 05 02 dl V: a Concerto-Burk Thomuth.*c1743 05 02 dl Benefit $Cross= (Prompter), $DeMaimbray= (Mechanist), and $Desse=. Tickets deliver'd out by $Nodder=, $Owen=, $Miss Lee=, and others will be taken. [This month in the <i>Gentlemen's Magazine</i> appeared a long essay from <i>Champion</i> No. 5, entitled <i>The Character of an excellent Actor</i>, an appreciative essay on the difficulties of acting, and the excellence of $Garrick=. The author avows he never exchanged a word with Garrick in his life. In July the <i>Gentlemen's Magazine</i> publish'd a reply to the contention that shewing good plays and giving men a relish for them was a satisfactory method of instructing the young, concluding instead against stage entertainments because they may be and are productive of much ill; and can serve no good end but what may be more effectively attained by other means.]