*p1754 11 22 dl Much Ado about Nothing. Benedict-Garrick; Don John-Bransby; Friar-Burton; Dogberry-Taswell; Verges-Philips; Conrade-Mozeen; Town Clerk-W. Vaughan; Sexton-Clough; Margaret-Mrs Havard; Hero-Mrs Davies; Balthasar-Beard; Beatrice-Mrs Pritchard; Don Pedro-Havard; Leonato-Berry; Claudio-Palmer; Antonio-Simson; Borachio-Blakes; Ursula-Miss Minors; In Act II a <i>Masquerade Dance</i>-; Play to conclude with a <i>Country Dance</i>-the characters.*a1754 11 22 dl The Chaplet. ^As17541003^.*c1754 11 22 dl Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd by $Mrs James= will be taken. For ye Benefit of Mrs James, tho' her name was not put up, who is going to leave the Stage, and retire as said to a Nunnery. $Mr Macklin='s Oratory open'd at his house in ye <i>Piazza</i> ($Cross=). <i>Public Advertiser</i> 22 Nov.: At Macklin's <i>Great Room</i> in <i>Hart St.</i> <i>Covent Garden</i> this day...will be opened The British Inquisition. This Inquisition is upon the plan of the ancient $Greek, Roman and modern French, Italian Societies@of@liberal@investigation=...&c. First lecture to be on <i>Hamlet</i>. [See <i>Mackliniana</i> (2 Vols. <i>Folger Shakespeare Library</i>) MS notes by $Isaac Reed=, from the <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 22 Nov. Macklin's lecture series was repeated on 23, 28 Nov., 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28 Dec.] Receipts: #200 (Cross).