*p1756 04 24 dl The Drummer. ^As17551003^.*a1756 04 24 dl The Maiden Whim; or, The Critical Minute. Parts-Yates, Blakes, Taswell, Jefferson, Mrs Bennett, Miss Minors; <i>Prologue</i>-; <i>Epilogue</i>-.*c1756 04 24 dl Afterpiece: A new farce by $Doctor Heffinal= [sic] for his benefit. O Sad! ($Cross=). Tickets at <i>Forrest Coffee House</i>, The <i>Bedford</i>, and <i>Randall's</i>, and author's lodgings at <i>Mew's Coffee House</i>. To the Printer of the <i>Public Advertiser</i>, 24 April: Sir, Let this suffice for a general answer to all unfriendly whispers or paragraphs against the new farce to be performed tonight at <i>Drury Lane</i> -its author never previously Caballed, never published his sentiments of any stage performance till after the run -then neither the writer nor manager could be injured -its principal characters are <i>Lady Protea</i>r, a coquet alarmed at the apprehension of dying amid; <i>Lord Epigram Strainwit</i>r, a pert coxcomical witling; <i>Dr Matho</i>r, a Virtuoso, Antiquarian, and in love; <i>Dreadnought Broadside</i>r, a sea-officer and strenuous Antigallican. I am &c. Receipts: #90 (Cross).