*p1776 04 11 dl The Alchymist. ^As17751125^, but Abel Drugger-Garrick, for the last time of performing it.*a1776 04 11 dl The Spleen. ^As17760316^ but Merton-Brereton.*d1776 04 11 dl V: <i>The Irish Fair</i>, ^as17751003^.*c1776 04 11 dl House (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). The new Comedy of <i>The Runaway</i> is unavoidably oblig'd to be deferred till Saturday. Rec'd $Mr Stanley='s Oratorio Account, 11 nights, #327 5s. Paid $Lawrence= (paper hanger) #13 7s.; Renters (for 11 Oratorio nights) #88; $Cubit= (tinman) #7 14s. 6d.; $Gardner= (shoemaker) #25; $Chettle= (timber merchant) #22 14s. 6d.; $Mist andCo.= (brazier) #10 8s.; $Thomson= (smith) #5 16s. 6d. $Barrow andCo.= (oil) #106 5s.; Tallow Chandler's 8th Bill #26 12s.; $Palmer='s Bill of <i>Bath</i> for Spermacetti Candles #162 10s. (Treasurer's Book). [$MacMillan= quotes from $Kemble='s note on the playbill, a $Garrick= interpolation in <i>Drugger</i>r 's last speech (IV, vii): "Abel: Did you never see me play the Fool? <i>Face</i>r: Yes. Abel: But the wise ones say I have played the Fool long enough; So I am going to leave it off and grow melancholy." [This note does not appear in the Hopkins Diary in the <i>Folger Library</i>.] Receipts: #265 17s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book).