*p1790 05 08 dl The West Indian. ^See17891118^, but see below.*a1790 05 08 dl The Island of St. Marguerite. ^See17900205^.*c1790 05 08 dl ["The Play to-night was to have been <i>The Confederacy</i>, by Desire of the $Duchess of Leinster=, with <i>The Spoiled Child</i> (both advertised on playbill of 7 May), for $Mrs Jordan='s benefit...but she suspecting the House would be thin, pretended to be ill, would not act" (<i>Kemble Mem.</i>). "<i>Love for Love</i> (announced in playbill of this present night) and The Spoiled Child were deferred on account of the indisposition of Mrs Jordan, and <i>The West Indian</i> and <i>The Island of St. Marguerite</i> substituted...$Aickin= and $Packer=...could not be met with, and no other means of presenting The West Indian remained than Messrs $Williames= and $Maddocks= being permitted to read the parts of <i>Stockwell</i>r and <i>Capt. Dudley</i>r. This the audience refused to comply with, and insisted on having their money returned, which was at last done. The pit was cleared, not even one person remaining; but during the second act, four people came in...About thirty stayed in the boxes, and not a sufficient number to fill the front rows in the galleries...The West Indian, with two parts in it read, and a house thus uncomfortably thin, dragged dismally through the three first acts. The half-price produced considerable amendment in the appearance of the house" (<i>London Chronicle</i>, 10 May).] Receipts: #45 0s. 6d. (11.13.0; 32.5.0; 1.2.6).