*p1796 06 09 dl The Belle's Stratagem. ^As17960530^, but Doricourt (for that night only)-Lewis (of <i>cg</i>).*a1796 06 09 dl The Sultan. ^As17960425^, but <i>In the dead of the night</i>-_.*s1796 06 09 dl End I: <i>Whither my Love, Ah! Whither art thou fled?</i> (from <i>The Haunted Tower</i>)-Sga Storace; <i>From Shades of Night</i>-Braham; <i>This fond Sorrow</i>-Braham, Sga Storace (both from <i>Mahmoud</i>); End II: the celebrated Harp Song <i>Ah che nel petto io sento</i>, from <i>Idalide</i>,-Mme Mara; In IV: a Masquerade Scene, in which <i>Ally Croker</i>-Miss Leak, Master Welsh.*e1796 06 09 dl <i>Monologue</i>End: a new <i>Occasional Address</i>-Mrs Jordan.*c1796 06 09 dl Benefit for the Widow and Three Orphan Children of the late $Mr Benson=. [Address by John <i>Taylor, Poems</i>, I, 62.] "Benson [who committed suicide on 19 May] was remarkable for a very retentive memory, which enabled him on the slightest notice to become a substitute for almost any performer who might be suddenly disabled from appearing" (<i>European Magazine</i>, June 1796, p. 397). The house was a very good one, but it has been said that $Sheridan= went to the Treasury and carried off the money, so that Benson's widow and children never got a sixpence" ($Genest=, VII, 245). Receipts: #678 10s. 6d. (319.8.0; 66.3.6; 2.19.0; tickets: 276.6.0; odd money: 13.14.0) (charge: #212 15s.).