Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Public Advertiser, 21 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Dodd at his house in New Ormond-street, Queen's-square. Receipts: #245 7s. 6d. (102.15.0; 19.9.0; 0.7.6; tickets: 122.16.0) (charge: #68 19s.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Afterpiece: With Alterations. Not acted these 50 years [acted 31 Dec. 1739]. Public Advertiser, 6 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Dodd at his house, New Ormond-street. Receipts: #272 4s. 6d. (117.4.0; 13.19.0; 2.1.6; tickets: 139.0.0) (charge: #66 15s.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years. Public Advertiser, 18 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Dodd, New Ormond-street. Receipts: #192 11s. 6d. (65.11.0; 21.13.6; 0.7.0; tickets: 105.0.0) (charge: #78 4s.)

Event Comment: [In afterpiece the playbill assigns Sir Harry's Servant to Dodd, but "King [asked that] Dodd, on account of illness, be released from his part in the farce. Whitfield was in consequence Sir Harry " (World, 24 Sept.).] Receipts: #185 12s. (133.18.0; 50.6.6; 1.7.6)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Gazetteer, 3 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Dodd, Gray's-Inn. Receipts: #331 16s. (115.11.0; 11.12.6; 1.10.0; tickets: 203.3.0) (charge: #115 17s.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Morning Herald, 20 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Dodd, No. 8, Southampton-row, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #418 11s. 6d. (134.1.0; 26.15.6; 4.7.0; tickets: 253.8.0) (charge: #168 0s. 10d.)

Event Comment: Went into the Pit to see Garrick do Abel Drugger. Read three acts of the play. Subtle, Face and Dapper are well played by Burton, Palmer and Dodd. Love and Mrs Pritchard excellent as usual. Mrs Love did Tag in Miss in her Teens (Neville MS Diary)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Afterpiece: Not acted these 4 years. [See 26 April 1764.

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Mainpiece: Never acted there. Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [See 20 March 1766.

Event Comment: Timon published at 1s. 6d. Tomorrow will be publish'd, Beautifully printed, The Theatres: A poetical Dissection by Sir Nicholas Nipclose, printed for John Bell. [See 17 Dec. and 1 Jan. 1772.] King's share of Bristol Theatre purchas'd by Dodd (Winston MS 10). Paid Mr Weston's Bill to Mr Best #4 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #136 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Waldron and Mrs Greville. Farce (in 2 Acts) Never performed before, and for that night only. This Farce was written by Mr Waldron-Some Applause (Hopkins Diary). [MacMillan's note from Kemble differs slightly in wording.] Paid Mr Wegg's rent half year to Lady Day last #57; Duke of Bedford ditto #164 2s. 10d.; One yrs Paving, Cleansing & Lighting to ditto #39 7s. 6d.; Mr Moody for Mr Philips #13 13s.; St Martin's Charity School, 1 year, 1774 #2 2s. (Treasurer's Book). [The Westminster Magazine for May gives the following cast for the farce: Reuben-$Waldron; Blunt-$Moody; Sharp-$Dodd; Flimsy-$LeMash; Joseph-$Burton; Mrs Reuben-$Mrs Davies; Betty-$Miss Platt. It then bluntly tells the plot and concludes: "The whole is beneath criticism."

Event Comment: Epilogue by David Garrick. Second Ballet: with New Scenes [by deLoutherbourg] and Dresses [by Lupini]. Two new Grand Ballets, composed by Gallet, were introduced in this Piece (The Maid of the Oaks) in which Gallet and Mlle Dupre made their first Appearance upon the Eng. Stage--the first Dance, which was to be in the 2nd Act, was obliged to be deferred till the end of the 3rd Act, as Lupini, who made the Dancers Dresses, had not brought them to the House--this put us all into great Confusion, and Dodd made an Apology to the Audience, that an unforseen Accident had prevented the Dance being done in the proper Place. At the beginning of the 3rd Act most of the Dresses were brought, but not all, and some of the Dancers were obliged to put on what Dresses could be got for them--They were all very much confused--the Music also was not perfect. Gallet went on, and spoke in French to the Audience, and told the Band that he wished they had any Heads. In the first Dance Mlle Dupre fell down, and a little after Gallet fell down, but (they) did not hurt themselves, and the Dance went on--and even with all these Disadvantages was much applauded (Hopkins Diary). Receipts: #181 19s. 6d

Event Comment: [In afterpiece the playbill retains Dodd, but he "having lost his Father, an apology was made for R. Palmer's playing his character in the Critic; and though the apology was a very handsome one, it is but justice to say it was unnecessary, R. Palmer acquitting himself in such a manner as did him infinite credit" (Morning Chronicle, 4 Feb.).] Receipts: #186 8s. (151.1; 33.19; 1.8)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Receipts: #195 5s. 6d. (64.2.0; 29.8.6; 0.11.0; tickets: 101.4.0) (charge: none listed)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Mainpiece: Not acted these 11 years. 2nd piece: An Interlude, written by the late D. Garrick, Esq. Receipts: #246 13s. 6d. (110/11/0; 21/16/6; 0/18/0; tickets: 113/8/0) (charge: #105 4s. 11d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Mainpiece: Not acted these 12 years [acted 6 Apr. 1772. In mainpiece the playbill assigns Fainlove to Miss Collett, but on the Kemble playbill her name is deleted; the substitute name has been cut by the binder. In afterpiece Miss Collett is retained as Patie, but her name is again deleted, and a MS annotation substitutes Miss M. Stageldoir's]. Receipts: #220 7s.(67/10; 26/1; 0/2; tickets: 126/14) (charge: #107 9s. 5d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Afterpiece: Not acted these 12 years. Receipts: #207 12s. 6d. (60/2/0; 20/10/6; 0/17/0; tickets: 126/3/0) (charge: #106 10s. 10d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Afterpiece: Not acted these 12 years [acted 22 Mar. 1774]. Receipts: #291 3s. (112/10; 19/2; 0/5; tickets: 159/6) (charge: #106 11s. 4d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Receipts: #268 11s. 6d. (90.13.0; 13.6.0; 1.18.6; tickets: 162.14.0) (charge: #105 6s. 7d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Mainpiece: Not acted these 14 years [acted 16 Apr. 1779]. Receipts: #264 11s. (72.9.0; 19.18.6; 1.7.6; tickets: 170.16.0) (charge: #111 12s. 7d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Receipts: #306 2s. 6d. (118.2.0; 21.6.0; 3.3.6; tickets: 163.11.0) (charge: #116 10s. 9d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Shade, Cameron, Woollams, Wood, Wilson, Dangerfield, Irish, Edwards, Griffiths, Nix, Wooldridge, Panchaud & Cole [box-keepers]. [This was Dodd's last appearance on the stage.] "Dodd was one of the most perfect actors that I have ever seen. He was the fopling of the drama rather than the age. I mean by this, that his own times rarely shewed us anything so highly charged with the vanity of personal exhibition. He was, to be sure, the prince of pink heels, and the soul of empty eminence. As he tottered rather than walked down the stage, in all the protuberance of endless muslin and lace in his cravats and frills, he reminded you of the jutting motion of the pigeon. He took his snuff, or his bergamot, with a delight so beyond all grosser enjoyments that he left you no doubt whatever of the superior happiness of a coxcomb" (Boaden, Kemble, I, 55). Receipts: #580 17s. 6d. (25.17.0; 37.3.6; 11.0.0; tickets: 503.4.0; odd money: 3.13.0) (charge: #211 17s. 6d.)