Event Comment: Benefit for Vaughan, Condell, Potter (box-keepers). Tickets sold at the doors will not be admitted. Charges #81 5s. [Deficit to each beneficiary #9 10s. 10d., covered by income from tickets: Vaughan #50 13s. (Box 106; Pit 101; Gallery 90); Condell #81 3s. (Box 206; Pit 145; Gallery 79); Potter #60 6s. (Box 126; Pit 145; Gallery 138).] (Account Book). Receipts: #52 12s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Younger. Tickets deliver'd for Macbeth , by Branson and Miss Helme, will be taken. Mr Younger being oblig'd by Mr Powell's illness, to change his play of Macbeth to the above tragedy, humbly hopes for the Indulgence of his Friends and the Public in general. Charges #67 9s. Balance to Younger #18 3s. 6d. plus #48 9s. from tickets (Box 97; Pit 110; Gallery 77). [Branson and Miss Helme seem to have borne none of the charges and to have received full value for their tickets]: Branson #33 (Box 29; Pit 99; Gallery 109); Miss Helme #16 14s. (Box 1; Pit 63; Gallery 70). Receipts: #85 12s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Potter (box-keepers) and Eddis. Tickets sold at the door will not be admitted. Tickets deliver'd for the Conscious Lovers will be taken. Charges #83 11s. 6d. Deficit to beneficiaries #27 10s., covered by income from tickets: Condell #84 7s. (Box 225; Pit 140; Gallery 71); Potter #60 7s. (Box 142; Pit 93; Gallery 109); Eddis #52 9s. (Box 118; Pit 153) (Account Book). Paid Miss Morris in Full for her performance this season #50 (Account Book). [But see note 1 May.] Receipts; #56 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Yates. Pit and Boxes laid together where servants will be allowed to keep places. Those Ladies and Gentlemen who have taken places in the Pit, are humbly desired to come as early as posible, for their own conveniency, and to prevent trouble in getting to their seats. Charges #66 5s. Balance to Mrs Yates #39 18s., plus income from 713 Box & Pit seats (laid together for price purposes) #178 5s. Paid Miss Atkinson and Miss Pope for walking 12 nights in Man & Wife; 26 Nights in Harlequin's Jubilee; 12 Nights in Timanthes #6 5s. each. Paid Mrs Warwell for walking 12 nights in Man & Wife #1 10s.; Paid Miss Lawrence and Mrs Bates 5s. each for walking 2 nights in Harlequin's Jubilee (Account Book). Receipts: #106 3s

Event Comment: Benefit for Mattocks. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Send servants by 4 o'clock. Last time of performing till Easter Holidays. Charges #76 14s. Balance to Mattocks #76 17s. plus #100 1s. from tickets (Box and Pit 387; Pit 22). [Charges high because of extra music (#7 7s.; extra wardrobe #1 17s.; kettle drum & extra chorus singers #3 5s.).] (Account Book). Receipts: #153 8s

Event Comment: Benefit for Owenson and Branson. Tickets deliver'd by Rose will be taken. Charges #72 10s. Deficit to each, #4 6d., cover'd by income from tickets: Owenson #26 13s. (Box 48; Pit 59; Gallery 58); Branson #57 7s. (Box 65; Pit 53; Gallery 141). [Rose seems to have received his tickets gratis #20 6s. (Box 39; Pit 53; Gallery 26).] Receipts: #64 9s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Potter and Evans (box-keepers). Charges #81 5s. Deficit to the Box Keepers #14 7s. 6d. apiece, cover'd by income from tickets: Condell #67 3s. (Box 169; Pit 116; Gallery 75); Potter #56 (Box 116; Pit 102; Gallery 117); Evans #83 13s. (Box 151; Pit 228; Gallery 117). Paid Cooper (printer) #33 10s. 6d.; Paid Richards (painter) as per bill #6 16s. 6d.; Paid Dr Arne for composing two songs one in Comus, the other in Twelfth Night #6 6s. (Account Book). Receipts: #38 2s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Ansell and Green (Box-keepers). Charges #81 5s. Deficit to Box-Keepers #27 1s. 3d. apiece, cover'd by income from tickets: Ansell #122 2s. (Box 310; Pit 248; Gallery 74); Green #128 3s. (Box 420; Pit 115; Gallery 59) (Account Book). [Since box capacity seems to have been about 560 places, it would seem that several rows of the pit had been sold at box prices by these Boxkeepers. See 22 May 1767.] Receipts: #27 2s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Condell, Evans and Potter (Box-keepers). Doors open at 5 o'clock. To begin exactly at 6 o'clock. Charges #81 5s. Deficit to each #12 2s., cover'd by income from tickets: Condell, #76 10s. (Box 210; Pit 124; Gallery 54); Potter, #39 7s. (Box 66; Pit 75; Gallery 116); Evans, #88 5s. (Box 180; Pit 215; Gallery 110). Paid Partridge (hosier) #16 1s. Receipts: #44 19s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs P. Green, Hussey and Morris. Last time of performing till the holidays. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to each #8 18s. 8d., cover'd by income from tickets: Mrs Green #44 2s. (Box 53; Pit 137; Gallery 103); Hussey, #59 18s. (Box 162; Pit 92; Gallery 56); Morris, #46 19s. (Box 39; Pit 114; Gallery 201). [The Account Book indicates that The Padlock was substituted as the afterpiece at the last minute.] Receipts: #37 14s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: A Comic Opera; the music chiefly composed by Paisiello. Under the direction of Storace. Pit 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. No Money to be returned. The Doors to be opened at 6:30. To begin at 7:30 [same throughout season]. The subscriptions are received at Messrs Ransoms, Morland and Hammersley's only, upon whose receipt the tickets will be immediately made out, and delivered at the office of Jewell, treasurer. And the subscribers at the head of Boxes are intreated to observe that if the subscription money is not paid into the hands of the Bankers, before the opening of the Theatre, his Box will be considered as relinquished. N.B. The seats of the Pit and the Boxes will be entirely new furnished on the Opera Nights; and Gentlemen are most respectively [sic] informed that they cannot be admitted, either into the Boxes or the Pit on those Nights, unless they are in Afternoon dress. The Nobility are intreated to give directions to their servants to set down and take up the at Theatre with the horses' heads towards Pall Mall. The door in Market-lane for Chairs only

Event Comment: The Burletta a New Musical entertainment composed by Hook. Tickets 3s. 6d. [The performance occurs between a concert and fireworks. The whole entitled Mr Hook's Annual Festival. The news commentary in the Public Advertiser notes the performance seems adapted to all Tastes on account of the great Variety it affords, the Ode being rather serious, and the Burletta is wrote on a Subject of Ridicule."

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 16 years. [See 19 April 1751.] New Scenes, Machines, Decorations &c. The Characters dress'd in The Habits of the times. This Masque is very well got up with New Scenes & Decorations particularly a Representation of the Grand Naval Review design'd by Mons DeLoutherberg & vastly well Executed had great Applause the piece is very dull (Hopkins Diary). [Macmillan's note from Kemble differs slightly in wording.] Paid five day's salary at #86 13s. 10d. per diem, #433 9s. 2d.; Miss Younge 6 days not on the list #1; Mr Courtney 3 days not on list 7s. 6d.; Mr J. French on Act #10 (Treasurer's Book). The Songs, Chorusses, &c. in the Masque (in the order they are now performed) to be had at the Theatre. The Music by Dr Arne and other masters (playbill). Receipts: #158 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; P I, by George Colman, the elder. His authorship has hitherto been questioned, but for its authentication see Peake, II, 54. Larpent MS 532; not published]: An Original, Whimsical, Operatical, Pantomimical, Farcical, Electrical, Naval, Military, Temporary, Local Extravaganza.The Overture and new Musick by Dr Arnold. With new Scenes [by Canter (Public Advertiser, 5 Sept.)], Dresses and Decorations. The Views of the Temple of Health and the Camp in St. James's Park designed and executed by Rooker. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted here. [The playbill lists R. Palmer as Rodolpho in mainpiece, and as Young Clackit in afterpiece, but he "was prevented appearing either in the tragedy or entertainment, having had the misfortune to break his arm" Chondon Magazine, July 1784, p. 75). For Egan and Riley as his substitutes see 14 July. Miss Woollery is identified on playbill of 24 July. Prologue by George Colman, the elder (Colman, Prose, III, 254). Miss Kemble was from DL.]

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Hannah Cowley, based on The Lucky Chance, by Aphra Behn. Prologue and Epilogue by James Cobb (see text)]: With Variety of new Scenes, Dresses, &c. Morning Chronicle, 28 Dec. 1786: This Day is published A School for Grey-Beards (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #220 8s. (206.14; 13.4; 0.10)