Event Comment: Medonte announced, but Morning Chronicle, 17 Dec.: By the sudden indisposition of Madame Banti, there was no opera on Saturday night. Ibid, 18 Dec.: Bills were posted up all over London in the forenoon, and a respectful card sent to the house of each subscriber. Morning Herald, 18 Dec., carries a statement signed by Pere Elisee saying that "about two o'clock, Saturday morning last, I was called out of my bed by a message that Mrs Banti was taken dangerously ill," that she so continues, and that as her physician he is "of opinion it will not be safe for her to quit her sick bed for several days yet to come.

Event Comment: [The playbill announces, as dance, The Double Surprise, in which Banti was to make his 4th appearance. But it was deferred; sec 5 Mar.] Receipts: #244 (239/8/6; 4/11/6)

Event Comment: Benefit for Henderson. Mainpiece: Written by Congreve; and now carefully revised and corrected, by expunging the exceptionable passages. [The playbill assigns Lord Touchwood to Clarke, but on the Kemble playbill his name is deleted; the substitute name has been cut by the binder.] Afterpiece: Contracted into 3 acts. With a Grand Dance, and a Reinforcement of Bayes's Troops [for which, and for a list of the other parts, see DL, 13 Dec. 1777. In the Dancing Banti is announced as making his 5th appearance (see 25 Feb., 5 Mar.)]. Public Advertiser, 2 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Henderson, Buckingham-street, York Buildings. Receipts: #238 9s. 6d. (144/9/6; tickets: 94/0/0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Ifigenia in Tauride [advertised in Morning Chronicle, 11 Apr.] is unavoidably deferred on account of the sudden illness of Mme Banti

Event Comment: [The playbill announces La Scola dei Maritati, but "The indisposition of Sga Angelelli made an alteration in the opera, and the audience were gratified with Mme Mara (recte Banti) in Nina" (Morning Chronicle, 1 Feb.).

Event Comment: [The playbill announces Elfrida, but "Elfrida, which was announced for Saturday night, was changed for Il Matrimonio Segreto, in consequence of the sudden indisposition of Mme Banti. The audience was very numerous and fashionable, and Benelli has by his science and taste confirmed that favourable opinion which was formed on his first appearance" (Times, 30 Apr.).