Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Mitchell and Sinclair. The Doors to be opened at 5:15. To begin at 6:00 precisely. Tickets to be had of Mitchell at the Old Castle Tavern, near Gray's Inn Gate, Holborn; of Sinclair, Church-Lane, near St. Martin's Church, Strand

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. [Mainpiece in place of The Castle of Andalusia; afterpiece of BARNABY Brittle, both announced on playbill of 15 Jan.] Receipts: #320 15s. 6d. (315/14/0; 5/1/6)

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewis. Public Advertiser, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Lewis at his house in Broad-court, Bow-street. Afterpiece [1st time in London; co 2. MS: Larpent 620; not published]: Written by the Author of The Castle of Andalusia, The Agreeable Surprise, Son-in-Law, &c &c. [John O'KeefFe, 1st acted at the Crow Street Theatre, Dublin, 15 Apr. 1777, and altered in the CG season of 1783-84 as The Poor Soldier]. The Airs Select [ed by the author from] Irish [airs]. With a New Overture and Accompaniments by Shield, who composed the music of Rosina. The Words of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #256 9s. (201/10; tickets: 54/19) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield. Public Advertiser, 2 May: Tickets to be had of Whitfield at his house in Leicester Court, Castle-street, Leicester-fields. Afterpiece: Taken from Beaumont [recte Massinger] and Fletcher's Play of the same Name. [F 2(?); Town and Country Magazine, May 1783, p. 23 5: synopsis of plot. And see DL, 19 Oct. 1749.] Receipts: #197 9s. 6d. (102/5/6; tickets: 95/4/0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Reinhold. Public Advertiser, 23 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Reinhold at his house, No. 90, Charlotte-street, Rathbone Place. Tickets delivered for The Castle of Andalusia will be admitted. Receipts: #309 (173/0; tickets: 430 in boxes, 140 in pit, 75 in gallery, totalling #136/0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Kemble [who had 1st acted Macbeth at Hull, 30 Oct. 1778]. Public Advertiser, 17 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Kemble, No. 2, Leicester Court, Castle-street, Leicester Fields. [In mainpiece the playbill retains R. Palmer as Malcolm, but "Preceding the play there was an apology, on its appearance evidently exciting doubt and trepidation in the audience [probably for fear that Mrs Siddons would be unable to appear]; but Palmer's fourth word broke the spell. R. Palmer was suddenly prevented attending the house:--what could the house do, but laugh?--Laugh they did;--'and Barrymore will read his part.' The house laughed again. And so Britannia was delivered" (Morning Chronicle, 1 Apr.). The name of R. Palmer's substitute in the afterpiece is not given.] Receipts: #293 3s. (175/2; 9/16; 0/5; tickets: 108/0) (charge: #115 10s. 3d.)

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by Leonard Macnally, adapted from the same, by Michel Jean Sedaine. Not in Larpent MS; not published; synopsis of plot in Morning Chronicle, 17 Oct. For text of abridged version see 21 Oct.]: Taken from the celebrated French Opera of that Name. With the original Overture, Airs, Duetts, Trios, Chorusses and Finale, by the celebrated Gretry. To which are added Compositions by the following Masters; Anfossi, Bertoni, Duni, David, Rizzio, Carolan, Tenducci, and Shield. With new Dresses, Scenery and other Decorations. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. [The printed score (Longman & Broderip, c. 1786) indicates that the music was adapted by Shield; it does not refer to Duni, Rizzio or Tenducci, but includes Philip Hayes and John Wilson. After the 1st 4 performances the mainpiece was reduced to an afterpiece of 3 short acts; see 21 Oct.] Account-Book, 28 Nov.: Paid Macnally in full for Coeur de Lion #121 18s. 6d. "Inchbald we thought [was] rather hardly dealt with. His voice happened to fail him in a particular turn of the tune he was singing, and some of the audience were ungenerous enough to disconcert him so far that he made a modest bow and retired [leaving his part unfinished. In consequence of this] a duet that was to have been sung by the King from the battlements of the castle, and Blondel without the walls, on which the turn of the fable hinged, was omitted; a circumstance that could not but materially affect the intrinterest, as it destroyed the connexion of the fable" (Morning Chronicle, 17 Oct.). [The following day Inchbald withdrew from his engagement at cg.] Receipts: #249 12s. 6d. (247.11.6; 2.1.0)

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Enchanted Castle, announced on playbill of 5 May.] Receipts: #211 18s. (206.19; 4.19)

Event Comment: Love in a Village [advertised on playbill of 23 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred, on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. [2nd piece in place of The Death of Captain Cook; 3rd piece of The Little Hunchback, both advertised on playbill of 23 Apr. But there may have been still a third change: the Account-Book for this night lists The Castle of Andalusia and Poor Vulcan; no corroboration of their having been acted has, however, come to light.] Receipts: #111 14s. (100.0.6; 11.13.6)

Event Comment: Benefit for Harley. Morning Herald, 15 May: Tickets to be had of Harley, No. 1, Castle-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #341 5s. 6d

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Caernarvon Castle, advertised on playbill of 16 Aug.]

Event Comment: The Castle of Andalusia [advertised on playbill of 21 Oct.] is obliged to be deferred on Account of the Indisposition of a Principal Performer. [Afterpiece in place of The Midnight Hour, also advertised as above.] Receipts: #181 16s. 6d. (175.12.6; 6.4.0)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of THE CASTLE OF ANDALUSIA, advertised on playbill of 16 Dec.] Receipts: #159 16s. 6d. (139/18/0; 19/18/6)

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; BALL. P 1, by James Byrn. Performed in place of Windsor Castle, advertised on playbill of 11 May]: The Overture and new Music composed, and the rest compiled, by W. Parke. "It being thought, by some, intended to treat the Clergy with disrespect, produced much disapprobation. The next night [20 May], when given only as an Interlude, it met with better success" (Oulton, 1796, II, 177). Receipts: #158 12s. (152.8. 6.4)

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Leak. Morning Herald, 13 May: Tickets to be had of Miss Leak, Upper Mews Gate, Castle-street, Leicester-Fields. Receipts: #391 18s. (88.11.6; 60.0.0; 12.1.0; tickets: 231.5.6) (charge: #211 19s. 6d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Harley. 2nd piece: Scene, A View of the British Fleet. Morning Chronicle, 25 May: Tickets to be had of Harley, No. 1, Castle-street, Bloomsbury. Receipts: #287 3s. (94.6.6; 15.15.0; tickets: 177.1.6)

Event Comment: Tickets delivered for The Castle of Andalusia [Account-Book: by Claremont, Ledger, Heathcote, Dick, Doe, Mrs Egan, Hall (carpenter), Pitt, Young, Hall (box-keeper), Larkman, Bayzand, Clarke, Hawtin, Davenport] will be admitted. Receipts: #386 15s. 6d. (35.5.6; 11.0.0; tickets: 340.10.0)