Event Comment: Farce not acted in 5 years. [See 28 Sept. 1762.] Brownsmith's Dramatic Time-Piece publish'd at 1s. The 3rd Theatrical Monitor appeared. Went into the Pit to see Garrick do Kitely again. Before the Curtain drew up finished reading the play with alterations by Mr Garrick...We had a foolish farce called the Double Disappointment (Neville MS Diary)

Event Comment: FFelix, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: RRanger, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary). Zingis publish'd at 1s. 6d

Event Comment: FFelix, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. K. & Q.; Kitley, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: RRanger, Mr Garrick

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Felix-Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: SSir John Brute, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in 6 years. [See 7 May 1763.] Ode, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: FFelix, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: KKing Henry, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: KKing Henry, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: DDrugger, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: KK. & Q. Lear-Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: OOde, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: Sir John Brute, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: Leon, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: Ranger, Mr Garrick (Cross Diary)

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Garrick's last time of performing Kitely . Rec'd of Mr Aickin on Acct #20. Receipts: #250 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 16 years [not acted since 27 Oct. 1758]. With Alterations [by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Prologue by David Garrick]. The Characters new dressed. This Play is revived with Alterations (by R. B. Sheridan Esq) and a new occasional Prologue written by Mr Garrick? and spoken by Dodd, both well received. Miss Essex made her first Appearance upon this stage in Silvia, a small mean Figure and shocking Actress, so bad that she is to do the Part no more. Reddish was very imperfect in Vainlove from the Beginning, but was so very much so in the last Act, that the Audience hissed very much, and cryed out, 'Off, Reddish, Off!" He went forward, and addressed them as follows, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, I have been honoured with your Favour and Protection for these ten years past, and I am very sorry to give any cause for your Displeasure now; but having undertaken the Part at a very short Warning, in order to strengthen the Bill, and having had but two Rehearsals for it, puts it out of my Power to do Justice to the Part, or myself.' The Play then went on. So great a Lye was never delivered to an Audience by any Actor or Actress before. He had the Part at least six weeks in his Possession, and repeated Notice to be ready in it, and six Rehearsals was called for it,--indeed, he attended but three. Vernon undertook to study the Part at eleven o'clock to-night, and to perform it to-morrow (Hopkins Diary). [Miss Essex was from the hay.] Receipts: #209 6s

Event Comment: RosiNA [announced on playbill of 2 Oct.] is obliged to be deferred on account of Mrs Martyr's Indisposition. "There are many of Mr Garrick's most favourite characters which [Henderson] appears in with great credit to himself, and applause from the audience; that in which he has been thought to approach the nearest to his predecessor is Hamlet; and, if we oppose the declamatory skill of Henderson-a quality indispensably necessary to the performance of this most difficult character-to the pathos and phrenzy (whether it be assumed or real madness in Hamlet is not here the question) of Garrick; I think it must be allowed that however short of him he may fall in some particulars, in the one I have mentioned, at least, he exceeds him" Qonson, The sad shepherd, ed. Waldron, p. 174). Receipts: #199 4s. 6d. (197/19/0; 1/5/6)

Event Comment: Benefit Widow Harper. See Daily Advertiser, 30 April: The case of the Widow of the late John Harper, Comedian: Mr Harper, having been seiz'd about four years since with a Paralitic Disorder, which not only rendered him incapable of acting, but depriv'd him of the use of his limbs, and in some degree affected his senses so as to make him an object of great compassion; during which long and dreadful Indisposition of near four years all possible means were tried (tho' in vain) to recover him, which impair'd and hurt his Circumstances, so greatly, as not to permit him to leave a sufficent Support for his widow, who is in years and unprovided for. Mr Harper dying in January last, according to a custom in the theatre his widow is entitled to a Benefit, and the Comedy of The Miser is to be acted to-morrow night for her Benefit, at Drury Lane; but as she is incapable of making a proper interest for it, without applying to the Compassion and Generosity of the Publick, she hopes to be excused in giving them the Trouble of this her case. Tickets deliver'd out by Roger will be taken.See Garrick's Additional Benefit for her on 11 May.] Receipts: #50

Event Comment: GGeneral Advertiser: On Wednesday next at Drury Lane will be reviv'd the Historical Play of King Henry the Fifth, written by Shakespear, the Part of King Henry to be performed by Mr Barry; and the Chorus to be spoken by Mr Garrick. Receipts. #130 (Cross); #132 5s. (Powel)

Event Comment: Benefit for Burton, Raftor, I. Sparks (Cross). Last week Mr Garrick Paid to Mr Belchier, Banker in Lombard St., #208 1s., being the whole money receiv'd at the Benefit Play of King Lear, which he most generously gave for the relief of the unhappy sufferers by the late most dredful fire in Cornhill, &c., whithout deducting any charges whatsoever. [See note, 3 May] Receipts: #180 (Cross); house charges, #63 (Powel); cash, #56 19s. tickets, #128 10s. (Clay MS)

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Norris. Tickets of Miss Norris at Mr Jackson's Habit warehouse Tavistock St., and of Hobson at the Stage Door. Tickets deliver'd out for 30 March will be taken. [Advance publicity for Havard's Benefit, Inspector No 29: I have said in a former paper, that those who have not seen Alfred, have yet to see Mr Garrick in a character in which he excells everything that has been attempted in one of the noblest Roads of Tragedy. I shall add to it on this occaison, that those who have not yet seen Alfred will have a pleasure from it greater than they can receive from the best dramatic performance they are already acquainted with' (London Advertiser and Literary Gazette).] Receipts: #180 (Cross)