Event Comment: MMrs Pritchard recover'd (General Advertiser). Paid loan to Mrs Berkley on note per order #4; Norton, 3 Chorus 15s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #140 (Cross); #97 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales (General Advertiser). Prince & Princess of Wales & ye Children (Cross). Paid for wax lights for the Prince 15s. 7d.; Paid Mrs Reynolds for wax & Brickdust 4s. 5d.; Norton 3 chorus 15s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #180 (Cross); #176 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Last time of performing till the Holidays. By Desire. Paid for a White work'd Waistcoat #1 11s. 6d.; Salary list #305 5s. 6d.; Norton 3 chorus 15s.; Mrs Hobson a bill 16s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #80 (Cross); #81 15s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Paid Blandford (Tallow Chandler) #17 18s. 11d.; Bonfires Sat. #2 2s.; Mrs Reynolds for wax & Brick dust 4s.; 4 day's salary for Mr Neal's #1 13s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #80 (Cross); #95 16s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: By Desire. Paid salary list #305; Rec'd Cash #142 12s. plus #24 4s.; in tickets. Total #166 16s. Paid for the making a Robe for Mrs Clive by Garrick's order #1 2s. 6d.; Paid Mr Oram (Scene painter) on acct #6 6s. by order of Lacy; for a Great coat for Sir Francis Wronghead by order of Lacy 14s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #180 (Cross); #156 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: By particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Paid Blandford (Tallow Chandler) #19 6s. 5d. Mrs Barlace for a blue cloath coat with gold embroider'd loops, and a scarlet cloath waistcoat embroider'd with gold #11 11s.; 4 Chorus to Mr Norton #1. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #160 (Cross); #143 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Berry. Tickets at Pope's Peruke Maker Russell St. Rec'd Cash #93 3s., plus #92 11s. from tickets. Total #185 14s.; Paid Salary List #203 7s.; Norton 5 chorus #1 5s. (Treasurer's Book). To the Public, Gentlemen and Ladies, I am very sorry that a long, sharp, and severe fit of Illness prevents me the satisfaction of making my personal application to my friends as usual, against my Benefit; but finding myself every day rather worse than better, I hope you will be so kind as to take this notice, that the Stratagem, will be performed on Saturday the 21st of April; the part of Archer by Mr Garrick, for the benefit of Mr and Mrs Mills; with a Farce and all other usual Entertainments. From your most oblig'd Servant, William Mills. Mr Mills hopes his friends who intend to honour him with their company, will be so kind as to send to him for Places, Tickets, &c., or call upon him at Mr Gardner's Printing Office in Russel St., Covent Garden; or at Hobson's at the stage door (General Advertiser). Receipts: #180 (Cross); charges, #60 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pritchard. By desire of Several Ladies of Quality. Part of the Pit and Boxes will be laid together, and servants will be admitted to keep Places on the Stage. N.B. The building on the stage is rais'd on a new plan, much more convenient than any ever yet erected, the Area of the being kept entirely clear, and the Building enclos'd so as to form distinct Boxes, like those in the Front of the House. Tickets and Places to be had of Mrs Pritchard, next the Chapel in Great Queen St., Lincoln's Inn Fields, and of Mr Hobson at the stage Door. Receipts: #250 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pritchard. By Particular Desire. Part of Pit laid into Boxes. Servants admitted to keep places on the Stage. Ladies are desired to send servants by 3 o'clock. Play to begin at 6. Tickets and places to be had of Mrs Pritchard in Great Queen Street, and at the stage door of the theatre. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Pritchard. Tickets of Mrs Pritchard in Great Queen St. Lincoln's Inn-Fields, and at Stage Door. Part of the Pit will be taken into the Boxes, and servants will be admitted to keep places on the stage. [A Complaint of the Tragic Poets, addressed to Dr Young appeared in the Public Advertiser, praising him on the Brothers: "And your last efforts prove your strength divine."] Receipts: #250 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs James and Miss Haughton. Tickets of Miss Haughton at a Grocer's, the corner of Broad Court, Bow St., Covent Garden, and of Mrs James at Mr Dale's Watch-maker in Little Wild St., and at the Stage Door. Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Tickets deliver'd by Mrs James will be taken. For ye Benefit of Mrs James, tho' her name was not put up, who is going to leave the Stage, and retire as said to a Nunnery. Mr Macklin's Oratory open'd at his house in ye Piazza (Cross). Public Advertiser 22 Nov.: At Macklin's Great Room in Hart St. Covent Garden this day...will be opened The British Inquisition. This Inquisition is upon the plan of the ancient Greek, Roman and modern French, Italian Societies@of@liberal@investigation...&c. First lecture to be on Hamlet. [See Mackliniana (2 Vols. Folger Shakespeare Library) MS notes by Isaac Reed, from the Public Advertiser, 22 Nov. Macklin's lecture series was repeated on 23, 28 Nov., 2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 28 Dec.] Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Abegg, Miss Fielding, Miss Lee. Tickets deliver'd out by Dumai, Dufour, Jarvis, Mrs Crawford, Hitchcock, Miss Brooks, and Miss Davis will be taken. [For tickets see below.] Paid Mr Day for fireworks used in the Rape from 1 March 1759 to 4 April 1761, 56 nights at 3s. per night #8 8s. (Account Book). @Name Box Pit Gallery Value 1!2 Value@Jarvis 11 72 54 #18 19s. #9 9s. 6d.@Dumay 7 40 16 #16 9s. 7d. #4 13s. 6d.@Dufour 14 37 17 #10 15s. #5 7s. 6d.@Mrs Abegg 51 206 77 #51 7s. #25 13s. 6d.@Miss Lee 6 59 67 #17 1s. #8 10s. 6d.@Miss Fielding 41 2 5 #11 1s. #5 10s. 6d.@Miss Brooks 4 34 16 #7 14s. #3 17s.@Mrs Crawford 14 17 28 #8 17s. #4 8s. 6d.@Miss Davis 32 30 33 #15 16s. #7 15s.@Mrs Hitchcock 40 71 18 #22 9s. Gratis@Total 220 568 331 #173 6s. #75 8s. 6d.@ Receipts: #30 18s. plus #75 8s. 6d. the half value of tickets (Account Book)