Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. [1st piece in place of Look before You Leap, advertised on playbill of 10 Apr. This new farce was withdrawn from cg, and 1st acted at the hay, 22 Aug. 1788.] 2nd piece: In 3 acts. General Advertiser, 5 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr, No. 28, Great Pultney-street. Receipts: #260 17s. (152.9; 3.17; tickets: 104.11)

Event Comment: A New Comic Opera (never performed [in London; 1st performed at Vienna, 1786]); the Music by Martini [i.e. Martin y Soler], under the direction of Mazzinghi. Pit 10s. 6d. 1st Gallery 5s. 2nd Gallery 3s. Those Subscribers of last season who have not yet signified their intention respecting the retaining of their Boxes are respectfully requested to send their names, in writing, to the Treasurer's office in Union-court, Hay-market, on or before Thursday next, the 15th inst., or the Manager will be under the necessity of disposing of the Boxes. Subscriptions are received and Tickets delivered as usual, at Messrs Ransom, Morland and Hammersley, No. 57, Pall-Mall. All persons claiming admission into the Opera House by Silver Tickets or Renters' Shares are requested to send the same to the Treasurer's Office as early as may be, that they may be examined and properly certified, otherwise they cannot be admitted. The Doors to be opened at 6:30. To begin at 7:30 [same throughout opera season]

Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Saulnier. The Gentlemen of the Orchestra are requested to attend at twelve o'clock the Rehearsal of the new Ballet for this Evening. World, 12 May: Tickets to be had of Mlle Saulnier, No. 34, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross

Event Comment: Benefit for Wrighten, prompter. 3rd piece [1st time; M I, author unknown. Music selected from Dr Arne. MS: Larpent 833 (which notes, "The words partly new and partly compiled. In Commemoration of the Restoration of His Majesty's Health"); not published]. Public Advertiser, 18 May: Tickets to be had of Wrighten, No. 6, Little Russel Street. Tickets delivered for the 20th will be admitted. Receipts: #278 17s. 6d. (48.2.0; 13.17.0; 0.17.6; tickets: 216.1.0) (charge: #106 13s. 7d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Delpini. 3rd piece: 1st time at that Theatre [1st acted at the Royalty, 13 Aug. 1787]. Delpini's Grand, Tragic, Comic, Pantomimical Entertainment in 2 acts. With new Dresses and Decorations. The Music composed by Gluck, the Airs and Duett by Reeve. Public Advertiser, 9 May: Tickets to be had of Delpini, No. 17, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden. Receipts: #224 11s. (114.2; 7.18; tickets: 102.11)

Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Storace. A new Comic Opera, as originally performed at the Courts of Petersburgh and Vienna; the Music by Paisiello. Tickets to be had of Sga Storace, No. 23, Howland-street, Rathbone-place

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by John Philip Kemble]: Taken from [The Rover, by] Mrs Behn, with considerable Alterations. With new Dresses and Decorations. Receipts: #165 14s. 6d. (133.8.0; 31.14.0; 0.12.6)

Event Comment: Benefit for Baddeley. 2nd piece [1st time; INT 1, probably by Robert Baddeley. Larpent MS 865; not published]. Public Advertiser, 20 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Baddeley, No. 10, New Store-street, Bedford Square. Receipts: #320 9s. 6d. (94.18.0; 16.5.0; 0.12.6; tickets: 208.14.0) (charge: #117 10s. 6d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Labourie. Smith, 15: The Favourite Opera Dances for the year 1790...selected by F. Chabran contains selections from the previously mentioned ballets and Lauretta. This last title does not appear in newspaper records, but it was doubtless the "new ballet" announced for 22 April and subsequently

Event Comment: Benefit for Blake. Tickets to be had of Blake, No. 60, Haymarket. 2nd ballet: With entire new scenery painted by Gaetano Marinari

Event Comment: [2nd ballet: 1st produced by D'Auberval at Bordeaux in 1786. This appears to be a new version.

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera; composed by Paisiello, under the direction of Mazzinghi. [The full name of this opera is L'Amore Contrastato; ossia, La Molinarella (see king's, 6 Dec. 1794).

Event Comment: Benefit for Wild. 1st piece: Written originally by Shakspeare [see E. K. Chambers,@William@Shakespeare, 1930, I, 539-42], and revised by Theobald. Not acted these 26 years [acted 6 May 1767. Hoy is identified in Not. Dram.]. 2nd piece [1st time; P 1, by Mark Lonsdale; music by William Reeve. Not in Larpent MS; not published]: Being partly new, and partly selected from the much admired Pantomimes of the Rival Knights, Provocation, &c. &c. Oracle, 26 May: Tickets to be had of Wild, No. 31, Long-Acre. Receipts: #188 15s. (47.5; 7.16; tickets: 133.14)

Event Comment: A New Comic Opera; compsoed by Pietro Guglielmi; under the direction of Mazzinghi. Pit Half a Guinea. Gallery 5s. No Money to be returned. The Doors to be opened at 6:30. To begin at 7:30 precisely [see 14 Feb. 1792]. The Nobility and Gentry are intreated to give particular Orders to their Coachmen to set down and take up with their Horses' Heads towards Hyde Park. The Door in Blenheim Mews will be shut during the Performance and opened only for the Company to go in Chairs. Subscriptions are received at Messrs Ransom, Morland and Hammersly's, No. 57, Pall-mall. And the Nobility and Gentry are earnestly requested to send a complete List of the Subscribers to their respective Boxes as soon as possible, since (by express Orders) no Person, on any account, can be admitted without producing a proper Ticket

Event Comment: 2nd ballet: With new Dresses, Scenes and Decorations. "The Simonets were very unexpectedly introduced as vocal performers; they sung a duet in the Seraglio Scene, accompanied on the harp by young Meyer, which was very pleasing" (Morning Herald, 16 Apr.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Wells. [New Address by Edward Topham (European Magazine, May 1792, p. 389, which also identifies the speaker).] Receipts: #202 19s. (137.12.6; 6.3.0; tickets: 59.4.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: It having appeared to be the Sense of a considerable Part of the Audience on Monday Night that the One Shilling Gallery should be restored, the Proprietor has already given Directions that their Wishes may be obeyed with all possible Expedition. With respect to the other Point, upon which some difference of Opinion still continued throughout the Performance, it is necessary to declare, that without absolute Ruin to the Property, this Theatre cannot be opened at lower Prices of Admission. The Proprietor therefore relies with Confidence on the Justice and Protection of the Public should any Attempt be made again to interrupt the Performance upon this Ground. [The new Upper, or One-Shilling, Gallery was constructed within two weeks, and opened on 1 Oct. The audience accepted The argument for the necessity of raising the prices of admission, which, as they now stood, remained in effect for the remainder of the century. 2nd piece in place of The Suspicious Husband, advertised on playbill of 17 Sept.] Receipts: none listed

Event Comment: Diary, 3 June: synopsis of action of new ballet

Event Comment: [Mrs Pollock's 1st two appearances were on 24 Nov. 1792 and 14 Jan. 1793.] Afterpiece: Not acted these 3 years. Being a Collection of Favorite Scenes from the following celebrated Pantomimes: Harlequin Sorcerer, Mother Shipton, Choice of Harlequin, Lord Mayor's Day, Druids, Fryar Bacon, Harlequin Freemason, Norwood Gipsies, Omai, Magic Cavern, Harlequin Rambler. [Synopsis of Entertainment in Public Advertiser, 3 Oct.] Receipts: #261 11s. (245.5; 16.6)

Event Comment: Benefit for Johnstone. 1st piece [1st time; C 5, by William Macready, based on The Artful Husband, by William Taverner. Prologue by William Thomas Fitzgerald. Epilogue by Robert Houlton (see text)]. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1, author unknown. Larpent MS 1076; not published]: The Music part new and part compiled by Shield. Morning Herald, 4 June 1795: This Day is published The Bank Note (2s.). Morning Chronicle, 18 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Johnstone, No. 19, Piazza, Covent-garden. Receipts: #434 19s. 6d. (168.1.0; 8.0.6; tickets: 258.18.0)

Event Comment: First Night of the 2nd Subscription. Ballet: With entire new Scenes, Dresses and Decorations [see 20 June]