Event Comment: See Tatler, 26 May. [In Daily Courant, 24 May, William Bowen announced that The Stratagem, advertised for this day as his benefit, is deferred and that tickets for it will be accepted on 1 June at Sganarell; or, The Cuckold in Conceit.

Event Comment: Benefit Leigh. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Event Comment: Benefit Bowen. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. For the Entertainment of his Excellency Don Joseph Diaz, Ambassador extraordinary from Muley Ismael Ben Shreif Elhossemy, Emperor of Morocco. [In Daily Courant, 1 June: "The Play-House at Dorset-Stairs is now pulling down."

Event Comment: Post Boy, 13-15 Sept.: On Tuesday, the 7th [sic] instant, in Drury-Lane, when the Players were just going to act, but were, by Order from their Superiors, stopp'd from farther Proceeding; so that they were, to their great Mortification, forced to dismiss their publick Auditors. [See also Female Tatler, 12 Sept.

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

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Event Comment: Written by the late Duke of Buckingham

Event Comment: Mainpiece: As it was alter'd by the late Duke of Buckingham

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. With proper Scenes and Cloaths

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: With the Comical Interlude of Floro and Blesa set to Musick by the famous Signior Bononcini. [In Daily Courant, 15 March, the premiere of Hydaspes had been announced for this day.

Event Comment: The Third piece: A Comical Masque of Musick

Event Comment: Benefit Estcourt. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. London in 1710 (pp. 138-39): On this occasion the actors represented a prodigiously satirical Interscenium, which was not to be found in the printed copy of the play....In this interlude a troop of soldiers came on, singing at the top of their voices an English song which had been made by the army in Flanders about the Duke of Marlborough. In it Prince Eugene is praised for his open-handedness, while Marlborough, on the other hand, is blamed for his avarice, so that every verse ended: 'but Marlborough not a penny.' The people, who are very bitter against the whole family, even the Duke himself, laughed prodigiously, and bandied about monstrous insults, although Marlborough's daughter, the Duchess of Montagu, was herself at the play and was so greatly shamed that she was covered with blushes....When the song was at an end, there was such a clapping and yelling that the actors were unable to proceed for nearly a quarter of an hour

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Rogers. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies and Gentlemen