Event Comment: By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Receipts: #100 (Cross); #76 4s. 6d. (Powel)

Event Comment: At the Great Tiled Booth [Bowling Green?]. By particular desire...By the same Company that performed The Busy Body on Monday night (Daily Advertiser)

Event Comment: At the Great Til'd Booth, Blackheath (Daily Advertiser)

Event Comment: The Play of the Spanish Fryar is deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of a Principal Performer. Receipts: #93 13s. 6d

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: Paid to Sun Fire Office Insurance #15; Paid for a poker and shovel 5s. (Treasurer's Book). [This policy was doubltless similar to No 109085 dated 29 July 1747 issued to James Lacy and David Garrick Esq. Patentees of His Majesties Company of Comedians of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, for #4,000: "On the Goods and Furniture, Wardrobe Apparel, Machines and Scenes, not valued as pictures, in the House, Dressing Rooms, Wardrobe, and Scene Rooms, of the said Theatre Royal, adjoining togethe r and situate in Drury Lane aforesaid and not elsewhere, not exceeding #4,000...Note: Except such Loss and Damage as may happen by any Fire occasioned by means of any representation in any Play or Farce or in any Rehearsal of the same." (From copy of original policy, by courtesy J. A. Miller, Esq. General Manager, Sun Insurance Office Ltd., sent me in ltr. dated 5 July 1951.)] Receipts: #110 (Cross). #104 5s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Paid Carpue (Silk Dyer) #2; Xmas Box to King's Marshal's man 10s. 6d.; Mr Woodward a bill #25; Clutterbuck #57 6s.; Mr Miller (Shoemaker) #5 6d.; Scott (Copper laceman) #19 3s.; Cross for licenser #2 2s. (Treasurer's Book). This day is publish'd, The Chaplet, a Musical Entertainment at 6d. as it is now performing with great applause, at Drury Lane Theatre. Sold by Cooper in Paternoster Row. Receipts: #180 (Cross); #165 8s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Paid Norton 4 Chorus #1 (Treasurer's Book). This month publish'd An Impartial Statement of the case of the French Players. Printed for Spavan (Gentleman's Magazine, Register of Books). Receipts: #160 (Cross); #126 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. We Hear that at Drury Lane is now in rehearsal and will shortly be perform'd a New Musical Entertainment call'd Don Saverio. The Music composed by Mr Arne (General Advertiser). Author of Merope [Aaron Hill] confin'd to his bed (Winston MS 7). Paid Cross for playing Young Worthy #1 1s. [See 26 Jan.]; Paid Salary list #254 3s. 9d.; Norton 4 chorus #1 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #200 (Cross); #142 17s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for ye Author put up by the Prince's Command but he did not come--ye Author [Aron Hill] dy'd on Wed last (Cross). Tickets to be had of Mr Miller over against Catherine St. in Strand. [For a short account of Hill, his death, his work, See Genest, IV, 295.] Payment this night to Norton #1 10s. for 2 chorus last night and 4 this. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #170 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: [Pages covering this date missing from Treasurer's Book.] Tomorrow at 12 o'clock will be publish'd Don Saverio: A Musical Drama, as it is performed at Drury Lane. The Music composed by Mr Arne. Printed for John Watts, and sold by him at the Printing Office in Wild Court, near Lincoln's Inn Fields (General Advertiser). Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Woffington. Mainpiece: Not acted these 30 years. Afterpiece: Not acted these 5 years. For the better accommodation of the ladies, the stage will be enclosed and formed into Front and Side Boxes, where servants will be allowed to keep Places. Ladies are desired to send Servants by 3 o'clock. Charges: #60

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: A concert, etc. Benefit for Mrs Rachel Hooper, who perform'd Six Years ago at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's Inn Fields. [Earlier bills listed The Recruiting Officer for this night. Today's bill calls only for a concert.] To begin at six o'clock. (Daily Advertiser)