*p1774 09 17 dl The Drummer. Tinsel-Dodd; Sir George-J. Aickin; Vellum-Parsons; Fantom-Packer; Butler-Baddeley; Gardener-Weston; Coachman-Moody; Lady Trueman-Mrs Hopkins; Abingail-Miss Pope.*a1774 09 17 dl The Meeting of the Company. Parts-King, Weston, Parsons, Aickin, Hurst, Bransby, Wright, Ackman, Miss Platt. Bayes-King; Weston-Weston; Parsons-Parsons; Patent-Aickin; Hurst=-Hurst; Prompter-Ackman; Phill-Wright; Miss Platt-Miss Platt (character assignments tentative based on <i>Huntington Library</i> MS).*a1774 09 17 dl The Irish Widow. Whittle-Parsons; Kecksey-Dodd; Sir Patrick-Moody; Bates-Baddeley; Newphew-Cautherly; Thomas-Weston; Widow (With an <i>Epilogue</i> Song)-Mrs Greville.*d1774 09 17 dl I: <i>The Irish Fair</i>-Atkins, Mrs Sutton.*c1774 09 17 dl A new short Introductory Piece before a play [<i>The Meeting of the Company</i>]. This new Prelude call'd <i>The Meeting of the Company or Bayes' Art of Acting</i> by D. G. Esq--it is full of fine Satyr & an Excellent Lesson to all performers, it was receiv'd with very great Applause (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). [$MacMillan='s note from $Kemble= differs slightly in the wording. The salaries this season were #94 7s. 8d. per day; #566 6s. per week. Kemble's note as to total receipts is short by 8 pence.] Prices: Box 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. [Unfavorable review of <i>Meeting of the Company</i> in <i>The Westminster Magazine</i> (Sept., p. 472). The actor Aickin referred to this season is $J. Aickin=. $Francis Aickin= left <i>dl</i> before the beginning of this season. He was dismissed by $Garrick= in May. See $Booden=, <i>Private Correspondence of David Garrick</i>, I, 651-55.] Paid Renters #8; Advanced $Mr Watson= (box office keeper) #10; Ditto to $Mr Mortimer= (box office keeper) #15 (Treasurer's Book). [The funds to the box office keepers was operating cash which was returned 29 May 1775. Payment to Renters was same for each acting night until the eighty-eighth night (9 Jan. 1775) when it dropped to #4 nightly, since half of the stock holders (the Old Renters) were paid up by that time. The remaining 100 nights of the season plus 11 Oratorio nights yielded #448 to the Renters. No further mention of this item of expense will be made this season.] Total to Renters #1,152. Receipts: #212 14s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book).