*p1776 05 07 dl The Stratagem. ^As17751223^, but Scrub-Yates; Gypsy-Miss Platt.*a1776 05 07 dl The Man of Quality. ^As17760328^ but Parts-<i>Everard for $Marr</i>.*d1776 05 07 dl IV: <i>The Irish Fair</i>, ^as17751003^.*c1776 05 07 dl Benefit for $Mrs Abington=. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Garrick's last time of performing <i>Archer</i>r . Pit and Boxes will be laid together. Ladies and Gentlemen most earnestly requested to come early (playbill). Mrs Abington having wrote to $Mr Garrick= that she intended to quit the Stage at the End of the Season never to return to it again, he very kindly play'd for her Benefit (<i>Hopkins Diary</i>). Tickets deliver'd for <i>Much Ado</i> will be taken. Attempted to get into <i>Drury Lane Theatre</i> to see Mr Garrick in the character of Archer, but the crowd was so great that after suffering thumps, squeezes and almost suffocation for two hours, I was oblig'd to retire without effecting it (<i>Hampden, Journal</i>). Receipts: #129 19s. 6d. Charges: #65 7s. 6d. Profits to Mrs Abington: #64 12s. (Treasurer's Book).