Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted this season. Afterpiece: A New Pantomime (2 scenes excepted). Paid one Year's assurance at the Royal Exchange for #3000 to 15 Dec. 1767, #6. Paid Duke of Bedford's half year's ground rent for theatre due Mich. last #50 minus half year's land tax of #8 6s. 8d.; total #41 13s. 4d. Paid ditto for the New Buildings adjoining the theatre #15 minus half year's land tax of #2 10s. Total #12 10s. (Account Book). [The newness of the pantomime seems, according to the Larpent MS 259, to have consisted in three new songs.] Receipts: #191 7s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Paid chorus singers 1 night #2 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #133 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Paid Mr Hurst on Acct #10 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #182 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Program By Command of their Majesties. Present their Majesties, the Duke of Cumberland, Princess of Brunswick, and Lady Louisa. Paid Yeoman of the Guard #2 2s. Paid Messrs Tomkyn and Robinson a bill for wine, &c. 4s. 3d. (Account Book). Receipts: #243 7s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Afterpiece: A New Musical Entertainment in 2 acts, words imitated from Rousseau, with his original Musick (Burney). Books of the entertainment at the Theatre, published for 1s. Paid Mr Chitty his coal bill #91 13s. and Mr Johnston's bill for guilt leather #24 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). [Advertisement to 2nd Edition, 1766: Upon rehearsing the music it has been thought necessary to retrench the Second Act for fear of satiety: for though the Airs and Dances after the reconciliation of Celia and Phoebe are by no means inferior to the rest in point of composition; yet as no other business remained to be done after that circumstance but that of mere festivity, the Editor, with some reluctance, submitted to the omission of such airs as are printed with inverted commas; which, however, are all publish'd with the music by Mr Bremner in the Strand."] Receipts: #150 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Receiv'd from a Gentleman who had too much change from the Boxes at latter account 2s. (Account Book). [In addition the House acquired twenty other sets of clothing amounting to #169 9s. 1d. See Wardrobe purchases for this year.] Receipts: #134 6s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Paid Mr Highley on Acct #50; Salary list #436. 4s.; Woman dresser one week not on list 9s.; Mathews 2 weeks not on list #3; Rec'd stopages #4 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #211 13s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Rec'd from Blackmore #6 6s. for two spring velvet suits of cloaths in his last bill. Paid John Sutherland playing the Bag Pipes in Faustus 4 nights #1 (Account Book). Receipts: #193 19s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Paid George Garrick on account #100; Chorus singers 2 nights, #5 1s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #142 2s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Paid land tax, Window, Church &c. rates #4 10s. 2d. Paid for licensing Country Girl #1 1s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #94 5s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Paid Thompson for 2 wigs in Faustus as per bill #4 5s. (Account Book). Receipts: #166 11s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Paid George Nicoll's Bill for lines [ropes] #3 18s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Neck or Nothing Published at 1s., Cunning Man published at 1s. Receipts: #100 5s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Paid Mr Wilford for 40 nights Rent money #400 (Account Book). Receipts: #174 8s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Paid Printer's Bills 2 weeks #18 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #241 9s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Rec'd from Condell for Fruit rent #20 (Account Book). Receipts: #185 19s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Paid bill for Tow #1 (Treasurer's Book). [This bill amounted to #4 10s. for the season and will not be mentioned further.] Receipts: #247 15s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Rec'd of J. Jackson for an order for 3 in the Gallery the 28th inst. 6s. Paid Sutherland for playing bag pipes in Faustus six nights #1 10s. (Account Book). [Sutherland received his five shillings a night for this performance each time Harlequin Dr Faustus was put on for the rest of the season.] Receipts: #206 16s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Paid Mr Duquesney 3 weeks not on list #9; Paid salary list #437 14s.; Rec'd stopages #4 11s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #115 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Rec'd from Squib for an order for 2 box seats at the latter account for the 27th inst. 5s. (Account Book). [In other words Squib, who was singing in the afterpiece, paid for two guests who came in after the third act of the mainpiece and got seats for half price.] Receipts: #142 15s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Mr Beard's night. Paid chorus singers 4 nights in Faustus #3 15s. 10d. (Account Book) [This was a clear' benefit as indicated by an item in the Account Book for 15 Dec.: Paid Mr Beard the total amount of the house on the 1st inst. as per agreement #234 14s. 6d.'] Receipts: #234 14s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Not acted these 2 years. [See 27 Oct. 1764.] Paid French on account #30; and Frederick for cloath #6 15s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #115 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid for a license for The Accomplish'd Maid #2 2s. and ditto for the Fairy Favour #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #161 15s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: For the Author of the Cunning Man. House charges #84. [Profit to author #92 2s.] Paid chorus singers 2 nights #5 1s. (Treasprer's Book). Receipts: #176 2s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: A New Comic Opera never perform'd before. Music by Niccolo Piccini. Intended to be performed only on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. By Mr Toms from La Buona Figliuola (Biographia Dramatica). [N.B.: The license for this opera was obtained just the day before, yet it must have been in rehearsal for about three weeks.] Receipts: #221 18s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Paid Printer's Bill #9 6s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #248 5s. (Treasurer's Book)