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Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Miller. Charges #73 7s. Profit to Miss Miller #64 14s. 6d. plus #47 1s. from tickets (Box 157; Pit 52). Cash advanc'd to Redman as per note #8 8s. (Account Book). Receipts: #138 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Dr Faustus

Dance: End: The Old ground Young, as17711030

Event Comment: Benefit for Aldridge. Charges #64 5s. Profit to Aldridge #22 12s. plus #46 15s. from tickets (Box 90; Pit 125; Gallery 55). Receipts: #86 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: II: By Particular Desire, a Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley; III: (Not done these 3 years) [a Dance call'd A Tambourine-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere [see17700501]; End I Farce: [a Hornpipe-Miss Matthews

Ballet: End: (For That Night Only) a New Grand Pantomimical Dance call'd The Recruits. Recruiting Captain-Aldridge; Drummer-Mas. Harris; Serjeant-Hussey; Soldiers, recruits-Petre, King, Settree, Merrifield, Holloway; Captain's Lady-Sga Manesiere; Landlady-Mrs White; Landlady's Daughter-Miss Twist; Soldiers, wives, country girls-Mrs Willems, Mrs Hartle, Mrs Invill, Miss Stede, Miss Lawrence

Event Comment: Benefit for Dibdin. Paid Duke of Bedford half year's rent to Lady Day last (#182 10s. Taxes allowed #25 7s.) #157 3s.; Subscription to St George's Hospital 1 year to Lady Day, #10 10s.; Mr Calthorpe's 2nd and last payment #157 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #134 2s. Charges: #68 15s. Profits to Dibdin: #65 12s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Song: End: Several Catches and Glees, part of which will be entirely New, Composed-Dibdin, for that evening, and Part selected from the most admired Composers

Dance: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Baker. Charge #70 19s. Profit to Mrs Baker #13 18s. 6d., plus #66 19s. from tickets (Box 93; Pit 208; Gallery 125) (Account Book). [The Young Gentlewoman-Miss Dayes (Hogan).] Receipts: #84 17s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Monologue: True Blue. As 21 April, but Principal Parts-Mrs Baker, Mrs _Mattocks (playbill)

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Rec'd stopages #11 15s. 6d.; From Sinking Fund, 1st, #157 10s. (Treasurer's Book). [N.B. this last bookkeeping transfer seems to have enabled treasurer to pay off Mr Calthorpe. See 1 May 1772.] Paid Salary list #497 18s. 6d.; Mrs Abington's cloaths acct #2; Mr S. French #1 10s.; Master Brown 3 nights #1 2s. 6d. Receipts: #140 9s. 6d. Charges: #58 16s. 6d. Profits to Bannister: #81 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Entertainment: IV: Scrub's Trip to the Jubilee, as17720427 (for that Night only) a Variety of Imitations-Bannister

Dance: End: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer. Mainpiece: Not acted these 12 years. Rec'd Mr Stevens 1 year's rent to Lady Day last (taxes deducted #13 3s. 8d.) #3 6s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Mrs Barry Isabella (1st time) great Applause (Hopkins Diary). Burton died on Sunday 3 May (Winston MS 10). Receipts: #158 15s. Charges: #64 17s. Profit to J. Palmer: #93 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Isabella Or The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of the Turf

Dance: II: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Entertainment: V: The entertainment A Picture of the Playhouse or Bucks Have at ye All-Palmer

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire, and for the only time this season, acted but once these 30 years. [See 24 April 1771.] Charges #65 15s. 6d. Deficit to Hull 9s. 6d., covered by #64 from tickets (Box 118; Pit 154; Gallery 114). Paid Mrs Carne half year's salary to Lady Day last #15 (Account Book). Receipts: #65 6s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale As Written By shakespeare

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: I: New Dance-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley, as17720409

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Green. Mainpiece: Acted there but once. Charges #66 7s. 6d. Profit to Mrs Green #19 10s., plus #52 15s. 8d. from tickets (Box 116; Pit 113; Gallery 68) (Account Book). Receipts: #85 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Country Madcap

Monologue: True Blue. As 2 May

Song: I: Ailen Aroon-Mrs Woodman, as17720429

Dance: II: Minuet-Aldridge, Mrs Mattocks By Particular Desire

Event Comment: Mrs Usher Alicia (very bad) (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for Grimaldi, Messink and Giorgi. Paid half year's King's Tax and Window Lights for St Martin's to Lady Day last, #48 3s. 4d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #205 9s. Charges: #40 13s. Profits to Grimaldi, Messink & Georgi: #164 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Invasion

Dance: II: A New Double Hornpipe-Mas. White, Miss Lings; IV: New Tambourine Dance-Mas. Byrn, Miss Byrn, Miss Wilkinson, scholars to Sg Giorgi (playbill)

Event Comment: Benefit for Champness and Mrs Scott. Receipts: #125 13s. 6d. Charges: #37 12s. 6d. Profits to Champness & Mrs Scott: #88 1s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of the Turf

Song: II: A Song-Mrs Scott; V: The Favourite Song of Mad Bess, composed by Purcell-Mrs Scott

Dance: IV: A Hornpipe-A Child seven years old, a scholar of Sg Tassoni, her 1st appearance

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs DuBellamy. Tickets to be had of DuBellamy in Wild-Court, Great Wild-Street, at the Rainbow Coffee House, Cornhill and of Mr Sarjant at the stage door. Charges #64 10s. Deficit to the DuBellamy's #20 12s., cover'd by income from tickets #189 14s. (Box 449; Pit 475; Gallery 62) (Account Book). Receipts: #43 18s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Song: II: By Particular Desire The Rapture-DuBellamy

Event Comment: Benefit for Crofts. [His profit remarkable considering his uniformly bad press in Theatrical Review.] Paid Printer's Bill #9 6s.; Black Lyon Bill #4 5s. 3d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #179 5s. 6d. Charges: #49 10s. 6d. Profits to Croft: #129 15s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce Is in Him

Dance: III: The Sailors Revels, as17711008

Event Comment: Benefit for Wroughton. Charges #70 15s. Profit to Rotten [so spelled in Account Book #15 7s. 6d., plus #31 from tickets (Box 76; Pit 80) (Account Book). Receipts: #86 2s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Event Comment: Benefit for Lewes. Mainpiece: Not acted these 6 years. [See 23 Jan. 1767.] Charges #68 2s. Deficit to Lee Lewes #3 4s. 6d., cover'd by #149 18s. from tickets (Box 206; Pit 414; Gallery 363). Receipts: #64 17s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alls Well That Ends Well

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Dance: I: By Particular Desire a Minuet-Fishar, Miss Macklin; II: The Old ground Young, as17711030

Event Comment: Leonora-Miss Rogers for first time-O Horrible! most Horrible'. (Theatrical Review). Leonora 1st time Miss Rogers very pretty & got Applause (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for $J. Aickin, Miss Rogers. Rec'd Stopages, #11 2s. 6d.; From Mr Hopkins, on Acct, #16 10s.; From Mr Clutterbuck, #200; from Sinking Fund #126 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #156 6s. 6d. Charges: #48 8s. 6d. Profit to Aickin & Miss Rogers: #107 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Clandestine Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

Dance: End of Play: By Particular Desire, The Louvre, Minuet-Noverre, Miss Rogers his scholar

Event Comment: Benefit for Morris and Perry. Charges #68 10s. 6d. Deficit to Perry and Morris #5 4s. 6d. each, cover'd by income from tickets: Perry, #34 3s. (Box 32; Pit 109; Gallery 98); Morris, #62 16s. (Box 44; Pit 178; Gallery 251). Receipts: #58 1s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Dance: III: Comic Dance (with Allemande), as17711031

Event Comment: Mrs King being to Quit the Stage at the end of this Season Mr G. kindly play'd for her Benefit great Applause (Hopkins Diary). Benefit for King. Pit and Boxes laid together. Paid salary list #494 18s. 6d.; Mrs Abington's Cloaths acct #2; Mr S. French, 6 days #1 10s. Receipts: #287 6s. Charges: #64 4s. Profits to Mrs King: #223 2s. [Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Dance: V: A Minuet-Giorgi, Mrs King

Event Comment: Benefit for Bransby & Widow Burton. Tickets deliver'd for the Benefit of Mr Burton will be taken. Receipts: #165 5s. 6d. Charges: #64 6s. 6d. Profits to Bransby & Widow Burton: #100 19s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Entertainment: V: Scrub's Trip, as17720427

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr and Mrs Kniveton. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years (playbill). [See 30 April 1770]. Charges #66 12s. Profit to the Kniveton's #14 17s., plus #68 19s. from tickets (Box 86; Pit 209; Gallery 161) (Account Book). Receipts: #81 9s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Entertainment: End: Interlude taken from Foote's Comedy of Taste: Lady Pentweazle-The Young Gentleman (who performed it last year at Drury Lane Theatre)

Ballet: II: The Wapping Landlady. As17720424[Sixfold Hornpipe, as17720424

Event Comment: Benefit for Jefferson. Mainpiece: Not played in 12 Years. [See 16 May 1760.] Paid half year's cleansing & Lighting to Lady Day Last for St Martin's #10 2s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #116. Charges: #64 4s. Profit to Jefferson: #51 16s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal Or The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: The Register Office

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. The Commissary oblig'd to be deferr'd on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. Charges #66 8s. Profit to Quick #2 3s. 6d., plus #85 15s. from tickets (Box 69; Pit 318; Gallery 208). Receipts: #68 11s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: End: A Comic Dance, as17711017

Event Comment: Benefit for Brereton. Paid Mr Roberts, shoemaker #12 18s. 4d.; Rec'd from Mr C. Roberts half year's rent to Mich. last #5 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #116 9s. Charges: #67 6s. Profits to Brereton: #49 3s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral Or Grief A La Mode

Afterpiece Title: A Trip to Scotland

Dance: II: By Desire, Hornpipe-Tassoni's 7-year-old scholar, her second appearance on any stage

Song: End: Several Catches and Glees-, some composed by Dibdin

Event Comment: Benefit for Gardner and R. Smith. Mrs Gardner's Indisposition preventing her from performing this evening, she hopes she shall be excused by her friends. [She was to have played Catherine in Afterpiece according to advance notice of 4 May.] Charges #64 10s. Deficit to each benefiticiary #15 6s. 6d., cover'd by income from tickets: Gardner, #61 1s. (Box 118; Pit 101; Gallery 164); Smith, #64 19s. (Box 35; Pit 264; Gallery 166). Paid half year's Land Tax for the Theatre due Lady day last, #61 5s.; paid ditto for window lights, #6 10s. 6d.; Paid ditto for House in Bow Passage #2 3s. 9d. and for its window lights 15s. Receipts: #33 17s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: Comic Dance, as17711031; IV: A Tambourine, as17720501

Event Comment: House (Hopkins Diary). Doors open at 5 o'clock. Play to begin promptly at six. Paid Printer's Bill #9 6s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #236 18s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Grecian Daughter

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Fitzgerald. Paid 2 extra hautboys in Rehearsal 31 March, 10s.; 8 extra trumpets in The Garter 4th March, #3. Receipts: #66 19s. 6d. Charges: #70 8s. 6d. Deficit to Mrs Fitzgerald: #3 9s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymon

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock