Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 28 May 1784]. "We see the present rising theatrical generation swinging back with a vengeance to rant and mouthing. The natural and just medium introduced by Garrick seems already forgotten, and speaking no longer deemed a requisite for the stage . . . But last night in Richard Holman was not more violent than the character required him to be" (Public Advertiser, 6 Dec). Receipts: #147 1s. 6d. (143/14/6; 3/7/0)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 8 May 1784. Mrs Abington's 1st appearance as Lady Sadlife was at DL, 16 Jan. 1770]. Receipts: #193 9s. (189/15; 3/14)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Duenna, announced on playbill of 7 Dec. In afterpiece the playbill retains Mrs Morton, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Inchbald. And see 10 Dec.] Receipts: #85 6s. 6d. (82/16/6; 2/10/0)

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by James Cobb]: Some of the Airs compiled from the best Masters [Purcell, Sacchini, et al.]; the rest of the Music, the Overture, Accompaniments, &c. by Linley [Sen.]. [The scenery by Greenwood {Public Advertiser, 15 Dec). In 1792 this opera was altered by the author as The Algerine Slave.] Public Advertiser, 11 Jan. 1786: This Day is published The Strangers at Home (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #200 1s. (183/6/0; 16/10/0; 0/5/0)

Event Comment: [In afterpiece the playbill retains Cubitt as Noodle, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Brett.] Receipts: #134 2s. 6d. (124/17/0; 9/5/6)

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Books of the Songs of the Opera to be had at the Theatre. Receipts: #232 13s. (206/4; 27/5; 1/4; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. [Mrs Warren is identified by MS annotation on Kemble playbill. In afterpiece "Mrs Inchbald had the satisfaction of speaking, vice Mrs Morton, her own neat dialogue" (Public Advertiser, 12 Dec.).] Receipts: #203 16s. 6d. (200/10/6; 3/6/0)

Event Comment: [Mrs Wells was from the HAY.] Afterpiece: Never performed here. [Prologue by Miles Peter Andrews.] Receipts: #204 2s. (197/13; 6/9)

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Receipts: #181 1s. 6d. (158/8/0; 21/6/6; 1/7/0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: [The playbill announces The Strangers at Home and The Romp, but "The Beggar's Opera, with The Humourist [were substituted], on account of Mrs Jordan's being too much indisposed to appear in the new opera and The Romp" (Public Advertiser, 19 Dec.).] Receipts: #162 3s. (125/9/0; 35/8/6; 1/5/6)

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Mrs Ward as Lady Sneerwell, but on the Kemble playbill a MS annotation substitutes Mrs Inchbald.] Receipts: #209 11s. 6d. (176/14/0; 32/16/0; 0/1/6)

Event Comment: Paid Nicholl for ropes #18 lis. Receipts: #240 15s. 6d. (211/15/0; 27/5/6; 1/15/0)

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Mrs Wells, but she "was so ill last night that she could not perform the part of Jane Shore. It was undertaken by Mrs T. Kennedy" (Public Advertiser, 21 Dec.).] Afterpiece [1st time; P 2, by John O'Keeffe]: The Pantomime, and the whole of the Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, &c. designed and invented by Loutherbourg, and executed under his superintendance and direction by Richards, Carver, Hodgins, Catton Jun., Turner, assisted by two other celebrated artists [all subsequent playbills have "a celebrated artist"; he was the Rev. Matthew William Peters (Public Advertiser, 16 Dec.)]. The Music entirely new, composed by Shield. Books containing a short account of the Pantomime, as well as the Recitatives, Airs, Duets, Trios and Chorusses, and a Description of the Procession, to be had at the Theatre. Nothing under Full Price will be taken. [This was the last theatrical piece for which De Loutherbourg designed the scenery. For a detailed account of it see "De Loutherbourg and Captain Cook", by Ralph G. Allen, Theatre Research, IV, 195-211.] Account-Book, 17 Oct.: Paid De Loutherbourg on acct. #120; 20 Dec.: Paid Goodwin for copying Music #10 14s.; 14 Feb. 1786: Paid O'Keeffe in full for Omai #40. Receipts: #309 19s. (302/7; 7/12)

Event Comment: Paid the Duke of Bedford 1/2 Yrs Rent #171 12s. 10d. Receipts: #203 11s. 6d. (166/12/0; 35/3/6; 1/16/0)

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #249 15s. 6d. (205/6/0; 42/9/6; 2/0/0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: [Kemble's 1st appearance as Osman was in Dublin (Genest, VI, 295).] Afterpiece [1st time; P 2 (?), by James Cobb and Thomas King]: Partly formed on the Plan of the Italian Comedy, and embellished with Music and Machinery. The paintings by Greenwood. The Music compiled and composed by Linley [Sen.]. Nothing under Full Price will be taken. Books of the Songs [which assign no parts], Introduction, &c. to be had at the Theatre. [Synopsis of action in Universal Magazine, Dec. 1785, p. 335.] Account-Book, 31 Jan. 1786: Paid King for Hurly-Burly #165. Receipts: #181 2s. (174/17; 6/5)

Event Comment: Afterpiece: With a Procession of the Inhabitants of Otaheite, New Zealand, Tanna, Marquesas, the Friendly, Sandwich, and Easter Islands, Tschutzki, Siberia, Kamtschatka, Nootka Sound, Onalashka, Prince William's Sound, and the other Countries visited by Captain Cook, exactly representing their Dresses and Weapons. Receipts: #237 19s. (231/16; 6/3)

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the parts are assigned; and see 26 Oct.] Receipts: #254 15s. (248/15; 6/0)

Event Comment: [In mainpiece the playbill retains Dodd as Autolicus, but "The sudden indisposition of Dodd rendered it necessary that the part of Autolicus could be only read [by whom it is not stated]" (Morning Post, 30 Dec.).] Afterpiece: With Harlequin's Voyage; or, The Magic Mirror. To conclude with a Splendid Representation of the Fairy's Palace. [This notice is included in all subsequent playbills.] Receipts: #167 7s. (157/14; 9/13)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [acted 20 Mar. 1784]. Receipts: #218 2s. (214/13; 3/9)

Event Comment: [The playbill announces The Country Girl and Hurly-Burly, but "in consequence of poor King and his gout, and the absence of Grimaldi, the Country Girl and the Pantomime were changed, and into something better, viz. Twelfth Night and the Romp" (Morning Chronicle, 5 Jan.).] Receipts: #194 17s. (178/13; 15/1; 1/3)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Strangers at Home,announced on playbill of 3 Jan.] Receipts: #146 15s. (111/5; 34/5; 1/5)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With a Grand Procession of the different Orders of Knights of Chivalry. Receipts: #121 5s. 6d. (82/5/0; 36/4/6; 1/18/6; tickets not come in: 0/17/6)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [so stated on playbill of 6 Jan.; acted 26 May 1784]. Receipts: #200 17s. (196/16; 4/1)

Event Comment: "[Mrs Jordan] plays Miss Hoyden with great effect . . . but the character in her hands is only the Romp in other situations . . . We never saw anything more naturally assumed, or more agreeably wicked, if we may so phrase it, than the whole of [Miss Farren's] deportment in her scenes with Loveless" (Morning Chronicle, 11 Jan.). Receipts: #215 3s. (212/9; 2/14)