Event Comment: Benefit for Edwin. Mainpiece: By Permission of George Colman, Esq. [the holder of the copyright]. Public Advertiser, 24 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Edwin, No. 19, Piazza, Covent-garden. Receipts: #386 7s., as follows: money taken at the doors was #256.0.6, on which he paid charge of #100.11.6, leaving a balance due him of #155.9.0, which he was paid on 7 Apr.; after money, #4.8.6, was retained by the theatre; he sold 411 box tickets, 83 pit tickets, 107 gallery tickets for #125.18.0, free of charge; his total profit therefore was #281.7.0

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The Wonder, advertised on playbill of 26 Mar.] Receipts: #199 16s. (148.19.0; 50.2.0; 0.12.6; ticket not come in: 0.2.6)

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Brunton. Mainpiece: Written by Sheridan. Public Advertiser, 13 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Brunton, No. 5, George-street, York-buildings. Receipts: #260 18s. 6d. (156.12.0; 7.1.6; tickets: 87.5.0)

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Kennedy. [Mrs Ferguson is identified in Gazetteer, 1 Apr.] Receipts: #293 15s. 6d. (143.4.0; 3.8.6; tickets: 147.3.0)

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; T 5, by Bertie Greatheed. Prologue by the Rev. David Williames. Epilogue by Hester Lynch Piozzi (see text)]: With new Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. Public Advertiser, 20 May 1788: This Day is published The Regent (1s. 6d.). Afterpiece: Not acted these 12 years [acted 29 May 1779]. "I do think that Mrs Siddons for Vigour of Action, pathetic Tone of Voice, & a sort of Radiance which comes round her in Scenes where strong heroic Virtues are displayed, never had her Equal" (Thraliana, II, 715). Receipts: #226 13s. (211.1; 14.4; O.18; tickets not come in:0.10)

Event Comment: The Manager of the Opera House hopes for the Indulgence of the Public, in laying before them the great Complaints which have been made to him, on account of Invoncenience in the Entertainments, arising from the enormous Caps and Bonnets which several Ladies make it a Practice to appear in, within the Pit of this Theatre, excluding thereby that Part which is presentdd from the Dancing in a great Degree. The Manager is therefore under the Necessity of soliciting the Ladies to take the same into their Consideration, and humbly presumes for their Indulgence on the Occasion. Receipts: #246 8s. [non-subscription]

Event Comment: Benefit for Dodd. Mainpiece: Not acted these 14 years [acted 16 Apr. 1779]. Receipts: #264 11s. (72.9.0; 19.18.6; 1.7.6; tickets: 170.16.0) (charge: #111 12s. 7d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Quick. Mainpiece: With (1st time) Alterations and Additions by the Author [John O'Keeffe]. The Overture, Airs, &c. by Dr Arnold. The selected [music] by Handel, Vento, Giordani, Bertoni, Dr Arne, and Carolan. The new additional Songs by Shield. Public Advertiser, 22 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Quick, Broad-court, Bow-street, Covent-garden. Receipts: #325 8s. 6d. (164.6.6; 3.19.0; tickets: 157.3.0)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. [In mainpiece Squire Tally-ho is assigned to Edwin, and he is also listed as acting in the afterpiece, but "On the night of Mrs Mattocks' benefit [he] absented himself from the theatre, and at his next appearance [on 4 Apr.] was obliged to make an apology" (Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1788, p. 188). Who substituted for him, in both pieces, has not come to light.] Receipts: #249 15s. (180.3.6; 4.7.6; tickets: 65.4.0)

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Pope. Public Advertiser, 22 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Miss Pope, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's Inn fields. Receipts: #259 9s. (90.16; 18.13; 0.11; tickets: 149.9) (charge: #109 18s. 2d.)

Event Comment: The Regent [advertised on playbill of 2 Apr.] is obliged to be deferred, on Account of the sudden Indisposition of Mrs Siddons. Receipts: #89 1s. (76.5.0; 11.19.0; 0.14.6; ticket not come in: 0.2.6)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mlle Coulon. Tickets to be had of Mlle Coulon, No. 8, Great Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. "The Dance between Gardel and Vestris on Thursday is everywhere talked of, in the highest terms of admiration. Such excellence no audience ever before witnessed" (General Advertiser, 5 Apr.). Receipts not listed

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Crouch. Public Advertiser, 18 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Crouch, No. 48, Rathbone Place. Receipts: #282 5s. (96.8; 24.6; 1.1; tickets: 159.10) (charge: #114 12s. 2d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Aickin. Receipts: #198 11s. 6d. (118.2.6; 11.17.0; tickets: 68.12.0)

Event Comment: A new Serious Opera (1st time [in London; 1st performed at Venice, 1781]); the music by Sarti, under the direction of Mazzinghi. "At length in the spring arrived the celebrated Marchesi, whose fame had long reached this country, and who had been extolled to such a degree that impatience and expectation were raised to the highest pitch; and on the first night of his appearance the theatre was not only crowed to the utmost in every part, but on the rising of the curtain, the stage was so full of spectators that it was some time before order and silence could be obtained, and with some difficulty that Marchesi, who was to open the opera, could make his way before the audience. Marchesi was at this time a very well-looking young man, of good figure, and graceful deportment. His acting was spirited and expressive: his vocal powers were very great, his voice of extensive compass, but a little inclined to be thick (Mount-Edgcumbe, 66-67). Receipts: #437 15s. 6d., i.e. 560 tickets delivered to Prendergrass [see 8 Dec. 1787], who sold 558; 110 to Toosey, who sold 86; 400 to Butler, who sold 285; 236 to Snelson, who sold 204. Total non-subscription tickets sold: 1133

Event Comment: Benefit for Kelly. Part of the Pit will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion, Ladies are desired to send their servants by Half past Four o'Clock. [Mme Mara had sung in concert at the Pantheon in 1784; in opera at the king's in 1786; and in the dl oratorios in 1787 and 1788.] Public Advertiser, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Kelly, No. 48, Rathbone Place. Receipts: #351 5s. 6d. (177.12.0; 9.13.6; 0.5.0; tickets: 163.15.0) (charge: #111 3s.)

Event Comment: [The performance was interrupted when "a piece of brass of upwards of a pound weight [was] hurled from the gallery into the pit, and much injured a lady on which it fell" (Public Advertiser, 8 Apr.). Advertisement from the theatre printed in the same newspaper, 9 Apr.: "For discovery of the offender the Theatre offers a reward of 10 guineas." Account-Book, 26 June: Paid Messrs Francis the reward offered #10 10s.] Receipts: #278 2s. 6d. (272.7.0; 5.15.6)

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #254 13s. [non-subscription]

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, by Lady Eglantine Wallace. Prologue by Joseph Jekyll (World, 14 Apr.). Epilogue by Thomas Morris, with five lines added by Edward Topham (Public Advertiser, 15 Apr.)]: With new Scenes and Dresses. Public Advertiser, 26 Apr.: This Day is published The Ton (18d.). "On the next representation we hope the other performers will not give the audience reason to believe that the prompter has a part in the play from his frequent audibility" (Public Advertiser, 9 Apr.). Receipts: #295 18s. 6d. (294.9.0; 1.9.6)

Event Comment: Benefit for the Manager. Receipts not listed

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece]. Afterpiece: With a Sea-Fightv and Processionv. [These were included in all subsequent performances.] Receipts: #124 8s. 6d. (79.12.0; 43.19.6; 0.17.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. [1st piece in place of Look before You Leap, advertised on playbill of 10 Apr. This new farce was withdrawn from cg, and 1st acted at the hay, 22 Aug. 1788.] 2nd piece: In 3 acts. General Advertiser, 5 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr, No. 28, Great Pultney-street. Receipts: #260 17s. (152.9; 3.17; tickets: 104.11)

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author [of mainpiece, who is named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill]. The many Ladies and Gentlemen who have Places for the succeeding Nights [of The Ton] are respectfully informed this Comedy cannot be performed after this Evening. Receipts: #181 13s. (167.0.6; 14.12.6; tickets: none listed)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Abington. Part of the Pit [Public Advertiser, 16 Apr.: nine rows] will be laid into the Boxes. Receipts: #296 19s. 6d. (164.19.6; 7.5.0; tickets: 124.15.0)

Event Comment: Benefit for Baddeley. 3rd piece [1st time; F 2 (?), author unknown. Public Advertiser, 16 Apr. has synopsis of plot; assigns Toby Todman-R. Palmer; Billy Dibley-$Bannister Jun.; and lists, unassigned: Mr Stockfield, Sir William Matchem, Mr Harland, Lucetta. Not in Larpent MS; not published. This piece has reference to a prize-fight, on which thousands of pounds were said to have been wagered, which took place at Odiham, Hants, on 9 Jan.]. Public Advertiser, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of $Baddeley, No. 10, New Store-street, Bedford-square. Receipts: #323 11s. [107.6.0; 10.2.6; 0.13.6; tickets: 205.9.0) (charge: #109 4s. 2ds.)