Event Comment: [The playbill announces The Suspicious Husband, but "The performance at this house was changed yesterday evening in consequence of the indisposition of Lewis, and Rose and Colin with The German Hotel were substituted for The Suspicious Husband"(Diary, 16 Dec.).] Receipts: #145 14s. 6d. (135.4.6; 10.10.0)

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Romp, advertised on playbill of 15 Dec.] Receipts: #211 13s. 6d. (173.8.0; 37.8.0; 0.15.0; ticket not come in: 0.2.6)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 11 Jan. 1788]. Afterpiece: By Desire of the Cherokee Chiefs [see 12 Nov.]. Receipts: #187 10s. 6d. (181.15.0; 5.15.6)

Event Comment: [2nd piece in place of The Child of Nature, advertised on playbill of 17 Dec. In 3rd piece the playbill retains Wilson, but "Owing to the indisposition of Wilson, Powel supplied his place in The Divertisement" (World, 19 Dec.).] Receipts: #129 10s. 6d. (121.16.0; 7.14.6)

Event Comment: [Fennell had acted Douglas at Edinburgh on 5 July 1788, and perhaps Previously.] Afterpiece [1st time: P 2, by Charles Bonnor and Robert Merry. Larpent MS 886; not published. Synopsis of action in Universal Magazine, Dec. 1790, pp. 321-23. Author of Prologue unknown]: Interspersed with Dialogue, Airs, Duettos, Chorusses, Dances, &c. &c. &c. The Scenery, Machinery, and Decorations entirely new, and painted by Richards, Carver, Hodgins, Pugh, Malton, with many Assistants [including W. Hamilton (European Magazine, Dec. 1790, p. 468]. Among others will be exhibited the following Scenes taken from accurate Drawings made on the Spot: The Jacobines Convent, Rue St. Honorie; Places de Greve; Inside of the Hotel de Ville; View of the New Bridge called Pont Louis Seize; Fountain des Innocens; Palais Bourbon; View of the Champ de Mars, with the Grand Pavillion preparatory to the Festival; A Grand Assembly; View of the Triumphal Arch, prepared for the Procession to the Champ de Mars; Perspective View of the Champ de Mars, with the Bridge of Boats. With an exact Representation of the Banners, Oriflammes, &c. &c. in the Grand Procession to the Champ de Mars. The Whole to conclude with a Representation of the Grand Illuminated Platform, as prepared by the City of Paris, on the Ruins of the Bastille, for the Entertainment of the Provincial Deputies, and the Public. [The above has reference to the "Grand National Fete" held in Paris, 14 July 1790, in commemoration of the first anniversary of the fall of the Bastille. It is included in all subsequent playbills.] The Dances [composed] by Byrn. The Music composed and compiled [from Reeve and Naumann] by Shield. The Dresses all Characteristically French and New. Books of the Songs, &c. with a short Description of the Performance [T. Cadell, 1790] to be had at the Theatre. Nothing under Full Price will be taken. Account-Book, 11 Jan. 1791: Paid Bonnor #200. Receipts: #316 16s. (296.14; 20.2)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The German Hotel, advertised on playbill of 20 Dec.] Receipts: #225 11s. (211.8; 14.3)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of Jane Shore, advertised on playbill of 23 Dec.] Receipts: #231 18s. 6d. (226.8.0; 5.10.6)

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time: P 1, by Roger Johnston. Not in Larpent MS; synopsis of action in World, 28 Dec.)]: The new Scenes designed and executed by Greenwood. Books of the Songs with a Description of the Pantomime [C. Lowndes, 1790] to be had at the Theatre. The Pantomime being partly compiled, Half Price will be taken. Receipts: #273 5s. (234.17.0; 35.11.6; 2.16.6)

Event Comment: Benefit for the Authors [of mainpiece, who are named in Kemble Mem., but not on the playbill]. Mainpiece: 6th Night [see 3, 8 Dec.]. Receipts: #245 15s. (205.18.0; 35.1.6; 4.15.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #125 10s.)

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #393 4s. (391.5; 1.19)

Event Comment: Paid Kemble in lieu of Two Benefits last Season #364 Receipts: #192 14s. 6d. (154.17.0; 36.4.0; 1.13.6)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years [acted 17 Apr. 1782]. Receipts: #233 19s. 6d. (230.5.0; 3.14.6)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of The German Hotel, advertised on playbill of 31 Dec. 1790.] Receipts: #179 17s. (171.16; 8.1)

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by James Cobb. Text 1st published (unauthorized), Dublin, 1792]: The Scenes entirely new, designed and executed by Greenwood. With new Dresses and Decorations. The Musick composed principally by Storace, with a few Pieces selected from [Una Cosa Rara, by] Martini [i.e. Martin y Soler], Salieri, and Paisiello. "The Siege of Belgrade is a very pleasing vehicle for the music, which in a modern opera is all that is expected from the poet" (Universal Magazine, Jan. 1791, p. 66). "The battle between Palmer and Kelly ought to be shortened. It is almost as ludicrous as that between Don Whiskerandos and Beefeater, in Mr Puff's Tragedy [in The Critic]" (Gazetteer, 4 Jan. 1791). Account-Book, 24 May 1791: Paid Cobb for Copyright of Siege of Belgrade of #210. Receipts: #267 9s. 6d. (242.0.0; 23.9.6; 2.0.0)

Event Comment: ["Since the first evening the part of Krohnfeldt has been omitted, and some other alterations made"(European Magazine, Jan. 1791, p. 70).] Receipts: #295 11s. (268.19; 25.1; 1.11)

Event Comment: The Picture of Paris. As 27 Dec. 1790. [Mainpiece in place of The Provok'd Husband, advertised on playbill of 3 Jan.] Receipts: #179 9s. (169.8; 10.1)

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author and the Composer [of mainpiece, who are named in Kemble Mem., but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #301 17s. 6d. (268.10.0; 32.5.0; 1.2.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #124 7s. 6d.)

Event Comment: [2nd piece: Epilogue by Miles Peter Andrews.] Receipts: #152 2s. (142.2; 10.0)

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author and the Composer [of mainpiece, who are named in Kemble Mem., but not on the playbill]. Receipts: #289 3s. (253.18; 34.5; 1.0; tickets: none listed) (charge: #123 7s.)

Event Comment: 1st piece: Acted but Once [on 5 May 1790]. With new Scenes and Dresses. A Procession, representing the Ceremonies attending the Sacrifice of an Indian Woman on the Funeral Pile of her deceased Husband. [This was included in all subsequent performances.] The Music by Stevens. [Prologue by William Thomas Fitzgerald. Epilogue by Richard John Hughes Starke.] Receipts: #231 14s. 6d. (230.6.6; 1.8.0)

Event Comment: Benefit for the Author and the Composer [of mainpiece, who are named in the Account-Book, but not on the playbill.] Receipts: #256 19s. 6d. (208.18.0; 43.10.0; 4.11.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #123 7s.)

Event Comment: [Miss Broadhurst is identified in Oracle, 17 Jan.] Receipts: #306 18s. (302.6; 4.12)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of Macbeth, advertised on playbill of 15 Jan.] Receipts: #250 5s. (243.4; 7.1)

Event Comment: [As mainpiece the playbill announces the 8th night of Better Late than Never (see 20 Jan.), but "The Play was to have been Better Late. I was hoarse, & could not act. Miss Farren refus'd to play Berinthia. Mrs Ward acted it for her" (Kemble Mem.).] Receipts: #253 6s. 6d. (208.6.0; 41.9.0; 3.6.6; tickets not come in: 0.5.0)

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of The Anatomist, advertised on playbill of 18 Jan.] Receipts: #292 7s. (263.1.0; 27.6.6; 1.17.0; ticket not come in: 0.2.6)