Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of THE FARMER, advertised on playbill of 14 Dec.] Receipts: #245 8s. (242/16; 2/12)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of THE CASTLE OF ANDALUSIA, advertised on playbill of 16 Dec.] Receipts: #159 16s. 6d. (139/18/0; 19/18/6)

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: By Command of Their Majesties. "At the conclusion of the Play, there was a division in the Audience about Rule Britannia and Lewis's Epilogue [not listed on playbill; by Miles Peter Andrews], which was, after some time, decided in favour of the latter" (World, 19 Dec.). Receipts: #491 19s. 6d. (479/13/6; 12/6/0)

Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; P 2 (?), by James Wild. MS: Larpent 1000]: The greatest part entirely new, with a few Select Scenes from the most approv'd Compositions. With new Scenery, Machinery, Dresses and Decorations. The Dresses entirely new. The new Music composed by Shield, the rest selected from Harington, Dr Arne, Eley, Reeve, Pepusch, Galliard, George Ware, Hook, &c. The Scenery and Machinery entirely new painted by Richards, Hodgins, Walmsley, Lupino, Pugh, Phillips and Malton. The Dances entirely new, composed by Byrn. Account-Book, 23 Apr. 1795: Paid James Wild in full for Dr Faustus #40. European Magazine, Jan. 1794, p. 49: Dr Faustus has afforded entertainment to three if not four generations. It was first produced at Drury-lane in 1723, by Mr Thurmond, a dancing-master, and was afterwards succeeded at Lincoln's inn-fields, in the same year, by Mr Rich's more splendid performance [entitled The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus], which received improvement at different revivals of it. At the latter end of 1766 [at Covent Garden] Mr Woodward made some alterations, and it was revived with great success. It is again brought forward with applause, and recalls to the remembrance of those who formerly saw it with delight, the recollection of the most enchanting period of life. The opening scene of Tartarus . . . was first introduced in the speaking pantomime of The Mirror [at Covent Garden, 30 Nov. 1779). Receipts: #352 13s. 6d. (324/13/6; 28/0/0)

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 THE EARL OF ESSEX, advertised on playbill of 23 Dec.] Receipts: #333 5s. 6d. (327/6/6; 5/19/0)

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

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

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #487 2s. 6d. (475/18/6; 11/4/0)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years [not acted since 17 Sept. 1788]. Receipts: #342 4s. 6d. (335/9/6; 6/15/0)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #297 16s. (296/2; 1/14)

Event Comment: [Talbot is identified by MS annotation on BM playbill, CG, Vol. IX.] Receipts: #349 6s. 6d. (339/3/6; 10/3/0)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. Receipts: #409 7s. (394/15; 14/12)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Masquerade as 18 Sept. 1793. Receipts: #371 19s. 6d. (354/15/6; 17/4/0)

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #466 9s. (439/16 \; 26/13)

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #454 2s. (447/10; 6/12)

Event Comment: 2nd piece: With Alterations. Receipts: #251 13s. (237/15; 13/18)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of THE WAY TO KEEP HIM, advertised on playbill of 24 Jan.] Receipts: #230 7s. (219/1; 11/6)

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties. Receipts: #360 (356/17; 3/3)

Event Comment: [Mrs Twistleton, who was from the Liverpool theatre, is identified by Genest, VII, 159. "Her voice wants variety, and, possibly from too much exertion, in order to fill so large a theatre, it came upon the ear with a loud monotony, destructive of all possibility of pathetic effect" (European Magazine, Feb. 1794, p. 136). As afterpiece the playbill announces THE MIDNIGHT WANDERERS, but "Rosina succeeded the play. The Midnight Wanderers was to have been the entertainment; and we could not but lament that Mrs Mountain's indisposition should have prevented its representation" (Mormng Herald, 3 Feb.). The Account-Book notes the same change.] Receipts: #405 14s. 6d. (392/15/6; 12/19/0)

Event Comment: [Mainpiece in place of A DAY IN TUR KEY, advertised on playbill of 1 Feb.] Receipts: #306 1s. (296/7; 9/14)