Event Comment: Benefit for Holman. Mainpiece: Not acted these 3 years. In IV a Grand Banquet. Morning Herald, 28 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Holman at his chambers, No. 14 John-street, Adelphi. "There is a deficiency in the length of [Holman's] upper lip that continually exposes his teeth to the audience...He has a method of hurrying over the latter part of a sentence, as if to give it more effect, but in reality destroys the intention and solemnity of the scene" (Candid Strictures,45-46). Receipts: #280 11s. 6d. (188.10.6; 3.16.0; tickets: 88.5.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Wrighten, prompter. Morning Herald, 10 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Wrighten, No. 84, Hay-market. Receipts: #384 16s. (79.8.6; 37.15.0; 6.2.0; tickets: 261.10.6) (charge: #177 13s. 6d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Esten. Morning Herald, 26 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Esten, No. 5, Nassau-street, Soho. Receipts: #311 3s. (155.14.6; 5.5.6; tickets: 150.3.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Jordan. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by Simon, based partly on La Bonne Mere, by Jean Pierre Claris deFlorian; incidental music by Johann Gottlieb Nicolai. Larpent MS 940; not published]: To conclude with a Rural Breakfast [a representation of that given by the Countess of Buckinghamshire for the Prince of Wales at her villa near London (Genest, VII, 53)], and a Dance by the Characters. Morning Herald, 31 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Jordan, No. 14, Somerset-street, Portman-square. Receipts: #548 9s. 6d. (216.8.6; 30.2.0; 5.9.0; tickets: 296.10.0) (charge: #153 5s. 10d.)

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for The Literary Fund. [In this performance the male parts were acted chiefly by amateurs; the female parts were acted by professionals. Prologue and Epilogue by Thomas Morris (Morning Herald, 17 Apr.).] The Committee for the Management of the Literary Fund respectfully inform the Public that affecting instabces of Merit in distress exceed their power of relief by the ordinary Subscription; and that they wish to have recourse to every honourable expedient to increase that power. The Admission will be by Tickets, at the Opera Prices. Boxes and Pit 10s. 6d. 1st Gallery 5s. 2nd Gallery 3s. No more Company will be admitted than the House will hold with perfect convenience; and when the proper number of Tickets is issued, no means of admission can be obtained. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin at 7:00 precisely. Registers: Thomas Dale, M. D.; Mr Deputy Nichols. Treasurers: Thomas Morris, Esq.; Mr E. Brooke. "In the course of the play we observed several restorations of Shakespeare's text, with some interpolations. The boldest of the latter was the introduction of Richard's son to him in the tent, the night befiredthedbefore the Battle of Bosworth field. This scene was borrowed, as we believe, from Thomas? Hull's Legendary Tale of Richard Plantagenet. It was well written, and produced a considerable degree of effect. The Ghosts were banished, and the start and stagger of Richard, heretofore the theatrical trick of the scene, necessarily omitted" (Diary, 17 Apr.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mattocks. [1st piece: Epilogue by Miles Peter Andrews.] 3rd piece [1st time; F 2, by Eliza Parsons, based on Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, by Moliere]. Morning Herald, 27 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mattocks, No. 8, Great Russel-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #269 11s. 6d. (174.14.0; 4.16.6; tickets: 90.1.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Bannister. Morning Herald, 2 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Bannister, No. 7, Suffolk-street, Charing-cross. Receipts: #340 0s. 6d. (114.14.0; 40.4.0; 2.4.0; tickets: 182.18.6) (charge: #164 16s. 6d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Johnstone. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, by William Macready, based partly on the anonymous The Intriguing Footman]. Morning Herald, 30 Mar. 1793: This day is published The Irishman in London (1s.). Ibid, 29 Mar. 1792: Tickets to be had of Johnstone, No. 19, Piazza, Covent Garden. Receipts: #389 14s. (155.15; 5.5; tickets: 228.14) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Martyr. Morning Chronicle, 10 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Martyr, No. 16, Martlett-court, Bow-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #334 4s. 6d. (163.4.0; 4.19.6; tickets: 166.1.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Goodall. [In mainpiece the playbill retains King as Trappanti, but "King being indisposed, Trappanti...was represented by Benson" (unidentified clipping on playbill of 27 Apr., BM: Harris, Vol. III).] Morning Herald, 9 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Goodall, No. 13, Great Russell-street, Covent-garden. Receipts: #364 8s. 6d. (125.13.6; 36.15.0; 4.7.0; tickets: 197.13.0) (charge: #157 11s. 2d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Suett. Morning Herald, 21 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Suett, No. 21, King-street, Bloomsbury-square. Receipts: #406 9s. 6d. (106.10.0; 42.14.0; 6.14.0; tickets: 250.11.0) (charge: #166 17s. 10d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Farren. Morning Herald, 14 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Farren, No. 85, Gower-street, Bedford-square. Receipts: #361 9s. 6d. (102.5.0; 3.16.6; tickets: 255.8.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Barrymore. Morning Herald, 25 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Barrymore, No. 11, Bedford-street, Bedford-row. Receipts: #393 19s. 6d. (86.13.0; 37.14.6; 4.2.0; tickets: 265.10.0) (charge: #159 5s. 4d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Blanchard. Morning Herald, 2 May: Tickets to be had of Blanchard, No. 11, Beaufort's-buildings, Strand. Receipts: #254 18s. 6d. (103.14.6; 3.3.0; tickets: 148. .0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Bland and Mrs Powell. Morning Herald, 17 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Bland, St. Alban's-street, Pall-mall; of Mrs Powell, No. 12, Little Russell-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #369 9s. (125.15.0; 52.0.6; 3.5.0; tickets: 188.8.6) (charge: #164 4s.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Wilson. Wilson's most violent and sudden Indisposition will prevent his having the honor of appearing before the Public and his Friends this Evening, and sincerely hopes the Pieces he is under the necessity of substituting will meet their approbation. [2nd piece in place of Hail Fellow Well Met; 3rd piece of The Rights of Woman, both advertised on playbill of 7 May. A 4th (and new) play, The Point of Honor, by John Peter Roberdeau, was also advertised on playbill of 7 May. It was never acted. Hail Fellows [sic] Well Met and The Rights of Women [sic] were 1st acted, for Wilson's benefit, at the hay, 9 Aug. 1792.] Morning Herald, 24 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Wilson at his house, Park-lane, Church-lane, Chelsea. Receipts: #285 5s. (93.17; 1.14; tickets: 189.14) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Incledon. [Afterpiece in place of The Positive Man, advertised on playbill of 8 May.] Morning Herald, 20 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Incledon, No. 5, Bow-street, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #399 6s. (170.15.6; 3.15.6; tickets: 224.15.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Sedgwick. Sedgwick's Illness depriving him of the Power of appearing this Evening, he trusts his Friends and the Public will, with their usual Liberality, admit of his Indisposition as an Apology. Morning Herald, 17 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Sedgwick, No. 66, St. Martin's-lane, Long-acre. Receipts: #394 18s. 6d. (83.5.0; 43.7.0; 8.16.0; tickets: 259.10.6) (charge: #157 7s.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Munden. Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by Thomas Hurlstone. Text (J. Debrett [1792]) gives cast for season of 1792-93. Poetical Sketch by John Wolcot (Morning Herald, 11 May)]: With new Scenery, Dresses, and other Decorations. The Overture and Music entirely new, composed by Carter. Morning Herald, 13 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Munden, No. 15, Catherine-street. Ibid, 1 Dec. 1792: This Day is published Just in Time (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #415 3s. (126.4.6; 4.9.6; tickets: 284.9.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Mountain. 1st piece: Not acted these 4 years [acted 22 May 1789]. 3rd piece: Not acted these 18 years [acted 3 June 1783]. Morning Herald, 27 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Mountain, No. 9, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #119 10s. (117.12.6; 1.17.6; tickets: none listed) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Whitfield. Mainpiece: In Act V a Masquerade. Morning Herald, 30 Apr.: Tickets to be had of Whitfield, No. 19, Piazza, Covent Garden. Receipts: #416 13s. (80.1; 34.8; 7.2; tickets: 295.2) (charge: #157 18s.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Hull. Morning Herald, 14 May: Tickets to be had of Hull, No. 31, Bow-street, Covent Garden. Receipts: #235 11s. 6d. (143.1.6; 6.1.0; tickets: 86.9.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Harley. 1st piece: In Three Acts. Morning Herald, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Harley, No. 51, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields. Receipts: #308 14s. 6d. (104.2.0; 6.13.6; tickets: 197.19.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Marshall and Mrs Harlowe. Mainpiece: In Act V a Grand Battle between the Britons and Romans. Morning Herald, 17 May: Tickets to be had of Marshall, No. 17, Crown-court, Bow-street, Covent-Garden; of Mrs Harlowe, No. 54, Drury-lane. Receipts: #256 7s. (104.2; 1.10; tickets: 150.15) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for R. Palmer. Morning Herald, 17 May: Tickets to be had of R. Palmer, Marlborough-place, Kennington. Receipts: #345 5s. (81.12; 35.13; 8.18; tickets: 219.2) (charge: #173 5s. 8d.)