Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Ward. Tickets to be had of Mrs Ward, next door to the chapel in Little Wild St., and of Hobson at the stage door. Paid Norton 3 chorus 15s.; Cash rec'd #73 1s. 6d.; Tickets #85 18s.; Charges #63. Profit to Mrs Ward #95 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #150 (Cross); #158 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. Part of Pit will be rail'd into Boxes, where servants may keep Places and on the Stage. Tickets to be had of Beard at his House in New North St., Red Lion Square, and of Hobson at the stage door. Rec'd front Cash #67 12s., plus #132 13s. in tickets. Total #200 5s. Paid Hobson for 2 suits of cloaths #21; Salary list #203 7s.; Norton for 1 chorus 5s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #205 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Yates. Tickets of Yates next door to Mr Walsh's Music Shop, Catherine St., Strand and at stage door. Rec'd Cash #51 8s. 6d., plus #79 16s. from tickets. Total #131 4s. 6d. Paid Leviez by order Lacy #6 6s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #140 (Cross); charges, #60 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mr Havard and Mrs Havard. Tickets to be had at Havard's House in Broad Court, Bow St., at the Bedford, and at the Stage Door. Rec'd Cash #72 2s. 6d., plus #79 5s. from tickets. Total #151 7s. 6d. Bought 6 lbs. lampwick 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts. #160 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Berry. Tickets at Pope's Peruke Maker Russell St. Rec'd Cash #93 3s., plus #92 11s. from tickets. Total #185 14s.; Paid Salary List #203 7s.; Norton 5 chorus #1 5s. (Treasurer's Book). To the Public, Gentlemen and Ladies, I am very sorry that a long, sharp, and severe fit of Illness prevents me the satisfaction of making my personal application to my friends as usual, against my Benefit; but finding myself every day rather worse than better, I hope you will be so kind as to take this notice, that the Stratagem, will be performed on Saturday the 21st of April; the part of Archer by Mr Garrick, for the benefit of Mr and Mrs Mills; with a Farce and all other usual Entertainments. From your most oblig'd Servant, William Mills. Mr Mills hopes his friends who intend to honour him with their company, will be so kind as to send to him for Places, Tickets, &c., or call upon him at Mr Gardner's Printing Office in Russel St., Covent Garden; or at Hobson's at the stage door (General Advertiser). Receipts: #180 (Cross); charges, #60 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: CCampioni off the salary list. Paid Calthorpe #63; paid Mr Oram by order of Lacy #8 8s.; Salary List #200 4d.; Norton 6 Chorus #1 10s.; Wax & Brick Dust 4s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #170 (Cross); #154 4s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: [Treasurer's Book: 11 Apr. Paid; to Sowdon to make up his agreement #37; and @to Treasurer's Office 13s. 4d.@Numberers 5s.@Box offices 5s.@5 Box Keepers 10s.@4 Door Keepers 6s.@Lobby door keeper 1s. 6d.@Stage Door Keeper 3s. 6d.@Pit Offices 5s. 10d.@Doorkeepers 3s.@Upper Gallery Office 2s.@Door Keeper 1s. 6d.@House Keeper 3s. 6d.@Bill stickers (2 days) 10s.@Candle Woman 2s.@Soldiers 14s.@First Gallery Office 3s. 4d.@2 Door keepers 3s.@Total #4 13s. 6d.

Event Comment: Paid Tallow Chandler #17 18s. 11d.; Norton 6 Chorus 6s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #150 (Cross); #128 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: By Command of the Prince and Princess of Wales, Benefit for Mr Pritchard, Treasurer. Tickets at Stage Door. Rec'd cash #116 2s., plus #91 5s. from tickets. Total #207 17s. Paid window tax at Winsors 16s. 3d.; Paid 6 chorus #1 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #210 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Raftor, Reinhold and Miss Pitt. Rec'd cash #54 16s., plus #83 from tickets. Total #137 16s. Paid Mrs Reynolds for wax and brick dust 3s. 11d. (Treasurer's Book). Last time of performing the Afterpiece this season. Receipts: #160 (Cross); charges, #63 (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mas. Maltere, Miss Foulcade, Mrs L'font & Goodwin. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit Dunbar, Jones, Atkinson, Pritchard, Bride (General Advertiser). Benefit for Dunbarr & Boxkeepers (Cross). Tickets deliver'd for Love's Last Shift will be taken. On Friday next the Roman Father will be acted at Drury Lane, being the last time of the company's performing this season

Event Comment: Receipts: #110 (Cross)

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Event Comment: Publish'd. The Actor: A Treatise on the Art of Playing, interspers'd with Theatrical Anecdotes, Critical Reflections on Plays, and Occasional Observations on Audiences. Printed for R. Griffith. Receipts: #60 (Cross)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Reviv'd not acted these 3 years. [See 16 May 1748.] Written by Shakespeare. Receipts: #50 (Cross)

Event Comment: Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Event Comment: No persons to be admitted behind the scenes nor any money to be returned after the Curtain is drawn up. [A customary notice throughout the remainder of the season until benefit time.] Tomorrow (not acted these two years) Jane Shore. The part of Alicia to be attempted by Miss Jane Cibber, being her first time of appearing upon that stage these two years. Receipts: #40 (Cross)

Event Comment: [C$Cross suggests The Intriguing Chambermaid as afterpiece, but it is unsupported by the newspapers.] We hear that the Comedy call'd the Pilgrim is now in rehearsal, and will be acted soon, at the theatre Royal in Drury Lane; and that the Secular Masque written by Dryden and set to music by Dr Boyce will be performed with it. The Epilogue which was inserted in our Yesterday's paper, and copied from the Midwife's Magazine, we fine to be imperfect and not genuine, therefore think ourselves under a necessity of asking the Author's pardon. [Hope in a day or two to give it correctly (General Advertiser). Midwife No II, from which it was copied, adds the note: "This Epilogue was taken in shorthand the night I went to see Miss Jenny Cibber play the part of Alicia...Some few mistakes may therefore have happened which the candid reader will excuse and correct."] Receipts: #50 (Cross)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [See 8 Nov. 1748.] Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Event Comment: Receipts: #70 (Cross)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Event Comment: Receipts: #116 (Cross)

Event Comment: Receipts: #50 (Cross)