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. Tickets deliver'd out for Jane Shore will be taken. A Pamphlet having lately appeared in Ridicule of the late performance of Othello at Drury Lane, to which was subjoined an Advertisement in my name,from whence Occasion has been taken to assert, that I was the publisher, the Publick may be assured that advertisement was inserted without my knowledge or consent, that I am entirely ignorant of the Author, nor am the least concerned in that mean invidious affair. F. Stamper (General Advertiser). [Stamper possibly refers to A satirical Dialogue Humbly address'd to the Gentlemen who deformed the play of Othello; with a Prologue and Epilogue, much more suitable to the occasion than their own. London: River, 1751, listed in the Register of Books, Gentleman's Magazine, March 1751, p. 142. Stamper may also be alluding in some way to a Modern Character introduced in the Scenes of Vanbrugh's Aesop as it was acted at a late private representation of King Henry IV, performed gratis at the Little Opera House in the Haymarket, 3rd edn. 1751, written by F. Stamper. It was published because the farce was hissed off the stage. The Character is a Spouter who tries to instruct Aesop in heroics.] Receipts: #210 (Cross)

Event Comment: This Morning we were surpris'd with the unhappy News, that Frederick Prince of Wales Dy'd the Night before between ten & eleven-Mr Beard's Benefit was to be on Thursday & many of ye Bills were posted before we heard of this Accident the Bills were immediately torn down, & the House shut up before my Ld Chamberlain sent orders for so doing-on fryday the 5th of Ap: my Lord sent us leave to open on the 8th: being Easter Monday; it is said our having permission to open so soon, & before the prince was Bury'd was on account of the Actors Benefits depending (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Ryan. Performance Cancelled. [See Cross note for dl.

Event Comment: Benefit for Beard. No part of pit will be rail'd into the Boxes. Servants allow'd to keep Places on the stage. Tickets and Places to be had of Beard at his House in North St., Red-Lion Square, and at the Sta ge Door. Tickets deliver'd out for the 21st of March will be taken. Last time of performing the mainpiece this season. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mad Auretti. Pit and Boxes laid together. Tickets of Mad Auretti at second House on the left hand, the Corner of Panton Street, Leicester Square, and of Hobson at the Stage Door. Tickets deliver'd out for 23 March will be taken. Receipts: #230 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Yates. Tickets and places to be had of Yates, next door to Mr Walsh's Music Shop, in Catherine St. in the Strand, and of Hobson at the Stage Door. Tickets deliver'd for the 25th of March will be taken. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Event Comment: The prince bury'd-no play, not any Bills up (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Berry. Tickets at Popes Perke maker Russell St., and at the Stage Door. Tickets deliver'd out for 26 March will be taken. At Punch's Theatre in James St., near the Haymarket, this, and every Evening this week, the Town will be entertained with Yeates's inimitable dexterity of Hand; likewise by Mr Punch's Company of performers will be exhibited the play of Jane Shore. To conclude with a New Grand Machine, representing the Temple of the Sunv, at Mexico, in North America, which has given universal satisfaction to the Nobility and Gentry (General Advertiser). Receipts: #212 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Norris. Tickets of Miss Norris at Mr Jackson's Habit warehouse Tavistock St., and of Hobson at the Stage Door. Tickets deliver'd out for 30 March will be taken. [Advance publicity for Havard's Benefit, Inspector No 29: I have said in a former paper, that those who have not seen Alfred, have yet to see Mr Garrick in a character in which he excells everything that has been attempted in one of the noblest Roads of Tragedy. I shall add to it on this occaison, that those who have not yet seen Alfred will have a pleasure from it greater than they can receive from the best dramatic performance they are already acquainted with' (London Advertiser and Literary Gazette).] Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Havard. Mainpiece: By particular desire. No building on the stage on account of the machinery for the Masque. Tho' Mr Havard's long and severe indisposition has prevented his personal solicitation, yet he hopes it will not deprive him of the preference of those Persons of Quality, &c. who used to favour his Benefits. N.B. Those ladies and gentlemen who applied for places and were disappointed the last time the Masque was performed, may have them for this night, by sending to Mr Hobson at the stage door, by whom tickets will be deliver'd; As also at the Bedford Coffee House, and at Mr Havard's in Broad Court, the upper end of Bow St., Covent Garden. Tickets hitherto deliver'd will be taken. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Blakes & Bridges. Tickets and places of Blakes at his house in Cranbourn Alley, near Leicester Fields; of Bridges in York St., Covent Garden, and Hobson at the Stage Door. Tickets for the 12th will be taken. No Persons admitted on Stage. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Palmer and Shuter. Last time of acting mainpiece this season. Tickets of Hobson at the stage Door. At Sadler's Wells near Islington will this day be opened a Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music, divided into two parts; the vocal parts to be perform'd by Hemskirk, Bell, Mrs Yates, and Mrs Hooper. Between the two parts of the concert will be introduced several curious Performances, among which will be a fine representation of the Italian Shadows, which have not been performed in England these 30 years. The whole to conclude with a Grand piece of Fireworks, decorated with machinery and paintings entirely new, Each person to be admitted for a pint of Wine. To begin at 5 o'clock (General Advertiser). Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Lee. Tickets to be had at Mr Prince's, Linnen Draper, the Golden Artichoke, in Great Queen St., near Lincoln's Inn Fields; of Mr Calcroft at the Ship in Ivy Lane, Newgate St., and at the Stage Door. Tickets deliver'd for the 22nd will be taken. No building on stage. Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for James, Winstone and Burton, Tickets of James, at Mr Dale's Watchmaker in Little Wild St.; or Winstone at the Queen's Head, in Duke's Court, near Bow St., Covent Garden; and of Burton at the Lock and Key, in Brownlow St. near Long-Acre, and at the Stage Door. As Mr Burton is confin'd with a violent cold, he hopes his friends will excuse his not having waited on them and be so kind as to send for tickets to his lodgings as above. Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Pritchard (Treasurer). Tickets and places to be had of Pritchard, at his house next the chapel in Great Queen St., Lincoln's Inn Fields, and of Hobson at the stage door. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. The Triumphal Entry of the King will be as usual. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Simson, Raftor and Miss Pitt. Receipts: #170 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Ackman, Paddick, Roger and Mrs Toogood. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By particular desire. Being the last time of its being performed this season. Receipts: #220 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Shawford, Gray, Dunbarr and Burke. N.B. Tickets sold by the Orange Women will not be admitted. Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By desire. Receipts: #190 (Cross)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Being the last time of performing it this season. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Event Comment: Receipts: #200 (Cross)

Event Comment: Box 5s. Pit 3s. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. Places for the Boxes to be taken at the Stage Door of the Theatre. No persons to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor any money to be returned after the curtain is drawn up [Customary notice on subsequent bills, which will not be repeated here.] Receipts: #130 (Cross)

Event Comment: Receipts: #120 (Cross)

Event Comment: Places for boxes to be had of Mr Thurston at the stage door. No persons admitted behind the Scenes, nor any money returned after the Curtain is drawn up. Play to begin at 6 o'clock. [This admonition about not appearing behind the scenes occurs frequently on bills this season and will not be noted further.] Receipts: #80 (Cross)