Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Stewart. Mainpiece: In its original state, as it was written by Allen Ramsay, in 1724 [recte 1725]. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2 (?)]: Taken [probably by the author] from The Students [by James Stewart. MS not in Larpent; not published]. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. 'Tis hoped that none of Stewart's friends will expect to be admitted behind the scenes, as the audience will, and not without great reason, be much displeased at any such proceedings, nor will it upon any pretence whatever be complied with. No money returned after the curtain is drawn up. Ladies are requested to send their servants by Five to keep places. Tickets to be had at Walker's, the Globe, Pall-mall; the Edinburgh and Jamaica Coffee-houses, Cornhill; the St. Andrew, Wapping; of Denham, bookseller, No. 366, Hermitage Bridge, Wapping; at the Bouncing B Printing Office, Ratcliff Highway; at Stewart's china shop, No. 201, Ratcliff Highway, and at the Theatre, where places for the boxes may be taken

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece [1st time; c 5 (?), author unknown; perhaps an alteration of Love at a Venture, by Susannah Centlivre. MS not in Larpent; not published. Authors and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. Afterpiece: As it was originally performed at this theatre [on 15 Oct. 1770]. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. The above entertainments have been a long time in rehearsal, and care has been taken in getting them well up, and to have the principal parts supported by veterans

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece [1st time; C 5, author unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published. Authors and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. Afterpiece [1st time; F2 (?),author unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published]

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Wilson. 3rd piece: Not acted these 4 years [not acted since 1 July 1776]

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Massey. Tickets delivered by Painter, Kenny, Mrs Lefevre will be admitted

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Wood

Event Comment: [Extra night] By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Benefit for Davis. Mainpiece: Altered from Fielding. Not acted these 60 years [acted at GF 27 Apr. 1736. Authors of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. The Doors to be opened at 6:00. To begin precisely at 7:00

Event Comment: Paid Wild [prompter] for 3 licenses [from Lord Chamberlain, to act new plays] #6 6s. Receipts: #147 7s. (142/9; 4/18)

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. [Authors and speakers of Prologues and Epilogue unknown; they are printed in Public Advertiser, 30 Nov. Ryder was not Thomas Ryder, who at this time was acting at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin.] The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Gardner. Afterpiece: From The Devil upon Two Sticks, written by the late Samuel Foote, Esq. [Mrs Mills is identified in Morning Chronicle, 1 Jan. 1783. For remarks on this night's performance, including references to Dunstan by Charles Lamb, see Theatre Notebook, VIII, 5.] Gardner having unavoidably been obliged to postpone his night from the 26th to the 30th, he thinks it his duty to inform his friends that tickets delivered for the 26th will be taken

Event Comment: [Afterpiece in place of Lord Mayor's Day, announced on playbill of 31 Dec. 1782.] Receipts: #201 8s. (199/0/6; 2/7/6)

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. 1st piece [1st time; c 5, author unknown. Authors and speakers of Prologue and Epilogue unknown]. 2nd piece [1st time; m.int i, author unknown]. 3rd piece [1st time; f 2, by Walley Chamberlain Oulton, altered from The Letter Writers, by Henry Fielding. MSS of none of these pieces in Larpent; none of them published]. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30

Event Comment: The Lord of the Manor [announced on playbill of 7 Nov.] is obliged to be deferred on account of the Indisposition of a principal Performer. Afterpiece: In which will be introduced an Air Balloon. [This was included in all subsequent performances.] Receipts: #154 4s. (108/3/0; 45/8/6; 0/12/6)

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. By Desire of the Ancient and Honourable Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons, who on this occasion will attend in proper cloathing, and the different Regalias of their Order. Afterpiece [1st time; F 2, author unknown. MS: Larpent 685; not published. Author of Prologue unknown]. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:30. Tickets to be had at the Globe in Pall-mall; the Black Horse, Coventry-street; the Castle, in Castle-Court, Cornhill; the Rose Coffee-house in the Old Bailey; the Half Moon Tavern, Cheapside; and at the Theatre, where places for the boxes may be taken. Great care will be taken to have the House well aired

Event Comment: By Authority of the Lord Chamberlain. At the request of several of the Scotch Nobility. Benefit for Raeburn. Mainpiece: In its original state, as it was written by Allan Ramsay in 1724 [recte 1725]. The Characters to be entirely new dressed. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:00. No persons to be admitted behind the scenes, nor any money returned after the curtain is drawn up. Ladies are requested to send their servants by Five to keep places. Tickets to be had of Raeburn, No. 4, Gloucester-court, St. James's; of Walker, the Globe, Pall-mall; of Mackintosh, the George, East Harding-street, Shoe-lane; of Watson, the Fleece, Little Windmill-street (being the original Scotch house); of Mrs Shaw, the St. Andrew, near the Armitage-bridge, Wapping

Event Comment: By Permission [of the Lord Chamberlain]. Mainpiece [1st time; C 5 (?), author unknown. It was 1st advertised in Morning Chronicle, 15 Dec. 1783, for performance on 26 Jan. 1784, as "A new Comedy called The Artful Patriot; or, The Rage of the People." Prologue by Thomas Stewart (Morning Post, 23 Feb., which also gives names of T. Davis and Miss Hemet. Author of Epilogue unknown. MS not in Larpent; not published]. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:30

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Oratorio: Composed by the late Dr Arne. At Playhouse Prices [see 10 Mar.]. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Tickets for the Boxes to be had at Messrs Longman and Broderip's, in Cheapside and the Haymarket; and at the Stage Door of the Theatre, in Suffolk-street, where Places may be taken

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Watts. Mainpiece: Written by Mrs Centlivre; Not acted these 40 years [not acted since 27 Apr. 1731, at Goodman's Fields]. Prologue written by a Gentleman [unidentified; printed in Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1784, p. 214. The playbill for this performance is as printed in Morning Chronicle, 8 Mar. Gazetteer, 8 Mar., assigns Captain Constant to Reynolds, Laura to Miss Beaufield, Maria to Mrs Green, Belinda to Miss Johnson]. The Doors to be opened at 5:00. To begin at 6:30. Tickets to be had of Connolly, at the King's Head Tavern, Fenchurch-street; of Watts, No. 2, Upper James-street, Golden-square

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. 1st Gallery 2s. 2nd Gallery 1s

Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by Leonard Macnally; words to some of the songs by Edward Lysaght]: With new Music, Scenes and Dresses. The Music composed by Shield [with selections from Sacchini, Bertoni, Lord Mornington, &c. (Public Advertiser, 19 Apr.); overture by Baumgarten, being the same as that used by him in William and Nanny at CG, 12 Nov. 1779 (Town and Country Magazine, Apr. 1784, p. 171)]. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. Public Advertiser, 30 Oct. 1784: This Day is published by J. Almon Robin Hood [listing cast for season of 1784-85] (1s. 6d.). [In the season of 1789-90 this was reduced to an afterpiece of 2 acts.] Receipts: #206 4s. (204/3; 2/1)

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Benefit for Delpini. The Band from the Opera-house. Play: In 3 acts [i.e. reduced from the original 5]. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30

Event Comment: By Permission of the Lord Chamberlain. Mainpiece and afterpiece: Never performed here. The Doors to be opened at 5:30. To begin at 6:30. Tickets delivered for the 9th will be admitted. The excellency of the Play and Farce are so universally acknowledged that any comment would be impertinent; but the director of the evening's entertainment entreats [sic] the publick to be assured that it shall be conducted with every possible degree of propriety and decorum; that the performers are respectable, and their abilities such as he trusts will merit their approbation