Event Comment: Full Prices. There will not be room behind the Scenes for more than the persons acting in the coronation, [Others] cannot possibly be admitted. The coronation of their Majesties was followed by a stage representation of it at both houses...Garrick knew that Rich would spare no expense in the presentation of his show; he knew too that he had a taste in the ordering, dressing, and setting out these pompous processions, superior to his own; he therefore was contented with the old dresses which had been occasionally used from 1721-1761. This show he repeated for near forty nights successively, sometimes at the end of a play, and at other times after a farce. The exhibition was the meanest, and the most unworthy of a theatre, I ever saw. The stage was...opened into Drury Lane; and a new and unexpected sight surprised the audience, of a real bonfire, and the populace huzzaing and drinking porter to the health of Queen Anne Bullen. The Stage in the meantime, amidst the parading of Dukes, duchesses, archbishops, peeresses, heralds &c. was covered with a thick fog from the smoke of the fire, which served to hide the tawdry dresses of the processionalists. During this idle piece of mockery, the actors, being exposed to the suffocations of smoke, and the raw air from the open street, were seized with colds, rheumatisms, and swelled faces. At length the indignation of the audience delivered the comedians from this wretched badge of nightly slavery, which gained nothing to the managers but disgrace and empty benches. Tired with the repeated insult of a show which had nothing to support it but gilt copper and old rags, they fairly drove the exhibitors of it from the stage by hooting and hissing, to the great joy of the whole theatre....Rich...fully satisfied [the publick's] warmest imaginations (Davies, Life of Garrick, I, 365 ff.)

Event Comment: Full Prices, No admittance behind scenes

Event Comment: CCoronation By desire. As it is introduc'd in King Henry VIII, the Coronation will be represented after other plays. Full prices

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted in three years. Full Prices. [See 17 Nov. 1758.

Event Comment: Full Prices. [Young Gentleman-Bridges according to Genest, IV, 634.]

Event Comment: Full Prices

Event Comment: Full Prices. None admitted behind scenes. [Both pieces advertised regularly for three days in advance.] Income from Boxes #95 15s. Expenses #44 17s. 8d. Including #5 11s. extra for Coronation: viz. 2 men at 10s. 6d. each, chorus singers &c. eleven more at 5s. including Dibdin; 6 Trumpets and 1 fife at 5s. Receipts: #244 7s. (Winston Theatrical Record)

Event Comment: Alteration of Shakespeare's Play by Garrick. New Scenes and Habits. Full Prices

Event Comment: Author's night. Full Prices. A company of young fellows were apprehended at a public house in the Strand where they were assembled to perform the tragedy of Othello. On examination three of the principal performers were committed to Bridewell (Gentleman's Magazine, 1761, p. 601)

Event Comment: Afterpiece: An Arabian Night's Entertainment reviv'd in 2 Parts, with Alterations, New Scenes and Habits. Full Prices

Event Comment: Mainpiece. Advertised as a New English Opera, with music compos'd by Dr Arne. Characters new Dress'd. Full Prices

Event Comment: Never acted. Comedy by Wm. Whitehead. New Scenes and Dresses. Full Prices

Event Comment: Full Prices. School for Lovers Published 1s. 6d

Event Comment: Both pieces under the Direction of Dr Arne. Mainpiece: Written by Dryden. Set to Music by Handel. Afterpiece: A Serenata of one Act set to Music by Dr Arne. N.B. Though the nightly expenses attending these performances during the Lent, will be at least equal to any on the like occasion, the Prices will be only Boxes 7s. Pit 5s. First Gallery 3s. and the Upper Gallery 2s. To begin as usual. Subscriptions will continue through the Lent to be taken at Three Guineas, for which the Subscribers shall receive Twelve Box tickets to be used at pleasure, till all are come in, which tickets may be had at Dr Arne's in the Piazza, next the Church, Covent Garden

Event Comment: Full Prices

Event Comment: Benefit for Grimaldi and Vincent. No Building on Stage. Full Prices

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Afterpiece: For last time this season. Full Prices

Event Comment: Benefit for Leviez, ballet master. Full Prices. Afterpiece: By Desire. The Farmer, for last time this season

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Full Prices. Doors open'd at half past Four. To Begin exactly at half past Six

Event Comment: Full Prices. Afterpiece: For 67th time. Last time of the Company's performing this season

Event Comment: Full prices

Event Comment: Full Prices

Event Comment: Full Prices. After this night the Coronation cannot be done for a considerable time on account of the pantomime entertainment of the Sorcerer

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not perform'd these 4 years. [See 12 Feb. 1759.] Habits and Scenes for it entirely new. Nothing under Full Price will be taken

Event Comment: At the Great Room, Dean St. Benefit for Miss Formantel. Price: 5s. To begin at 7