Event Comment: At the Desire of Several Persons of Distinction. The Thirteenth Day. The Ladies are particularly desired to come early. Yesterday Orders were sent from the Lord Mayor to the Managers of the Entertainment last Night, exhibited at the Castle Tavern, Paternoster Row, to discontinue that part of it call'd The Old Woman's Oratory, the above being an unlicensed Place (Daily Advertiser, 19 Feb.)

Event Comment: To begin at 7 p.m. at the Castle Tavern, Paternoster Row. The Price of Admission will be a half crown each. The house will be illuminated with wax candles. The Ladies are particulary desired to come early. [Notice repeated. The sixteenth night.

Event Comment: [N.B. There is no playbill for this date.] This Week will be publish'd A Letter from Henry Woodward, Comedian, the meanest of all characters [see Inspector N. 524] to Dr John Hill, Inspector General of Great Britain, the greatest of all Characters [see all the Inspectors]. "I do remember an Apothecary...whom late I noted In Tatter'd Weeds;.. .Culling of simples..." Shakespeare. Printed and publish'd by M. Cooper in Pater Noster Row. Receipts: #100 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Signora Bugiani. Two rows of the Pit will be rail'd into the boxes

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Cibber. Last time of acting it this season. [Seven rows of Pit laid into Boxes, and amphitheatre on stage. Send servants at 3 o'clock.] Receipts: #240 (Cross)

Event Comment: Afterpiece: By Desire. Reprisal Publish'd at 1s. "as it is now acting at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane, printed for R. Baldwin, Paternoster Row. Receipts: #180 (Cross)

Event Comment: Benefit for Gallini. Two rows of Pit will be railed into the Boxes

Event Comment: Benefit for Vernon. House Charges #67 9s. 6d. [Profit to Vernon #52 1s. 6d.] Paid Burney Jr 8 days salary #1 13s. 4d.; Chorus singers #2 10s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #119 11s. (Treasurer's Book). Fifteen minutes past 4 took my seat in the 4th row of the first Gallery at Drury Lane...Lord Ogleby was excellently played by King. Heidelberg inimitably by Mrs Clive. After the Vintage, King by desire presented the Public again with Linco's Travels, but omitted a few things spoke last night. Cupid in Daphne and Amintor by Miss Rogers...Eleven o'clock when we got out (Neville MS Diary)

Event Comment: Paid salary list #435 19s. (Treasurer's Book). Read the 2 remaining Acts of Rule a Wife...About 15 minutes past 4 went into ye Pit, and contrary to my expectation got a seat almost in ye middle of ye 3rd row, which I prefer to any other. Garrick played Leon. By having seen him in the character before, and having read the play, I enjoyed the excellency of his acting more than I ever did. King played the Copper Captain for ye first time, and did it very well. Pritchard is excellent in Estifania, Love and Baddeley were good in Cacafago and the Old Woman (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #202 10s. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: A Tragedy for Warm Weather. Written after the manner of the Worst, as well as the Best of the English Poets, containing amongst a Variety of Particulars, curious, entertaining, and pathetic, the Rebellion of the Journeymen Taylors on the Score of Wages, etc. Neville MS Diary: Half past Six went to ye Haymarket Theatre but could not get into ye Pit or first Gallery, so stood on ye last row of the shilling Gallery, tho' I could see little, to see how ye Taylors, a new tragedy for warm weather, would go off, being the first night of its performance. 3rd Act hiss'd-ye Gods in ye shilling Gallery called for ye Builder's Prologue-hissed off ye part of ye Old Maid twice and Davies who came to make an excuse. The Gentlemen, many of whom were there, cried No Prologue" but to no purpose. At last Foote said if he knew their demands he would be ready to comply with them. The noise ceasing, after some time he was told the Builder's Prologue was desired. He said he had done all in his power to get the performers, having seen them. After some time he came and informed them he had got the performers together, and if the House would be pleased to accept of ye Prologue in our dresses as we are you shall have it." This was followed by great clapping which shows the Genius of our English mobility ever generous after victory. Left ye House after ye Farce began. [Flints were journeymen tailors who refused to comply with the masters' terms and the regulations of the magistrate, in contradistinction to those who submitted and were in derision stiled Dungs. The term dates from 1764-OED. An extract from the Occasional Prologue (the Builder's Prologue) in prose on the opening of the Theatre Royal in the Haymarket, by Foote published in the London Magazine July 1767, p. 351. Foote, Scaffold, and Prompter are the three participants. Foote tells Scaffold he will be paid by the audience. Scaffold notes that the audience must in that case be pleased at all times. Foote promises no long processions [will] crowd my narrow scenes." He assumes that any of the reforms he plans will but echo the public voice. The Prompter then calls the actors on.

Event Comment: By Particular Desire. Neville MS Diary: Went into ye first row of ye Pit. Before ye play began and between ye acts read ye part of Lord and Lady Townly, Sir Francis, J. Moodie, and Sir Richard...The little girl who dances is more applauded than anyone who appears on that stage

Event Comment: By Authority. Not acted these 40 years. Benefit Lalauze. By Particular Desire, two rows of the Pit will be rail'd in with the Boxes

Event Comment: Benefit for Ansell and Green (Box-keepers). Charges #81 5s. Deficit to Box-Keepers #27 1s. 3d. apiece, cover'd by income from tickets: Ansell #122 2s. (Box 310; Pit 248; Gallery 74); Green #128 3s. (Box 420; Pit 115; Gallery 59) (Account Book). [Since box capacity seems to have been about 560 places, it would seem that several rows of the pit had been sold at box prices by these Boxkeepers. See 22 May 1767.] Receipts: #27 2s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: A drunken man and a livery servant were both very troublesome in the first gallery [according to an account in the Morning Chronicle, 11 Dec., which continued]: It is a very great insult to respectable citizens and gentlemen of moderate fortunes, who from principles of economy choose to sit in the first gallery, that they admit too men in liveries. Their prices of admission have been raised within these thirty years, and every art practised for interest of the managers; and in these times, when every necessary and convenience of life is considerably enhanced, it is a matter of prudence in persons of the middle rank of life to prefer the gallery to the pit. But this is no reason why livery servants should be allowed to place themselves by the wives and daughters of private gentlemen and reputable tradesmen, to whom they often behave with great insolence and indecency. [It is desirable] to know why a constable does not make his appearance in the back row of the first, as well as the second, gallery, being frequently as much wanted in the one as the other (John Hampden Diary, p. 122)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Jewell. By Permission. A Tragedy for Warm Weather, not acted these ten Years, written after the manner of the worst as well as the best English Poets [author unknown] Containing, amongst a Variety of Particulars curious, entertaining, and pathetic, the Rebellion of the Journeymen Tailors, their Military Preparations and Election of a Chief, their Skirmishes, Ambushes, Sieges, Councils and Combats; their Division into Flints, and Dungs; with the Defection of the Dungs, at the Pass of Butcher Row and total Overthrow of the Flints at the famous Battle of Temple Bar; together with the Captivit and End of their valiant leader. [Colman's shortened version of the 1767 play (Biographia Dramatica).

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A Tragedy for Warm Weather, written after the Manner of the Worst as well as the Best English Poets; containing, amongst a Variety of Particulars, the Rebellion of the Journeymen Tailors; their Military Preparations and Election of a Chief; their Skirmishes, Ambushes, Sieges, Councils and Combats; their Division into Flints and Dungs, with the Defection of the Dungs at the Pass of the Butcher-Row, and total Overthrow of the Flints at the Famous Battle of Temple-Bar; together with the Captivity and Fatal End of their Valiant Leader

Event Comment: Benefit for Macklin. Daily Advertiser, 24 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Macklin, Tavistock-Row, Covent-Garden. [Mrs Bulkley's 1st appearance as Portia was at this theatre, 1 Jan. 1768.] Receipts: #212 8s. (132.1; tickets: 80.7) (charge: #64 10s.)

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Written after the Manner of the worst as well as the best English Poets. Containing, amongst a Variety of Particulars, curious, entertaining and pathetic, the Rebellion of the Journeymen Tailors; their Military Preparations and Election of a Chief; their Skirmishes, Ambushes, Sieges, Councils, and Combats; their Division into Flints and Dungs; with the Defection of the Dungs at the Pass of the Butcher-Row, and total overthrow of the Flints at the famous battle of Temple-Bar; together with the Captivity and fatal End of their valiant Leader

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Palmer (the Lady who perform'd Calista). [Mainpiece: Prologue by Thomas Baker.] No Person to be admitted without a ticket, which may be had of Mrs Palmer, No. 13 Pierpont-Row; at the King's Head Tavern in the upper-Street; and at the place of Performance. [The date of the performance of The Fair Penitent, of which play Calista is the heroine, has not as yet come to light.

Event Comment: Benefit for Macklin. Public Advertiser, 22 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Macklin, Tavistock Row, Covent Garden. Receipts: #268 (193.15; tickets: 74.5) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Robinson. Morning Chronicle, 25 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Robinson at her house, the corner of Tavistock-row, Covent-Garden. Receipts: #201 12s. (67.4.0; 32.6.6; 0.11.6; tickets: 101.10.0) (charge: #105)

Event Comment: Benefit for Smith. Part of the Pit [Public Advertiser, 26 Mar.: 4 rows] will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by half past Four o'clock. Receipts: #321 3s. (160/2/0; 9/3/6; 0/7/6; tickets: 151/10/0) (charge: #67 11s. 11d.)

Event Comment: Benefit for Macklin. Gazetteer, 7 May: Tickets to be had of Macklin, Tavistock-row, Covent-garden. Receipts: #194 11s. (116/4; tickets: 78/7) (charge: free)

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Siddons. Part of the Pit [6 rows (Public Advertiser, 6 Mar.)] will be laid into the Boxes. To prevent Confusion Ladies are desired to send their Servants by half past Four o'clock. [In mainpiece the playbill assigns Orestes to Smith, but he "was indisposed . . . Throughout the whole [of his part] Kemble's skill was apparent. In the last scene he displayed as fine a picture of horror as was ever given from the stage" (Morning Chronicle, 6 Mar.).] Morning Herald, 24 Feb.: Tickets to be had of Mrs Siddons, Gower-street, Bedford-square. Receipts: #293 11s. (122/17/0; 10/1/6; 1/2/6; tickets: 159/10/0) (charge: free)

Event Comment: Benefit for Macklin. Morning Chronicle, 24 Mar.: Tickets to be had of Macklin, Tavistock-Row, Covent Garden. Receipts: #309 9s. 6d. (216/19/6; 2/4/0; tickets: 90/6/0) (charge: #105)