Event Comment: Benefit for Green and Ansell (box-keepers). Tickets sold at the Doors will not be admitted. Charges #83 1s. 6d. Deficit #53 13s., covered by income from tickets: Ansell #112 7s. (Box 341; Pit 162; Gallery 28); Green #135 4s. (Box 470; Pit 106; Gallery 18). Rec'd of Condell his deficiency and #20 in full for Fruit Rent this season: also deficiencies from Mrs Naylor and Potter. Paid Mr Scovell for copying Music in Maid of the Mill--#3 9s. (Account Book). Receipts: #53 13s. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for Pilfold, Wooley, and others. Tickets delivered by Ellis, Doe, Reed, Roberts, Singleton, Dixon, Robson, Fransdorf, Norbury, Bassan, Sherrard, and Bushell will be taken. @ Pilfold Box 34@Pit 163@Gallery 56@Value #38 11s.@1!2 Value #19 5s. 6d.@ Wooley 14 28 77 #15 8s. #7 14s.@ Ellis - 7 28 #3 17s. #1 18s. 6d.@ Doe - 16 43 #6 14s. #3 7s.@ Reed 14 18 35 #9 14s. #4 17s.@ Roberts 20 104 61 #26 14s. #13 7s.@ Singleton - 2 7 #1. 10s.@ Dixon 16 48 28 #14. #7.@ Robson 8 75 83 #21 11s. #10 15s. 6d.@ Fransdorf 12 31 55 #13 3s. #6 11s. 6d.@ Norbury 18 41 61 #16 15s. #8 7s. 6d.@ Bassan (Mr) 8 28 35 #9 14s. #4 17s.@ Sherrattt 6 14 14 5 #2 10s.@ Bushell - 16 17 #4 2s. #2 1s.@ Money #50 15s. 150 591 600@Total House Value #236 18s. #93 1s. 6d.@ No charges were made. The House received the 1!2 value of the tickets from each as listed above. Stephenson, Furkins, Rotten (Wroughton), Dumay, Walters, Wilkinson and Eddis are listed as paying up their deficiencies of 1!2 values (Account Book). [1,341 tickets given out.

Event Comment: Account Book: @Receiv'd of Vincent for Music Forfeits this season #21 11s. 10d.@Rece'v'd for stage forfeits this season #14 4s. 2d.@Receiv'd of Mrs Carne for ends of Candles & Oyl #70 6s. 7d.@Receiv'd of Proprietors of Public Advertiser #50@Receiv'd of Proprietors of Daily Gazetteer #50@Paid Vincent for Music Books #4 5s. 2d.@9 June@Rec'd Assurance on 50 Renter's Old Shares at 4s. 10d. each #12 1s. 8d.@Rec'd Assurance on 50 Renter's New Shares at 2s. 6d. each #6 5s.@15 July@Rec'd of His Majesty by Mr Mathias #40@Rec'd of Madam Schellenbergen by Ditto #9@Total Income 1768-69: #30,759 16s. 2 1!2d.@Total Expense 1768-69: #24,035 8s. 3d.@31 May: Paid Arnold Composer #50 13s.@2 June: Paid Kirkman for tuning #20@

Event Comment: A Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music benefit for Mrs Pinto. Songs by Mrs Forbes, Master Brown, and Mrs Pinto. Concertos on the organ and Hautboy by Hook and Park. After which will be performed for the first time a Pastoral Serenata called Love and Innocence, in two acts composed by Mr Hook, with chorusses. An elegant transparent Temple of Apollo designed and painted by Sig Bigar, machinist to the Opera House. The Gardens will be additionally illuminated. Fireworks. The whole to conclude with a Ball

Event Comment: HHopkins MS Memorandum Book: Wrote to Mr Barry to know when they could play. Receiv'd a letter from him on Monday, desiring they might be excus'd playing till Saturday sennight, as they were both ill. Wrote to him the same day desiring they would send me word what play they would chuse to appear in, & when they would rehearse. Rec'd a letter on Thursday the 28th that the soonest they could appear would be the latter end of the next week. They play King Lear on Sat. 7 Oct

Event Comment: Afterpiece: In the Manner it was performed at Stratford. This Ode was as it was perform'd at the Jubilee at Stratford upon Avon Dedicating a Building & Erecting a Statue to Shakespeare it was written by D. G. Esqr. and the Music by Dr Arne Mr G. speaking in this performance is equal to anything he ever did and met with as much applause as his heart could desire. It is a most delightful performance (Hopkins Diary)

Event Comment: The Jubilee consists of Dialogue Singing & Dancing. This Entertainment was written & compil'd by Mr G.-and it was receiv'd with bursts of Applause the Procession of Shakespear's Characters &c. is the most Superb that ever was Exhibited or I believe ever will. There never was an Entertainment produc'd that gave so much pleasure to all Degrees Boxes pit and Gallery (Hopkins Diary). The Music by Dibdin. With New Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. [On all subsequent bills, though some are shortened, the PAGEANT is advertised in large capitals. Larpent MS 298, includes descriptive notes and stage directions, p. 24: "Here follows the Pageant, with Bells ringing, Fifes playing, Drums beating, and Cannons firing. In The Procession every scene in the different plays represents some capital part of it in action...The last Scene is a magnificent Transparent one in which the Capital characters of Shakespeare are exhibited at full length with Shakespeare's Statue in the middle crowned by Tragedy and Comedy, fairies and Cupids surrounding him and all the banners waving at the upper end. Then enter the dancers." The Pageant appeared at the top of the stage and came forward, Reviewed in Freeholder's Magazine, Oct.

Event Comment: Rec'd a message that Mrs Barry was better & she would be able to Rehearse on Monday & that Mr Barry would be able to play Lord Townly on Thursday next (Hopkins MS Memorandum Book). [See 2 Nov.

Event Comment: Afterpiece: With Alterations and Additions. Not acted these 7 years. [See 23 May 1763.] With New Music, Dresses, Scenes, and Decorations. The First Scene painted by the Late Mr Lambert, the last by Servandoni (playbill). [See 6 Nov. for specification of Scenes.] Receipts: #240 4s. 6d