Event Comment: Benefit Paget and Jarvis, Housekeeper. Receipts: money #12 19s. 6d.; tickets #138 17s. [In an advance bill in The Craftsman, 15 May, Paget states that he has been so dim-sighted that he does not distinguish individuals on the street or at the table and begs their indulgence.]
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Cato
Performance Comment: Cato-Stephens; Portius-Ryan; Sempronius-Walker; Syphax-Paget;Lucia-Mrs Buchanan; Juba-A. Hallam; Marcus-Marshall; Lucius-Aston; Decius-Bridgwater; Marcia-Mrs Horton .Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid
Performance Comment: Bluff-Chapman; Goodall-James; Valentine-Stoppelaer; Oldcastle-Smith; Lord Pride-Ridout; Lord Puff-Pritchard; Rachel-Mullart; Trusty-Clarke; Security-Boman; Mrs Highman-Mrs Forrester; Charlotte-Miss Brunette; Lettice-Miss Male .Music: End Afterpiece: Handel's Water Musick, in which Benj. Baker will beat the Kettle Drums
Dance: I: Comic Dance by Nivelon and his Scholar. II: Wooden Shoe Dance by Livier. III: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. IV: Harlequine by Mlle De L'Isle. V: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze
Performance Comment: II: Wooden Shoe Dance by Livier. III: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. IV: Harlequine by Mlle De L'Isle. V: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze .Song: I: Mock Italian Song by E. Roberts. IV: By Mrs Wright
Performance Comment: Roberts. IV: By Mrs Wright .