Event Comment: OObrien did Brazen, for his first appearance, & met with great Applause (Cross). [See a two-column comment on The Recruiting Officer and O'Brien's acting in Theatre No II published in The London Chronicle, No. 277, 5-7 Oct., p. 343: "The character of Brazen never existed in human nature, but is merely the child of Farquhar's own licentious invention...and for this reason I imagined it impossible for any actor to appear to advantage in it, without having recourse to that buffoonery and grimace which has always been made use of by the most eminent to support it; but I was agreeably surprised to find myself mistaken: for the young gentleman who has now got it into his possession goes through the whole with a genuine comic spirit; and, by his peculiar method of acting it, in a great measure corrects the unnatural absurdity of the writer." Specific details of his acting as well as comments on other roles are given.] Receipts: #150 (Cross); #174 3s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Receipts: #150 (Cross); #151 6s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Reciepts: #130 (Cross); #112 9s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #180 (Cross); #182 9s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: LLucio by Mr O'Brien, (The young gentleman who perform'd Capt Brazen). Receipts: #160 (Cross); #167 2s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Dance by Signor Grimaldi (Cross). Receipts: #170 (Cross); #154 12s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: MMr Fleetwood in ye fight with Paris in ye last Act, having a Sword by his Side instead of a Foil, run Mr Austin (Paris) into the belly, he lay some time but at last call'd to be taken off--a Surgeon was sent for--No harm, a Small Wound, & he is recover'd (Cross). Receipts: #140 (Cross); #153 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Receipts: #180 (Cross); #151 7s (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Not performed for 12 years. [See 5 Nov. 1746.] Mossop, Palmer, Miss Macklin, Mrs Davies, Miss Pritchard played parts for first time. Receipts: #100 (Cross).; #114 10s (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Not performed for two years [see 18 April 1757]. Fleetwood, Bransby, OBrien played their parts for the first time. Receipts: #110 (Cross); #155 8s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Receipts: #90 (Cross); #93 13s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Receipts: #200 (Cross); #197 2s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #170 (Cross); #156 7s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross); #105 4s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: By Desire. Receipts: #100 (Cross); #120 13s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Receipts: #100 (Cross); #119 17s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #180 (Cross); #151 4s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: [G$Goldsmith's comment in The Bee (1759, p. 14) the following season seems to have glanced at Mrs Pritchard's performance of Jane Shore, since Mrs Pritchard was growing quite stout at this time: In his remarks of "casting" he is distressed at "an actress that might act the Wapping Landlady without a bolster, pining in the character of Jane Shore, and while unwieldy with fat endeavoring to convince the audience that she is dying from hunger." The part at Drury Lane for the next eight years went to Mrs Yates, Mrs Pritchard playing it only once again "for that night only" at her daughter's benefit, 7 April 1766.] Receipts: #140 (Cross); #138 18s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With proper Decorations. Not performed for 3 years [see 9 Dec. 1756]. Receipts: #120 (Cross); #144 9s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Receipts: #130 (Cross); #158 17s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Afterpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #160 (Cross); #109 9s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Receipts: #188 0s. 6d. (Winston MS 8). [No receipts in Cross.

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. [The London Chronicle 1758, p. 462, comments fully and very favorably on the performance of The Wonder, specifying the acting of Garrick, Miss Macklin, Palmer, and Mrs Davies, adding: "To this comedy was added a Pantomime Entertainment called Harlequin Ranger, which in spite of whatever may be urged to the contrary, I think diverting. And though it is against the general opinion, Woodward's pantomimes are, in my judgment, much superior to Rich's."] Receipts: #180 (Cross); #153 9s. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Receipts: #140 (Cross); #143 5s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)

Event Comment: Receipts: #130 (Cross); #121 18s. 6d. (Winston MS 8)