Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 20 years. [See 16 April 1751.] With the Decorations prescribed by Shakespeare. The Characters new Dressed in the Haibts of the Times. [The reviewer for Town and Country Magazine preferred Mrs Hartley's acting in Jane Shore to that in Henry VIII, where she frequently sunk into a whining monotony which from the length of some of the speeches became very disagreeable.' She did, however, he thought, do the last scene well.] Receipts: #223 13s. 6d. (Account Book)

Event Comment: Rec'd #59 from various actors for their deficiencies last season, and #4 6d. from Phillips for old cloaths. Paid for a Lottery Ticket No. 51,822, #13 (Account Book). Receipts: #113 7s

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Acted but once these 7 years. [See 23 Jan. 1767.] The 11th night of the Dramatic Poem of Elfrida is oblig'd to be deferr'd, on account of the indisposition of Mr Hartley (playbill). Paid Wright (glazier) #24 2s. Freke (iron-monger) #4 10s.; Griffin (bookseller) #4 5s. 6d.; Farrington & Scarr (haberdashers) #13 7s. (Account Book). Receipts: #1338s

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Cash advanc'd Shuter as per note #100, and DuBellamy as per note #100. Paid Mr O'Brien the balance of his N[ight] the 14th Inst. #110 13s. (Account Book). Receipts: #131 9s

Event Comment: The Wedding Ring defer'd. Bannister ill. Paid Mr Reddish to Mr Settree, per order #33 4s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #268 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Event Comment: Benefit for King. Part of Pit laid into the Boxes. Mainpiece: Not performed for 10 years. [See 14 Oct. 1761. The Wishing Cap is Larpent MS 350. It discusses Fortunatus' Cap as King conceived several people would use it--the miser, the cit, the adolescent maid, the gossip, Hodge, &c.: "Thus in several spheres of life we find@Wishing appears the madness of Mankind." He closes with the Cap on his head wishing for applause.] Receipts: #207 6s. Charges: #64 9s. Profits to King: #142 15s. (Treasurer's Book)