_Ranger_, by Mr. GRAHAM, Jun. _Frankly_, by Mr. WEWITZER. _Bellamy_, by Mr. WILLIAMS. _Jack Meggott_, by Mr. FROST. _Tester_, by Mr. FOLLETT, Jun. _Buckle_, by Mr. PHILLIPS. _Simon_, by Mr. DANIELL. And Mr. by Mr. LESTRANGE. _Strickland_, Mrs. _Strickland_, by Mrs. WALCOT. _Jacintha_, by Mrs. BOLTON. _Lucetta_, by Mrs. EDGAR. _Millener_, by Miss STEVENSON. And _Clarinda_, by Mrs. ELLIOTT. (From the Theatre Royal, Dublin, Being her First Appearance on this Stage.) Dancing, between the Acts, by _Master_ and _Miss_ Michel. To which will be added a FARCE, called, WHO’S THE DUPE? _Old Doiley_, by Mr. FOLLET. _Sandford_, by Mr. FROST. _Granger_, by Mr. WILLIAMS. And _Gradus_, by Mr. GRAHAM, Jun. _Miss Doiley_, by Mrs. BOLTON. _Charlotte_, by Miss EDGAR. TICKETS and PLACES for the BOXES to be taken of Mr. _Baily_, at the _Theatre_. _Doors to be opened at_ SIX, _and to begin exactly at_ SEVEN. The Tragedy of RICHARD III, and the New Pantomime of ROBINSON CRUSOE, or, HARLEQUIN FRIDAY, (as performed for _Eighty Nights_, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane) is obliged to be postponed till _Friday_ Evening, on account of the machinery not being quite ready. The following are extracts from the Diary of Mr. Bew:— 1778.—Tuesday, September 1.—_The Settle_.—STEINE.—Mr. Griffith, of Drury Lane playhouse, with much civility, conducts me to the Theatre, in North Street, in which _company_ he is _concerned_, am fearful the manager is most _concerned_, at—the badness of the season, for there seems a _plentiful lack_ of company. But, not to play too much upon words, it is a pretty building, something larger than that at Richmond, and seems well adapted to its intended uses. Friday, 4.—_At the Theatre_.—In the evening went to Griffith’s benefit, the _West Indian_, by desire of Lady Mills; much, but pleasingly disappointed, because the company performed a great deal better than from information I had been taught to expect; the ladies also were, what all stage-ladies not always are,—extremely decent. Previous to 1774 there was no other temple dedicated to Thalia and Melpomene, than a barn. The first theatre was built by the late Mr. Samuel Paine, and let in 1774, to Mr. Roger Johnstone, formerly the property-man at Covent Garden Theatre, who, having continued it for three years only, it was then leased to the late Mr. Fox, of Covent Garden Theatre also, in 1777, for the term of fifteen years, at the annual rent of sixty guineas.