*p1674 04 30 dg The Tempest; or, The Enchanted Island. Edition of 1674: Prologue-; Second Prologue-; Epilogue-; Second Epilogue-; According to <i>L. C.</i> 5@15, p. 3 (16 May 1674; see <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 356) $Charles? Hart= and $Robert? Turner= sang in <i>The Tempest</i>. Trinculo-Underhill?.*c1674 04 30 dg This date of performance is not a certainty; for the evidence, see $Spencer=, <i>Shakespeare Improved</i>, p. 94. Neither is $Shadwell='s authorship of the alterations a certainty, for the contributions of other playwrights have never been fully determined. (See <i>Nicoll, Restoration Drama</i>, p. 43.) The instrumental music was composed by $Matthew Lock=, with new vocal music by $James? Hart= and $Pietro Reggio=. See <i>Songs Set by Signior Pietro Reggio</i>, 1680. And differing versions of the second Prologue and the second Epilogue are in <i>BM Egerton MS. 2623</i>, ff. 54-55. $Downes= (<i>Roscius Anglicanus</i>, pp. 34-35): The Year after in 1673. <i>The Tempest, or the Inchanted Island</i>, made into an Opera by $Mr Shadwell=, having all New in it; as Scenes, Machines; particularly, one Scene Painted with Myriads of Ariel Spirits; and another flying away, with a Table Furnisht out with Fruits, Sweetmeats and all sorts of Viands; just when <i>Duke Trinculo</i>r and his Companions, were going to Dinner; all things Perform'd in it so Admirably well, that not any succeeding Opera got more Money.