*p9?dg The World in the Moon. [Edition of 1697:% Prologue-Girl; Frank Wildblood-Powel; Ned Stanmore-Mills; Palmerin Worthy-Williams; Sir Dottrel Fondlove-Johnson; Old Stanmore-Disney; Tom Dawkins-Pinkethman; Jacintha-Mrs Verbruggen; Widow Dawkins-Mrs Powel; Mrs Susan-Mrs Andrews; Prologue- [Set to Musick by $Mr Jeremy Clark=. I:%; <i>Within this happy World above</i>- [set by $Mr Jeremy Clark=. II:%; Joe Haynes meets 'em-; [II: The Entertainment Composed by $Mr Daniel Purcel=% <i>Come all you Nymphs of Cynthia's Train</i>-; [II: A Dialogue% <i>In all our Cynthia's shining sphere</i>-Mr Leveridge, Mrs Cross; [III: The Musick set by Mr Daniel Purcel% <i>Look round and here behold</i>-; [A Dialogue% <i>Oh dear sweet sir you look so gay</i>-Mrs Cross, Mrs Lucas; [IV: A Song set by Mr Purcel% <i>Young Strephon met me t'other Day</i>-Miss Anon; [IV: The Ceremony of a Nuptial Entertainment perform'd.% Bride-Mrs Cross; Bridegroom-Mr Leveridge; [The Musick set by Mr D. Purcel,% <i>The Nymphs of the Plain</i>-; [V: Set by Mr D. Purcel,% <i>Come Strephon Phyllis come let's troth</i>-; <i>Epilogue</i>-Miss Denny Chalk; [Dress'd with a great Wig like a Beau. In <i>The Single Songs in the New Opera call'd The World in the Moon</i> (1697), in addition to some of the pieces listed above, are the following ones: A Song Sett by Mr Daniel Purcell:% <i>Then come kind Damon</i>-Mrs Lindsey; [A Song Sett by $Mr J. Clark=:% <i>Smile then with a beam divine</i>-Mrs Cross; [A Song Sett by Mr J. Clark:% <i>Divine Astrea hither flew to Cynthia's brighter Throne</i>-; [A Song Sett by Mr Daniel Purcell:% <i>Young Strephon hee has woo'd me long</i>-; [A New Song:% <i>Let those Youths who freedom prize</i>-. *c9?dg <i>Rich's Company</i>. The date of the first performance is not precisely known, but the opera was in preparation on 15 June 1697. In addition, it was advertised in the <i>Post Boy</i>, 22-24 June 1697, that it would be published on 25 June 1697. As it was occasionally the custom of the theatres to have copies of operatic pieces available at the theatre for a performance, it is possible that the premiere occurred at the end of the week of 21-26 June 1697. Furthermore, a certain performance on 1 July 1697, a benefit for the "Undertaker" of it, probably the third performance, similarly suggests a premiere a few days earlier.