*p1775 10 17 cg The Distress'd Mother. Orestes-Barry; Pyrrhus-Aickin, first time; Pylades-Clinch; Phoenix-L'Estrange; Andromache-Mrs Hartley; Cephisa-Miss Dayes; Cleone-Mrs Poussin; Hermione-Mrs Barry.*a1775 10 17 cg The Weathercock. The Characters- Mattocks, Reinhold, Mahon,Young, Quick, Miss Brown, Mrs Masters Mrs Mattocks; The <i>Dances</i>-Harris, Miss Ross; Amyand-Mattocks; Ready-Quick; Selvyn-Mahon; Sir Rowland-Reinhold; Delia-Miss Brown; Harriet-Mrs Mattocks ($Genest=, V, 512).*c1775 10 17 cg Afterpiece: A New Musical Entertainment in 2 Acts [by $Theodosius Forrest=] never pebformed. With a New <i>Overture</i> by $Dr Arnold=. The Airs chiefly selected from the most eminent masters. [<i>Larpent MS 392</i> confirms the character names and adds a <i>Country Lad</i>r and a <i>Country Lass</i>r. The <i>Westminster Magazine</i> for Oct. condemned the <i>Weathercock</i>: "To speak of this piece as a literary compostiion, it was throughout a dull, uninteresting narrative, told in duller numbers. Considered in a dramatic light, it was still less defensible....The overture by Dr Arnold was trite, except the last movement, which had great merit, and was universally admired....We expected in spite of the numerous Orders sent in by the Author and Managers, that it would have met with its deserved fate on the first representation, it was, however, somehow carried through that and a second night's hearing-on the third evening, however, it received a formal damnation."]