Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Musical Entertainment in 2 Acts [by
Theodosius Forrest] never pebformed. With a New
Overture by
Dr Arnold. The Airs chiefly selected from the most eminent masters. [
Larpent MS 392 confirms the character names and adds a
Country Lad and a
Country Lass. The
Westminster Magazine for Oct. condemned the
Weathercock: "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."
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Distress'd Mother
Afterpiece Title: The Weathercock
Related Works
Related Work: The Weathercock Author(s): Samuel Arnold