Event Comment: Benefit for
Vestris Sen. Tickets to be had of Vestris, No. 2,
Hay-market. 2nd ballet: A new Historical Dance [in 3 acts]. The Music entirely new, composed by
VanEsch. With new Dresses, Machinery, and Decorations. [
Morning Chronicle, 15 Apr., printed a letter from Vestris complaining that the manage had not fulfilled his promises as regards the scenery. Vestris outlines what he had planned, and concludes with a description of the "3rd and last act, the
Olympus descending, which shall fill the whole stage with clouds, and a Glory in which one shall see
Jupiter with his whole Celestial Court;
Hercules shall appear there mounting in the Olympus to receive his Apotheosis; the Ballet shall be concluded by a general acclamation of joy and admiration of all the people assembled in the place."