Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never Performed There. On account of the Additional Airs, contracted into 3 Acts. [
Public Advertiser, 30 Dec., notes that the principal omission was the conspiracy of
Alonzo,
Antonio, &c., and that the Masque in Act IV was removed to the concluding scene of the play.] With New Dresses, Scenery and Decorations. The Music by
Purcell,
John Christopher? Smith,
Dr Arne and
Fisher. [In afterpiece the playbill retains
Delpini as
Pierrot, but "[
Hull] made an apology for the illness of Delpini, telling the audience that the Signor had hurt himself so much the preceding evening in performing the part of Pierrot that he could not come out of his room; the managers therefore hoped that the audience would accept of
Wewitzer in the character" (
Morning Chronicle, 28 Dec.). The playbill also adds Wewitzer as the
Gardener; this part was perhaps omitted.] Paid
Enderby, Oil Merchant, #258 17s. Receipts: #245 18s. (244.15; 1.3)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Tempest
Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolicks
Dance: In: Aldridge, Miss Valois, others [the dance was composed by Aldridge (Morning Chronicle, 26 Nov. 1779), and danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances]; In afterpiece: as17761226