Event Comment: Benefit for
Wild, prompter. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1]: The Words of the Ode will be given in the Theatre. 3rd piece: A Short Description of the Scenery, &c. The Hall of Fingal-the Banquet preparatory to the celebration of the Nuptials of
Oscar and Malvina; The Mountain of
Ben Lomond; The Military Procession of
Carrol to the Hall of Fingal; A View of the Sea
and Rock, from which Oscar escapes, by leaping from a precipice, 20 feet high, into the arms of his Soldiers; A View of the Bridge, with the Camp of Carrol-the Death of Carrol, by the h
ands of Malvina, with his Descent into the Sea,
and the Burning of the Camp of Carrol. The new Music composed,
and the Ancient Scots Music selected
and adapted by
Shield. The Overture by
Reeve.
Morning Herald, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Wild, No. 46,
Drury-lane. Receipts: #394 13s. (187.9; 3.10; tickets: 203.14)