Event Comment: Afterpiece [1st time; BALL. P 2, by
James Byrn. Synopsis of action, somewhat enlarged from that on playbill (
H. Macleish, 1794)]: The Music partly new by
Shield, and partly selected from
Haydn,
Mazzinghi,
Gluck,
Baumgarten,
Gretry,
Martin? y Soler,
Dezede,
Eley. With a new Overture for a Double Orchestra composed by
Reeve. The Scenery, Machinery, Dresses and Decorations are entirely New. The Scenery painted by
Hodgins,
Walmsley,
Phillips and
Lupino Jun., assisted by
Hollogan, Byrn, &c. The Dresses chiefly designed by
Lupino Sen., and executed under the direction of
Dick. "This ballet [is] the most magnificent exhibited on the
English stage for many years" (
Universal Magazine, Nov. 1794, p. 378). Receipts: #136 13s. 6d. (123.12.6; 13.1.0)