Event Comment: The Jubilee consists of Dialogue Singing & Dancing. T
his Entertainment was written & compil'd by
Mr G.-and it was receiv'd with bursts of Applause
the Procession of Shakespear's Characters &c. is
the most Superb that ever was Exhibited or I believe ever will.
There never was an Entertainment produc'd that gave so much pleasure to all Degrees Boxes pit and Gallery (
Hopkins Diary).
The Music by
Dibdin. With New Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. [On all subsequent bills, though some are shortened,
the PAGEANT is advertised in large capitals.
Larpent MS 298, includes descriptive notes and stage directions, p. 24: "Here follows
the Pageant, with Bells ringing, Fifes playing, Drums beating, and Cannons firing. In
The Procession every scene in
the different plays represents some capital part of it in action...
The last Scene is a magnificent Transparent one in which
the Capital characters of
Shakespeare are exhibited at full length with Shakespeare's Statue in
the middle crowned by Tragedy and Comedy, fairies and Cupids surrounding him and all
the banners waving at
the upper end.
Then enter
the dancers."
The Pageant appeared at
the top of
the stage and came forward, Reviewed in
Freeholder's Magazine, Oct.