Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by
Henry Bate]: With new Music, Scenes, Dresses, and Decorations. The Music (with a few exceptions) composed entirely new by
Shield. And new Scenery designed and chiefly executed by
Richards. Books of the Songs to be had at the Theatre. [
Williamson was formely a chorus singer at this theatre;
Mme Pieltain had sung at the
king's in the season of 1788-89. Afterpiece in place of
The Deaf Lover, advertised on playbill of 25 Feb.] "The author is very little responsible for his part of the entertainment, which he acknowledges was composed chiefly for the purpose of [the music, which] in the taste of the present day is almost the only essential part of such an entertainment" (
Gazetteer, 28 Feb.).
Oracle, 7 May 1791: Thas Day is published
The Woodman (1s. 6d.). Receipts: #243 2s. (239.17.6; 3.4.6)