Event Comment: By Co
mmand of
their Majesties. With the latest i
mprove
ment by
Mr Handel. Pit and boxes to be put together. Tickets will be deliver'd that day, at the Office in the theatre at Half a Guinea each. First Gallery 5s. Second Gallery 3s. 6d. Galleries to be opened at Half an Hour past Four. Pit and Boxes at Five. To Begin at Half an Hour after Six (
Public Advertiser, 4
March). [N.B. This is an Advance notice. No notice occurs on this day, but the following: This Day publish'd
Esther: An Oratorio, with the last i
mprove
ments by
Mr Handel. To be perfor
med, by Their
Majesties Co
mmand at the Theatre Royal in
Covent Garden. Price 1s.] Went into the First Gallery at Covent Garden to hear the Oraortio,
Esther, co
mposed by Handel. The Stage was for
med into an orchestra, like one side of an a
mphitheatre divided by an organ, atop of which was a head of Handel in a radiated fra
me. In the front sat the vocal perfor
mers,
Champney,
Vernon,
Mrs Arne,
Mrs Pinto,
Miss Young, and
Mrs Frasi.
Stanley played on the Organ but retired after the 1st or 2nd act. The house was not
much crowded, tho the
King and
Queen, those idols of fools, were there (
Neville MS Diary). Charges: #35 (Account Book)
Performances
Music: CConcerto on Organ-Stanley