Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Desire. Afterpiece: A New Musical Entertainment in 2 acts, words imitated from
Rousseau, with his original Musick (
Burney). Books of the entertainment at the Theatre, published for 1s. Paid
Mr Chitty his coal bill #91 13s. and
Mr Johnston's bill for guilt leather #24 19s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book). [Advertisement to 2nd Edition, 1766: Upon rehearsing the music it has been thought necessary to retrench the Second Act for fear of satiety: for though the Airs and Dances after the reconciliation of
Celia and
Phoebe are by no means inferior to the rest in point of composition; yet as no other business remained to be done after that circumstance but that of mere festivity, the Editor, with some reluctance, submitted to the o
mission of such airs as are printed with inverted commas; which, however, are all publish'd with the music by
Mr Bremner in the
Strand."] Receipts: #150 13s. (Treasurer's Book)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Orphan
Afterpiece Title: The Cunning Man