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 omission 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
Related Works
Related Work: The Cunning Man Author(s): Charles Burney