Event Comment: The
Jubilee consists of Dialogue Singing & Dancing. This 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.