Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by
James Hook Jun. Larpent MS 1065; not published; synopsis of plot in
Pocket Magazine, May 1795, p. 334]: The Musick composed by
Hook? Sen. The Scenes, Dresses, Decorations and Machinery are entirely new. The Scenery of the Opera designed and painted by
Greenwood and
Capon. The Masque and Decorations by
Marinari. The Machinery by
Cabanel and
Jacobs.The Dresses by
Johnston and
Miss Rein. Books of the Songs to be had in the Theatre. [Afterpiece in place of
The Adopted Child, advertised on playbill of 5 May.] Receipts: #269 8s. (213.0.6; 53.16.0; 2.11.6)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: Jack Of Newbury
Performance Comment: Characters by Palmer, Kelly, Dignum, Suett, R. Palmer, Bannister Jun., Master Welsh, Phillimore, Mrs Crouch, Sga Storace, Miss Leak, Mrs Bland. [Cast from Songs (C. Lowndes, 1795), and Larpent MS: Jack of Newbury-Palmer; Sir Murdock O'Connel-Kelly; Edgar-Dignum; Flaw-Suett; Crafts-R. Palmer; Knap-Bannister Jun.; Page-Master Welsh; Rowland-Phillimore; Dame Eleanor-Mrs Crouch; Emma-Sga Storace; Blanche-Miss Leak; Kathlane-Mrs Bland. [To conclude with an Emblematical Masque in Honour of the Royal Nuptials [see cg, 6 Apr.], called .To conclude with an Emblematical Masque in Honour of the Royal Nuptials [see cg, 6 Apr.], called .Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Hymen
Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat