Event Comment: Mainpiece [1st time; CO 3, by
James Cobb. Text:
T. N. Longman and
O. Rees, 1800.
Miss Waters is identified in
the Songs]:
The Scenes, Music, Machinery, Dresses, and Decorations are all entirely new.
The Music composed by
Mazzinghi and
Reeve.
The Scenery painted by
Richards,
Phillips,
Lupino,
Hollogan,
Backmore, &c. [based on drawings of
Indian scenery by
Thomas Daniell].
The Machinery and Decorations by
Cresswell,
Sloper,
Goostree, &c.
The Dresses by
Dick and
Mrs Egan. Books of
the Songs, also describing
the Scenes and Spectacle of
the Return from
the Tiger Hunt, to be had at
the Theatre, price six pence. "
The whole [forms] an exhibition of
the utmost grandeur...
The expense attending
the decoration must have been immense...
The dailogue is certainly not of
the first description of writing, but it forms, on
the whole, a very safe vehicle for some of
the best music
the English stage has for some time been able to boast"(
Morning Herald, 13 Nov.). Account-Book, 27 Dec.: Paid
Cuthbert for Wheels, &c. for
the Elephants #13 18s. Receipts: #364 7s. 6d. (363.19.6; 0.8.0)