*p1700 02 19 dl The Grove; or, Love's Paradice. Edition of 1700: Arcadius-Mills; Eudosius-Powel; Adrastus-Tomms; Parmenio-Cibber; Nicias-Thomas; Aurelia-Mrs Rogers; Phylante-Mrs Temple; Sylvia-Mrs Oldfield; Prologue-; Epilogue by $Mr Farquhar=-.*c1700 02 19 dl <i>Rich's Company</i>. $Lady Morley= attended this performance: Lady Morley and one in the Box at <i>the Grove</i> an Opera. 10s. See $Hotson=, <i>Commonwealth and Restoration Drama</i>, p. 378. It is not known whether this performance was the premiere, but the publication of this work on 16 March 1699@1700 (<i>Post Man</i>, 14-16 March 1699@1700) suggests that if the usual month between premiere and publication intervened for this work, the premiere may have been in mid-February. On the other hand, a letter-see 20 Jan. 1699@1700-may refer to this work. The music was composed by $Daniel Purcell=. In <i>Songs in the New Opera Called The Grove or Love's Paradice</i> (1700) the following singers are listed: $Mrs Irwin=, $Freeman=, $The Boy=, $Hughes=, $Mrs Lindsey=, $Pate=, and $Mrs Shaw=. The Preface implies that the opera was a failure: As for the Persons who were not so generous...who thought the Catastrophe was not enough prepar'd, and that the discovery in the last Act was huddled and in confusion, they will now see if what he had writ had been spoken, every thing would have appear's clear and natural, which, to shorten the Entertainment had been before broken and disorder'd.