*p1776 12 27 cg The Tempest. Prospero-Hull; Ferdinand-Mattocks; Stephano-Wilson; Trincalo-Quick; Caliban-Dunstall; Gonzalo-Fearon; Alonzo-L'Estrange; Sebastian-Robson; Antonio-Booth; Master-Thompson; Boatswain-Bates; Miranda-Miss Brown; Juno-Miss Dayes; Ceres-Miss Valois; Ariel-Mrs Farrell.*a1776 12 27 cg Harlequin's Frolicks. ^As17761226^, but Pierrot-Wewitzer; Servant-Stevens.*d1776 12 27 cg In: Aldridge, Miss Valois, others [the dance was composed by $Aldridge= (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 26 Nov. 1779), and danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances]; In afterpiece: ^as17761226^.*c1776 12 27 cg Mainpiece: Never Performed There. On account of the Additional Airs, contracted into 3 Acts. [<i>Public Advertiser</i>, 30 Dec., notes that the principal omission was the conspiracy of <i>Alonzo</i>r, <i>Antonio</i>r, &c., and that the Masque in Act IV was removed to the concluding scene of the play.] With New Dresses, Scenery and Decorations. The Music by $Purcell=, $John Christopher? Smith=, $Dr Arne= and $Fisher=. [In afterpiece the playbill retains $Delpini= as <i>Pierrot</i>r, but "[$Hull=] made an apology for the illness of Delpini, telling the audience that the Signor had hurt himself so much the preceding evening in performing the part of Pierrot that he could not come out of his room; the managers therefore hoped that the audience would accept of $Wewitzer= in the character" (<i>Morning Chronicle</i>, 28 Dec.). The playbill also adds Wewitzer as the <i>Gardener</i>r; this part was perhaps omitted.] Paid $Enderby=, Oil Merchant, #258 17s. Receipts: #245 18s. (244.15; 1.3).