Event Comment: Benefit for
Wild, prompter. 2nd piece [1st time; M. INT 1]: The Words of the Ode will be given in the Theatre. 3rd piece: A Short Description of the Scenery, &c. The
Hall of Fingal-the Banquet preparatory to the celebration of the Nuptials of
Oscar and
Malvina; The Mountain of
Ben Lomond; The Military Procession of
Carrol to the
Hall of Fingal; A View of the Sea and Rock, from which Oscar escapes, by leaping from a precipice, 20 feet high, into the arms of his Soldiers; A View of the Bridge, with the Camp of Carrol-the Death of Carrol, by the hands of Malvina, with his Descent into the Sea, and the Burning of the Camp of Carrol. The new Music composed, and the Ancient Scots Music selected and adapted by
Shield. The Overture by
Reeve.
Morning Herald, 3 May: Tickets to be had of Wild, No. 46,
Drury-lane. Receipts: #394 13s. (187.9; 3.10; tickets: 203.14)
Performances
Mainpiece Title: The Deserted Daughter
Afterpiece Title: A Melocosmiotes
Afterpiece Title: Oscar and Malvina
Song: End II of 1st piece: The Sea Storm-Incledon; In 3rd piece: I am a jolly gay Pedlar-Townsend; Come every jovial Fellow-Rees, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain; O ever in my bosom live-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain