The Freeman's Journal notes the poor attendance at the Prince of Wales Opera House during the preceding week. It attributes the lack of numbers to 'the great heat of the weather and the prevailing dust storm'. The writer mentions the performances of the pantomime Harlequin, Jack the Giant Killer, and, The Little Middies of the Galatea, and the comic drama The Captain of the Watch, and the upcoming production of The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood.