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23 February 1743

Event Information
Theatre: Covent Garden
Theatrical Season: 1742-1743
Volume: 3
Comments: HHorace Walpole to Horace Mann, 24 Feb.: Handel has set up an Oratorio against the Operas and succeeds. He has hired all the goddesses from farces [i.e., Kitty Clive] and the singers of Roast Beef [i.e., Lowe] from between the acts at both theatres, with a man with one note in his voice [i.e., Beard] and a girl without ever a one [i.e., Mrs Cibber]; and so they sing.-Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann, II, 180

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *p~7cg Sampson. See 18 Feb. *c~7cg $HHorace Walpole= to $Horace Mann=, 24 Feb.: $Handel= has set up an Oratorio against the Operas and succeeds. He has hired all the goddesses from farces [i.e., $Kitty Clive=] and the singers of <i>Roast Beef</i> [i.e., $Lowe=] from between the acts at both theatres, with a man with one note in his voice [i.e., $Beard=] and a girl without ever a one [i.e., $Mrs Cibber=]; and so they sing.-<i>Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann</i>, II, 180.

  • Cleaned Data

    *p1743 02 23 cg Sampson. ^See17430218^.*c1743 02 23 cg $HHorace Walpole= to $Horace Mann=, 24 Feb.: $Handel= has set up an Oratorio against the Operas and succeeds. He has hired all the goddesses from farces [i.e., $Kitty Clive=] and the singers of <i>Roast Beef</i> [i.e., $Lowe=] from between the acts at both theatres, with a man with one note in his voice [i.e., $Beard=] and a girl without ever a one [i.e., $Mrs Cibber=]; and so they sing.-<i>Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann</i>, II, 180.

  • Parsed Data

    Event: 21658 | 17430223 | cg | $HHorace Walpole= to $Horace Mann=, 24 Feb.: $Handel= has set up an Oratorio against the Operas and succeeds. He has hired all the goddesses from farces [i.e., $Kitty Clive=] and the singers of <i>Roast Beef</i> [i.e., $Lowe=] from between the acts at both theatres, with a man with one note in his voice [i.e., $Beard=] and a girl without ever a one [i.e., $Mrs Cibber=]; and so they sing.-<i>Horace Walpole's Correspondence with Sir Horace Mann</i>, II, 180
    Performance: 42341 | 21658 | p | Sampson | See17430218.

Mainpiece

Title: Sampson
Comments:
See17430218.
Cast:
None Listed

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Chicago: "London Stage Event: 23 February 1743 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database. Accessed April 6, 2025. https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=21658.
MLA: "London Stage Event: 23 February 1743 at Covent Garden." London Stage Database, https://londonstagedb.uoregon.edu/event.php?id=21658. Accessed 6 April 2025.