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19 results for: Author - John Arthur
Results not only include performances of plays known to be by 'John Arthur', but also performances of associated titles, including adaptations.

1
25 September 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Related Works
Related Work: Venice Preserv'd Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

2
24 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): John Hawkesworth

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: CComic Dance-Tench, Miss Cantrel; Je ne scai quoi-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; French Sailors-Lalauze, Mlle Roland

3
25 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Related Works
Related Work: The Pilgrim Author(s): John FletcherJohn Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: JJe ne scai quoi-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Ball Dance-Dupre, Miss Norman; Comic Dance-Tench, Miss Cantrel; Serious Dance-Mlle Roland; Grecian Sailors-Glover

4
27 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Je ne scai quoy-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Gates; Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun

5
23 October 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone; Or, The Fox

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

6
06 December 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Song: Roberts; Since Times are so bad-Leveridge, Salway

Related Works
Related Work: The Indian Queen Author(s): John Dryden

Dance: CComic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Serious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

7
19 March 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: CComic Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

8
28 May 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Lucky Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: PPierots-Lalauze, Desse; Hornpipe-J. Thomson; Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; Glover's Grecian Sailors-

9
09 September 1751 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: No Fool Like The Old One; Or, The Lucky Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Statue, with Escape into Quart Bottle

Song: Phillips, Master Phillips, Miss Featherstone

Dance: Phillips, Master Phillips, Miss Featherstone

10
05 April 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: LLes Statues Animees, as17560302

11
09 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; III: Je ne scay quoy-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

Music: End Afterpiece: Solo on Harp-Parry

Song: II: Roberts; IV: Roberts

12
14 May 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: II: Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; III: A Comic Dance-Richardson, Mrs LeBrun; IV: Grand Ballet-Desse; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

13
01 October 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant; Or, The Sick Lady's Cure

Afterpiece Title: Nancy; or, The Parting Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: MMiller and Wife, The Swiss-Mechel, Mlle Mechel

14
06 October 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: PPeasants, Miller and Wife-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Serious Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

15
07 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Related Works
Related Work: The Orphan of China Author(s): Arthur Murphy

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: PPeasants-Mechel, Mlle Mechel; Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Drunken Peasant-Phillips

16
11 November 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: As17401027

17
06 May 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

Dance: As17410505, but I, III, V: dances

Related Works
Related Work: The English Princess; or, The Death of Richard III Author(s): John Caryll

Song: IV: Roast Beef Song (by Desire)-Leveridge

18
21 September 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur

19
23 September 1741 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Related Works
Related Work: The Lucky Discovery; or, The Tanner of York Author(s): John Arthur