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5293 results for: Keyword - English, Irish, Scotch, and Negroe Songs
We found 2638 matches on Performance Title, 2175 matches on Performance Comments, 1215 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

576
02 November 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Tragedy

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Burgomaster and Wife Actor: Nivelon, Mrs Younger
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

577
02 December 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Cast
Role: Sealand Actor: Chapman
Role: Mrs Sealand Actor: Mrs Cantrel

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Burgomaster and Wife Actor: Nivelon, Mrs Younger
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

578
08 January 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Burgomaster and Wife Actor: Nivelon, Mrs Younger
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

579
20 January 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Burgomaster and Wife Actor: Nivelon, Mrs Younger
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

580
29 March 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Dance: PPastoral-Salle, Mlle Salle; Dutch and Scotch Contention-

581
26 April 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Chapman. Receipts: money #39 12s.; tickets #89 19s. Daily Post, 24 April: We hear that on Monday next the Hon. and Antient Company of Lumber Troopers will perform a fine Exercise in New-street Square, and from thence proceed in a Body...to...Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, to see...the Busy Body, with the Opera of Flora...for the Benefit of Mr Chapman, belonging to the said Troop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Performance Comment: Sir George-Ryan; Sir Francis-Hippisley; Charles-Walker; Sir Jealous-Bullock; Whisper-H. Bullock; Isabinda-Mrs Bullock; Patch-Mrs Egleton; Scentwell-Mrs Rice; Busy Body-Chapman; Miranda-Mrs Younger.
Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Younger.

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: II: Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; IV: Scotch Dance-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; V: Tambourin-Mlle Salle

582
05 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Dupre and Mrs Pelling. Receipts: money #17 10s.; tickets #91 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: I: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Chacone-Dupre, Mrs Pelling; III: Clown-Nivelon; IV: Two Pierrots-Salle, Pelling; V: Grand Dance, as17310503

583
19 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse and Mrs Cantrell. Receipts: money #21 9s. 6d.; tickets #91 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: I: Paschal-Miss Werrit , Scholar to Newhouse; III: Scotch Dance-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; IV: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Werrit; V: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; After I afterpiece: A new Comic Dance-Newhouse, Miss Werrit

Song: II: Dialogue-Leveridge, Mrs Cantrell

584
24 May 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Short and Neale. Receipts: money #13 18s.; tickets #169 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Dance: I: Fingalian-; V: Scotch Dance-Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Song: III: Mrs Wright

Music: II: Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord, Harpsichord-Short's Daughter, it being the first Time of her Performing in Public; IV: Suit of Mr Handel's Lessons on Harpsichord-Short's Daughter; V: Preamble on Kettle Drums-Job Baker; Mr Handel's Grand Water Musick-, perform'd With Trumpets, French Horns, Kettle Drums, and other Instruments

585
11 October 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Double Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention; or, Love and Jealousy

Performance Comment: Burgomaster-Nivelon; His Wife-Miss LaTour; Boor Servant-Ray; Highlander and Wife-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; Scots Servant-Laguerre; other parts-DuPre, Pelling, Newhouse, DuPre Jr, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Kilby, Miss Wherrit.
Cast
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

586
18 October 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover; Or, The Banish'd Cavaliers

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

587
08 November 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Performance Comment: Loveless-Ryan; Elder Worthy-Milward; Younger Worthy-Walker; Sir William-Hippisley; Sir Novelty-Chapman; Snap-Penkethman; Narcissa-Mrs Bullock; Hillaria-Mrs Buchanan; Flareit-Mrs Egleton; Amanda-Mrs Hallam.
Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Hallam.

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Dance: A Grand Comic Dance-Nivelon, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

588
12 November 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Comic Dance-Nivelon, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

589
03 December 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

590
17 December 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Saraband-Glover, Miss LaTour

591
19 January 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Cast
Role: Highlander and Wife Actor: Salle, Mrs Laguerre

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Poitier, Nivelon; Hornpipe-Jones

592
27 March 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Heron. By Command of His Royal Highness. [Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Denoyer, Mrs Booth; Scotch Dance-Miss Robinson

593
30 March 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv, Part I

Performance Comment: As17320129, but Westmoreland-Bullock.
Cast
Role: Westmoreland Actor: Bullock.
Role: Northumberland Actor: Williams

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: t the rising of the Curtain: Mr Handel's Water Musick, with French Horns and Trumpets, accompany'd by the rest of the Instruments-

Dance: II: Country Lass-Miss Wherrit; III: A new Scotch Dance-Burny, Miss Wherrit; IV: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; V: Two Pierots-Burney, Miss Tollet

594
14 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: new Scotch Dance-Burney, Miss Wherrit

595
17 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: II: A new Scotch Dance-Burney, Miss Wherrit; IV: Entry-Burney, Miss Wherrit

Song: III: Bacchanalian Song-Excell

596
15 August 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Roberts and Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Stoppelaer

Dance: III: Pastoral Dance-D'Vallois, others; V: Scotch Dance-Holt, Mrs Walter

Song: I: E. Roberts

Related Works
Related Work: Arsaces Author(s): Orlandini
Related Work: Ati e Cibele Author(s): Alessandro Pepoli
Related Work: Zemira e Azore Author(s): André Grétry

597
17 August 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Devil of a Duke; or, Trapolin's Vagaries

Dance: HHighland Dance-Native of Scotland; A new Scotch Dance-Holt, Mrs Walter; Je ne scai quoy-Vallois, Mrs Walter

598
16 January 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: TTambourine-Miss Rogers; IV: New Scotch Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, DuPre, Mrs Pelling, DelaGarde Jr, Mrs Ogden

599
08 May 1733 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Short and Neale. Receipts: money #28 1s.; tickets #212 4s. [Short's Tickets at his House in Milman Street, near Bedford Row; Neale's at his house in Nottingham Street, Bloomsbury.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Two Pierrots-Pelling, LeSac; II: Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; IV: Tambourine-Miss Rogers; V: Scotch Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, DuPre, Mrs Pelling, Delagarde, Mrs Ogden

Song: III: Mrs Wright

Music: W+Water Musick, As17330507; A Grand Overture by Dr Pepusch-

Cast
Role: accompanied with Trumpets and French Horns Actor: .

Ballet: End Afterpiece: The Amorous Clowns; or, the Courtesans. Clowns-Nivelon, Mrs Pelling; Wives-Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden; Courtezan-Mrs Pelling

600
10 May 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Woodward, Miss Wherrit, Miss Sandham. At the Desire of several eminent Citizens. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: MMasqueraders-Vallois, Mrs Bullock; A new Scotch Dance-Miss Wherrit; Chacone-Mrs Bullock; Friendly Lasses-Miss Wherrit, Miss Sandham