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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.

851
04 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre

852
10 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Harrison, Pit Officekeeper, and Clarkson. Written by Shakespear. Receipts: money #20 0s. 6d.; tickets #157

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Dance: End II: The last new Chacone-Mrs Bullock; III: Scots Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; IV: Chacone-Lally, Mrs Wall; V: Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

853
17 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Dance: CChacone-Mrs Bullock; Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Pastoral-Lally, Mrs Wall

854
19 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Laurence, Boxkeeper, and Widow White. Receipts: money #18 6s. 6d.; tickets #113 17s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Polonese-Lally, Mrs Wall; Saraband, Pierot-Mlle Harve

855
21 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Giles, Randal, Mrs Aylett. Receipts: money #8 11s.; tickets #140 1Os

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Massaniello

Song: The Original Song: In Praise of Fishing-

Dance: End II: Louvre-Mrs Wall; III: Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; IV: Chacone-Mrs Bullock; V: Polonese-Lally, Mrs Wall

856
24 May 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Shaftoe, Widow of Keene, and Mrs Hanson. Receipts: money #13 3s. 6d.; tickets #110 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And A Bottle

Song: Salway

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Polonese-Lally, Mrs Wall; Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden

857
19 March 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Dance: II: Highland Dance-a Native; III: Irish Trot-Coker

858
14 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Davenport and Mrs Shireburn. Mainpiece: Alter'd from Moliere by Mr Betterton. [Tickets at Davenport's in Brownlow Street.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Countess

Dance: II: Irish Trot-a Youth of Ten, scholar to Davenport; III: Dutchman and his Wife-Davenport, Miss Price; IV: Long Whitson Holiday-Davenport, Miss Price; V: Les Bergeries-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson

859
14 August 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fancy'd Queen

Afterpiece Title: The Stage-Mutineers

Dance: SScotch Dance-Davenport, Miss Baston; Swedish Dal Karle-Delagarde, Mrs Ogden; Irish Trot-Bethen

860
16 August 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fancy'd Queen

Afterpiece Title: The Stage-Mutineers

Dance: SScotch Dance-Davenport, Miss Baston; Irish Trot-Bethen

861
21 August 1733 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tuscan Treaty

Afterpiece Title: The Stage@Mutineers

Dance: SScotch Dance-Davenport, Miss Baston; Swedish Dal Karle-Delagarde, Mrs Ogden; Irish Trot-Bethen

862
19 January 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Author of the Farce. Mainpiece: Not Acted these Fourteen Years. Written by Dr Young, Author of the Universal Passion. Afterpiece: A New Tragic-Comic-Operatic-Pastoral Farce [By T. Drury]. At Common Prices. [Preface gives a long account of difficulties in getting the Afterpiece on the stage. See Daily Advertiser, 16 and 17 Jan. for puffs of the Afterpiece.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

Performance Comment: Zanga-by the Author of the Farce [T. Drury]; Leonora-Miss Atherton; Isabella-Miss Jones. With a New Prologue to the Play, on the Multiplicity of Playhouses and Players .
Cast
Role: Isabella Actor: Miss Jones. With a New Prologue to the Play, on the Multiplicity of Playhouses and Players

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Milliners; or, The Humours of Covent-Garden

Performance Comment: Sukey Ogle-Miss Atherton; Pleadwell-Mrs Talbot; Molly Wheedle-Miss Freeman; Mrs Plainstitch-Mrs Egerton; but edition of 1737 adds: Goosequill-Freeman; Fieri Facias-Blastock; Hunks-Jones; Trim-Yates; Stay tape-Richards; and gives Molly Wheedle-Miss Burgess. A New Prologue to the Farce, on the Taste of the Town in their Entertainments, and a new Epilogue .
Cast
Role: and gives Molly Wheedle Actor: Miss Burgess. A New Prologue to the Farce, on the Taste of the Town in their Entertainments, and a new Epilogue

Dance: I: Irish Trot by Shawford. III: Scot's Dance by Shawford. IV: Hornpipe by Collard. V: Sailor's Dance by Castiglione

Song: II: By Young Cunningham

863
24 March 1737 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Glover. [Tickets at Glover's, Chandos Street, cg. See Grub St. Journal, 11 March, for a discussion of Rich as a manager.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: I: Clown-Nivelon; II: Grand Comic Dance-Lalauze; accompanied-Desse, Richardson, Baudouin, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Delorme, Miss Norman; III: By particular Desire, The Louvre (a Ball Dance), concluding with a Minuet-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; IV: The Kilkenny (an Irish Dance)-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; V: Scot's Dance-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme

864
15 June 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Oates. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. 6 p.m. Tickets [for Demagny, a Widow in Distress, Leigh, Nosom, and Legard taken at this play. For another comment on the Licensing Act, see Daily Gazetteer, 15 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Dance: I: A new Serious Dance-Master and Miss Oates; II: Irish Trot-Master and Miss Oates; V: Peasant Dance-Master and Miss Oates

865
12 December 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And A Bottle

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: IV: A Comic Dance-Master Shawford; In V: Irish Trot-Shawford; V: Les Berges-Mr and Mrs Davenport

866
22 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Woffington. By Command of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales. Tickets to be had of Bradshaw, &c. Places for the stage (which will be form'd into Boxes carefully enclosed) may be had at Mrs Moor's in the Playhouse Passage. Receipts: #170

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Lowe

Song: I: Bright Author of my Present Flame-Lowe; III: A Ballad-Lowe; V: At the particular desire of several ladies of Quality, the celebrated Irish Ballad Elin@a@Roon-Mrs Clive, as she perform'd it in Dublin

Dance: II: New Serious Dance-the Mechels; IV: The Italian Peasants, as17411205

867
27 October 1746 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee; Or, The Faithful Irishman

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: II: Russian Sailor-Phillips; V: Drunken Peasant-Phillips

Song: I: The Answer to the Fly-Cunningham; III: In Praise of their Wives-Master Butcher; IV: The Irish Trot-Costollo

868
25 April 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Barrington and I. Sparks. Mainpiece At the Desire of sederal persons of Quality. Tickets deliver'd out for the Distress'd Mother will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: I: Sullivan; End of Farce, By Particular Desire Irish Rorotorio-Mr Barrington

Dance: II: Mechel, Mlle Mechel; IV: Muilment; V: Salomon, Sga Padouana

869
22 September 1752 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: During the short time of the Fair, at Bence's Booth, Bowling Green, Southwark. Boxes 2s. Pit 1s. Gallery 6d. To begin at Twelve and end at Ten at night. [N.B. at a Booth next to Yeates's ran Parsloe's Grand Medley, including The Town Miss; or, The Miser Outwitted,' by operational moving figures (puppets) followed by dancing, jiggs, disjointments, concluding with a piece of German Clockwork, for the diversion of the Curious.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Intriguing Chambermaid; Or, The Wanton Wife

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Triumphant

Dance: I: A new Grand Comic Dance-Sg and Sga Codgerino; End: A new Irish Dance-

870
15 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson
Role: Fairbank Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Dance: As17591012; with a New Comic Dance call'd The Irish Turf@Cutters-Poitier Jr, 1st time here in 3 years, Miss Capdeville

871
17 March 1760 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Hamilton. Mainpiece: Not acted these 16 years. Ladies send sevants by 3 o'clock. Mrs Hamilton is obliged to change her Farce on account of Miss Brent's indisposition. Receipts: #85 10s. 6d. in cash, plus #161 1s. from tickets (Boxes 230; Pit 481; Gallery 314). Total income #246 11s. 6d. Charges #64 5s. Paid Stede a bill for writing #10 13s. 6d. Paid Mr Long for 3 dozen drums #2 14s. [To the house charges this season Rich adds extras: candles (wax) #1 5s.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband; Or, The Accomplish'd Fools

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Song: WWhen Gentle Parthenissa-Lowe

Music: Several pieces on the Harp, particularly the favourite Irish Ballad Ellen@a@Roon, with variations, -Evans

Dance: FFingalian Dance, as17591102; The Plowman, as17591121

872
23 October 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Afterpiece Title: The Spring

Dance: II: A New Dance call'd The Irish Lilt-Aldridge, 1st appearance on this stage, Miss Baker

873
26 October 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Strickland Actor: Love
Role: Mrs Strickland Actor: Mrs Davies

Afterpiece Title: The Spring

Dance: I: The Irish Lilt, as17621023

874
27 December 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

Dance: II: The Irish Lilt, as17621023

875
13 January 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. King & Queen (Cross Diary)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Cast
Role: Blandford Actor: Bransby

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Dance: III: The Irish Lilt, as17621023