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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Italians"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Italians")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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1328 results for: Keyword - Italians

We found 608 matches on Performance Title, 498 matches on Roles/Actors, 193 matches on Event Comments, 154 matches on Performance Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

51
19 March 1719 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'enfant Prodigue; Or, The Prodigal Son

Entertainment: Singing-; Dancing-; Tumbling-; Scene of the Monkey-; Italian Postures-; the Challenge by Mr Octave Leaping thro' a Cask stopp'd at both Ends-Mr Antonie

52
16 January 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs duRuel, Mrs Moss

Song: Before and after Opera: Singing in Italian and English-

53
07 November 1711 @ Mr Fearnly's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Note. There will be a particular Performance on the Arch and French Lute-an Italian Master; with Singing-an Italian Master

54
22 April 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Theatre

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Afterpiece Title: Amadis

Dance: As17200120; The Italian Shadows-

55
31 May 1734 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: I: Scotch Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. III: Minuet by Mrs Grognet and Mrs Sanderson. V: Dutch Skipper by Mr and Mrs Davenport. Black Joak by Smith and Miss Mann

Song: II: Italian Song by Miss Young. IV: Italian Song by Mrs Mason

56
04 May 1736 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Fond Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Lover's Opera

Dance: II: Scotch Sailor by a Gentleman for his Diversion. V: Scot's Dance by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, &c

Song: I: An Italian Song by Kelly. III: By Touchbury. IV: In Italian by Mrs Chambers

57
19 December 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Dance: Grandchamps, Mlle Camargo; Italian Peasants, as17531120

58
11 August 1757 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Medley Concert And Auction

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic

59
02 September 1757 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Medley Concert; Or, An Impromptu Of Whim And Novelty

Afterpiece Title: With a Lilliputian Pantomime* call'dHarlequin's Frolic; or, A Voyage to Prussia*

60
14 September 1757 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Impromptu Faragolio

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic

61
28 September 1757 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Impromptu Faragolio

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic

62
11 October 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: St Patrick's Day

Dance: II: A New Grand Ballet, The Italian Gardeners-; End Comedy: [A New Dance call'd The Gamesters-Sg and Sga Zuchelli[, being their first appearance in England. [For Italian Gardeners see17740919.

63
30 April 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance: End of Act I a new pantomimical, operatical, farcical interlude, The Peasant Metamorphosed; or, Delpini's Voyage from Dublin in an Air Balloon, in which Delpini will introduce a specimen of singing in French, Italian and English, and which will conclude with a new Hornpipe by the celebrated Blake (by permission of the Managers of the Opera-house; his 1st appearance on that stage); End of Act II a comic pantomime dance, The Country Squabble, by Delpini, Mrs Dagville, Miss Parish, Duquesney Jun.; End of play a new pantomimical dance, The Rival Clowns, by Delpini, Blake, &c, in which the famous rondo of Orpheo, in Italian, by Delpini, and to conclude with an Allemande in a new comic stile

Song: End of Acts II and III, by a Young Gentlewoman (1st appearance on any stage [unidentified])

64
15 August 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Italian Monk

Song: 2nd piece: General Chorus [of Assassins and Nuns (text)]-Linton, Brown, Lyons, Aylmer, Little, Willoughby, Dibble, Kenrick, Caulfield Jun., Mrs Andrews, Miss Menage, Mrs Butler, Mrs Brown, Mrs Benson, Mrs Masters, Mrs Norton, Mrs Gaudry, Miss Leserve

65
24 April 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Consultation

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Ergasto

66
26 December 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

67
12 May 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Monstrum Horrendum; or, The Practice of a Modern Comic Entertainment

Afterpiece Title: Punchanello's Encounter with the Pig

Dance: DDutch Skipper-Davenport, Miss Price

68
09 May 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-LeBrun; III: Scots Dance-Haughton, Mrs Walter; IV: Dutchwoman-Miss Robinson; End of Afterpiece: Les Bergeries-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson

Song: II: Singing in English-E. Roberts; V: Singing in Italian-E. Roberts

Music: In III: Concerto on Little Flute-John Bastion

69
20 February 1736 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Music: Several Solos on the Violin, the whole composed by Mr Petit, who will perform the first Violin

Dance: II: Grand Dance of Warriors by Castiglione, with Flag Dance by Demar, new from Paris. III: Grand Dance of Moors (with new Dresses). IV: The Pastoral (a new comic dance), with Shepherd-Castiglione; Punch-Le Grange; Harlequin-Le Sac; Pierot-Baudoin; Sailor-Shawford, with a Grand Masquerade Dance after the Venetian Manner. V: By Castiglione, with Italian Nigbt Scenes originally performed twenty-years ago by Sorein and Baxter: With Alterations and Additions: Harlequin-De la Hay; Scaramouch-Shawford

70
01 April 1737 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Vocal part-Mrs Arne; late Miss Cecilia Young. With select Songs and Pieces of Musick; compos'd by Mr Arne, particularly, a New Ov e rture-; a new Concerto for Hautboys-; the March in Zara-; with a Comic Medley Overture-; two new Songs in English-; (by particular Desire) a Ballad Air call'd, Come and Listen to my Ditty-Mr Arne on the Violin, with many Variations; Also variety of Pieces by other Authors-; particularly the first and eighth Concertosof Corelli-; two Italian Songs-

71
21 January 1744 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

72
31 January 1752 @ Castle Tavern

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Woman's Oratory 1

Afterpiece Title: Old Woman's Oratory 2

Afterpiece Title: Old Woman's Oratory 3

73
12 March 1752 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: Vocals-an Italian Gentleman

74
03 October 1757 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Impromptu Faragolio

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic

75
12 October 1757 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Impromptu Faragolio

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Frolic