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11785 results for: Keyword - John Gay
We found 9825 matches on Author, 1693 matches on Performance Comments, 1248 matches on Event Comments, 330 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1001
26 December 1757 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

1002
23 January 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

1003
30 March 1758 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: SSicilian Peasants, as17571217; also A Tambourine-Miss Vallois

1004
11 May 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: -MMaster Roger, Miss Simson, the Children

Entertainment: After the Opera: By Desire, The New Magic Scene, as17580428

1005
22 June 1758 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Dance: II: The Prussian Sailors, as17580601 End Opera: The Faggot Binders, as17580601

1006
09 October 1758 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: CCountry Dance-Characters of the Opera; Hornpipe-Miles

1007
11 October 1758 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Dance: As17581009

1008
19 October 1758 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: As17581016

1009
29 January 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Anderson

Dance: CCountry Dance, as17581009; Hornpipe, as17581009; The Threshers, as17581016

1010
31 January 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Anderson

Dance: Country Dance, as17590129; Hornpipe, as17590129; Fingalian Dance, as17581111

1011
05 February 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Anderson

Dance: CCountry Dance, as17581009; Fingalian Dance, as17581111; The Threshers, as17581016

1012
09 February 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Anderson

Dance: As17590205

1013
20 March 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The She Gallant; or, Recruits for the King of Prussia

Related Works
Related Work: The Comical Gallant: or, The Amours of Sir John Falstaffe Author(s): John Dennis
Related Work: Tu Quoque; or, The City Gallant Author(s): John Cooke
Related Work: The Wild Gallant Author(s): John Dryden
Related Work: The She Gallant Author(s): John O'Keeffe
Related Work: The Amorous Gallant; or, Love in Fashion Author(s): John Bulteel
Related Work: The Positive Man Author(s): John O'Keeffe

Dance: The usual Country Dance, as17581009; Hornpipe, as17581009

Ballet: TThe Feast of Bacchus. As17581116

1014
23 April 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander the Great Author(s): John Philip Kemble

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Related Works
Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Song: IV: A New Musical Dialogue The Country Wedding, written and set by T. A. Arne-Lowe, Mrs Lampe

Dance: TThe Milkmaid's Holiday, as17590421

1015
07 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

1016
15 May 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Related Works
Related Work: The Provok'd Husband; or, A Journey to London Author(s): John Vanbrugh

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Related Works
Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Song: III: A Song-Legg

Dance: IV: The Drunken Peasant, as17590430 V: The Threshers, as17581016

1017
28 May 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Cast
Role: Gayless Actor: Austin

1018
19 June 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: II: A New Dutch Dance, as17590515; III: A Hornpipe-Morris; concluding with: Country Dance-the characters

1019
10 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

1020
11 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman Returned from Paris

Dance: As17591010

1021
12 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: CCountry Dance-characters of the play; by Desire, a Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

1022
13 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Related Works
Related Work: Sauny the Scot; or, The Taming of a Shrew Author(s): John Lacy

Dance: As17591012; The Threshers, as17591005

1023
15 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Related Works
Related Work: The Knight of the Burning Pestle Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Knight of Malta; or, The Humorous Dane Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Knights of Malta Author(s): John Fletcher

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

1024
16 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Related Works
Related Work: The Knight of the Burning Pestle Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Knight of Malta; or, The Humorous Dane Author(s): John Fletcher
Related Work: The Knights of Malta Author(s): John Fletcher

Dance: As17591015

1025
17 October 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Related Works
Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Related Works
Related Work: A Duke and No Duke Author(s): John Thurmond

Dance: As17591015; End I: The Dutch Skipper-Poitier Jr