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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.

1326
08 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Cast
Role: John Actor: Thompson

Dance: III: Hornpipe-Miss Besford. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

1327
12 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Cast
Role: John Actor: Thompson

1328
19 February 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Every-where

1329
04 May 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Siege Of Gibraltar

1330
05 June 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Miss in her Teens

Dance: End I 2nd piece: As17800530; III: a Hornpipe-Master Byrne. [This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

1331
08 June 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

1332
12 June 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Related Works
Related Work: Love Triumphant; or, Nature will Prevail Author(s): John Dryden

Dance: As17800603

1333
17 June 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Manager In Distress

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Piety in Pattens

Dance: As17800603

1334
30 August 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Related Works
Related Work: Comus Author(s): John DaltonJohn Milton

Dance: End: As17800530

1335
21 September 1780 @ 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 Citizen

Dance: End II: The Butterfly-the Miss Stageldoirs; III: a Hornpipe-Walker; End: Country Dance-the Characters

1336
21 September 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Upholsterer

Dance: End II: As17800920; III: Hornpipe-Miss Besford. [The Hornpipe was omitted on 24 Apr. 1781, but was otherwise danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.

1337
22 September 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Dance: As17800921

1338
25 September 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: As17800921; Afterpiece: Dancing-Harris, Langrish, Miss Besford, Miss Matthews

1339
29 September 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Deaf Lover

Cast
Role: John Actor: Thompson

Dance: As17800921

1340
16 October 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Norwood Gypsies

Dance: End II: The Villagers, as17801011; Afterpiece: Dancing, as17800927

1341
25 October 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of an Election

Dance: End II: Rural Merriment-Aldridge, Miss Besford

1342
09 January 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Free-Mason

Dance: As17801025

1343
27 February 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: As17801115

1344
24 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

1345
26 April 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: A Fete

Cast
Role: Sir John Trotley Actor: King

Afterpiece Title: The Apprentice

Dance: In III of 1st piece: a Hornpipe, as17800921; Scene the Last: The Butterfly, as17800921

1346
08 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Performance Comment: Townly-Staunton; Beggar-Blissett; Waiter-Barrett; Carpenter-Kenny; Signior Scrapelli-Delpini; Signior Trebletti-Painter; Signior Vermicelli-R. Palmer; Mons Cabry-Wewitzer; Violon-Dorion; John Bull-Webb; Prompter-Bannister Jun.
Cast
Role: John Bull Actor: Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: III 2nd piece: a Hornpipe-Master Byrn, in girl's clothes (London Chronicle, 9 Aug., and see17810810) This was danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances

1347
09 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Cast
Role: John Bull Actor: Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

1348
10 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Cast
Role: John Bull Actor: Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

Dance: III 2nd piece: a Hornpipe-Master Byrn, listed on playbill

1349
11 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Cast
Role: John Bull Actor: Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason

1350
13 August 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Preludio

Cast
Role: John Bull Actor: Webb

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Medea and Jason