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We found 1188 matches on Roles/Actors, 215 matches on Performance Comments, 73 matches on Event Comments, 29 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.
Event Comment: Benefit for Legg, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones. Afterpiece: For the last time this season. Tickets deliver'd for Hamlet will be taken. The Dragon of Wantly cannot be perform'd on account of indisposition of Mrs Pinto. Charges #67 9s. 6d. [Profit to each beneficiary #2 19s. 6d. plus income from tickets: Legg #84 2s. (Box 129; Pit 251; Gallery 142); Mrs Lampe and Mrs Jones combined #74 15s. (Box 102; Pit 219; Gallery 164).] Paid Bryan a bill for writing parts #1 1s. 6d. Paid Cooper (printer) #27 2s. Paid Condell for Coach hire, the last command by order of Mr Beard 2s. (Account Book). Before 5 went to ye Play...It was played tolerably well; Cleopatra very well by Mrs Bellamy, Octavia (for ye 1st time) by Mrs Mattocks, Antony by Smith, Vent. by Gibson not badly. We had ye Dances, Rural Love and ye Wapping Landlady (Neville MS Diary). Receipts: #76 8s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: III: Rural Love, as17661120; End: Double Hornpipe, as17670427

Ballet: End: The Wapping Landlady. As17670427

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones (playbill). Charges #64 15s. 6d. Balance to Legg #17 8s. 3d.; to Mrs Lampe and Mrs Jones together #17 8s. 3d. In addition Legg received #59 14s. from his tickets (Box 82; Pit 188; Gallery 110) and the two Actresses together received #55 9s. from tickets (Box 89; Pit 142; Gallery 119). Receipts: #99 12s. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Ballet: II: The Wapping Landlady. Double Hornpipe, As17680416

Event Comment: Benefit for Legg, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Jones. Charges #69 8s. Deficit to the beneficiaries: Legg #23 9s.; Mrs Lampe and Mrs Jones together #23 9s. Covered by income from tickets: Legg #68 7s. (Box 92; Pit 175; Gallery 191); The Actresses #52 15s. (Box 91; Pit 124; Gallery 114) (Account Book). Receipts: #22 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry V

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantly

Dance: End: The Merry Sailors, as17691018

Event Comment: Benefit Lampe. Boxes 5s. Pit 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Vocal consisting of several Favourite Italian Songs-; Four English Ballads-a Gentlewoman who never appear'd on any Stage before; accompanied-; with Instruments Concerto-wise, after an entire New Manner. The Instrumental consisting of great Variety for all, particularly several new Pieces for French Horns-

Event Comment: A New English Opera (after the Italian Method). [Text by Henry Carey. Music by John Frederick Lampe.] Subscribers' Tickets will not be taken after the first four Nights. Pit and Boxes 6s. Gallery 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amelia

Related Works
Related Work: Amelia Author(s): John Frederick Lampe
Event Comment: DDaily Post, 15 Nov.: The Musick (see by Mr Lampe) gave great Satisfaction to the Audience....Miss Cecilia Young was paricularly admired

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Britannia

Event Comment: A New English Opera. [Text by Thomas Lediard.] Set to Musick after the Italian Manner by Mr John Frederick Lampe. The Scenes and Cloaths are entirely New. With the Representation of a Transparent Theatre. Curiously Illuminated, and adorn'd with a great Number of Emblems, Mottos, Devices, and Inscriptions; and embellish'd with Machines, in a Manner entirely new. N.B. The Illuminations and other Preparations for this Opera are such, that no Person whatever can be admitted to the Stage. Pit and Boxes put together at 6s. Gallery 3s. 6 p.m. [For a discussion of Lediard and this work, see a series of articles by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher, Sybil Rosenfeld, and Richard Southern in Theatre Notebook, II (1948), 42-54.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Britannia

Event Comment: Set to Musick after the Italian Manner by Mr Lampe. 5s., 3s., 2s. 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amelia

Related Works
Related Work: Amelia Author(s): John Frederick Lampe
Event Comment: Mahnpiece: A New Opera. Set to Musick by Mr Lampe. [Author of text unknown.] Afterpiece: a new Pantomime Entertainment. [Author unknown.] All the Dresses are intirely new. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dione

Afterpiece Title: The Usurer or Harlequins Last Shift

Event Comment: Benefit Lampe. Afterpiece: a New Pantomime Entertainment. [Author not known. Apparently not published.] Pit or Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. 6:30 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dione

Afterpiece Title: Love Runs All Dangers

Dance: Between the Acts: Dancing-Jones Sr, Jones Jr; Concluding With a Grand Dance-

Event Comment: In Three Acts. Set to Musick after the Italian Manner by Mr John Frederick Lampe. Daily Advertiser, 8 Nov.: The Arrival of his Highness the Prince of Orange, indeed, prevented many Persons of Quality from being there, who had taken Boxes; but 'tis presum'd it cannot fail of Success and Encouragement notwithstanding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Opera Of Operas

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Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Set to Musick after the Italian Manner by John Frederick Lampe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Opera Of Operas

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Set to Musick after the Italian Manner by John Frederick Lampe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Opera Of Operas

Afterpiece Title: The Harlots Progress

Dance: Pierrot and Pierraite by Le Brun and Mrs D'Lorme

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these thirty Years. Taken from the French of Moliere by Sir John Vanbrugh. [This version by James Ralph.] The Songs new set by John Frederick Lampe, and a new Grand Dance, in Grotesque Characters, proper to the Play. Afterpiece: a Farce of two Acts. Alter'd from Beaumont and Fletcher. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cornish Squire

Afterpiece Title: The Sham Pilgrims

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: In which will be introduc'd Adonis Chace, consisting of two Aubaden for four French Horns. Compos'd by Seedo and Lampe. Singing by Miss Arne

Performance Comment: Compos'd by Seedo and Lampe. Singing by Miss Arne .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Afterpiece Title: Nancy

Performance Comment: See17401001, but Leveridge, Salway, Bencraft, Mrs Lampe.

Dance: I: The Swiss-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; II: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde; III: A new Muzette, Tambourine-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; IV: Italian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini

Event Comment: Whereas it was first intended to lay the pit and boxes together, for the better accommodation of the ladies, who are desirous of having their places kept, the boxes will be enclosed as usual. -General Advertiser. The songs added to the farcical opera call'd the What D'Ye Call It to be performed tomorrow night at cg, were wrote some years ago by a Gentleman since deceased, whose pieces of the Lyric kind have been often admir'd by people of Taste; there is a pleasing variety in them, and they are thought to be well adapted to the several characters in which they are introduced. The Music, which is entirely new, and compos'd by Mr Lampe, is allow'd by all who have heard it, to be an agreeable mixture of humour, spirit, and harmony. -Daily Advertiser. General Advertiser, 4 April: Yesterday was a rehearsal of The What D'Ye Call It

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joseph

Event Comment: Benefit Delane. Mainpiece: As written by Shakespear. Tickets deliver'd for Monday the 9th will be taken. Tickets to be had of Delane at his lodgings at the Unicorn in New Exchange Row in the Strand. Places of Hobson at the stage door. There is now in rehearsal at the Theatre Royal [dl] and speedily will be acted, a new Petit Piece in imitation of that species of writing on the French Theatre call'd The Suspicious Husband Criticiz'd; or the Plague of Envy (General Advertiser). [A Folger edition of 1750 entitled Chorus for Shakespear's Tragedy of King John lists songs by Sullivan, Mrs Lampe, Mrs Storer, and Mrs Mozeen; the play had no other performance at a London theatre in the interim between 1747 and 1750.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King John

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: As17470314

Event Comment: GGeneral Advertiser: Last week the celebrated Mr and Mrs Lampe and Mrs Vincent arrived in Dublin from England

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert Of Vocal And Instrumental Music

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts-Sga Sybilla, Miss Young, Waltz, Hague, Messing Jr; Act I: The overture in Otho-; A Concerto of Geminiani-; A Solo on the German Flute-Balicourt; Powerful Guardians, Come ever Smiling Liberty by Handel-Sga Sybilla; Concerto on the Bassoon-Miller; Solo on the Violincello-Jones; First Trumpet-Snow; A Grand Concerto with Trumpets French Horns, and four Kettle Drums-John Mitchell Axt; who has had the honour to perform before several Sovereigns and English General Officers with great applause. Between the Acts: Preamble on Kettle Drums-Axe; a piece of music-six of the best French Horns; in England, never attempted before. Act II: The Music on the Thanksgiving Day-; compos'd by John Frederick Lampe, as it was perform'd on Thursday the 9th day of October 1746, in the Savoy. The words oy Christian Benjamin Schlaiblin, dedicated to the Duke of Cumberland. Concluding with the Water Music of Handel-;accompanied with four kettle drummers-.
Event Comment: fterpiece same as Flora. See 16 Oct.] Paid Mr Lampe by (his letter of attorney). Paid to Kirkman #30. Receipts: #69 10s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar With The Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius

Afterpiece Title: Hob or The Country Wake

Event Comment: Paid Mr Lampe on acct by Mr Kirkman #20. Receipts: #85 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Event Comment: Benefit for Sparks, Charges #60. Deficit to Sparks #11 2s. 5d., covered by #104 11s. from tickets. Paid Redman a bill for writing parts 10s. 4d.; Paid Lampe on acct by Mr Kirkman #12.Receipts: #48 18s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Drummer

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer with the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine With Alterations

Performance Comment: Pluto-Howard; Ascalax-Baker; Proserpine-Mrs Storer; Witches-Legge; Mrs Lampe, Mrs Arne, Miss Young; Harlequin- (1752 ed.).
Event Comment: Benefit for the Widow of the Late Mr Lampe, and Miss Young. Afterpiece: By Particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Being Postiively the last time of acting it this season. Tickets deliver'd out for Macbeth will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Dance: GGrand Comic Ballet, as17511216