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We found 8123 matches on Event Comments, 3410 matches on Performance Comments, 3175 matches on Performance Title, 19 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Benefit for Sga Gambarini. At the Great Concert Room, Dean St., Soho Tickets: Pit, half a guinea. Gallery 5s. Composed by Geminiani, who being lately returned to England, has lent the aforementioned composition in favour of this Benefit. Also a new Ode The Argument Britannia rising from the waves like the morning sun, pointing out her young Monarch, and predicts? the glory and felicity of his reign. The music composed by Sga Gambarini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inchanted Forest

Event Comment: On Monday next there will be a general practice of the new Comic Opera Le Pescatrici at noon on the Stage (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Didone Abbandonata

Event Comment: First performance in England. A new comic Opera. Music-Bertoni, author of the favourite song Ah se un Cuor Barbaro, in Demetrio. [Libretto by Goldoni (Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, p. 110.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Pescatrici

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Performance Comment: As17610325 but Old Woman-Collins; New Epilogue-_.

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Event Comment: With Alterations and the addition of a new character. To begin at 7:30 p.m. (Public Advertiser)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Dance: As17610716

Event Comment: A new English Comic Burletta from the Italian. Music by John Adolf? Hasse. To begin at half after seven

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Ridiculous Guardian

Dance: As17610716

Event Comment: A new English Comic Burletta from the Italian. Music by Galuppi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Coquette

Dance: As17610803

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Invasion

Performance Comment: Harlequin-King; Other characters-Yates, Bransby, Moody, Blakes, Burton, Clough, Packer, Vaughan, Mrs Bennet, Miss Pope; The Vocal Parts-Champnes, Fawcett, Miss Young; The Dances-Grimaldi, Sg Giorgi, Sga Giorgi, Miss Baker; a New Hornpipe-Miss Dawson.
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Role: a New Hornpipe Actor: Miss Dawson.
Event Comment: Income from Boxes #70 13s. 6d. Paid Performers' salary [50]-#181 5s. 10d.; Servants [50] #20 14s. 6d. [Six new actors were entered.] Paid scenemen #10 17s. this night, and for incidentals #8 6s. 3d., and to Richards for painting a scene #5 5s. [Detailed pay scale listed by Winston.] Receipts: #153 17s. (Winston Theatrical Record)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Comus

Afterpiece Title: The Knights

Event Comment: A new serious Opera...The Music by several celebrated Composers. Pit and Boxes together half a Guinea, Gallery 5s. To begin 6:30 p.m. No Persons whatsoever to be admitted behind the Scenes, nor into the Orchestra. Vivat Rex et Regina. [Repeated in the bills.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alessandro Nell Indie

Event Comment: Alteration of Shakespeare's Play by Garrick. New Scenes and Habits. Full Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. The Play of Cymbeline, and the New Tragedy Hecuba deferr'd till after the Holidays, on account of Miss Bride's Indispositon

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: II: Hornpipe-Miss Dawson

Event Comment: On Friday morning at nine o'clock will be a general practice of the new Opera Tolomeo

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Mercato

Event Comment: Afterpiece: An Arabian Night's Entertainment reviv'd in 2 Parts, with Alterations, New Scenes and Habits. Full Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Genii

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties.-A New Comic Opera Music by Ciampi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bertoldo

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never acted. Comedy [by Foote] in 3 acts. Characters new Dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lyar

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: TThe Taylors, as17620107

Event Comment: The new Comic Opera Bertoldo will be performed Tuesday next instead of Monday being the day appointed to celebrate the Queen's birthday

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tolomeo

Event Comment: Never acted. Comedy by Wm. Whitehead. New Scenes and Dresses. Full Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Event Comment: Benefit for Robinson, at Hickford's Room, Brewer St. Benefit originally announced for Miss Robinson, to be given 29 Jan.; new date for concert chosen after her death. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Reduc'd to two acts. After which (being particularly desired) will be performed the New Serenata, composed by Dr Arne in honour of the late Royal Nuptials

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alfred The Great

Afterpiece Title: Beauty and Virtue

Music: As17620305

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Dance: End: By Particular Desire of several persons of Quality a Minuet-Noverre, Mrs Palmer. *uö‘dl New Interlude, call'dThe Farmer's Return from London. Farmer-Garrick; Farmer's Wife-Mrs Bradshaw

Performance Comment: *uö‘dl New Interlude, call'dThe Farmer's Return from London. Farmer-Garrick; Farmer's Wife-Mrs Bradshaw.
Event Comment: N.B. Sg Paganini being taken very ill is the reason of the above Opera being performed this evening instead of the new Comic Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tolomeo

Event Comment: A new Comic Opera. Music by Cocchi...New Cloaths, Decorations, and Dances

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Famiglia In Scompiglio; Or, The Family In An Uproar

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Songs From Artaxerxes

Performance Comment: by permission of Dr Arne, The favorite songs-Sg Peretti (who performed the part of Artaxerxes at Covent Garden), Tenducci, others; comic songs in Italian-Leopoldo Micheli (who never appeared on the English stage before); A Concerto on German Flute-Florio; Concerto on Violincello-Siprutini; (By Particular Desire) a new song by Dr Arne on the Taking of Martinico-Peretti.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Musical Lady

Performance Comment: As17620424 but Rosin-Fox; a New Epilogue in Character-Miss Pope.