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Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by the late N. Rowe, Poet-Laureat. With New Habits. Afterpiece: Set to Musick by Mr T. Arne Jr. [See Daily Post, 6 Nov., and London Evening Post, 6 Nov., for prosecution of actors at HAY by officials of DL, CG, and GF.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Princess Actor: Miss Arne
Role: Dollalolla Actor: Miss Jones
Role: Mustacha Actor: Miss Oates

Dance: As17331031

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Princess Actor: Miss Arne
Role: Dollalolla Actor: Miss Jones
Role: Mustacha Actor: Miss Oates

Dance: As17331031

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas

Cast
Role: Princess Actor: Miss Arne
Role: Dollalolla Actor: Miss Jones
Role: Mustacha Actor: Miss Oates

Dance: As17331112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Cast
Role: Harriet Actor: Miss Holliday

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris

Dance: Scotish Dance, as17330922 The Nassau, as17331112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: As17331113

Event Comment: By Command of His Royal Highness. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Gay

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Dance: By Malter and Mlle Salle

Event Comment: Benefit John Dennis. Daily Advertiser, 19 Dec: There was an exceeding crowded Audience of Persons of Distinction ... at Mr Dennis's Benefit, and his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was pleased to send twenty Guineas as a present to that Gentleman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Husband

Performance Comment: As17331013 With a new Prologue [by Alexander Pope] .
Cast
Role: Jenny Actor: Miss Robinson

Afterpiece Title: The Festival

Related Works
Related Work: The Egyptian Festival Author(s): Andrew Franklin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Troilus And Cressida Or Truth Found Too Late

Performance Comment: Troilus-Ryan; Hector-Walker; Achilles-Hale; Ulysses-Aston; Diomedes-Chapman; Ajax-Hall; Priam-Morgan; Aeneas-Houghton; Pandarus-Hippisley; Agamemnon-Lacy; Calchas-Neale; Patroclus-Salway; Menelaus-Wignell; Thersites-Quin; Nestor-Dawson; Andromache-Mrs Buchanan; Cressida-Mrs Bullock .
Cast
Role: Pandarus Actor: Hippisley
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Buchanan

Dance: By Maker and Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tro1lus And Cress1da

Cast
Role: Pandarus Actor: Hippisley
Role: Andromache Actor: Mrs Buchanan

Dance: By Malter and Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Taken from Plautus and Moliere, by the late Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Cast
Role: Flora Actor: Miss Oates

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: V: Grand Dance in Mom us, as17331231

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Cast
Role: Rose Actor: Miss Robinson
Role: Lucy Actor: Miss Mann

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Berry
Role: Charlotte Actor: Miss Mann

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aneas

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Dance: As17340112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Cast
Role: Lady Ann Actor: Miss Hollyday
Role: Prince Edward Actor: Miss Hughes
Role: Duke of York Actor: Miss Norris

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: English Maggot by Lally Jr and Mrs Walter. Scot's Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport

Performance Comment: Scot's Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Cast
Role: Foible Actor: Miss Mann

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Dance: As17340112

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Cast
Role: Sylvia Actor: Miss Oates

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Dance: As17340129

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mother in law

Afterpiece Title: Dido and Aeneas

Afterpiece Title: The Burgomaster Trickd

Dance: As17340129

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Dance: French Sailor and his Lass by Malter and Mlle Salle. Pigmalion, as17340114

Event Comment: dvertiser, 11 March: We hear, amongst other publick Diversions that are prepaid for the Solemnity of the approaching Nuptials, there is to be perform'd [at King's, 13 March] a Serenata, call'd Parnasso in Festa: The Fable is Apollo and the Muses celebrating the Marriage of Thetis and Peleus. There is one standing Scene, which is Mount Parnassus, on which sit Apollo and the Muses, assisted with other proper Characters emblematically dress'd, the whole Appearance being extreamly magnificent; nor is the Musick less entertaining, being contriv'd with so great a Variety, that all sorts of Musick are properly introduc'd in single Songs, Duettoes, &c. intermix'd with Chorus's something in the Stile of Oratorios, People have been waiting with Impatience for this Piece, the celebrated Mr Handel having exerted his utmost Skill in it.hathiBenefit Delane. At the Desire of several Persons of Distinction

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Event Comment: A Serenata. Being an Essay of several different Sorts of Harmony.[Music by Handel. Done into English by George Oldmixon.] Daily Advertiser, 14 March: Last Night Mr Handell's new Serenata, in Honour of the Princess Royal's Nuptials with the Prince of Orange, was perform'd before their Majesties, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Prince of Orange, and all the Royal Family, and was received with the greatest Applause; the Piece containing the most exquisite Harmony ever furnish'd from the Stage, and the Disposition of the Performers being contriv'd in a very grand and magnificent Manner. [The marriage of the Prince of Orange and Royal Princess occurred on Thursday, 14 March.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Parnasso In Festa Or Apollo And The Muses Celebrating The Nuptials Of Thetis And Peleus

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 18 March: Amongst the many Rejoicings made on Account of the Royal Nuptials ... on Thursday Night Mr Giffard order'd 12 triomphal Arches to be erected before the House, which were finely illuminated, a large Bonfire to be made, Fireworks to be play'd off, and plenty of Drink given to the Populace

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Event Comment: Composed by Mr Handel. [Prince and Princess of Orange, Princess Caroline, Mrs Pendarves, Lady Rich, and Egmont present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

Performance Comment: Cast not listed, but Deutsch, Handel, p. 362, conjectures it to be: Deborah-Signora Strada; Barak-Signora Maria Caterina Negri (?); Abinoam-Reinhold (?); Sisera-Carestini; Jael-Signora Rosa Negri; Israelite Women-Signora Durastanti; Chief Priest-Waltz; Chief Priest of Israelites-Reinhold (?) .
Related Works
Related Work: The Amorous Widow; or, The Wanton Wife Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Event Comment: Composed by Mr Handel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

Related Works
Related Work: The Amorous Widow; or, The Wanton Wife Author(s): Thomas Betterton
Event Comment: Composed by Mr Handel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Deborah

Related Works
Related Work: The Amorous Widow; or, The Wanton Wife Author(s): Thomas Betterton

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Lawyer

Cast
Role: Laetitia Actor: Miss Norsa
Role: Betty Actor: Miss Binks

Dance: II: The Nassau, as17340117 III: French Sailor and his Lass by Malter and Mlle Salle. IV: Scotish Dance, as17341004 V: Shepherd and Shepherdess by Malter and Mlle Salle

Performance Comment: IV: Scotish Dance, as17341004 V: Shepherd and Shepherdess by Malter and Mlle Salle .