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Event Comment: By Command. With all the New Scenes and Cloaths. In which above 20 Songs are chang'd. Pit and Boxes together by ticket only at half a guinea, the number not to exceed 400. Stage Boxes 15s. Gallery 2s. 6d. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lucius Verus

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By Charles Johnson.] A New Farce of Two Acts only

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Event Comment: With all the New Scenes, Machines, and Cloaths belonging to the Opera. Admission as 1 Feb

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amadis

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By William Taverner. Apparently not printed.] Never Acted before. Afterpiece: [By William Taverner.] A New Masque of Vocal and Instrumental Musick of Two Acts. Receipts: #31 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Body Mistaken

Afterpiece Title: Presumptuous Love

Event Comment: By Command. With New Scenes. Admission as 1 Feb. [The King present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By Christopher Bullock.] A New Farce of One Act. Benefit Bullock Sr. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #69 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Sea Voyage

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Half an Hour

Song: As17160317

Dance: As17151104

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By Benjamin Griffin.] A New Farce of Two Acts. Receipts: #27 4s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical History Of Don Quixote Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Purgatory

Song: As17160206

Dance: As17151104

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Italian Piece by Mons Sorin and Mr Baxter. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Afterpiece Title: La Guinquette or Harlequin Turned Tapster

Dance: An Entertainment of Mimick Dancing, call'd, La Caprice-Harlequin (in Imitation of Mlle Provost, the Famous Dancer in the Opera at Paris)

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs del'Epine. Afterpiece: [Words by Barton Booth. Music by Pepusch.] A New Masque, Set to Musick after the Italian Manner, and perform'd all in English. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Dido Dido and Aeneas

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. With Magnificent New Scenes, Particularly one in Perspective of a Royal Palacev, which exceeds any that has been seen in England, containing about One Thousand Yards of Painting by Sig Roberto Clerici, and to be seen again this Year. Admission as 1 Feb. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Music: As17160502

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldiers Fortune Or The Witty And Humorous Ladies

Afterpiece Title: Oration

Performance Comment: With a New Oration on [several famous Heads [design'd as an Entertainment for the Court, and the rest of his Friends, written-[D'Urfey] [on the Stage.D'Urfey] [on the Stage.

Song: The Best Performers

Dance: the best Performers

Event Comment: Benefit Antonio Bernacchi. By Command. With an Addition of a New Scene perform'd by Bernacchi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: See17161105, but Bajazet-Quin [Chetwood, General History of the Stage, p. 214]; With a New Prologue [by the Author of the Play-.
Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. All the Characters being New Dress'd. [The Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode Or Sir Fopling Flutter

Dance: As17161027

Event Comment: [By William Taverner.] Never Acted before. The Dresses for all the Characters being entirely new. Receipts: #58 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

Event Comment: Afterpiece: a New Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing after the Manner of the Antient Pantomimes. Mainpiece: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maids Tragedy

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not printed.] A New Farce of Two Acts. Receipts: #48

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Footman Turned Gentleman

Dance: As17170125

Event Comment: [Author unknown. Apparently not printed.] A new Opera. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. Admission as 5 Jan. N.B. Servants will be allow'd to keep Places. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wenceslaus

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. In which will be seen two New Scenes, one representing a most Magnificent Palace, containing above a Thousand Yards of Painting. The other a Room adorn'd with Tapestry, representing the famous Battles of Alexander by Mons leBrun; both (in their kind) exceeding any Scenes that has been seen in England. Admission as 8 Dec. 1716

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleartes

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. Afterpiece: A New Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing in Grotesque Characters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck or Perseus and Andromeda

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Performance Comment: As17161025, but Governor-Keene; Quisara-Mrs Spiller; With a new Comi/Tragi/Mechanical Prologue in the gay Stile by Spiller-Spiller.

Song: Leveridge, Pack

Dance: As17161221; La Folie-Moreau, Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: Benefit Griffin, Coker, Mrs Robertson. Afterpiece: [By Benjamin Griffin.] A New Farce. Receipts: money #14 9s.; tickets #42 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Masquerade or An Evenings Intrigue

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Kellom's Scholar, Cook, Newhouse, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith, Salle, Mlle Salle; particularly Grand Comic Wedding Dance, Dutch Skipper-Salle, Mlle Salle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Old Rake Or Greenwich Park

Performance Comment: And a New Oration on several Famous Heads for the Entertainment of the Court, and the Audience his Friends, -D'Urfey on the Stage.

Song: A very Comical Song about the Humours of the Town-

Event Comment: At Penkethman and Pack's very large, commodious Booth, proper for the Reception of the Quality. A new Droll

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twice Married And A Maid Still Or Bedding Makes The Bargain Last

Song:

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Event Comment: Written by Shakespear, and since revis'd with several Alterations. The whole Play being new dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cimbeline

Dance: As17171005