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5572 results for: Keyword - Opera House in the Haymarket
We found 3215 matches on Event Comments, 2570 matches on Performance Title, 280 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

4901
03 December 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By Ebenezer Forrest.] By Command of His Royal Highness. After the Manner of the Beggar's Opera. All the Habits and Scenes entirely New. Receipts: #161 18s. 6d. [For a comment on this performance, see Thomas Edwards to John Clerke, "Unrecorded Comments on John Gay, Henry Travers, and Others", N & Q (August 1953), p. 338.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Momus Turn'd Fabulist; Or, Vulcan's Wedding

4902
25 February 1730 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: Benefit Castrucci, first Violin to the Opera 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several Concertos and Solos in a new Style of his (Castrucci's) own Compostion-Castrucci; the first Concerto and fifth Solo being reduc'd into Concertos of the famous Corelli, his Master-Castrucci

4903
09 March 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not published.] A New Ballad Opera. Benefit Ryan. Receipts: money #81 10s. 6d.; tickets #104 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Related Works
Related Work: Oroonoko Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Related Work: The Royal Slave Author(s): Thomas Southerne

Afterpiece Title: Hudibras; or, Trulla's Triumph

4904
04 April 1730 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [By Zeno. Music probably by Bartholmeo Cordans.-see Deutsch, Handel, p. 254.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ormisda

4905
15 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Huddy. At the Particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Afterpiece: At the Particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Written by Mr Gay, Author of the Beggars Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Song:

Dance:

4906
20 April 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Cibber Jr and Mrs Cibber. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: [By Theophilus Cibber.] A New Scotch Ballad Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling

Related Works
Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: Mrs Booth, Miss Robinson

4907
25 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Newhouse. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Congreve. Receipts: money #15 18s.; tickets #88 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: End I: Saraband-Delagarde, Miss Wherrit; Scholar to Newhouse, being the first Time of her appearing in that Character on the Stage. II: Comic Dance-Nivelon; in which he will introduce the Flag. III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit; Act I of Opera: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Miss LaTour, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Pelling; In afterpiece: Added to Flora: Wrestling Dance-Newhouse, Lanyon

Performance Comment: II: Comic Dance-Nivelon; in which he will introduce the Flag. III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Fingalian Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; V: French Peasant-Newhouse, Miss Wherrit; Act I of Opera: Grand Comic Dance in Camilla-Nivelon, Miss LaTour, Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Pelling; In afterpiece: Added to Flora: Wrestling Dance-Newhouse, Lanyon.
Cast
Role: Fingalian Dance Actor: Newhouse, Mrs Ogden
Role: French Peasant Actor: Newhouse, Miss Wherrit
Role: Wrestling Dance Actor: Newhouse, Lanyon.

4908
27 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Performance Comment: As17300402 but Lacy-Mrs Morgan; Alithea-Mrs Berriman.
Cast
Role: Alithea Actor: Mrs Berriman.

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Dance: End I: Scotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Two Pierrots-Poitier, Pelling; III: Numidian Dance-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV: Shepherd and Shepherdess-Salle, Mrs Pelling; V: Grand Dance-Glover, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, St.Luce; End of Opera: Grand Comic Dance of Sailors-; Hornpipe in the Character of a Boatswain-Salle

Performance Comment: Luce; End of Opera: Grand Comic Dance of Sailors-; Hornpipe in the Character of a Boatswain-Salle.
Cast
Role: Hornpipe in the Character of a Boatswain Actor: Salle.

4909
27 April 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Written by Mr Gay, Author of the Beggar's Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

4910
27 April 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By Charles Coffey.] A New Farcial Ballad Opera. Afterpiece: By Desire. Tickets delivered for the Author's Benefit will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Female Parson; Or, Beau In The Suds

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

4911
20 October 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not Acted these Ten Years. Afterpiece: A Tragi-Comi-Pastoral-Farcical Opera of one Act

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal; Or, The Humours Of The Navy

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wedding and Skimmington

4912
20 October 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: An Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance:

4913
31 October 1730 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: The same morning [Saturday 31] the Opera of Scipio was rehearsed before a great Number of Ladies of the first Quality, and other Persons of Distinction.-Daily Courant, 2 Nov

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scipio

4914
10 November 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: A New Ballad Opera, [By George Lillo.] Receipts: #91 9s. 6d. Daily Courant, 12 Nov.: On Tuesday Night...Sylvia...was perform'd for the first Time...where there appeared a Set of People, who seem'd inclined to damn the whole Performance (if it had been in their Power)by their continual Hissing and Cat-Calls; notwithstanding which, the same was perform'd with Applause, by the general Approbation of the Pit and Boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sylvia; Or, The Country Burial

4915
16 December 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Ballad Opera of one Act. [By Thomas Gataker,]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Clown; or, The Lucky Mistake

4916
17 December 1730 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: The Books of the Opera will be sold at the Theatre, and no where else

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Clown

4917
09 January 1731 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Parthenope

Performance Comment: See British Journal, 9 Jan., for an essay on operas.

4918
12 January 1731 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by Apostolo Zeno. Recitatives by Handel. Edition of 1731 gives no performers' names, but states: Done into English by Mr Humphreys.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wenceslaus

4919
13 January 1731 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Comic Ballad Opera of one Act. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Performance Comment: See17310104, but Luckless-Mullart; Whitmore-Lacy; Marplay-Reynolds; Sparkish-Furnival; Bookweight-Jones; Scarecrow-Wathen; Mrs Moneywood-Mrs Mullart; Harriot-Mrs Lacy.
Cast
Role: Scarecrow Actor: Wathen

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Taylor; or, The Intriguing Valet

4920
18 January 1731 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: We perform the Comedy Part of The Spanish Fryar only, on Account of the Length of the Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Taylor

Performance Comment: Tom-Mullart; Charles-Lacy; Nicodemus Stitch-Ayres; Shears-Reynolds; Snip-Cross; Shopboard-Dove; Patrick O'Thimble-Hallam; Evan ap Remmant-Jones; Mynheer Van Bodkin-Hicks; Sawney Mac Staytape-Wathen; Mons le Foppery-Davenport; Mrs Stitch-Mrs Lacy; Harriot-Miss Price; Betty-Mrs Nokes.
Cast
Role: Sawney Mac Staytape Actor: Wathen

4921
02 February 1731 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text from Metastasio. Music by Handel.] Edition of 1731: Done into English by Mr Humphreys

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Porus

4922
08 February 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: A Comic Opera. [Author unknown, but Biographia Dramatica suggests Roome, Concanen, Yonge.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Performance Comment: Edition of 1731 lists: Oldrents-Shepard; Hearty-Harper; Springlove-Mills; Randal-Johnson; Oliver -W. Mills; Vincent-Bridgwater; Hilliard-Charke; Jusice Clack-Griffin; Patrico-Boman; Martin-R. Wetherilt; Sentwell-Paget; Beggarmen-Berry, Oates, Fielding, Hallam, Excell, Rainton; Rachel-Mrs Heron; Meriel-Mrs Cibber; Amie-Miss Raftor; Beggarwomen-Miss Mears, Miss P. Vaughan, Mrs Shireburn, Mrs Grace.
Cast
Role: Martin Actor: R. Wetherilt

4923
15 February 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With New Habits. Afterpiece: A new Comic Opera. [Author unknown. It may be a reworking of John Mottley's The Craftsman, a farce.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Afterpiece Title: The Craftsman

4924
26 February 1731 @ Hickford's Room

Event Comment: By Castrucci, first Violin of the Opera. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; with several Concertos of Castrucci's own Composition, particularly a Solo-Castrucci, in which he will perform 24 Notes with one Bow; 1st and 8th Concerto of his Master the famous Corelli-Castrucci

4925
08 March 1731 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Giffard. At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Afterpiece: a new Comic Opera. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Throwster