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Event Comment: At the Noted Yeates' Senior and Junior? Booth, the Upper End of Cow-Lane. A new Ballad Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress; With The Comical Humours Of The Yorkshire Waggoner

Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Event Comment: At Aston-Paget Booth, at the Horns-Inn in Pye-Corner. An entire New, Comick, Satyrical and Instructive Droll Opera. Noon to 10 p.m. N.B. Those that don't Laugh, Pay Nothing

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patriot Merchant (the Lover Of His Country); Or, The Cheats Of The Times

Entertainment: 1.1. A Mock Song in Praise of Tea and Bread and Butter-; 2. The Servants' Revel-; 3. Ursula the Cook Maid's Rapture-; 4. Newgate and Tyburn-

Performance Comment: 1. A Mock Song in Praise of Tea and Bread and Butter-; 2. The Servants' Revel-; 3. Ursula the Cook Maid's Rapture-; 4. Newgate and Tyburn-.
Event Comment: At Lee-Harper Booth, over against the Hospital Gate. Mainpiece: a Celebrated Droll. Afterpiece: A new Pantomime Opera. The Book of the Droll is printed by G. Lee, Bluemaid Alley, Southwark. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Jeptha's Rash Vow; Or, The Virgin Sacrifi'd; With The Comical Humours Of Captain Bluster And His Man Diddimo

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Event Comment: At a large commodious Room in Artichoke Yard at Mile-End, during the Time of the Fair ... a diverting Ballad Opera. Noon to 8 P.M

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Related Works
Related Work: The Harlot's Progress; or, The Ridotto Al' Fresco: With a Grand Masque call'd, The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Entertainment: Yeates Junior's Inimitable Dexterity of Hand

Event Comment: A New Opera. Pit and Boxes by tickets at half a guinea. Gallery $s. At 6 P.M. [Their Majesties and the Royal Family present. Composer and librettist not known.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramis

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late Sir Richard Steele. With an entire new Sett of Scenes, particularly a view of Stocks-Market. Afterpiece: A new Farcical Ballad Opera. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Cast
Role: Trim Actor: R. Wetherilt

Afterpiece Title: King and no King; or, The Polish Squabble

Dance: IV: A new Scots Dance by Miss Wherrit. V: Two Pierrots by D'Vallois and J. Delagarde

Event Comment: Lady Bristol to Lord Bristol, 3 Nov.: I am just come home from a dull empty opera, tho' the second time; the first was full to hear the new man, who I can find out to be an extream good singer; the rest are all scrubbs except old Durastante, that sings as well as ever she did. Letter Books of John Hervey, III, 108

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramis

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 12 Nov.: The Royal Family were at the Opera, his Highness the Prince of Orange was there likewise in a Box next to that of the Princess Royal

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Semiramis

Event Comment: The opera ofoperas deferred by indisposition of a principal performer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: Cephalus and Procris; With Harlequin Grand Volgi

Event Comment: The Princess Royal's Marriage, being deferr'd, the Opera will be perform'd that Day as usual. Daily Courant, 14 Nov.: Last Night their Majesties, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and the three eldest Princesses . . . saw . . . Otho; but his Highness the Prince of Orange was not there

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

Performance Comment: Cast not listed, but edition of 1733 lists: Otho-Giovanni Carestino; Theophane-Signora Strada; Gismonda-Signora Margherita Durastante; Adelberto-Carlo Scalzi; Matilda-Signora Maria Catterina Negri; Emireno-Waltz .
Cast
Role: Theophane Actor: Signora Strada
Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Daily Advertiser, 20 Nov.: Yesterday Mr Harper was brought up to the Court of King's Bench . . . but the Right Hon. the Lord Hardwicke, Chief Justice, perceiving . . . that it might probably take up a long time to hear [the Counsels'] several Arguments, was pleas'd to put off the Affair till this Morning

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Music: Second Musick: 1st Concerto of Corelli. Third Musick: Overture compos'd by Handel for the Opera of Alexander. I: A Concerto call'd The Cuckoo by Vivaldi

Performance Comment: Third Musick: Overture compos'd by Handel for the Opera of Alexander. I: A Concerto call'd The Cuckoo by Vivaldi .

Dance: II: La Basetelle by Essex, and Miss La Tour. In V: Les Amants Constants by Essex, Houghton, Miss Robinson, F. Tench, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett

Song: II: Limpio Rigor del Fato and Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond by Miss Arne. IV: Per le Porte del Tormento by Miss Arne and Master Arne

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by Apostolo Zeno. Recitatives by Handel. Prince and three eldest Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caius Fabricius

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Recitatives by Handel. Apparently not published, and Deutsch, Handel, p. 342, gives no cast. Their Majesties and three eldest Princesses present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arbaces

Event Comment: A new Opera. [Music by Porpora. Apparently not published.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ferdinando

Event Comment: [Their Majesties, Prince of Wales, and three eldest Princesses present. Egmont also present. For a satiric pamphlet on opera, see Harmony in an Uproar, dated 12 Feb.; much of it is reprinted in Deutsch, Handel, pp. 344-57.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ariadne [in Creta]

Event Comment: A revived opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Astartus

Event Comment: Benefit Caporale, First Violoncello in the Opera at the Hay-Market. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several Solos on the Violoncello by Caporale

Event Comment: A new opera.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Belmira

Dance:

Event Comment: Mrs Pendarves, 27 April: Yesterday morning [26] at the rehearsal of a most delightful opera at Mr Handel's called Sosarme. Delany, Autobiography, I, 463

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sosarme

Event Comment: Mrs Pendarves, 30 April: I go to-night... to Sosarmes, an opera of Mr Handel's, a charming one, and yet I dare say it will be almost empty!

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sosarmes

Event Comment: An Opera, compos'd by Mr Handel. Intermix'd with Chorusses. 6:30 P.M. [Prince of Wales present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pastor Fido

Event Comment: Benefit Norris. [Intended for LIF, but changed because of Opera at LIF.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Performance Comment: Lovegold-Norris, the first time of his appearing on any stage since the Union of the Companies (Daily Advertiser, 30 May); Frederick-Wignel; Clerimont-Richardson; James-Topham; Ramilie-Miss Beckington; Mariana-Miss Mann; Harriet-Mrs Achurch; Mrs Wisely-Mrs Herle; Wheedle-Miss Hughes; Lappet-Miss H. Hughes. A new Prologue and Epilogue, both by Norris .

Dance: I: Scotch Dance by Mr and Mrs Davenport. III: Minuet by Mrs Grognet and Mrs Sanderson. V: Dutch Skipper by Mr and Mrs Davenport. Black Joak by Smith and Miss Mann

Song: II: Italian Song by Miss Young. IV: Italian Song by Mrs Mason

Event Comment: The Prince of Wales paid #250 to Handel's Opera Company. See BM, Add MSS 24, 403

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Dance: II: Two Pierrots by Davenport and Olbeldiston. III: Harlequin by Miss Brett. V: A new Country Dance by Davenport, proper to the Play

Performance Comment: III: Harlequin by Miss Brett. V: A new Country Dance by Davenport, proper to the Play .

Song: I: A Generi Affetti by Miss Jones and Master Arne. IV: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond by Miss Jones

Event Comment: Mainpiece: a Mock Opera. [Author not known. Apparently not published.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Penelope; Or, The Fair Disconsolate

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Entertainment:

Event Comment: A new opera. [Author not known. Apparently not printed.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Election; Or, Court And Country