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Event Comment: At Ryan-Laguerre-Chapman-Hall Booth. 1 P.M. to 11 P.M. Afterpiece: A Ballad Opera. [Advertised 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Aug.]

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Mainpiece Title: Don John; Or, The Libertine Destroy'd

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Related Work: The Humours of Sir John Falstaff, Justice Shallow, and Ancient Pistol Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Related Work: Philaster Author(s): George Colman, the elder

Afterpiece Title: The Barren Island; or, Petticoat Government

Performance Comment: Queen of the Amazons-Mrs Roberts; Clarinda-Mrs Mullart; Dorinda-Miss Tollett; Hippolita-Miss Dancy; Maria-Mrs Vallois; Luanda-Miss S. Rogers; Cinthia-Miss Norman; Ariadne-Mrs Cantrell; Silvia-Mrs Bennet; Captain of the Ship-Aston; Boatswain-Hall; Boatswain's Mate-Mullart; Gunner-Laguerre; Coxswain-Penkethman .

Dance: French Peasant by Vallois and Miss Rogers. A new Pantomime Dance: The Force of Inclination: Sailors-Vallois, Clark, Woodward, Bencraft, Smith; Amazonians-Miss Rogers, Miss Mann, Mrs Vallois, Miss Tollett, Miss Norman

Performance Comment: A new Pantomime Dance: The Force of Inclination: Sailors-Vallois, Clark, Woodward, Bencraft, Smith; Amazonians-Miss Rogers, Miss Mann, Mrs Vallois, Miss Tollett, Miss Norman .
Event Comment: At Hippisley-Bullock-Hallam Booth. Afterpiece: a new Ballad Opera. [Advertised 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Aug.; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Sept.]

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Mainpiece Title: Fair Rosamond

Afterpiece Title: The Impostor; or, The Biter Bit: With the Comical Humours of Vizard the Biter, Mixum the Vintner, and his Drawer Balderdash

Dance: I: Two Punches by Tench and Janno. II: The Constant Lovers. End of Droll: Le Badinage Cbampetre. Tumbling by Mynheer Vanderhoff, Mons de Voltore, Mons de Broc, Mons Janno

Performance Comment: II: The Constant Lovers. End of Droll: Le Badinage Cbampetre. Tumbling by Mynheer Vanderhoff, Mons de Voltore, Mons de Broc, Mons Janno .
Event Comment: asury prepared to pay the annual #1,000 subsidy to the Opera. See Calendar of Treasury Papers, 1731-1734, p. 670

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Event Comment: The King grants a subsidy of #1,000 to Handel's opera company. See Deutsch, Handel, p. 370

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Event Comment: The Bee, 9 Nov.: Mr Handel opens Tomorrow . . . with the Opera of Pastor Fido . . . and we hear there was a Rehearsal this Day at Twelve o'Clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pastor Fido

Event Comment: First Piece: A new Dramatick Entertainment in Musick. [Music by Handel.] Second Piece: An Opera. With several Additions, intermix'd with Choruses. Pit and Boxes half a guinea. First Gallery 4s. Upper Gallery 21. 6d. [King and Princesses Amelia and Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Terpsicore

Afterpiece Title: Pastor Fido

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal by Miss Cecilia Young and Miss Isabella Young. Instrumental from the Opera, with Violin by Festing, Violoncello by Caporali, Hautboy by Kytch. Water Musick by Handel, with Benj. Baker doing a Preamble on the Kettle Drums

Performance Comment: Instrumental from the Opera, with Violin by Festing, Violoncello by Caporali, Hautboy by Kytch. Water Musick by Handel, with Benj. Baker doing a Preamble on the Kettle Drums .
Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by A. Salvi. Music by Handel. King, Queen, Princesses Amelia and Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ariodante

Event Comment: Benefit Caporali, First Violoncello in Mr Handel's Operas. 7 P.M. 5s

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Singing by Mrs Young and her Sister. Concertos by Caporali

Event Comment: As 5 March. old Whig, 20 March: In the flourishing State of this Opera [Artaxerxes], 'tis no Wonder that the other Theatres decline. Handel, whose excellent Compositions have often pleased our Ears, and touched our Hearts, has this Winter sometimes performed to an almost empty Pitt. He has lately reviv'd his fine Oratorio of Esther, in which he has introduced two Concerto's on the Organ that are inimitable. But so strong is the Disgust taken against him, that even this has been far from bringing him crowded Audiences; tho' there were no other publick Entertainments on those Evenings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Esther

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bullock. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Beggar's Opera

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: Pigmalion by Glover, Lally, Mlle Salle. Scot's Dance, as17350315

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by Angelo Cori. Music by Pietro Sandoni.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Issipile

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by A. Marchi. Music by Handel.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alcina

Event Comment: At 7 P.M. Egmont, Diary, II, 174: I went to the opera called Iphigenia, composed by Porpora, and I think the town does not justice in condemning it

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Iphigenia

Event Comment: Benefit Bond. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality who have universally applauded the same. N.B. Many of the greatest Persons being engaged at the Opera last Saturday desir'd therefore this Delay, in order to crown this Gentleman's Benefit, with their Presence, that after so great an Expence, Reward may not be wanting to the Merit of the Piece

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Mainpiece: Taken from Moliere. Afterpiece: a New Satiric Farcical Ballad Opera. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Basinghall

Afterpiece Title: Politicks on Both Sides

Performance Comment: Sir Libel Hothead-Mullart; Truelove-Aston; Fanny Wellplot-Mrs Mullart; Constantia-Mrs Talbot; Squire Caleb-Lowder; Sir Politick Staunch-Turner; Mrs Nightrail-Smith; Camillus-Lacy; Gazetteer-Mrs Charke. A New Epilogue, spoken by Mrs Charke in the Character of Gazetteer .
Event Comment: The Royal Bounty of #1,000 went to the Opera of the Nobility. See Calendar of Treasury Papers, 1735-1738, p. 126

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Event Comment: Benefit Arne. Mainpiece: Written by the late Mr Farquhar. Afterpiece: Written by Mr Carey. N.B. There is a select Band of Musick engaged for this Night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Music: A New Medley Overture, never yet performed, composed by Arne. A new Set of Act Tunes, never yet performed, composed by Arne

Song: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond, sung by Master Osborne, a Scholar of Carey. Se l'Arco, a French Horn Song out of the Opera of Admetus, sung by Master Osborne

Performance Comment: Se l'Arco, a French Horn Song out of the Opera of Admetus, sung by Master Osborne .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal, Instrumental, and Martial...by several of the best Hands from both the Operas

Performance Comment: ..by several of the best Hands from both the Operas .
Event Comment: By Their Majesties' Command. [Their Majesties, Duke, Princesses Amelia, Caroline, Mary, Louisa present.] London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 20 Nov.: Mrs Porter perform'd the Part of Belvidera, without having either Stick or Cane to support her. Receipts: #168 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

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Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Dance: I: A new Peasant by Tench and Miss Rogers. II: Dance of Sailors (in Opera o{ orestes) by Glover and others. III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. 1v: Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c

Performance Comment: II: Dance of Sailors (in Opera o{ orestes) by Glover and others. III: Two Pierrots by Nivelon and Lalauze. 1v: Faithful Shepherd by Glover, Miss Rogers, &c .
Event Comment: A New Opera. [Music by Nicholas Porpora. Their Majesties, Princesses Amelia and Caroline expected to attend.]

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Mainpiece Title: Mithridates

Event Comment: Daily Journal, 27 Jan.: We hear that the Beggar's Opera is soon to be acted at [DL]; the Part of Lucy ... by Mrs Clive . . . Polly by Mr Cibber's Wife, who is to have all the first Parts, having, during the Run of Zara, shewn her natural Genius, by never any one Night varying in either Tone of Voice or Action from the Way she was taught. [See Prompter, 27 Jan., for an essay on the corruption of the stage by pantomime.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

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Role: Longbib the Vintner Actor: Salway
Event Comment: [Prince of Wales, Duke, and Princess Amelia present.] Daily Advertiser, 30 Jan.: The Opera oF Mithridates was so full on Tuesday Night, that there were above 440 Ladies and Gentlemen in the Pit and Boxes, besides the Subscribers. Above 50 People were oblig'd to go away for want of Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mithridates

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Never Acted before. [By James Sterling.] Afterpiece: a Ballad Opera. [Author unknown. Apparently not published.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Parracide

Performance Comment: Parts by Giffard, Johnson, Rosco, Havard, Lyon, Woodward, Mrs Roberts, Mrs Giffard, Mrs Hamilton; but edition of 1736 lists: Cantelmi-Rosco; Altamar-Johnson; Montesini-Havard; Mirzabdi-Giffard; Hassan-Lyon; Issouf-Woodward; Melania-Mrs Roberts; Beleyda-Mrs Giffard; Amanthe-Mrs Hamilton. Prologue spoken by Johnson. Epilogue spoken by Mrs Giffard .

Afterpiece Title: The Ch1mney Sweeper

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Ballad-Opera. [By Abraham Langford. Airs set by Stanley.]

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Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Performance Comment: As17351206. With the Ceremony of Lying in State .

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Dance: In V: Scot's Dance by Haughton, Mrs Bullock, &c

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Related Work: The Test of Love Author(s): John Edwin, the younger