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4695 results for: Keyword - Several
We found 4159 matches on Event Comments, 341 matches on Performance Title, 195 matches on Roles/Actors, 171 matches on Performance Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

4101
01 December 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the Desire of several persons of Quality. This month was published A Clear Stage and no Favour, or Tragedy and Comedy at War, occasioned by the Emulation of the Two Theatric Heroes David and Goliath, A 12 p. poem setting forth the appeals of Garrick and Quin. [Prophesies that in two years' time Quin will continue to be esteemed more than Garrick, the new favorite.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Dance: II: Grand Comic Dance, as17421130; V: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie-Checo, Signora Chiaretti

4102
02 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Dance: LLa Villageoise, as17421006; Musette, Tambourine, as17421201; Grand Ballet, as17421108

4103
10 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Musette, as17421209; Italian Peasants-Delamain, Anne Auretti

4104
13 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the desire of several persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; Musette, as17421209; Italian Peasants, as17421210

4105
18 December 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the desire of several persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Song: As17421126

Music: II: Concerto on Violincello-Cervetti

Dance: IV: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, as17421126

4106
30 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: DDutch Skipper, as17421025; Peasants-Villeneuve, Mlle August; Le Rendezvous Gallant,as17421217

4107
10 January 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular desire of several persons of quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Dance: II: Grand Serious Ballet, as17421005

Song: III: Song-Lowe

Music: IV: Concerto-Piantanida

4108
12 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Mainpiece: At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

4109
22 January 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular desire of several persons of quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Song: As17430103

Music: III: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

4110
27 January 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's Inn Fields. The Company being oblig'd, by Particular Desire, to get up the Play of All's Well that Ends Well, Written by Shakespear, by Wednesday next (and being employed in reviving several other Plays) are under a Necessity of deferring acting till then

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

4111
03 February 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the desire of several persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Dance: I: The Italian Gardeners-Checa, Siga Chiaretta, Mlle Bonneval; III: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, as17421201

4112
05 February 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Song: As17430103

Music: III: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth

4113
09 February 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Not acted these 25 years. At the Particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality for the Benefit of Mrs Giffard. Mainpiece: Written by Colley Cibber Esq., Poet-Laureat. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. 6d. And the Company will continue to act every Day, Wednesdays and Fridays in Lent excepted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

4114
14 February 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Dance: II: Grand Serious Ballet, as17421005

Song: III: Song-Lowe

Music: IV: Concerto-Piantanida

4115
25 February 1743 @ Southwark

Event Comment: GGreat Theatrical Booth, Bowling Green. By Permission. Benefit of Legar and Boaman. A Concert, etc. At the particular Desire of several of the Subscribers. Stage 5s. Tickets for the Orphan will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Flora; or, Hob in the Well

4116
28 February 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Benefit Cibber. The play being chang'd, by Desire, Tickets deliver'd out for the Man of Taste; or the Guardian, taken from Terence and Moliere, will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nonjuror

Afterpiece Title: scenes from Tscenes from The Old Batchelor

Song: Between the Acts: particularly the Songs in the Masque of Comus-a Gentleman (who never perform'd in public before), Mrs Hooper, Mrs Dunstall

Dance: WWelch Buffoon-two Masters Granier [not in Daily Advertiser]

4117
08 March 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit Giffard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: II: Welch Buffoons-two Masters Granier; IV: A Scotch Dance-three Graniers; End of Farce: a Grand Ballet-Mr Carney, Mrs Roland

4118
10 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Chiaretta Aquilanti. B the particular desire of several Ladies of Quality. [A poor Benefit (Winston MS.).] Tickets and places to be had of Hobson, &c; and at Mr Garnier's, a Jeweller, in Bow St

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance: I: Italian Gardeners, as17421231; III: a New Serious Dance-Sga Aquilanti; V: A New Sicilian Peasant-Checo, Chiaretta

4119
14 March 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Rogers, Simson, and Mrs Chetwood. Tickets to be had of Rogers at Mr Molloy's, Wine Merchant in Bear Yard, Lincoln's Inn Fields; at Mr Settre's, Linen Draper, at the Golden Anchor, next Tom's Coffee House, Covent Garden; of Mrs Chetwood, Castle Tavern, Drury Lane; and of Simson, at Mr Gill's, a shoemaker, Basinghall St. [At 5 p.m. this day Jack, Joseph and Polly Granier are scheduled to dance in several dances at the New Wells, Lemon St., Goodman's Fields. Carney has also gone over to the New Wells.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: III: Welch Buffoons, as17430308 V: Scotch Dance, as17430308

4120
17 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ryan. At the Desire of several persons of Quality. [The customary notice about counterfeit tickets (see 7 March) is repeated, as it is for all benefit performances this season. It will not be noted farther here.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved

Afterpiece Title: Toyshop

Dance: As17430314

4121
21 March 1743 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Macklin. Stage form'd into Front and Side Boxes. N.B. As Mr Macklin has reason to believe that several of his tickets are counterfeited, and will be offer'd for sale in the streets and passages leading to the theatre, he begs leave to give this publick caution of the fraud; and humbly desires that Gentlemen and Ladies who have taken places, to send for tickets to the Theatre, or to Mr Macklin at his House in Bow Street.--Daily Advertiser. Winston MS.: In 1743 Macklin, Mrs Woffington, and Garrick took house No. 6 Bow St.--a joint establishment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: II: Sicilian Peasant, as17430310 IV: Italian Gardeners, as17421231

Song: III: Beard

4122
22 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Hippisley. Mainpiece: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Amphitheatre on stage where servants may keep places. Ladies desired to send servants by three o'clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing, as17421025; Tambourine-Cooke; Les Boufons du Cour, as17430305

4123
22 March 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies. Benefit Mr Shepheard, the Treasurer, and Mlle Roland. Tickets at Angel and Crown Tavern, Whitechapel; Orange-Inn, Carey St., near the Playhouse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: I: a Serious Dance-Mlle Roland; III: Sailor's Dance-Delamayne, Mlle Roland; V: (by Desire) a Minuet, Louvre-Delamayne, Mlle Roland. [Dances not in Daily Advertiser.

4124
23 March 1743 @ James Street

Event Comment: At the particular desire of several Gentleman and Ladies. A Concert, etc. Acted but once these twenty years. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aurengzebe; Or, The Great Mogul

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Adams

Song: II: The Early Horn-a Gentleman; III: The Humours of Epsom Downs-; IV: Blow blow ye Winter Wind-

Music: V: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Job Baker

4125
24 March 1743 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Cooke. At the desire of several persons of Quality. Amphitheatre on stage. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock to keep places. Tickets to be had and places to be taken of Cooke Sen., at his house in Great Ormond St., near Queen Square

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Dance: I: Les Matelots-Cooke; III: A French Peasant-Cooke; IV: Grand Ballet, as17421108; V: a Ball Dance call'd the Louvre, concluding with a Minuet-Cooke, Anne Auretti