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Event Comment: Flying Post, 7 March 1698@9: A Consort of all new Vocal and Instrumental Music; for the Benefit of Mr William Hall, who formerly had the Consort of Musick at his House in Norfolk-street

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

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Mainpiece Title: Fryar Bacon Or The Country Justice With The Humours Of tolfree The Miller And His Son ralph

Performance Comment: A playbill: At Parker's and Doggett's Booth near Hosier-Lane End, in Smithfield, during the Time of Bartholomew-Fair, will be presented a New Droll, called, Fryar Bacon; or, The Country Justice: With the Humours of Tolfree the Miller, and his Son Ralph, Acted by Mr Doggett. With Variety of Scenes, Machines, Songs and Dances. Vivat Rex. (See William VanLennep, Some Early English Playbills, Harvard Library Bulletin, VIII (1954), opposite page 237.) The London Spy, August 1699, describes a visit to Bartholomew Fair, including an account of Doggett's droll and another, Dwarf Comedy, Sir-nam'd a Droll' called The Devil of a Wife. In the Post Man, 15-17 Aug. 1699, is an advance notice of rope dancing and a booth run by Barnes and Appleby between the Crown Tavern and the Hospital Gate, next to Miller's Droll Booth.
Event Comment: According to the London Post, 24-27 Nov. 1699, William Joye, a strong man showing dexterities of strength, performed before The King at Kensington

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Event Comment: London Post, 24-27 Nov. 1699: [William Joy] being oblig'd to leave Town in order to pursue some other Method, can shew but twice, which will be God-willing on Wednesday and Friday next at the Theatre in Dorset Garden, beginning Precisely at 11 a Clock, being resolved to shew no more before he leaves the Town

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Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Event Comment: Post Man, 16-19 March 1700: For the benefit of Mrs Hudson and Mr Williams, to morrow being Wednesday the 20th instant, in the Great Room in York Buildings, will be performed an extraordinary entertainment of Vocal and Instrumental Musick. At the desire of several Ladies of Quality, with a new Prologue to be performed by Jo. Haines

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

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Mainpiece Title: The Perjured Husband Or The Adventures Of Venice

Performance Comment: Edition of 1700 lists: Count Bassino-Mills; Armando-Simpson; Alonzo-Thomas; Pizalto-Norris; Ludovico-Fairbank; Placentia-Mrs Kent; Aurelia-Mrs Oldfield; Florella-Mrs Baker; Lady Pizalto-Mrs Moore; Lucy-Mrs Lucas; Prologue (by a gentleman)-Mrs Oldfield; Epilogue [by Mr B [William Burnaby?]-Haines.
Event Comment: Benefit Dan Williams. At Mr Reason's Musick Room in York Buildings. At 8 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-. Compos'd by Dr John Blow, for the late Anniversary Feast of St Cecilia

Event Comment: Benefit for Widow of the late Mr William Hall, who formerly had the Consort of Musick at his House in Norfolk-street. At 8 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: New Vocal and Instrumental Music-

Event Comment: Benefit William Bowen, the famous Comedian...who has for some months discontinued Acting, on account of some Difference between him and the rest of the Sharers in the New Theatre;...it's the Opinion of the best Judges in Town, that no person in either of the Theatres, can come so near the Performance of the famous Original Mr Lacy as he can

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Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Event Comment: Benefit the Widow of Thomas Williams, who perform'd in the Theatre Royal. At 8 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music, particularly that celebrated Song, set by the late Mr Henry Purcell (for the Yorkshire Feast)-the best Masters of each Profession in England performing their Parts

Event Comment: [[By William Congreve. Premiere.] Congreve wrote on 26 March: I wished particularly for you on Friday last, when Eccles his music for the prize was performed in Dorset Garden, and universally admired. Mr Finger's is to be to-morrow; and Russel and Weldon's follow in their turn....The number of performers, besides the verse-singers, was 85. The front of the stage was all built into a concave with deal boards; all which was faced with tin, to increase and throw forwards the sound. It was all hung with sconces of wax-candles, besides the common branches of lights usual in the playhouses. The boxes and pit were all thrown into one; so that all sat in common; and the whole was crammed with beauties and beaux, not one scrub being admitted. The place where formerly the music used to play, between the pit and the stage, was turned into White's chocolate-housev....Our friend Venus performed to a miracle; so did Mrs Hodgson Juno. Mrs Boman was not quite so well approved in Pallas.-Congreve to Keally, in Congreve, I, 71-72

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Mainpiece Title: The Judgment Of Paris

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Related Work: The Judgement of Paris Author(s): William Congreve
Event Comment: Benefit William Bowen

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Mainpiece Title: The Libertine Destroyd

Event Comment: Benefit William Penkethman

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Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man

Event Comment: [King William died on Sunday 8, and the playhouses were forbidden to act until after the Coronation, 23 April.

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Event Comment: Written by the famous Author William Shakespear

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Mainpiece Title: Cimbiline King Of Brittain The Great Protector Of His Country

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the Famous William Shakespear

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Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline King Of Brittain The Great Protector Of His Country

Event Comment: [By William Walker. Not advertised in Daily Courant, but this date accepted as premiere by Nicoll, p. 363 and Genest, II, 303.] Preface: It was so hem'd in between the Benefits that it seem'd meerly Confin'd to the Limits of a Single Night before hand

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Mainpiece Title: Marry Or Do Worse

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Related Work: Marry; or Do Worse Author(s): William Walker
Event Comment: Benefit Williams. At the desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by Mr Southern

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Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Song: Purcell's From Rosy Bowers-Leveridge

Dance: A French Peasant and his Wife-duRuel, Mrs duRuel; Punchanello-Cherrier

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Sir William Davenant; but Originally by the famous French Dramatick Poet Monsieur Moliere. [Genest, II, 352, surmises that the company probably acted Acts I, II, and V of The Playhouse to be Let.] Afterpiece: A Burlesque Farce

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Mainpiece Title: The Playhouse To Be Let With Sganarella The Blacksmith Of Paris

Afterpiece Title: Mock Pompey

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Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Williams

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hall, Daughter to William Hall, who formerly had the Consort of Musick at his House in Norfolk-street. At 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the greatest Masters

Event Comment: Benefit Williams and Willer [Weller?]. Tickets delivered for Saturday 23 taken this night

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Mainpiece Title: Venice Preservd

Song: As17070327

Dance: As17070403

Event Comment: [By William Taverner.] Never Acted before

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Mainpiece Title: The Maids The Mistress

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Related Work: The Disappointment: or, The Maid's the Mistress Author(s): William Taverner
Event Comment: See Tatler, 26 May. [In Daily Courant, 24 May, William Bowen announced that The Stratagem, advertised for this day as his benefit, is deferred and that tickets for it will be accepted on 1 June at Sganarell; or, The Cuckold in Conceit.

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Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Event Comment: Benefit William Mears and Friend Hale. In the Town Hall at St. Margaret's Hill, Southwark. Tickets 1s. 6d. At 6 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-