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376
21 April 1795
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Life
's Vagaries
Afterpiece Title:
Windsor Castle 1
Afterpiece Title:
Windsor Castle 2
377
25 May 1795
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
How To Grow Rich
Afterpiece Title:
British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship; or, An Escape from France
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin and Faustus
Song:
End I 1st piece:
The Storm
-Incledon; End II: The Description of the Battle of La Hogue,
Thursday in the Morn the Nineteenth of May
-Incledon (1st time); In course:
Four and Twenty Fidlers
-Munden; In 2nd piece:
I was called knowing Joey
-Munden;
At dawn of
Life
our Vows were plighted
-Mrs Mountain;
The turban'd Turk who scorns the world
-Johnstone;
When foaming waves contrary beat
-Incledon;
To be sure I don't love in my heart
-Johnstone;
Our simple tale thus ended
-Incledon, Johnstone, Munden, Mrs Mountain
378
27 November 1795
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Life
's Vagaries
Afterpiece Title:
Comus
379
05 April 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Fontainbleau
Afterpiece Title:
British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship; or, An Escape from France
Afterpiece Title:
The Irishman in London
Song:
In course 2nd piece:
I was called knowing Joey
-Munden;
At dawn of
Life
our Vows were plighted
-Mrs Mountain;
The turban'd Turk who scorns the World
-Johnstone;
When foaming Waves contrary beat
-Incledon;
The Land of Potatoes
-Johnstone;
Fa la la
(composed by
Callcott
)-Incledon, Johnstone, Linton, Street, the rest of the Characters; End 2nd piece:
Old Towler
-Incledon
380
04 June 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Life
's Vagaries
Afterpiece Title:
The Poor Sailor
Dance:
As17951002
Song:
End: The [Little] Farthing Rushlight-Young Standen
Monologue:
After Singing: A
Pantomimic Interlude
in which the Dying and Skeleton Scene, with the Escape of Harlequin through a Hogshead of Fire. Harlequin-Simpson; Clown-Follett; Pantaloon-Hawtin; Scaramouch-Abbot; Doctor-Rees; Colombine-A Young Lady [unidentified]
381
07 July 1796
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Antigona
Dance:
End I: a new Ballet in one act,
Flore et Zephire
-Didelot, Gentili, Fialon, Lahante, Hamoir, Giani, Roffey, Simpson, Master Menage, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg, Mme Bossi, Mlle Parisot, Mme Vidi, Mlle Cabanel [Cast from
Beaumont
(see
below
):
Cleonise-Mme Hilligsberg; +Flore-Mme Rose; +Bergeres-Mlle Parisot, Mme Bossi; +Zephire-Didelot; +L'Amour-Master Menage; +Un Petit Amour-Miss Hill.]; End Opera: [a new grand Dramatic Ballet in 3 acts, in the +Scotch style
,
L'Heureux Naufrage
[; or,
Les Sorcieres Ecossoises
; Principal Performers in both dances-Didelot, Gentili, Fialon, Lahante, Hamoir, Giani, Roffey, Simpson, Master Menage, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg, Mme Bossi, Mlle Parisot, Mme Vidi, Mlle Cabanel
382
09 May 1797
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Inkle And Yarico
Afterpiece Title:
British Fortitude; or, An Escape from France
Afterpiece Title:
The Honest Thieves; or, The Faithful Irishman
Song:
In course 2nd piece:
I was call'd knowing Joey
-Munden;
At dawn of
Life
our Vows were plighted
-Mrs Mountain;
The Storm
-Incledon;
The turban'd Turk who scorns the World
-;
Hospitality
; or,
The Land of Potatoes
-Johnstone; End 2nd piece:
Old Towler
-Incledon
383
17 May 1797
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Every One Has His Fault
Afterpiece Title:
The Rival Soldiers
Afterpiece Title:
The Positive Man
Song:
In the course of the Evening:
The
Life
of Poor Jack
(composed by
Dibdin
),
Admiral Benbow
-Incledon;
Honesty in Tatters
-Townsend;
Arthur O'Bradley
(1st time, written by
O'Keeffe
)-Munden
384
02 January 1798
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Semiramide
Dance:
End I: Divertisement Ballet, composed by
Gallet
,
La Chasse d' Amour
- [see
below
]; End Opera:
Ariadne et Bacchus
, as17971216
385
15 March 1798
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
The Honest Thieves
Dance:
As17971006
Song:
In afterpiece:
Queen Bess
[not listed on playbill; see
below
]-Johnstone
386
28 May 1798
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Such Things Are
Afterpiece Title:
Starboard Watch
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin and Faustus; or, The Devil will have his Own
Song:
In course:
The
High
Mettled Racer
(composed by
Dibdin
)-Incledon;
Patents all the Rage
-Munden;
The Beggar
, as17980525;
Duetto
-Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain;
The Wind blew fresh and fair
-Townsend
Music:
In course of Evening:
solo
on the Union Pipes-Murphy; accompanied on the Harp-Weippert
Entertainment:
Vaudeville
.In 3rd piece: [By Permission of the Proprietors of the
Royal Circus
[
Charles Dibdin
and
Charles Hughes
] [the celebrated Smith will ge thro' his wonderful Performances on the
Slack Rope
-Smith
387
26 April 1799
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Way To Get Married
Afterpiece Title:
British Fortitude
Afterpiece Title:
Lock and Key
Song:
End IV:
Boxing the Compass
-Fawcett; End Monologue:
The Group of Lovers
; or,
Beauty at her Levee
-Munden; 2nd piece:
I was called knowing Joey
-Simmons;
At dawn of
life
our Vows were plighted
-Miss Wheatley;
The turban'd Turk who scorns the world
-Johnstone;
Black Ey'd Susan
-Incledon;
The Land of Potatoes
-Johnstone;
Fa la la
-Incledon, Johnstone, Street, Linton
Entertainment:
Monologue
. End 1st piece:
A Fig for the Fellows
(Introductive of some Comic Reasons, which it is hoped will pass Current)-Mrs Mattocks, in the character of Miss Allspice, the Grocer's Daughter
388
17 May 1799
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
As You Like It
Afterpiece Title:
No Song No Supper
Song:
End I:
Sweet Lillies of the Valley
-Dignum; End IV:
My Friend is the Man I'd copy through
Life
(written by
Miles Peter Andrews, Esq.
, composed by
Hook
)-Dignum; V: a
song
, as17990214
389
28 May 1799
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Life
's Vagaries
Afterpiece Title:
Saturday Night at Sea; or, Tars at Anchor
Afterpiece Title:
The Norwood Gipsies
Song:
End II 1st piece:
Admiral Benbow
-Incledon; End 1st piece:
The Group of Lovers
-Munden
390
15 May 1800
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Birth Day
Afterpiece Title:
The Follies of a Day
Afterpiece Title:
St
Song:
End I 1st piece:
song
-Master Gray; End I 2nd piece:
Time has not thin'd my flowing Hair
-Incledon, Townsend; End 2nd piece:
This
Life
is like a Country Dance
-Fawcett;
The Advantage of Toping
-Townsend;
Fat Dolly the Cook
-Munden;
The Anchor Smiths
-Townsend
Entertainment:
Imitations
End I 1st piece: a
Few Select Imitations
-Townsend
391
24 August 1702
@ Bartholomew Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Rope Dancing
Entertainment:
they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women and Children that can be found beyond the Seas, so that the World cannot parallize them for Dancing on the Low/Rope, Vaulting on the
High
/Rope, Walking on the Slack and Sloping Ropes-the Famous Company of Rope-Dancers out-doing all others to that Degree, that it has
high
ly recommended them, both in Bartholomew Fair and
May Fair
last, to all the best persons of Quality in
England
. And by all are owned to be the only amazing Wonders of the World, in every thing they do: 'tis there you will see the
Italian Scaramouch
dancing on the Rope, wiph a Wheel-barrow before him, with two Children and a Dog in it, and with a Duck on his Head; who sings to the Company and causes much Laughter
392
28 August 1788
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Vimonda
Afterpiece Title:
A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner
Afterpiece Title:
The Village Lawyer
Song:
In 2nd piece:
The
High
@minded Soldier
-Mathews
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