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26
16 April 1744
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Venice Preserved
Afterpiece Title:
The
Lottery
Dance:
Several entertainments-LaLauze (being his first attempt of that kind
the
se two years); particularly: II:
The
Amorous Swain
; or
The
Rival Nimphs
-Lalauze, Mlle Bonneval, Mrs Delagarde; III:
Serious Dance
-Cooke; IV:
Les Jardiniers Suedois
-Lalauze, Mlle Domitilla, Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; (By Desire) after Farce:, a Ball Dance call'd
The
Louvre
,concluding with a
Minuet
-Lalauze, Lalauze's a boy scholar, Mlle Bonneval
Song:
V:
To Arms
,
Briton
s Strike Home
-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold, Bencraft
27
25 April 1744
@ James Street
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Briton
Song:
28
30 April 1744
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Royal Merchant
Afterpiece Title:
The
Virgin Unmask'd
Dance:
SScotch Dance
, as17431124;
Dance
-Cooke
Song:
TTo Arms,
Briton
s Strike Home
-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold
29
04 April 1745
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Recruiting Officer
Afterpiece Title:
Rosamond
Song:
I:
Gentle Shepherd
-Mrs Arne; III:
When
Briton
s First at Heav'n's Command
, with Chorus-Lowe, Mrs Arne
Dance:
II: Dance-Muilment
30
31 October 1745
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Nonjuror
Afterpiece Title:
The
Debauchees
Dance:
III:
Grand Comic Dance
, as17450926
Song:
V:
Briton
s never will be Slaves
-Lowe, Mrs Arne
31
01 November 1745
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To
The
Jubilee
Afterpiece Title:
The
Debauchees
Song:
II: Lowe; V:
Briton
s never will be Slaves
-Lowe, Mrs Arne
32
13 December 1745
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Rehearsal
Afterpiece Title:
The
Virgin Unmasked
Song:
II:
Briton
s Strike Home
-Lowe
Dance:
V: Mechel, Mlle Mechel
33
08 September 1746
@ Southwark Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Heroic General; Or,
Briton
's Darling
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin Sailor; or,
The
Wapping Landlady
Song:
Song in praise of
Duke of Cumberland
-
34
20 April 1747
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Julius Caesar; With
The
Death Of Brutus And Cassius
Afterpiece Title:
Orpheus and Eurydice
Entertainment:
Between Play and Afterpiece:
An Alarm to
Briton
s
-
the
Spirit of King Henry V (After
the
manner of Shakespeare's Chorus) usher'd in with Trumpets, Kettle Drums and o
the
r Warlike Instruments
35
04 March 1754
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Old Woman's Oratory
Afterpiece Title:
The
Coup de Grace; or,
The
Death of Harlequin , a Burlesque Pantomime Entertainment, to be performed by
Briton
s only
Dance:
Grand Dance of
Horse and Four
-
36
02 April 1755
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
Miss in Her Teens
Song:
II: A
New Cantata
-Beard; III:
Hooly and Fairly
by Desire-Beard; V:
Rule Britannia
-Beard, chorus;
Briton
s Strike Home
sung in Character-Beard, accompanied with a chorus
Music:
IV: A Piece upon
the
Harp
-Parry
Dance:
ll concluding with%
Hornpipe
-Ma
the
ws
37
03 April 1755
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Every Man In His Humour
Afterpiece Title:
The
Englishman in Paris
Dance:
III: New
Comic Dance
-
Three Sabatinis
, as17550203
Song:
B$Beard
particularly at
the
End:
Rule Britannia
, as17550402
Briton
s Strike Home
in character and accompanied with a Chorus, as17550402 Concluding with: a
Hornpipe
-Ma
the
ws
38
09 April 1755
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Comus
Afterpiece Title:
The
Cheats of Scapin
Dance:
Granier and Mrs Granier
Song:
RRule Britannia
,
Briton
s Strike Home
-
39
06 May 1756
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Miser
Afterpiece Title:
The
Press Gang; or,
The
Parting Lovers
Dance:
LLes Paisans Gallants
, as17551203
Song:
TTo Arms to Arms
,
Briton
s Strike Home
-Lowe, Howard
40
16 March 1758
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Insolvent
Afterpiece Title:
Miss in Her Teens
Dance:
As17580306
The
Faggot Binders
-
Song:
The
whole to conclude with a Ballad called
The
Protestant Cause and
the
King of Prussia
to
the
tune of
The
Roast Beef of Old England
,-a Chorus of
Briton
s
41
18 May 1763
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Hamlet
Afterpiece Title:
The
Apprentice
Dance:
IV: A
Hornpipe
, 1st time-Miss Twist
Entertainment:
After: (this night only)
Shuter
will entertain with his
Dish of All Sorts
-Shuter; and Titbit for everyone, in which will be served up a humorous conversation between himself, an old man, an honest North
Briton
and a Gentleman of
Connaught
, including his ever memorable encounter with a
Liverpool
Sow, and o
the
r whimsical occurrences;
The
whole to End with: an
Address to
the
Audience
-
42
12 April 1774
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
South
Briton
Afterpiece Title:
The
Apprentice
Dance:
IV: A
Double Hornpipe
-Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford; End I Farce: A
Minuet
-Aldridge, Mrs Bulkley
Monologue:
Interlude
.End:
True Blue
. As 26 March
43
27 March 1779
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Way Of
The
World
Afterpiece Title:
Briton
s, Strike Home
44
17 April 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
The
True
Briton
Dance:
In Act III of mainpiece a Hornpipe, as17820314mitations. End of mainpiece, by Bannister Jun
45
30 April 1789
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Funeral; Or, Grief A-la-mode
Afterpiece Title:
Annette and Lubin
Afterpiece Title:
Saint George's Day; or,
Briton
s Rejoice
Song:
End 3rd piece:
God save
the
King
-; with Grand Accompaniment [on
the
organ]-Greatorex [, as performed at
the
Oratorios see17890320
46
24 April 1795
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Bonduca, Queen Of
The Briton
s
Afterpiece Title:
He Wou'd be a Soldier
Entertainment:
Monologues
and Singing. III: [in
the
Temple of
the
Druids
Briton
s Strike Home
- [by
Purcell
for this Play; Vocal Parts-Incledon, Bowden, Linton, Street, Williamson, Sawyer, Tett, Kenrick, Little, Miss Stuart, Mrs Watts, Miss Leserve, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Bayzand; End: [Recitation and Music, selected from
the
Performances at
Free-Masons
Hall.
Sally in our Alley
-Incledon; [
Dryden
's
Ode of Alexander's Feast
[monologue]-Holman;
My mo
the
r had a maid called Barbara
(words from
Shakespeare
[
O
the
llo
, IV, iii], composed by
Shield
)-Incledon, Townsend, Linton, Mrs Clendining;
The
Equivalent
(composed by
Reeve
)-Fawcett;
Black@ey'd Susan
-Incledon; [
Collins
's
Ode on
the
Passions
[monologue]-Pope;
The
Waiter
(composed by Reeve)-Fawcett;
Old Towler
-Incledon
47
31 May 1797
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Cato
Afterpiece Title:
Cambro'
Briton
s; or, Fishguard in an Uproar
Afterpiece Title:
Animal Magnetism
Song:
In 2nd piece:
Toge
the
r let us range
the
fields
-Incledon, Mrs Mountain;
Gallant Soldiers born to Arms
,
Old England will be England still
-Incledon;
To arms!
Briton
s strike Home!
-Incledon, Bowden
48
16 May 1798
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Deserted Daughter
Afterpiece Title:
Briton
s Roused
Afterpiece Title:
The
Follies of a Day
Dance:
End 2nd piece: a
Minuet
-Mr and Miss Betterton
49
21 July 1798
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Deaf Lover
Afterpiece Title:
Cambro-
Briton
s
50
23 July 1798
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Quarter Of An Hour Before Dinner
Afterpiece Title:
Cambro-
Briton
s
Afterpiece Title:
Blue Devils
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