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26
20 December 1725
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Funeral
Dance:
Mr Sandham's
Children
, who never appeared on any Stage before;
La Folette
, as17250928
27
27 January 1726
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Double Gallant
Dance:
Sandham's
Children
; particularly a
Punch
-
the
Boy;
La Folette
, as17250928
28
27 April 1726
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
O
the
llo, Moor Of Venice
Dance:
End II:
Wooden Shoe Dance
-Sandham's
Children
; III:
Muzette
-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; IV:
Turkish Dance
-Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Haughton, Duplessis
29
05 May 1726
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Macbeth
Dance:
I:
Muzette
-Rainton, Miss Robinson; III:
Wooden Shoe Dance
-Sandham's
Children
; IV:
Dutch Skipper
-Sandham; V:
La Pierette
-Roger, Mrs Brett
Music:
II:
Corelli
's
8th Concerto
-
30
25 May 1726
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Sir Courtly Nice
Dance:
PPastoral
-Lally, Mrs Walter;
Peasant
-Sandham's
Children
;
Muzette
-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson;
Pierette
-Roger, Mrs Brett
Music:
CConcerto on
the
Little Flute
-Baston
31
06 April 1727
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Camilla
Dance:
PPastoral
-Miss Rogers, a Child of Nine Years of Age, Scholar to
Mlle Salle
, it being
the
first Time of her APpearance on
the
Stage;
Two Pierrots
-Nivelon, Salle
32
04 August 1736
@ Tottenham Court
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Birth Of Merlin,
The
British Enchanter; Or,
The
Child Has Found His Fa
the
r
33
19 March 1737
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Volpone
Afterpiece Title:
Flora
Dance:
In I:
Two Pierrots
-Nivelon, Lalauze; I:
Serious Dance
, concluding with a
Minuet
-two Misses Scott; II:
Comic Dance
-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; IV:
Comic Dance
-called
Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde
Accompanied by her
Children
-Nivelon, Lalauze, both in Wooden Shoes
Song:
III: A New Song-Beard
34
19 May 1737
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Macbeth
Afterpiece Title:
The
King and
the
Miller of Mansfield
Music:
With
the
Original Musick, carefully reviv'd,-Mrs Clive, Ray, Stoppelaer, Rainton, Este, Raftor, Mrs Pritchard, Mrs Willis, Mrs Marshall
Dance:
II:
Two Pierrots
-Livier, Pelling; III:
Punch's Dance
-a Child of Six Years old that never performed on
the
Stage before; V:
Wooden Shoe Dance
-Livier, Villeneuve
Song:
I:
The
Lady's Lamentation
, as17370503
35
15 December 1739
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
The
Mock Doctor
Dance:
I:
Grand Ballet
-Mlle Roland
the
Elder; II:
Serious Dance
-Master Charles Poitier; a Child of Five Years Old,
the
first time of his appearing on
the
Stage. III:
Serious Dance
-Poitier, Mlle Roland
the
Elder; IV:
French Peasants
-Poitier, Mlle Roland
the
Elder, Master Charles Poitier; End Afterpiece:
Minuet
-Poitier, Mlle Roland
the
Elder, Charles Poitier
Song:
II: Duet-Mrs Lampe, Miss Young
Music:
V: By Desire, a Preamble on
the
Kettle Drums-Poitier
36
09 February 1744
@ Stationer's Hall
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Acis And Galatea
Music:
Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth
Song:
An English and an Italian Song-
the
sister of
the
above lady, a child of nine years;
the
whole to conclude with:
the
Coronation An
the
m
God Save
the
King
-; Trumpet-Valentine Snow
37
10 March 1746
@ Hickford's Room
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
The
Lying Valet
Song:
Brett,
the
surprising voice of
the
famous
African
who sings several songs, with Mock Voices, particularly in Imitation of a young Child.; Juggling-Yates
38
08 September 1746
@ Southwark Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Audlin; Or,
The
Merchant's Daughter Of Brastol; With
The
Comical Humours Of Roger, Antonio's Man
Song:
Batt Platt,
the
original
Mad Tom
Dance:
Sig and Signora Capuchino, Mynheer Drollelo, being
children
lately arrived from
Holland
, who never appeared on any Stage
39
20 September 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love For Love
Afterpiece Title:
The
Devil to Pay
Music:
I:
Flute
solo-; III: Music-
the
Child
Dance:
V:
Savoyards
-Mat
the
ws, Mrs Addison
40
06 October 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Conscious Lovers
Afterpiece Title:
The
Anatomist
Music:
II: By Desire a piece of Music-
the
Child
Dance:
III:
Savoyards
, as17480920
41
22 October 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Fair Penitent
Afterpiece Title:
The
Intriguing Chambermaid
Music:
CConcerto on Flute
-
the
Child
42
25 October 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Suspicious Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The
Miller of Mansfield
Dance:
III:
Savoyards
, as17480920
Music:
SScotch Sonata
on Flute-
the
Child
43
12 November 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Provok'd Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The
Mock Doctor
Music:
I:
Scots Sonato
on Flute-
the
Child
Dance:
II:
L'Entree de Flore
-; III:
Italian Cabaret
, as17481109; V:
Vertumnus and Pomona
-Cooke, Anne Auretti, Mat
the
ws
44
18 November 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
The
Intriguing Chambermaid
Music:
II:
Scots Sonato
on Flute-
the
Child
Dance:
IV:
Italian Cabaret
, as17481109
45
23 November 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
O
the
llo
Afterpiece Title:
The
Virgin Unmask'd
Dance:
II:
L'Entree de Flore
, as17481027; V:
Vertumnus and Pomona
, as17481112
Music:
IV:
Scots Sonato
on
Flute
-
the
Child
46
25 November 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Relapse
Afterpiece Title:
The
Mock Doctor
Music:
I:
Scots Sonato
on Flute-
the
Child
Dance:
II:
L'Entree de Flore
, as17481027; IV:
The
Sailors' Revels
-Mat
the
ws; End:
Vertumnus and Pomona
, as17481112
47
26 November 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Suspicious Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The
Virgin Unmask'd
Music:
V:
Scots sonato
on Flute-
the
Child
Dance:
III:
Savoyards
, as17480920
48
28 November 1748
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Country Wife
Afterpiece Title:
The
Anatomist
Music:
III: Piece of Music By Desire-
the
Child
Dance:
II:
L'Entree de Flore
, as17481027; IV:
Savoyards
, as17480920; V:
Vertumnus and Pomona
, as17481112
49
01 December 1748
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Auction Of Pictures
Music:
A Piece of Musick-
the
Child between
the
parts of
the
Auction
50
05 December 1748
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Auction Of Pictures
Music:
A Piece of Musick-
the
Child
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