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51
22 May 1736
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Man Of Taste
Afterpiece Title:
The Intriguing Chambermaid
Dance:
II: Dutchman and his Frow by Phillips and Miss Brett. IV: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Miss Brett
Entertainment:
A
new
Entertainment after the manner of Spring-Garden, Vauxhall: With a
New
Scene, representing the Place, with a
Grand
Overture, and select Pieces of Musick, compos'd by Mr Handell, intermix'd with Dances, particularly The Russian Sailor by Denoyer's Apprentice. A Concerto on the French Horn by Mr Winch. The Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. Concluding with Mr Handel's Water Musick
52
29 December 1740
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
As You Like It
Dance:
I:
Grand
Ballet of Shepherds and Shepherdesses
-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; II:
Le Chasse de Dian
(a
new
Grand
Serious Ballet)-
Diane a la Chasse
-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V:
Les Jardiniers Suedois
-Fausan, Signora Fausan, Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf
53
04 April 1741
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Miser
Afterpiece Title:
The King and the Miller of Mansfield
Dance:
I: A
new
Grand
Ballet
-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; II:
Shepherds and Shepherdesses
-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; III:
Pastres
-Master Gillier, a Scholar of
Muilment
; IV: Muilment; V: A
new
Figure Minuet called
The Queen Minuet
, concluding with a
Ball Minuet
-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; after the
Minuet
a
Corelli's Jig
-Master Gillier
54
05 April 1742
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
She Wou'd If She Cou'd
Dance:
MMusette
-Picq, Mlle Auguste;
New
Scots Dance
, as17420401
New
Dance call'd the
Hussar
-Desnoyer, Sga Domitilla;
New
Comic Dance
-Picq, Mlle Auguste;
Louvre
,
Minuet
By Desire-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina
Ballet:
RRural Assembly
. As17420121
55
09 April 1743
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love
Dance:
II:
Les Matelots
, as17430324 III:
New
Grand
Comic Ballet
, as17430407 IV:
French Peasant
, as17430324 V: a
New
Ball Dance
by
Kellom Tomlinson
(by Desire)-Villeneuve, Mrs Delagarde
Music:
Between the Acts: Select pieces-
56
04 April 1744
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Old Batchelor
Afterpiece Title:
The Lying Valet
Dance:
I: Mrs Auguste; II:
New
Comic Dance
-Muilment, Mrs Auguste; IV:
New
Serious Dance
, as17440119 V: A
New
Comic Dance
-Muilment, Mrs Auguste
57
04 April 1744
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Measure For Measure
Afterpiece Title:
Damon and Phillida
Dance:
I:
New
Dance
-Cooke; III:
Grand
Ballet
-Cooke, Mlle Domitilla; IV:
New
Serious Dance
-Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; V: Ball Dance call'd the
Louvre
, concluding with a
Minuet
-Cooke, Mrs Domitilla
58
06 April 1745
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Fair Penitent
Afterpiece Title:
The Lying Valet
Dance:
II:
New
Grand
Dance
-Muilment; III:
New
Dance-Muilment; V: Muilment
Song:
IV:
Gentle Shepherd
-Mrs Arne
59
26 September 1745
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Recruiting Officer
Song:
I: Lowe; IV:
Colin and Phebe
-Lowe, Mrs Arne
Dance:
II:
Grand
Serious Dance
-M and Mlle Mitchel (lately arrived from
Paris
); V:
A
New
Grand
Comic Dance
-M and Mlle Mechel
60
24 October 1749
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Miser
Dance:
II: A
New
Grand
Comic Ballad, called the
Venetian Gardeners
-M
Grand
champs, 1st time of his performing in
England
, Madem Auretti, Pelling, Shawford, Macneal, George Yates, Harrison, Master Shawford, Mrs Addison, Mlle Mariet, Miss Baker, Mrs Shawford, Mrs L'Font, Miss Shawford; IV:
Grand
Ballet
L'Entree de Flore
-Mlle Auretti
Song:
III: Master Mattocks
61
19 March 1752
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Venice Preserved
Afterpiece Title:
The Contrivances
Dance:
I:
Grand
Ballet
,
the Gondoliers
-Cooke, Miss Hilliard; II:
Grand
Dutch Dance
, as17511021; III: (By Particular Desire)
Grand
Scot's Ballet
-Cooke, Miss Hilliard; V: a
Ball Dance
call'd the
Rigadoon
concluding with a,
Minuet
-Cooke, Miss Hilliard
62
22 September 1752
@ Southwark Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
He Intriguing Chambermaid; Or, The Wanton Wife
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin Triumphant
Dance:
I: A
new
Grand
Comic Dance
-Sg and Sga Codgerino; End: A
new
Irish Dance
-
63
16 April 1755
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Miser
Afterpiece Title:
Miss in Her Teens
Dance:
II:
New
Comic Dance
-Frantzel, Sga Balbi; III:
New
Comic Dance
-Frantzel; which introduces a
Drunken Peasant
-Frantzel; IV:
Chinese Dance
, as17550104; V: a
New
Pastoral Pantomime
-Frantzel, Sga Balbi; a
Comic Minuet
-Frantzel, Sga Balbi
64
10 January 1764
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Leucippo
Dance:
I:
The Turkish Coffee House
, as17631213; II: A
new
Dance
-Signora Marcucis, just arrived from
Italy
; III: A
New
Dance
, as17631213; a
new
Dance
Le Matellot Provencalle
-Fischar, Miss Auretti call'd
Le Matellot Provencalle
65
20 March 1764
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Busy Body
Afterpiece Title:
False Concord
Dance:
II: A
New
Grand
Ballet
-Gallini, Miss Wilford, Sga Manesiere; End: A
Grand
Dance, call'd
Hymen's Triumph
-Gallini, Duquesney, Master Rogers, Miss Valois, Miss Wilford, Sga Manesiere
66
12 December 1764
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Guardian Outwitted
Dance:
I:
New
Comic Dance call'd
The Tyrolese Peasants
-Duquesney, Miss Wilford; II:
New
Grand
Ballet call'd
Rural Love
-Fichar, Manesiere, Arnauld, Leppie, Miss Wilford, Miss Twist, Miss Pitt
67
18 April 1765
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
Catherine and Petruchio
Dance:
II: A
New
Pastoral Dance
-Duquesney, a Young
Gentlewoman
, his scholar, who never appeared before; III: A
Hornpipe
-Sga Manesiere; IV: A
Minuet
-Duquesney, Sga Manesiere; End: A
New
Grand
Ballet, call'd
Les Caprices de Galatee
-Duquesney, Leppie, Sga Manesiere, Miss Wilford, Miss Valois
68
05 May 1768
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Il Filosopho Di Campagna
Dance:
I:
New
Hornpipe
-Slingsby;
New
Allemande
-Slingsby, Signora Radicatti; II: The
Tambourine
-; III:
A
New
Pastoral Dance
-
69
21 August 1770
@ Mary-le-Bone Gardens
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Noble Pedlar
Music:
In the course of the concert Catches and Glees: 1st Violin and
new
solo concerto-Barthelemon;
New
Concerto on Organ-Carter (composed by Barthelemon);
New
French Horn and Trumpet Concerto (also Barthelemon's composition) by Mas. Rogers of Bath (Mr Leander's scholar) 12 years old; and by Mas. Green (Mr Jones's scholar) 10 years old. Several
New
Simphonies composed by Barthelemon. To conclude with the Canon of the favourite burletta The Magic Girdle
70
01 October 1770
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Othello, Moor Of Venice
Afterpiece Title:
The Apprentice
Song:
I: A Song, in which will be introduc'd a Variety of Imitations-Church
Entertainment:
IV: A
new
musical Interlude,
The Old Women Weather@wise
-Vandermere, Dancer, Lyon; End of Play: A
new
Piece call'd
The Drunken
New
s Writer
-Dancer
71
22 April 1771
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Jealous Wife
Afterpiece Title:
The Anatomist
Dance:
II: A
New
Dance call'd
The European in America
-Daigville, Sga Vidini, Sga Daigville, Miss Ross; IV: A
New
Dance call'd
The Amusements of Strasburg
-Daigville, Sga Vidini, Sga Daigville, Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong, others of
Daigville
's scholars; End: A Dance call'd
The Ball
-Children of Seven Years of Age; in which will be introduced some
New
Minuets
,
Allemandes
, a
Rigadoon
,
Cotillions
-scholars of Daigville , who have been scholars of Daigville only five months
72
14 November 1772
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Sofonisba
Dance:
I: Slingsby, Mlle Grenier; II: A
New
Serious Ballet
-Fierville, scholar of
Lepy Sen
; Last Act: A
New
Grand
Ballet
-all the principal dancers
73
05 January 1773
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Artaserse
Dance:
I: A
serious Ballet
-Fierville, Asselin, Mlle Lafond; II: Slingsby, Mlle Grenier, Mlle Lafond; Last Act: A
new
Serious
Grand
Ballet
with a
new
Chacone
-Mlle Heinel, Lepy, Asselin, Sga Crispi, Mlle Lafond
74
02 February 1773
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Il Cid
Dance:
End I:
Grand
Serious Ballet
-Fierville; II:
Grand
Ballet
,
Grand
Choruses
-; End II:
Pastoral Dance
-Slingsby, Mlle Grenier
Ballet:
End Opera: A
New
Grand
Historical Ballet entitled
L'Isle Desert
. Zelima-Mlle Heinel; Hircanus-Fierville
75
23 February 1773
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Il Cid
Dance:
I:
Grand
Serious Ballet
and
Chacone
, as17730220, but Mlle _Heinel,
Fierville; +Pastoral Dance
, as17730220;
New
Allemande
, as17730220; End Opera:
A
Grand
Serious Ballet
with
Pas de Deux
and
Chacone
, as17730220
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