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23 August 1738
@ Bartholomew Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Dragon Of Wantley
Dance:
I:
Flanderkins
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II:
Burgomaster's Dance
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; V:
Grand Ballet
-Lilliputians; Two Pierrots-Master Littleton, Miss Wright; Two Punches-Master Ferg, Miss Morrison; Two Scaramouches-Master Brooks, Miss Ferg; Postures-Rapinere
2
16 March 1752
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Suspicious Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The Lying Valet
Dance:
I:
Les Characters de la Danse
-
Mad
am Auretti; II: A
Hornpipe
-the Little Swiss; III: A
Chacone
in Italian Characters-
Harlequin
Mad
Auretti;
Polonese
Sg Piettro,
Mad
Janeton Auretti;
Scaramouch
,
Punch
,
Messitin
,
Pantaloon
,
Pierot
, others; IV: A
Tambourine
-Master Pietro; V:
The Louvre
,
Minuet
-Sg Piettro,
Mad
Auretti
3
22 May 1778
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
She Stoops To Conquer
Afterpiece Title:
The Country
Mad
-Cap
Dance:
End II:
The Arts and Sciences
, as17780509; in which an
Assault
-Master Dagueville, Master Holland; with a
Minuet
-Master Dagueville, Miss Bullock;
Prince of Wales's New Court Minuet
-Master Holland, Miss Simonet
4
21 May 1779
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Comedy Of Errors
Afterpiece Title:
The Liverpool Prize
Dance:
End I:
La Chasse de Diane
-
Dagueville
's Pupils, Master Holland, Master Dagueville, Miss Dagueville, Miss Armstrong, with a new
Minuet and Gavot
; End IV: The Embarkment for Cytherea=, as17781125, but Master _Dagueville, Master _Holland,
Langrish, Miss +Ross; End I afterpiece: +The Burgomaster
, as17790216
Song:
As17790127
5
25 July 1792
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Half An Hour After Supper
Afterpiece Title:
The Enchanted Wood
Dance:
In 2nd piece: the
Dances
(under direction of
D'Egville
,)-Whitmell, Keys, George D'Egville, Lewis D'Egville, Master Whitmell, Master Chatterley, Master Menage, Master Webb, Mrs Haskey, Miss DeCamp, Miss E. Menage, Miss F?. D'Egville, Miss Jacobs, Miss Haskey, Miss Standen, Miss Menage
6
18 May 1797
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Country Girl
Afterpiece Title:
The Prisoner
Song:
End IV:
Listen to the Voice of Love
-Master Welsh
Music:
End:
A Lilliputian Performance
-; consisting of a
Quintetto
for First Violin-Master Pinto, aged 11 years; Second Violin-Master Sharp, aged 11; Violoncello-Master Ware, aged 10; Piano Forte-Miss Hoffman, aged 9; Voice-Master Welsh. The Musick composed expressly for the Occasion by
Dr Arnold
7
28 April 1714
@ Hickford's Room
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music-; a Solo of
Corelli
's-Mr Corbet; with variety of Pieces on the Echo Flute Hautboy German Flute and Trumpet-the best
Masters
; with a new Cantata-the best
Masters
; a Solo for the Harpsichord-the best
Masters
8
28 April 1729
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Tender Husband
Dance:
End I:
Saraband
-Master Lally, Miss Brett; II:
English Clown
-Weaver; III:
Gondolier and Curtesane
-Master Lally, Miss Brett; IV:
Spanish Entry
-Lally, others; V:
Harlequins
-Master Lally, Miss Brett
9
15 June 1737
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Recruiting Officer
Afterpiece Title:
The Honest Yorkshireman
Dance:
I: A new
Serious Dance
-Master and Miss Oates; II:
Irish Trot
-Master and Miss Oates; V:
Peasant Dance
-Master and Miss Oates
10
12 April 1738
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Measure For Measure
Dance:
I:
Lilliputian Punch
-Master Ferg; III:
Tambourine
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV:
Turkish Dance
-Muilment, Livier, Pelling, Vallois, Rector; V:
French Peasants
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright
Song:
II: Two of
Farinelli
's principal songs from
Artaxerxes
:
Quanto Assano
,
Son Qual Nave
-Mrs Arne
11
13 April 1738
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love For Love
Afterpiece Title:
The King and the Miller of Mansfield
Dance:
I:
Lilliputian Punch
-Master Ferg; II:
Drunken Peasant
-Phillips; III:
Tambourine
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV:
Turkish Dance
, as17380412 V:
French Peasants
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright
12
22 May 1739
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beaux Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
The Devil to Pay
Music:
Second Musick:A Concertoby
Henry Burgess Jr
-; The Overture: The First Concerto of
Signor Corelli
-; Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg
Dance:
I:
Punches
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II: By Desire,
French Peasants
-Poitier, Mlle Roland; III:
Pierots
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV:
Wooden Shoe Dance
-Master Ferg; V: A new dance-Miss Wright
Song:
a G Grand Chorus-, out of
Alexander's Feast
, for Trumpets, French-Horns, Kettle-Drums
13
08 January 1740
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Cato
Afterpiece Title:
The King and the Miller of Mansfield
Dance:
I:
Punches
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; II:
Le Tambourine
-Mlle Chateauneuf; III:
Drunken Peasant
-Master Ferg; IV:
Scots Dance
-Master Matthews, Miss Wright; V:
Grand Ballet
-Muilment
14
04 December 1740
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
Afterpiece Title:
The Virgin Unmask'd
Dance:
III: A new dance-Master Matthews; V:
Drunken Peasant and Clown
-Master Matthews, Master Shawford
15
05 December 1740
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Tunbridge Walks; Or, The Yeoman Of Kent
Afterpiece Title:
The Virgin Unmask'd
Dance:
III: A new dance-Master Matthews; IV:
Les Berges
-Mr and Mrs Davenport; V:
Drunken Peasant and Clown
-Master Matthews, Master Shawford
16
06 February 1742
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Rehearsal
Afterpiece Title:
Lethe
Dance:
I:
The Two Pierrots
-two
Masters
Granier; III:
The two Millers and Courtezan
-two
Masters
and Miss Granier; V: A New
Scots Dance
-Master and Miss Granier
17
10 May 1742
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Old Batchelor
Afterpiece Title:
The Lying Valet
Dance:
I:
Dutch Skipper
-Master Morris; III:
A Running Footman
-Master Morris; V:
The French Peasant
-Master Morris
Song:
IV:
Sing all ye Muses
by
Purcell
-Stitchbury, a gentleman for his first appearance on any stage
18
24 August 1748
@ Bartholomew Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Constant Quaker; Or, The Humours Of Wapping
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin's Frolicks; or, The Rambles of Covent Garden
Song:
Dance:
tween acts: Cunningham, Master Mattocks, Master Harrison, Mme Dominique;
Foote's Vagaries
-Master Harrison, Mme Dominique; Italian Fireworks-
19
02 May 1749
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Relapse
Afterpiece Title:
The Anatomist
Dance:
IV:
Hornpipe
-Master Shawford; V: The
Periot's Dance
-Master Shawford, Master Morrison
20
28 April 1750
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Careless Husband
Afterpiece Title:
Lethe
Song:
I:
The Highland Lad
(set by
Master Arne
)-Master Mattocks; III: Singing-Master Mattocks
Dance:
II:
La Sabotiere
-Master Maltere, Miss Foulcade; IV:
Les Fantasies de la Dance
-Mlle DelaContri; End:
Minuet
-Mathews, Mlle Contri
21
11 April 1751
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
A Duke and no Duke
Dance:
I:
New Dance
-Devisse,
Mad
Auretti; III: a
Provincial Dance
-Devisse,
Mad
Auretti; V:
Louvre
,
Minuet
-Devisse,
Mad
Auretti
Music:
II:
Concerto on German Flute
-Mr L'Cler
22
19 October 1751
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Romeo And Juliet
Afterpiece Title:
The Lottery
Dance:
I: A
Masquerade Dance
-Matthews,
Mad
Janeton Auretti; End:
L'Entree de Flore
-
Mad
Auretti;
Peasant Dance
-Matthews,
Mad
Janeton Auretti
23
08 July 1765
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Commissary
Afterpiece Title:
The Citizen
Dance:
I:
The Carpenter
-Master Clinton, Miss Street; End:
Le Chasseur
-Master Clinton, Miss Street;
La Berge
-Master Clinton, Miss Street
24
26 January 1778
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Spanish Friar
Afterpiece Title:
The Irish Widow
Entertainment:
Monologues
End I:
Bucks have at Ye All
-Master Russell; End I afterpiece: an
Address
to the Ladies on the subject of Jealousy-Master Russell;
Imitations
End: of several Dramatic Characters-Master Russell
25
18 May 1780
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Suspicious Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The Deaf Lover
Dance:
End II:
The Embarkment for Cythera
- (see17791022); with a new
Minuet
-Master and Miss Dagueville, Master Holland, Miss Armstrong; End IV:
Cupid Recruiting
- (see17800417); in which
The Prince of Wales's New Minuet
(composed by
Dagueville
)-Master Dagueville, Miss Simonet (of the
Opera-House
);
Ballet:
End:
The Humours of New-Market
. As17800508, but Jockies-Master
Holland, _Holloway, _Holland
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