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362 results for: Title - Better Late than Never

1
17 November 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: As17901026

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19 November 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Island of St

3
23 November 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

4
26 November 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: As17901026

5
30 November 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

6
29 December 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

7
06 January 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

8
20 January 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

9
03 February 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Island of St

10
11 February 1791 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy Favour

11
19 November 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Island of St

12
23 November 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Pannel

13
26 November 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan

Dance: As17931026

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30 November 1793 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Better Late Than Never

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

15
16 April 1799 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wild Oats

Afterpiece Title: Sunshine after Rain

Afterpiece Title: The Jolly Crew; or, Tars at Anchor

Song: In Course Evening: a new Comic Song (never sung in London), A Bundle of Proverbs; or, Odds and Ends, in the Character of Ephraim Smooth-Munden; A new Comic Song (never performed), A Touch at Old Times; or, No Days better than our Own-Munden; The Barber's Petition, with a song in character, Wigs, including His Own Wig, the Lover's Wig, Doctor's Wig, Coachman's Wig, Councellor's Wig,-Fawcett

Entertainment: Monologue The Barber's Petition-Fawcett

16
18 May 1703 @ Hampstead

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; particularly a Song-[Hughes] [before Her Majesty, in Congratulation of Her Majesty's Happy Accession to the Crown; [Also several Entertainments-Mr Dean, Signior Francisco; [And three New Songs [never perform'd anywhere-Mr Hughs; [And that much celebrated Song for the Trumpet[, perform'd originally-Mr Pate [in The Island Princess, beginning Rouse ye Gods of the Main; [Also a Sonata for two Trumpets-; [and positively there will be perform'd an Extraordinary Entertainment on the Arch/Lutes-an Eminent Master [who never perform'd there before; accompanied-Mr Dean, others

17
04 January 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Wherein several Songs in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts; With several select Pieces of Musick- (compos'd by the late famous Mr Henry Purcell) taken out of the Operas of The Fairy Queen, King Arthur, Dioclesian, and Bonduca; And an Ode upon the Happy Accession of Her Majesty to the Throne- set to Musick by Mr Daniel Purcell, never perform'd before

Dance: L'Abbe, DuRuell, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Devonshire Girl

18
20 April 1704 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music , composed by that great Italian Master Seignior Gioseppe Saggion-; With several Sonatas with Flutes and Hautboys-; and likewise a Sonata with two Flutes-Mr Paisible, Mr Bannister; And several Songs in Italian with Flutes and Hautboys,-Seigniora Maria Margarita Gallia, who never Sung in any publick Consort in England but once; The whole being entirely new composed and accompanied-Seignior Gioseppe Saggion; And likewise several Songs in English, composed by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell-

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16 November 1704 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music composed by that Great Italian Master Seignior Gioseppe Saggion-; With several Sonatas with Flutes and Hautboys, and likewise a Sonata for two Flutes-the best Masters; And several Songs in Italian, with Flutes and Hautboys-Seigniora Maria Margarita Gallia, who never Sung in any publick Concert in England but twice; The whole being new composed and accompanied-Seignior Gioseppe Saggion; And likewise several Songs in English composed by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell-

20
14 July 1705 @ Richmond Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-; with several three/part songs composed by Eccles and performed before the Queen on her birthday-; A Purcell two/part song never printed or performed in public-; Violin solos-a pupil of Gasperini who never performed in public before

21
16 February 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secret Love

Music: Between the Acts: Italian Sonatas-the best Masters

Dance: As17060110

Song: Four several Entertainments of Singing by the best Italian Masters, never sung before by her on the Stage, an English Song of Mr Henry Purcel's, never yet perform'd by her-Signiora del'Epine

22
26 May 1709 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; with several of the principal Songs and Symphonys in the late Operas-; Also Some Trumpet Sonatas, Concertoes, full Pieces of New Musick by the greatest Masters, and never yet Play'd in Public-

23
30 November 1709 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consisting of Songs for 1, 2, and 3 Voices (particularly those set for the British Apollo)-; besides several full Pieces of Musick for Trumpets, Hautboys, Violins-Mr Dean, Mr Manship, others; Also a Solo of the famous Archangelo Corelli's-Mr Dean, Mr Bulkley; To which will be added, a Two/part Song-Mr Turner, Mr Reading by the late famous Dr Blowe, never yet perform'd in publick

24
08 September 1711 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice; Or, The Female Lawyer

Song: Between the Acts: With several Songs and Dialogues-Teno, Rainton, a Gentlewoman from London, who never perform'd there before; particularly that Celebrated Dialogue of Tell Me Why My Charming Fair by the late famous Mr Henry Purcell-; Mad Dialogue by him-; Also several Opera Songs with Instruments-

25
28 November 1712 @ Orlibeer's School

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hands; several Songs of the newest Opera, with their Symphonies-; with single and two and three Part Songs of the late Mr Beeston and Mr Beeston's Scholar-; A Sonata for 2 Hautboys, a Solo for a Flute, with that celebrated Piece for a single Violin and a Trumpet never perform'd in publick but once before-; a Solo by Mr Beeston-