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1
13 May 1738
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Man Of Taste; Or, The Guardians
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin Restor'd
Song:
In: the usual Songs-Mrs Clive, Beard; particularly
The Life of a Beau
-Mrs Clive, Beard;
The Beaux Lamentation
-Mrs Clive, Beard for the Loss of Faranelli;
The Provident Damsel
-Mrs Clive, Beard
Dance:
III:
Two Pierrots
-Pelling, Vallois; IV:
Flanderkins
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright
2
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;
Britons Strike Home
sung in Character-Beard, accompanied with a chorus
Music:
IV: A Piece upon the
Harp
-Parry
Dance:
ll concluding with%
Hornpipe
-Mathews
3
21 April 1742
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love For Love
Afterpiece Title:
The Devil to Pay
Song:
I:
Let me Wander not unseen
-Beard; III:
Sweet Bird
from
Milton
-Beard; IV:
Bumper Squire Jones
-Beard
Dance:
II:
The Italian Peasants
, as17411205; V:
Le Boufon
, as17420325
4
27 March 1753
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Suspicious Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The Double Disappointment
Song:
I:
Cymon and Iphigenia
a
Cantata
by
Mr Arne
-Beard; II:
The School of Anacreon
a New
Cantata
by Arne-Beard; IV: (By Desire)
The Lass of the Mill
-Beard; accompany'd on the
Harp
-Mr Parry
Music:
III: A Piece on the
Welch Harp
-Parry
5
28 March 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Fair Penitent
Afterpiece Title:
The Devil to Pay
Song:
I:
Rise Glory
, in the Opera
Rosamond
, by
Arne
-Beard; II: A Song-Miss Thomas; III: (By desire) a Ballad-Beard; IV: A
Pastoral Dialogue
by Arne-Miss Thomas, Beard
6
10 May 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Afterpiece Title:
The Oracle
Song:
I:
Mary Scot
(by particular desire)-Beard; III: A
Scots Cantata
-Beard; IV:
Hooly and Fairly
-Beard
Dance:
CCountry Amusements
, as17540416
7
31 March 1757
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Every Man In His Humour
Afterpiece Title:
The Englishman in Paris
Song:
I:
The Country Wedding
-Beard; II:
The Bonny Broom
-Miss Young; III: By Desire, Music:
Sir Watkins Delight
on the Harp-Parry; IV:
The Toast
-Beard; V: A Duetto
When Phoebus the top of the Hills does Adorn
-Beard, Miss Young
8
29 March 1759
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Busy Body
Afterpiece Title:
The Lying Valet
Song:
I: A
New Ballad
-Beard; II:
The Goldfinch
-Miss Young; III: A
Bacchanalian Song
compos'd by
Dr Boyce
-Beard; V: A
New Comic Dialogue
compos'd by
Dr Boyce
-Beard, Miss Young
9
14 March 1737
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Othello, Moor Of Venice
Afterpiece Title:
The Mock Lawyer
Dance:
II:
Two Pierrots
-Nivelon, Lalauze; V:
Scot's Dance
-Glover
Song:
RRosy Bowers
(set to music by
Henry Purcell
)-Beard; IV:
Let Caesar and Urania live
, a two-part song, set to music by
Purcell
,-Beard, Salway
10
17 March 1737
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Conscious Lovers
Afterpiece Title:
The Cheats of Scapin
Song:
In II: The Song written by Sir Richard Steele, and designed by him originally for this Play, will be new set to Musick by Mr Howard Mr Beard; III: A Chancon a Boire, beginning
Crowns of Sweet Roses
-Leveridge, Laguerre; V:
As I saw Fair Clara
-Beard, Salway
Dance:
IV:
Glover
's
Dance of Sailors
-; End Afterpiece:
Comic Dance
-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun
11
22 April 1737
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Provok'd Wife
Afterpiece Title:
The Country House
Dance:
(IIn
Daily Advertiser
) I:
Two Pierrots
-Lalauze, Nivelon; III:
Clown
-Nivelon; V:
Grecian Sailors
-Glover
Song:
(IIn
Daily Advertiser
)II: A new
Cantata
-Beard; In III:
Chacon a Boire
-Leveridge, Salway; IV: Beard; End I Afterpiece:
Since Times are so bad
(
Purcell
)-Leveridge, Salway
12
28 April 1737
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Wit Without Money
Afterpiece Title:
Momus Turn'd Fabulist; or, Vulcan's Wedding
Song:
II: Beard; V:
Cantata
-Beard; accompanied by Trumpets-
Dance:
III:
Comic Dance
-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun
13
03 March 1738
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Consisting of several Select Pieces by
Mr Handel
and other Eminent Masters, and taken from the most favourite Operas-; The Vocal Parts-Mr Beard, Mrs Clive; being several Favourite Songs in Italian and English-Mr Beard, Mrs Clive; A Preamble on the Kettle@Drums-Master Ferg; with two New Minuets-; Chorus out of Atalanta for French@Horns and Trumpets-, the two French-Horns two little Negro-Boys (Scholars to
Mr Charles
, who never perform'd before); Concluding with the Anthem,
God save the King
-
Dance:
WWooden Shoe Dance
-Master Ferg;
Shepherd's Mount
(a ballet)-
14
05 May 1738
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Relapse
Afterpiece Title:
The King and the Miller of Mansfield
Dance:
I:
Drunken Peasant
-Philips; III:
Flanderkins
-Master Ferg, Miss Wright; IV:
French Peasant
-Vallois, Miss Scot; In V:
Polish Dance
-Haughton, Mrs Walter; V:
Minuet
-Master Ferg, Miss Harwood
Music:
I: Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Master Ferg
Song:
II: Cantata-Beard; V:
The Early Horn
(by Desire)-Beard
15
28 April 1739
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Mother-in-law; Or, The Doctor's The Disease
Afterpiece Title:
The Harlot's Progress
Song:
II:
The Noontide Air
-Beard; IV:
See from the Silent Groves Alexis Flies
-Beard
Dance:
III:
Moors Dance
-Muilment, Mrs Walter; V:
Pieraites
-Master Ferg, Miss Morrison
16
15 May 1739
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Double Dealer
Afterpiece Title:
The Virgin Unmask'd
Song:
I:
Come let us Prepare
-Brother Berry; III:
On on my Dear Brethren
-Brother Beard; IV:
Ye Brethren of the Ancient Craft
-Brother Berry; End Afterpiece:
Thus mighty Eastern Kings
-Brother Beard
Dance:
II:
Ethiopian Dance
-Muilment, Livier, Baudouin, Rector, Fromont; V:
Hungarian Dance
-Denoyer, Mrs Walter
17
25 March 1740
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Conscious Lovers
Afterpiece Title:
The Devil to Pay
Dance:
III: Muilment;
La Matelote
, as17400324
Song:
I:
Would You Taste the Noon@Tide
(
Comus
)-Miss Edwards; II:
Nel Pugnar
-Beard; V: Beard in the Character of a
Captain
of an
English Man of War
upon the taking
Porto Bello
18
09 April 1740
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Constant Couple
Afterpiece Title:
The Devil to Pay
Dance:
I: Muilment; III:
La Matelote
-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Muilment
Song:
II:
See from the Silent Groves
-Beard; IV: By particular Desire, a Song in the Character of a
Sea Captain
(as17400325-Beard
19
19 April 1740
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Conscious Lovers
Afterpiece Title:
The School Boy
Dance:
I: Muilment; III:
Tambourine
-Mlle Chateauneuf; V:
Drunken Peasant
-Master Ferg
Song:
II: Beard; IV:
The Noon Tide Air
(
Comus
)-Miss Edwards; V: English Captain (as17400325-Beard
20
24 April 1740
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love's Last Shift
Afterpiece Title:
The Devil to Pay
Dance:
I:
Tambourine
-Master Gillier; a Boy of Six and Scholar of
Muilment
, his first appearance on the stage. II: Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; III: A new
Serious Dance
-Muilment; IV:
Minuet
-Master Gillier, Miss Morrison; V: Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; In Afterpiece: Muilment
Song:
I: Beard; IV: English Captain (as1740032m-Beard
21
25 April 1740
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
King Henry The Fourth, Part I
Afterpiece Title:
The Vintner in the Suds
Dance:
I:
Minuet
,
Louvre
-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; II: A new dance-Muilment; III:
Russian Sailor
-Desnoyer; V:
Tambourine
-Mlle Chateauneuf
Song:
IV:
Black@ey'd Susan
, disposed into a Cantata, with Recitatives and Airs adapted to the different Expressions in that celebrated Ballad, the Musick New by
Mr Arne
-Beard, Mrs Arne; V: English Captain (as17400325-Beard; End Afterpiece:
The Eccho Song
(
Comus
)-Mrs Arne
22
09 November 1741
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Miser
Dance:
LLes Masons et Les Sabotiers
, as17411103
Song:
SSee from the Silent Groves Alexis Flies
-Beard;
Duet
-Beard, Lowe
23
13 November 1741
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Comedy Of Errors
Afterpiece Title:
The Fortune Tellers
Song:
I:
See from the Silent Grove Alexis Flies
-Beard; III: A Cantata-Lowe; IV:
Happy Pair
-Beard
Dance:
II:
Les Matelotes
, as17411110;
Le Genereux Corsaire
, as17411102
24
08 December 1741
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Cato
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin Shipwrecked
Song:
I:
Happy Pair
-Beard; III:
Was ever Nymph like Rosamund
-Beard
Dance:
II: a
Tambourine
-Mlle Mechel; IV:
Les Matelotes
, as17411110, but-the Mechels
25
10 December 1741
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Comedy Of Errors
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin Shipwrecked
Song:
I: A New Ballad-Beard; III:
Noontide Air
-Lowe; IV:
Mad Tom
by
Henry Purcel
-Beard in character
Dance:
II: A
Dutch Dance
, as17411114; V:
The Italian Peasants
, as17411207
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