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3558 results for: Title - Harlequin's Contrivance

1
21 October 1726 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Enchanted Island Of Arcadia Or The Magician Doctor With Harlequin King Of The Woods Flights Decorations And Transformations Of Harlequin Cupid Pantalon Venus And Brighella Jupiter And The Sacrifice Of Harlequin

Dance: Furies, Nymphs, Shepherds, Statues-; , the latter performing the Labours of Hercules-Statues , after the Manner of the Venetian Gondaliers at Venice: The whole full of Variety

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07 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busie Body

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue or The Devil in the Wine Cellar

Dance: Irish Trot-; Harlequin Dance-; French Peasant-; Dutch Skipper-; Flemming in Wooden Shoes-; Dance between a Miller his Wife and a Town Miss-; Ladder Dance-a famous Master; Night Scene between a Harlequin, a Cooper, his Wife, and others-

3
18 October 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Dance: Serious and Comic Dancing-two Children Scholars of M Ballon, lately arriv'd from the Opera at Paris [M and Mlle Salle]; [particularly Two Punchanellos, Two Harlequins and a Dame Ragonde-; The Harlequins-the two Children

4
18 April 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Dance: SShepherds and Shepherdesses-Dupre, Salle, Lally, Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Anderson; A new Dance in the Characters of Harlequin , Punch , Harlequin Woman called The Rivals-Salle, Nivelon, Mlle Salle; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Salle; Les Characters de la Dance-Mlle Salle

Song: TThe Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge

5
22 August 1730 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scipios Triumph Or The Siege Of Carthage With The Comical Humours Of noodle stitch puzzle

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Contrivance or The Plague of a Wanton Wife

6
04 September 1730 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Contrivance or The Plague of a Wanton Wife

7
09 September 1730 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amurath The Great Emperor Of The Turks Containing The Distressd Loves Of achmet And selima Or The london Prentices Glory With The Comical Humours And Surprizing Adventures Of The London prentice And Want Brains His Man

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Contrivance or The Plague of a Wanton Wife

8
14 September 1730 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Contrivance or The Plague of a Wanton Wife

Song: Mrs Nokes

9
21 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Contrivance or The Jealous Yeoman Defeated

Dance: II: Two Pierrots-John Wade, the only Time of his appearing on this Stage, Burney; III: Sailor's Dance-a Gentleman belonging to the Sea; IV: A new Pastoral Dance-Burney, Miss Wherrit

Song: I: Bacchanalian Song-Excell

10
25 April 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lady Jane Gray

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Contrivance

11
10 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Harlequins Contrivance

Dance: I: Tambourine-Miss Wherrit; II: The Merry Lass-Miss Wherrit; V: Passacail-Miss Wherrit

12
26 December 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lembarras Des Richesses

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin always Harlequin

Dance: The Frolick by a Gentleman for his Diversion and Miss Chateauneuf

13
27 December 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Balourd Or Harlequin Blunderer

Afterpiece Title: Le Portrait

Dance: A new Chacone in several Characters: Harlequin Man-Cochoy Jr; Harlequin Woman-Miss Chateauneuf; Pierot Man-Roland; Pieraite-Mrs Mimie; Punch-Villeneuve; Dame Jigogne-Malter; Scaramouch Man-De Lisle; Scaramouch Woman-Mrs Le Sage Jr. The Frolick, as17341226 (latter in Daily Advertiser only)

14
09 January 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zaire

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Always Harlequin

Dance:

15
18 February 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lheureux Naufrage Or Harlequin Supposed Colombine And Colombine Supposed Harlequin

Afterpiece Title: Le Mariage Force

16
27 February 1735 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Astrologue Statue Enfant Ramoneur Negre Skelette With Two New Scenes Viz The Elbow chair And The Dog

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin always Harlequin

17
10 March 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tartuffe

Afterpiece Title: Les Precieuses Ridicules

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Always Harlequin

Dance: The last new Lilliputian Scotch Dance

18
20 March 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lecole Des Femmes

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Always Harlequin

Dance:

19
12 May 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lembarras Des Richesses

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Always Harlequin

Dance: By the Lilliputians

20
11 May 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and No Duke

Dance: III: Hornpipe-LeCointe; V: A new Pantomime Dance between Harlequin and Pierrot Harlequin-Mr Jolly, Pierrot Dumay

21
17 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: All the Worlds a Stage

Dance: End of mainpiece a new pantomimical Dance, Anticipation; or, Harlequin's Visit to Greenwich on Whit-Monday, in which will be introduced two favorite Scenes from Harlequin Skeleton. The Pantomime Parts by W. Bates, Baker, Jones, Stevens; Miss Matthews; the Dance by Aldridge, Langrish, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece, as17820423; End of Dance Rule Britannia by Darley

22
05 May 1677 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Scaramouch A Philosopher Harlequin A School boy Bravo Merchant And Magician

23
May 1696 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Williams Happy Deliverance And Glorious Triumph Over His Enemies Or The Consultation Of The Pope Devil French King And The Grand Turk With The Whole Form Of The siege Of Namurv And The Humours Of A renegade French man And brandy Jean With The Conceits Of A scaramouch And harlequin

24
22 August 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars

Dance: Dance between Two Frenchmen and two Frenchwomen-; Night Scene by a Harlequin and a Scaramouch , after the Italian manner,-Serene, another Person lately arrived in England

Entertainment: The famous Mr Clench of Barnet, who will perform an Organ with 3 Voices, the double Curtell the Flute and the Bells with the Mouth-Mr Clench; the Huntsman the Hounds and the Pack of Dogs-Mr Clench; with vaulting on the Horse-

25
20 October 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ibrahim The 13th Emperor Of The Turks

Song: A new song-Mrs Shaw, never perform'd before, compos'd by a Gentleman lately arriv'd from Dublin

Music: An Extraordinary Entertainment , all of Flutes-Mr Paisible

Dance: A Mimick Night Scene- after the Italian Manner by a newScaramouch, Harlequin; A new dance-Cottin, Mrs Bicknell