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3983 results for: Title - Harlequin A Merry Spirit

1
29 March 1720 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin A Merry Spirit

Afterpiece Title: Pantomime

2
05 April 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin The Mock Astrologer, A Statue, A Chimney Sweeper, A Child, And A Parrot

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin a Merry Spirit

Entertainment: Tumbling-the famous Tumblers just arriv'd from Paris

3
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

4
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-

5
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

6
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

7
09 March 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlechino Pittor Alla Moda: Viz, Harlequin A New Fashion'd Painter: With His Love For Argentina And The Comical Fears Of Pantalon At The Supposed Spirits

Song: Singing-

Dance: As usual; Also a curious Entertainment of Dancing-Persons lately arrived from Italy and France

8
30 April 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: End I: Miss Latour; III: A new Grand Serious Dance by Dupre-Dupre, others; IV: Flag Dance-Nivelon; V: Peasant-LaLoge; End Farce: A new Grand Comic Dance-Dupre, others

Song: II: The Merry Month of May-Miss Warren; End Farce: The Merry Cobler's Tragical End-Leveridge

9
26 December 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'embarras Des Richesses

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin always Harlequin

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

10
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)

11
09 January 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zaire

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Always Harlequin

Dance:

12
18 February 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'heureux Naufrage; Or, Harlequin Supposed Colombine, And Colombine Supposed Harlequin

Afterpiece Title: Le Mariage Force

13
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

14
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

15
20 March 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'ecole Des Femmes

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Always Harlequin

Dance:

16
12 May 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: L'embarras Des Richesses

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Always Harlequin

Dance: By the Lilliputians

17
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

18
20 September 1777 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; [These were danced, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.] V: a Ballet, Demie Caractere, composed by Gallet, The Double Festival-Gallet, Slingsby, Miss Armstrong, Sga Dupre

19
02 November 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; [These were danced, as here assigned, in both subsequent performances.] V: Grand Dance-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Henry, Sga Crespi

20
03 November 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Critic

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: a Dance-Henry, Sga Crespi

21
13 March 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Quaker

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17791103; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17791103; IV: Grand New Dance, as17800228, but Sga _Crespi

22
24 April 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17791103; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17791103; IV: Dance, as17791103, but Delpini, Miss +Armstrong

23
23 September 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits-Miss Armstrong; III: a Dance of Fantastic Spirits-; IV: a Dance-Henry, Miss Armstrong

24
12 December 1780 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: I: Dance of Spirits, as17800923; III: Dance of Fantastic Spirits, as17800923; IV: a Dance-the Miss Stageldoirs

25
17 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: All the World's 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