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442 results for: Title - The Oracle by Children

1
25 August 1701 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Dance: [By] 6 Companies of Rope Dancers; who] [are joyned in one, they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women, and Children, that could be found beyond the Seas, where will be performed such wonderful variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack Rope, the Sloaping Rope-; [you will see a wonderful Girl of 10 years of Age, who walk backward up the sloaping Rope-Girl of 10 years[, driving a Wheel-barrow behind her; [also you will see the Great Italian Master, who not only passes all that has yet been seen upon the low Rope, [but he Dances[ without a Pole upon the Head of a Mast [as high as the Booth will permit, and afterwards stands upon his Head on the same-Great Italian Master; [You will also be entertained with the many Conceits of an Italian Scaramouch, who Dances on the Rope [with 2 Children and a Dog in a Wheel-barrow, and a Duck on his Head-Italian Scaramouch

Dance: Such variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack/Rope, Tumbling, as has never been seen in this Fair before-

2
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

3
19 October 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Woman's Revenge; Or, A Match In Newgate

Song: Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: The two Children; Dame Ragonde-Cook, Moreau, Newhouse; with Harlequin, Harlequiness-the Children

4
17 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not; Or, The Kind Imposter

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Music: I: Concerto on Flute-a Child five years of age (1st time of his appearing on any stage); III: Another piece of music-the Child

5
22 September 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: I: Overture to Rodelinda on Flute-the Child; III: Music-the Child

Dance: V: Savoyards, as17480920

6
03 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Music: I: Scots Sonato on Flute-the Child; IV: A Piece of Music on Flute-the Child

Dance: II: L'Entree de Flore, as17481027; III: The Savoyards, as17480920

Ballet: V: Vertumnus and Pomona. Cooke, Anne Auretti

7
09 November 1748 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Afterpiece Title: The Miller of Mansfield

Music: I: Scots Sonato-the child; IV: Piece of Music-the Child

Dance: III: New Comic Dance call'd Italian Cabaret-Matthews, Mrs Addison

Ballet: V: Vertumnus and Pomona. As17481103

8
23 January 1749 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Music: I: Concerto on Flute-a Child; III: Piece of Music-the Child

Dance: II: New Scotch Dance, as17490118; V: Savoyards, as17480920

9
01 November 1753 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee

Afterpiece Title: The Chaplet

Dance: a Ca Comic Dance The Neopolitans-Lefevre, Mlle Prudhomme, the French Children; and a Dance in Demi@Characters-Lefevre, Mlle Prudhomme, the French Children (1st appearance on the English Stage)

10
18 December 1755 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry Viii

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle by Children

Dance: I: Pantomime Dance-Children, as17551203

11
20 August 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Dance: Tollet's Ground-Essex, Mrs Lucas; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bignell; Dame Ragondes and her 8 Children-Nevelong, 8 more; The Right Irish Trot-Goodwin

12
24 August 1702 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women and Children that can be found beyond the Seas, so that the World cannot parallize them for Dancing on the Low/Rope, Vaulting on the High/Rope, Walking on the Slack and Sloping Ropes-the Famous Company of Rope-Dancers out-doing all others to that Degree, that it has highly recommended them, both in Bartholomew Fair and May Fair last, to all the best persons of Quality in England. And by all are owned to be the only amazing Wonders of the World, in every thing they do: 'tis there you will see the Italian Scaramouch dancing on the Rope, wiph a Wheel-barrow before him, with two Children and a Dog in it, and with a Duck on his Head; who sings to the Company and causes much Laughter

13
25 January 1705 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Like Master Like Man

Song: That celebrated Dialogue-Boman, Pack, A Drunken Officer and a Town Miss, originally performed in The Mad Lover; A Country Dialogue-Mrs Willis, Short; A new Trumpet Song composed by Eccles-Davis

Dance: The last new Entry-Firbank, Firbank's Scholar; Blowsabella-Prince, Mrs Clark; Comic dances-Prince, others; A Right Irish Trot-a child of five years

14
26 November 1713 @ Tennis Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: Mr Gibbons's Company of French Rope Dancers; where you will see stiff Rope-little Child (about two Years and a half old) perform such wonderful things, as is surprising to all that behold him; extraordinary Dancing on the stiff Rope-A Young Maiden who dances to Admiration; Dancing on the Rope, Playing on the Violin-the famous Scaramouch lately come from France, who turns himself as if he was going on the Ground; Walking on the Slack Rope after the Italian manner-A Young Man; Lastly Tumbles-The Famous Gibbon who has had the honour to perform before most of the Courts in Europe, for Lightness, and Agility, far beyond what has ever yet been seen; You will likewise be entertained with good Musick-

15
23 October 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Dance: A New Dance-Moreau, Mrs Schoolding; A Serious Dance-Salle, Mlle Salle, Salle's Sister, the Two Children from the Opera at Paris

16
12 November 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Adventures Of Five Hours

Dance: Dame Ragonde And Her Eight Children- (new)

17
24 March 1720 @ King's Theatre

Performances

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

Dance: Danjeville

18
26 March 1720 @ King's Theatre

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Reasonable Animals

Dance: A singular new Entertainment by Danjeville, at the Request of several Persons of Quality

19
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

20
25 August 1722 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Broken Heart: They Are All With Child; Or, A Trick To Catch The Old One

21
14 October 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer; Or, The Haunted House

Afterpiece Title: The Magician; or, Harlequin a Director

Song: The Children on the Ice-

22
16 December 1723 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Song: Original Song-Mrs Hill

Dance: Two Children, Scholars to Mrs Roussau

23
13 May 1724 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches; Or, Teague O Divelly

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Doctor Faustus

Music: Witches' Musick Vocal and Instrumental by the late Mr Barret-; One of Witches-Mrs Heron; Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: A Punch and His Wife-Two Children who never appear'd on the Stage before

24
02 September 1724 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Merlin The British Enchanter; Or, The Child Has Found His Father

Song: Mrs Boman

25
04 November 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Magician; or, Harlequin a Director

Song: TThree Children on the Ice-