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422 results for: Title - The Original Lecture Upon Heads

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22 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Catch Club [i

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Afterpiece Title: Look before You Leap

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Entertainment: Monologue End 1st piece: George Alexander Stevens's Original Lecture on Heads (Head of Alexander the Great, Head of a Cherokee Chief, Head of a Quack-Doctor, Cuckold's Head, Nobody's Head, The laughing and crying Philosophers' Heads, Head of Flattery, A fine Lady's Head, Head of an Old Maid, Cleopatra's Head, Plain Moll's Head, Head of a Married Lady)-Palmer

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25 August 1701 @ Bartholomew Fair

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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-

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14 March 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Original Lecture Upon Heads

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16 March 1781 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Original Lecture Upon Heads

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18 March 1765 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Entertainment: After: Lecture upon Heads-Shuter (as originally given at the Theatre in the Hay-Market by G. A. Stevens)

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28 March 1769 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Lecture Upon Heads By G

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01 May 1714 @ Queen's Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Arminius (acts I And Ii)

Music: To which will be added the following Songs: S hai pieta, Due pupille-Mrs Robinson; Lusinghe vezzose, Si t'intendo-Signora Galerati; Del fallo ful Camin, Ti stringo o mio diletto-Valentini; Cieco Amor, Ho un non so che nelcor-Mrs Barbier; Care labra, Una speranza-Mrs Manina; E vano ognipensiero, Si lieto e si conteno-Mrs Margarita; a new Trumpet Song-; [With a Sonata upon the Violin-[the wonderful Youth of 11 years old; [Upon the Trumpet-Mr Grannon [Grano?]; [And on an Instrument of Invention [entirely New imitating the Harp and Lute-Mrs Margarita

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10 May 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

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Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Music: The Frost Music from King Arthur-; Concerto to be perform'd upon the Hautboy-Mr Kytch upon the Stage

Song: As17160206

Dance: A new Grand Dance by Moreau-; Entry-Kellum's Scholar, Miss Schoolding; The What D'Ye Call It-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock

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02 March 1727 @ King's Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Comedy Within A Comedy; Or, The Foppish Merchant Turn'd Comedian For Love By Pantalon

Entertainment: Singing Dancing and Serenading after the Venetian Manner-; To which is added, A most noble Concert of Musical French Horns-; Songs-; accompany'd-the said Concert; Dance-Turkish Men, Turkish Women; at the Sound of Trumpets and Kettle Drums-; Dance call'd the King of Morocco's Diversions-Signor Grimaldo Francolino of Malta; and his most surprizing Activity and Strength in a Dance on his Knees with a wonderful heavy Machine upon his Head, never yet attempted by any one before-Signor Grimaldo Francolino

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06 January 1766 @ James Street

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Mainpiece Title: Lecture On Heads

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11 March 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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13 March 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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15 March 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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17 March 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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19 March 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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21 March 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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31 March 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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02 April 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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04 April 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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07 April 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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09 April 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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12 April 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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16 April 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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21 April 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads

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23 April 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: A Lecture On Heads