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10 January 1713

Event Information
Theatre: Queen's Theatre
Theatrical Season: 1712-1713
Volume: 2
Comments: [Text by N. F. Haym. Music by G. F. Handel.] Colman's Opera Register: Mr O. Swiny ye Manager of ye Theatre was now setting out a New Opera, Heroick. all ye Habits new & richer than ye former with 4 New Scenes, & other Decorations & Machines. Ye Tragick Opera was called Theseus. Ye Musick composed by Mr Handel....ye Opera being thus prepared Mr Swiny would have got a Subscription for Six times, but could not.--he then did give out Tickets at half a Guinea each, for two Nights ye Boxes lay'd open to ye Pit, ye House was very full these two Nights

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  • Original Data

    Source: London Stage Information Bank

    *pQoqueen's Theseus. [$Deutsch= (p. 52) conjectures the cast:% Teseo-Valeriano; Aailea-Signora del'Epine; Medea-Signora Pilotti; Egeo-Valentini; Clizia-Signora Gallia; Arcane-Mrs Barbier; Fedra-Signora Manina; Minerva-Leveridge. *cQoqueen's [Text by $N. F. Haym=. Music by $G. F. Handel=.] <i>Colman's Opera Register</i>: $Mr O. Swiny= ye Manager of ye Theatre was now setting out a New Opera, Heroick. all ye Habits new & richer than ye former with 4 New Scenes, & other Decorations & Machines. Ye Tragick Opera was called <i>Theseus</i>. Ye Musick composed by Mr Handel....ye Opera being thus prepared Mr Swiny would have got a Subscription for Six times, but could not.--he then did give out Tickets at half a Guinea each, for two Nights ye Boxes lay'd open to ye Pit, ye House was very full these two Nights.
  • Cleaned Data

    *p1713 01 10 queen's Theseus. $Deutsch= (p. 52) conjectures the cast: Teseo-Valeriano; Aailea-Signora del'Epine; Medea-Signora Pilotti; Egeo-Valentini; Clizia-Signora Gallia; Arcane-Mrs Barbier; Fedra-Signora Manina; Minerva-Leveridge.*c1713 01 10 queen's [Text by $N. F. Haym=. Music by $G. F. Handel=.] <i>Colman's Opera Register</i>: $Mr O. Swiny= ye Manager of ye Theatre was now setting out a New Opera, Heroick. all ye Habits new & richer than ye former with 4 New Scenes, & other Decorations & Machines. Ye Tragick Opera was called <i>Theseus</i>. Ye Musick composed by Mr Handel....ye Opera being thus prepared Mr Swiny would have got a Subscription for Six times, but could not.--he then did give out Tickets at half a Guinea each, for two Nights ye Boxes lay'd open to ye Pit, ye House was very full these two Nights.
  • Parsed Data

    Event: 5268 | 17130110 | queen's | [Text by $N. F. Haym=. Music by $G. F. Handel=.] <i>Colman's Opera Register</i>: $Mr O. Swiny= ye Manager of ye Theatre was now setting out a New Opera, Heroick. all ye Habits new & richer than ye former with 4 New Scenes, & other Decorations & Machines. Ye Tragick Opera was called <i>Theseus</i>. Ye Musick composed by Mr Handel....ye Opera being thus prepared Mr Swiny would have got a Subscription for Six times, but could not.--he then did give out Tickets at half a Guinea each, for two Nights ye Boxes lay'd open to ye Pit, ye House was very full these two Nights
    Performance: 7343 | 5268 | p | Theseus | $Deutsch= (p. 52) conjectures the cast: Teseo-Valeriano; Aailea-Signora del'Epine; Medea-Signora Pilotti; Egeo-Valentini; Clizia-Signora Gallia; Arcane-Mrs Barbier; Fedra-Signora Manina; Minerva-Leveridge.
    Cast:
    11308 | 7343 | Teseo | Valeriano
    11309 | 7343 | Aailea | Signora del'Epine
    11310 | 7343 | Medea | Signora Pilotti
    11311 | 7343 | Egeo | Valentini
    11312 | 7343 | Clizia | Signora Gallia
    11313 | 7343 | Arcane | Mrs Barbier
    11314 | 7343 | Fedra | Signora Manina
    11315 | 7343 | Minerva | Leveridge.

Mainpiece

Title: Theseus
Comments:
Deutsch (p. 52) conjectures the cast: Teseo-Valeriano; Aailea-Signora del'Epine; Medea-Signora Pilotti; Egeo-Valentini; Clizia-Signora Gallia; Arcane-Mrs Barbier; Fedra-Signora Manina; Minerva-Leveridge.
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