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789 results for: Keyword - Boy's Choir
We found 334 matches on Performance Title, 326 matches on Performance Comments, 184 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

751
03 March 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: March 3 [or 23] Garrick is remov'd from Southampton St. to the Adelphi (Winston MS 10). Paid Dr Nares and Mr Cooke's 8 Boys in the Garter (8 nights) #24; Mr Bibb (sword cutler) #2 9s.; Mr Dibdin's draft on the managers, #50 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #181 15s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

752
23 May 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. House (Hopkins Diary). Last time performing Mainpiece this season. Rec'd from Mr Clutterbuck #150; Stopages #7 17s. 10d.; Paid salary list #494 18s. 6d.; Mrs Abington's cloaths acct #2; Mr S. French #1 10s.; Dr Nares & Mrs Cooke's boys 3 nights (13th inst incl.) #6 (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #64 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fashionable Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Witches

753
21 October 1773 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid Mr Cooke's 8 Boys in Alfred, 7 nights (18th incl.) #19 10s. Receipts: #103 14s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Albumazar

Afterpiece Title: The Pigmy Revels

754
26 January 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: Not acted these three years. [See 8 Jan. 1772.] Paid Housekeeper's Bill #4 6s. 5d.; Mr Cook's 4 boys, 5 nights (this incl.) #7 10s. Receipts: #214 4s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Christmas Tale

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

755
26 March 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Miss Younge. Last time of performing till Easter. Mainpiece: Not acted these 5 years. [See 9 Nov. 1768.] Afterpiece: Never acted here (playbill). Part of pit laid into boxes. Ladies and Gentlemen requested to come early. Rec'd stopages #2 12s. 6d.; short charge for new farce on 8 March #10 10s.; Paid 4 days salary list #348 14s. 8d.; Mr King's extra salary #2; Mr S. Barry on note #100; Mr Cook's 4 boys 4 nights (the 7th incl.) #6 Mr J. French on acct #10 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #282 19s. 6d. Charges #64 17s. Profit to Miss Younge: #218 2s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Warwick

Afterpiece Title: The Pantheonites

Dance: V: The Sailors Revels, as17730928

756
27 May 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Widow Bowers, Percy, Wood and Robinson. Tickets delivered for The Orphan and by Mr Hodges will be taken. Paid Mr Davies on Note #30; Mr Clinch for 5 days at beginning of season not on list #2 1s. 8d.; Mr Cooke's 4 boys 11th inst. #1 10s. (Treasurer's Book). Receipts: #256 12s. 6d. Charges: #84. Profits to Widow Bowers and beneficiaries: #172 12s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

757
23 November 1774 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. 2nd night (Treasurer's Book). Paid Tabor & Pipes 3 nights (this incl.) #1 11s. 6d.; Mr Cooke's 4 boys, 5 Oct., #1 10s. Receipts: #245 7s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Oaks

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

758
15 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Paid 3 extra trumpets 6 nights #6 15s.; Mawson (mercer's bill) #7 17s.; Mr Cook for Boys 14 nights #21. Receipts: #200 13s. 6d. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Epicoene

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

759
16 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Dance: I: A New Comic Dance call'd The Gardeners-Sg Martini, first appearance on the English Stage, and Sga Paccini

760
24 January 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Discovery

Afterpiece Title: The Padlock

761
12 February 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: The Rival Candidates

762
28 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Bensley. Tickets deliver'd for The Siege of Damascus (for that night) will be taken. Mainpiece: By Particular Desire. Paid 8 extra trumpets #3; Mr Cook's singing boys, 17 nights #25 10s. Receipts: #187 15s. 6d. Charges: #78 16s. 6d. Profits to Bensley: #99 19s. (Treasurer's Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great; Or, The Rival Queens

Afterpiece Title: The Man of Quality

Dance: End: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311

763
09 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Entertainment: Monologues.Preceding: Prologue to Barbarossa in the character of a Country Boy, containing an account of his Journey to London, his different Services there, first in the City, next with a Lord, then with a Lady, and last of all with a starved Poet-Master Russell; End I: a Scene from Lethe: Fine Gentleman-Master Russell; End II: an Harangue in a Tubafter the manner of the celebrated George Alexander Stevens-Master Russell; End: The Drunken Buck-Raymond

764
16 October 1776 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Election

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Song: 2nd piece: With all the original Songs, Chorusses-

Entertainment: Imitations, as17760930

765
22 April 1777 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger

Afterpiece Title: Entertainments of Singing and Dancing

Dance: Conclude: reel-the characters

Song: End I: The Banks of the Tweed-Mrs Moss; End III: Rosilind Castle-Mrs Moss; End: The Banks of Invermay-Mrs Moss

766
11 March 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: London Chronicle, 12 Mar.: "The chorusses were more in character than we ever remember, from the circumstance of mixing women's voices with the boys'.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus; Acis And Galatea

Music: End Part I: concerto on the hautboy-Parke; End Part II: concerto on the violin, as17780306

767
03 June 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: A Monody

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Dance: As17790417

Song: As17781006

768
06 November 1779 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: To conclude with a perspective representation of the Grand Camp at Cox-Heathv [see 15 Oct. 1778], from a view taken by DeLoutherbourg, and executed under his direction. [This notice is included in al subsequent performances.] Account-Book, 29 Feb. 1780: Paid Serjeant for teaching boys and volunteers the exercise [in The Camp] #10 10s. Receipts: #221 0s. 6d. (177.1.0; 43.10.6; 0.9.0)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Scandal

Afterpiece Title: The Camp

769
02 September 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Widow And No Widow

Afterpiece Title: The Genius of Nonsense

Dance: In afterpiece: Master and Miss Byrne.[This dance was included in all subsequent performances.

770
01 May 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: The Flitch of Bacon

Dance: End I 1st piece: a new Hibernian Dance, The Rakes of Mallow-Jackson, Miss Francis (1st appearance), others; End II: a new Dance, The Sports of the Green or The Rivals Reconcil'd-Aldridge, Langrish, Jackson, Miss Francis, Miss Besford; 2nd Piece: the original Sailor's Dance, as17810402

Song: 2nd piece to conclude: with a Grand Antigallican Procession[in Honour of St. George's Day [23 Apr.], in which-; Rule Britannia-Reinhold; [the Procession to close with Britannia brought in a Triumphal Car, attended by Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, drawn by six boys representing the Young Gentlemen of the Maritime School, and attended by Mars and Neptune; after which will be display'd the famous Transparency of St. George and the Dragonv, executed by Cipriani; to conclude with: Britons Strike Home-Mrs Kennedy, [with the original chorus

Performance Comment: George's Day [23 Apr.], in which-; Rule Britannia-Reinhold; [the Procession to close with Britannia brought in a Triumphal Car, attended by Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, drawn by six boys representing the Young Gentlemen of the Maritime School, and attended by Mars and Neptune; after which will be display'd the famous Transparency of St. George and the Dragonv, executed by Cipriani; to conclude with: Britons Strike Home-Mrs Kennedy, [with the original chorus.with the original chorus.

Ballet: End IV: a Grand Pantomimical Pastoral Welch Dance St. David's Day; or, The Village Revels. Squire of the Village-Aldridge; Farmer-Whittow (1st appearance); Farmer's Wife-Mr Jackson; Farmer's Daughter-Miss Rowson (1st appearance); Landlord of the Horns--Savoy; Landlady of the Harp-Mr Besford; In which a Double Hornpipe-Aldridge, Miss Besford; , to the air of Mellionen; or the late Sir W. W. Wynn?'s Delight, accompanied by the ancient British instrument the Welch Harp-; To conclud : with a Country Dance-the Characters

771
06 September 1786 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Nature Will Prevail

Afterpiece Title: Tit for Tat

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Teague

Dance: As17860904

772
28 March 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: The oratorio conductors do not receive the applause Stanley used to receive "owing to their being concealed by the boys, who are placed on high benches between the audience and the conductor, whose respects, though duly paid, have been scarely visible to the greater part of the house" (Public Advertiser, 28 Mar.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus; Redemption 0

Song: End II: an Italian Air-Mme Mara

773
18 May 1790 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: Taste; or, Frolicks of Fancy

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

Entertainment: Monologue. Previous: British Loyalty, as17900423; to conclude with: God save the King-Dignum, Williames, Danby

774
28 May 1792 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: The Irishman in London

Afterpiece Title: A Masquerade Anticipated

Dance: In: As17911102

Song: In 2nd piece: As17920421; End I: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon; II: Sweet Bird-; III: Can a Lover Pleasure find (composed by Sacchini)-Mrs Billington

775
28 April 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woodman

Afterpiece Title: The Naval Volunteers; or, Britain's Bulwark

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petruchio

Dance: In 2nd piece: Hornpipe-Byrn, Holland, Mlle St.Amand, Mme Rossi

Song: End I: a Representation of a Ship in Distress, in which The Storm-Incledon; In the course of the Evening: Old Towler [both]-Incledon