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Event Comment: Benefit Shaw. Written by Mr Congreve. Pit and Front Boxes put together at 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: As17241216

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Sebastian, King Of Portugal

Dance: SScot Dance-Mrs Bullock; Flag Dance-Nivelon; Myrtillo-DuPre, Glover, Pelling, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden

Song: Salway

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Cornish Hero; or, Jack the Giant Killer

Dance: Proper Dances-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Dance: HHarlequin and Pirotte-Mlle Harvay

Event Comment: Benefit a Person who has wrote for the Stage (Mr Froud). Written by Sir John Vanbrugh. Three Rows of the Pit will be rail'd into the Boxes at 5s.Receipts: money #16 4s.; tickets #87 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Dance: SScots Dance-Mrs Bullock; Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre

Event Comment: Benefit Miss Robinson, the Dancer. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Prologue: in The Poems of Henry Carey, p. 65. Epilogue: Written by Mr Welsted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rover

Performance Comment: As17241113, but Pedro-Thurmond; With a new Prologue, Epilogue-Miss Robinson Jr , who acted the Part of Princess Elizabeth by Anna Bullen , and the Duke of York in Richard the Third.

Dance: End I: Polonese-Miss Robinson, Rainton; III: A new Passacaille-Miss Robinson; V: A New Comic Dance-Miss Robinson, Rainton

Music: II: 2d Concerto of Corelli-; IV: Select Piece with Hautboys and Flutes-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Dance: CChacone-Mrs Bullock; Irish Dance-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Pastoral-Lally, Mrs Wall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 24 Sept.: On Monday last died at Richmond Mr Penkethman, the famous Comedian

Performances

Event Comment: Receipts: #31 1s. In Daily Courant, 25 Oct., the dancers were advertised as Mr Dupre's Scholars

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bath Unmasked

Song: As17251013

Dance: Young LeSac, Miss LaTour, being the first Time of their Appearance on the Stage

Event Comment: As it was alter'd from Shakespear by Sir William D'Avenant and Mr Dryden. With all the Songs, Dances, and other Decorations proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest; Or, The Inchanted Island

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Dance: SShepherd and Shepherdess-Salle, Mlle Salle; Spanish Entry-LeSac, Miss LaTour; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Bullock; French Sailor and Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. With a new Scene representing a Prospect of Covent-Garden, Piazza. Written by Mr Congreve

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Dance: Roger, Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Mrs Brett, Miss Tenoe, Rainton, Miss Robinson; La Folette-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: MMyrtillo-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Mrs Booth, Miss Tenoe, Mrs Walter, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; particularly Myrtillo-

Event Comment: TThe King, Prince and Princess of Wales present. Universal Mercury, February 1726: Mr Handel had the Satisfaction of seeing an old Opera of his not only fill the House, which had not been done for a considerable time before, but People crowding so fast to it, that above 300 were turn'd away for want of room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Otho

Event Comment: MMist's, 19 Feb.: Yesterday, as young Mr Cibber was performing the Part of Harlequin in Apollo and Daphne, his Foot slipp'd, and he fell down the Stage and broke his Nose

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Related Works
Related Work: The Stratagem Author(s): George Farquhar

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, Harlequin's Metamorphoses

Related Works
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber
Event Comment: Benefit Mr Karba, the famous Bassoon. By Her Royal Highness' Command. Pit and Boxes 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. At 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consort of several Sorts of Instruments-

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Thurmond. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

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

Dance: Thurmond, Mrs Booth, Young Rainton, Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mariamne

Afterpiece Title: The Fickle Fair One

Dance: As17260321

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Song: End I: The Play of Love-Leveridge; II: The Wheel Turn'd To Some Tune (new)-Leveridge; III: Singing-Mrs Chambers; V: A Piece of Musick between a Fop and a Toper: In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: II: Wooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; III: French Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle; IV: French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Music: Between Acts: Select Pieces-

Dance: pastoral-Bpastoral=-Boval, Mrs Brett; Muzette-Rainton, Miss Robinson; Turkish Dance-Thurmond, Boval, Lally, others

Event Comment: Benefit Wood, Treasurer. Written by Mr Congreve. N.B. The Doors will not be open till Four o'Clock. Receipts: money #12 18s. 6d.; tickets #155 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Nivelon, Salle; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Legare

Song: SSee From the Silent Groves by Dr Pepusch-Mrs Chambers; The Play of Love made and sung-Leveridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Dealer

Dance: FFrench Sailor-Salle, Mlle Salle; Scottish Dance-

Ballet: GGrand Dance. As17260430

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Dance: SSaraband-Lally, Mrs Wall; Spanish Entry-Young LeSac, Miss LaTour; Burgomaster and Wife-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden