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2482 results for: Keyword - Greek, Roman and modern French, Italian Societies@of@liberal@investigation
We found 1326 matches on Performance Title, 749 matches on Event Comments, 572 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

351
18 April 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Modern Wife Or The Virgin Her Own Rival

Dance: As17450415

352
19 April 1745 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Modern Wife

353
06 September 1755 @ Bartholomew Fair

Event Comment: At Bence's Room, Swan Yard, West Smithfield. The Scenes Cloaths, Machinery and other Decorations entirely New. To begin each day at 12 Noon. Pit 2s. 3d. First Gallery 1s. Upper Gallery 6d. There is a back door in Hosier Lane for the Conveniency of those Gentlemen and Ladies who don't chuse to be crouded. Mainpiece: A new Dramatic Piece. [Really the subplot of Betterton's Amorous Widow, 1670.] Afterpiece: A New Pantomime Entertainment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Happy Gallant Or The Modern Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Fairy or Harlequin in the Shades

Entertainment: Singing, Dancing-

354
24 March 1757 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Woodward. The Whole Pit will be laid into the Boxes, where servants will be admitted to keep places, and upon the Stage, which will be formed into an Amphitheatre and divided into Boxes. The Pit doors will be opened for the Ladies to pass to their places there, without incommoding those in the Front Boxes. Box, Pit and Stage at 5s. Nothing under full price will be taken during the performance. Ladies send servants by 3 o'clock (Public Advertiser). [The Larpent MS 130 indicates the intended cast, and suggests Dizzy-and Mrs Dotterel-$Mrs Bennet.] Receipts: #320 ($Cross">Oliver; Ruffle-$Yates; and Mrs Dotterel-$Mrs Bennet.] Receipts: #320 ($Cross)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winters Tale

Performance Comment: Leontes-Garrick; Countryman, Lasses 'with the Trio'-Beard, Mrs Vernon, Miss Young; Perdita-Mrs Cibber, with a song in character; Clown-Woodward; Hermione-Mrs Pritchard; Hogan adds from the Bill: Polixines-Havard; Florizel-Holland; Autolycus-Yates; Shepherd-Berry; Servant-Beard; Dorcas-Mrs Vernon; Mopsa-Miss I? Young.
Cast
Role: Florizel Actor: Holland

Afterpiece Title: The Modern Fine Gentleman or 1757

355
15 May 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: Taste1st Act of Taste and Modern Tragedy

Dance: IV: A Comic Dance, as17610307

356
09 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit for Ackman and Mrs Bradshaw. Tickets deliver'd for George Barnwell will be admitted

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Cast
Role: Strictland Actor: Love
Role: Landlady Actor: Mrs Bradshaw
Role: Mrs Strictland Actor: Mrs Hopkins

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Dance: II: Hearts of Oak, as17650420

Entertainment: End: A Whimsical Description of the Antients and Moderns-Vernon

357
16 March 1769 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Shuter. Charges #64 5s. Balance to Shuter #106 9s. 6d. plus #95 17s. from Tickets. (Boz 309; Pit 124) (Account Book). [The Epilogue is Larpent MS 294, criticising the "rules" and praising "Laughter" as the all-in-all of Comedy]:@What matters it you or me to know@How Blockheads wrote two thousand years ago?@ Receipts: #170 14s. 6d. (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Lionel And Clarissa

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: I: The Merry Sailors, as17680920

Entertainment: II: The Cries of London-Shuter; End of Opera: An Epilogue on Modern Taste, written by the late Churchill-Shuter

358
27 April 1771 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit for Mrs Lessingham. Mainpiece: (Never Perform'd) alter'd from Gay [The Distress'd Wife].Afterpiece: (By Particular desire and for the last time this season). Part of Pit will be laid into Boxes. Ladies send servants by half past 4 o'clock. [See afterpiece again on 6 May.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Modern Wife

Afterpiece Title: Love a la Mode

Dance: III: The Tartars, as17701003

359
10 July 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: Taste or The Diversions of the Morning

Monologue: A Modern, Operatical, Sentimental, Crying, Tragedy call'd Purity [sic] in Pattens. Butler-Parsons; Squire-Fearon; Candy-Mrs W. Palmer; Polly-Mrs Jewell

Performance Comment: Butler-Parsons; Squire-Fearon; Candy-Mrs W. Palmer; Polly-Mrs Jewell.
Cast
Role: Candy Actor: Mrs W. Palmer

Dance: The Haymakers-

360
26 March 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Letourdy

Afterpiece Title: Arlequin Sauvage

Music: Several Concertoes, particularly a Grand Concerto with French Horns and Trumpets; and another with one French Horn, the French Horn part by Mr Charles

361
10 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello Moor Of Venice

Cast
Role: Duke Actor: Anderson

Dance: I: Grand Ballet-Desse, Miss Oates; II: French Peasant-French Boy and Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

362
18 March 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Dance: I: French Peasant-French Boy and Girl; III: Miller and His Wife-French Boy and Girl; IV: Scots Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Song: II: Leveridge, Salway

363
18 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Hallam.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Performance Comment: As17400414 but Harry-Mullart; James-Anderson.
Cast
Role: James Actor: Anderson.
Role: Leander Actor: Salway

Dance: I: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; II: Peasant-French Boy; Serious Dance-French Girl; IV: Miller and Wife-French Boy and Girl; V: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland Ynger

Song: III: Roberts

364
November 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Italian Husband

Performance Comment: Edition of 1698: An induction Scene: A Praelude between a Poet, a Critic, and Peregrine. Prologue-; Frederico-Verbrugen; Alouisia-Mrs Bowman; Alfonso-Hodgson; Fidalbo-Watson; Rodrigo-Thurmond; Amidea-Mrs Prince; Florella-Mrs Martin; Epilogue by Jo. Haynes-Mr Bowman mimicking a Beau.

365
26 March 1701 @ York Buildings

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Dean and Mr Manshipp. To begin exactly at 8 a Clock, by reason the Performance will be somewhat longer than usual in that Place

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental, with new Pieces of Musick-; and particular Performances of Instrumental Musick-Mr Dean; And likewise an Extraordinary Italian Song-a Boy, lately arriv'd from Italy, being the first time of his Singing in Publick in England

366
21 October 1701 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

Dance: Prince, Mrs Elford, Weaver; And at the Request of several Persons of Quality, there will be performed that delightful Exercise of Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, according to the Italian manner-

367
22 August 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew Or The Merry Beggars

Dance: Dance between Two Frenchmen and two Frenchwomen-; Night Scene by a Harlequin and a Scaramouch , after the Italian manner,-Serene, another Person lately arrived in England

Entertainment: The famous Mr Clench of Barnet, who will perform an Organ with 3 Voices, the double Curtell the Flute and the Bells with the Mouth-Mr Clench; the Huntsman the Hounds and the Pack of Dogs-Mr Clench; with vaulting on the Horse-

368
20 October 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ibrahim The 13th Emperor Of The Turks

Song: A new song-Mrs Shaw, never perform'd before, compos'd by a Gentleman lately arriv'd from Dublin

Music: An Extraordinary Entertainment , all of Flutes-Mr Paisible

Dance: A Mimick Night Scene- after the Italian Manner by a newScaramouch, Harlequin; A new dance-Cottin, Mrs Bicknell

369
19 November 1702 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Italian Consort, with a large Addipion of new Musick-

370
December 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Patriot Or The Italian Conspiracy

Performance Comment: Edition of 1703 lists: Cosmo de Medici-Mills; Julio-Wilks; Lorenzo-Husbands; Uberto-Sympson; Donato-Kent; Rimini-Griffin; Castruccio-Boise; Teraminta-Mrs Rogers; Honoria-Mrs Kent; Prologue written by Dennis-Mills; Epilogue-Mr Mills comes forward and makes an Apology for want of an Epilogue; then, Mr Penkethman enters dress'd like a Beau, and says he has one by a Friend, Mr Farquhar. then, Mr Penkethman enters dress'd like a Beau, and says he has one by a Friend, Mr Farquhar.
Cast
Role: Lorenzo Actor: Husbands
Role: Epilogue Actor: Mr Mills comes forward and makes an Apology for want of an Epilogue

371
03 December 1702 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: An Italian Consort-; with Additions of New Songs-the Gentlewoman; Symphonies-Signor Gasparine

372
11 February 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality, for one day. The Boxes to be kept entire for the Ladies, as at a Play. Admission into Pit or Boxes by Printed Tickets only, not exceeding 400 in number, with 100 for the Front Boxes at 6s. and 300 for the Pit and Side Boxes at 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: Mariage a la Mode

Music: The best Masters; several Songs in Italian and English-Mr Pate (having recover'd his Voice); Singing-Leveridge, Hughes; accompanied-Bannister; several of Corelli's Sonatas-Gasperini; accompanied-Dupar

Dance: As17030123

373
24 May 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens Or The Man hater

Related Works
Related Work: Timon of Athens Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Music: A Mask set to Musick by the late Mr Henry Purcell-; Italian Sonatas-Gasperini

374
01 June 1703 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great

Song: Singing In Italian the Famous-Signiora Maria Margarita Gallia , lately arriv'd from Italy, who has never yet Sung in England; the Musick which accompanies her Singing is compos'd by Signior Joseph Saggion-

Dance: The Wedding Dance, compos'd by Monsieur L'Abbe,-Monsieur L'Abbe, Mrs Elford

375
14 June 1703 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Villain

Song: Henry Purcell's celebrated Trumpet Song, The Fife and Harmony of War-; The Mad Song in Don Quixote-Boman, by request

Dance: Chacone-Mrs Elford; a new Entry-Fairbank; Venetian, a new Whim-Godwin

Music: New Italian Trumpet Sonatas-