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971 results for: Keyword - Italian Giant

We found 619 matches on Performance Title, 201 matches on Event Comments, 179 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

51
03 May 1748 @ New Wells, Shepherd's Market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Miss In Her Teens

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Fortune Teller

Entertainment: Italian Fireworks-as perform'd in the Opera House in the Haymarket

52
04 May 1748 @ New Wells, Shepherd's Market

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Miss In Her Teens

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Fortune-Teller

Song: Particularly a Song called By Jove I'll be free-Massey

Dance: NNew Hornpipe-

Entertainment: Italian Fireworks, as17480503

53
25 April 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Villagers

Afterpiece Title: The Farm House

54
27 April 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Villagers

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

55
28 April 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Villagers

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

56
01 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Villagers

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

57
03 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Villagers

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

58
05 May 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Villagers

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

59
25 August 1701 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

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-

60
16 April 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

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

Dance: Proper Dances-

61
07 July 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent

Afterpiece Title: Jack the Giant Killer

62
10 July 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rape Upon Rape

Afterpiece Title: Jack the Giant Killer

63
12 June 1789 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Giant Defeated; Or, The Reward Of Valour

Afterpiece Title: The Child of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Death of Captain Cook

Song: End 2nd piece: Poor Thomas Day-Edwin, Davies, Bannister

64
17 September 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan; or, A Peep into the Seraglio

Afterpiece Title: The Giant and Dwarf; or, Columbine Captive

Entertainment: Vaudeville. A Pasticcio, consisting of: From Shades of Night[, composed by Storace for Mahmoud,-D'Arcy; [The first Strophe, Epode, and Antistrophe of Gray's Bard-a Young Gentleman [, aged 10 years [unidentified]; Cheap Experience [; or, Cheats of London, composed by Dibdin,-Waldron Jun

65
17 September 1798 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: The Sultan

Afterpiece Title: The Giant and Dwarf

66
28 January 1703 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; several Italian Sonatas- the Famous Gasperini, Signior Petto; several English and Italian Songs-Mrs Campion

67
24 February 1703 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Italian and English Masters; an Italian Sonata on the Trumpet-a Boy of about Eight Years of age, who never yet perform'd in Publick

68
20 April 1704 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music , composed by that great Italian Master Seignior Gioseppe Saggion-; With several Sonatas with Flutes and Hautboys-; and likewise a Sonata with two Flutes-Mr Paisible, Mr Bannister; And several Songs in Italian with Flutes and Hautboys,-Seigniora Maria Margarita Gallia, who never Sung in any publick Consort in England but once; The whole being entirely new composed and accompanied-Seignior Gioseppe Saggion; And likewise several Songs in English, composed by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell-

69
18 May 1704 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; the Vocal Part,several Italian songs-Signior Gioseppe Olzi, who sings several Italian Songs with the Trumpet and other Instruments; accompany'd-Mr Dupare; Likewise several Sonatas for a Flute and Violin-Signior Gasperini, Mr Paisible; Sonata for two Flutes-Mr Paisible, Mr Banister; With variety of other Sonatas for the Violin, compos'd by Mr Corbett.

70
16 November 1704 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music composed by that Great Italian Master Seignior Gioseppe Saggion-; With several Sonatas with Flutes and Hautboys, and likewise a Sonata for two Flutes-the best Masters; And several Songs in Italian, with Flutes and Hautboys-Seigniora Maria Margarita Gallia, who never Sung in any publick Concert in England but twice; The whole being new composed and accompanied-Seignior Gioseppe Saggion; And likewise several Songs in English composed by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell-

71
13 April 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: duRuel, Mrs duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Moss

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Signiora del'Epine; particularly an English Cantata , written and compos'd after the Italian manner-

72
02 May 1715 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; the Vocal consisting of English and Italian Songs-a Celebrated Italian Lady; Instrumental Part-the best English and Foreign Masters

73
19 May 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Lovers Opera

Song: I: Singing in Italian-Mrs Hill; II: Singing in English-Mrs Hill; III: Another Italian Song-Mrs Hill; V: New Mad Tom-a Gentleman from Oxford

Dance: IV: Miss Wherrit

74
02 April 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: I: An Italian Song in Italian-the Mechels

Dance: I: dance-Muilment; II: Louvre, Minuet-the Mechels; III: Sailor's Dance-the Mechels; IV: Mlle Mechel; V: Grand Comic Dance-the Mechels

75
November 1697 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Italian Husband