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6097 results for: Keyword - Mr Hughes
We found 4263 matches on Event Comments, 1191 matches on Performance Comments, 538 matches on Performance Title, 445 matches on Author, and 2 matches on Roles/Actors.

51
05 April 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Dance: TTambourine-Cooke; Characters of Dancing, as17421025; La Provencale, as17421105

52
03 January 1745 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: The Schoolboy

Dance: GGondalier-Cooke; Scotch Dance, as17441012

53
29 March 1748 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

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Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes

54
15 April 1749 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

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Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes

Dance: Villeneuve, Madem. Contair, her 1st appearance on the English Stage

55
09 December 1751 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

56
08 November 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

57
11 November 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Queen Mab

Dance: II: A New Comic Dance, The Jealous Peasant-Duquesney, 1st appearance this stage, Tassoni, Mrs King

58
30 December 1768 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

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Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes

59
10 January 1769 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

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Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes

Dance: II: A Comic Dance, as17681007

60
17 May 1712 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [Text by John Hughes. Music by John Galliard.] Never Performed before. Admission as 24 Nov. 1711, but Benches in the Pit rail'd in at the Price of the Boxes. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Calypso And Telemachus

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Related Work: Calypso and Telemachus Author(s): John Hughes

61
12 January 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By John Hughes.] A New Musical Masque, perform'd all in English. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Sir Richard Steele

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

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Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): John Hughes

Dance: As17151122

62
27 February 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [Music by Galliard. Text by Hughes. Performed in English.] Receipts: #99 2s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Calypso And Telemachus

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Related Work: Calypso and Telemachus Author(s): John Hughes

63
06 December 1722 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by the late John Hughes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

64
14 January 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Hughes, Esq. [For Occasional Prompter XVI, see Daily Journal, 14 Jan.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Song: II: Son Priginiero-Miss Cecilia Young; IV: Would You Gain the Tender Creature-Miss Young

65
15 January 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late $J. Hughes, Esq.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Song: II: La Nuvoletta, an Italian Ballad.-Miss Young; IV: Wou'd you gain the Tender Creature-Miss Young

66
18 January 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late $J. Hughes, Esq.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Song: II: La Nuvoletta-Miss Cecilia Young; IV: Wou'd you gain the Tender Creature-Miss Cecilia Young

67
29 January 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Hughes, Esq. Afterpiece: a New Dramatick Tale. Written by the Author of the Toy Shop [R. Dodsley]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Tambourine-Mlle Roland; III: Muilment; V: Ballet-Denoyer

68
28 January 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Hughes, Esq. London Evening Post, 28 Jan.: It's remarkable that the new Comedy call'd The Nest of Plays...and the new Farce call'd The Coffee House...and which are the two first that have been perform'd since the Act of Parliament took Place, obliging all Plays, Farces, &c. to be licens'd before play'd, were both damn'd by the Town

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Grand Volgi

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance: I: Flanderkins, as17380120 II: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Grand Polish Dance-Haughton, Mrs Walter, Liviez, Pelling, Vallois, Rector, Mrs Thompson, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Woodward, Miss Brett

69
23 January 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By Desire. Mainpiece: Written by the late J. Hughes, Esq

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

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Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked; or, An Old Man Taught Wisdom

70
06 March 1772 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast, With Coronation Anthems

Music: First Violin-Mr Ximene; with a Solo on the Violincello-Mr Janson, lately arrived from Paris, (Who has never performed in Public in England)

71
13 July 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: Several Comical Dialogues-Mr Dogget, Mr Leveridge; And other Entertainments of Ballad/Singing after the true English manner. Compos'd by Mr Estcourt-Mr Estcourt, in Honour of the Great and Glorious Successes of her Majesty over her proud French Foes

72
28 May 1715 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Entertainment: It consisted of Pyramids-; of all manner of Sweetmeats, the most generous Wines, Burgundy, Champaign, and was usher'd in by a Prologue-Mrs Younger; written by Mr Tickel, under Secretary to Mr Addison, and concluded by an Epilogue-Mr Wilks; written by himself; which was very merry and free with his own Character; after which, a large Table that was in th Area of the Consort-House, was taken away to make Room for the Company to Dance Country-Dances...We are likewise to acquaint the Reader, that an Ode of Horace-; was set to Musick and sung upon the Occasion, with several other very particular Songs and Performances, both Vocal and Instrumental Music- and that Mrs Younger spoke the Prologue, and Mr Wilks the Epilogue, which, after Sir Richard's Way, was extremely Diverting (Weekly Packet, 4 June)

73
10 May 1732 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Consisting of Church Musick- for six or eight Voices, by Mr DeFesch; Several Songs in Italian-Mrs De Fesch, the first Time of he performing in publick since her Arrival in England; a new Concert on the Violon-Mr DeFesch; a Solo , composed, and perform'd on the Bass Viol-Mr St.Helene; Solo on the Violoncello-Mr St.Helene the first Time of his performing in Publick

74
27 July 1702 @ Hampstead Wells

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: An Extraordinary Consort of Vocal and Instrumental Musick-; Particularly, the Instrumental Musick, Composed by Mr John Eccles for the Coronation-; With several of Mr Weldon's Songs made for his Consort in York-Buildings. To be Perform'd-Mr Hughs, the Boy; Entertainment on the Violin-Mr Deane (not perform'd there before)

75
18 January 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Music: Wherein several Songs in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts; with several select Pieces of Musick- compos'd by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell; And a comical Dialogue sung originally in The Island Princess,-Mr Leveridge, Mr Doggett

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers