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6056 results for: Keyword - Mr Matthew Birkhead
We found 4266 matches on Event Comments, 1292 matches on Performance Comments, 751 matches on Performance Title, 107 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

901
04 April 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Ivth, Part I

Song: Leveridge; A Dialogue-Pack, Cook; A Three/Part Song-Rawlins, Cook, Jones

Music: A Flute Piece-Mr John Bastion, of his own Composition

Dance: duPre, delaGarde, Moreau, Bovil, Miss Russell, Miss Schoolding

902
26 April 1715 @ Great Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Particularly several new Concertoes-Mr Corbet, others

903
19 July 1715 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Queen

Music: With the Original Vocal and Instrumental Musick , composed by that famous English Master Mr Henry Purcell; The principal Parts-Randall, Renton, Teno, Burkhead, Mrs Willis, Mrs Mills, Miss Booth

Dance:

904
05 August 1715 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bonduca; Or, The British Worthy

Music: With the Addition of that Celebrated Musick by the late Mr Henry Purcell-Randal, Renton, Teno, Burkhead, Mrs Willis, Mrs Mills, Miss Booth

905
06 October 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

Music: The Frost Musicout of King Arthur, composed by the late Mr Henry Purcell-Leveridge, Pack, Cook, Reading

Song: Signora Maria Fletcher formerly Menene

Dance: delaGarde, Shaw, Thurmond, Mrs Bullock

906
22 October 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite; Or, The Earl Of Essex

Song: Randal, the Boy; Trumpet Song-Mrs Fletcher,accompanied Mr Granno

Dance: Spanish Entry, Dutch Skipper-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock; Punchanello-Shaw

907
01 November 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music composed by Mr Hen. Purcell-Leveridge, Randal, Reading, the Boy

Dance: A new dance-Moreau, Mrs Cross

908
11 November 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, The Man Hater

Music: With the Mask of Musick proper to the Play by the late Mr Hen. Purcel. Bacchus-Leveridge, Cupid- the Boy

Dance: To be expressed in the Great Bills

909
10 January 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife [comical Transformation]

Afterpiece Title: The Mountebank

Dance: As17151118; particularly a New Dance call'd The Morris (composed by Mr Isaac) and at the Request of several Masters-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock

910
09 April 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Music: Two Entertainments on the Flute-Mr Mercy

Dance: delaGarde, Moreau, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross; particularly The Dutch Skipper-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock

911
02 May 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens; Or, The Man Hater

Music: In it a Masque of Vocal and Instrumental Musick (compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell)-Leveridge, Cook, Reading, the Boy, Mrs Cross

Song:

Dance: Smith's Daughter who never perform'd on the Stage before

912
10 May 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Music: The Frost Music from King Arthur-; Concerto to be perform'd upon the Hautboy-Mr Kytch upon the Stage

Song: As17160206

Dance: A new Grand Dance by Moreau-; Entry-Kellum's Scholar, Miss Schoolding; The What D'Ye Call It-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock

913
07 August 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Music: All the Musick by Mr Weldon and perform'd Compleat, as at the Revival of the Play-

914
07 November 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Afterpiece Title: The Country Wake

Dance: Mrs Santlow, Mrs Teno, Miss Lindar, a Scholar of Mr Shirley's

915
05 March 1718 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Singing in Italian and English-Signora Margarita, who has not sung in publick this Winter, Mrs Fletcher, Vanbrughe; accompanied with Harp-Mr Powell Jr

916
07 March 1718 @ Two Golden Balls

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Entertainment upon the Harp-Mr Morphy

917
16 May 1718 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth

Music: Concerto upon the Little Flute by Paisible-; Concerto intirely new, by Mr Hendel-

Dance: Weaver, Shaw, Wade, Topham, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger, Miss Tenoe

918
03 September 1718 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Triumph; Or, The Happy Fair One, With The Comical And Pleasant Humours Of Colin, The Shepherd's Foolish Son, And His Sister Mopsa

Music: And all the Musick by Mr Heyden-

Dance:

919
06 September 1718 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jepthah's Rash Vow; Or, The Virgin Sacrifice

Entertainment: And to give a general Satisfaction to the Town, Mr Penkethman has hir'd Dance after the New French Mode-the Dancing-Dogs lately arriv'd from France, which have been receiv'd both at Hampton-Court and at Richmond, as well as at most Courts of Europe, with wonderful Applause, to perform on his Stage; their Dresses as well as their Dances being entirely after the New French Mode, and only, at the common Prices of the Droll

920
03 December 1718 @ Globe and Marlborough's Head

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tony Aston's Medley

Entertainment: Consisting of select Parts of Comedies-; new Songs-; Prologues-; Epilogues-; Mr Purcell's, other Comical English Dialogues-

921
12 February 1719 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Esprit Follet

Afterpiece Title: Le Divorce

Entertainment: Dancing and Tumbling-; particularly Dancing-Mr Glover being the first Time of his Performance in publick since his return from the Court of Paris; Salle, Mlle Salle

922
18 February 1719 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hands; A new Concerto by Mr Hendel-Mathew Dubourg; Piece for Harpsicord-Cook; Concerto, Solo-Kytch; Solo Bass@Viol, German@Flute-Pietro

923
02 March 1719 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Precaution Inutile

Song: Mrs Aubert

Music: French Musick that Night, by the Famous Mr Baptist Luly-The Band of Musick

Dance: Glover, Salle, Mlle Salle; with the Leap over 12 Hoops-Antoni, Octave

924
05 September 1719 @ Bullock-Leigh Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Noble Soldier; Or, Love In Distress

Related Works
Related Work: The Parthian Hero; or, Love in Distress Author(s): Matthew Gardiner

Dance: Comical Scene-Mr Harper , Mimicking a Drunken Man; Newhouse, Pelling, Mrs Willis, Miss Francis

925
19 January 1720 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Music: Between the Acts: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Vocal Parts-Mr Alexander Gordon lately arriv'd from Italy; accompany'd-the best Masters