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We found 23365 matches on Performance Comments, 4306 matches on Event Comments, 4288 matches on Performance Title, 134 matches on Roles/Actors, and 9 matches on Author.
Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hodgson and Signior Baptist. The Musick will begin between 8 and 9 at night

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; also several new Songs set for that occasion-; and a particular performance of instrumental Musick-Signior Volumner

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Haines. Beginning between 8 and 9 of the Clock

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music, all new composed by Mr Barrett-

Event Comment: An excellent Comedy, (not Acted these 18 Years)...Written by the Ingenious Mrs Ann Behn. [This performance was presumably a part of a summer season at dl. The presentation of The Gentleman Cully at lif implies a similar season there.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Heiress; Or, Sir Timothy Treatall

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hodgson. [Tamerlane intended, but cannot be acted.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wroth, Widdow of Mr Tho. Wroth, Musician, lately Deceased. At 6 p.m. Tickets 2s. 6d. The School is in Wine-Office Court in Fleet-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hand and Voices in London

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lucas. Mainpiece: That celebrated Comedy. Written by the Famous Ben. Johnson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

Entertainment: Several Extraordinary Entertainments, as will be express'd in the Bills

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bicknell. At 7 p.m. Tickets 5s

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

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Elford. [Genest, II, 293, lists this for 2 June.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius; Or, The Force Of Love

Music: The best Masters

Dance: As17030601

Event Comment: A masque of music composed by Henry Purcell. Benefit Mrs Lucas. Mainpiece: Revis'd with large Alterations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Kent

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Yeoman Of Kent [tunbridge Walks]

Entertainment: As17030705

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Newly Corrected. Katherine Tofts, in Daily Courant, 8 Feb.: I was very much surpriz'd when I was inform'd that Ann Barwick, who was lately my Servant, had committed a Rudeness last Night [5 Feb.] at the Playhouse, by throwing of Oranges, and hissing when Mrs l'Epine, the Italian Gentlewoman Sung. I hope no one can think that it was in the least with my Privity, as I assure you it was not. [The statement, addressed to Christopher Rich, was dated 6 Feb.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Dance: As17040124

Song: As17040129

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Rogers

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

Song: Leveridge, others

Music: As17031109

Dance: As17040112

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School Boy; Or, The Comical Rivals

Afterpiece Title: Le Medecin Malgre Luy (last act)

Music: The Prologue to The Indian Queen-; the Sacrifice in King Arthur-; the Masque in Timon of Athens, all by Henry Purcell-

Dance: As17040226

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs deL'Epine. Boxes 6s. Pit 5s. First Gallery 2s. 6d. Box in the Upper Gallery 1s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Dance: As17040422

Song: Several Entertainments of Singing in Italian-the Famous Signiora Francisca Margarita del'Epine; of the best Songs she hath Sung in England: The Accompanied with Musick- compos'd by Signior Giacomo Greber-

Event Comment: At Mr Finley and Mrs Barnes's Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Barry

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bracegirdle

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Music: An Entertainment of new Musick-; Vocal and Instrumental Music-; that was perform'd before Her Majesty on Her Birth-day

Song:

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Knight. Not Acted there these Six Years. Written by the late Sir George Etheridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Revenge

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, others

Song: And at the Desire of some Persons of Quality, several Entertainments of Singing in Italian- the Famous Segniora Francisca Margareta del'Epine being the best Songs she has Sung in England, the Musick that accompanies her compos'd by Signior Giacomo Greber; also an English Song of the late Mr Henry Purcell's-Segniora Francisca Margareta del'Epine

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Squire Trelooby

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music, as performed before Her Majesty on her Birthday-; Henry Purcell's The Four Seasons-

Dance: Dancing Proper to the music-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Rogers. Not Acted these Three Years

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Music: With the Original Music-Leveridge

Dance: As17040613

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Oldfield

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chances

Dance: As17041014

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hodgson. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. At 8 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; with several Pieces of the late Mr Purcell-; Variety of new Songs-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Celotti. At 6 p.m. Tickets 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music in Italian and English-the best Masters

Event Comment: [According to the Poetical Courant, 6 April, a private performance of Caius Marius by several Gentlemen for their Diversion" had been acted by this date. A Prologue by Mrs Phillips is printed in that issue of the Poetical Courant.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonders In The Sun

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Lee

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rival Queens

Song: With all the Comical Songs and Dialogues that were perform'd in Wonders in the Sun-; particularly the Fop Song-Pack in Imitation of Italian

Dance: Dances-