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6809 results for: Keyword - New York
We found 3237 matches on Event Comments, 2688 matches on Performance Title, 1650 matches on Performance Comments, 1 matches on Roles/Actors, and 0 matches on Author.

4651
15 May 1716 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. With Magnificent New Scenes, Particularly one in Perspective of a Royal Palacev, which exceeds any that has been seen in England, containing about One Thousand Yards of Painting by Sig Roberto Clerici, and to be seen again this Year. Admission as 1 Feb. [The Prince and Princess present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Music: As17160502

4652
29 May 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Soldier's Fortune; Or, The Witty And Humorous Ladies

Afterpiece Title: Oration

Performance Comment: With a New Oration on [several famous Heads [design'd as an Entertainment for the Court, and the rest of his Friends, written-[D'Urfey] [on the Stage.D'Urfey] [on the Stage.

Song: The Best Performers

Dance: the best Performers

4653
02 June 1716 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Antonio Bernacchi. By Command. With an Addition of a New Scene perform'd by Bernacchi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

4654
06 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Ryder, Diary, pp. 359-60: Went to see the tragedy of Tamerlane which was acted with a new prologue in honour of King William and in memory of what he did for us. The play itself is good....Mills who acted the part of Bajazet did it mighty well and expressed that furiousness and rage and malice and ambition admirably well in his gesture at the end, but, which is his distinguishing character, very well kept up throughout. I observed in the general that the manner of speaking in our theatres in tragedy is not natural. There is something that would be very shocking and disagreeable and very unnatural in real life. Persons would call it theatrical, meaning by that something stiff and affected

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

4655
07 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Performance Comment: See17161105, but Bajazet-Quin [Chetwood, General History of the Stage, p. 214]; With a New Prologue [by the Author of the Play-.

4656
22 November 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: By His Royal Highness's Command. All the Characters being New Dress'd. [The Prince of Wales present.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

Dance: As17161027

4657
11 February 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By William Taverner.] Never Acted before. The Dresses for all the Characters being entirely new. Receipts: #58 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Husband

4658
02 March 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: a New Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing after the Manner of the Antient Pantomimes. Mainpiece: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Tragedy

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

4659
14 March 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [Author unknown. Apparently not printed.] A New Farce of Two Acts. Receipts: #48

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twin Rivals

Afterpiece Title: The Footman Turned Gentleman

Dance: As17170125

4660
14 March 1717 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: [Author unknown. Apparently not printed.] A new Opera. By Their Royal Highnesses' Command. Admission as 5 Jan. N.B. Servants will be allow'd to keep Places. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wenceslaus

4661
30 March 1717 @ King's Theatre

Event Comment: By His Majesty's Command. In which will be seen two New Scenes, one representing a most Magnificent Palace, containing above a Thousand Yards of Painting. The other a Room adorn'd with Tapestry, representing the famous Battles of Alexander by Mons leBrun; both (in their kind) exceeding any Scenes that has been seen in England. Admission as 8 Dec. 1716

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cleartes

4662
02 April 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Beaumont and Fletcher. Afterpiece: A New Dramatick Entertainment of Dancing in Grotesque Characters

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda

4663
13 April 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Performance Comment: As17161025, but Governor-Keene; Quisara-Mrs Spiller; With a new Comi/Tragi/Mechanical Prologue in the gay Stile by Spiller-Spiller.

Song: Leveridge, Pack

Dance: As17161221; La Folie-Moreau, Mrs Bullock

4664
16 May 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Griffin, Coker, Mrs Robertson. Afterpiece: [By Benjamin Griffin.] A New Farce. Receipts: money #14 9s.; tickets #42 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Masquerade; or, An Evening's Intrigue

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Kellom's Scholar, Cook, Newhouse, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith, Salle, Mlle Salle; particularly Grand Comic Wedding Dance, Dutch Skipper-Salle, Mlle Salle

4665
27 May 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Old Rake; Or, Greenwich Park

Performance Comment: And a New Oration on several Famous Heads for the Entertainment of the Court, and the Audience his Friends, -D'Urfey on the Stage.

Song: A very Comical Song about the Humours of the Town-

4666
09 September 1717 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: At Penkethman and Pack's very large, commodious Booth, proper for the Reception of the Quality. A new Droll

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twice Married And A Maid Still; Or, Bedding Makes The Bargain Last

Song:

Dance:

4667
09 October 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Written by Shakespear, and since revis'd with several Alterations. The whole Play being new dress'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cimbeline

Dance: As17171005

4668
12 October 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: With a New Sett of Scenes, after LeBrun's Battle of Alexander

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid's Tragedy

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

4669
19 October 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: With an entire Sett of New Scenes from the Opera, never us'd here before, and proper to this Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

4670
26 October 1717 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: With an entire Set of New Scenes from the Opera never us'd here before, and proper to the Play

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

4671
22 November 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. Afterpiece: A New Dramatic Entertainment of Dancing in Grotesque Characters. Receipts: #45 6s. 6d. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant; Or, Beggar's Bush

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus; or, The Mouse Trap

Performance Comment: Mars-Dupre; Vulcan-Lun; Venus-Mrs Schoolding; Graces-Mlle Gautier, Mlle Corail, Miss Schoolding Jr; Hour-Miss Smith; Scaramouches-Boval, Tully, Newhouse, Thurmond Jr; Cyclops-the Four Carpenters; Foreman of the Shop-Spiller; rest-Cook, Pelling, Cook Jr.
Cast
Role: Scaramouches Actor: Boval, Tully, Newhouse, Thurmond Jr

4672
30 November 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear, and since revis'd with several Alterations. A new comedy, The Artful Wife, announced for this day, is deferred to 3 Dec

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cimbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Song: Ray

Dance: As17171022

4673
03 December 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By William Taverner.] Never Acted before. All the Characters being new Drest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Artful Wife

4674
12 December 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By Christopher Bullock.] A New Farce. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Perjuror

Afterpiece Title: Woman's Revenge

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Song: Mrs Barbier; particularly Around Her See Cupids Flying-Mrs Barbier

Dance: As17171022; French Peasant-Moreau, Mrs Bullock

4675
03 January 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit J. and Ch. Rich. Mainpiece: Written by Shakespear. Afterpiece: A New Dramatick Entertainment of Vocal and Instrumental Musick after the Italian Manner, in Grotesque Characters. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #56 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The School of Folly

Dance: Dances for the afterpiece composed by DuPre-DuPre, Boval, Cook, Pelling, Cook Jr, Newhouse, Mlle Gautier, Mrs Schoolding, Mlle Corail, Miss Schoolding Jr