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Event Comment: At Hippisley-Bullock-Hallam Booth. Afterpiece: a new Ballad Opera. [Advertised 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Aug.; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Sept.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fair Rosamond

Afterpiece Title: The Impostor; or, The Biter Bit: With the Comical Humours of Vizard the Biter, Mixum the Vintner, and his Drawer Balderdash

Dance: I: Two Punches by Tench and Janno. II: The Constant Lovers. End of Droll: Le Badinage Cbampetre. Tumbling by Mynheer Vanderhoff, Mons de Voltore, Mons de Broc, Mons Janno

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Performance Comment: music . The Vocal Parts by Gentlemen, particularly a new Hampstead Song, compos'd by Mr Seedo, for two French Horns, Violins, Hautboys, &c. The Instrumental by the best Hands. The Violin Concertino by Capt Dupar, Scholar to the late celebrated Signor Corelli, and late Musick Master to his present Highness the Prince of Orange. With several Pieces of his own composing, for the Violin and Harpsichord. The Concert will consist of three Acts .
Event Comment: Benefit Bardin and Cross. All the Characters new dress'd. And at Six exactly we shall begin, on Account of the Length of the

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: By Lesac and Miss Rogers

Entertainment: Pit and Boxes to be laid together. Gallery 1s

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Southerne. Afterpiece: With New Habits, Scenes, Machines, and other Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Cupid and Psyche; or, Colombine Courtezan

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Comedy of Two Acts, intermixed with Songs, taken from Plautus and Shakespear. [Author unknown. Apparently not printed. Daily Journal lists Raleigh-Hall.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: See If You Like It; or, 'Tis All a Mistake

Dance: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. Scot's Dance, as17340920

Event Comment: For the Benefit of the Author of the New Comedy. As 9 Oct

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage; Or, The Innocent Adultery

Afterpiece Title: See If You Like It

Dance: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Miss Rogers. Scots Dance, as17340920

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by Metastasio. Music by J. A. Hasse and R. Broschi.] Pit and Boxes by Tickets at a half guinea. Gallery 5s. 6 P.M. Daily Advertiser, 30 Oct.: All the Royal Family were at the Opera, when Signior Farinelli perform'd . . . with prodigious Applause. The Theatre was exceedingly crowded

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Artaxerxes

Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 4 Nov.: We are informed, that when Mr Handel waited on their Majesties with his New Opera of Ariodante, his Majesty . . . was graciously pleased to subscribe 1000/. towards carrying on the Opera [at CG. No confirmation of this point is known]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tamerlane

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Event Comment: Not Acted [there] these Eight Years [but see 4 Jan. 1728]. Written by Shakespeare. With New Scenes, Habits, and other Decorations, and proper Pieces of Musick between the Acts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

Dance: By Poitier and Mlle Roland

Event Comment: First Piece: A new Dramatick Entertainment in Musick. [Music by Handel.] Second Piece: An Opera. With several Additions, intermix'd with Choruses. Pit and Boxes half a guinea. First Gallery 4s. Upper Gallery 21. 6d. [King and Princesses Amelia and Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Terpsicore

Afterpiece Title: Pastor Fido

Event Comment: As this Entertainment has been frequently perform'd at another Theatre [CG] (but notwithstanding has been equally Expensive as if entirely New) to oblige the Town, it will, for the future, be perform'd At Common Prices

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Dance: I: A Grand Serious Dance by Denoyer and Mlle Roland. II: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. In: A new Comic Dance by Denoyer. IV: The Black and White Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. V: A Grand Comic Dance by Poitier and Mlle Roland

Performance Comment: II: Revellers by Essex and Mrs Walter. In: A new Comic Dance by Denoyer. IV: The Black and White Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. V: A Grand Comic Dance by Poitier and Mlle Roland .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Mad Captain

Performance Comment: Cast not listed. And a New Prologue and Epilogue .
Event Comment: London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 30 Nov.: Last Night there was a Rehearsal of a new Opera before his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales at his House in Pall-Mall, in which Farinelli and Senesino each of them perform'd a Part

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Event Comment: With all New Scenes, Machines, and Decorations, as much as the Theatre will admit of

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sampson Judge Of Israel

Afterpiece Title: Le Carillon de Maitre Gervaise and Dame Alison

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Dance: IV: La Folette s'cest Ravizee by F. Tench and Mrs Woodward. New Scot's Dance, as17341202

Performance Comment: Tench and Mrs Woodward. New Scot's Dance, as17341202.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Chymical Counterfeits

Performance Comment: As17341209 A new Comic Medley Overture compos'd by Prelleur .

Dance: Scot's Dance, as17341202

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: Colombine Courtezan

Dance: I: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Mrs Walter. II: Grand Comic Ballet by Poitier and Mlle Roland. III: Black Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. IV: Grand Polish Dance (with New Habits), as17341221

Performance Comment: II: Grand Comic Ballet by Poitier and Mlle Roland. III: Black Joak by Nivelon and Miss Mann. IV: Grand Polish Dance (with New Habits), as17341221.
Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Otway. Afterpiece: A new Farce of one Act [by Henry Fielding]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom; or, The Virgin Unmask'd

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by A. Salvi. Music by Handel. King, Queen, Princesses Amelia and Caroline present.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ariodante

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Courtly Nice

Performance Comment: Sir Courtly (New Dress'd)-Cibber Sr .

Afterpiece Title: An Old Man Taught Wisdom

Dance: The Russian Sailor by Denoyer and others

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Written by Mr Dryden. Afterpiece: A New Tragi-Comi-Farcical Operatical Grotesque Pantomime. [By John Kelly.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Plot

Dance: Polish Ballet, as17341221

Event Comment: [Text by Paul Rollo. Music by Nicholas Porpora.] A New Opera. London Daily Post and General Advertiser, 3 Feb.: On Saturday Their Majesties ...the Prince of Wales, and the Princesses Amelia and Carolina . . . saw the Opera of Polifemo, which was perform'd to one of the greatest Audiences that hath King's been known this Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Polifemo

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A New Farce of one Act. [By Robert Dodsley.] Prompter, 18 Feb.: This little Performance, without any Theatrical Merit whatsoever, received the loudest Applauses that I have heard this long while, only on Account of its General and Well-Adapted Satire on the Follies of Mankind

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Afterpiece Title: The Toy-Shop

Dance: Scot's Dance by Glover, Miss Rogers, Le Sac, Miss Baston, De la Garde, Mrs De l'Orme. Tambourine by Miss Rogers. The Medley by S. Lally, de la Garde, Miss Baston

Event Comment: The Characters new Drest

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Gallant