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Event Comment: In the morning Handel's new opera, Justin, was rehearsed. [See Egmont, Diary, II, 342.

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Mainpiece Title: King Lear

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A New Comedy [By Francis Lynch]

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Mainpiece Title: The Independent Patriot; Or, Musical Folly

Afterpiece Title: Hymen's Triumph

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Music by Giovanni Battist Pescetti.

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Mainpiece Title: Demetrius

Afterpiece Title: Il Giocatore

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Alteration of libretto by N. Beregani. Music by Handel.

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Mainpiece Title: Justin

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new comic Interlude. [Music by Giuseppe Maria Orlandini.

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Mainpiece Title: Demetrius

Afterpiece Title: Grullo and Moschetta

Event Comment: EEgmont, Diary, II, 364: I went to the new play called 'King Charles the First,' acted with approbation at [lif]. The Characters are as the historians represent them, the language good and the sentiments fine, but the players are bad, he who represented General Fairfax and Cromwell excepted

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Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First; An Historical Play [charles I]

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 8 March: We hear that the Great Mogul has acceeded to the Treaty of the Hay-Market, which causes various Speculations. Our best Advices assure us, that the Town will be entertain'd there Tomorrow, by a Gentleman who never wrote for the Stage, with a new Performance call'd a Rehearsal of Kings: which will be immediately succeeded by a Dramatick Piece call'd The Historical Register, for the Year 1736, written by the Author of Pasquin. We hear this has given great Alarm to all the Pantomimical Houses in London, Southwark, Rag Fair, &c

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Event Comment: Never Acted before. [Author not known. Apparently not published.] By a Company of Comedians dropt from the Clouds, late Servants to their thrice-renown'd Majesties, Kouly Kan and Theodore. With new Scenes, Habits, and proper Decorations. Boxes 5s. Pit 3s. Gallery 2s. 1st N.B. To prevent the Imposition of Box-Keepers, Gentlemen and Ladies are humbly desir'd to take Tickets at the Office, or to send for them at the Theatre, where Attendance will be given every Day, and Places may be taken. 2d N.B. The Company will endeavour to entertain the Town the remaining part of the Season. [In advance bill in Daily Advertiser, 23 Feb.: 2d N.B. Considering the extraordinary Expence that must necessarily attend equipping so many Monarchs of different Nations, the Proprietor hopes the Town will not take Umbrage at the Prices being rais'd. 3rd. N.B. The Proprietor begs leave to enter his Caveat against all (what Names soever distinguish'd) who may hire, or be hir'd, to do the Drudgery of Hissing, Catcalling, &c. and entreats the Town would discourage, as much as in them lies, a Practice at once so scandalous and prejudicial to Author, Player, and every Fair Theatre Adventure.

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Mainpiece Title: A Rehearsal Of Kings; Or, The Projecting Gingerbread Baker; With The Unheard Of Catastrophe Of Macplunderkan, King Of Roguomania And The Ignoble Fall Of Baron Tromperland, King Of Clouts

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Afterpiece: A New Farce of one Act. [Author not known. Apparently not published.

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Mainpiece Title: A Rehearsal Of Kings

Afterpiece Title: Sir Peevy Pet

Event Comment: By their Royal Highnesses' Command. A new Oratorio, [Text by Morrell. Music by Handel. Prince and Princess of Wales present.

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Mainpiece Title: Il Trionfo Del Tempo E Della Verita

Music: WithConcertos on the Organ-and other Instruments

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new comic Interlude. [Music by Domenico Sani.

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Mainpiece Title: Demetrius

Afterpiece Title: The Impresario

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Music by Frances Veracini.

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Mainpiece Title: Titus

Event Comment: A New Opera. [Text by Giovanni Alberto Ristori. Music arranged by Handel. Apparently not published.

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Mainpiece Title: Dido

Event Comment: LLondon Daily Post and General Advertiser, 17 March: This is to inform the Publick, that the new Tragi-Comedy, intitled The Free-Thinker; or, The Fox uncas'd, which was last Summer rehearsed and was to have been play'd at [lif], but by Mr Rich's letting that House to Mr Giffard, for that Season, was prevented, will be acted on the 14th of April next [at yb], by Mr Hallam's Company of Comedians. The Play is writ much in the same Stile and Manner of George Barnwell....The Author hopes that the Generous and Judicious will encourage the Performance, tho' the Company of Players are not dropt down from the Clouds, nor does the Play libel the Government. [No further announcement of the performance has been noted before 28 April.

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Event Comment: Afterpiece: A Rehearsal of a New Ballad-Opera, burlesqued [By Richard Baker]

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Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Madhouse

Event Comment: Benefit Hatchett. Third Piece: an additional Addition of a new entertaining Scene. In which the whole Art and Mystery of Free-Masonry is delineated, by the Admission of a Lady. At 6:30 p.m. Tickets for Mrs Haywood's benefit taken this day

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Mainpiece Title: The Historical Register

Afterpiece Title: Eurydice Hiss'd

Afterpiece Title: The Female Free Mason

Event Comment: DDaily Advertiser, 26 April: Signior Rolli's new Opera Call'd Sabrina, was rehears'd Yesterday Morning in Mr Heidegger's Apartments, to a numerous and very splendid Audience of Ladies and Gentlemen. The Signora Antonia Maria Marchesini, lately arriv'd from Italy, perform'd in it with universal Approbation

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Mainpiece Title: Sabrina

Event Comment: A new Opera. [Text by Paul Rolli.] Daily Advertiser, 26 April: The Signora Marchesini's Songs are distributed after such a judicious Manner by the ingenious Author, so as to rise gradually upon the Audience in each Act

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Mainpiece Title: Sabrina

Event Comment: LLondon Daily Post and General Advertiser, 28 April: This is to inform the Publick, That the new Tragi-Comedy, entitled, The Free Thinker, or the Fox Uncased, which was to have been play'd on this Day, is oblig'd to be again deferr'd till Friday Se'nnight, being the 6th of May, when it will certainly be play'd [in yb], Pen. Aubin. [See also 14 April.

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Event Comment: Benefit J. Roberts. By Desire. For the Entertainment of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Non-Common Pleas, Mainpiece: Written by the Author of George Barnwell. Second and Third Pieces: Both written by the Author of Pasquin. To begin exactly at Half an Hour after Six, and all will be over by Half an Hour after Nine. Tickets (containing the Prologue to the Register, by way of Ode to the New Year, with the Musick engrav'd on a Copper Plate) may be had of Mr Henry Roberts, Engraver, at the Star over-against the Vine Tavern in Holborn, and at the Theatre in the Hay-Market. Daily Advertiser, 2 May: Sir, As at every one of our Theatres this Day there is a Benefit for Persons under Misfortunes, 'tis humbly hop'd that the more humane Pursuers o Pleasure will suspend their Curiosity for Vaux Hall for one Day, (out of a hundred) in Favour of so many Unfortunate, who have but the Chance of one single Night to relieve them from Afflictions which perhaps they have long labour'd under. And, as I have somewhere read, So humane Worth to God like Heights they'll raise, For the Preserver shares the Maker's Praise. I believe it is fully known, without troubling you with farther Particulars, that among the Number above mention'd, is included, Sir, Your very humble Servant, John Roberts

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Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Curiosity

Afterpiece Title: The Historical Register

Afterpiece Title: Eurydice Hiss'd

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Charke. Mainpiece: A new Ballad Opera. Written in Honour of the Gentlemen of the Navy. [Author not known. Apparently not published.] Afterpiece: Written by the Author of Pasquin

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Mainpiece Title: The Sailor's Opera; Or, An Example Of Justice To Present And Future Times

Afterpiece Title: The Historical Register

Music: With aPreamble on the Kettle@Drums-Mr Job Baker; who will accompany several Songs in the Opera-

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Mainpiece Title: The Historical Register

Performance Comment: See17370321 but With a new Song by way of Epilogue to The Historical Register, call'd The Politician , address'd to the Criticks; the Words of which will be printed, and deliver'd this Night, gratis, at the Theatre;-a Gentlewoman who never sung on the Stage before.

Afterpiece Title: Eurydice Hiss'd

Song: TThe Lady's Lamentation for the Loss of Senesino-

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A new Farce [By T. Cooke]

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Eunuch; or, The Darby Captain

Event Comment: A new Opera. [Text by A. Salvi. Music by Handel.] By His Majesty's Command, [Their Majesties expect to attend.

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Mainpiece Title: Berenice

Event Comment: Afterpiece: a new Comic Interlude. [Apparently not published. Composer not known.

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Mainpiece Title: Sabrina

Afterpiece Title: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme