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4948 results for: Keyword - Scots and English Songs
We found 2179 matches on Performance Comments, 2062 matches on Performance Title, 1166 matches on Event Comments, 122 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1576
20 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Performance Comment: Timon-Milward; Apemantus-Quin; Alcibiades-Mills; Poet-Woodward; Melissa-Mrs Pritchard; Evandra-Mrs Butler; Aelius-Johnson; Nicias-Shepard; Isander-Winstone; Isidore-Taswell; Cleon-Ray; Phaeax-Marten; Thrasillas-Reed; Demetrius-Turbutt; Page-Miss Cole; Chloe-Miss Bennet.
Cast
Role: Evandra Actor: Mrs Butler
Role: Isander Actor: Winstone
Related Works
Related Work: Timon of Athens Author(s): Richard Cumberland

Afterpiece Title: The Mock-Lawyer

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; III: Muilment; V: Ballet-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: The last new Song-Mrs Clive by Handel (17 March)

1577
29 March 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Song: I: Song-Beard; as end V 25 March; V: Would You Taste the Noon@Tide (Comus)-Miss Edwards

Dance: In IV: Muilment

1578
09 April 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Cast
Role: Standard Actor: Havard

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Muilment; III: La Matelote-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: Muilment

Song: II: See from the Silent Groves-Beard; IV: By particular Desire, a Song in the Character of a Sea Captain (as17400325-Beard

1579
28 April 1740 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Salway. For the Entertainment of the Grand Master and the Rest of the Brethren of the Ancient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons. Afterpiece: With several Additions by the Author

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Salway; Polly-Mrs Vincent; Lucy-Mrs James; Peachum-Hippisley; Lockit-Mullart; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Mullart; Player-Anderson; Beggar-Gibson; Filch-Clarke; Mat-Stoppelaer; Mrs Coaxer-Miss Horsington; Jenny-Mrs Mullart; Sukey-Mrs Cross; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Kilby; With a Prologue proper to the Occasion-Hallam; Epilogue-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: Player Actor: Anderson

Afterpiece Title: The Parting Lovers

Dance: I: Peasants-French Boy and Girl; II: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; End Afterpiece: Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland

Song: The Songs in Masonry as usual-

1580
07 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Confederacy

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies

Dance: I: Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Muilment; III: Wooden Shoes-Master Ferg; IV: Pierots-Lalauze, Livier; V: Minuet-Rector, Mrs Walter; End Afterpiece: Maggot-Cooke, Mrs Walter

Song: V: Eccho Song (Comus)-Mrs Arne

1581
13 May 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Stoppelaer. For the Entertainment of the Grand, the Vice-Grand, and the rest of the Ancient and Honourable Order of Gregoreans. Two Rows of the Pit will be railed in for Gregoreans only

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Muilment; II: Punch-Master Ferg; V: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: IV: A Dialogue between a Town Rxke and Country Lass-; End Afterpiece: A Trumpet Gregorian Song-; accompanied-a Chorus

1582
04 August 1740 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jupiter And Juno

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Happy; or, Jack Spaniard Bit

Entertainment: GGrand Scaramouch Dance-Phillips, others, as he performed it at the Opera House in Paris, upwards of Forty Nights successively, with universal Applause; Scotch Dialogue-Parry, Mrs Phillips; A new Song-Parry in Praise of Admiral Vernon; Sailor Dance-Phillips; A Grand Dance call'd Vertumnus-Phillips

1583
23 August 1740 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ephalus: With The Death Of Procris

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Performance Comment: Harlequin-Phillips; Colombine-Mrs Phillips; Squire Shallow-Middleton; Noodle-Closon; Tragedy-Adams, Mrs Spiller, Mrs Lax; Comedy-Sunderland, Harrolt, Jones; Milkmaids-Miss Rogers, Mlle Closson, Miss Man, Mrs Middleton; Conjuror, Savoyard-Parry.
Cast
Role: Comedy Actor: Sunderland, Harrolt, Jones

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-Phillips; Hornpipe-Phillips; The Parting Lovers-Phillips

Song: TThe Maid's Wish-Mrs Phillips; A song by Lampe-Parry in Praise of Admiral Vernon upon his taking Chagre Castle

1584
09 October 1740 @ Southwark

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Phillips. At the Playhouse on the Bowling Green. The plays to be acted gratis. The Doors to be open'd at Four, and to begin precisely at Seven

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: I: Drunken Peasant-Phillips; II: A new Miller's Dance-Phillips; V: Scene of the Skeleton, with the Skeleton-a Gentleman for his Diversion

Song: III: A new Whimsical Welsh Song-Hemskirk

Music: By particular Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies, the Quaker's Sermon on the Violin-Phillips

1585
19 November 1740 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Written by Dryden and Lee. [With new machinery.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Performance Comment: Oedipus-Milward; Creon-Quin; Adrastus-Mills; Haemon-Havard; Phorbas-Wright; Tiresias-Berry; Aegeon-Cashell; Diocles-Winstone; Pyracmon-Stevens; Alcander-Ridout; Dymas-Green; Citizens-Chapman, Turbutt, Shepard, Taswell, Marten, Ray, Hough; Jocasta-Mrs Roberts; Eurydice-Mrs Mills; Manto (with the Hymn to Apollo)-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Alcander Actor: Ridout

Music: With new Musick The Songs, Choruses new by Mr Arne-Lowe, Savage, Mrs Clive

1586
15 January 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Twelfth Night; Or, What You Will

Performance Comment: Orsino-Mills; Sebastian-Milward; Sir Toby Belch-Shepard; Sir Andrew Aguecheek-Woodward; Malvolio-Macklin; Clown-Chapman; Antonio-Cashell; Fabian-Winstone; Captain-Turbutt; Maria-Mrs Macklin; Valentine-Ridout; Curio-Green; Officer-Marten; Priest-Woodburn; Viola-Mrs Pritchard; Olivia-Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Sir Andrew Aguecheek Actor: Woodward

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Song: In II: Songs by Mr Arne-Lowe

Dance: II: French Peasants-Nivelon, Mlle Duval; IV: La Tambourin Matelote-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

1587
15 January 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Not Acted these Hundred Years. Written by Shakespear. With proper Scenes, Habits, and Decorations

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Winter's Tale

Song: dopted to the play, particulary a% Song-the Gentlewoman who performed Polly

Dance: dapted to the Play%

1588
20 February 1741 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: TThe Cuckow Song-

1589
13 March 1741 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Russell. Pit and Boxes at 5s. Gallery 2s. 6d. 7 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Particularly a new Concerto on the Violin-Veracini; songs-Russell; a Concerto on the German Flute-Schultz

1590
11 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Grand Master and the rest of the Brethren of...Free and Accepted Masons. Benefit Bencraft. Receipts: money #59 3s.; seals #65 8s. (Account Book); #130 (Rylands MS.). [Bencraft was charged #70 for his benefit.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Performance Comment: See17410310 but Heartwell-Bridgwater; Laetitia-Mrs Woffington; Bellmour-Ryan; Vainlove-Gibson; Sharper-Hale; Setter-Oates; Barnaby-Clarke; Sir Joseph-Neale; Bluff-Mullart; Belinda-Mrs Bellamy; Araminta-Mrs Hale; Sylvia-Mrs Vincent; Lucy-Mrs Mullart; Fondlewife-Hippisley; With a proper Prologue-Brother Hallam; And an Epilogue-Mrs Horton.
Cast
Role: And an Epilogue Actor: Mrs Horton.

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Mechel; The Swiss-Mechel, Mlle Mechel

Song: With the Songs in Masonry-as usual; And, by particular Desire, a Duette in the Characters of Punch and Colombine-Bencraft, Mrs Lampe

1591
13 April 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: I: Miss Scott; I: L'Arlequine deux visages-Mlle Chateauneuf; In III: Ballet-Desse; III: A new dance-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; V: L'Allamande-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf

Song: II: Blow Blow thou Winter Wind-Mrs Arne; IV: The Echo Song-Mrs Arne

1592
15 April 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the...Masons. Benefit Blakes and Miss Hippisley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: Miss Medina, Mrs Jones; the Masons' Songs-Hemskirk

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-Chettle; Hornpipe-Yates, others

1593
29 April 1741 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Brother Montgomery (Tiler of the Grand Lodge) and Brother Excell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: Brother Montgomery; In Daily Advertiser, 28 April: I: The Enter'd Prentice's Song-Brother Montgomery, other Masons; in their proper Habiliments. II: Advice to the Sons of Bacchus the words by Excell; music by James-Excell; IV: On on my dear Brethren-

Music: In Daily Advertiser, 28 April:A Concerto on the Harpsichord-James

1594
30 April 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: For the Entertainment of the Grand, the Vice-Grand, and the Brethren of the Ancient and Honourable Order of Gregorians. Benefit James. Receipts: #150 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Song: I: Blow Blow-Roberts; IV: Britons Strike Home (by Desire of the Brethren)-Leveridge, Salway; V: The Gregorian Song-

Dance: III: Comic Dance-Richardson, Mlle Ozanne

1595
06 May 1741 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Vaughan and Powell, Boxkeepers, and Gwinn, Pit-Keeper. Receipts: #100 (Rylands MS.)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Cast
Role: Miranda Actor: Mrs Vincent

Afterpiece Title: The Tanner of York

Dance: As17410505, but I, III, V: dances

Song: IV: Roast Beef Song (by Desire)-Leveridge

1596
22 May 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Hobson (House Keeper and Stage Door Keeper), and Moor

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Lowe

Song: I: The Eccho Song in Comus-Mrs Arne; II: Blow Blow thou Winter Wind-Lowe; V: The Noon@Tide Air-Mrs Clive

Dance: III: La Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; IV: La Matelote-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

1597
28 May 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Cast
Role: Leander Actor: Lowe

Song: I: Blow Blow-Lowe; IV: The Noon@Tide Air-Lowe; V: Revenge Timotheus Cries (a favourite song in Alexander's Feast)-Savage

Dance: II: Minuet-Liviez, Miss Story; III: Le Matelote Tambourine-Maltere, Mlle Maltere

Music: IV: The March in Zara-; end Afterpiece: Preamble on Kettle Drum-Jo. Woodbridge

1598
15 October 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Performance Comment: Duke Senior-Mills; Duke Frederick-Ward; Jaques-Cibber; Orlando-Milward; Amiens-Lowe; Touchstone-Macklin; Oliver-Havard; Adam-Berry; Silvius-Green; Phebe-Miss Bennet; Le Beau-Ridout; Jaques de Bois-Turbutt; Corin-Taswell; Charles-Winstone; William-Ray; Audrey-Mrs Egerton; Celia-Mrs Clive; Rosalind-Mrs Woffington; Songs by Arne-; Vocal in the play to be performed, as originally,-Lowe, Mrs Clive.
Cast
Role: Orlando Actor: Milward

Dance: I: a Ballet-Desse; II: a Comic Dance between a Miller and his Wife-M Mechell, Mlle Mechel; A Sailor's Dance-Dumont, Mrs Walter

Song: II: Happy Pair-Beard; IV: Non Ch' Amarmi a Song of Farinelli's-Mrs Arne

1599
24 October 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Cast
Role: Amanda Actor: Mrs Butler

Dance: II: Sailor's Dance, as17411015; IV: The Swiss, as17410926

Song: I: The Early Horn-Lowe; III: Lascia Cadermi in Volto, a Song of Farinelli's in Artaxerxes-Mrs Arne; V: Rise Glory Rise-Beard

1600
03 December 1741 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: RRylands MS: Old Cibber play'd Brute. [The preceding day's notice started this performance was By Command of his Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, although no such notice appears in the day's Bill. But the following note is included on the day's bill in the London Daily Post and General Advertiser.] By His Majesty's Command, no persons to be admitted behind the scenes, nor any money to be return'd after the curtain is drawn up. [Fleetwood made an earnest attempt this year to clear the stage for action. All notices up to this day contain the prohibition of members of the audience behind scenes as stated on the bill of 15 Oct. Hereafter the prohibition is enforced by His Majesty's Command.] Receipts: #182

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provoked Wife

Cast
Role: in which character will be introduc'd songs proper Actor: .

Song: I: Bright Author of my Present Flame-Lowe; IV: Non Ch'amarmi a Song of Farinelli's-Mrs Arne

Dance: II: A Pierrot Dance, as17411114; III: The Drunken Peasant, as17411029; V: A Musette, as17411114