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We found 219 matches on Performance Comments, 54 matches on Event Comments, 32 matches on Performance Title, 29 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: A new Serious Opera. With grand Chorusses. New Dances, new Cloaths, and new Decorations painted by Biggari and Conti. Music composed by Giovan S. Bach. By Command of their Majesties

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Mainpiece Title: Carattaco

Event Comment: Sga Campolini and Sg Guglielmi are extremely sorry that the New Dances intended to be performed this night are prevented on account of the indisposition of Sga Radicatti. The Poetry, taken from an old Book, is altered and adapted to the present Taste by Bottarelli; Music by Piccini. Benefit for Signora Campolini and Guglielmi. Scene Painters and Machinists-Bigari and Conti

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Mainpiece Title: Sesostri

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Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17820924, but Ostrick-Barrymore; Guildenstern-Phillimore; Ophelia-Miss Wheeler; omitted: Sailor, Francisco, Bernardo . omitted: Sailor, Francisco, Bernardo .
Cast
Role: Francisco Actor: Norris

Afterpiece Title: The Best Bidder

Performance Comment: Principal Characters by Palmer, Dodd, Baddeley, Barrymore, Suett, R. Palmer, Wright, Chaplin, Parsons; Mrs Wrighten, Mrs Bulkley. [Cast from European Magazine, Dec 1782, p. 465: Count Bam-Palmer; Lord Beauboot-Dodd; Snarem-Baddeley; Captain Standard-Barrymore; Inkhorn-Suett; Skip-R. Palmer; Watchman-Wright; Sir Tedious Prose-Parsons; Mrs Brocade-Mrs Wrighten; Arabella-Mrs Bulkley. Chaplin is unassigned.] Prologue spoken by Palmer. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi. Prologue spoken by Palmer. [This was spoken, as here assigned, at all subsequent performances.] hathi.

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Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17820924, but Ostrick-Barrymore; omitted: Sailor, Francisco . omitted: Sailor, Francisco .
Cast
Role: Francisco Actor: Norris

Afterpiece Title: The Triumph of Mirth

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Mainpiece Title: Hamlet

Performance Comment: As17821209, but Polonius-Quick; 1st Gravedigger-Booth; omitted: Francisco, Bernardo . omitted: Francisco, Bernardo .
Cast
Role: Francisco Actor: Helme

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: As17830530

Song: End of Act II of mainpiece Tally ho.', as17830516

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.

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Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius

Music: As17160502

Event Comment: Afterpiece: A Cantata (divided into two Entertainments) set to Musick by Sig Attilio Ariosti

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Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Diana on Mount Latmos

Event Comment: Benefit Sig Victoria and the Doctor. By His Majesty's Command. Mainpiece: Being a particular Fatigue of Argentina, with her Comical Affectation of her New Title; wherein the Doctor will perform by the Name of Tabarin , a New Character, very Comical and Jocose, never yet seen on the Stage, which has been reserved for that Day, and may be continued hereafter, if he has the Happiness of pleasing his most Noble Spectators better than by his former

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Argentina Ortolana Contessa Per Forza

Dance: new Scaramouch , lately arriv'd from Italy; Serious and Grotesque Dancing particularly-M deCamp, Mlle Mimi l'Post , first Dancers of the Opera at Brussels, just arrived

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: By the best Performers. [Thumoth] performs several Lessons on the Harpsichord, and several Solos of Sig Quontz's on the German Flute, and Grand Concertos compos'd for the Trumpet

Performance Comment: [Thumoth] performs several Lessons on the Harpsichord, and several Solos of Sig Quontz's on the German Flute, and Grand Concertos compos'd for the Trumpet .
Event Comment: Composed by Sig Bononcini

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Mainpiece Title: Astartus

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Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Music: Musical Medley called The Topers; or The Sons of Bacchus. Written and set to Musick, by Sig Carini, Author of The Dragon of Wantley; Vocals-Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Roberts

Performance Comment: Written and set to Musick, by Sig Carini, Author of The Dragon of Wantley; Vocals-Leveridge, Laguerre, Salway, Roberts.

Dance: IV: Peasant-Lalauze, Mlle Roland; V: Clown-Nivelon; End Afterpiece: Dance of Sailors-Glover

Event Comment: N.B. Sig Sodi being recover'd of his last indisposition, will dance this Night as usual

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Enrico

Event Comment: Benefit Sig Checo Torinese. Mainpiece: By Particular desire. Tickets deliver'd out for Venice Preserv'd will be taken. Tickets and places to be had of Hobson at the stage door

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Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Lying Valet

Dance: I: The Sicilian Peasant, as17430310 III: La Mascarade de Florana-Checo, Chiaretta; V: Italian Gardeners, as17421231

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Mainpiece Title: Orpheus Seeking After Eurydice

Performance Comment: Vocal Parts-Palma, Rochetti, Fratestanti; who sing some song composed in Italy in Comic Style; for the first time in publick, the famous Cantata by the late Sig. Pergolesi-.
Event Comment: We hear from the King's Theatre in the Haymarket, that as the Celebrated Opera Dido, wrote by Abbat Metastasio, and set to Musick by Sig Hasse, cannot be got ready for Representation till almost a fortnight, the Opera Lucius Verus (consisting of chosen Airs from the Compositions of Mr Handel) will be performed next Saturday (Daily Advertiser)

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Event Comment: A New Comic Opera. Benefit for Sig Crosa who brought into England the comedy of Italy. Set to Musick by the celebrated Cocchi of Naples. [Subscriber's tickets will not be admitted this Night. La Maestra published this day.

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Mainpiece Title: La Maestra

Entertainment: Between the Acts: A new Interlude-Signor Laschi

Event Comment: At Phillips's Great Theatrical Booth opposite Cow Lane. With the surprising performances of an Englishman and a Citizen of London [Lort] who performs all the Equilibres on the Slack Rope that were performed by the muchfamed Turk. Prices: 2s. 6d., 1s. 6d., 1s., 6d. To begin at Twelve. [Time and prices the same at all booths.] Afterpiece: With the Escape of Harlequin into a Glass Bottle, also the last new additional Scene of Sig Jumpedo Jumping Down his own Throat. [An unhappy evening, for "last night the gallery of Phillips' booth fell down, with a great number of people in it, by which accident several persons were hurt, and some dangerously. This misfortune could be owing to nothing but the carelessness of the workmen, who upon such occasions deserve to be severely punished" (General Advertiser, 24 Aug.). The Daily Advertiser noted that Mr Stringellow, a goldsmith, in Aldersgate St., and Thomas Hodges, a journeyman-plaisterer in Golden Lane, were killed.

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Mainpiece Title: The Tempest

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Event Comment: By Desire of Several Persons of Quality. [Scheduled performance of 17 March, cancelled because of "The Indisposition of Sig Laschi."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Negligente

Event Comment: Benefit Signor Laschi, with Comic Interludes between the Acts, called La Serva Padrona. The music composed by Sig Gio. Batista Pergolesi

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Adriano In Siria

Afterpiece Title: La Serva Padrona

Event Comment: Benefit Sig Croza

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Mainpiece Title: Il Trionfo Di Camilla

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Afterpiece Title: Animal Pantomime

Performance Comment: Pantomime Entertainment. The Animal Comedians brought from Italy by Sig Ballard.
Event Comment: Benefit for Master Benjamin Hallet and Sig Gapatono

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Mainpiece Title: The Old Woman's Oratory

Song: TThe Dust Cart-Toe; accompanied-, Bombasto; Grand Dance in the Old British Taste-; Hornpipe-Timertoe

Event Comment: A New Opera composed by Sig Ciampi. To begin at 6:30 p.m

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Mainpiece Title: Didone

Event Comment: Comic Opera in Italian and French, 3 Acts (Larpent MS 107). Subtitle, O Sia, Il Finto Femmina. La Musica e del Sig Leonardo Leo, Maestro di Capella Napolitano (Edition of 1752, Amsterdam). [Rich had applied for license to Duke of Grafton 8 Feb.] This day at Noon will be publish'd at 1s. L'Amor Costante, Dramma Comico, pe Musica, as it is acted at Covent Garden. With an English translation. Sold by H. Woodfall

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Mainpiece Title: L'amour Costante

Dance: [Unspecified.]

Event Comment: Composed by Sig Perez. [The first advance bill attributed it to Hasse.

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Mainpiece Title: Ezio

Performance Comment: Signora Mingotti will sing this evening.