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Event Comment: Written by the most Ingenious Mr Wycherly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-

Dance: Prince, Mrs Elford, Weaver; And at the Request of several Persons of Quality, there will be performed that delightful Exercise of Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, according to the Italian manner-

Related Works
Related Work: The Fairy Prince, with the Installation of the Knights of the Garter Author(s): George Colman, the elder
Related Work: The Loyal Brother; or, The Persian Prince Author(s): Thomas Southerne
Event Comment: [By George Farquhar. Date of premiere unknown. Published 5 March.] Preface: As to the Success of it...the French were prepossess'd, and the charms of Gallick Heels were too hard for an English Brain....There were some Gentlemen in the Pit the first Night, that took the Hint from the Prologue to damn the Play; but they made such a noise in the execution, that the People took the outcry for a reprieve....There is a Gentleman of the first Understanding, and a very good Critick, who said of Mr Wilks, that in this Part he out-acted himself, and all Men that he ever saw

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Wroth, Widdow of Mr Tho. Wroth, Musician, lately Deceased. At 6 p.m. Tickets 2s. 6d. The School is in Wine-Office Court in Fleet-street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hand and Voices in London

Event Comment: That Famous Comedy. Written by the Ingenious Mr Cowley

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Guardian; Or, The Cutter Of Coleman Street

Event Comment: Benefit Pinkeman. Common Prices. All Persons that come behind the Scenes are desired to pay their Money to none but Mr Pinkeman. [This benefit had originally been advertised for 24 Oct. but deferred, the offerings for that day being a medley of The Death of King Henry VI, a Tragical Interlude of one Act only; Aesop, "several select Scenes" only; and The School-Boy; or, The Comical Rivals.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Makes A Man; Or, The Fop's Fortune

Performance Comment: Don Cholerick-Pinkeman; Don Dismallo-Cibber; And a new cunning Epilogue to the Town,-Pinkeman.

Entertainment: Several pretty Entertainments-

Event Comment: Written by the Famous Mr Whicherly

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Wife

Dance: The Mad/Man's Dance . A new Dance perform'd-16 Persons in Grotesque Habits; in which Variety of Postures-a Black will perform to Admiration; Roger a Coverly-Weaver , as it was done Originally after the Yorkshire manner

Performance Comment: A new Dance perform'd-16 Persons in Grotesque Habits; in which Variety of Postures-a Black will perform to Admiration; Roger a Coverly-Weaver , as it was done Originally after the Yorkshire manner.

Song: The Chimney Sweeper's Dialogue-; A Trumpet Song never sung but twice on the Stage-; Mrs Hodgson, Mrs Willis

Music: The Turkey/Cock Music-. An Entertainment performed before the Doge and Senate of Venice at the last Carnival

Performance Comment: An Entertainment performed before the Doge and Senate of Venice at the last Carnival.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Mode And The New; Or, Country Miss With Her Fourbeloe

Performance Comment: Ediiton of 1703 lists: Sir Fumbler Oldmode-Johnson; Frederick-Wilks; Will Queenlove-Mills; M de Pistole-Bowen; Tom Pistole-Cibber; Misterious Maggothead-Pinkeman; Major Bombard-Cross; Captain Crimp-Boyse; Abram-Bullock; Combwig-Fairbank; Lady Oldmode-Mrs Moor; Lucia-Mrs Oldfield; Gatty-Mrs Moor; Probleme-Mrs Knight; Prologue-Pinkeman; Epilogue-Mrs Moor.
Event Comment: Tickets are given out...by Mr Pinkeman, who has taken care to provide Places for Persons of Quality at Five Shillings each, and the lower at half a Crown. And a Stage built for the Performers. At 6 p.m

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Italian Interludes

Dance: Some mimical Entertainments a Famous-Scaramouch, Harlequin , who lately perform'd before the Court of Hanover and their Prussian Majesties, now arriv'd in England

Related Works
Related Work: Harlequin a Sorcerer: With the Loves of Pluto and Proserpine Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Rape of Proserpine: With The Birth and Adventures of Harlequin Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald

Entertainment: Vaulting. An extraordinary Performance on the Manag'd Horse-the greatest Master of the Age , exceeding whatever has been done by any other, especially his resting on one hand with his whole Body extended while he drinks several Glasses of Wine, and then throwing himself a Somerset over the Horse's head; Rope/dancing With and without a Pole,-the two famous French Maids so much admir'd, for surpassing all others in their Art, that they have been presented with Medals at most of the Courts in Europe

Performance Comment: An extraordinary Performance on the Manag'd Horse-the greatest Master of the Age , exceeding whatever has been done by any other, especially his resting on one hand with his whole Body extended while he drinks several Glasses of Wine, and then throwing himself a Somerset over the Horse's head; Rope/dancing With and without a Pole,-the two famous French Maids so much admir'd, for surpassing all others in their Art, that they have been presented with Medals at most of the Courts in Europe.
Event Comment: A reviv'd play written by Mr Otway. Tickets delivered for The Sullen Lovers taken at this performance

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos, Prince Of Spain

Entertainment: Singing and dancing, as expressed in the Bill-

Event Comment: Not Acted these Twenty-eight Years. Written by the Ingenious Mr Shadwell, late Poet Laureat

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sullen Lovers; Or, The Impertinents, With The Humours Of Sir Positive At-all

Performance Comment: Sir Positive-Powell; With a new Prologue by way of Elegy on the Death of the Royal Oak Lottery-Powell; And an Epilogue on the Life and Character of Maister Observator-Powell.
Event Comment: Not Acted these Twenty Years....a Revis'd Tragedy. [Nicoll, p. 289, has entry from LC 7/3: 6 Nov. 1703 Upon a false surmise (?) of Mr Congreve s at 3 in the afternoon our Reviv'd Play stopt so yt the best part of the Audience was lost."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love And Danger; Or, The Mistaken Jealousie

Event Comment: the Written by the Ingenious Mr Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Dance: As17031102

Event Comment: Written by the late Ingenious Mr Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Music: As17031109

Dance: As17031102

Event Comment: Written by the Ingenious Mr Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Song:

Dance:

Music: A new Entertainment for Flutes-the best Masters

Event Comment: Aeneas and Dido compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Anatomist; Or, The Sham-doctor

Afterpiece Title: Mars and Venus

Afterpiece Title: Aeneas and Dido

Event Comment: Benefit Will Pinkeman. Written by the late Ingenious Mr Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Music: As17031109

Dance: duRuell, Mrs Mayers, others

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Ingenious Mr Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Song: As17031102

Dance: Grotesque Dances-

Event Comment: Written by the late Ingenious Mr Shadwell

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cautious Coxcomb

Music: Together with 3 several New Entertainments of Musick perform'd in Consort upon Hautboys Flutes and German Horns-7 young Men lately brought over by their Master the famous Godfrede Pepusch, Musician in Ordinary to his Majesty the King of Prussia. The Composition being made entirely new for that pupose by his Brother, that Eminent Master Mr John Christopher Pepusch

Performance Comment: The Composition being made entirely new for that pupose by his Brother, that Eminent Master Mr John Christopher Pepusch.
Event Comment: Benefit Mills. At the Desire of Several Persons of Quality. Written by the late Famous Mr Dryden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conquest Of Granada By The Spaniards: With The Loves Of Almanzor And Almahide

Song: As17031102

Dance: duRuel, duRuel's Wife

Music: As17040404

Event Comment: Written by these Famous Authors, Mr Beaumont and Fletcher. And particular Care is taken that every thing mention'd in the Bills shall exactly be perform'd

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid In The Mill

Song: Scotch Song Song in Praise of a Highland Laird-; other Scotch Songs-

Dance: Grand Dance of the Laird and his Highland Attendance-; Other Scotch dances-

Event Comment: At Pinkeman's Booth in Brookfield Market-Place at the East Corner of Hyde Park, to be kept for the space of Sixteen Days, The Booth is easily known by the Picture of the Elephant and Mr Pinkeman sitting in State on his back on the outside of the Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Performance Comment: Several Entertainments which will be express'd at large upon the Bills, especially one very surprizing, that the whole World never yet produc'd the like, viz-; He speaks an Epilogue upon an Elephant between Nine and Ten Foot high, arriv'd from Guinea, led upon the Stage by six Blacks-.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Performance Comment: By a compleat Company of near 20 of the best Rope/Dancers, Vaulters, Tumblers in Europe, who are all excellent in their several Performances, and do such wonderful and surprizing things as the whole World cannot parallel; where , who gave that extraordinary satisfaction before Charles III, King of Spain on Board the Royal Katherine, performs several new Entertainments-Finley; and where the Lady Mary, likewise shews such Additions to her former admirable perfections, as render her the wonder of the whole World. and where the Lady Mary, likewise shews such Additions to her former admirable perfections, as render her the wonder of the whole World.
Event Comment: Benefit Powell. Note, That the Tickets given out for Tuesday in last Whitson-Week at the New Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, for the Benefit of Mr Powell, will be taken for this Play at the Theatre Royal

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Volpone

Performance Comment: Volpone-Powell; Mosca-Wilks; With a New Prologue to the Town-.

Song:

Dance: To be expressed in the Bills