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Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

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Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: The Medley; or, Harlequin At-All Author(s): Lewis Theobald

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Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave

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Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd

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Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

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Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave

Event Comment: long letter appeared in the General Advertiser favoring support of places of public entertainment for the lower classes: That Spectacles such as Rope Dancing, Tumbling and Feats of Activity, are the most harmless and best accommodated to the Genius of the Common people of any which are exhibited, will be evident on considering that they neither harden the heart, pervert or inflame the Inclinations, nor corrupt the principles, but simply gratify the curiosity, the only means by which the populace can receive pleasure from objects of this kind."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Dance: As17520127

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Mainpiece Title: The Committee

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Dance: TTwo Pierrots, as17520504; Drunken Peasant-Phillips, Smith

Event Comment: Benefit for Evans and Green (Boxkeepers). Tickets sold at the doors will not be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: DDrunken Peasant-Phillips, with the Clown Smith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Revenge

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Related Work: The Comical Revenge; or, Love in a Tub Author(s): Sir George Etherege

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Macheath-Beard; Peachum-Yates; Lockit-Berry; Beggar-Winstone; Player-Burton; Lucy-Mrs Clive; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Cross; Filch-Raftor; Diana Trapes-Mrs Havard; Polly-Miss Norris; Mat o Mint-Blakes; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Bennet; In Act III a Hornpipe-Mathews; To conclude with a country dance-the characters of the opera.
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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Dance: I: The Matelot Basque, as17521005

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Merlin's Cave; or, Harlequin Skeleton

Performance Comment: Chasseur Royal-Lowe; Merlin-Howard; Diana-Miss Davis; Jupiter in the Character of Harlequin-Miles; Mercury-Vincent; Doctor-Bencraft; Colombine-Miss Haughton; Pierrot-LaLauze.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello, Moor Of Venice

Performance Comment: Othello-Barry; Iago-Macklin; Brabantio-Sparks; Cassio-Ridout; Roderigo-Dyer; Lodovico-Anderson; Gratiano-Redman; Duke-Marten; Montano-Bransby; Emilia-Mrs Macklin; Desdemona-Mrs Cibber.
Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Barry

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conscious Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Dance: As17521028

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

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Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: The Fair

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Related Work: Patie and Peggy; or, The Fair Foundling Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17521028

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Ranger

Cast
Role: Other characters Actor: Johnson, Mrs +Simpson.

Dance: II: L'Entree de Flore, as17521122; III: A Hornpipe-Master Granier

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Performance Comment: As17521026, but Colombine-Miss Morrison; the Grand Concluding Ballet-Grandchamps, Mlle Camargo.
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Related Work: Apollo and Daphne; or, The Burgomaster Trick'd Author(s): Lewis Theobald
Related Work: Apollo and Daphne Author(s): Theophilus Cibber

Dance: As17521207

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

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Related Work: The Weathercock Author(s): Theodosius Forrest

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Dance: LLes Chasseurs Allemandes, as17521207

Event Comment: On Thursday next the Earl of Essex, being the last time of performing it

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

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Related Work: The Beggar's Opera Author(s): John Gay

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

Dance: LLes Charboniers, as17521028

Event Comment: Benefit for Sparks. Mainpiece: Not acted these 2 years. [See 3 Feb. 1750.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Distrest Mother

Performance Comment: Pyrrhus-Sparks; Pylades-Ridout; Phenix-Anderson; Orestes-Barry; Cephisa-Mrs Barrington; Cleone-Mrs Griffith; Hermione-Mrs Bland; Andromache-Mrs Cibber; With the Original Epilogue-.
Cast
Role: With the Original Epilogue Actor: .

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Related Work: The What D'Ye Call It Author(s): John Gay

Dance: GGrand Scots Ballet, as17521216

Event Comment: Benefit for Signora Bugiani. Two rows of the Pit will be rail'd into the boxes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Cast
Role: Theodosius Actor: Smith.
Role: Aranthes Actor: Usher
Role: Athenais Actor: Mrs Cibber.
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Related Work: The Weathercock Author(s): Theodosius Forrest

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

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Dance: I: Il Pastore, as17521219; III: A New Dance after the Hungarian manner-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani; V: A Mock Minuet-Maranesi, Sga Bugiani