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Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Charges: #35 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Joshua

Music: Concerto on Violin-Paganini

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Theatrical Register, 1769: This perhaps is one of the best of all Mr Handel's performances in this species of composition. Charges: #35 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: Concerto on Hautboy-Fischer

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Theatrical Register, 1769: We cannot rank this among th most capital of Mr Handel's oratorios; and yet it has great merit in one particular, viz. the attempt to characterize the idea of the plagues of Egypt by the power of music, in which, perhaps, the composer has carried the force of imitation to its utmost extent. Charges: #35 (Account Book)

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Mainpiece Title: Israel In Egypt

Music: Concerto on Violin-Paganini

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Charges: #35 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: CConcerto on Hautboy-Fischer

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Charges: #35 (Account Book)

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Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: CConcerto on Hautboy-Fischer

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Il Re Alla Caccia

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Charges: #35 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: CConcerto on Hautboy-Fischer

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Receiv'd from Stanley and Smith for use of the Organ this season #21; for coals burnt at Oratorios #2 2s. Charges: #35 (Account Book)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: Serenata Geminiane, Third Opera,-Sg Paganini

Performances

Mainpiece Title: None

Event Comment: Both Pieces By Command of their Majesties. Gave Yeomen of the Guards #2 2s, (Account Book). Receipts: #226

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Man And Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Entertainment: As17691010

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of Their Majesties. Man and Wife Publish'd at 1s. 6d. (Winston MS 10). Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #178 12s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: Thomasand Sally

Dance: III: The Merry Sailors, as17691018; End: Rural Love, as17690925

Event Comment: A new comic Opera. Music by Piccini. Pit and Boxes together and no Persons admitted without Tickets which will be delivered this day at the Office at 10s. 6d. Gallery 5s. Second Gallery 3s. By their Majesties Commands no Persons whatsoever to be admitted behind the Scenes or into the Orchestra. Gallery Pit and Boxes open at Five. To begin precisely at 6:30 p.m. Vivant Rex at Regina. [Repeated.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Contadine Bizzarre

Event Comment: Both Pieces by Command of Their Majesties (playbill). Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #226 12s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Dance: III: A New Dance call'd The Whim-Aldridge, Sga Manesiere. [See17690427]

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of Their Majesties. Gave Yeomen of Guards #2 2s. (Account Book). Receipts: #208 6s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Brothers

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Lady

Dance: III: A Dance-Mas. Burton, Miss Besford; End: The Whim, as17691123

Event Comment: New Dances. The Music, entirely New by Guglielmi. By Command of their Majesties. New Clothes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ezio

Event Comment: Both pieces By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Jubilee

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties. Tickets to be had and Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr Johnston at the Stage Door of the Theatre, at Half a Guinea. Pit 5s. First Gallery 3s. 6d. Second Gallery 2s. The doors to be opened at 5 o'clock. To begin at Half past six. [Stanley and Smith carried their Royal Prerogative over to Drury Lane this season.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: FFirst Violin-Barthelemon; Concerto on Hautboy-Fischer

Event Comment: By Command of Their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: FFirst Violin-Barthelemon; Concerto on the Organ-Stanley

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gideon

Music: As17700302

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast With The Coronation Anthems

Music: FFirst Violin, a Concerto-Barthelemon; a Solo on the Violincello-the celebratedMr DuPort, Musician to the Prince of Conte; and By Particular Desire after the First Act: Dove Sci in Rodelinda-Sg Guadagni; End Act II: Doppo L'Orrore in Otho-

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Acis And Galatea, With Dryden's ode- By handel

Music: As17700302 but Concerto on Violincello-Duport; and by Particular Desire After the First Act: Dove Sci in Rodelinda-Sg Guadagni

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Judas Maccabaeus

Music: FFirst Violin-Barthelemon; Solo on Violincello-Duport

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Messiah

Music: As17700321 Concerto on the Hautboy-Fischer

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander's Feast With The Coronation Anthems

Music: FFirst Violin, solo-Barthelemon; Solo on the Violincello-Duport

Event Comment: By Command of their Majesties

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Samson

Music: As17700323