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17723 results for: Keyword - Thomas and John Baston
We found 15616 matches on Author, 2277 matches on Performance Comments, 1448 matches on Event Comments, 424 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

11951
12 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: N.B. That the Ladies and Gentlemen may not be detained at the Theatre while Tickets are given them, they are desir'd to send for them to Mr Arne's House in Craven Buildings near Drury Lane, Number 17, or to Mr Bradshaw, Box-Keeper, at the Kings Arms in Great Russel St., where tickets may be had, and places taken. Boxes 6s. Pit 4s. First Gallery 2s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6d. Ladies are desir'd to send their servants to keep places by Four o'clock. NB: Mr Arne humbly hopes the Town will not be offended at this small advance of Prices, being at an extraordinary expence for copying all the Music, building the stage, additional instrumental performers, chorus singers, and erecting an Organ. [The attendance apparently was heavy. See note to repeated performance on 19 March.] Mainpiece: Written by Dryden and set to Music by Handel

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexanders Feast

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): John DrydenGeorge Frideric Handel

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): John Weaver

11952
15 March 1742 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Ryan. Mainpiece: At the desire of Several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece by Desire. Tickets of Ryan in Great Queen St., Lincoln's Inn Fields. N.B. Finding the Play the provok'd Wife advertised to be perform'd on Saturday at Drury Lane, I was advised to change my Play to the above. I hope those ladies and Gentlemen who have been kind enough to take tickets, will not be displeased with this alteration. Tickets deliver'd for the Provok'd Wife will be taken

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: The Honest Yorkshireman

Related Works
Related Work: Wonders in the Sun, or, The Kingdom of the Birds Author(s): Thomas D'Urfey

Dance: II: La Provencale, as17420212; IV: Chacone, as17411230; V: Les Maquignons-Delemain[see17420309; End Farce: The Peasants, as17420210

Song: III: Of English Brown Beer-Leveridge, Roberts, Salway, Bennet; V: When English Roast Beef-Leveridge

11953
19 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexanders Feast

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): John DrydenGeorge Frideric Handel

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): John Weaver

11954
17 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexanders Feast

Related Works
Related Work: Alexander's Feast; or, The Power of Musique Author(s): John DrydenGeorge Frideric Handel

Afterpiece Title: Judgment of Paris

Related Works
Related Work: The Judgment of Paris; or, The Triumph of Beauty Author(s): John Weaver

11955
14 May 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Related Works
Related Work: The Country Madcap in London Author(s): Thomas Arne

11956
27 May 1742 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Dance: TThe Welshman's Triumph, or Death of the Wild Goat-son and daughter of David and Winifred apShinken

11957
02 June 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

Dance: SScots Dance-Sga Barberina; Les Savoyardes, as17420501; La Provencale, as17420212

Ballet: RRural Assembly. As17420508

11958
21 September 1742 @ Southwark

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unhappy Favourite Or The Earl Of Essex

Related Works
Related Work: The Unhappy Favourite; or, The Earl of Essex Author(s): John Banks

Afterpiece Title: Mock Doctor

11959
30 September 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Music: I: Concerto-Veracini

Dance: II: Tyrolean Dance, as17420921; III: a New Hornpipe-Philips

11960
11 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar Or The Double Discovery

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Afterpiece Title: Old Man Taught Wisdom

Dance: TThe Happy Lovers, as17421006; La Villageoise, as17421006; Harlequin Dance-Villeneuve, Mlle Auguste

11961
29 October 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: The Necromancer

Cast
Role: Shade of Leander Actor: Salway
Related Works
Related Work: The Necromancer; or, Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Rich
Related Work: Harlequin Doctor Faustus Author(s): John Thurmond

11962
30 October 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: MMrs Cross now doubling in Mrs Peachum and Diana Trapes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Performance Comment: As17421027, but Thomas-Blakes; Goodwill-Taswell.
Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Blakes
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Madcap in London Author(s): Thomas Arne

11963
02 November 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Dance: ThePeasants-Grimaldi, Mlle Auguste, Villeneuve, Dumont, Delagarde, Destrade, Mrs Delagarde, Mrs LeBrun, Mrs LaFont, Mrs Villeneuve; Chinese Dance-Grimaldi, Mlle Auguste

11964
03 November 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Related Works
Related Work: Rule a Wife and Have a Wife Author(s): John Fletcher

Afterpiece Title: Miss Lucy in Town

Cast
Role: Thomas Actor: Blakes
Related Works
Related Work: The Country Madcap in London Author(s): Thomas Arne

Dance: II: Les Matelotes, as17421009; V: Turkish Seraglio, as17421027

Music: III: Concerto-Veracini

11965
22 November 1742 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fatal Curiosity

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

11966
06 December 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggars Opera

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

Dance: I: Grand Comic Dance, as17421117; II: Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie, as17421201

11967
31 December 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Related Works
Related Work: The Spanish Fryar; or, The Double Discovery Author(s): John Dryden

Dance: TThe Characters of Dancing-Janneton Auretti; Peasants, as17421230; Le Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217

11968
05 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing, as17421025; Le Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217

11969
06 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

Cast
Role: Country Lads and Lasses Actor: Mrs Jackson, Miss _Dodson.

11970
07 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Dance: CCharacters of Dancing, as17421025; Le Rendezvous Gallant, as17421217

11971
07 January 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Richard Iii

Related Works
Related Work: The English Princess; or, The Death of Richard III Author(s): John Caryll
Related Work: The English Princess; or, The Death of Richard the Third Author(s): John Caryll

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

Dance: I: The English Sailor-Taylor; II: Two Millers and Courtesan-Three Graniers; III: The Sabatiers-LaPierre; IV: The Welch Buffoon-two Masters Granier; V: Comic Ballet-Mr Carney, Mrs Roland, Mr Pelling, Mr Granier, Mrs Vallois, Miss Scott

11972
08 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda or The Cheats of Harlequin

Performance Comment: Perseus-Salway; Cepheus-Leveridge; Aethiopian-Thompson; Cassiope-Mrs Wright; Andromeda-Miss Hillyard; Mercury-Reinhold; Infernals-Villeneuve, Dumont, Richardson, Delagarde, Dupre, Destrade; Harlequin-Woodward; Hussar-Bencraft; Colombine-Mrs Kilby; Petit Maitre-Dugrande; Hussar's Servant-Hippisley; Valet de Chambre-James; Concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus-.
Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Petit Maitre Actor: Dugrande
Role: Concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

11973
10 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Petit Maitre Actor: Dugrande
Role: Concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard

11974
10 January 1743 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Ancient History Of King Lear And His Three Daughters

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Related Works
Related Work: The Devil to Pay; or, The Wives Metamorphos'd Author(s): John Mottley

11975
11 January 1743 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Related Works
Related Work: The Siege of Damascus Author(s): John Hughes

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

Cast
Role: Andromeda Actor: Miss Hillyard
Role: Petit Maitre Actor: Dugrande
Role: Concluding with the Grand Dance in Momus Actor: .
Related Works
Related Work: The Shipwreck; or, Perseus and Andromeda Author(s): John Weaver
Related Work: Perseus and Andromeda; or, The Spaniard Outwitted Author(s): John Galliard