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4800 results for: Keyword - his Royal Highness's Birth-Day
We found 3161 matches on Event Comments, 1224 matches on Performance Title, 637 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3326
01 February 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: By Subscription. The music for The Judgment of Paris composed by Weldon. [Note that both duRuel and Mrs Mayers are advertised to appear at both theaters this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Afterpiece Title: The Judgment of Paris

Music: With several Songs in Italian and English-Mrs Tofts; With several other select pieces of Musick- compos'd by the late Mr Henry Purcell

Dance: l'Abbe, duRuell, Cherrier, Mrs Elford, Mrs Campion, Mrs Mayers

3327
24 April 1704 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Event Comment: [Downes lists this performance for Sunday 23, a very unlikely day for an offering at Court. Since both dl and lif were closed on Monday 24 and since the dl advertisment for Tuesday 25 refers to dances performed "last night" at St. James's, Monday 24 seems the probable date.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs duRuel

3328
26 April 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [Genest, II, 300, lists The Committee for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Music: As17031109

Song: As17031102

Dance: As17040422

3329
01 May 1704 @ May Fair

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

3330
28 December 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 27 Dec., The Committee had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Music: Italian sonatas on the violin-Gasperini, particularly one never performed before Paisible for violin and flute

Dance: As17041023

3331
16 February 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [ByJohn Dennis. Premiere.] Preface: This Play was so unfortunate as to find the Town out of Humour with it, whether it proceeded from the Calamities which attended the Rehearsal, which were so numerous as never before had befal'n any Play in my Memory, or from the Malice, and the strange Prejudices with which many came prepossess'd. The first day it was well Acted in most of its Parts, but was not suffer'd to be heard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gibraltar; Or, The Spanish Adventure

3332
20 February 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: With several Alterations. Preface: The second day it was, for the most part, faintly and negligently Acted, and consequently was not seen

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Gibraltar

Song:

Dance: To be expressed in the Bills

3333
29 March 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Never acted before. [By Owen MacSwiney. See also 22 March.] Preface: The Town were a little Surpriz'd, to find an Entertainment forbid upon the Day it was to be Represented; it seems...this Play was to be stiffl'd, because the other House were to Act one upon the same Subject! [See 22 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Quacks; Or, Love's The Physician

3334
31 March 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Being obliged at the Desire of several Persons of Quality. With some Scenes Reviv'd. [In Daily Courant, 30 March, Richard III had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Aesop

Song: As17050104

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs duRuel, Mrs Bicknell

3335
May 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [By Mary Griffith Pix. Date of premiere unknown. Downes (p. 48) states that it was acted at the beginning of May 1705 and that it expired on the sixth day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Conquest Of Spain

3336
28 June 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 27 June, Arisnoe and The Quacks had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Young Coquet

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Afterpiece Title: The Quacks

Song: As17050410

Dance: Comic dances-Mrs Cross, Mrs Moss, others

3337
03 August 1705 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [This performance has been conjectured. Although it was not advertised for this day, the performance on 7 Aug. is announced as tht third offering of it.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cares Of Love

3338
20 October 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Daily Courant, 19 Oct.,The Night Walker had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Lass; Or, The Nest Of Fools

Song: Hughs

Dance: As17050929

3339
08 January 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 6 Jan., Love for Love had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Dance: Layfield; particulary a new Italian Scaramouch-

3340
29 January 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Dance: As17051218

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Signora Louvicina[, who] being to return very speedily out of England...will (at the desire of several Ladies of Quality) perform for this one day only; accompanied-Haym, Saggion, Gasperini, others[, who will perform several Airs and Italian Sonatas never yet perform d on the English Stage

Performance Comment: ..will (at the desire of several Ladies of Quality) perform for this one day only; accompanied-Haym, Saggion, Gasperini, others[, who will perform several Airs and Italian Sonatas never yet perform d on the English Stage., who will perform several Airs and Italian Sonatas never yet perform d on the English Stage.

3341
09 February 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Daily Courant, 8 Feb., Secret Love had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Song: As17060112

Dance: As17060110

3342
19 February 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs duRuel. [In Daily Courant, 18 Feb., The Man of Mode had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Song: Leveridge, the Boy

Dance: New dances-duRuel, Mrs duRuel, Cherrier

3343
13 April 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. The Cantata, which will be this day in Print, to be dispos'd of at the Playhouse

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: duRuel, Mrs duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Moss

Song: Singing in Italian and English-Signiora del'Epine; particularly an English Cantata , written and compos'd after the Italian manner-

3344
06 June 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Daily Courant, 5 June, The Recruiting Officer had been advertised for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tender Husband

Music: All the vocal and instrumental music from Bonduca-

Dance: As17060325

3345
16 November 1706 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: Being the last time of performing at this Theatre till after Lady-day next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of The Moon

Song: As17061030

Dance: As17061102

3346
28 November 1706 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Event Comment: Being the last time of Acting there till Lady-Day next

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Performance Comment: See17061102, but Lory?-Penkethman performing his own Part.
Cast
Role: Lory? Actor: Penkethman performing his own Part.

Dance: As17061102

3347
10 December 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 9 Dec., The British Enchanters had been announced for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

3348
14 January 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: For the Encouragement of the Comedians Acting in the Hay-Market, and to enable them to keep the Diversion of Plays under a separate Interest from the Opera. By Subscription. The Boxes to be open'd to the Pit, and none to be admitted but by the Subscription Tickets. First Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery 1s. [Cibber (II, 4-5) states that each subscriber received three tickets for the first day of each of three plays offered by subscription for a payment of three guineas.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar

3349
16 January 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [In Daily Courant, 15 Jan., The Rehearsal had been advertised for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song: As17070109

Dance: duRuel, deBarques, others

3350
04 February 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Event Comment: [By Colley Cibber.] Never Acted before. By Subscription. The Boxes to be open'd to the Pit, and none to be admitted but by the Subscribers' Tickets. [In the preface to The Double Gallant Cibber states that in Marriage a la Mode he joined "the Comical Episodes of the Maiden Queen, and Marriage alamode...the Alteration cost me but six days trouble; and not calling it a new Play, we found the Town very favourable to it."

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marriage A La Mode; Or, The Comical Lovers