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4828 results for: Keyword - his Royal Highness's Birth-Day
We found 3186 matches on Event Comments, 1226 matches on Performance Title, 640 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

3351
27 November 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [This performance, following the Great Storm of 1703, aroused the wrath of the reformers, typified by Jeremy Collier's remark in his Dissuasive from the Play-House: "But Stupidity under that Convulsion was not the worst of our Case: No, that dreadful Hurricane, the Voice of an angry Heaven, and Terrour of Earth and Sea, was it seems a Jest at the Play House: Macbeth with his Lightning and Thunder the Entertainment of the Day, and the Mention of Chimnies blown down, clapt by the Audience with an unusual Length of Pleasure and Approbation" (p. 18).

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: All the Musick being compos'd-Mr Leveridge, wherein he performs his own parts

Song: As17031125

Dance: Several comical Dances-

3352
01 December 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [In Daily Courant, 29 Nov., the premiere of The Lying Lover had been advertised for this day.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches

Song:

Dance:

3353
13 January 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: [By Joseph Trapp. Possibly the premiere. For 20 Jan. it is advertised as The Sixth Day of Acting; if performed consecutively, this date would be the first performance.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abra Mule Or love And Empire

3354
20 January 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: The Sixth Day of Acting

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Abra Mule

3355
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

3356
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

3357
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

3358
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

3359
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

3360
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

3361
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

3362
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 Loves The Physician

3363
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

3364
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

3365
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

3366
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

3367
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

3368
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-

3369
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.

3370
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

3371
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

3372
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-

3373
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

3374
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

3375
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