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1881 results for: Keyword - three Princesses
We found 1257 matches on Event Comments, 483 matches on Performance Title, 166 matches on Performance Comments, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

951
15 November 1728 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Afterpiece: In five different Interludes, viz. Three Serious, and Two Comic. All The Scenes painted by Monsieur Devoto

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda; With the Rape of Colombine; or, The Flying Lovers

952
30 November 1728 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: The Company will continue Acting three Times a Week during the Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

953
07 January 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: [By Colley Cibber.] Never Acted before. A New Pastoral (of Three Acts). N.B. Printed Books of the Play will be sold at the Theatre. Fog's, 11 Jan. On Tuesday Night last a ridiculous Piece was acted at...Drury-lane, which was neither Comedy, Tragedy, Opera, Pastoral or Farce; however, no Thief or Robber of any Rank was satyriz'd in it, and it could be said to give Offence to none but Persons of Sense and good Taste; yet it met with the Reception it well deserv'd, and was hiss'd off the Stage. See also Cibber, Apology, I, 243-44, 248-49; Victor, History of the Theatres, II, 106-7; Whincop, p. 197

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Riddle

954
04 June 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: DDaily Journal, 4 June: There is building, and almost finish'd here [in Richmond], a small, but very neat and regular Theatre, a little higher on the Hill than where the late Mr Penkethman's stood. We hear it will be open'd next Week by a Company...from...Lincoln's Inn Fields, and that their first Play will be the Recruiting Officer...and that they design to perform three or four Times a Week during the Summer Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Author's Farce

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

955
03 December 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Carey. With some Additional Songs proper to the Characters, which will be printed, and given Gratis to all Persons at their Entrance. [A Tragedy of half an act entitled Did You Ever See The Like? was advertised as an afterpiece for this day 1n Fog's, 28 Nov.] Daily Post, 3 Dec.: Our Friend Harry Carey having this Night a Benefit...the Powers of Music, Painting, and Poetry, assemble in his Behalf, he being an Admirer of the three Sister Arts: The Body of Musicians meet in the Hay-market, from whence they march in great Order, preceded by a magnificent moving Organ, in Form of a Pageant, accompany'd by all Kinds of Musical Instruments ever in Use, from Tubal Cain to this Day: A great Multitude of Booksellers, Authors and Printers, form themselves into a Body at Temple-Bar, from whence of Printers Devils, with their proper Implements: Here the two Bodies of Music and Poetry are joined by the Brothers of the Pencil, where taking a Glass of Refreshment at the Bedford-Arms, they make a solemn Procession to the Theatre, amidst an innumerable Croud of Spectators

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Greenwich Park

Song: A Dialogue of Mr Henry Purcell-Mrs Carey, Miss Raftor; A Cantata of Mr Carey's-Miss Raftor

Dance: Essex, Lally, Rainton, Mrs Walter, Miss Robinson, Miss Brett

956
15 January 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Three Rows of the Pit to be rail'd into the Boxes, Receipts: money #47 5s. 6d,; tickets #95 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Periander

957
18 August 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. Mainpiece: a New Play of Three Acts. [By Thomas Cooke.] At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Triumphs Of Love And Honour

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Music: Select Pieces-

Dance:

958
03 March 1732 @ Three Tuns Tavern

Event Comment: Benefit J. L'Estrange Jr. At the Great Room at the Three Tuns and Bull-Head, Cheapside. 7 p.m. Tickets 2s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: With a Solo on the Bassoon and Bass Violin, and some Pieces on the small Flute-an eminent Master

959
07 March 1732 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: A New Opera of three Acts. [Author unknown.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Footman

960
10 March 1732 @ Three Tuns Tavern

Event Comment: Benefit John Christian Schickhard, lately arrived from Germany. In the Great Room at the Three Tuns and Bull-Head. 7 p.m. 5s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

961
17 March 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Pullen and Mrs Pullen. Afterpiece: a Ballad Opera of Three Acts. [Author unknown.] This Opera, relating to the Affair of Father Girard with Miss Cadiere, &c. is entirely new, being a faithful Translation from the French Original, as it was forbid in Paris

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Wanton Jesuit; or, Innocence Seduced

Dance: HHornpipe-Jones' Scholar

962
07 November 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: In Three Acts. Set to Musick after the Italian Manner by Mr John Frederick Lampe. Daily Advertiser, 8 Nov.: The Arrival of his Highness the Prince of Orange, indeed, prevented many Persons of Quality from being there, who had taken Boxes; but 'tis presum'd it cannot fail of Success and Encouragement notwithstanding

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Opera Of Operas

Dance:

963
05 December 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A new Comedy. In Three Acts. With a Dramatical Introduction. [By John Kelly. For a puff, see Daily Advertiser, 29 Nov.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon In Love; Or, The Innocent Theft

Afterpiece Title: The Country Revels: With Harlequin Restor'd

964
12 December 1733 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Taken from Plautus and Moliere by the late Mr Dryden. Daily Advertiser, 12 Dec: We hear the Company ... are now rehearsing the three celebrated Plays of Ben Johnson, viz. the Fox, the Alchymist, and the Silent Woman

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Music: Select Pieces

Dance: Scaramouch by Janno. Tambourine by Miss Robinson. Harlequin by Nivelon

965
13 May 1734 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: III: The Cuckoo Concerto by Eversman

Dance: II: Pierrots by Vallois and Delagarde. IV: Hornpipe by a Dwarf three Foot high, lately arrived from Germany. V: Hornpipe by a Gentleman who never performed on the Stage before

Performance Comment: IV: Hornpipe by a Dwarf three Foot high, lately arrived from Germany. V: Hornpipe by a Gentleman who never performed on the Stage before .

966
20 May 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 20 May: A mad Company of Comedians having lately taken the Hay-market Theatre, propose to convert it into a Mad-house, and humbly hope the Town will be as mad as themselves, and come frequently to see their mad Performances. which will be madly exhibited, two or three Times a Week, during the Summer Season

Performances

Mainpiece Title:

967
11 September 1734 @ Hampstead

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Performance Comment: music . The Vocal Parts by Gentlemen, particularly a new Hampstead Song, compos'd by Mr Seedo, for two French Horns, Violins, Hautboys, &c. The Instrumental by the best Hands. The Violin Concertino by Capt Dupar, Scholar to the late celebrated Signor Corelli, and late Musick Master to his present Highness the Prince of Orange. With several Pieces of his own composing, for the Violin and Harpsichord. The Concert will consist of three Acts .

968
28 November 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: By Moliere. Afterpiece: A Comedy in Three Acts

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Le Medecin Malgre Luy

Afterpiece Title: Les Deux Arlequins

Dance:

969
24 January 1735 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Tiresias; Or, The Lovers Metamorphosed

Performance Comment: Cast not listed. To which will be prefix'd in three Acts Les Amans Reunies. Cast not listed .

Dance:

970
25 April 1735 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Never Acted before. [By William Popple.] Grub St. Journal, 26 Feb. 1736: It was play'd the first night to about a 30l. house; three parts of which were the Author's friends, who came on purpose, right or wrong, to applaud it: notwithstanding which, little or no applause was given

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Deceit

971
28 May 1735 @ Tottenham Court

Event Comment: Benefit Mr Perkins, who has unfortunately lost his Sight. At Lee's Great Theatrical Booth. Written by the late Mr Addison. The doors open at three; the play begins at five. [Perkins is the author of The Blind Man's Complaint in Gentleman's Magazine, September 1734.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Drummer

Song: The Apprentices, Wardens, and Masters Songs, to be sung by a worthy Brother

972
04 August 1735 @ Tottenham Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unnatural Parents; Or, The Fair Maid Of The West

Song:

Dance: By the best Masters. Likewise a Dance, perform'd by three Wild Cats that came out of the Woods

Performance Comment: Likewise a Dance, perform'd by three Wild Cats that came out of the Woods .

973
25 March 1736 @ Covent Garden

Event Comment: Benefit Glover. At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Three Rows of the Pit will be rail'd in, and Part of the Stage form'd into Boxes. Receipts: money #43 6s.; tickets #169 19s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: II: Clown by Nivelon. III: By particular Desire, Minuet and Louvre by Glover and Miss Rogers. IV: Tambourine by Glover and Miss Rogers. V: French Peasants by Lalauze, Mlle D'Hervigni, &c

974
25 March 1736 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: Benefit Penkethman. Nunc aut Nunquam. Mainpiece: Written by Henry Fielding, Esq; Author of the Miser. [Tickets at Penkethman's, overagainst the Three Tuns, Ayliff Street.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Temple Beau

Afterpiece Title: The Lover His Own Rival

Dance: II: Dutch Skipper by Vallois and Mrs Bullock. III: Richmond Maggot by Le Sac and Mrs Woodward. V: English Maggot by Haughton and Mrs Bullock

Song: IV: By Mrs Chambers

975
07 September 1736 @ Southwark Fair

Event Comment: At Lee's Playhouse. 10 a.m. to 9 P.M. [Advertised 7, 10, 13, 14 Sept. Daily Advertiser, 6 Sept., reported that SF would be limited to three days, but Lee advertised that he would perform until 20 Sept. On 13 Sept., Daily Advertiser stated that the booths had been pulled down on 11 Sept., but on 14 Sept. stated that this report was in error.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Of Merlin