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2601
09 April 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Lad Of The Hills; Or, The Wicklow Gold Mine
Afterpiece Title:
Crotchet Lodge
Dance:
With a
new
Irish Ballet (composed by
Byrn
)
Spinsters' Lottery
-Byrn, Platt, Mrs Watts, Miss Smyth, Mlle St.Amand. [Announced in playbill, but "The dance advertised was changed to another, on account of the indisposition of one of the performers" (
Morning Herald
, 11 Apr.).
2602
12 April 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Travellers In Switzerland
Afterpiece Title:
The Follies of a Day
Afterpiece Title:
Arrived at Portsmouth
Dance:
1st piece to conclude with:
The Savoyard
-Byrn, Holland, Mlle St.Amand; In 3rd piece: a
New
Dance
-Byrn, Holland, Mlle St.Amand
Song:
End I:
The Sea Storm
-Incledon; In 3rd piece:
We've bade the restless seas adieu
-;
O why to be happy
, as17960314
With Rosabel what joy to stray
-Townsend;
Here we laugh and work together
-;
With pride we steer'd for England's coast
-Incledon;
When love was a stranger
-Mrs Mountain;
The seaman who of wars may tell
-Incledon, Bowden;
Rule Britannia
-; In course:
Old Towler
-Incledon; an entire
New
Song
-Incledon
2603
13 April 1796
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Smugglers
Afterpiece Title:
A Favourite Scene from
New
Hay [
Sylvester Daggerwood
]
Afterpiece Title:
The Critic
Afterpiece Title:
The Wedding Day
2604
15 April 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Inkle And Yarico
Afterpiece Title:
Three Weeks after Marriage
Afterpiece Title:
The Point at Herqui; or, British Bravery Triumphant
Dance:
II: a
Negro Dance
-; 3rd piece: a
new
incidental
Dance
by
Byrn
-Mlle St.Amand, Holland, Byrn
Song:
End I:
Sweet Bird
-Mrs Serres; accompanied on the German Flute (for this night only)-Ashe, from the
Hanover-Square Concert
; In Evening:
Admiral Benbow
-Incledon; 3rd piece: the following songs:
The Mid Watch
-Incledon;
Tippy Bob
-Munden;
The Waiter
-Fawcett;
Irish Song
-Johnstone;
New
Loyal Song
-Mrs Martyr;
Rondo
-Mrs Clendining;
Ye Gentlemen of England
-Linton, Street, Incledon;
Rule Britannia
-Incledon, Johnstone, Chorus
2605
19 April 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A
New
Way To Pay Old Debts
Afterpiece Title:
British Fortitude and Hibernian Friendship
Afterpiece Title:
The Follies of a Day
Song:
In 2nd piece: As17960405, but
Fa la la
-_;
Our Simple Tale thus Ended
-Incledon, Johnstone, Linton, Street, the rest of the characters; End III 1st piece:
Old Towler
-Incledon
2606
20 April 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Every One Has His Fault
Afterpiece Title:
Arrived at Portsmouth
Afterpiece Title:
The Maid of the Oaks
Dance:
In 2nd piece: a
New
Dance
-Holland, Platt, Mrs Watts
Song:
In 2nd piece: As in 3rd piece, 12 Apr., but
The Sea Storm
-_;
Old Towler
-_;
New
Song
-_
2607
21 April 1796
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Modista Raggiratrice
Dance:
Between Acts: a
new
Dance in the Scotch style,
Little Peggy's Love
(1st time)-Didelot, Gentili, Mlle Parisot, Mme Bossi, Mlle Barre, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg [the Pantomime and Principal Steps by
Didelot
[with music by
Bossi
]; End Opera:
L'Amant Statue
(1st time, by
Onorati
) [with music by Bossi]-Didelot, Gentili, Mlle Parisot, Mme Bossi, Mlle Barre, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg [
dl playbill
of 25 May adds:
Mme Vidi
]
2608
22 April 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Comedy Of Errors
Afterpiece Title:
The Irish Mimick
Afterpiece Title:
Lovers' Quarrels
Afterpiece Title:
The Point at Herqui
Dance:
In 4th piece: a
new
incidental
Dance
, as17960415
Song:
In III 1st piece: a
song
(in character)-Mrs Clendining; In 4th piece:
The Mid Watch
, as17960415;
Tippy Bob
, as17960415;
The Waiter
, as17960415;
Irish Song
, as17960415;
New
Loyal Song
, as17960415;
Rondo
, as17960415;
Ye Gentlemen of England
, as17960415;
Rule Britannia
, as17960415
2609
29 April 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Woodman
Afterpiece Title:
The Prisoner at Large
Song:
End I:
The Storm
-Incledon; End: a Grand Harmonic
Selection
,
Admiral Benbow
-Incledon;
The Sailor Boy cap'ring on Shore
-Fawcett;
O bring me wine
-Bowden;
The Land of Potatoes
-Johnstone;
The Group of Lovers
; or,
Beauty at her Levee
-Munden;
Old Towler
-Incledon
2610
03 May 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
Catharine and Petruchio
Afterpiece Title:
The Point at Herqui
Dance:
III:
Hornpipe
-Byrn; 3rd piece:
Dance
, as17960415
Song:
In:
Old Towler
-Incledon; 3rd piece: Tippy Bob, as17960415; The Waiter, as17960415; Irish Song, as17960415;
New
Loyal Song, as17960415; Ye Gentlemen of England, as17960415; Rule Britannia, as17960415;
Admiral Benbow
-Incledon;
Rondo
-Mrs Serres
2611
18 May 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Inkle And Yarico
Afterpiece Title:
Tom Thumb
Afterpiece Title:
The Point at Herqui
Dance:
In 3rd piece: a
new
incidental
Dance
, as17960415
Song:
In 3rd piece:
songs
As17960503; In Evening:
Mad Bess
(1st time), the Minstrel's Song [
Where is that tow'ring spirit fled
?] [from
The Days of Yore
-Mrs Clendining; Harp-Weippert
2612
25 May 1796
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Mahmoud
Afterpiece Title:
A Dramatic Cento
Afterpiece Title:
The Sultan
Dance:
End I: (by permission of the Proprietor of the
king's Theatre
) the
new
favorite Ballet, in the
Scots' Stile
,
Little Peggy's Love
- The Pantomime, Principal Steps by
Didelot
; the Principal Characters the Dancers of the Opera House: Didelot, Gentili, Ms Vidi, Ms Bossi, Ms Barre, Ms Parisot, Ms Hilligsberg, Ms Rose
Song:
End 3rd piece: the Finale to The Iron Chest,
Harmony Harmony
- being the last Composition of
Storace
2613
01 June 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Point At Herqui
Afterpiece Title:
The Dramatist
Afterpiece Title:
Oscar and Malvina
Dance:
In: a
new
incidental
Dance
, as17960415
Song:
In:
songs
as17960503; End 2nd piece:
The Sea Storm
-Incledon; In 3rd piece:
songs
The Sea Storm, as17960516; I am a jolly gay Pedlar, as17960516; Come every jovial Fellow, as17960516; O ever in my bosom live, as17960516
2614
02 June 1796
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Modista Raggiratrice
Dance:
End II: [a
new
Ballet Episodique (in the style Anacreontique), in 2 acts, composed by
Didelot
with music by
Bossi
]
L'Amour Vange
- [;ou,
La Metamorphose
Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg, Mlle Parisot, Mme Bossi, Didelot, Gentili
Ballet:
End I: a
new
Indian Divertisement by
Didelot
,
The Caravan at Rest
. Cast from
Morning Herald
, 27 May: Nair (Malabar Officer)-Didelot; Moor-Gentili; Arab (Chief of the Caravan)-Fialon; Malabar Woman-Mme Rose; Negro Caffre (of the natural country)-Mme Hilligsberg; Arab Woman-Mlle Parisot; Young Woman, Wotyake-Mme Bossi; Two Audalisques-Mlles Cabanel
2615
09 June 1796
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Belle's Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
The Sultan
Song:
End I:
Whither my Love, Ah! Whither art thou fled?
(from
The Haunted Tower
)-Sga Storace;
From Shades of Night
-Braham;
This fond Sorrow
-Braham, Sga Storace (both from
Mahmoud
); End II: the celebrated Harp Song
Ah che nel petto io sento
, from
Idalide
,-Mme Mara; In IV: a Masquerade Scene, in which
Ally Croker
-Miss Leak, Master Welsh
Entertainment:
Monologue
End: a
new
Occasional Address
-Mrs Jordan
2616
07 July 1796
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Antigona
Dance:
End I: a
new
Ballet in one act,
Flore et Zephire
-Didelot, Gentili, Fialon, Lahante, Hamoir, Giani, Roffey, Simpson, Master Menage, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg, Mme Bossi, Mlle Parisot, Mme Vidi, Mlle Cabanel [Cast from
Beaumont
(see below):
Cleonise-Mme Hilligsberg; +Flore-Mme Rose; +Bergeres-Mlle Parisot, Mme Bossi; +Zephire-Didelot; +L'Amour-Master Menage; +Un Petit Amour-Miss Hill.]; End Opera: [a
new
grand Dramatic Ballet in 3 acts, in the +Scotch style
,
L'Heureux Naufrage
[; or,
Les Sorcieres Ecossoises
; Principal Performers in both dances-Didelot, Gentili, Fialon, Lahante, Hamoir, Giani, Roffey, Simpson, Master Menage, Mme Rose, Mme Hilligsberg, Mme Bossi, Mlle Parisot, Mme Vidi, Mlle Cabanel
2617
05 September 1796
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Iron Chest
Afterpiece Title:
Sylvester Daggerwood
Afterpiece Title:
A Peep behind the Curtain; or, The
New
Rehearsal
Monologue:
In which will be introduced The Burletta of Orpheus. Orpheus-Davies; Old Shepherd-Fawcett; Rhodope-Mrs Bland
2618
17 October 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Woodman
Afterpiece Title:
The Follies of a Day
Song:
[One of Mrs Second's
new
songs was
Hope thou cheerful ray of light
(
BUC 643
).
2619
24 October 1796
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Othello, Moor Of Venice
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin's Treasure; or, Jewels
New
Set
2620
27 December 1796
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The 1st Act Of L'amor Fra Le Vendemmie
Afterpiece Title:
Il Consiglio Imprudente
Dance:
End: a
new
Divertisement Ballet, composed by
Gallet
[with music by
Viotti
]
Apollon Berger
- [see17970110]
Ballet:
End 2nd piece:
L'Amour et Psiche
. As17961213
2621
03 January 1797
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The 1st Act Of L'amor Fra Le Vendemmie
Afterpiece Title:
Il Consiglio Imprudente
Dance:
End: a
new
Divertissement
- [see17970110]
Ballet:
End 2nd piece:
L'Amour et Psiche
. As17961213
2622
11 February 1797
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Merchant Of Venice
Afterpiece Title:
A Friend in Need
Song:
In afterpiece: As17970210 In III: a
new
Duett (composed by
Shaw
) [
In vows of everlasting truth
(
BUC 942
)]-Dignum, Mrs Bland; In afterpiece: As17970210
2623
10 March 1797
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Grand Sacred
Selection
0; Messiah 0
Afterpiece Title:
A Grand Sacred
Selection
1
Afterpiece Title:
A Grand Sacred
Selection
2
Afterpiece Title:
A Grand Sacred
Selection
3
Music:
End I:
concerto
on pedal harp-Miss Dupree (1st appearance in public)
2624
22 March 1797
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Grand
Selection
Of Sacred Music 0; L'allegro Ed Il Penseroso 0; Messiah 0
Afterpiece Title:
A Grand
Selection
of Sacred Music 1
Afterpiece Title:
A Grand
Selection
of Sacred Music 2
Afterpiece Title:
A Grand
Selection
of Sacred Music 3
Music:
End I:
concerto
on the oboe-W. Parke; End II:
concerto
on Piano Forte-Dussek
2625
31 March 1797
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Grand
Selection
Of Sacred Music 0; L'allegro Ed Il Penseroso 0; Messiah 0
Afterpiece Title:
A Grand
Selection
of Sacred Music 1
Afterpiece Title:
A Grand
Selection
of Sacred Music 2
Afterpiece Title:
A Grand
Selection
of Sacred Music 3
Music:
As17970315
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