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310 results for: Title - The Unhappy Favorite

251
28 September 1761 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

252
03 April 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Wives Of Windsor

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Counterfeit

Song: Between Acts: some Favorite Songs from the English Opera Artaxerxes-; viz: I: In Infancy our hopes and fears-Tenducci; II: If e'er the Cruel Tyrant Love-Miss Brent; III: Water parted from the sea-Tenducci; IV: Let no rage thy bosom fire-Miss Brent

Dance: TThe Pleasures of Spring, as17620212

253
06 May 1765 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rehearsal

Afterpiece Title: The Guardian

Dance: End: Tambourine, as17650427

Song: End: By Particular Desire the Favorite song in the Play Love a-la-Mode,-Moody

254
31 July 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman's A Riddle

Afterpiece Title: The Citizen

Dance: I: New Comic Dance-; V: A new Dance-

Song: some well known Ssome well known Songs in Imitation of some Favorite Italian Performers-a Comic Genius

255
21 August 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Credulous Husband

Song: IV: A favorite song in Love in a Village-Mrs Weston

Entertainment: End: Joe Haines Epilogue on an Ass-Shuter

256
16 September 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Dance: End: The Fingalian-Miss Froment; End I Farce: Hornpipe-Miss Froment

257
28 April 1768 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: End: Charles Gondorff, a Hungarian. He mimicks three Voices at one and the same time-Charles Gondorff ,to wit the natural sound of the Base, the Bassoon and Flagolet (the latter has the sound of a small organ) all which is performed without the least movement of the lips

258
31 August 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: hay The Citizen

Dance: hay End of Play: The Cowkeeper, as17700521

Song: hay II: A favorite song from The Captive; III: An Italian Song-Mrs Jewell

259
11 March 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Athelwold, The False Favorite

Afterpiece Title: Cupid's Friendship; or, The Farmer Outwitted

Dance: Louvre, Minuet, (by desire) an Allemand-Lalauze, Lalauze's daughter; a Comic piece, The Drunken News@Writer, with a new song set and sung in character-A. Smith

260
15 April 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Dance: A Triple Hornpipe-Miss Matthews, Miller, Eves; being his first appearance. The two last, scholars to Fishar. A New Dance with Baskets of Flowers[, in which introduced, by particular desire, a Minuet and Allemande-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; [her first appearance this season. A New Grand Ballet, The Black Prince's Festival- (that night only); Prince-Fishar; Pages-Blurton, Miller; Favourites-Miss Twist, Miss Valois; [See17720424.] A New Serious Ballet-Miss Parish[, a Child of Ten Years of age, with only 4 months' instruction, Apprentice to Fishar, her first appearance

Ballet: The Favorite Comic Ballet, first time this season, The Wapping Landlady. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Orange Woman-Miss Twist [see17730424]; [with Sixfold Hornpipe- [see17730424]

261
10 May 1775 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Two Misers

Dance: End: The Enchantress, as17750201

Song: II: By Particular Desire, the favorite song Kate of Aberdeen-DuBellamy

262
23 March 1776 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Valentine's Day

Dance: II: The Grand Garland Dance, as17760311

263
09 April 1778 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Irish Widow

Entertainment: Monologue. End I afterpiece: an Epilogue-Master Benson

264
28 April 1778 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Runaway

Afterpiece Title: The Waterman

Dance: End III: as17780425

Song: Between Acts: her two favorite Vauxhall songs He's Aye Kissing Me, Tally Ho!-Mrs Wrighten

265
19 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex; Or, The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost; or, The Dead Man Alive

Dance: As17780601

Song: As17780529

266
05 April 1781 @ Crown Inn, Lower Street (now Essex Road), Islington

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Entertainment: Monologues.End II: A Dissertation on Macaronies-Murray; End: Abel Drugger's Description of a Fete Champetre-Murray

Song: End 2nd monologue: a celebrated song written by Garrick, on Pantomimical and Operatical Entertainments-

267
19 May 1781 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Music: End: a favorite trio performed on a guittar (composed by Giardini) for a violin, guittar and Violoncello,-Crawford

268
17 April 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex; Or, The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The Country Mad-Cap

Dance: End of Act II of mainpiece The Poney Races by Harris, Ratchford, Miss Matthews; End of mainpiece The Gala, as17820409

269
10 May 1782 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: Don Juan; or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece a new Masquerade Dance, in which a Minuet by Zuchelli and Miss M. Stageldoir; Afterpiece to conclude with a Dance of Furies (performers not listed)

Song: In Masquerade Dance a favorite song by Miss Romanzini, and to conclude with a Serious and Comic Air by Delpini

270
17 May 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: All the World's a Stage

Dance: End of mainpiece a new pantomimical Dance, Anticipation; or, Harlequin's Visit to Greenwich on Whit-Monday, in which will be introduced two favorite Scenes from Harlequin Skeleton. The Pantomime Parts by W. Bates, Baker, Jones, Stevens; Miss Matthews; the Dance by Aldridge, Langrish, Miss Matthews, Miss Besford

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece, as17820423; End of Dance Rule Britannia by Darley

271
31 March 1783 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Barnaby Brittle

272
15 August 1783 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Chapter Of Accidents

Afterpiece Title: The Recruiting Serjeant

Afterpiece Title: The Receipt Tax

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece a favorite song by Miss George. vaudeville. In 2nd piece The Manual Exercise, with the Officer's Salute, &c, by Mrs Wells

273
17 August 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: Rosina

Song: End of mainpiece Edwin's favorite song in The Castle of Andalusia, A Master I have, by Master Sestini

274
04 February 1785 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan; Or, The Unhappy Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Magic Cavern

275
27 April 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Earl Of Essex; Or, The Unhappy Favourite

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist; or, Who's Who

Dance: As17850307athi