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176
30 April 1733
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not
Afterpiece Title:
The
Devil to Pay
Dance:
I:
Musette
-LeSac, Miss Baston; II:
The
Mattelot
(new)-Dupre, Miss Latour; III:
Sicilian
-Glover, Mrs Pelling; IV:
Hornpipe
-Jones, Mrs Ogden; V:
Scottish Dance
-
You
ng Weeks, Scholar to
Dupre
;
Clown
-Nivelon;
Before
Farce:
Shepherd
-
You
ng Weeks; End:
La Mariee
,
Minuet
-Dupre, Miss LaTour
177
02 May 1733
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Tender Husband
Afterpiece Title:
Damon And Phillida
Dance:
I:
Drunken Peasant
-LeBrun; II:
The
Watteau
-Miss Robinson; V:
Les Bergeries
-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson
Song:
IV: A New Dialogue-Stoppelaer, Miss Raftor in
the
Characters of a
Town
Spark and a CountrY Lass
178
21 May 1733
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love For Love
Afterpiece Title:
Venus, Cupid, and Hymen
Music:
Between
the
Acts: Trumpets, Kettle Drums, French Horns-; With a new Overture (to
the
Masque) for two Vox Humanes- , a new invented Instrument
Song:
II: Mrs Seedo, who never appeared on
the
stage
before
; III: (At
the
particular Request of
Seedo
's Friends) Signora Margherita (who has not performed on any
the
atre
the
se 14 years)
Dance:
I:
Drunken Peasant
-LeBrun; IV:
The
Watteau
-Miss Robinson; End Afterpiece:
Les Bergeries
-Essex, Haughton, Miss Robinson
179
21 May 1733
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
Afterpiece Title:
Damon and Phillida
Dance:
HHornpipe
-a Sailor who never appeared on any stage
before
;
The
Difference of Nations
-
Song:
Excell
180
10 September 1733
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Julius Caesar: With
The
Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius
Dance:
By Mr Delamaine, who never appear'd on
the
English Stage
before
181
10 September 1733
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Julius Caesar: With
The
Deaths Of Brutus And Cassius
Dance:
By Mr Delamaine, who never appear'd on
the
English Stage
before
182
16 September 1734
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
Dance:
La Folette c'est Ravisez by F. Tench and Mrs Woodward. Scot's Dance by Mrs Bullock
Song:
In Italian and English by Mrs Chambers, who never appeared on this stage
before
183
07 October 1734
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love For Love
Afterpiece Title:
Britannia
Dance:
By Haughton, who never appeared on this stage
before
184
03 March 1735
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Venice Preserv'd
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin Orpheus; or,
The
Magical Pipe
Music:
Select Pieces on
the
Violin by a
You
th of 13 Years of Age, who never performed in public
before
, a Scholar of Signior Catanio
Entertainment:
[Apparently not published. Author not known. For Poitier, see Daily Journal, 3 March.]
185
24 March 1735
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Busy Body
Afterpiece Title:
The
Toy Shop
Music:
Solo on Violin by a
You
th of 13 Years, who never performed in public
before
, a scholar of Signor Catanio
Dance:
Scot's Dance, as17350311 By Lally, S. Lally, Mlle Salle
186
02 September 1735
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
The
Tragedy of Tragedies
Dance:
Hornpipe by Taylor
Song:
A New Ballad (never sung
before
) In Praise of English Plumb Pudding by Mullart
187
19 May 1737
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Macbeth
Afterpiece Title:
The
King and
the
Miller of Mansfield
Music:
With
the
Original Musick, carefully reviv'd,-Mrs Clive, Ray, Stoppelaer, Rainton, Este, Raftor, Mrs Pritchard, Mrs Willis, Mrs Marshall
Dance:
II:
Two Pierrots
-Livier, Pelling; III:
Punch's Dance
-a Child of Six Years old that never performed on
the
Stage
before
; V:
Wooden Shoe Dance
-Livier, Villeneuve
Song:
I:
The
Lady's Lamentation
, as17370503
188
02 November 1737
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love For Love
Afterpiece Title:
The
Harlot's Progress
Dance:
Two Misses Scott; who never appeared on that Stage
before
: I: A
Saraband
,
Minuet
-Miss Scott; II:
Comic Dance
-Miss Scott's Sister; IV:
Serious Dance
-
the
two Misses Scott
189
03 March 1738
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Consisting of several Select Pieces by
Mr Handel
and o
the
r Eminent Masters, and taken from
the
most favourite Operas-;
The
Vocal Parts-Mr Beard, Mrs Clive; being several Favourite Songs in Italian and English-Mr Beard, Mrs Clive; A Preamble on
the
Kettle@Drums-Master Ferg; with two New Minuets-; Chorus out of Atalanta for French@Horns and Trumpets-,
the
two French-Horns two little Negro-Boys (Scholars to
Mr Charles
, who never perform'd
before
); Concluding with
the
An
the
m,
God save
the
King
-
Dance:
WWooden Shoe Dance
-Master Ferg;
Shepherd's Mount
(a ballet)-
190
16 January 1739
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Old Batchelor
Afterpiece Title:
The
What D'ye Call It
Dance:
Glover, Richardson, Villeneuve, Dupre, DelaGarde, Miss Oates,also by Master Cooke, who never performed on any Stage
before
191
21 March 1740
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Saul
Music:
With a Concerto for several Instruments-; never performed
before
. And a Concerto on
the
Organ-
192
23 April 1740
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
L'allegro Il Penseroso Ed Il Moderato
Music:
With Two New Concertos on several Instruments, never perform'd
before
-; And a Concerto on
the
Organ-
193
13 May 1740
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Macbeth
Afterpiece Title:
The
Devil to Pay
Dance:
I: Muilment; II:
Punch
-Master Ferg; V:
Le Tambourine
-Mlle Chateauneuf
Song:
IV:
A Dialogue between a
Town
Rxke and Country Lass
-; End Afterpiece:
A Trumpet Gregorian Song
-; accompanied-a Chorus
194
09 April 1741
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Confederacy
Afterpiece Title:
The
Toy Shop
Dance:
LLe Paisan
-LaPierre; II:
La Provan Sale
(
Sailor's Dance
)-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; III:
Indian Dance
(never in
England
before
)-Maltere, Mlle Maltere; IV:
Les Caprices des Rebelles
-Mlle Maltere; V:
La Rose Boree and Ziphirs
-Maltere, Mlle Maltere
195
09 April 1741
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
The
Virgin Unmask'd
Dance:
Master Davey, Scholar to
Mr Lanyon
, who never appeared on any stage
before
196
04 December 1741
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Rehearsal
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin Shipwrecked
Dance:
Mlle Auguste (who never appeared on
the
English stage
before
);
The
Swiss
, as17410926
197
06 January 1742
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Committee
Dance:
LLes Matelotes
, as17411110
Ballet:
New Dance (never perform'd
before
) call'd%
Les Satires Puny
. Peasants-Sg and Sga Fausan; Satyrs-Delamain, Dumont, Leviez, Baudoin; Shepherds-LeCroix, Desse, Constantini, Rayner; Shepherdesses-Mrs Walter, Mrs Thompson, Miss Story, Mrs Rayner
198
02 February 1742
@ Goodman's Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
The
Virgin Unmasked
Dance:
I:
The
Two Pierrots
-two Masters Granier; III:
The
two Millers and Courtezan
-two Masters and Miss Granier; V: a Hornpipe-Yates
Song:
II:
'Tis Wine was made to rule
the
Day
-Aspey; who never appear'd on any Stage
before
. IV:
L'Allegro
,
Il Penseroso
-Aspey; V:
Joy to
the
Happy Pair
-Aspey
199
30 March 1742
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Recruiting Officer
Dance:
T
The
Peasants
, as17420210;
Chacone
, as17411230;
Rigadone Provencale
, as17420226;
Louvre
,
Minuet
By Particular Desire,-Mr Lally, a
you
ng Gentlewoman (a scholar of
Mr Lally
) who never appeared on
the
stage
before
200
22 April 1742
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Mistake
Dance:
I:
Rigadone Provencale
, as17420226; III:
Chacone
, as17411230; V:
The
Peasants
, as17420210
Song:
II: A
Duetto Jovial
-Leveridge, Salway; IV:
Ballad of Advice to a Friend
-Leveridge; V:
Epilogue in Music address'd to
the
Town
-Leveridge, Salway, Mrs Lampe
Music:
I:
Handel
's Celebrated Water Music-; with a preamble on
the
Kettle Drums-Joseph Woodbridge; IV: A Grand Concerto-; accompanied by French Horns-
Entertainment:
III: A Dialogue explaining
The
Truth on both sides,-Roberts, Miss Hillyard [probably sung]
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