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276
21 March 1726
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
She Wou'd If She Cou'd
Afterpiece Title:
The Fickle Fair One
Dance:
RRunning Footman's Dance
-Nivelon, Mrs Legar;
French Sailor and his Wife
-Salle, Mlle Salle; end afterpiece:
Grand
Dance
-Dupre, Mrs Wall, Salle, Mrs Bullock, Lally, Mrs Anderson
277
19 April 1726
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Rover
Song:
Leveridge, Legare
Dance:
TTwo Pierrots
-Nivelon, Salle;
Pastoral
-Lally, Mrs Wall; A new
Grand
Dance of Two Punches Two Scaramouches and Three Harlequins
-
278
27 April 1726
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Arlequin De Capite
Afterpiece Title:
Les Deux Pierrots
Dance:
GGardiner's Dance
-Boudet, Welman, Mlle Boudet, Mlle Violante;
Furies
-Poitier, Boudet, Lalauze Jr, Wellman; A new
Grand
Dance called
La Triomphante
-Poitier, Boudett, Lalauze Jr, Wellman, Madame Boudett, Madame Violante; A new
Turkish Dance
-
279
30 April 1726
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Mariamne
Dance:
I: A new
Saraband
by
Dupre
-Mrs Wall; II:
Fingalian Dance
-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; III:
Chacone
-Dupre, Mrs Walls; IV:
Tollet's Ground
-Newhouse, Mrs Legare
Music:
II: Concerto on small Flute-Mr John Jones
Ballet:
V:
Grand
Dance
in the following Characters:.
Two Harlequins
-Dupre, Salle;
Two Punches
-Newhouse, Pelling;
Two Scaramouches
-Lanyon, Dupre Jr;
Harlequin Woman
-Mrs Wall
280
04 May 1726
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love's Last Shift
Dance:
End I: A new
Harlequin
-Young Rainton; II:
Pastoral
-Miss Robinson; III:
La Pierrete
-Roger, Mrs Brett; IV:
Muzette
-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; V: A
Grand
Turkish Dance
-Thurmond, Boval, Lally, Haughton, Duplessis
Music:
In III:
Trumpet Sonata
by
Mons Dieupart
-; In IV: Sonata by
Signor Corelli
-; End IV:
First Concerto
(by Desire) of
Signor Michael Arcangello Corelli
-
281
05 November 1726
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Diana's Madness; Or, Fatime, A Favourite Slave In The Seraglio, Mad For Love, And Crown'd Empress By The
Grand
Signior: With Pantlon And Harlequin Eunuchs Elected Kaimcan And Ciguir, The One Impaled And The Other Sawed Asunder, The Bashas Selim And Achmet Ript Open, Rabca Strangled, And Chistar Beheaded
Entertainment:
Carneval-after the
Venetian Manner
; Dancing-Masqueraders in divers Characters, Madmen, Turks Men and Women being the Invention of
Mr Poictiers
282
23 March 1727
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Mourning Bride
Dance:
End II:
Pierrot's Dance
-Roger, Mrs Brett; III:
Polonese
-Young Rainton, Miss Robinson; IV: The
Grand
Flower Dance call'd
La Badinage Champetre
-Roger, Mrs Booth, Lally, Miss Tenoe, Boval, Mrs Walter, Haughton, Mrs Brett, Duplessis, Mrs Young
283
21 April 1727
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Country Wife
Dance:
Of Poitier's Composition:
A Jalousie of Three Pierots
-Poitier, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden;
Serious Dance
-Dupre, Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss Latour;
French Peasant
-Poitier;
A
Grand
Ballet
-ten Persons of Different Characters
Music:
End III: At the Desire of several Persons of Quality, Kettle Drums-Mr Poitier
284
13 May 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Gamester
Song:
End I:
L'Amor Che Parte Sento
,
Gently Touch the Warbling Lyre
-Miss Warren; III:
No Kissing At All
-Leveridge, Salway
Dance:
II:
Pastoral Dance
-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; IV:
Milk Maids Dance
-; V:
Grand
Dance of Moors
-; Kettle Drums-Poitier
285
15 May 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
Song:
End I: Mrs Barbier; III: Rochetti; IV:
Love and Wine
-Leveridge, Legare
Dance:
II: A new
Ball Dance
-Glover, Mrs Legare; V:
Grand
Dance of Lads and Lasses
-Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour
286
20 May 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Pilgrim
Afterpiece Title:
The Humours of Bedlam
Dance:
End I:
Fingalian
-; II:
French Peasants and their Lasses
-; III: A new
Ball Dance
-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; V:
Grand
Dance of Moors
-; Kettle Drums-Poitier
287
22 May 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love And A Bottle
Dance:
SScottish Dance
-Mrs Bullock;
Grand
Dance of Moors
-Glover, Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour;
Fingalian
-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden
288
23 May 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Jew Of Venice
Song:
new Song-Miss Fenton;
The Cobler's Tragical End
-Leveridge
Dance:
SScottish Dance
-Mrs Bullock;
Wooden Shoe Dance
-Nivelon;
Grand
Dance of Moors
-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour
289
20 March 1729
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Country Wife
Afterpiece Title:
The What D'ye Call It
Dance:
PPierrots
-Salle, Pelling;
Scottish Dance
-Mrs Bullock;
Grand
Dance
-Salle, DuPre, Moreau, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour
290
19 April 1729
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Tunbridge Walks; Or, The Yeoman Of Kent
Afterpiece Title:
Flora
Dance:
DDutch Skipper
-Moreau, Mrs Bullock; A
Scotch Jig
called
The Dusty Miller
-Moreau; A new
Grand
Ballet (
English, French, Dutch Characters
) composed by
Moreau
-Salle, Mrs Legar, Dupre, Mrs Pelling, Moreau, Mrs Moreau, Newhouse, Mrs Ogden, Pelling, Mrs Bullock, Legar, Miss LaTour
Song:
Papillion
291
23 April 1729
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Timon Of Athens; Or, The Man-hater
Music:
In II: Masque with
Grand
Dance of Moors
-Rainton, others; music by
Corelli
-
Dance:
III:
The Gondolier and Courtezan
-Master Lally, Miss Brett; IV:
Polonese
-Rainton, Miss Robinson; V: A new
French Peasant
-Rainton, Miss Robinson
292
26 May 1729
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Timon Of Athens
Afterpiece Title:
The Lover's Opera
Dance:
End II:
Grand
Moorish Dance
-Essex, others; IV:
Spanish Entry
-Lally, others; V:
Sultana
-Miss Robinson Jr; End Afterpiece:
Village Dance
-Thurmond, Houghton, Rainton, Burney, Mrs Mills, Miss Robinson Sr, Mrs Walter, Miss Price
293
17 December 1729
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Dance:
FFrench Sailor
-Salle, Mrs Laguerre;
French Peasant
-Poitier;
Grand
Dance
in
Momus Turned Fabulist
-
294
06 April 1730
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love's Last Shift
Afterpiece Title:
The Dutch and Scotch Contention
Dance:
WWooden Shoe Dance
-Nivelon;
French Sailor
-Salle, Laguerre;
Flag Dance
-Nivelon;
Grand
Comic Dance of Sailors
-;
Hornpipe
-Salle in the Character of a
Boatswain
, Being his first Attempt in that Way
295
10 April 1730
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Dance:
TTwo Pierrots
-Poitier, Nivelon;
Highlander and Mistress
-Salle, Mrs Laguerre; A new
Grand
Warlike Dance with Moors
-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Hill; in which will be introduced a new
Polonese
-Poitier, Miss LaTour; with Poitier beating a Preamble on the Kettle Drums.
Flag Dance
-Nivelon; A new
French Peasant
-Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, DuPre, Delagarde, St.Luce, Miss LaTour, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss Hill, Mrs Anderson; in
Daily Courant
Song:
Leveridge, Laguerre
296
24 April 1730
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Whig And Tory; Or, The Double Deceit
Music:
II: A Solo on the Violin-Charke
Dance:
III:
The Dutchwoman
-Miss Robinson; IV:
Pierraite
-Roger, Mlle Delorme; V:
A
Grand
Spanish Dance
-Lally, Essex, Thurmond, Haughton, Rainton
Song:
The usual Song-Miss Raftor
297
27 April 1730
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Country Wife
Afterpiece Title:
The Wedding
Dance:
End I:
Scotch Dance
-Mrs Bullock; II:
Two Pierrots
-Poitier, Pelling; III:
Numidian Dance
-Glover, Miss LaTour; IV:
Shepherd and Shepherdess
-Salle, Mrs Pelling; V:
Grand
Dance
-Glover, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, St.Luce; End of Opera:
Grand
Comic Dance of Sailors
-;
Hornpipe
in the Character of a
Boatswain
-Salle
298
29 April 1730
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Amphitryon
Music:
Select Pieces-; In III: Concerto on Little Flute-John Bastor
Dance:
End I:
Polonese
-Miss Brett; II:
Sultaness
-Miss Robinson; IV:
Dutch Man and Woman
-Roger, Rainton; V: A new
Grand
Dance
-Essex, Thurmond, Lally, Haughton, Boval, Rainton, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme
299
30 April 1730
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Confederacy
Afterpiece Title:
The Comical Rivals
Dance:
End V:
Grand
Comic Dance
in
Camilla
-Nivelon, Pelling, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour; End I of
School Boy: French Peasant
-Poitier; End of Farce:
Two Pierrots
-Poitier, Nivelon
300
13 May 1730
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Timoleon
Afterpiece Title:
The Stage Coach Opera
Dance:
End II:
Dutch Man and Woman
-Roger, Rainton; III:
Sultana
-Miss Robinson; IV:
Grand
Dance of Moors
-
Music:
End Act V: (by Desire)
Handel
's Water Music-; with a preamble on the Kettle Drums-Benjamin Baker
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