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300 results for: Title - The Comical Transformation

276
01 April 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Incendiary

277
24 April 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: II: Italian Peasants, as17460206; IV: Swiss Dance, as17460416 V: Minuet, Louvre-Desse, Miss Hilliard

278
01 May 1746 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prodigal Son; With The Comical Humours Of Sir John Oldcastle And A Pert Chambermaid

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Dance: NNew Hornpipe, Drunken Peasant-Phillips; Sailor's Dance called the Jovial Crew-Phillips

Song: Grand Chorus in Honor of his Royal Highness the Duke on his brave Defeat of the Rebels-

279
08 September 1746 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Audlin; Or, The Merchant's Daughter Of Brastol; With The Comical Humours Of Roger, Antonio's Man

Song: Batt Platt, the original Mad Tom

Dance: Sig and Signora Capuchino, Mynheer Drollelo, being children lately arrived from Holland, who never appeared on any Stage

280
01 November 1746 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Double Disappointment

Song: III: Lowe

281
07 May 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Song: I: By Particular Desire, The Early Horn-Lowe

282
15 March 1750 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Rivals; or, The School Boy

283
07 September 1751 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Edward Iv; Or, The Lives Of Robin Hood And Little John, With The Comical Humours Of The Pindar Of Wakefield

Entertainment: EEquilibres on a small wire-Cooke

284
09 March 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Afterpiece Title: Miss in Her Teens

Song: III: Mattocks

Dance: IV: Mad Auretti

285
16 April 1752 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Lovers

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Dance: II: A Peasant Dance-Master Piettro; III: A Comic Dance-Sg Piettro, Janeton Auretti; IV: a Hornpipe-the Little Swiss; V: L'Entree de Flore, as17511015; a Peasant Dance, as17511015

286
18 September 1753 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Sham Physician; Or, Trick For Trick

Afterpiece Title: The Distress'd Sailor; or, The Comical Humours of the Wapping Landlady

Entertainment: Slack Wire-a Gentleman

287
18 September 1755 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Humours and Adventures of Trusty, her Father's Man, and Three Witches

Entertainment: Kettle Drums-Jos. Woodbridge. A Good Band is provided consisting of Kettle Drums, Trumpets, French Horns, Violins, Hautboys, Bassoons

288
03 September 1756 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ngland Triumphant; Or, The British General

Afterpiece Title: The Merry Beggars; with the Comical Humours of his Royal Consort Queen Tatter

Entertainment: Variety of Singing, Dancing, Rope Dancing, Tumbling-eminent performers lately arrived from Italy

289
02 September 1758 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Turn'd Bully; Or, The Lover's Triumph: With The Comical Humours Of squire Noodle And His Man doodle

Afterpiece Title: A Grand Representation of the Taking of Louisburg and Cape Breton by Admiral Boscawen and General Amherst

290
26 March 1759 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Resentment; or, Trick for Trick

Dance: As17581016

291
15 June 1778 @ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserved; Or, A Plot Discover'd

Afterpiece Title: Comical Courtship; or, The Battle Royal

Dance: As17780601

Song: As17780529

292
16 November 1784 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The School For Wives

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Dance: End of mainpiece a new Comic Dance, The Affrighted Dwarf, with a whimsical Transformation into Mad Moll (performers not listed)

Monologue: 1784 11 16 End of Act IV of mainpiece Bucks have at ye all by Cross

293
15 July 1785 @ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar; Or, The Comical Discovery

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton; or, Harlequin Gladiator

Song: End of Act II of 1st piece The Pidgeon by Miss Cranford; End of 1st piece Four and Twenty Fidlers all on a Row by Wellman

Monologue: 1785 07 15 End of 2nd song Bucks have at ye all by Benson

294
23 August 1785 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Good-natur'd Man

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter

Song: End of Act III of mainpiece The Windsor Lady (an Historical, Tragical, Comical old Ditty); End of Act I of afterpiece Four-and-Tmenty Fiddlers all on a Row, both by Edwin

Monologue: 1785 08 23 End of mainpiece A Description of the Curiosities of the Tomer of London by Edwin

295
25 April 1787 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Transformation; Or, The Manager An Actor In Spite Of Himself

Afterpiece Title: The Strangers at Home

Afterpiece Title: The Humourist

Song: End 2nd piece: Stand to your Guns-Bannister

Entertainment: After Singing: various Imitations, Vocal and Rhetorical, -Bannister Jun

296
07 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Transformation

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: English Readings

Dance: End: a Pas de Deux Provencale-the two Miss Simonets

Entertainment: In the course of the Evening's Entertainments various Imitations-Bannister Jun

Ballet: End 3rd piece: a grand dance, never performed, Gli Schiavi per Amore. Bastiano Amazzagatta-young D'Egville; Mons. Perruque-young Giorgi; Don Berticco-George D'Egville; Mad. Neri-Miss Blanchet; Glinda-Miss DeCamp

297
28 August 1787 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir John Cockle, At Court

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Afterpiece Title: The Ghost; or, The Man Bewitch'd

Song: End 2nd piece: the new Four@and@twenty Fiddlers all on a Row-Edwin

Entertainment: Monologue End: Lingo's Opinions on Men and Manners (a Comical, Whimsical, Operatical, Farcical Rhapsody)-Edwin

298
21 April 1788 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Transformation; Or, The Manager An Actor In Spite Of Himself

Afterpiece Title: The Spanish Barber

Afterpiece Title: The Invisible Mistress

Entertainment: Monologue. End 2nd piece: A Touch of the Times; or, A Ramble through London-Bannister Jun

299
11 November 1789 @ White Horse Inn, Parsons Green, Fulham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling; Or, Virtue Rewarded

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck; or, Walking Statue

Dance: End: a comic dance, The Affrighted Dwarf; or, Whimsical Transformation into Mad Moll-Blandford

Entertainment: Monologues. End I: Epilogue-Somebody in the Character of Nobody; End II: British Loyalty; or, A Squeeze for St. Paul's, will be introduced the characters of a Fide Lady? a Beau, an Irishman, a Scotchman, a Welshman, a Jew, an Old Man, and a British Sailor-Randall

300
17 May 1791 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Inkle And Yarico

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of a Day

Dance: As17910428

Song: End: Catches and Glees: When Arthur first in court began, Jack thou'rt a toper-Incledon, Reeve, Blanchard; To be jovial and gay-Johnstone; The Siege of Troy (Dibdin)-Johnstone; Goody Groaner (Dr Harington)-Incledon, Reeve, Blanchard; Sir you're a comical fellow-; Let's sing old Rose and burn the Bellows-