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24 September 1781
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Romeo And Juliet
Afterpiece Title:
The Marriage Act
Dance:
In Act I of mainpiece a Masquerade Scene incident to the
Play
and a Minuet by Aldridge and Miss Besford. [These were included, as here assigned, in all subsequent performances.]
Song:
End of Act iv of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession with the Solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Mattocks, Reinhold, Davies, Robson, J. Wilson, Baker, Darley, Doyle, Simpkinson; Miss Harper, Mrs Martyr, Miss Morris, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy
302
04 May 1782
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
Tom Thumb
Song:
End of Act I of mainpiece The Huntsman's street Halloo and The Death of the Stag by Miss Catley and a Young Gentleman (1st time [
unidentified
)); End of Act II The Early Horn by the same Gentleman; In afterpiece The Soldier tired of War's Alarms by Miss Catley
303
16 May 1782
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Maid Of The Mill
Afterpiece Title:
The Irish Widow
Dance:
End of Act I of mainpiece a Hornpipe, as17820314nd of mainpiece a Minuet by Brigg and A Young Lady (his Scholar [
unidentified
]); End of Act I of afterpiece The Irish Fair, as17820406
304
03 March 1783
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
The Triumph of Mirth
Dance:
In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade and Dance proper to the
Play
305
21 May 1783
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Tender Husband
Afterpiece Title:
Who's the Dupe
Dance:
End of Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by a Young Gentleman [
unidentified
] (Pupil of Walker); End of Act I of afterpiece, as17821005
306
23 May 1783
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Confederacy
Afterpiece Title:
The Gentle Shepherd
Dance:
End of Act III of mainpiece, as17820917; End of Act iv Hornpipe by a Young Lady [
unidentified
] (Scholar of Brigg)
Song:
End of mainpiece Tally Ho! by Miss Barnes
307
22 September 1783
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Romeo And Juliet
Afterpiece Title:
The Choice of Harlequin; or, The Indian Chief
Dance:
In Act I of mainpiece a Masquerade incident to the
Play
, and a Minuet by Harris and Miss Matthews
Song:
End of Act iv of mainpiece Juliet's Funeral Procession, with a solemn Dirge. Vocal Parts by Bannister, Mattocks, Reinhold, Brett, Mahon, Darley, Doyle; Mrs Bannister, Mrs Johnstone, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Kennedy
308
21 January 1784
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Word To The Wise
Afterpiece Title:
The Talisman
Song:
End of mainpiece a song by Brett
Monologue:
1784 01 21 End of Act III of mainpiece a Masonic Address by a Brother [
unidentified
]
309
09 February 1784
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger
Afterpiece Title:
Wit's Last Stake
Dance:
End of Act III of mainpiece a new composed Reel (performers not listed); In Act IV a Hornpipe by Middleton
Monologue:
1784 02 09 The Edinburgh Buck by a Genleman [
unidentified
]
310
30 April 1784
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Spanish Fryar
Dance:
End of Act I a new pantomimical, operatical, farcical interlude, The Peasant Metamorphosed; or, Delpini's Voyage from Dublin in an Air Balloon, in which Delpini will introduce a specimen of singing in French, Italian and English, and which will conclude with a new Hornpipe by the celebrated Blake (by permission of the Managers of the Opera-house; his 1st appearance on that stage); End of Act II a comic pantomime dance, The Country Squabble, by Delpini, Mrs Dagville, Miss Parish, Duquesney Jun.; End of
play
a new pantomimical dance, The Rival Clowns, by Delpini, Blake, &c, in which the famous rondo of Orpheo, in Italian, by Delpini, and to conclude with an Allemande in a new comic stile
Song:
End of Acts II and III, by a Young Gentlewoman (1st appearance on any stage [
unidentified
])
311
15 May 1784
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
A Trip to Scotland
Dance:
In Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by a Young Lady [
unidentified
], Scholar of Briggs; In afterpiece a Postillion Dance incident to the piece (performers not listed)
312
15 May 1784
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Belle's Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
The Flitch of Bacon
Dance:
End of Act III of mainpiece The Rival Nympbs, as17840318athi
Song:
End of mainpiece Let not Age by a Young Lady (1st appearance on any stage [
unidentified
])
313
17 September 1784
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
King Richard The Third
Afterpiece Title:
The Apprentice
Song:
End of Act I of afterpiece Four-and-Twenty Fiddlers all on a Row by a Gentleman [
unidentified
]; End of afterpiece a Mad Song in character by Lyons. imitations. End of mainpiece George Saville Carey has voluntarily offered to go through the following Imitations: The Examination of a Stage Candidate (in the manner of the immortal Garrick), Juno in her Cups, Etiquette, No Flower that blows, Widow Lovett, The Roundelay (in the manner of a late much-lamented Syren [probably Mrs Cargill, who, on her return from India, was drowned on 26 Feb. 1784], The Serenade in The Jubilee (after the manner of Vernon, Bannister and Kear.) To conclude with his celebrated Dialogue, in the manner of Foote and Weston. After the Imitations the Prologue to Barbarossa by Kippling, in the character of a Country Boy, in which he will introduce a Yorkshire Jig in Wooden Shoes
314
21 January 1785
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
The Magic Cavern
Dance:
In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade Dance incident to the
Play
[performers not listed]
315
24 January 1785
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Gentle Shepherd; Or, Patie And Roger
Afterpiece Title:
The Double Amour
Song:
End of Act III of mainpiece the Sbeep shearing Song [Come, come, my good shepherds] by Mrs Raeburn; End of mainpiece, by Permission of the Caledonian Society, their Constitution Song, set to music by an eminent Master, by a Gentleman [
unidentified
]. imitations. Following 2nd song, a variety of Imitations by a Gentleman who performed for Bannister's Benefit [on 26 Aug. 1784], and others, with universal applause, being his 4th appearance [Kean]
316
17 March 1785
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Il Curioso Indiscreto
Dance:
End of Act I Divertissement, as17850224, with The Cossack; End of Opera a new Heroic Ballet (1st time; composed by Lepicq) founded on Shakespeare's Historical
Play
of Macbeth by Lepicq, Angiolini, Nivelon, Mme Rossi, Slingsby, Frederic, Sga Angiolini, Mlle Dorival. The Vocal Parts by Tasca, Franchi, Bartolini; Sga Dorta, &c. The Ballet to conclude with The Caledonian Reel
317
01 April 1785
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Douglas
Afterpiece Title:
The Israelites; or, The Pamper'd Nabob
Dance:
As17841116
Song:
Preceding afterpiece a Trio, composed by an English composer in 1540 [
unidentified
], by Davies, Darley, Brett. The new Words by Holcroft, the new Accompaniments by Shield
318
17 May 1785
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A New Way To Pay Old Debts
Afterpiece Title:
The Caldron
Dance:
End of Act III of mainpiece the Minuet de la Cour and Gavot by Master Butler and a Young Lady [
unidentified
] (both Scholars to Miller); End of mainpiece a Double Hornpipe by Master Butler and the same Young Lady
319
22 July 1785
@ Windsor Castle Inn, King Street, Hammersmith
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Maid Of The Mill
Afterpiece Title:
The Ghost; or, The Dead Man Alive
Dance:
End of mainpiece a Double Hornpipe by Wright and a Young Lady (from the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden; 1st appearance on this stage [
unidentified
]). imitations. After the Dancing Theatrical Imitations by Payne
320
02 November 1785
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
Comus
Dance:
In Act II of mainpiece a Masquerade Dance incident to the
Play
; End of mainpiece The Wapping Landlady by Blurton, Rayner, Miss Besford
321
11 April 1787
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
The Guardian
Dance:
II: a
Masquerade Dance
-incident to the
Play
; End:
The Indian's Ransom
, as17870217
322
07 November 1787
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
The Farmer
Dance:
II:
Masquerade Dance
incident to the
play
-
323
29 April 1788
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Jealous Wife
Afterpiece Title:
Miss in her Teens
Dance:
End IV:
Double Hornpipe
-Mr and Miss Bourk
Song:
End I:
Crazy Kate
-Chambers; End III:
song
-Arrowsmith
Entertainment:
End II:
Imitations
-a Gentleman [
unidentified
]
Monologue:
Vaudeville
. End:
Bunbury
's
Representation of the Prince's Bow
. Teacher-Delpini; in which he will introduce a song,
Woman turn us round about
-Delpini
324
30 April 1788
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
The Humourist
Dance:
In II: a Masquerade and
Dance
-proper to the
Play
Entertainment:
Monologue
. End:
The Passions an Ode to Music
-Kemble
325
22 December 1788
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Tamerlane The Great; Or, The Fall Of Bajazet, Emperor Of The Turks
Afterpiece Title:
Who's the Dupe
Song:
IV:
To Thee O Gentle Sleep
-a Young Lady (1st appearance in public [
unidentified
])
Entertainment:
Monologue
End:
Hippisley's Drunken Man
-Jackson
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