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18 November 1775
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Artaxerxes
Afterpiece Title:
The Commissary
Dance:
End Opera:
A New Comic Dance
(
Never
Performed)-Dagueville, Sga Vidini, Mas. Holland, Harris, Miss Mathews, Miss Ross, etc
327
27 April 1776
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love For Love
Afterpiece Title:
The Irish Widow
Monologue:
Interlude
. Taken from
The Register Office
. End of Play, By Particular Desire and for that night only. The New Character-Mrs Gardener , her first appearance here these 2 years; Melpomene-Miss Francis
Entertainment:
After Interlude:
Epilogue
-Lee Lewes in the character of
Harlequin
(Written by
late
Dr Goldsmith
) which will conclude with an escape thro' the Tub, as in the Pantomime of
Mother Shipton
Dance:
End Epilogue:
The Merry Sailors
, as17760314
328
03 May 1776
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Edward And Eleonora
Afterpiece Title:
A Duke and no Duke
Dance:
II: New Dance Call'd
The Academy
-; in which will be introduced the New
Court Minuet
,
Rigadoon
(
never
perform'd before)-Mas. Holland, Miss Armstrong; with a
Minuet
,
Allemande
-Mas. Dagueville, a Girl only 5 years old; to conclude with a new
Cadrille
-Sg and Sga Zuchelli, Dagueville, Sga Vidini; End: a New Dance call'd
The Humours of the New@Market Races
with all the usual performances,-Dagueville, Harris, Rudd, Mas. Holland, Miss Ross, Miss Armstrong, Sga Vidini; to conclude with the
Pony Races
-
329
04 May 1776
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
The Man of Quality
Dance:
I: A
Minuet
-Holloway, Miss Cranfield; II: A
Minuet
-Dagueville, Mrs Masters (Daughter of the
late
Mr Lalauze
)
330
07 April 1778
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Cymon
Afterpiece Title:
All the World's a Stage
Song:
Several new
airs
(
never
performed) by
Michael Arne
-for the characters of
Cymon
and
Sylvia
, on this occasion
331
19 May 1778
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
L'amore Soldato
Dance:
End I:
Les Bohemiens
, as17771216; End II:
Serious Ballet
, as17780120; End Opera: new Ballet Demi-caractere (
never
performed),
L'Amour dans la Vendange
-Mons and Mlle Banti, Sg and Sga Zuchelli
332
24 June 1778
@ China Hall, Lower Road, Rotherhithe
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Miser
Afterpiece Title:
The Irish Widow
Song:
As17780529
Entertainment:
Monologue
End:
The Cries of London
(in Imitation of the
late
Mr Shuter
)-Jackson
333
27 January 1779
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Comedy Of Errors
Afterpiece Title:
The Touchstone
Song:
As17790122, but
song
-Mrs Kennedy (
late
Mrs Farrell
)
334
26 February 1779
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Acis And Ga
late
a; Judas Maccabaeus
Afterpiece Title:
Songs, Chorusses selected from the Works of the
late
Henry Purcell; Judas Maccabaeus
Song:
End Part I: a
cantata
-Mrs Kennedy
Music:
End Part II:
concerto
on the violoncello-Cervetto
335
31 August 1780
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Maid Of The Mill
Afterpiece Title:
The Son-in-law
Dance:
End: As17800615
Entertainment:
After the dance: a Variety of
Imitations
, vocal and rhetorical, and (
never
attempted before) several in Dialogue-Messrs Bannister
336
22 August 1781
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
the Feast Of Thalia; Or, A Dramatic Olio
Afterpiece Title:
First Course, a substantial Dish from: Henry IV
Afterpiece Title:
Second Courae, a Comic Dish,
never
serv'd up before: Kensington Gardens; or, The Walking Jockey
Afterpiece Title:
Third Course, an Operatic Dish: The Son-in-Law
Afterpiece Title:
Also by way of Entremet: Ripe Fruit; or, The Marriage Act
Afterpiece Title:
Desert: Tom Thumb
Song:
In Second Course:
Auld Robin Gray
-Miss Harper
337
21 March 1782
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love At A Venture; Or, The Rake Reclaim'd
Afterpiece Title:
The Tobacconist
Monologue:
1782 03 21 End of mainpiece (
never
performed here) Phelimoguffinocarilocarneymacframe's Description of a Man of War and a Sea Fight, with Explanations, by Mrs Kennedy
338
26 February 1784
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
I Rivali Delusi
Dance:
End of Act I Le Reveil du Bonheur, as17840203; End of Opera an entirely new ballet in the Rural Stile, composed by D'Auberval, founded on the much admired Burletta of the celebrated Favart, Le Coca du Pillage; ou, La Lotterie Ingenieuse, in which a Pastoral Minuet,
never
exhibited but at the Opera in Paris, by Vestris fJun.J and Mme Theodore, the other parts by Blake, Slingsby, Mme Rossi, Miss De Camp, Mme Simonet. The Music selected from Sacchini, Piccinni, and other eminent Performers
339
11 March 1784
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
I Rivali Delusi
Dance:
End of Act I Le Reveil du Bonheur, as17840203, but added: Pas Seul, to the French air of Marlborough, by Miss Simonet (who
never
appears on the stage but at her Mother's Benefit), and omitted: Cupid; End of Opera an entirely new Ballet, composed by D'Auberval, Le Magnifique (the subject taken from the celebrated French Opera of that name) by Henry, Zuchelli, Vestris [Jun.], Mme Theodore, Mme Simonet, with the Minuet de la Cour and Gavotte by Miss De Camp and Miss Simonet (N. B. These two young Ladies, neither of whom has yet completed her ninth year, are both Pupils of Simonet, Father to the latter, and for some years Ballet-Master at the King's Theatre)
340
18 February 1785
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Acis And Ga
late
a
Afterpiece Title:
Dryden's Ode
Music:
End of Part I of oratorio concerto on the French harp by Cardon,
late
Musician to the Queen of France
341
29 March 1785
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Constant Couple; Or, A Trip To The Jubilee
Afterpiece Title:
Barataria; or, Sancho Turn'd Governor
Dance:
As17841201
Monologue:
1785 03 29 Preceding the mainpiece Mother Shipton's Review of the Audience (Written by the
late
D. Garrick, Esq.) [speaker not listed, but probably Quick]
342
06 April 1785
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
The Musical Lady
Dance:
In Act III of mainpiece Hornpipe by Miss Besford; After 2nd song, The Mountaineers, as17841201
Song:
End of Act I of mainpiece The Sorrows of Charlotte at the Tomb of Werter (the music composed by Percy, and
never
before sung in public) sung in character by Miss Wheeler; End of mainpiece The Soldier tir'd of War's Alarms by Miss Wheeler
343
14 April 1785
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Elfrida
Afterpiece Title:
The Lyar
Song:
Mainpiece: With the original Music, composed by the
late
Dr Arne; the Vocal Parts by Miss Phillips, Miss Field, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, the Miss Stageldoirs, Miss Barnes, Mrs Burnett, Miss Simson, Miss Burnett, Miss Cranford, Mrs Smith, Miss George, Mrs Wrighten
344
05 December 1786
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Tempest
Afterpiece Title:
Catherine and Petruchio
Dance:
II: a
Dance of Spirits
-Miss Stageldoir; III: a
Dance of Fantastic Spirits
-; IV:
Dance
-Hamoir, Miss Stageldoir
Song:
The Music by
Purcel
and
Dr Arne
-; with the additional Airs and Chorusses by the
late
Linley Jun
-; Vocal Parts-Williames, Danby, Fawcett, Alfred, Newbold, Mrs Love, Mrs Booth, Miss Barnes, Miss Cranford, Miss J. Stageldoir
345
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
346
13 March 1788
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Gli Schiavi Per Amore
Dance:
End I:
Les Fetes de Tempe
-[see17880228]; End Opera: a new grand Tragic Ballet,
never
performed,
Euthyme et Eucharis
[, composed by
Noverre
. Principal Characters-Mlle Hilligsberg, Didelot, Mlle Coulon, Vestris, Sga Bedini, the two Miss Simonets, Mme Vedie, Henry, Jacolet, Saulnier, Sala, Coulon. [Partial cast from
Lynham, 170
:
Eucharis-Mlle Hilligsberg; +Mars-Didelot; +Euthyme-Vestris; +L'Ombre-Henry; +Bellone-Coulon.
347
15 May 1788
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Frascatana
Dance:
End I:
New Ballet
, as17880426; with a
Pas de Deux
-Miss Harvey, Henry
Song:
In opera: the
Grand Quintetto
(
never
performed in this Country)-; several beautiful parts of music as performed in the original Opera-
Ballet:
End Opera:
L'Amour et Psiche
. As17880129, but Hymen-Henry in place of
Chevalier
; Graces Furies and Fates-Mlle _Vedie, Miss
Harvey, _Jacolet, _Saulnier, _Sala; Didelot_; Coulon_
348
31 January 1789
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Ifigenia In Aulide
Dance:
End I:
New Divertissement
, as17890110; End Opera: an entire new ballet (
never
performed),
Les Fetes Provencales
(composed by
Noverre
)-Didelot, Beaupre, Duquesney, Mlle Adelaide, the two Miss Simonets, Sala, Saulnier, Mlle Normand
349
12 July 1790
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
[beaumarchais:
Never
[previously] Acted Together
Afterpiece Title:
The Follies of a Day (Being the Sequel to The Spanish Barber)
Dance:
As17900630
350
07 March 1791
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Busy Body
Afterpiece Title:
The Advertisement; or, A New Way to Get a Husband
Entertainment:
Monologues
End IV:
The
late
King of Prussia and General Ziethen
-Lee Lewes; End:
A Whimsical Dissertation upon Law
-Lee Lewes
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