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360 results for: Title - An Historical Play

76
20 May 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: With New Songs proper to the Play-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: Nivelon, Salle, Mlle Salle, Mrs Bullock

77
17 June 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

Song: TThe Play of Love-Salway

Dance: CChacone-Mrs Anderson; Swedish Darl Carl-Pelling, Mrs Ogden; Miller's Dance-Newhouse, Morgan, Mrs Ogden

78
26 September 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: Incident to the Play: Vocal and Instrumental Musick-; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Legar, Salway, Mrs Chambers, others

Dance: Dupre, Salle, Nivelon, Lally, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr

79
28 October 1726 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Most Knowing, Least Understanding; Or, Harlequin's Metamorphosis; Viz

Afterpiece Title: The Pleasant Marriage; Concluding with The Singing Deities

Dance: Dancing and other Decorations proper to the Play , entirely new and diverting-

80
03 April 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Dance: With the usual Dances proper to the Play-; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier; French Sailor and his Wife-Salle, Mlle Salle

81
30 October 1727 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches; Or, Teague O'divelly

Music: ll the Witches Musick both Vocal and Instrumental, by the late Mr Barret-

Dance: Dancing Proper to the Play-

Ballet: TThe Cobler's Jealous Wife. Cobler-Boval; His Wife-Roger; Countrymen-Essex, Haughton; Countrywomen-Mrs Brett, Mrs Mills

82
30 September 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: incident to Pncident to Play: Vocal and Instrumental Musick-; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Legar, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Ceedo, Mrs Warren

Dance: Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr

83
23 October 1728 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Song: Singing Proper to the Play-Leveridge, Legare

Dance: TTwo Pierrots-Salle, Pelling; Pastoral-DuPre, Pelling

84
29 July 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Whig And Tory

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Music: Between Play and Opera: a Piece of Musick on the Violin-Clarke; accompany'd Harpsichord-Magnes; Also a Voluntary-Magnes alone, being the first Time of his Performance in Publick

85
03 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: With the Vocal and Instrumental Musick Incident to the Play-; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Legar, Salway, Harrison, Thompson, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Egleton

Dance: Salle, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr

86
06 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Music: Vocal Music; proper to the Play -Leveridge, Legar

Dance: HHighlander and his Mistress-Salle, Laguerre

87
24 October 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, The Generous Portuguese

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Song: Mrs Barbier; The Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge

Dance: Incident to the Play: Salle, Nivelon, Dupre, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Delagarde Jr, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Legar, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Hill, Miss LaTour

88
29 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Wedding

Music: Vocal Music proper to the Play,-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; A new Pierrot and Pierrette by de St.Luce-de St.Luce, Pelling; Numidian-Glover, Miss LaTour

89
14 May 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Song: Singing in Italian-Mrs Barbier; incident to the Play: Original Music-Leveridge, Legar, Salway, Rochetti, Papillion, Baker, Thompson, Mrs Chambers, Mrs Egleton, Mrs Cantrel

Music: H$Handel's Water Music-; with a Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Benjamin Baker

Dance: Salle, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr

90
18 May 1730 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Marriage

Afterpiece Title: The Clown's Stratagem; or, A New Way to get a Wife

Music: III: Sonata of Corelli, proper to the Play-

Song: End III: A New Ballad to the tune of the Second Joke,-Mrs Roberts

Dance: IV: La Matellote-Miss Robinson; V: Last new Comic Dance-Rainton, Mrs Walter

91
18 May 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Quaker Of Deal

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: FFingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; French Peasant-Poitier; A new Sailor's Dance- proper to the Play

Song: A Gentlewoman, in the Character of a Sailor, who never appeared on any Stage before

92
21 September 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: With the Musick, both Incident to the Play: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Legar, Salway, Papillon, Thompson, Mrs Seedo, Mrs Egleton, Mrs Cantrel

Dance: Salle, Dupre, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr

93
20 November 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Count; Or, A New Way To Play An Old Game

Dance:

94
04 February 1731 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: In which several Instruments, particularly on the Violin, she having been approv'd by Mr Handell, will play (besides Corelli's Vivaldi's,) some Pieces of her own Composing-a Gentlewoman

95
15 March 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Music: Music Proper to the Play-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: I: Scottish Dance-Mrs Bullock; II: Scating Dance-Nivelon; III: Flag Dance-Nivelon; IV: Salle, Mlle Salle; V: Grand Dance of Momus-; The Sailor's Mistress-Mlle A-la-mode de Paris

96
30 April 1731 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Contrast; A Tragi-comical Rehearsal Of Two Modern Plays: Match Upon Match; Or, No Match At All, And The Tragedy Of Epaminodas

97
19 October 1731 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: Dancing-The same that were perform'd with this Play before the Royal Family last Night at Hampton-Court

98
28 February 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Music: A Piece proper to the Play-Leveridge, Legar

Dance: TThe Pastorella (new)-a Little Boy, who never appeared on the Stage before. and Miss Rogers, both Scholars of Salle

99
28 February 1732 @ Hickford's Room

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: With several Concertoes-of his Castrucci's own Composition; and particularly will play two Solos on a fine Instrument call'd Violetta Marina,and the 1st and 8th Concerto of his Master, the famous Corelli-

100
03 May 1732 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Music: new Overture with Kettle Drums and Trumpets by Seedo-; I: The 5th Concerto of Vivaldi, upon the Stage-; II: The 8th Concerto of Michael Angelo Corelli-; III: Handel's Water Musick with French Horns-; Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Ben. Baker

Song: I: Rosy Bowers-Miss Raftor; End Afterpiece: Ellis Roberts

Dance: II: Harlequins-Lally Jr, Miss Brett; In III: A new Grand Heroic Comic Dance, proper to the Play-; End Afterpiece: The Masqueraders-Essex, Thurmond, Houghton, Tench, Mrs Walter, Mrs D'Lorme, Miss Mears, Miss Williams