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23 August 1699
@ Bartholomew Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Fryar Bacon; Or, The
Country
Justice : With The Humours Of
tolfree The Miller
, And His Son
ralph
27
01 October 1701
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Country
Wife
28
21 October 1701
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Country
Wife
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music-
Dance:
Prince, Mrs Elford, Weaver; And at the Request of several Persons of Quality, there will be performed that delightful Exercise of Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, according to the
Italian manner
-
29
24 September 1702
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Cimbiline King Of Brittain; The Great Protector Of His
Country
30
07 October 1702
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Cymbeline King Of Brittain; The Great Protector Of His
Country
31
08 December 1702
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Bath; Or, The Western Lass
Song:
Let the dreadful Engines
-Leveridge;
Since the Times are so Bad
-Leveridge, Mrs Lindsey;
Sing Sing All Ye Muses
-Laroone, Hughs; A
Scotch Song
-Leveridge
Dance:
Between every Act:
Genteel Round
-a Devonshire Girl never seen on the Stage before, to the Harp alone; an
Irish Humour
,
The Whip of Dunboyne
-Devonshire Girl, her Master; another genteel dance-Devonshire Girl; a
Highland Lilt
-Devonshire Girl, her Master;
A
Country
Farmer's Daughter
-Devonshire Girl all in Natural Habits
32
29 December 1702
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Country
Wife
Dance:
The Mad/Man's Dance
. A new Dance perform'd-16 Persons in Grotesque Habits; in which Variety of Postures-a Black will perform to Admiration;
Roger a Coverly
-Weaver , as it was done Originally after the
Yorkshire manner
Song:
The Chimney Sweeper's Dialogue
-; A
Trumpet Song
never sung but twice on the Stage-; Mrs Hodgson, Mrs Willis
Music:
The Turkey/Cock Music
-. An Entertainment performed before the
Doge and Senate of Venice
at the last Carnival
33
23 January 1703
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Country
House
Song:
several Songs in Italian and French- The FamousSigniora Joanna Maria; accompany'd-Signior Gasperini; Leveridge, Laroon, Hughes
Dance:
Du/Ruell, Mrs Campion, others
34
12 February 1703
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Tunbridge Walks
Music:
A piece of Instrumental Musick- to be perform'd on the Stage
Song:
Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs; particularly a Two/part Song-Mr Laroon, Mrs Hughs compos'd by the late
Mr Henry Purcell
Song:
Country
Farmer's Daughter
,
Highland Lilt
-the Devonshire Girl;
The Whip of Dunbyn
-Claxton; a new
Entry
-Mrs Campion, others; A
Scotch Dance
-Mrs Bicknell; a new
Scaramouch Man and Scaramouch Woman
-Laferry, Mrs Lucas
35
11 March 1703
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Old Mode And The New; Or,
Country
Miss With Her Fourbeloe
36
18 May 1703
@ Hampstead
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music-; particularly a Song-[
Hughes
] [before
Her Majesty
, in Congratulation of Her Majesty's Happy Accession to the Crown; [Also several Entertainments-Mr Dean, Signior Francisco; [And three New Songs [never perform'd anywhere-Mr Hughs; [And that much celebrated Song for the Trumpet[, perform'd originally-Mr Pate [in
The Island Princess
, beginning
Rouse ye Gods of the Main
; [Also a Sonata for two Trumpets-; [and positively there will be perform'd an Extraordinary Entertainment on the Arch/Lutes-an Eminent Master [who never perform'd there before; accompanied-Mr Dean, others
37
23 August 1703
@ Bartholomew Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Entertainments
Dance:
Dancing on the Ropes , after the
French and Italian Fashion
-a Company of the finest Performers that ever yet have been seen in the whole World; For in the same Booth will be seen the two Famous French Maidens , so much admir'd in all Places and Countries where ever they come, (especially in
May-Fair
last) where they gain'd the highest Applause from all the Nobility and Gentry, for their wonderful Performance on the Rope, both with and without a Pole....To which is added; Vaulting on the High/Rope-; Tumbling on the Stage-; As also Vaulting on two Horses, on the great Stage, at once-
38
28 September 1703
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Sir Mannerly; Or, The
Country
Wit
39
02 February 1704
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Country
Wit
Afterpiece Title:
The Stage Coach
40
07 June 1704
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Oroonoko
Song:
Let the Dreadful Engines
-Leveridge
Dance:
Country
Frenchman and his Wife
,
Dutch Skipper
-duRuel, Mrs duRuel
Entertainment:
Diverting ones Clinch of
Barnet
41
24 July 1704
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Madam Fickle; Or, The Witty False One
Song:
The Turky/Cock Music
-Mrs Willis; a comical
country
dialogue-Mrs Willis, Cook; a song-older of Mrs Willis' daughters;
Eccles
' three-part song set for the Queen's Birthday-Short, Cook, Davis
Dance:
Irish Trot
-younger of Mrs Willis' daughters, age five
42
27 July 1704
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Maid In The Mill
Song:
A dialogue from
The Mad Lover
-Boman, Dogget in women's clothes; another dialogue-Cook, Godwin, the latter for his first appearance on the stage;
Hark ye Madam
from
Love's a Jest
-
Dance:
New Scene
v between a
Drunken Beau and a Chimney/Sweeper
-; several dances-Laithfield, Mrs Evans, Firbank, Firbank's scholar
43
16 August 1704
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Miser
Song:
A gentleman, his first on the stage
Dance:
Harlequin Man and Woman
-Laforest, Devonshire Girl;
Quaker's Dance
,
Country
Farmer's Daughter
-Devonshire Girl
44
16 October 1704
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Sir Mannerly Shallow; Or, The
Country
Wit
Afterpiece Title:
The Stage Coach
Song:
Spinning Wheel Dialogue
-Cook, another
Dance:
Chacone
-Miss Evans
45
20 October 1704
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Taming Of The Shrew; Or, Sawny The Scot
Dance:
Country
Farmer's Daughter
,
Highland Lilt
-Mrs Mosse;
Whip of Dunboyn
, an
Irish Humour
-Claxton, her Master
46
01 January 1705
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Emperor Of The Moon
Dance:
Grotesque dances,
Punchanello
-Cherrier;
Country
Farmer's Daughter
-Mrs Moss;
Harlequin
-Laforrest, Mrs Bicknell
47
25 January 1705
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Like Master Like Man
Song:
That celebrated Dialogue-Boman, Pack,
A Drunken Officer and a Town Miss
, originally performed in
The Mad Lover
; A
Country
Dialogue
-Mrs Willis, Short; A new
Trumpet Song
composed by
Eccles
-Davis
Dance:
The last new
Entry
-Firbank, Firbank's Scholar;
Blowsabella
-Prince, Mrs Clark; Comic dances-Prince, others; A
Right Irish Trot
-a child of five years
48
16 June 1705
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Coquet
Afterpiece Title:
The
Country
House
Song:
Henry Purcell
's
Frost Music
from
King Arthur
-Leveridge, the new Boy, others; Singing in English and Italian-Mrs Tofts
49
28 June 1705
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Young Coquet
Afterpiece Title:
The
Country
House
Afterpiece Title:
The Quacks
Song:
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Dance:
Comic dances-Mrs Cross, Mrs Moss, others
50
28 September 1705
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The City Politiques
Song:
A Two Part Song Compos'd by the late Famous
Mr Eccles
for
Her Majesty
's Birthday-Cook
Dance:
Imitation of a
Country
Farmer's Daughter
-Mrs Bruce; also a
Chacone
-Mrs Bruce, taught by
Elford
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