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Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: Mr Gibbons's Company of French Rope Dancers; where you will see stiff Rope-little Child (about two Years and a half old) perform such wonderful things, as is surprising to all that behold him; extraordinary Dancing on the stiff Rope-A Young Maiden who dances to Admiration; Dancing on the Rope, Playing on the Violin-the famous Scaramouch lately come from France, who turns himself as if he was going on the Ground; Walking on the Slack Rope after the Italian manner-A Young Man; Lastly Tumbles-The Famous Gibbon who has had the honour to perform before most of the Courts in Europe, for Lightness, and Agility, far beyond what has ever yet been seen; You will likewise be entertained with good Musick-

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: As17150512

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Mainpiece Title: Bonduca

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances; or, More Ways Than One

Music: Mainpiece: by Henry Purcell

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

Song: A Dialogue-Pack, Cook

Dance: Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Mrs Cross

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

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Shaw

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Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances; or, More Ways Than One

Song: Turner, Mrs Bowman

Dance: As17151122

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Mainpiece Title: Oedipus, King Of Thebes

Dance: A New Dance-Moreau, Mrs Schoolding; A Serious Dance-Salle, Mlle Salle, Salle's Sister, the Two Children from the Opera at Paris

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Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

Song: A Dialogue between-Cook, a Gentlewoman, who never appear'd on any Stage before

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith

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Mainpiece Title: The Adventures Of Five Hours

Dance: Dame Ragonde And Her Eight Children- (new)

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: Shaw, Wade, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: Shaw, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Lindar

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: As17180114

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: Shaw, Wade, Topham, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Miss Younger, Miss Lindar

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Turned Judge

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

Afterpiece Title: The Jealous Doctor

Music: Flute Solo-John Bastion; accompanied-Pieppo

Song: Since Times Are So Bad-Leveridge, Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Cook, Mrs Bullock; Chacone-Mrs Bullock; French Peasant-Moreau, Mrs Bullock

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Mainpiece Title: Jepthah's Rash Vow; Or, The Virgin Sacrifice

Entertainment: And to give a general Satisfaction to the Town, Mr Penkethman has hir'd Dance after the New French Mode-the Dancing-Dogs lately arriv'd from France, which have been receiv'd both at Hampton-Court and at Richmond, as well as at most Courts of Europe, with wonderful Applause, to perform on his Stage; their Dresses as well as their Dances being entirely after the New French Mode, and only, at the common Prices of the Droll

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Santlow, Topham, Mrs Tenoe

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: As17181111

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: Shaw, Mrs Santlow; A new Dance-Miss Lindar, a Boy that never perform'd on the Stage before; Dutch Skipper-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

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Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Song: As17191003

Dance: Pastoral Dance from Myrtillo, in which-Mr Lallie performs a Part, it being the first Time of his Appearance on any Stage

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Mainpiece Title: Harlequin A Sham Astrologer, A Parrot, A Child, A Statue, And A Chimney Sweeper

Dance: Danjeville

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Mainpiece Title: Harlequin A Sham Astrologer, A Parrot, A Child, A Statue, And A Chimney Sweeper

Afterpiece Title: The Reasonable Animals

Dance: A singular new Entertainment by Danjeville, at the Request of several Persons of Quality