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102 results for: Title - The Generous Impostor

26
28 May 1715 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Entertainment: It consisted of Pyramids-; of all manner of Sweetmeats, the most generous Wines, Burgundy, Champaign, and was usher'd in by a Prologue-Mrs Younger; written by Mr Tickel, under Secretary to Mr Addison, and concluded by an Epilogue-Mr Wilks; written by himself; which was very merry and free with his own Character; after which, a large Table that was in th Area of the Consort-House, was taken away to make Room for the Company to Dance Country-Dances...We are likewise to acquaint the Reader, that an Ode of Horace-; was set to Musick and sung upon the Occasion, with several other very particular Songs and Performances, both Vocal and Instrumental Music- and that Mrs Younger spoke the Prologue, and Mr Wilks the Epilogue, which, after Sir Richard's Way, was extremely Diverting (Weekly Packet, 4 June)

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06 October 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Music: The Frost Musicout of King Arthur, composed by the late Mr Henry Purcell-Leveridge, Pack, Cook, Reading

Song: Signora Maria Fletcher formerly Menene

Dance: delaGarde, Shaw, Thurmond, Mrs Bullock

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25 October 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Dance: delaGarde, Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith; A new Spanish Entry-Mlle Salle, Salle; a new Harlequin-Salle, Mlle Salle

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31 January 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe

Dance: Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Kellom's Scholar, Cook, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross, Miss Smith, Salle, Mlle Salle; particularly Grand Comic Wedding Dance-

30
15 November 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Music: With all the Original Music and Dialogues to be sung-Leveridge, Pack, Cook

Dance: Dupre, Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Boval, Cook, Lully, Newhouse, Cook Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Gautier, Mrs Schoolding, Miss Smith

31
02 December 1718 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: Venus and Adonis

Dance: As17181129

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25 February 1721 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Song:

Dance:

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08 March 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess; Or, Generous Portuguese

Song: The Enthusiastick Song-

34
16 April 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Afterpiece Title: Amadis

Song: As17220308

Dance: As17220405

35
30 October 1722 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Music: With the Enthusiastick Song-; Dialogue, as usual-

Dance: Lally, Lally Jr, Newhouse, Pelling, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Bullock, Miss Francis

36
02 November 1723 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Song: Mrs Isabella Chambers; Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge; In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legar

Dance: All new Dances-Dupre, Francis Nivelon, Louis Nivelon, Glover, Pelling, Lanyon, Mlle L'Inconnue, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Wall, Mrs Bullock

37
09 October 1724 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Song: Mrs Isabella Chambers; The Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge; In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Legar

Dance: The usual Dances by Dupre, Nivelon, Glover, Pelling, Lanyon, Mlle L'Inconnu, Mrs Legar, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden

38
11 May 1725 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elpidia; Or, The Generous Rivals

39
30 November 1725 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Song: Mrs Isabella Chambers; The Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge

Dance: DuPre, Salle, Lally, Pelling, Newhouse, DuPre Jr, Lanyon, Mlle Salle, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Anderson

40
30 November 1725 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elpidia; Or, The Generous Rivals

41
21 November 1726 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Song: TThe Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge

Dance: Dupre, Salle, Nivelon, Glover, Lally, Pelling, Newhouse, Dupre Jr, Lanyon, Mlle Salle, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Legar, Mrs Anderson, Mrs Ogden

42
26 October 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Song: Mrs Chambers; Enthusiastick Song-Leveridge; In Praise of Love and Wine-Leveridge, Laguerre

Dance: PPastoral-Glover, Mrs Pelling; French Peasant-Nivelon, Mrs Laguerre; Fingalian-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden; Louvre-Glover, others; Two Pierrots-Nivelon, Poitier

43
06 February 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

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

Song: Mrs Barbier, Mrs Seedo

Music: As17290116

Dance: Salle, DuPre, Moreau, Newhouse, Pelling, Lanyon, DelaGarde Jr, DuPre Jr, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Pelling, Mrs Ogden, Miss LaTour

44
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

45
25 November 1729 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rape; Or, The Innocent Impostor

46
20 August 1730 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Free Mason; Or, The Constant Lady: With The Comical Humours Of squire Noodle And His Man doodle

Dance: St.Luce, Mlle Delorme; particularly Wooden shoe, Pierrot and Pierraite, Black Joke-

47
09 September 1730 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Free-mason; Or, The Constant Lady

Dance: Smith, Young Clark, Miss Williams; particularly French Peasant, Black Joke-

48
28 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Freemason

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Adventure

49
30 December 1730 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Freemason

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Afterpiece Title: The Battle of the Poets

50
01 January 1731 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Freemason

Afterpiece Title: The Amorous Adventure