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Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: My Grandmother

Song: In II: Alexander's Triumphal Entry into Babylon-; The Grand Chorus of Priests Youths Virgins-Bannister, Sedgwick, Dignum, Wathen, Welsh, Wentworth, Trueman, Cooke, Danby, Evans, Fisher, Master Welsh, Master DeCamp, Master Gregson, Mrs Bland, Miss Leak, Miss DeCamp, Miss Arne, Miss Mellon, Mrs Bramwell, Mrs Boimaison, Mrs Maddocks, Miss Menage, Miss Jackson, Miss Granger, Miss Chatterley, Miss Wentworth, Mrs Butler

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Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: The Son-in-Law

Song: As17951123, but Grand Chorus of Priests Youths Virgins-_Cooke, _Danby, _Evans, _Fisher, Master _Welsh, Master _DeCamp, Master _Gregson, Miss _Chatterley, Miss _Wentworth, Mrs _Butler

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Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Eddington

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts, as17970123, but Master _Willoughby, Master Paul, A Young _Lady, Miss +Jones; End: +Ye Gentleman of England-; and the Companion, To all you Ladies now at Land-; A Sea Song, The Muffin Man-Master Sincock

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Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Song: In course of Evening: Black Ey'd Susan-Incledon; Tomorrow-Incledon

Music: Preceding: Grand Sonata on the Piano Forte-Master Parker; with a new Rondo-Master Parker (Haydn); End I: a celebrated Lesson of Nicolai-Master Parker

Entertainment: Monologues End II: Alexander's Feast-Master Parker; End: Grand Address to the Audience-Master Parker

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Mainpiece Title: The Female Prelate; Being The History Of The Life And Death Of Pope Joan

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Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of Doctor Faustus

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Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Dance: [By] 6 Companies of Rope Dancers; who] [are joyned in one, they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women, and Children, that could be found beyond the Seas, where will be performed such wonderful variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack Rope, the Sloaping Rope-; [you will see a wonderful Girl of 10 years of Age, who walk backward up the sloaping Rope-Girl of 10 years[, driving a Wheel-barrow behind her; [also you will see the Great Italian Master, who not only passes all that has yet been seen upon the low Rope, [but he Dances[ without a Pole upon the Head of a Mast [as high as the Booth will permit, and afterwards stands upon his Head on the same-Great Italian Master; [You will also be entertained with the many Conceits of an Italian Scaramouch, who Dances on the Rope [with 2 Children and a Dog in a Wheel-barrow, and a Duck on his Head-Italian Scaramouch

Dance: Such variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack/Rope, Tumbling, as has never been seen in this Fair before-

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and instrumental Music-the best Masters; and at the request of several Gentlemen several Songs-Jemmy Bowen; and particular performances on the Violin-2 several Masters

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music- Compos'd by Mr Weldon Master of the Songs; Singing-Mrs Hudson, Mrs Lindsey, Mrs Campion; Instrumental Musick-the best Masters

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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

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music composed by that Great Italian Master Seignior Gioseppe Saggion-; With several Sonatas with Flutes and Hautboys, and likewise a Sonata for two Flutes-the best Masters; And several Songs in Italian, with Flutes and Hautboys-Seigniora Maria Margarita Gallia, who never Sung in any publick Concert in England but twice; The whole being new composed and accompanied-Seignior Gioseppe Saggion; And likewise several Songs in English composed by the late Famous Mr Henry Purcell-

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Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Music: The same Masters that perform'd on Thursday last; viz: A Celebrated Concerto, or full piece, by the famous Albinoni-; A Sonata out of the last Works of that great Master Tibaldi-; That excellent Piece for the Violin and Flute of Seignior Gasperine-

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Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of Doctor Faustus: With The Humours Of Harlequin And Scaramouch

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

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Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of Doctor Faustus

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

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Mainpiece Title: The Life And Death Of Doctor Faustus

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

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Mainpiece Title: Marplot

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus

Music: Between the Acts: Select Pieces-

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Mainpiece Title: Il Padrone Servo, Ed Il Servo Padrone Pes Impegno D'honore: Viz, The Master Man And The Man Master In Point Of Honour; Or, Harlequin Gentleman Per Force: With His Uncommon Duel

Dance: Mrs Anderson, others

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Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore: Containing The Death Of King Edward Iv, The Penance Of Jane Shore, And Her Miserable Fall Under Richard The Protector

Afterpiece Title: With The Comical Humours of Anthony Noodle, His Man Weazle, and Captain Blunderbuss

Afterpiece Title: The Wheel of Life; or, Harlequin's Death

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Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Dance: End I: Saraband-Miss Brett Boval's Scholar; III: Pastoral-Miss Brett, Master Lally; IV: The Little Harlequin-Master Lally, Miss Brett; La Pierraite-Roger, Mrs Brett

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Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Dance: End I: Pastoral-Young Master Lally, Miss Brett; II: A new Spanish Entry-Lally, others; III: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; IV: The Pierraite-Roger, Mrs Brett; V: A new Muzette-Lally, Mrs Booth

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Mainpiece Title: The Contrivances

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Song: Dialogue between Milk@Maid and Gentleman-Rainton, Miss Raftor; Dialogue between Rake and Widow-Rainton, Tenoe

Dance: VVenetian Dance between a Gondolier and Courtezan-Master Lally, Miss Brett; Harlequin-Master Lally, Miss Brett; Sultana-Miss Robinson Jr

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Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Dance: End I: The Provinciaile (new)-Master Lally, Miss Brett; II: Pieraite-Roger, Mlle Delorme; III: A new Chacone-Lally, Essex, Rainton, Haughton, Mrs Walter, Mlle Delorme, Miss Williams; IV: Harlequins-Master Lally, Miss Brett; V: Myrtillo-Lally, Mrs Booth, Boval, Mrs Mills, Rainton, Mrs Walter

Music: End III: Trumpet Sonata-; In IV: Concerto with Flutes-

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Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: A Madrigal for 5 Voices by Abbot Stefani, late President of the Academy-; A Piece of Vocal and Instrumental Musick by Sig Faux, Chapel Master to the Emperor-; A Madrigal for 5 Voices by Sig Antonio Lotti, Chapel Master to the Doge of Venice-; Mr Handell's Great Te Deum, J`bilate-

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Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies; Or, The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great

Afterpiece Title: The Letter Writers; or, A New Way to Keep a Wife at Home

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Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: new Scots Dance to Ballad Tunes-Davenport, Miss Jones; Hornpipe, Chesire Round-Johnson

Song: Two new Songs-Aston