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170 results for: Title - The Maiden Captain

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14 December 1686 @ Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secret Love; Or, The Maiden Queen

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15 December 1686 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secret Love; Or, The Maiden Queen

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24 August 1702 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: The most famous Rope/dancers; in Europe; As1st Dance with and without a Pole-2 young Maidens , lately arriv'd from France, to admiration; 2. Dance with 2 Children at his Feet, Dance with Boots and Spurs The Famous-M Barnes of whose performances this Kingdom is so sensible. 3.; Dancing-Mrs Finley; distinguished by the Name of Lady Mary for her incomparable Dancing, has much improved herself since the last Fair; You will likewise be entertained with such variety of Tumbling-Mr Finley andCo as never was in the Fair before

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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-

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25 October 1703 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Captain; Or, A Usurer Turned Soldier

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Davis, Cook

Dance: Between every Act: Variety of Comical Dances-

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23 February 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Captain

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11 July 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secret Love; Or, The Maiden Queen

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19 September 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Secret Love; Or, The Maiden Queen

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11 October 1705 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The City Politiques

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook

Dance: Country Farmer's Daughter, Entry, The Wood Nymph-Miss Bruce Mrs Elford's Scholar; rope dancing-Pinkethman's Two famous French Maidens; ...the eldest...Dancing without a Pole and turning her self round, which never could be done by any yet before her (as all the Quality of England are satisfy'd of), and who are desir'd by the said Quality, and most part of the Town to perform; Also vaulting on the manag'd Horse-Evans wherein he performs several surprizing Entertainments, especially his Body lying extended on one Arm, and drinking 9 Glasses of Wine from the other

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27 August 1706 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Barcelona; Or, The Soldier's Fortune; With The Taking Of Fort Montjouy; Containing The Pleasant And Comical Exploits Of That Renown'd Hero, Captain Blunderbuss, And His Man Squib

Song: The Dame of Honour-Mrs Willis

Entertainment: Vaulting-Simpson, that most celebrated Master, the famous Vaulter, who Performs with Mr Penkethman at the Request of the Quality, being lately arriv'd from Italy

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21 March 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Captain; Or, The Usurer Turned Soldier

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28 March 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bickerstaff's Burying

Afterpiece Title: The Woman Captain

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26 November 1713 @ Tennis Court

Performances

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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29 June 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Captain

Dance: A New Dance-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith

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04 July 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Captain

Dance: As17160629

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18 July 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Captain

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Newhouse, Mrs Cross, Miss Smith

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08 October 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Captain

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14 January 1717 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Woman Captain

Song: Cook

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

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25 August 1722 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Darius, King Of Persia: With The Downfall Of Babylon; Or, Innocence Preserv'd By The Noble Englishman; With The comical Humours Of Captain Fearful And His Man Nine-pence

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16 January 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Harlequin Captain Of The Bandittos, Thief, Spy, Head Serjeant, Judge, And Hangman, Poison'd, And New-fashion'd Candlestice

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21 August 1727 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

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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25 August 1729 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Song: TThe Maiden's Case-Mrs Rayner

Dance: Particularly The Maiden's Case-Mrs Rayner

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29 January 1733 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark

Afterpiece Title: The Boarding School Romps; or, The Sham Captain

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05 March 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rule A Wife And Have A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Mad Captain

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06 March 1733 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Mad Captain