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51
10 November 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Unhappy Favourite
Song:
R
and
al;
Trumpet Song
, as17151022
Dance:
delaGarde, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross; A
new
Chacone
-Mrs Bullock; A
new
comic dance-Aubert, Mrs Cross;
Italian Night Scene
, as17151026
52
12 July 1716
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Amadis
Music:
A
New
Symphony by the Famous
Signor Atilio Ariosti
-; in which he performs upon a
New
Instrument, call'd Viola D'Amour-Signor Atilio Ariosti
53
25 October 1716
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Isl
and
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
54
29 November 1716
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Old Batchelor
Song:
As17161030
Dance:
Gr
and
Comic Dance
, as17161115; The last
new
Serious Dance
-Moreau, Mrs Bullock;
new
Serious Dance
by
Shaw
-Shaw, Kellum's Scholar,
New
house, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross
55
18 January 1717
@ Globe and Marlborough's Head
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Tony Aston's Medley
Entertainment:
Seven
New
Scenes:
Lorenzo Gomez
and
Elvira
-;
Learchus Roger Aesop
and
Euphronia
-;
Antonio
and
Aquilius
-;
Jerry Blackacre
and
Widow
-;
The Drunken Man
-; With
New
Songs-; a
Scaramouch
-
56
08 April 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Artful Husb
and
Song:
As17170204
Dance:
A
new
Gr
and
Comic Dance
by
Thurmond Jr
-Thurmond Jr, Cook, Kellom's Scholar,
New
house, Mrs Bullock, Miss Smith; A
new
Spanish Dance
by
Thurmond Jr
-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith;
Entry
-Kellom's Scholar;
Dutch Skipper
-Salle, Mlle Salle
57
10 May 1717
@ Stationer's Hall
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal
and
Instrumental Music consisting of Compositions of both Kinds-the best Masters;
and
particularly a
New
Symphony-Babel; with a Solo on the Harpsicord-Babel;
and
also several
New
Solos
and
Concertos-that celebrated Youth, Matthew Dubourg
58
23 May 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Twin Rivals
Dance:
Moreau, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Cross, Mrs Smith, Miss Schoolding; particularly a dance-Moreau, Miss Schoolding; A
new
Scotch Dance
,
French Peasant
both by
New
house
-
New
house, Mrs Cross; A
New
Dance-a Gentleman who never appeared on the English Stage before
59
11 December 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The London Cuckolds
Afterpiece Title:
Colombine; or, Harlequin Turn'd Judge
Dance:
A
new
Comic Dance
-Dupre, Mrs Schoolding; A
new
Cotilian
-Boval, Mlle Corail; Others-Moreau, Cook, Mrs Bullock, Mlle Gautier, Miss Smith
60
06 September 1718
@ Southwark Fair
Performances
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
61
30 October 1718
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love For Love
Song:
As17181006
Dance:
A
new
Dance betwixt a
Burgomaster
and
his Frow
by
delaGarde
-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock; A
new
French Peasant
-delaGarde's Two Sons
62
03 December 1718
@ Globe and Marlborough's Head
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Tony Aston's Medley
Entertainment:
Consisting of select Parts of Comedies-;
new
Songs-;
Prologue
s-; Epilogues-;
Mr Purcell
's, other Comical English Dialogues-
63
27 April 1719
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Twin Rivals
Dance:
delaGarde, delaGarde's Two Sons, Mrs Bullock, Miss Francis;
DelaGarde
's
new
Scots Dance
-Mrs Bullock, delaGarde's Two Sons; A
new
Passicaile
-Miss Francis
Song:
As17181006
64
06 March 1722
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Ridotto
Music:
Consisting of several Songs chosen out of the last
new
Operas, some
new
Cantatas by
Signor Bononcini
-Signor Francisco Bernardi Senesino, Signor Benedetto Baldassari, Mrs Anastasia Robinson, Signora Salvai
65
18 March 1724
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
viol de Vevere a particular
New
Instrument, never yet heard of in
Engl
and
, after the
New
Manner of
Signiora Faustina
-Corbet
66
24 November 1724
@ Castle Tavern
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Aesop
Afterpiece Title:
Scene of% The Spanish Fryar
Song:
New
Song-Tony Aston in the Habit of a Fryar; other
new
comical songs-made this year at
Tunbridge Wells
67
10 May 1725
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Rover
Dance:
End I:
Polonese
-Miss Robinson, Rainton; III: A
new
Passacaille
-Miss Robinson; V: A
New
Comic Dance-Miss Robinson, Rainton
Music:
II: 2d Concerto of
Corelli
-; IV: Select Piece with Hautboys
and
Flutes-
68
12 May 1725
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love Makes A Man
Music:
Select Pieces-
Song:
As17250508
Dance:
new
Passacaile
-Miss Robinson; A
new
Comic Dance
-Miss Robinson, Young Rainton
69
21 April 1726
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love's Last Shift
Dance:
new
Gr
and
Spanish Dance
-Dupre, Pelling,
New
house, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden, Mrs
And
erson;
Shepherd
and
Shepherdess
-Young LeSac, Miss Latour;
French Sailor
-Salle, Mlle Salle; A
new
Gr
and
Chacone
-Dupre, Lally, Pelling, Dupre Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden, Mrs
And
erson;
A Gr
and
Comic Dance between Two Scaramouches Three Harlequins
and
Two Punches
-
70
27 April 1726
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Arlequin De Capite
Afterpiece Title:
Les Deux Pierrots
Dance:
GGardiner's Dance
-Boudet, Welman, Mlle Boudet, Mlle Violante;
Furies
-Poitier, Boudet, Lalauze Jr, Wellman; A
new
Gr
and
Dance called
La Triomphante
-Poitier, Boudett, Lalauze Jr, Wellman, Madame Boudett, Madame Violante; A
new
Turkish Dance
-
71
25 April 1727
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Wit Without Money
Music:
Between Acts: Select Pieces-
Dance:
End II:
La Pieraite
-Roger, Mrs Brett; III: A
new
Turkish Dance
-Essex, Roger, Lally, Boval, Duplessis; IV:
La Jeuness
-Miss Robinson, Young Rainton; V: A
new
Chacone
-Essex, others
72
22 April 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Fortune Hunters
Afterpiece Title:
Hob
Dance:
End I:
Scottish Dance
-Mrs Bullock; III:
Gr
and
Dance of French Sailors
-Poitier, Pelling,
New
house, Dupre, Pagod, Mrs Bullock, Miss Latour, Mrs
And
erson, Mrs Ogden; IV:
Fingalian
-
New
house, Mrs Ogden; V: A
new
Gr
and
Dance of Moors
-Glover, Pelling,
New
house, Lanyon, Miss Latour, Mrs
And
erson, Mrs Ogden; in which, at the Desire of several Persons of Quality, Kettle Drums-Poitier; End Farce: a
new
Gr
and
Dance called
Lads
and
Lasses
-Poitier, Pelling,
New
house, Dupre Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs
And
erson, Miss Latour, Mrs Ogden
Song:
II: Mrs Barbier; IV: Two English Ballads-Mrs Barbier
73
30 April 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Mistake
Afterpiece Title:
Hob
Dance:
End I: Miss Latour; III: A
new
Gr
and
Serious Dance
by
Dupre
-Dupre, others; IV:
Flag Dance
-Nivelon; V:
Peasant
-LaLoge; End Farce: A
new
Gr
and
Comic Dance
-Dupre, others
Song:
II:
The Merry Month of May
-Miss Warren; End Farce:
The Merry Cobler's Tragical End
-Leveridge
74
07 May 1728
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
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
75
09 May 1728
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love's Last Shift
Music:
Between Acts: Select Pieces-
Dance:
End I:
La Jeunesse
-Rainton, Miss Robinson Sr; II: A
new
Dance
-Miss Robinson Jr, a Scholar of
Essex
; III: A
new
Dance of Ethiopians
-Essex, Lally, Haughton, Rainton, Burney; IV:
Sultana
-Miss Robinson Jr; V:
Hussars
-Essex, Mrs Booth
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