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04 May 1742
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Cato
Afterpiece Title:
The King and the Miller of Mansfield
Song:
II:
Happy Pair
-Beard; IV:
Bumper Squire Jones
-Beard
Dance:
I:
Running Footman's Dance
, as17420428 V: a
Hornpipe
-Philips
52
17 May 1742
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Provoked Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The King and Miller of Mansfield
Song:
I:
Let me wander not unseen
-Beard; III:
Happy Pair
-Beard; V:
Ellen@a@Roon
-Mrs Clive
Dance:
II: a
Dutch Dance
-Phillips; IV: A
Hornpipe
-Phillips
53
18 May 1742
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love Makes A Man
Afterpiece Title:
TThe Virgin Unmasked
Song:
III:
let me wander not unseen
-Beard; V:
Bumper Squire Jones
-Beard
Dance:
I:
Running Footman's Dance
, as17420428 II: A
Concerto
, as17420105; IV:
The Swiss
, as17410926
54
22 May 1742
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Conscious Lovers
Afterpiece Title:
The Virgin Unmasked
Song:
II: Song-Beard; III:
Bumper Squire Jones
-Beard
Dance:
I:
Running Footman's Dance
, as17420428 II:
Le Boufon
, as17420325 IV:
The Italian Peasants
, as17411205; V:
The Drunken Peasant
, as17411029
55
25 November 1742
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Hamlet
Song:
I: Beard; III: A Duet-Beard, Lowe
Dance:
II:
Grand Comic Dance
, as17421117; IV:
Les Moisoneurs de la Styrie
, as17421122
56
07 April 1743
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Country Wife
Afterpiece Title:
The Dragon of Wantley
Song:
II:
Stella and Flavia
-Beard; IV: (By Particular Desire)
Bumper Squire Jones
-Beard
Music:
IV: a Concerto-Piantanida
Dance:
III:
A Comic Dance
-Boromeo, Mlle Bonneval
57
15 April 1743
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Merchant Of Venice
Afterpiece Title:
The What D'Ye Call It
Song:
III: Beard; IV:
Gentle Parthenissa
-Sullivan; V:
Caesar and Urania
-Beard, Lowe
Music:
II: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth
58
20 April 1743
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Orphan
Afterpiece Title:
The Devil To Pay
Song:
I:
Stella and Flavia
-Beard; IV:
Bumper Squire Jones
-Beard; II: A Cantata (compos'd by
Stanley
)-Lowe
Music:
III: Concerto on German Flute-Burk Thumoth
Dance:
V:
Grand Serious Ballet
, as17421005
59
04 May 1743
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Careless Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The Lying Valet
Dance:
I:
A French Peasant
-Froment, Mlle Gondeau; III: A New
Serious Dance
-Desse, Mrs Walter; V:
La Florana
, as17430408
Song:
II:
Stella and Flavia
-Beard; IV:
Bumper Squire Jones
-Beard, Lowe
60
16 May 1743
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love's Last Shift
Afterpiece Title:
The Lying Valet
Song:
I: a New song by
Mr Boyce
-Beard; III:
Bumper Squire Jones
-Beard, Lowe; V: A Cantata by
Stanley
-Lowe
Dance:
II:
Peasant Dance
, as17420921; IV:
The Hussar's Dance
- , as17421211, but Checo, Chiaretta, Boromeo, Mlle Bonneval, Sga Costanza
61
28 March 1744
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Old Batchelor
Afterpiece Title:
Damon and Phillida
Song:
II: New Song by
Handel
-Beard; IV:
To Arms
,
Britons Strike Home
-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold
Dance:
III:
Scotch Dance
, as17431124; V:
Ballet
-Cooke, Mlle Domitilla
62
12 April 1744
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Henry Viii
Song:
Cantata-Beard;
To Arms
,
Britons Strike Home
-Leveridge, Beard, Reinhold
Dance:
NNew Serious Dance
, as17440404
63
17 April 1744
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Miser
Song:
I: A new song
The Cure
for
all Grief
-Leveridge; III: The Favourite song in
Il Penseroso
, beginning
The Trumpet's Loud Clangor excites us to Arms by $Handel
-Beard; IV:
The Miser's Passport
-Leveridge; V:A New song call'd
Advice to all Britons
-Leveridge; followed with
To Arms
,
Britons Strike Home
-Beard, Reinhold
Dance:
II:
Serious Dance
-Cooke, Mlle Bonneval; V:
Grand Ballet
, as17440404
64
21 October 1745
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Nonjuror
Song:
GGenius of England
-Beard; New Occasional Song and Chorus-Beard [see17451014]
65
13 March 1746
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Much Ado About Nothing
Afterpiece Title:
Duke and no Duke
Dance:
PPeasant
-Cooke;
Comic Ballet
-Cooke, Signora Campioni
Song:
SSong of Diana
from
Dryden
's
Secular Masque
,-Beard (set by
Mr Boyce
);
Genius of England
-Beard
66
21 March 1752
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Inconstant
Afterpiece Title:
Duke and no Duke
Song:
II: A
New Cantata
(compos'd by
Mr Arne
)-Beard; III: Singing-Master Vernon; IV:
The Incantation Song
in
Dryden
's
Indian Queen
(composed by
Purcell
)-Beard
67
01 April 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Orphan
Afterpiece Title:
The Englishman in Paris
Song:
I:
Rise Glory Rise
-Beard; III: (By desire) a Ballad-Beard
Dance:
II: Devisse, Mad Auretti
68
14 September 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Miser
Afterpiece Title:
The King and the Miller of Mansfield
Song:
III:
The
School
of Anacreon
-Beard
69
03 October 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
The Chaplet
Song:
IV: By Desire,
The
School
of Anacreon
-Beard
70
08 October 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Revenge
Afterpiece Title:
The Englishman in Paris
Dance:
II: A New Dance, The
Shepherd's Holiday
-Campioni (his first appearance in 5 years), Mad Auretti
Song:
IV:
The
School
of Anacreon
-Beard
71
10 October 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
King Henry Viii
Song:
II:
The
School
of Anacreon
-Beard
72
26 November 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Chances
Song:
II: By Desire
The
School
of Anacreon
-Beard
Dance:
IV: A
New Dance
Sga Sabatini
, as17541115
73
28 November 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Chances
Song:
II: By Desire
The
School
of Anacreon
-Beard
Dance:
IV: A
New Dance
Sga Sabatini
, as17541115
74
04 December 1754
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Chances
Song:
II: (By desire)
The
School
of Anacreon
-Beard
Dance:
IV:
The Shepherd's Holiday
, as17541008
75
31 March 1758
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Romeo And Juliet
Afterpiece Title:
The Englishman in Paris
Song:
I: A Song by
Arne
-Beard; II:
The Anniversary Ode in Commemoration of Shakespeare
, written by
Havard
, set to music by
Dr Boyce
,-Beard, Champnes
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