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1103 results for: Title - The Humorous Old Rake

51
29 April 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Stage Coach

Song: The Mad Song in Don Quixote set by Henry Purcell-Boman; Scotch Song in Imitation of an Old Woman-Mrs Willis; Mrs Hodgson, Davis, Cook

Dance: Between acts: Variety of Dancing-

52
05 June 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Dance: duRuel; Miller's Dance-Pinkeman

Entertainment: And performing these several Performances, first an Organ with three Voices, then the Double Curtel, the Flute, the Bells, the Huntsman, the Horn, Pack of Dogs, all with his Mouth-Mr Clinch of Barnet; and an old Woman of Fourscore Years of Age nursing her Grand/Child all which he does open on the Stage-Mr Clinch; Next performing several Mimick Entertainments on the Ladder, first he stands on the top-round with a Bottle in one hand, and a Glass in the other, and drinks a Health; then plays several Tunes on the Violin, with fifteen other surprizing Performances which no man but himself can do-a Gentleman

53
08 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Caesar Borgia; Son Of Pope Alexander Vi

Song: Mrs Hodgson; A two/part song-Cook, Davis; Indian Trumpet Song-Davis; Song in Imitation of an Old Woman, Irish Whim-Mrs Willis

Music: A new Set of Airs for the Trumpet Hautboys and Violins composed by Corbett-

Dance: Miss Evans, Clark, Firbank, Firbank's scholar

54
10 July 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ignoramus

Dance: A new Italian Scaramouch-Layfield, his first on the stage; other dances-Layfield, Miss Evans

Song: Mrs Hodgson, Cook, Davis, Miss Baldwin; A comical dialogue-Short, Mrs Willis; Song in Imitation of an Old Woman-Mrs Willis

55
24 July 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Madam Fickle; Or, The Witty False One

Song: The Turky/Cock Music-Mrs Willis; a comical country dialogue-Mrs Willis, Cook; a song-older of Mrs Willis' daughters; Eccles' three-part song set for the Queen's Birthday-Short, Cook, Davis

Dance: Irish Trot-younger of Mrs Willis' daughters, age five

56
26 September 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Song:

Dance:

57
02 October 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Metamorphosis; Or, The Old Lover Outwitted

58
26 October 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

59
15 January 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Music: Italian sonatas-Gasperini; particularly The Echo-Gasperini, duRuel

Song: Henry Purcell songs-Leveridge

Dance: Cherrier, Mrs Moss, Mrs Bicknell

60
26 April 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Dance: Grand Dance from Rinaldo and Armida-Mlle delaVal, Mrs Elford, Firbank, others

61
20 October 1705 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Troop; Or, Monsieur Raggou

62
22 October 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Song:

Dance: In and between the Acts

63
11 December 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor (one Act Only)

Afterpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus

Dance: As17051201

64
14 January 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Music: As17051105

Song: Ramondon, the Boy; particularly a 2 Part Song by Henry Purcell-; The Eunuch's Dialogue-Mrs Cross, the Boy

Dance: Cherrier, Lafory, Mrs Cross, Mrs Moss, others

65
02 February 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Dance: deBarques, Mrs Elford, Layfield, others

66
28 February 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor (act Iv Only)

Afterpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus

Dance: New Dances by Cherrier-Cherrier, Miss Santlow his Schollar, being the first time of her Appearance on the Stage

67
20 April 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Amorous Widow

Song: A new Comical Dialogue between-Dogget, Cooke; humorous songs-Mrs Willis, Pack

Dance: deBarques, Mrs Elford, others; comical dances-Fairbank, Mrs Bignal, Layfield

68
30 April 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The True And Antient History Of King Lear

Song: Comical Songs and Dialogues from Wonders in the Sun-; particularly a Song-Mrs Willis representing one of Queen Elizabeth's Dames of Honour ; Comical Dialogue-Pack, Bowman , representing a vain promising Courtier and a Sycophant ; a Comical Dialogue-Dogget, Cook representing a Widdow in Tears for the Loss of her Husband and a Town Rake making Love to her

Dance: A new Entry-deBarques, Mrs Elford; French Peasant-Firbank, Mrs Bicknell; The famous Italian Scaramouch-Layfield

69
15 May 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant

Song: Comical songs and dialogues-from the last new Opera [Wonders in the Sun, presumably]

Dance: deBarques, Mrs Elford, Firbank, Mrs Bicknell

70
30 July 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Troop; Or, Monsieur Raggou

71
26 December 1707 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nest Of Fools

Song: As17071217

Dance: As17071217, with an old English Dance; Miller's Dance-

72
15 March 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

73
04 August 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Debauchee; Or, A New Way To Pay Old Debts

74
30 December 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

75
11 April 1709 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Humorous Lieutenant