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51
27 February 1730
@ Hickford's Room
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
the
best Hhe best
Hand
s from
the
Opera
52
13 May 1730
@ Hickford's Room
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
the
best Hhe best
Hand
s
53
26 February 1731
@ Hickford's Room
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music-; with several Concertos of
Castrucci
's own Composition, particularly a Solo-Castrucci, in which he will perform 24
Note
s with one Bow; 1st and 8th Concerto of his Master
the
famous
Corelli
-Castrucci
54
20 April 1732
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Blazing Comet
Song:
Songs-a new Set of Singers
Music:
Italian Opera
Hand
s
55
05 May 1732
@ Hickford's Room
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Consisting ofSeveral Pieces [of [Pasquale's] own Making, and
the
o
the
r Masters-
the
Best
Hand
s
56
08 May 1732
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Orphan
Afterpiece Title:
Damon and Phillida
Entertainment:
littleBoy of eleven Years old is to fly from
the
Footman's Gallery to
the
far
the
st Part of
the
Stage; first with two Pistols, one in each
Hand
; a second Time with two Flags, and to make a small Stop in
the
Middle, and flourish
the
m over his Head.
57
09 June 1732
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Distrest Mo
the
r
Afterpiece Title:
The
Devil to Pay
Music:
Select Pieces-
Entertainment:
Concluding with a Representation of
The
Carnival on
the
Rialto at Venice in which will be performed a Serenada-fifty of
the
best
Hand
s (in Masquerade Habits) according to
the
Custom of
the
Country; Being
the
first of
the
Kind in
England
58
28 September 1733
@ Mile End Green
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Harlot's Progress
Entertainment:
Yeates Junior's Inimitable Dexterity of
Hand
59
10 May 1736
@ Hickford's Room
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental by
the
best
Hand
s from
the
Opera. Vocal Part by Beard
60
18 February 1737
@ Castle Tavern
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
great Concert of Musick-
the
best
Hand
s from both Operas
61
03 March 1737
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
Vocal and Instrumental Music-
the
best
Hand
s from both Operas
62
29 April 1737
@ Castle Tavern
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Concert
Music:
The
best
Hand
s from
the
Opera House
; With several Pieces on French@Horns by
the
best Masters-; A Solo on
the
German@Flute-Richardson; And a Voluntary on
the
Harp-a Gentleman
63
26 April 1744
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
O
the
llo
Song:
A Gentleman who never appeared on any stage before
Entertainment:
A new Quack Doctor's speech-, in character, by a
note
d Humorist
64
13 September 1754
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Mrs Midnight's New Carnival Concert; Or,
The
Old Woman's Oratory
Afterpiece Title:
La Pantomime du Charpentier
Dance:
An Extraordinary Original who will not touch
the
Ground ei
the
r with his
hand
s or feet-
65
29 January 1755
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Serva Padrona
Music:
First violin-Marella;
The
rest-
the
best
hand
s in town
66
24 April 1761
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Woman's A Riddle
Afterpiece Title:
Love a-la-Mode
Entertainment:
III:
Mr Moody
will entertain
the
public with
Teady Wolloughan
's Whimsical Roratorical
Description of a Man@o' War and Sea Fight
-, with
Hibernian
note
s
on
the
whole
67
11 May 1762
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Douglas
Afterpiece Title:
The
Minor
Dance:
TTwo Comic Dances
-Mas. Roger, Miss Capitani; End I Farce:
Hornpipe
-Miss Capitani
Song:
I:
The
Lark's Shrill
Note
-Mrs Vincent
Entertainment:
fter
the
play, By Particular Desire,
the
Scene of Lady Pentweazle
from
Foote
's
Taste
. Lady Pentweazle-King, first time
68
19 May 1762
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Stratagem
Afterpiece Title:
Damon and Phillida
Dance:
II:
New Dutch Comic Dance
, as17610925; IV:
Hearts of Oak
, as17620421
Entertainment:
End: for that night only, a Whimsical Roratorical Description of a
Man o'War and Sea Fight
-Moody, with Bog of Allen;
Note
s on
the
whole
69
21 April 1766
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Plain Dealer
Afterpiece Title:
The
Country Wife
Song:
I: By Particular Desire,
Thro'
the
Wood Laddie
-; III:
The
Lark's Shrill
Note
s
-Mrs Vincent
Dance:
V:
The
Irish Lilt
, as17651004
70
26 April 1766
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
All For Love
Afterpiece Title:
The
Devil to Pay
Song:
II: By Desire,
The
Lark's Shrill
Note
s
-Mrs Vincent
Dance:
V:
The
Irish Lilt
, as17651004
71
01 May 1795
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Bank
Note
; Or, Lessons For Ladies
Afterpiece Title:
The
Sailor's Prize; or, May-Day Wedding
Afterpiece Title:
Three Weeks after Marriage
Dance:
2nd piece to conclude with: a
Garland Dance
(composed by
Byrn
)-Byrn, Mlle St.Amand, Mme Rossi
Song:
Incidental to 1st piece:
The
Irishman's Peep at
the
Continent
-Johnstone; End II:
Old Towler
-Incledon; In course 2nd piece:
New Ballad
-Mrs Martyr;
Fat Dolly
-Munden;
Battle Song
-Bowden;
Let us love and let us drink
-Munden; Bowden, Mrs Martyr;
Teddy O'Shaughnessey's History
-Johnstone;
When 'tis Night and
the
Mid@Watch is come
,
Admiral Benbow
-Incledon;
Now landed from
the
Ocean
-
72
06 May 1795
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Bank
Note
Afterpiece Title:
The
Death of Captain Faulknor; or, British Heroism
Afterpiece Title:
Tom Thumb
Song:
Incidental to 1st piece:
The
Irishman's Peep at
the
Continent
-Johnstone; In course:
Black Eyed Susan
-Incledon; In course 2nd piece: [
Larpent MS 1079
states, correctly, that most of
the
songs were "Sung in
Arrived at Portsmouth
"]
Glee
-Incledon, Linton, Bowden (
Shield
);
With pride we steer for Britain's Coast
-Incledon (Shield);
O bring me wine
-Bowden (Shield);
A description of
the
Irish way of settling a Quarrel
-Johnstone (
Reeve
);
Negro Song
-Mrs Martyr (Reeve);
Description of a Cockney
-Munden (Reeve);
Hail to
the
Brave
-Johnstone, Bowden, Incledon (Shield)
Entertainment:
End II:
Imitations
of several favorite Vocal Performers-Mrs Wells; End 1st piece:
Imitations
of two celebrated Tragic Actresses-Mrs Wells (positively her last appearance in public)
73
19 May 1795
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Bank
Note
Afterpiece Title:
The
Death of Captain Faulknor
Afterpiece Title:
Sprigs of Laurel
Song:
In course of 2nd piece: As17950506; Incidental to 1st piece:
The
Irishman's Peep at
the
Continent
-Johnstone; In course of entertainments:
Black Eyed Susan
-Incledon;
Old Towler
-Incledon
Music:
3rd piece: With
the
favorite Overture by
Shield
for
Arrived at Portsmouth
-; with a violin and oboe obligato-Mountain, W. Parke
74
21 May 1795
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Bank
Note
Afterpiece Title:
The
British Recruit
Afterpiece Title:
Tom Thumb
Song:
Incidental to 1st piece:
The
Irishman's Peep at
the
Continent
-Johnstone; In entertainments:
The
Storm
-Incledon; In 2nd piece:
The
Mid Watch
-Incledon; added:
The
days we now possess
-Munden
75
02 June 1795
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Bank
Note
Afterpiece Title:
Three Weeks after Marriage
Afterpiece Title:
The
Death of Captain Faulknor
Song:
3rd piece: As17950506; Incidental to 1st piece:
The
Irishman's Peep at
the
Continent
-Johnstone; In course of entertainments:
The
Storm
-Incledon
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