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1076
09 February 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
The Pigmy Revels
Dance:
II:
Comic
Dance
, as17720922
1077
22 February 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Maid Of The Mill
Afterpiece Title:
The Irish Widow
Dance:
I:
Comic
Dance
, as17720922; End Act I Afterpiece:
The Irish Fair
, as17721023
1078
18 March 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin's Invasion
Dance:
II:
Comic
Dance
, as17720922
1079
20 March 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Grecian Daughter
Afterpiece Title:
A Peep behind the Curtain
Dance:
V:
Comic
Dance
, as17720922
1080
23 March 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Double Dealer
Afterpiece Title:
The Deuce Is in Him
Dance:
V:
Comic
Dance
, as17720922
1081
25 March 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Venice Preserv'd
Afterpiece Title:
A Peep behind the Curtain
Dance:
V:
Comic
Dance
-Daigville, Mas. Holland, Miss Armstrong, his scholars
Entertainment:
End Dance: , for second time, and by way of
Epilogue
will deliver
The Wishing Cap
-King. [See17730323]
1082
15 April 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The West Indian
Afterpiece Title:
Miss in Her Teens
Entertainment:
II: by Desire, will introduce the Song in
Love-a-la-Mode
-Moody
Dance:
End:
Comic
Dance
, as17730325
1083
22 April 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Way To Keep Him
Afterpiece Title:
The Author
Dance:
I: A
Minuet
-Daigville, Sga Daigville; II:
New
Comic
Dance
-Daigville, Sga Vidini, Sga Daigville; III: A
Louvre
,
Minuet
-Two of Daigville's Scholars; V: A New Pantomime Dance call'd
The Lutte Marine
-Daigville, Sga Vidini, Sga Daigville, Daigville's scholars, in which
Daigville
will introduce a
Pas de trois
and a
Mungo Dance
, accompanied by the
Tambourine
, with variations
1084
24 April 1773
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Provok'd Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The Padlock
Dance:
I: A New
Comic
Dance, call'd
The Cumberland Corn@thrashers
-Mas. Blurton (Apprentice to
Fishar
), Miss Mathews; II: (By Particular Desire) a
Minuet
-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; III: A
Hornpipe
, first time-Miller (Scholar to Fishar)
Monologue:
IV: a New Grand Ballet (that night only) called
The Festival of the Black Prince
(As performed at
Paris
by Fishar with universal applause). Black Prince-Fishar; Favourites-Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist; Pages-Mas. Blurton, Miller; Dancers and Attendants-Hussey, Petrie, Dumay, Settree, King, Merrifield, Curtat, Holloway, Miss Capon, Mrs Willems, Miss Stede, Mrs Inuill, Miss Matthews, Miss Bassan, Sodi, Mrs Holloway. With dresses in the mode
Ballet:
V: First time this season
The Wapping Landlady
. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Nosegay Woman-Sga Manesiere; with a
New Hornpipe
-Fishar, Mas. Blurton, Sga Manesiere, Miss Twist, Miss Capon, Miss Besford (Six principal dancers)
1085
26 April 1773
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love In A Village
Afterpiece Title:
Man and Wife
Dance:
I:
New Dance
, as17730206; II: A
New
Comic
Dance
-Mas. Harris (Scholar to
Aldridge
), Miss Mathews; End Opera: (By particular desire) will be reviv'd
The Whim
-Aldridge, Sg Manesiere; End II of Farce:
A New Dance
-Mas. Langrish (Scholar to
Aldridge
) his first appearance, Miss Besford
1086
27 April 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Earl Of Essex
Afterpiece Title:
Harlequin's Invasion
Dance:
IV: A
Comic
Dance
, as17730325
Entertainment:
End:
Bucks have at ye all
-Palmer
1087
29 April 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Othello
Afterpiece Title:
The Irish Widow
Dance:
V: A
Comic
Dance
, as17730325 End I Afterpiece:
The Irish Fair
, as17721023
1088
30 April 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Plain Dealer
Afterpiece Title:
The Male Coquette
Dance:
End:
Comic
Dance
, as17730325
1089
01 May 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Beggar's Opera
Afterpiece Title:
The Minor
Dance:
II: A
Comic
Dance
, as17730325
1090
05 May 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Chances
Afterpiece Title:
The Wedding Ring
Dance:
End of Play: A
Comic
Dance call'd
The Nosegay
-Daigville, Sga Vidini
1091
23 August 1773
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Upon Two Sticks
Afterpiece Title:
The Tobacconist
Entertainment:
I: A Variety of Imitations Rhetorical and Vocal-Hutton; II:
O What a Charming Thing's a Battle
-Bannister; End: A
New Song
-Miss Wilde
Dance:
End Interlude: A
Tambourine Dance
-Giorgi's Scholars
Monologue:
Between Play and Entertainment: A
Comic
Interlude (taken from the Primitive
Puppet Show
) call'd
A Sentimental Comedy; or, Piety in Pattens
. Butler-Weston; Squire-Fearon; Mrs Candy-Mrs Palmer; Polly Pattens-Mrs Jewell
1092
18 September 1773
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Modish Wife; Or, Love In A Puzzle
Afterpiece Title:
The Irish Widow
Entertainment:
End of Play: A
Comic
Medley
-Cresswick; and a Variety of
Imitations
-Hutton
1093
30 September 1773
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Tancred And Sigismunda
Afterpiece Title:
The Wedding Ring
Dance:
I: A New
Comic
Dance call'd
The Mountaineers
-Como, Sga Crespi, first appearance
1094
20 November 1773
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Lucio Vero
Dance:
I: Grand
Comic
Pantomime Ballet, call'd
La Bagatelle
-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni, other principals; II: A
Pastoral Dance
with a
Pas de Trois
, de Deux-Mariottini, Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni; End Opera: A
Grand Serious Ballet
-; with a
Grand Chaconne
-Fierville
Entertainment:
A Poetical Exordium-Mrs Yates [In which she proposed to intermix plays and operas this season. (
Burney
, II, 879, notes she could not get permission.)]
1095
30 November 1773
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Lucio Vero
Dance:
I:
Grand Serious Ballet
with
Grand Chaconne
-Mariottini; II:
La Bagatelle
, as17731120
Ballet:
End Opera: A New Grand Heroic-
Comic
-Pantomimical Ballet call'd
Orfeo e Eurydice
. Orfeo-Pitrot; Eurydice-Mimi Faviere (being their first appearance in England); other characters-Mariottini, Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni, Mlle Nina Faviere (her first appearance in
England
)
1096
16 March 1774
@ Devil Tavern
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Lecture On Macbeth, And Measure For Measure
Afterpiece Title:
Second act of Falstaff's Wedding
1097
17 March 1774
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
La Buona Figluola
Song:
II: A favourite Song-Taretti; III: A
New Rondo
-Mrs Barthelemon
Dance:
I:
Comic
Dance
-Sga Mazzoni, Bocchini; II: A
Chaconne
-Fierville; III:
Persian Dance
in
Perseo
- [
Haram
]
1098
15 April 1774
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love In A Village
Afterpiece Title:
The Author
Dance:
A Triple Hornpipe
-Miss Matthews, Miller, Eves; being his first appearance. The two last, scholars to
Fishar
.
A New Dance with Baskets of Flowers
[, in which introduced, by particular desire, a
Minuet
and
Allemande
-Fishar, Sga Manesiere; [her first appearance this season. A New Grand Ballet,
The Black Prince's Festival
- (that night only); Prince-Fishar; Pages-Blurton, Miller; Favourites-Miss Twist, Miss Valois; [See17720424.] A
New Serious Ballet
-Miss Parish[, a Child of Ten Years of age, with only 4 months' instruction, Apprentice to
Fishar
, her first appearance
Ballet:
The Favorite
Comic
Ballet, first time this season,
The Wapping Landlady
. Jack-Fishar; Landlady-Banks; Orange Woman-Miss Twist [see17730424]; [with
Sixfold Hornpipe
- [see17730424]
1099
27 April 1774
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Man Of Business
Afterpiece Title:
The Citizen
Dance:
III:
A New
Comic
Dance
-Aldridge, Miss Capon [see17731023]; After Epilogue:
The Frolick
, as17740416
1100
12 May 1774
@ King's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Lucio Vero
Dance:
I: New
Comic
Ballet.
La Bauquetiera de Village
-Bocchini, Sga Mazzoni;
Minuet
,
Allemande
-Master Holland, Miss Armstrong (by desire); II:
Les Fannes Vainques
-Mimi Favier, Pitrot, Nina Favier, Sga Mazzoni, Mariottini, Bocchini; End Opera:
L'Embaras du choix
-Fierville, Nina Favier
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