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105 results for: Title - A Friend in Need

76
28 April 1736 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Song:

Dance:

77
18 March 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: FFrench Peasant, as17380316 Grand Ballet-Glover, Mlle Roland, Tench, Villeneuve, Desse, Mrs Moreau, Miss Moreau, Miss Norman, Miss Cantrel

78
29 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: SSerious Dance-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; Grecian Sailors-Glover

79
24 November 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Rape of Proserpine

80
26 January 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: Perseus and Andromeda

81
29 December 1739 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: Apollo and Daphne

Dance: IV: Comic Ballet-Villeneuve, Miss Oates

82
22 April 1742 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Dance: I: Rigadone Provencale, as17420226; III: Chacone, as17411230; V: The Peasants, as17420210

Song: II: A Duetto Jovial-Leveridge, Salway; IV: Ballad of Advice to a Friend-Leveridge; V: Epilogue in Music address'd to the Town-Leveridge, Salway, Mrs Lampe

Music: I: Handel's Celebrated Water Music-; with a preamble on the Kettle Drums-Joseph Woodbridge; IV: A Grand Concerto-; accompanied by French Horns-

Entertainment: III: A Dialogue explaining The Truth on both sides,-Roberts, Miss Hillyard [probably sung]

83
25 April 1748 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Purgatory

84
24 August 1748 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Heros

Afterpiece Title: The Volunteers; or, The Adventures of Roderick Random and his Friend Strap

Dance: Mr Shawford, Mrs Shawford, Master Cross, Mrs Vaughan

85
07 September 1748 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: He Northern Heroes; Or, The Bloody Contest Between Charles The Twelfth, King Of Sweden, And Peter The Great, Czar Of Muscovy

Afterpiece Title: The Volunteers; or, The Adventures of Roderick Random and His Friend Strap

Dance: Particularly a Hornpipe-

86
28 January 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Dance: As17520127

87
29 January 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The What D'ye Call It

Dance: As17520127

88
13 February 1752 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Sorcerer

89
06 February 1753 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Dance: IIl Morlaco, as17521219; Grand Scots Ballet-Cooke, Miss Hilliard; Il Pastore-Maranesi, Signora Bugiani

90
23 December 1756 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merchant Of Venice

Afterpiece Title: The Cheats of Scapin

Dance: As17561217

Song: By the Desire of the Friends of Old Cole we will endeavor to sing a Song at the End of the Play (Public Advertiser)

91
31 March 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: High Life below Stairs

Dance: Pantomime Dance, The Vintage, as17661011

Entertainment: V: a New Interlude, The Modern Traveller-Mr Yates

92
07 May 1776 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: I: Rural Merriment, as17751220

Song: IV: At the Request of many Friends, Kate of Aberdeen-DuBellamy

93
26 February 1782 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb

Dance: End of mainpiece, as17820221

Song: End of Act I of mainpiece The Huntsman's sweet Halloo; End of Act II If o'er the cruel Tyrant, Love (from Artaxerxes); In afterpiece the original song to Fischar's Minuet; End of Act I The Wanton God (from Comus); End of afterpiece Push about the Jorum, with an additional verse to Miss Catley's Friends, all five sung by Miss Catley

94
05 August 1789 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Friends; Or, The Benevolent Planters

Afterpiece Title: The Prisoner at Large

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Dance: In: a new dance, Liberty or We Slaves Rejoice-

Entertainment: Monologues End 2nd piece: As17890617 Preceding: An Address to the Humane Society on the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the character of a Negro , by-Kemble; End 3rd piece: Belles have at Ye All-Mrs Kemble

95
24 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Doctor and the Apothecary

96
28 October 1789 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Friend

Afterpiece Title: Arthur and Emmeline

97
06 May 1796 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mask'd Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Way to Get Un-Married

Afterpiece Title: The Farmer

Song: In 2nd piece: The Sportman's snug little Cot-Incledon

Entertainment: Monologues, with Songs.End: The Barber's Petition-Fawcett (1st time); [with a song in character, Wigs [including His Own Wig, The Lover's Wig, Doctor's Wig, Coachman's Wig, Counsellor's Wig-Fawcett; End 2nd piece: A Ramble to Bath (1st time) [with a descriptive song in the character of Jacob Gawkey [in The Chapter of Accidents]-Knight

98
01 June 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mask'd Friend

Afterpiece Title: Lock and Key

Afterpiece Title: Raymond and Agnes

Song: The Mid Watch, The Storm-Incledon

99
09 June 1797 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mask'd Friend

Afterpiece Title: The Folly of Age; or, The Accomplished Lady

Afterpiece Title: Barataria

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin's Medley

Dance: In 2nd piece: A la Parisot, Le Pas Russe-Delpini

Song: In 2nd piece: La Verginella, My dear Molly@oh! what Folly (composed by Carter)-Delpini

Entertainment: Vaudeville. In 4th piece: The Farm Yard- (from The Rape of Proserpine), with the Birth of Harlequin, and his Emancipation from the Egg Shell; The favorite Scene from Aladin of Pantaloon's Death-, and the Whimsical Lamentation of Pierrot; A Jump through a Hogshead of Fire-; and the celebrated Dying and Skeleton Scenes-

100
17 May 1799 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: As You Like It

Afterpiece Title: No Song No Supper

Song: End I: Sweet Lillies of the Valley-Dignum; End IV: My Friend is the Man I'd copy through Life (written by Miles Peter Andrews, Esq., composed by Hook)-Dignum; V: a song, as17990214