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1324 results for: Title - The Walking Statue, or, The Devil in the Wine Cellar

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02 August 1723 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: It Should Have Come Sooner

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Afterpiece Title: The Tricks of Harlequin

Dance: Two Farmers and Their Wives-Boval, Miss Tenoe, others

Song: Smug Upon Tuesday-Mrs Willis; A Dialogue between a Rake and a Country Maid-Miss Tenoe, Miss Lindar

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21 October 1726 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Enchanted Island Of Arcadia; Or, The Magician Doctor, With Harlequin King Of The Woods; Flights, Decorations And Transformations Of Harlequin, Cupid, Pantalon, Venus, And Brighella, Jupiter, And The Sacrifice Of Harlequin

Dance: Furies, Nymphs, Shepherds, Statues-; , the latter performing the Labours of Hercules-Statues , after the Manner of the Venetian Gondaliers at Venice: The whole full of Variety

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24 June 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Contrivances

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Afterpiece Title: Phebe

Song: Dialogue between Milk@Maid and Gentleman-Rainton, Miss Raftor; Dialogue between Rake and Widow-Rainton, Tenoe

Dance: VVenetian Dance between a Gondolier and Courtezan-Master Lally, Miss Brett; Harlequin-Master Lally, Miss Brett; Sultana-Miss Robinson Jr

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30 June 1729 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Contrivances

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Afterpiece Title: The Lover's Opera

80
27 December 1749 @ James Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

81
11 November 1789 @ White Horse Inn, Parsons Green, Fulham

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Foundling; Or, Virtue Rewarded

Afterpiece Title: The Deuce is in Him

Afterpiece Title: The Shipwreck; or, Walking Statue

Dance: End: a comic dance, The Affrighted Dwarf; or, Whimsical Transformation into Mad Moll-Blandford

Entertainment: Monologues. End I: Epilogue-Somebody in the Character of Nobody; End II: British Loyalty; or, A Squeeze for St. Paul's, will be introduced the characters of a Fide Lady? a Beau, an Irishman, a Scotchman, a Welshman, a Jew, an Old Man, and a British Sailor-Randall

82
18 May 1792 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: Three Weeks after Marriage

Afterpiece Title: Comus

Dance: As17920410

Song: End II 1st piece: a new Comic Song, The Ups and Downs of Life-Munden; in 3rd piece: Give me Wine rosy Wine, Nor on beds of fading flowers-Incledon

83
10 August 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Devil Of Edmunton

84
06 January 1662 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Merry Devil Of Edmonton

85
August 1671 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Vittoria Corombona; Or, The White Devil

86
August 1685 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Whore Of Babylon, The Devil, And The Pope

87
04 March 1686 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife; Or, A Comical Transformation

88
06 March 1686 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Of A Wife

89
June 1690 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Belphegor; Or, The Marriage Of The Devil

90
May 1696 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King William's Happy Deliverance And Glorious Triumph Over His Enemies; Or, The Consultation Of The Pope, Devil, French King And The Grand Turk , With The Whole Form Of The siege Of Namurv, And The Humours Of A renegade French-man And brandy Jean, With The Conceits Of A scaramouch And harlequin

91
September 1697 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Imposture Defeated; Or, A Trick To Cheat The Devil

92
01 May 1701 @ May Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: four of the most Famous Companies; as ever were in England (being the very same that were opposite to the Cross-Daggers in Smithfield last Bartholomew-Fair) who perform such variety of Curiosities both in Dancing, Walking on the Slack Rope, Tumbling, as far surpass any ever yet seen-

Music: You will likewise be entertain'd with that variety of Musick as was never in this Fair before-

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25 August 1701 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Dance: [By] 6 Companies of Rope Dancers; who] [are joyned in one, they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women, and Children, that could be found beyond the Seas, where will be performed such wonderful variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack Rope, the Sloaping Rope-; [you will see a wonderful Girl of 10 years of Age, who walk backward up the sloaping Rope-Girl of 10 years[, driving a Wheel-barrow behind her; [also you will see the Great Italian Master, who not only passes all that has yet been seen upon the low Rope, [but he Dances[ without a Pole upon the Head of a Mast [as high as the Booth will permit, and afterwards stands upon his Head on the same-Great Italian Master; [You will also be entertained with the many Conceits of an Italian Scaramouch, who Dances on the Rope [with 2 Children and a Dog in a Wheel-barrow, and a Duck on his Head-Italian Scaramouch

Dance: Such variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack/Rope, Tumbling, as has never been seen in this Fair before-

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24 August 1702 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women and Children that can be found beyond the Seas, so that the World cannot parallize them for Dancing on the Low/Rope, Vaulting on the High/Rope, Walking on the Slack and Sloping Ropes-the Famous Company of Rope-Dancers out-doing all others to that Degree, that it has highly recommended them, both in Bartholomew Fair and May Fair last, to all the best persons of Quality in England. And by all are owned to be the only amazing Wonders of the World, in every thing they do: 'tis there you will see the Italian Scaramouch dancing on the Rope, wiph a Wheel-barrow before him, with two Children and a Dog in it, and with a Duck on his Head; who sings to the Company and causes much Laughter

95
30 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical Transformation; Or, The Devil Of A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Loves of Mars and Venus

Song: Mrs Willis' two Daughters

Dance: Mrs Willis's two Daughters, who never perform'd before

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27 August 1705 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: By the most Famous Rope Dancers of Europe; who perform such strange and surprising Things on the Dancing Rope, as are incredible to relate; with great Variety of Encomparable fine Tumbling, Walking on the Slack Rope, Vaulting-; far surpassing all that has ever yet been seen. Together with the diverting Entertainments of your Old Friend Pickle Herring-, the chief of all his imitating Brethren

97
12 December 1709 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man's Bewitch'd; Or, The Devil To Do About Her

Entertainment: Higgins

98
16 July 1711 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The Passion of Sappho (by Harrison), If Wine and Music have the Power (by Prior), The Feast of Alexander (by Dryden)-ThomasClayton

99
26 November 1713 @ Tennis Court

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Rope Dancing

Entertainment: Mr Gibbons's Company of French Rope Dancers; where you will see stiff Rope-little Child (about two Years and a half old) perform such wonderful things, as is surprising to all that behold him; extraordinary Dancing on the stiff Rope-A Young Maiden who dances to Admiration; Dancing on the Rope, Playing on the Violin-the famous Scaramouch lately come from France, who turns himself as if he was going on the Ground; Walking on the Slack Rope after the Italian manner-A Young Man; Lastly Tumbles-The Famous Gibbon who has had the honour to perform before most of the Courts in Europe, for Lightness, and Agility, far beyond what has ever yet been seen; You will likewise be entertained with good Musick-

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28 May 1715 @ York Buildings

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Entertainment: It consisted of Pyramids-; of all manner of Sweetmeats, the most generous Wines, Burgundy, Champaign, and was usher'd in by a Prologue-Mrs Younger; written by Mr Tickel, under Secretary to Mr Addison, and concluded by an Epilogue-Mr Wilks; written by himself; which was very merry and free with his own Character; after which, a large Table that was in th Area of the Consort-House, was taken away to make Room for the Company to Dance Country-Dances...We are likewise to acquaint the Reader, that an Ode of Horace-; was set to Musick and sung upon the Occasion, with several other very particular Songs and Performances, both Vocal and Instrumental Music- and that Mrs Younger spoke the Prologue, and Mr Wilks the Epilogue, which, after Sir Richard's Way, was extremely Diverting (Weekly Packet, 4 June)