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547 results for: Title - A Quarter of an Hour before Dinner

151
11 March 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lancashire Witches; Or, Teague O Devilly

Dance: Harlequin Man and Woman-Layfield, Miss Santlow; Quarter Staff Dance by 4 Foresters-; A new French Peasant-; Italian Scaramouch-Layfield

152
11 May 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Villain; Or, The Officers In Winter Quarters

153
06 June 1710 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Dance: Before the Play: Harlequin-Miss Santlow; Italian Night Scene-

Entertainment: As17100526

154
19 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mistake

Music: Before the Play: Several select Sonatas-A new consort of Musick, compos'd of Trumpets, Hautboys, Kettle-Drums, Double Courtal, and violins

Dance: Ladder Dance-; Whimsical Miller his Wife and Town Miss-; with Miller's Wife-Leigh

155
28 August 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The History And Fall Of Caius Marius

Music: Before: As17100819

Dance: French Peasant-; Whimsical Miller Wife and Town Miss-; with Miller's Wife-Leigh

156
13 November 1710 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Villain; Or, The Officers In Winter Quarters

157
13 February 1711 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Pyrrhus And Demetrius (acts I And Ii)

Music: That performed before Her Majesty at Court upon her Birthday

158
08 September 1711 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jew Of Venice; Or, The Female Lawyer

Song: Between the Acts: With several Songs and Dialogues-Teno, Rainton, a Gentlewoman from London, who never perform'd there before; particularly that Celebrated Dialogue of Tell Me Why My Charming Fair by the late famous Mr Henry Purcell-; Mad Dialogue by him-; Also several Opera Songs with Instruments-

159
22 March 1712 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert And Thomyris (one Scene)

Music: The Entertainment of Musick, which was performed before Her Majesty on her Birth Day-; To which will be added, the famous Scene of Thomyris, by Signior Scarlatti-Signior Cavalliero Nicolino Grimaldi

Dance: Several Entertainments-Mrs Santlow, young Mr Camille, composed by Mr Isaack

160
21 May 1712 @ Mr Mayor's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: The best Masters; in which several Entertainments on the Silver string'd Harp on which he has had the Honour to play before the present Emperor and the King of Portugal-Mr Morphy

161
28 November 1712 @ Orlibeer's School

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Hands; several Songs of the newest Opera, with their Symphonies-; with single and two and three Part Songs of the late Mr Beeston and Mr Beeston's Scholar-; A Sonata for 2 Hautboys, a Solo for a Flute, with that celebrated Piece for a single Violin and a Trumpet never perform'd in publick but once before-; a Solo by Mr Beeston-

162
23 March 1713 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-the best Masters; Irish Song-a young Gentlewoman that never sung in Publick before, a Scholar of Lawrence's

163
25 April 1713 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Dorinda (acts I And Ii)

Music: An Entertainment of the choicest Songs out of several Operas-; Also a Piece (never perform'd before)-Signior Cavaliero Valeriano; The Songs out of the Opera will be as follows Convezzo luinghiero, Pria che la doglia-Signora Pilotti; Del fallo ful camin, Ti stringo o miodiletto-Signor Valentini; E vano ognipensiero, To Beauty devoted, Love wou'd invade me-Signora Margaretta; Di se senti, Nume Alata-Mrs Barbier; Solo pieta vi chiedo-; Di luci adourno-Mrs Manina; concluding with the Chorus of Clotilda-; a new piece-Signior Cavaliero Valeriano

164
09 June 1713 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Several Opera Songs Duettis and Cantatas of the best Masters, never Sung before,-Mrs Robinson, Valentino Urbani

165
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-

166
22 February 1714 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music-Eminent English and Foreign Masters; Among other choice Compositions, a celebrated Song of Mr Hendel's-a Gentlewoman from Abroad, who hath never before exposed her Voice publickly in this Kingdom; To which will be added an uncommon Piece of Musick by Bassoons only-

167
12 February 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Music: As17150125

Song: A Girl who never appeared on the Stage before

Dance: As17150208

168
22 February 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Indian Emperor

Afterpiece Title: The Beau Demolished

Song: A Gentlewoman who never appear'd on the Stage before

Dance: delaGarde, Sandham, Miss Russel; A Scaramouch-a Gentleman for his own Diversion

169
26 February 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Song: A Gentlewoman who never appear'd on the Stage before; Singing in Italian and English-the new Girl

Dance: duPre, Moreau, Bovil, Sandham, others

170
03 March 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Mackbeth

Music: With all the Vocal and Instrumental Music composed by Leveridge-Leveridge, Cook, Jones, Reading, others

Song: A Boy who never appear'd on the Stage before

Dance: Dancing-Newhouse, duPre, Moreau, Boval, Sandham, Miss Russell, Miss Schoolding

171
15 March 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Ibrahim, The 13th Emperor Of The Turks

Song: As17150314

Dance: As17150310 particularly a Dance made by Mr Isaac perform'd before his Majesty on New-Year's Day, aall'd, The Friendship-delaGarde, Miss Russell

172
26 April 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Tub (the Comic Part)

Afterpiece Title: Alexander the Great (an Opera)

Song: A Dialogue (after the Italian Manner)-two Boys , one of which never appear'd on the Stage before

Dance: As17150404

173
05 May 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical History Of Don Quixote, Part Ii

Song: Singing in Italian and English-a Gentlewoman who never appear'd on that Stage before

Dance: As17150425 Also Harlequin and Two Punches, as17150502; Venetian Dance, as17150428

174
09 May 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Song: The New Boy

Music: A New Piece of Musick (never perform'd before)-Bannister, the two Bastions, Stockdale

Dance: delaGarde, Moreau, Bovil, Mrs Bullock (the late Miss Russell); Swedish Dal Karl and His Wife-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock

175
07 October 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wife's Relief; Or, The Husband's Cure

Song: As17151001

Dance: As17151005; Harlequin-Aubert, who never appear'd upon a Stage before