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27 April 1727
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Camilla
Dance:
new
Ball
Dance
-Glover, Mlle Salle;
Pastoral
-Glover, Newhouse, Dupre, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden;
Pierot Dance
-Nivelon, Poitier;
Moors
-Glover, Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Ogden, Miss Latour
2
15 May 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
Song:
End I: Mrs Barbier; III: Rochetti; IV:
Love and Wine
-Leveridge, Legare
Dance:
II: A new
Ball
Dance
-Glover, Mrs Legare; V:
Grand Dance of Lads and Lasses
-Poitier, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Anderson, Miss LaTour
3
20 May 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Pilgrim
Afterpiece Title:
The Humours of Bedlam
Dance:
End I:
Fingalian
-; II:
French Peasants and their Lasses
-; III: A new
Ball
Dance
-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; V:
Grand Dance of Moors
-; Kettle Drums-Poitier
4
25 April 1732
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Conscious Lovers
Afterpiece Title:
Flora
Dance:
II:
Sicilian
-Glover, Mrs Pelling; III:
French Peasant Dance
-Poitier; IV:
Grand Dance of Ethiopians
-Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Miss LaTour, Mrs Ogden; V:
Ball
Dance called
The Marie
-; Also a
Minuet
-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; In Afterpiece:
Hornpipe
-Jones
5
23 April 1733
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Way Of The World
Afterpiece Title:
The Devil to Pay
Dance:
GGrand Dance of Fawns
-Glover, Miss Rogers, Pelling, Delagarde, Newhouse, Mrs Pelling, Miss Latour, Mrs Ogden;
Tambourine
-Miss Rogers;
French Clown
-Nivelon;
Ball
Dance call'd
The Louvre
(concluding with
Minuet
(By Desire)-Glover, Mrs Laguerre;
Scottish Dance
, as17330329
6
03 May 1733
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Macbeth
Afterpiece Title:
The Wedding
Music:
Vocal Parts-Leveridge, Laguerre, Rochetti, Salway, Mrs Wright, Mrs Sanderson, but see
lif
, 30 Oct. 1732
Dance:
I:
Two Pierrots
-Pelling, LeSac; II:
Clown
-Nivelon; III:
Ball
Dance
finished with a slow
Minuet
-Dupre, Mrs Pelling; IV:
Sicilian
-Glover, Mrs Pelling; V:
Scottish Dance
, as17330501
Ballet:
End Afterpiece:
The Amorous Clown; or, The Courtizan
. Clowns-Nivelon, Pelling; Wives-Miss Latour, Mrs Ogden; Courtezan-Mrs Pelling
7
24 March 1737
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Merry Wives Of Windsor
Afterpiece Title:
The Cheats of Scapin
Dance:
I:
Clown
-Nivelon; II:
Grand Comic Dance
-Lalauze; accompanied-Desse, Richardson, Baudouin, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Ogden, Mrs Delorme, Miss Norman; III: By particular Desire,
The Louvre
(
a Ball
Dance), concluding with a
Minuet
-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; IV:
The Kilkenny
(an Irish Dance)-Glover, Mrs Laguerre; V:
Scot's Dance
-Glover, Mrs Laguerre, Desse, Mrs Ogden, Tench, Mlle Delorme
8
18 April 1737
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Bold Stroke For A Wife
Afterpiece Title:
The Lovers Opera
Song:
I: Italian Song-Miss Jones
Dance:
II: By Desire of several Ladies of Quality, a new
Ball
Dance
, Dedicated to the
Princess of Wales
, concluding with a
Minuet
-Vallois, Miss Oates; III:
Clown
-Vallois; IV:
Two Pierrots
-Vallois, Delagarde; V:
French Peasant
-Vallois, Miss Oates
9
25 April 1737
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Hamlet, Prince Of Denmark
Afterpiece Title:
Damon and Phillida
Music:
Between the Acts: various Instruments-
Song:
II:
The Lady's Lamentation
, as17370414 V: A new
Trumpet Song
-Beard
Dance:
I:
Clown
-Nivelon; III:
Comic Dance
-Nivelon, Lalauze, Mrs Laguerre, Mrs LeBrun; IV: A
Ball
Dance
, called
The Prince of Wales's Saraband
, composed by
L'Abbree
, concluding with a
Minuet
-Dupre, Miss Norman; V:
Grecian Sailors
-Glover
10
04 May 1737
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love's Last Shift
Afterpiece Title:
The Honest Yorkshireman
Song:
I:
Since Times are so bad
(by
Purcell
)-Stitchbury, Miss Jones; II: A Purcell Dialogue-Masters Hamilton
Music:
Between Play and Entertainment:
Handel
Concerto on the Welsh Harp-Jones
Dance:
III:
The Princess of Wales
(a new
Ball
Dance), concluding with a
Minuet
-Vallois, Miss Oates; IV:
French Peasant
-Mlle Roland
11
23 March 1738
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Rule A Wife And Have A Wife
Dance:
I:
Two Pierrots
-Nivelon, Lalauze; II:
Dance of Sailors
-Glover; III:
Minuet
, with a
Ball
Dance
called
The Marriee
-Glover, Mlle Roland; IV:
Grand Dance
-Glover, Mlle Roland; V:
Scots Dance
-Glover, Mlle Roland
12
25 April 1738
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Pilgrim
Afterpiece Title:
The Lucky Discovery
Dance:
JJe ne scai quoi
-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates;
Ball
Dance
-Dupre, Miss Norman;
Comic Dance
-Tench, Miss Cantrel;
Serious Dance
-Mlle Roland;
Grecian Sailors
-Glover
13
22 May 1738
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
King Henry The Eighth
Afterpiece Title:
The Virgin Unmask'd
Dance:
I:
Comic Dance
-younger Miss Scot; II: By Desire of several Ladies of Quality,
Minuet
, with new
Ball
Dance called
The Princess of Saxe Gotha
-Vallois, Miss Scot; III:
Two Pierrots
-Vallois, Pelling; IV:
French Peasant
-Vallois, Leviez, Mrs Thompson, Rector, Miss Brett, Pelling, Mrs Vallois
14
22 March 1739
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
All For Love
Dance:
I:
Comic Dance
-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; II:
Two Pierots
-Lalauze, Desse; III:
Grand
Ball
et
as performed in the Opera of
Pastor Fido
-Glover, Mlle Roland; IV:
Scots Dance
-Glover, Mlle Roland; V:
The Louvre
(
a Ball
Dance), including
The Minuet
-Glover, Mlle Roland
15
26 March 1739
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love Makes A Man
Afterpiece Title:
The Honest Yorkshireman
Dance:
I:
Tambourine
-Mlle Roland; II:
Two Pierots
-Lalauze, Desse; III: By particular Desire, a
Ball
Dance
, concluding with a
Minuet
-Lally, Mlle Roland; IV:
Comic Dance
-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V: Glover, Mlle Roland
16
24 April 1739
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Plain Dealer
Dance:
After Overture: a new
Grand
Ball
et
-Denoyer, others to the Overture of
Flavius
, composed by
Handel
; II:
Hungarian Dance
(in the Manner of the Country,)-Denoyer, Mrs Walter; IV:
Russian Sailors
-Denoyer; V:
Ball
Dance
, concluding with a
Minuet
-Denoyer, Mrs Walter
Song:
I:
Oh Happy Pair
-Beard; III:
Mary Scot
-Mrs Clive
17
25 April 1739
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Man Of Taste; Or, The Guardians
Afterpiece Title:
The Mock Doctor
Song:
III:
The Noontide Air
, as17390407; IV:
Oh Happy Pair
-Beard
Dance:
II:
Hungarian Dance
, as17390424 V:
Ball
Dance
, with a
Minuet
-Denoyer, Mrs Walter
18
06 August 1739
@ Tottenham Court
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Trick For Trick; Or, An Odd Affair Between Harlequin, His Associates, And The Vintner Of York
Afterpiece Title:
Poor Harle in the Sudds at Last
Afterpiece Title:
A Ball
; or, The Humours of a Masquerade
19
24 March 1740
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Careless Husband
Afterpiece Title:
The Stage Coach
Dance:
I:
Wooden Shoe Dance
-French Boy; II:
Je ne scai quoy
-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; IV:
Comic
Ball
et
-Villeneuve, Miss Oates; V:
Ball
Dance
,
Minuet
-Lally, Mlle Roland; End Afterpiece:
Scots Dance
-Glover, Mlle Roland
20
25 March 1740
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love For Love
Dance:
PPeasants
-French Boy and Girl;
Ball
et
-Glover, Villeneuve, Desse, Delagarde, Miss Oates, Mrs LeBrun, Mlle Ozanne;
Pastor Fido
(a Grand Dance)-Glover, Mlle Roland;
The Maria
(
Ball
Dance), a
Minuet
-Glover, Mlle Roland;
Scots Dance
-Glover, Mlle Roland
21
05 May 1740
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Twin Rivals
Afterpiece Title:
The Parting Lovers
Afterpiece Title:
The School Boy
Song:
I: Roberts; In III:
Arra my Judy
-a Gentleman
Dance:
II:
Faithful Lovers
-Desse, Miss Oates; III:
Je ne scay quoy
-Villeneuve, Richardson, Miss Oates; IV: By Desire,
The Britain
(
Ball
Dance),
Minuet
-Dupre, Mrs Ozanne; V:
Grand
Ball
et
-Glover, Mlle Roland
22
09 December 1740
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Constant Couple
Dance:
IItalian Peasants
-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini;
The Swiss
-Mechell, Mlle Mechell; A new
Ball
Dance
, with
Minuet
-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini
23
04 April 1741
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Miser
Afterpiece Title:
The King and the Miller of Mansfield
Dance:
I: A new
Grand
Ball
et
-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; II:
Shepherds and Shepherdesses
-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; III:
Pastres
-Master Gillier, a Scholar of
Muilment
; IV: Muilment; V: A new Figure Minuet called
The Queen Minuet
, concluding with a
Ball
Minuet
-Muilment, Mlle Chateauneuf; after the
Minuet
a
Corelli's Jig
-Master Gillier
24
01 April 1742
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Amorous Widow; Or, The Wanton Wife
Dance:
I:
New Scots Dance
-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina; II:
Tambourine
-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina; V:
A Ball
Dance call'd the
Britannia
,
Louvre
-; concluding with: a
Minuet
-Desnoyer, Sga Barbarina, By Command
Ballet:
IV:
Rural Assembly
. See17420121, but only Chasseur-Desnoyer; Nymph-Sga Barbarina
25
08 April 1742
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
As You Like It
Afterpiece Title:
The Virgin Unmasked
Dance:
I:
Les Jardiniers Suedois
-the Mechels; II:
A Grand
Ball
Dance
-Mechel Sen, Mechel Jr, Mlle Mechel; IV:
The Cuckow Dance
-the Mechels; V:
The German Hussar
-the Mechels
Song:
III: Song-Beard
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