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Mainpiece Title: A Comedy Within A Comedy; Or, The Foppish Merchant Turn'd Comedian For Love By Pantalon

Entertainment: Singing Dancing and Serenading after the Venetian Manner-; To which is added, A most noble Concert of Musical French Horns-; Songs-; accompany'd-the said Concert; Dance-Turkish Men, Turkish Women; at the Sound of Trumpets and Kettle Drums-; Dance call'd the King of Morocco's Diversions-Signor Grimaldo Francolino of Malta; and his most surprizing Activity and Strength in a Dance on his Knees with a wonderful heavy Machine upon his Head, never yet attempted by any one before-Signor Grimaldo Francolino

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Mainpiece Title: A French Comedy

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Mainpiece Title: A French Comedy

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Mainpiece Title: The Cornish Comedy

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Mainpiece Title: Tony Aston's Medley

Entertainment: A lively Abstract of the most Comical Characters of our best Comedies which are reputed the Master-Pieces of the top Comedians-; with new proper Songs to each Character-

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Mainpiece Title: Tony Aston's Medley

Entertainment: Consisting of select Parts of Comedies-; new Songs-; Prologues-; Epilogues-; Mr Purcell's, other Comical English Dialogues-

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Mainpiece Title: Chit Chat

Afterpiece Title: The Island Princess (the Comedy in the last Act)

Dance: Salle, Mlle Salle; Shepherdess-; Turkey Cock-; Mimic Song of an Old Woman-; The Irish Trot-Mrs Willis

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Mainpiece Title: The Mother-in-law

Music: A new Overture, and an entire new Sett of Act Tunes, composed for the Comedy by Mr Seedo

Dance: Irish Trot by a Youth but nine Years old. Hussar by Nivelon and Miss Robinson. Revellers by Essex, Miss Latour, Janno, Holt, Miss Mann, Miss Brett (with new Habits)

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Mainpiece Title: The Nest Of Plays; Three New Comedies Of One Act Each

Afterpiece Title: The Prodigal Reform'd

Afterpiece Title: The Happy Constancy

Afterpiece Title: The Tryal of Conjugal Love

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: Glover, Mlle Roland; Je ne scai quoi-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates

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Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Song: Between the acts: Beard, Lowe

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Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Song: As17411111

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Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Song: I: See from the Silent Grove Alexis Flies-Beard; III: A Cantata-Lowe; IV: Happy Pair-Beard

Dance: II: Les Matelotes, as17411110; Le Genereux Corsaire, as17411102

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Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Fortune Tellers

Song: HHappy Pair-Beard; III: Bright Author of my Present Flame-Lowe

Dance: II: A Musette-M Mechel, Mlle Mechel; IV: A Dutch Dance-Delamain; V: A Pierrot Dance-M Mechel, Mlle Mechel

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Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwrecked

Song: I: A New Ballad-Beard; III: Noontide Air-Lowe; IV: Mad Tom by Henry Purcel-Beard in character

Dance: II: A Dutch Dance, as17411114; V: The Italian Peasants, as17411207

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Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: I: The Lover's Rapture-

Dance: II: A New Pierot's Dance-; IV: The Drunken Peasant-; End: A Country Dance-the Characters in the Comedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester (comedy)

Dance: II: A New Serious Dance, call'd The Shipwreck; or +The Distressed Lovers-Gardiner (1st appearance that stage), Mrs Vernon; IV: A new Comic Dance call'd The Press Gang; or +The Sailor's Farewell-Gardiner, Mrs Vernon

Song: III: Miss Young

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Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Entertainment: By Desire, Lady Pentweazle's Scene from the Comedy Taste, Lady Pentweazle-Wilkinson; Carmine-Davis

Dance: LLes Charboniers-Sg Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

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Mainpiece Title: The Jovial Crew

Afterpiece Title: The Counterfeit Heiress; or, The Boarding School

Dance: TThe Taylors, as17620107

Entertainment: After Comedy: Mr Hippisley's Drunken Man-Shuter

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Twins; Or, A Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Song: II: Let not the Rage, from the opera Artaxerxes, by Particular Desire,-Miss Brent

Dance: After the Epilogue: The Taylors, as17620107

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Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: ct I of%Taste

Song: End Comedy: an Occasional Song-on the Birth of the Prince

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Mainpiece Title: King Richard Iii

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: II of the Comedy: The Whim, as17691123

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timanthes

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Entertainment: As17700224

Dance: II of the Comedy: The Whim, as17691123

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Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: II: The Lamplighters, as17691005; II of the Comedy: The Dutch Milkmaid Dance=, as17691111

Entertainment: End: The Cries of London-; Epilogue Riding upon an Ass-Shuter

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Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: After II of Comedy: The Dutch Milkmaid, as17710923

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Mainpiece Title: Zobeide

Afterpiece Title: Man and Wife

Dance: End Comedy: A Comic Dance, as17711031