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30 April 1706
@ Queen's Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The True And Antient History Of King Lear
Song:
Comical
Songs and Dialogues from
Wonders in the Sun
-; particularly a Song-Mrs Willis representing one of
Queen Elizabeth's Dames of Honour
;
Comical
Dialogue-Pack, Bowman , representing a vain promising
Courtier
and a
Sycophant
; a
Comical
Dialogue-Dogget, Cook representing a
Widdow in Tears
for the Loss of her Husband and a
Town Rake
making Love to her
Dance:
A new
Entry
-deBarques, Mrs Elford;
French Peasant
-Firbank, Mrs Bicknell; The famous
Italian Scaramouch
-Layfield
2
04 March 1686
@ Dorset Garden Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
3
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
4
17 August 1704
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Unfortunate Couple
Afterpiece Title:
The
Comical
Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
The Wit of a Woman
Dance:
Italian Scaramouch
-Layfield; a new
Morris Dance
-two men, two women
5
05 July 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Comical
Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Love in a Sack
Dance:
Dutch Skipper
-Thurmond Jr, Mrs Cross
6
07 July 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Comical
Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Love in a Sack
Dance:
As17150705
7
21 July 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or, The
Comical
Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Love in a Sack
Dance:
As17150705
Spanish Entry
,
Punch
-Shaw
8
31 August 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Love in a Sack
Dance:
As17150823
9
03 October 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Comical Transformation
; Or, The Devil Of A Wife
Afterpiece Title:
Hob; or, The Country Wake
Song:
As17151001
Dance:
Punchanello and Scaramouch
-Shaw, Thurmond Jr
10
17 November 1715
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
The Petticoat Plotter
Song:
As17151105
Dance:
As17151104; particularly a new dance-Moreau, Mrs Cross
11
10 January 1716
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife [
comical
Transformation
]
Afterpiece Title:
The Mountebank
Dance:
As17151118; particularly a New Dance call'd
The Morris
(composed by
Mr Isaac
) and at the Request of several Masters-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock
12
02 April 1716
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
The Cobler of Preston
Dance:
As17151104; particularly
Two Punchanelloes Harlequin and Dame Ragonde
-
13
13 July 1716
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
The Cobler of Preston
Dance:
Thurmond Jr, Newhouse, Mrs Cross, Miss Smith; particularly
French Peasant and His Wife
-Newhouse, Mrs Cross
14
29 October 1716
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Pyramus and Thisbe
Dance:
delaGarde, Moreau, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding;
Spanish Entry
, as17161025;
Harlequin
, as17161025
15
05 July 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
The Cobler of Preston
Dance:
A new Comic Dance-Miss Smith
16
05 November 1717
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Hob; or, The Country Wake
Song:
Oh London Is A Fine Town
-Pack
Dance:
Chacone
-Mrs Bullock;
Dutch Skipper
-Thurmond Jr, Miss Smith
17
06 January 1718
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
The Perjuror
Afterpiece Title:
Hob
Song:
O London Is A Fine Town
-Pack
Dance:
As17171022
18
27 June 1718
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
The Country House
Dance:
Newhouse, Miss Smith
19
09 October 1718
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Hob; or, The Country Wake
Dance:
Moreau, Mrs Moreau, Miss Schoolding;
Moreau
's
Grand Wedding Dance
-
20
01 December 1718
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Hob
Song:
As17181103
Dance:
Moreau, Cook, Mrs Moreau, Mrs Schoolding; The last new
Wedding Dance
-
21
17 June 1719
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
22
20 October 1719
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Hob; or, The Country Wake
Song:
As17191010
Dance:
French Peasant
-Newhouse, Miss Francis
23
31 October 1720
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
Hob; or, The Country Wake
24
03 August 1722
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Dance:
As17220727
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06 April 1724
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The Devil Of A Wife; Or,
A Comical Transformation
Afterpiece Title:
The Country House
Song:
Leveridge, Mrs Chambers
Dance:
Dupre, Nivelons, Glover, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Mrs Rogeir, Mrs Wall, Mrs Ogden; particularly
Flag Dance
-Nivelon Sr;
Two Pierrots
-Nivelons;
Tollet's Grounds
-Newhouse, Mrs Rogeir
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