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1179 results for: Title - An Hospital for Fools (being generally Insisted on by last Night's Audience)

1
17 November 1739 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Afterpiece Title: An Hospital for Fools (being generally Insisted on by last Night's Audience)

Song:

Dance: As17391116

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28 May 1771 @ King's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: La Buona Figliuola

Dance: New Dance-a new Principal Dancer lately arrived from France; Hornpipe on Skates-Sga Guidi, Sga Galliotti

Song: In the last Act: a New Song (Giordani)-Sga Ristorini; accompanied on Violin-Sga Sirmen, being her last performance this season on this stage

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13 June 1676 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: No Fool Like Ye Old Fool

4
January 1696 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

5
25 September 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Virtuoso

Music: An Entertainment of Musick, never performed in Publick before, by the famous -Mons Li Rich, lately arrived from the Court of Poland: being the only and last Time of performing the said Entertainment, or any other, by reason of his sudden return to the said Kingdom

6
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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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

8
30 April 1703 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cheats Of Scapin

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Rivals; or, The School Boy

Music: As17030423

Dance: The Devonshire Girl, being now upon her Return to the City of Exeter, will perform three several Dances, particularly her last New Entry in Imitation of Mademoiselle Subligni, Whip of Dunboyn by Mr Claxton, her Master-The Devonshire Girl; ...And at the desire of several Persons of Quality (hearing that Mr Pinkeman hath hired the two famous French Girls lately arriv'd from the Emperor's Court), They will perform several Dances on the Rope upon the Stage, being improv'd to that Degree, far exceeding all others in that Art.-two famous French Girls; Newest Humours of Harlequin , as perform'd by him before the Grand Signior at Constantinople-father of two famous French Girls; Also the Famous Mr Evans, lately arriv'd from Vienna, will shew you Wonders of another kind, Vaulting on the Manag'd Horse, being the greatest Master of that kind in the World-Mr Evans

9
18 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Music: Entertainment of flute music-Bannister, Bannister's son; A new instrumental piece-the best hands

Dance: The Highland, The Whip of Dunboyne-Claxton

Entertainment: Imitations. The Famous Mr Clynch will for this once, at the desire of several Persons of Quality, perform his Imitation of an Organ with 3 Voices, the Double Curtel, the Bells, the Huntsman with his Horn and Pack of Dogs-Mr Clynch; All which he performs with his Mouth on the open Stage, being what no Man besides himself could ever yet attain to

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26 October 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Song: As17031023

Dance: Mrs Bicknell, Mrs Lucas, the Devonshire Girl

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25 April 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: As17040101

Dance: duRuel, Cherrier, Mrs duRuel; [including] the same Entertainments of Dancing [performed last night at St. James's before Her Majesty-

12
07 February 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Farewell Folly

Song: As17041123

Dance: Several Entertainments of Dancing which were perform'd last Night before Her Majesty-duRuel, Mrs duRuel

13
30 April 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Song: As17050410 particularly the Frost Music in Act IV of King Arthur, composed by Henry Purcell-

Dance: As17050303

14
11 October 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Song:

Dance:

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05 December 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Song: Singing in English and Italian-Mrs Tofts

Dance: As17061130

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18 October 1707 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

17
22 December 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

18
22 October 1709 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

19
15 January 1711 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

20
27 August 1711 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Timon Of Athens

Music: The same Masters that perform'd on Thursday last; viz: A Celebrated Concerto, or full piece, by the famous Albinoni-; A Sonata out of the last Works of that great Master Tibaldi-; That excellent Piece for the Violin and Flute of Seignior Gasperine-

21
08 February 1712 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

22
14 October 1714 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

23
12 October 1715 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Song: As17151001

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Mrs Cross; Dutch Skipper-; Miller's Dance-F. Leigh, Spiller, Mrs Spiller

24
08 March 1716 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Couple

Dance: A Mimick Night Scene after the Italian Manner, between a Harlequin, Scaramouch, and Dame Ragonde, being the same that was perform'd with great Applause, by the Sieurs Allard, 14 Years ago-Dupre, Mrs Santlow

25
04 October 1716 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift; Or, The Fool In Fashion

Music: A Concerto to be perform'd on the Stage-

Dance: Thurmond Jr, Mrs Schoolding