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947 results for: Title - Southwark Fair

1
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

2
08 September 1729 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Afterpiece Title: Southwark Fair; or, The Sheep Shearing

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Harlequin

Song: [On this day only?] A Song by Seedo-Mrs Nokes [in Boy's Cloaths, when the Lord Mayor passes by to proclaim the Fair

3
14 September 1741 @ Southwark Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Prophetess; Or, The History Of Dioclesian, With The Comical Humours Of Geta, Servant To Diocles

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin the Man in the Moon; With His Adventures in Southwark Fair

Dance: TThe General Reconcilement-

4
06 June 1800 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Birth Day

Afterpiece Title: The Deserter of Naples

Afterpiece Title: St

Song: End: the following songs illustrative of the Whims and Sports of Bartholomew Fair: Raro Raro-Delpini; The Wind blew fresh and fair-Townsend; By the gaily circling Glass-Linton; a New Song (composed by Walsh, and written in Commemoration of His Majesty's Providential Escape [from assassination; see dl, 15 May])-Incledon

5
08 June 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

6
27 June 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

7
07 September 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

8
12 November 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

9
18 December 1661 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

10
25 March 1662 @ The Red Bull Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Maid Of The West

11
02 August 1664 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

12
27 April 1667 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

13
04 September 1668 @ The (first) Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

14
22 February 1669 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

15
30 November 1674 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

16
April 1689 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bury Fair

17
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-

18
25 August 1701 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Entertainments

Dance: [By] 6 Companies of Rope Dancers; who] [are joyned in one, they being the greatest Performers of Men, Women, and Children, that could be found beyond the Seas, where will be performed such wonderful variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack Rope, the Sloaping Rope-; [you will see a wonderful Girl of 10 years of Age, who walk backward up the sloaping Rope-Girl of 10 years[, driving a Wheel-barrow behind her; [also you will see the Great Italian Master, who not only passes all that has yet been seen upon the low Rope, [but he Dances[ without a Pole upon the Head of a Mast [as high as the Booth will permit, and afterwards stands upon his Head on the same-Great Italian Master; [You will also be entertained with the many Conceits of an Italian Scaramouch, who Dances on the Rope [with 2 Children and a Dog in a Wheel-barrow, and a Duck on his Head-Italian Scaramouch

Dance: Such variety of Dancing, Vaulting, Walking on the Slack/Rope, Tumbling, as has never been seen in this Fair before-

19
03 June 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

20
11 July 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bury Fair

Music: The last New Entertainment compos'd for Flutes on the Stage,-Mr Bannister, Mr Bannister's Son

Song: Mrs Lyndsey

Dance:

21
18 August 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bartholomew Fair

Entertainment: Several Extraordinary Entertainments, as will be express'd in the Bills

22
10 April 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Example; Or, The Modish Citizens

23
12 April 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Example

24
13 April 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Example

25
May 1703 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fair Penitent