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484 results for: Title - The Divine Comedian; or, The Right Use of Plays, Improved, in a Sacred Tragy-Comedy

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02 March 1727 @ King's Theatre

Performances

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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04 January 1717 @ Globe and Marlborough's Head

Performances

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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17 November 1727 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

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Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: incident to play: Vncident to play: Vocal and Instrumental Music-; Vocal Music-Leveridge, Degar, Salway, Mrs Chambers

Dance: Dupre, Salle, Nivelon, Pelling, Newhouse, Lanyon, Dupre Jr

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25 January 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

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

5
29 October 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: The Anatomist

Dance: I: Hornpipe-Mathews, the Little Swiss; III: Running Footman's Dance, as17501020 Play to conclude with a dance call'd The City Revels-the characters of the play

6
23 August 1773 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Tobacconist

Entertainment: I: A Variety of Imitations Rhetorical and Vocal-Hutton; II: O What a Charming Thing's a Battle-Bannister; End: A New Song-Miss Wilde

Dance: End Interlude: A Tambourine Dance-Giorgi's Scholars

Monologue: Between Play and Entertainment: A Comic Interlude (taken from the Primitive Puppet Show) call'd A Sentimental Comedy; or, Piety in Pattens. Butler-Weston; Squire-Fearon; Mrs Candy-Mrs Palmer; Polly Pattens-Mrs Jewell

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22 April 1661 @ no theater listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Neptune's Address To His Most Sacred Majesty Charles The Second; King Of England, Scotland, France And Ireland

8
30 August 1661 @ The Cockpit in Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A French Comedy

9
16 December 1661 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A French Comedy

10
10 November 1662 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unidentified Play

11
08 December 1662 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unidentified Play

12
02 February 1663 @ Middle Temple

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unidentified Play

13
09 February 1663 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unidentified Play

14
06 August 1663 @ no theater listed

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Puppet Plays

15
26 December 1666 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: An Unnamed Play

16
30 August 1667 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Patient Grisell [puppet-play]

17
November 1681 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Count; Or, A New Way To Play An Old Game

18
February 1683 @ Drury Lane Theatre or Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Restoration; Or, Right Will Take Place

19
April 1693 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Richmond Heiress; Or, A Woman Once In The Right

20
June 1696 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cornish Comedy

21
28 February 1699 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Play Not Known

22
10 April 1699 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Play Not Known

23
07 November 1699 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Friendship Improved; Or, The Female Warriour

24
07 May 1702 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Entertainment: Divine Musick in Praise of Religion and Vertue-; both Vocal and instrumental, with new Anthems compos'd by Mr Blow; an Oration by Mr Collier; Pieces by Mr Tate, her Majesty's Poet Laureat. The edition of 1702 lists: The Introductory Poem Upon the Reformation of Poetry-Mr Tate Poet-Laureat to her Majesty; The First Anthem-, Compos'd by Dr Blow, and Sung in Westminster-Abbey, at Her Majesty's Coronation; The Oration-J. Collier/M.A.; The Second Anthem, Compos'd by Dr Blow: Te Deum Laudamus-; A Poem in Praise of Virtue- , Written by Mr Tate

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20 August 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Dance: Tollet's Ground-Essex, Mrs Lucas; Scotch Dance-Mrs Bignell; Dame Ragondes and her 8 Children-Nevelong, 8 more; The Right Irish Trot-Goodwin