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928 results for: Title - The Contrivances; or, More Ways Than One

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November 1681 @ Dorset Garden Theatre

Performances

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

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29 October 1684 @ The City, London

Performances

Mainpiece Title: London's Royal Triumph For The City's Loyal Magistrate In An Exact Description Of Several Scenes And Pageants, Adorned With Many Magnificent Representations

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05 March 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

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06 March 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

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07 March 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

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09 March 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

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11 March 1700 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

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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-

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February 1702 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Inconstant; Or, The Way To Win Him

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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

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04 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance; Or, Le Medecin Malgre Luy

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05 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

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07 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

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14 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

Music: As17030525

Song: As17030612

Dance: DuRuel, others, as express'd in the Bills at large

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22 June 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

Music: Instrumental Music-Gasperini, DuRuel; accompanied-Mrs Campion on the harpsichord

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Campion; particularly Purcell's Mad Dialogue, and another from The World in the Moon-; Several other new songs composed by Weldon-

Dance: DuRuel, Mrs Campion

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20 October 1703 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance; Or, Le Medicin Malgre Luy

Song:

Dance:

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16 February 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

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

Song: As17031102

Dance: duRuel, others

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28 April 1704 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance

Song: As17031102

Dance: As17040422

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01 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Song: Several new Songs-Mrs Hodgson; A New Song by way of Ballad, call'd The Misses' Lamentation for want of their Vizard Masks in the Play/house-Mr Boman

Dance:

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07 June 1705 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen Of Cyprus

Afterpiece Title: Love's Contrivance; or, Le Medecin Malgre Luy (last act)

Dance: As17041124

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17 December 1705 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Dance: As17051212

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14 February 1706 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Contrivance (last Act)

Afterpiece Title: Arsinoe, Queen of Cyprus

Dance: As17051218

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04 August 1708 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Debauchee; Or, A New Way To Pay Old Debts

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09 September 1710 @ Greenwich

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Relapse

Song:

Dance: Too many to be inserted in the bills

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14 May 1712 @ Stationer's Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Concert

Music: Vocal and Instrumental Music, in the Opera of Dioclesian, with several Additions composed by the Immortal Henry Purcel, which, for the Beauty of Expression, Excellency of Harmony, and Grandeur of Contrivance, gives a first Place to no Musical Opera in Europe-; Several Entertainments on the Irish Harp-the famous Mr Morphy