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878 results for: Title - The Sailor's Festival; or, All Alive at Portsmouth

1
10 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Festival; or, All Alive at Portsmouth

Afterpiece Title: Catherine and Petruchio

Dance: III: Hornpipe, as17920920

Song: End I: Black Eyed Susan-Incledon

2
07 April 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: THE SAILOR'S FESTIVAL; or, All Alive at Portsmouth

Afterpiece Title: MARIAN

3
13 May 1795 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every One Has His Fault

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Festival; or, All Alive at Portsmouth

Afterpiece Title: Netley Abbey

4
06 April 1730 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love's Last Shift

Afterpiece Title: The Dutch and Scotch Contention

Dance: WWooden Shoe Dance-Nivelon; French Sailor-Salle, Laguerre; Flag Dance-Nivelon; Grand Comic Dance of Sailors-; Hornpipe-Salle in the Character of a Boatswain, Being his first Attempt in that Way

5
27 March 1732 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fond Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Country House

Dance: A new Dance (in the Footing Manner) between a Sailor and a Country Girl by Jones-; the Sailor-Jones, the +Country Lass- Mrs Ogden

6
22 April 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Dance: CClown-Nivelon; French Sailors-Lalauze, Mlle Roland; Grecian Sailors-Glover

7
02 May 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Richard The Second

Dance: I: Je ne scai quoy-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; II: Comic Dance-Nivelon, Mrs LeBrun; III: French Sailors-Lalauze, Mlle Roland; V: Grecian Sailors-Glover

Song: II: The Roast Beef of Old England-Leveridge; IV: Since Times are so bad-Leveridge, Salway

8
10 May 1738 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Theodosius

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance: A Comic Dance-Richardson, Miss Cantrel; Je ne scai quoi-Tench, Villeneuve, Miss Oates; French Sailors-Lalauze, Mlle Roland; Grecian Sailors-Glover

Song: A New Cantata-Roberts; The Roast Beef of Old England-Leveridge

9
17 November 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Albumazar

Dance: II: The Gardner's Revels-Cooke, Mathews, Mrs Addison

Song: fter the dance, an Entertainment of singing and dancing call'd The Sailors Rendezvous at Portsmouth-. [See17471116]

10
29 May 1760 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way To Keep Him

Afterpiece Title: Love a-la-Mode

Dance: I: The last new Comic Dance-Sg and Sga Giorgi; II: The Cow Keepers, as17600313 but Mrs _Vernon, Mrs Preston

Song: III: By Desire, The Sailor's Song-Champnes, and a Dance in character by the Sailor

11
26 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Philaster

Afterpiece Title: No One's Enemy but His Own

Dance: II: The Provencale, as17740928; III: The Merry Sailors-Aldridge [See17731007]; End: The Vintage Festival, as17741007

12
27 October 1774 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Golden Pippin

Dance: After the Address: The Vintage Festival, as17741007 (playbill); The Merry Sailors-Aldridge. (Public Advertiser)

13
02 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Dance: End I: a new Comic Dance-Langrish, Master Jackson, Miss Parish, Miss Lings (pupils of Aldridge); End II: [The Cricket@Match [sic]The Cricketters, as17780128; [in which part of the celebrated Tambourine Dance-Aldridge[, originally composed and danced by him; III: Hornpipe, as17771017

Ballet: End: a new, Grand Marine Pantomimical Dance, suited to the times, The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth; or, British Glory. in which an accurate view of the Isle of Wight and the Fleet now riding at Spithead. Principal Characters: Bobby Flip the Boatswain-Aldridge; Powder Monkey-Master Jackson; Mat Mizen-Langrish; Molly Topknot-Miss Besford; Susan Constant-Miss Valois; with variety of other Characters, and Hornpipe Dancing-in an entire new stile

14
11 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fifth; Or, The Conquest Of France

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Song: End I: new song, The Cottage on the lawn (composed by Michael? Arne)-Mrs Farrell

Ballet: End Procession: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780502

15
15 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Edward The Black Prince; Or, The Battle Of Poictiers

Afterpiece Title: Mother Shipton

Ballet: End: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780511

Song: As17780511

16
16 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Dance: End II: New Dance-; in which the Minuet de la Cour, Gavot-Harris, Miss Valois; End IV: Le Minuet a Quatre-Dumay, Holloway, Miss Matthews, Miss Ross; with a variety of new Quadrilles-

Ballet: End: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780502

17
20 May 1778 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love Finds The Way

Afterpiece Title: The Commissary

Ballet: The Sailors' Revels at Portsmouth. As17780515

18
02 April 1781 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Charles The First

Afterpiece Title: True Blue

Afterpiece Title: Midas

Dance: 2nd piece: a Dance of Sailors Sailor's Dance-Aldridge

19
24 May 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Eighth

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Festival

Afterpiece Title: The Follies of A Day

Song: III: a song-Mrs Clendining

20
03 June 1793 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Sailor's Festival

Afterpiece Title: Hartford Bridge

Dance: In 3rd piece: The Lucky Escape, as17921116

Song: End II: Black Eyed Susan, as17930510; III: a song in character-Miss Barnett

21
25 April 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Everyone Has His Fault

Afterpiece Title: THE SAILOR'S FESTIVAL

Afterpiece Title: THE TWO MISERS

Music: End of Act II of mainpiece concerto on the Piano Forte, composed by Krumpholtz, accompanied by the Full Band, by Miss Poole

Song: End of Act IV of mainpiece Mad Bm, in character, by Miss Poole

22
06 May 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Afterpiece Title: THE SAILOR'S FESTIVAL

Afterpiece Title: THE POOR SOLDIER

Song: In Act II of mainpiece the Grand Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon. Vocal Parts by Johnstone, Incledon, Cubitt, Rock//Mrs Mountain, Miss Stuart, Miss Leserve, Miss Barnett, Mrs Lloyd, Mrs Martyr. In the course of the Evening Black-Eyed Susan by Incledon

23
20 May 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: THE SAILOR'S FESTIVAL

Afterpiece Title: MODERN ANTIQUES

Song: End of Act IV of 1st piece Mad Bess, as17940425; In the course of the Evening Black-Eyed Susan, as17940502

24
21 May 1794 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: THE SAILOR'S FESTIVAL

Afterpiece Title: HARTFORD BRIDGE

Dance: In 3rd piece The Lucky Escape, as17930916

25
12 April 1660 @ Vintners' Hall

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bacchus Festival; Or, A New Medley

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