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51 results for: Title - The Bird in a Cage

1
24 April 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bird In A Cage; Or, Money Works Wonders

Afterpiece Title: The Drummer; or, The Haunted House

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Grand Dana of Ladies [performers not listed]; End of mainpiece The Drunken Sailor Reclaim'd [performers not listed, but see17860304

2
11 May 1786 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Bird In A Cage

Afterpiece Title: Small Talk; or, The Westminster Boy

Dance: In Act III of mainpiece a Grand Dance, as17860424; End of Act I of afterpiece Leap Year, as17860227

3
05 April 1706 @ Queen's Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Wonders In The Sun; Or, The Kingdom Of The Birds

4
11 July 1724 @ Richmond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Dance: End I: Running Footman's Dance-; III: French Peasant-; IV: Highland Lilt-; V: Union Dance-

Song: Singing in Imitation of Birds and Beasts-

5
08 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode; Or, Sir Fopling Flutter

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmasked

Song: I: Sweet Bird, from Milton,-Mrs Arne; III: The celebrated Irish Ballad Elin a Roon-Mrs Clive in Irish, as she perform'd it at the Theatre Royal in Dublin; IV: Singing in Italian and English-Miss Edwards

Dance: II: The Italian Peasants, as17411205; IV: A Ballet-Desse, Baudouin, Leviez

6
20 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: I: Sweet Bird, from Milton,-Mrs Arne; II: A Cantata by Stanley-Beard; IV: Was ever Nymph like Rosamond-Lowe; V: War he sung was Toil and Trouble-Mrs Clive

Dance: III: A Concerto, as17420105; V: The Italian Peasants, as17411205

7
30 March 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Double Gallant

Afterpiece Title: The Lottery

Song: I: Song-Beard; III: Sweet Bird from Milton-Mrs Arne; IV: The Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: New Serious Dance, as17420322 V: Le Boufon, as17420325

8
21 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: I: Let me Wander not unseen-Beard; III: Sweet Bird from Milton-Beard; IV: Bumper Squire Jones-Beard

Dance: II: The Italian Peasants, as17411205; V: Le Boufon, as17420325

9
28 April 1742 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orphan

Afterpiece Title: The King and Miller of Mansfield

Song: I: Song with French Horns-Beard; II: Sweet Bird from Milton-Mrs Arne; III: A Ballad-Lowe; IV: War he sung was Toil and Trouble-Mrs Clive

Dance: V: A New Running Footman's Dance-Phillips

10
22 March 1746 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Much Ado About Nothing

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Dance: DDrunken Tyrolese-Sodi; also Comic Ballet call'd the Bird Catchers-Cooke, Sga Campioni, Sodi

11
28 March 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Julius Caesar; With The Death Of Brutus And Cassius

Afterpiece Title: The Dragon of Wantley

Song: IV: The Blithest Bird-Sullivan

Dance: II: Muilment; V: The Mechels

12
27 November 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Dance: II: Pigmalion, as17501102; IV: Comic Dance, as17501117

Ballet: End: A New Comic Entertainment of Dancing call'd The Bird Catchers. Peasants-Devisse, Mad Auretti; Shepherds-McNeil, Roger, G. Yates; Shepherdesses-Mad Camargo, Mad Mariet, Mrs Addison; Two Peasant Children-the Little Swiss, Miss Poplin; Bird Catchers-Pelling, Harvey, Shawford, Master Shawford, Miss Toogood, Mad Mimi, Mrs Shawford, Miss Shawford; a New Scene-; Decorations-

13
30 November 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Lethe

Ballet: TThe Bird Catchers. As17501127

14
01 December 1750 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: II: Pigmalion, as17501102; III: Comic Dance, as17501117

Ballet: V: The Bird Catchers. As17501127

15
05 September 1755 @ Bartholomew Fair

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Constant Quaker

Afterpiece Title: A Morning's Frolick

Entertainment: Bird and Animal Imitator-Cloesong

Music: As17550903

16
16 October 1759 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Way Of The World

Afterpiece Title: Fortunatus

Song: III: By Desire, Sweet Bird-Miss Young

17
27 April 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Song: III: The song of Sweet Bird-Mrs Vincent; accompanied on the Violin-Mr Pinto

Dance: The Provancalle, as17631014

18
09 May 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: Catharine and Petrucio

Dance: II: Dance of Slaves, as17640425 The Cow@Keepers, as17640504

Song: I: The Song of Sweet Bird-Mrs Vincent; accompanied on violin-Pinto as17640427

Entertainment: II: King as Mr Prattle, will open a Packet of News (for that night only), as17640403

19
21 April 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Englishman in Paris

Music: I: A Concerto on the Violin-Fisher

Dance: II: The Whim, as17691123; III: A Hornpipe-Miss Twist

Song: I of the Farce: Sweet Bird composed by Handel, sung-Mrs Pinto, accompanied by Fisher

20
07 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: A New Pantomime Ballet call'd The Bird Catchers-Fishar, Sga Manesiere, Mas. Blurton, Miss Besford. [See dl 27 Nov. 1750.

21
08 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: All's Well That Ends Well

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: II: The Bird Catchers, as17721207

22
12 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End of Piece: The Bird Catchers, as17721207

23
14 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End of Play: The Bird Catchers, as17721207

24
16 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Elfrida

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End: The Bird Catchers, as17721207

25
23 December 1772 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: Cross Purposes

Dance: End of Play: The Bird Catchers, as17721207