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82 results for: Title - The Touchstone of Invention

1
18 October 1779 @ Haymarket Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: The Touchstone Of Invention; Or, The Soldier's Fortune

Afterpiece Title: Henry And Emma

Afterpiece Title: The Busy Body

Dance: 2nd piece: With a Hornpipe-Lonsdale

Song: End I: two part song, Damon and Clora-Leach, Miss Mitchell (1st appearance); End III: My sweet pretty Mogg-Wright

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22 July 1710 @ Greenwich

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Mainpiece Title: The Emperour Of The Moon

Entertainment: A Dance after the Neapolitan Manner-; With a New Invention first Contriv'd by Monsieur St.Everimont, which Represents a Suit of Hangings, which in an Instant is Transform'd to Men and Women-; With many other surprizing Entertainments too long to be inserted here-

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05 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Diana's Madness; Or, Fatime, A Favourite Slave In The Seraglio, Mad For Love, And Crown'd Empress By The Grand Signior: With Pantlon And Harlequin Eunuchs Elected Kaimcan And Ciguir, The One Impaled And The Other Sawed Asunder, The Bashas Selim And Achmet Ript Open, Rabca Strangled, And Chistar Beheaded

Entertainment: Carneval-after the Venetian Manner; Dancing-Masqueraders in divers Characters, Madmen, Turks Men and Women being the Invention of Mr Poictiers

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19 November 1726 @ King's Theatre

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Mainpiece Title: Le Furbarie Per Vendetta; Or, Brighella's Revenge Thwarted By Argentina: With Divers Transformations Of Harlequin, Viz

Dance: Turkish Men and Women, being the Invention of Mr Poitier

5
12 June 1761 @ Ranelagh Gardens

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Mainpiece Title: The Judgment Of Paris

Song: Several favourite songs consisting of four intervals

Entertainment: Upon the Octagan Square in said Gardens will be displayed the following curious invention in Fireworks, viz. A long pole will be fixed in the middle of the square; at the bottom of which will stand an artificial Harlequin, which with a touch becomes transparent, swarms up the pole and lights up a garland of flowers. N.B. 'Tis humbly desired that the Public will not mistake this gentleman Harlequin for the scoundrel that formerly pretended to go into a bottle. After the above ingenious Fancy will be performed in the theatre the celebrated Masque call'd The Judgment of Paris, composed by Dr Arne, which being finished, upon the canal in the Gardens will be displayed several superb Fireworks called the Chinese Festival, invented and executed by Sg Carlo Genorinij, the famous Roman artificer. He will avoid all common exhibitions, as Rockets &c., which for want of novelty give no entertainment to the Public, and confine himself to works of real ingenuity, so innocent in their nature, that the ladies may stand ever so near, without the least possibility of danger, or being alarmed with uncouth noises. The intended exhibition will be as follows: A light ediface will be fixed near the Chinese Temple, and a boat will sail at the end of the canal, containing several persons performing on musical instruments, the boat moving to the Temple, and giving fire to the ediface, it will display several ingenious conceits; particularly the operations of the fireworks will change to ten different colours. Other fancies are reserved till the perfformance, which, it is hoped, will give general satisfaction to the public

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04 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone; or, Harlequin Traveller

Dance: In afterpiece: Dagueville, Miss Valois. [The dancing, as here assigned, was included in all subsequent performances, except on 4 Feb., 7 Apr., 10 May.

Song: In I: song-Leoni

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05 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

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06 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

9
07 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: Percy

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

10
08 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Suspicious Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

11
09 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

12
11 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

13
12 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: Buthred

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

14
13 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Lady's Last Stake

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

15
14 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

16
15 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: Know Your Own Mind

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

17
16 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Duenna

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

18
18 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: Cato

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

19
19 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: All For Love

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

20
20 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: All In The Wrong

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

21
21 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: She Stoops To Conquer

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

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22 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Song: III: song in character-Mrs Farrell

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23 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Douglas

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

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26 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Wonder

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

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27 January 1779 @ Covent Garden

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Mainpiece Title: The Comedy Of Errors

Afterpiece Title: The Touchstone

Song: As17790122, but song-Mrs Kennedy (late Mrs Farrell)