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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,
the
y 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-
2
21 August 1727
@ Bartholomew Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Jane Shore: Containing
The
Death Of King Edward Iv,
The
Penance Of Jane Shore, And Her Miserable Fall Under Richard
The
Protector
Afterpiece Title:
With
The
Comical Humours of Anthony Noodle, His Man Weazle, and Captain Blunderbuss
Afterpiece Title:
The Wheel of Life
; or, Harlequin's Death
3
28 March 1728
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love Makes A Man
Song:
End I:
Si Caro
,
Lass of Patie's Mill
-Miss Warren; III:
Plain Truth
,
Wheel
of
Life
-Leveridge; IV: Ballad written, set to music by
Leveridge
-Miss Fenton; V:
Merry Cobler's Tragical End At Last
-
Dance:
II:
Peasant
-Nivelon; III:
Scots Dance
-Mrs Bullock
4
15 May 1792
@ Covent Garden
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Widow Of Malabar
Afterpiece Title:
Ca
the
rine and Petruchio
Afterpiece Title:
A Cure for a Coxcomb; or,
The
Beau Bedevil'd
Song:
In 3rd piece: will be introduced
the
following Favorite songs:
When virtue forms
-Mrs Davis;
The
Bottle
-Davies;
The
Pleasures of
the
Chace
-Incledon;
Farewell each Tonish
Life
-Munden; Bucket of Water,
'Tis a mighty fine thing
-Johnstone; Kitty Grogan,
Tho' I'm no dancing master
-Johnstone;
Anna's Love
-Incledon;
The
Pig,
You all must have heard
-Fawcett; To-morrow,
In
the
downhill of
life
-Darley;
You are aw nodding
-Mrs Harlowe; Coach box,
You may feast your ears
-Cubitt
5
31 May 1680
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Female Prelate; Being
The
History Of
The
Life
And Death Of Pope Joan
6
13 March 1697
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Life
And Death Of Doctor Faustus
7
16 October 1704
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Sir Mannerly Shallow; Or,
The
Country Wit
Afterpiece Title:
The
Stage Coach
Song:
Spinning
Wheel
Dialogue
-Cook, ano
the
r
Dance:
Chacone
-Miss Evans
8
24 May 1715
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Careless Husband
Song:
Purcell
's
No Kissing At All
-; A single Song-Mr Teno's Scholar; At
the
Desire of several Ladies of Quality,
A Mimick Song of
the
Country
Life
,
The
Dame of Honour
-Mrs Willis
Dance:
Prince, Mrs Bicknell, Birkhead, Miss Willis
9
02 June 1715
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Constant Couple
Afterpiece Title:
The
Custom of
the
Country
Song:
Miss Booth, Mrs Willis; particularly
The
Dame of Honour
-;
Mock Song of
the
Country
Life
-
Music:
Solo on Echo Flute-Paisable
Dance:
Prince, Wade, Sandham, Newhouse, Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell;
Tub Dance
between a Cooper His Wife His Man Scaramouch and Harlequin-;
Four Scaramouches
-
10
06 June 1715
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Jovial Crew
Afterpiece Title:
The
Country Wake
Song:
Country Dialogue
-Renton, Mrs Willis;
Mimick Song in Praise of a Country
Life
-Mrs Willis
Dance:
Mrs Santlow, Mrs Bicknell, Prince
11
28 June 1715
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Bartholomew Fair
Song:
Miss Booth;
Mimic Song of
the
Country
Life
-Mrs Willis
Dance:
Prince
12
26 July 1715
@ Drury Lane Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Flora's Vagaries
Song:
Mimick Song of a Country
Life
-Mrs Willis;
No Kissing At All
-Renton, Mrs Willis
13
20 August 1722
@ Richmond
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Distress'd Beauty; Or,
The
London Prentice
Dance:
Dutch Dance between a Dutch Boor and his Frow
-Newhouse, Mrs Willis;
French Peasant
-Newhouse, Miss Francis;
Drunken Man
-Harper
Song:
The
Dame of Honour
,
Mimick Song in Praise of a Country
Life
-Mrs Willis; Mrs Boman
14
25 August 1722
@ Bartholomew Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Distress'd Beauty; Or,
The
London Prentice
Dance:
Newhouse, Mrs Willis, Mrs Middleton, Miss Francis
Song:
Mrs Boman, Mrs Willis; particularly a
Mimick Song in Praise of a Country
Life
between a Court Lady and a Country Nymph
-
15
05 September 1722
@ Southwark Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Distress'd Beauty; Or,
The
London Prentice
Dance:
Newhouse, Mrs Whllis, Miss Francis, Sandham's Son and Daughter
Song:
In Praise of a Country
Life
-Mrs Willis
16
31 January 1724
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Life
And Death Of Doctor Faustus: With
The
Humours Of Harlequin And Scaramouch
Afterpiece Title:
The
Contrivances; or, More Ways Than One
17
01 February 1724
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Life
And Death Of Doctor Faustus
Afterpiece Title:
The
Contrivances
18
04 February 1724
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Life
And Death Of Doctor Faustus
Afterpiece Title:
The
Contrivances
19
18 February 1724
@ Haymarket Theatre
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Marplot
Afterpiece Title:
The
Life
and Death of Doctor Faustus
Music:
Between
the
Acts: Select Pieces-
20
29 June 1724
@ Richmond
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Stratagem
Dance:
Houghton, Mrs Willis
Song:
A Mimick Song in Praise of
the
Country
Life
-Mrs Willis
21
14 July 1724
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love's Contrivance
Afterpiece Title:
The
Cheats
Dance:
Newhouse, Pelling, James, Ogden; particularly
Swedish Dal Karle
-;
Spinning
Wheel
Dance
-
22
29 July 1724
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
Love And A Bottle
Dance:
Newhouse, Pelling, James, Mrs Ogden; particularly
Swedish Dal Karle
-;
Spinning
Wheel
Dance
-;
Irish Dance
- (in
Fingalian
Habits)
23
22 August 1724
@ Bartholomew Fair
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Prodigal Son; Or,
The
Libertine Reclaimed; Wherein Is Represented His Vicious
Life
, And
The
Devil Appearing To Him To Go On In His Wickedness; And
The
Miserable State He Was Brought To Be His Extravagance, Being Reduced To That Extremity, That He Was Forced To Eat Husks With
The
Swine, To Satisfy His Hunger; Also An Angel Descending, Exhorting Him To Repent, And Return To His Fa
the
r, Who Receives Him With Great Joy
Afterpiece Title:
The
Loves of Harlequin and Colombine
Entertainment:
Drunken Man
-Harper
24
13 April 1726
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Country Wife
Song:
End I:
The
Play of Love
-Leveridge; II:
The
Wheel
Turn'd To Some Tune
(new)-Leveridge; III: Singing-Mrs Chambers; V: A Piece of Musick between a Fop and a Toper:
In Praise of Love and Wine
-Leveridge, Legare
Dance:
II:
Wooden Shoe Dance
-Nivelon; III:
French Sailor
-Salle, Mlle Salle; IV:
French Peasant
-Nivelon, Mrs Legare
25
26 April 1726
@ Lincoln's Inn Fields
Performances
Mainpiece Title:
The
Committee
Song:
T
The
Play of Love
,
The
Wheel
Turn'd To Some Tune
-Leveridge
Dance:
TTwo Pierrots
-Nivelon, Salle;
Fingalian
-Newhouse, Mrs Ogden;
Scottish Dance
-Mrs Bullock
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