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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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Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies; Or, The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great

Afterpiece Title: The Letter Writers; or, A New Way to Keep a Wife at Home

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Tunbridge Walks

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: new Scots Dance to Ballad Tunes-Davenport, Miss Jones; Hornpipe, Chesire Round-Johnson

Song: Two new Songs-Aston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: Essex, Miss Robinson

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Opera Of Operas; Or, Tom Thumb The Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas; or, Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: V: Les Amants Constants, as17331025 In Afterpiece: Mock Minuet, as17331027

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Tragedy Of Tragedies; Or, The Life And Death Of Tom Thumb The Great

Afterpiece Title: Squire Basinghall

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Dance: As I Aug

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Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Music: A Preamble on the Kettle-Drums, with Mr Hendel's Water-Musick on the Stage, by Mr J. Baker

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Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Miser

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: I: Le Tambourine-Mlle Chateauneuf; II: Muilment; IV: Ballet-Desnoyer, Mlle Chateauneuf; with music by Martini-; V: Pierrots-Lalauze, Livier

Song: English Captain (as17400325-Beard

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Funeral

Afterpiece Title: The Opera of Operas; or, Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: In Afterpiece: A new dance-the French Boy and Girl; Scotch Dance-Glover, Mlle Roland

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Old Batchelor

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: IItalian Peasants-Desnoyer, Signora Barberini; Wooden Shoe Dance-Mechel

Music: V: Handel's Water@Musick, a Preamble on the Kettle Drums-Jo. Woodbridge

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: SScotch Dance-Mrs Bullock; Miss Naylor; The Parting Lovers-; Drunken Peasant-Chettle

Song: DDialogue of the Widow and the Rake-Laguerre, Mrs Jones

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth, Part I

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: As17410415

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Alchemist

Afterpiece Title: Tragedy of Tragedies; or, Tom Thumb the Great

Song: I: Nanny O-Lowe; III: Gentle Shepherd-Mrs Arne; IV: Early Horn-Lowe

Dance: II: Sga Bettini; V: Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: III: Grand Dance-Muilment

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Henry Iv

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life an Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: As17461126, but Hornpipe-Williams

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb the Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Mode

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, Life and Death of Tom Thumb, the Great

Song: I: By Particular Desire, Hooly and Fairly-Beard

Dance: HHornpipe-Harrison

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb the Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provok'd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Tragedy of Tragedies; or, The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: II: Minuet-Patence, Young Lady; IV: Hornpipe-

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Entertainment: Monologues.Preceding: Prologue to Barbarossa in the character of a Country Boy, containing an account of his Journey to London, his different Services there, first in the City, next with a Lord, then with a Lady, and last of all with a starved Poet-Master Russell; End I: a Scene from Lethe: Fine Gentleman-Master Russell; End II: an Harangue in a Tubafter the manner of the celebrated George Alexander Stevens-Master Russell; End: The Drunken Buck-Raymond

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant; Or, The History Of George Barnwell

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Afterpiece Title: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great

Dance: End: The Wapping Landlady; or, Jack in Distress-; [with a Hornpipe [in character,-a Lady from London [unidentified]

Song: As17760925

Entertainment: Imitations. As17760930 Monologue. Teague's Ramble to London. Captain O'Blunder-Broderick