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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(perftitleclean,performancetitle) "Womans Wit; or The Lady in Fashion"/1)') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=150, performancetitle=100), ranker=wordcount

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1414 results for: Title - Woman's Wit; or, The Lady in Fashion

1
January 1697 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Woman's Wit; Or, The Lady In Fashion

2
11 September 1732 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Husband Outwitted

Entertainment: Several new and surprizing Performances, never perform'd by any one besides herself, on the Strait Rope [the famous-Signora Violante [[1] She Dances a Minuet as Neatly as a Dancing Master on a Floor. [2] She Dances with a Board, ten Foot in length, loose upon the Rope. [3] She Dances with two Boys fastned to her feet; which Occasions great Mirth. [4] She Dances with two heavy Men ty'd to her Feet. [5] She Performs the Exercise of the Colours. After this surprising Performance, Miss Violante will Dance a Louvre in Boys Cloaths

Dance: t the Desire of several Gentlemen and Ladies, the White Joke-will be danced by an Old Woman, with Pierrot in the Basket; Pierrot-Lalauze; Old Woman-Tobin

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19 June 1795 @ White-Lion Inn, Wych Street (the former south continuation of Drury Lane)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Child Of Nature

Afterpiece Title: The Oracle

Song: Between the parts: singing-two Young Ladies; The Midshipman-a Young Lady; Jack Rattling (in character)-a Young Lady

Entertainment: Monologues.An Address to the Ladies-Miss C?. Kent (a Child of 6 years of Age); Collins' Ode on the Passions, Garrick's Picture of a modern Fine Lady-Miss Kent; conclude: an Address of Thanks-Kent

4
October 1681 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Sir Barnaby Whigg; Or, No Wit Like A Womans

5
24 June 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Spanish Fryar

Afterpiece Title: The Wit of a Woman

Song: a young Gentleman who never perform'd on the Stage before; a new Dialogue between him and one of the House, being set by Mr Hicks-

6
17 August 1704 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Unfortunate Couple

Afterpiece Title: The Comical Transformation

Afterpiece Title: The Wit of a Woman

Dance: Italian Scaramouch-Layfield; a new Morris Dance-two men, two women

7
27 December 1734 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Arlequin Balourd; Or, Harlequin Blunderer

Afterpiece Title: Le Portrait

Dance: A new Chacone in several Characters: Harlequin Man-Cochoy Jr; Harlequin Woman-Miss Chateauneuf; Pierot Man-Roland; Pieraite-Mrs Mimie; Punch-Villeneuve; Dame Jigogne-Malter; Scaramouch Man-De Lisle; Scaramouch Woman-Mrs Le Sage Jr. The Frolick, as17341226 (latter in Daily Advertiser only)

8
30 March 1747 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Marry Or Do Worse; Or, No Wit Like A Woman's

Afterpiece Title: The School Boy

Song: I,IV: Lowe

Dance: II: Muilment; III: The Mechels; V: Salomon, Sga Padouana, Salomon's Son

9
18 December 1760 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: A Duke and no Duke

Entertainment: By Desire, Lady Pentweazle's Scene from the Comedy Taste, Lady Pentweazle-Wilkinson; Carmine-Davis

Dance: LLes Charboniers-Sg Maranesi, Mlle Capdeville

10
28 March 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Hypocrite

Afterpiece Title: No Wit Like a Woman's

Dance: End: Pantomime Dance, The Lilliputian Camp, as17680922

11
31 March 1769 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: No Wit Like a Woman's

Dance: I: New Comic Dance, as17681210; End of Opera: The Wake, as17680929

12
23 September 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beaux Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Mayor of Garratt

Entertainment: End II: The Cries of London-Shuter; II: Imitations-Master Russell; IV: Scene of Lady Pentweazle (from Taste) Lady Pentweazle -Mas. Russell; End: Interlude from the Register Office-Lloyd, Miss Francis, Mrs Gardner

13
28 April 1777 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon

Afterpiece Title: Don Quixote in England

Entertainment: IV: an Interlude between Plutus and Wit and a Masque of Singing and DancingPlutus-Reinhold, Wit- Miss Valois; After dance: +Monologue Tony Lumpkin's Adventures in a Trip to London (1st time)-Quick

Dance: End: The Humours of New@Market with the Pony Races-Dagueville (1st appearance this season)

14
05 April 1780 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A School For Ladies; Or, The Levee Of Lovers

Afterpiece Title: No Wit Like A Woman's

15
12 April 1780 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Amphitryon; Or, The Two Sosias

Afterpiece Title: The Spaniards Dismayed

Afterpiece Title: Poor Vulcan

Song: IV: Interlude between Plutus and Wit-Reinhold, Miss Morris

Dance: End 2nd piece: As17800401; IV: an Interlude between Plutus and Wit-Reinhold (Plutus), Miss Morris (Wit); with a masque of Singing and Dancing-

16
17 May 1785 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Afterpiece Title: The Caldron

Dance: End of Act III of mainpiece the Minuet de la Cour and Gavot by Master Butler and a Young Lady [unidentified] (both Scholars to Miller); End of mainpiece a Double Hornpipe by Master Butler and the same Young Lady

17
15 October 1792 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Girl

Afterpiece Title: Who's the Dupe

Song: End I: song-a Young Lady; End II: song-Incledon; End III: song-a Lady; End IV: song-Johannot

Entertainment: Monologues End: Roxana's Epilogue-; British Loyalty; or, A Squeeze to St. Paul's-Lyon

18
10 May 1797 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Battle Of Eddington

Afterpiece Title: The Romance of an Hour

Song: Mainpiece: Vocal Parts, as17970123, but Master _Willoughby, Master Paul, A Young _Lady, Miss +Jones; End: +Ye Gentleman of England-; and the Companion, To all you Ladies now at Land-; A Sea Song, The Muffin Man-Master Sincock

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22 August 1788 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Catch Club [i

Afterpiece Title: Gretna Green

Afterpiece Title: Look before You Leap

Afterpiece Title: The Village Lawyer

Entertainment: Monologue End 1st piece: George Alexander Stevens's Original Lecture on Heads (Head of Alexander the Great, Head of a Cherokee Chief, Head of a Quack-Doctor, Cuckold's Head, Nobody's Head, The laughing and crying Philosophers' Heads, Head of Flattery, A fine Lady's Head, Head of an Old Maid, Cleopatra's Head, Plain Moll's Head, Head of a Married Lady)-Palmer

20
16 October 1660 @ The Cockpit in Drury Lane

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

21
02 November 1660 @ Middle Temple

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

22
05 November 1660 @ The Red Bull Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wit Without Money

23
10 November 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

24
19 November 1660 @ Whitehall or St. James's

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Silent Woman

25
21 November 1660 @ Theatre in Vere Street

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Scornful Lady