Serious Dance ()

Work Type
N/A
Performance Medium
Dance
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£2,179 4s £1,399 11s (64.2%) £779 13s (35.8%)
1732 - 1809
£2,179 4s - (100%) £1,399 11s (64.2%) £779 13s (35.8%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
111 70 41
1732 - 1809
111 70 41
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
04 Nov 1734 Drury Lane Tamerlane, Cephalus and Procris, Serious Dance, Comic Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
11 Nov 1734 Drury Lane Julius Caesar, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Serious Dance, Comic Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
30 May 1735 Drury Lane The Man Of Taste, The Devil to Pay, English Maggot, French Peasants, Harlequin and Harlequiness, New Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Jun 1735 Drury Lane The Man Of Taste, Harlequin Orpheus, New Serious Dance, Harlequin and Harlequine Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Jun 1735 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Orpheus, New Serious Dance, French Peasants Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Jan 1736 Covent Garden The Albion Queens Or The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scotland, Apollo and Daphne, Serious Dance, French Paesans No No No £159 8s N/A N/A
11 Feb 1736 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Restord, Solo on violin, New Serious Dance, French Peasants, Revellers No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Feb 1736 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Restord, Solo on violin, English Maggot, New Serious Dance, Revellers, The Rover Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Feb 1736 Drury Lane The Conscious Lovers, Harlequin Restord, Solo on violin, English Maggot, Revellers, Serious Dance, The Rover No No No Unknown N/A N/A
20 Mar 1736 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, New Grotesque Pantomime Dance, Flag Dance, Glover's Scots Dance, New Comic Dance, New Serious Dance No No Yes £110 17s N/A N/A
12 Apr 1736 Drury Lane The Tender Husband Or The Accomplishd Fools, The Mock Doctor, English Maggot, Drunken Peasant, Rover, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
14 May 1736 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, The Cheats of Scapin, New Serious Dance, Chancon a Boire, New Comic Dance, Tambourine No No Yes £172 16s 6d N/A N/A
15 May 1736 Drury Lane The Country Wife, The Contrivances, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance, Double Jealousy, Harlequin, Serious Dance, Whim No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1736 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not, Flora, Comic Ballet, Comic Dance, Comic Dance in Character of a Polonese, New Serious Dance No No Yes £149 6s 6d N/A N/A
24 Jan 1737 Covent Garden Oroonoko, The Toy Shop, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, French Peasant, New Comic Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Mar 1737 Drury Lane Love's Last Shift, Phebe, Serious Dance, Grand Ballet, Harlequin, Minuet No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Mar 1737 Covent Garden Volpone, Flora, Two Pierrots, Comic Dance, Minuet, Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Twin Rivals, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Serious Dance, Grand Dance of Sailors, Harlequin, Turkish Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1737 Covent Garden The Fair Penitent, The Cheats of Scapin, Serious Dance, Grecian Sailor, Minuet, Punch in Love with Dame Ragonde Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 Apr 1737 Drury Lane The Provok'd Wife, The Mock Doctor, Turkish Dance, Russian Sailor, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1737 Covent Garden Cymbeline, Comic Dance, Since Times Are So Bad, French Peasant, Grecian Sailors, Minuet, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1737 Drury Lane The Twin Rivals, The Intriguing Chambermaid, Serious Dance, English Maggot, Louvre, Minuet, Peasant, Wooden Shoe No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1737 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Mock Lawyer, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, Minuet, Peasant No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Oct 1737 Covent Garden She Wou'd And She Wou'd Not Or The Kind Imposter, The Mock Lawyer, Grecian Sailors, New Comic Dance, New Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 Nov 1737 Drury Lane Love For Love, The Harlots Progress, Saraband, Comic Dance, Minuet, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
07 Nov 1737 Drury Lane Tamerlane, The Harlots Progress, Saraband, Comic Dance, Minuet, Serious Dance, The Flanderkins Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Pilgrim, The Lucky Discovery, Je ne scai quoi, Ball Dance, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Beggar's Wedding, Pantomime Dance, Grecian Sailors, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1738 Covent Garden The False Friend, The Dragon of Wantley, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1738 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, Come Let Us Prepare, Serious Dance, Solo on violin, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoi, Let Masonry be Now My Theme, On on My Dear Brethren, Peasant Dance, Ye Brethren of the Ancient Craft No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1738 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, Sir John Cockle at Court, New Serious Dance, La Pieraite, Pastoral, Polonese, Turkish Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
03 May 1738 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Beggar's Wedding, Je ne scai quoy, Water Music, Pantomime Dance, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 May 1738 Covent Garden The Mistake, The Honest Yorkshireman, Je ne scai quoi, Serious Dance, Two Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
06 May 1738 Covent Garden Rule A Wife And Have A Wife, Flora, Comic Dance, French Sailors, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 May 1738 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Mock Lawyer, Serious Dance, Comic Dance, New Pantomime Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
11 May 1738 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Beggar's Wedding, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scai quoy, Pantomime Dance, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1738 Covent Garden The Constant Couple, The Honest Yorkshireman, Serious Dance, Since Times Are So Bad, Comic Dance, Pantomime Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 May 1738 Covent Garden The Fair Quaker Of Deal, The Beggar's Wedding, Serious Dance, Je ne scai quoy, Pantomime No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 May 1738 Covent Garden The Old Batchelor, The Beggar's Wedding, Peasant Dance, Je ne scai quoi, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Oct 1738 Covent Garden The Double Gallant Or The Sick Lady's Cure, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
23 Oct 1738 Covent Garden Volpone Or The Fox, The Lucky Discovery, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
24 Oct 1738 Covent Garden The Rival Queens Or The Death Of Alexander The Great, The Toy Shop, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Nov 1738 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Toy Shop, Comic Dance, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
13 Nov 1738 Covent Garden Love Makes A Man, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
14 Nov 1738 Covent Garden Theodosius, The Cheats of Scapin, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Nov 1738 Covent Garden Volpone, The Dragon of Wantley, Comic Dance, Scots Dance, Serious Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
05 Dec 1738 Covent Garden King Henry The Fifth, The Dragon of Wantley, Serious Dance, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Dec 1738 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Lucky Discovery, Since Times Are So Bad, Comic Dance, Grand Ballet, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
08 Jan 1739 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Honest Yorkshireman, Comic Dance, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
15 Jan 1739 Covent Garden The Provok'd Wife, Flora, Comic Dance, Grecian Sailors, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Feb 1739 Covent Garden The Country Wife, The Dragon of Wantley, Serious Dance, Peasant, Scots Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Mar 1739 Drury Lane King Henry The Fourth Part I, Colombine Courtezan, Serious Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
08 Mar 1739 Drury Lane King Lear And His Three Daughters, The Virgin Unmasked, Serious Dance, Grand Ballet No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1739 Covent Garden The Recruiting Officer, The Coblers Opera, Two Pierots, Grecian Sailor, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1739 Covent Garden The Merry Wives Of Windsor, The Country House, Two Pierots, Grecian Sailors, Je ne sai quoi, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
26 Apr 1739 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, Saraband, Oh Happy Pair, Minuet, Serious Dance No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
01 May 1739 Drury Lane The Country Wife, Harlequin Shipwreckd, Serious Dance, Pierots, Russian Sailors No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1739 Covent Garden Love For Love, Two Pierots, Solo on violin, Je ne scay quoy, Peasant Dance, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 May 1739 Covent Garden The Comical History Of Don Quixote, The Dragon of Wantley, Two Pierrots, Grecian Sailors, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
23 May 1739 Covent Garden Love's Last Shift, The Stage Coach, Serious Dance, In Praise of the Roast Beef of Old England, Harlequin Woman, Je ne scai quoy, Pierrots No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
05 Sep 1739 Covent Garden The Conscious Lovers, The Mock Doctor, Serious Dance, Comic Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
03 Nov 1739 Covent Garden The Provok'd Husband, The Country House, Serious Dance, The Reprizal, New Dance Between a Sailor and his Mistress to the tune of To Arms, Scotch Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
15 Dec 1739 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Mock Doctor, Grand Ballet, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Mock Doctor, Comic Ballet, Grand Ballet, Miller and Wife, Peasant, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
29 Apr 1740 Covent Garden The Way Of The World, The Mock Doctor, Serious Dance, Je ne scay quoy, Minuet, Scotch Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 May 1740 Covent Garden The Rover Or The Banished Cavaliers, The Devil to Pay, Serious Dance, Comic Ballet, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scay quoi, Minuet No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 May 1740 Covent Garden The Double Dealer, Serious Dance, Grecian Sailors, Je ne scay quoy, Kilkenny, Swiss Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
25 Apr 1741 Drury Lane As You Like It, Serious Dance, Les Masons, Sabotiers Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
02 May 1741 Drury Lane The Miser, The King and the Miller of Mansfield, La Tambourine, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Confederacy, The Mock Doctor, Bright Author Of My Present Flame, New Serious Dance, Elina Roon, The Italian Peasants Yes Yes Yes £170 N/A N/A
23 Mar 1742 Drury Lane Alls Well That Ends Well, Harlequin Shipwrecked, The Early Horn, The Serious Dance, Dutch Dance Yes No No £40 N/A N/A
27 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Devil to Pay, Was Ever Nymph Like Rosamond, New Serious Dance, Dutch Dance, Le Boufon No No Yes £150 N/A N/A
30 Mar 1742 Drury Lane The Double Gallant, The Lottery, Sweet Bird, New Serious Dance, Le Boufon, The Early Horn No No Yes £140 N/A N/A
19 Apr 1742 Drury Lane Macbeth, Les Enfans Jardiniers Suedois, Les Paisans Allemandes, Minuet, Serious Dance, Tambourine No No No £40 N/A N/A
10 Mar 1743 Drury Lane The Spanish Fryar, Italian Gardeners, New Serious Dance, New Sicilian Peasant Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1743 Covent Garden The Royal Merchant, The Royal Chace, Serious Dance, Louvre, Minuet, New Comic Dance, Peasants No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 May 1743 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Lying Valet, French Peasant, Stella and Flavia, Bumper Squire Jones, La Florana, New Serious Dance No No Yes £9 13s N/A N/A
06 May 1743 Drury Lane The Rehearsal, Serious Dance, Tyrolean Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
19 Jan 1744 Drury Lane Aesop, The Lying Valet, Italian Masquerade, New Serious Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
28 Jan 1744 Drury Lane The Alchemist, Columbine Courtezan, La Mariniere, New Serious Dance Yes No No Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1744 Drury Lane The Old Batchelor, The Lying Valet, New Comic Dance, New Serious Dance No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
04 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Measure For Measure, Damon and Phillida, Grand Ballet, Minuet, New Serious Dance, The Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
09 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Don Sebastian, The Lottery, New Serious Dance, Grand Ballet, Tambourine No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
12 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Henry VIII, To Arms, New Serious Dance, Britons Strike Home No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
16 Apr 1744 Covent Garden Venice Preserved, The Lottery, The Amorous Swain or The Rival Nimphs, To Arms, Britons Strike Home, Les Jardiniers Suedois, Minuet, Serious Dance, The Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
17 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Miser, The Cure For All Grief, Serious Dance, Advice to all Britons, Britons Strike Home, Grand Ballet, The Miser's Passport, The Trumpet's Loud Clangor Excites Us to Arms, To Arms No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
20 Apr 1744 Covent Garden The Life Of King Henry The Fifth, Damon and Phillida, Grand Ballet, Louvre, Minuet, New Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
22 Jan 1745 Drury Lane The Committee, Temple of Dulness, Serious Dance, Grand Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
26 Jan 1745 Drury Lane The Careless Husband, The Devil to Pay, Serious Dance, New Shepherd's Dance No No No Unknown N/A N/A
06 Feb 1745 Drury Lane The Provoked Wife, Rosamond, Serious Dance, Grand Dance, Peasant Dance No Yes No Unknown N/A N/A
16 Mar 1745 Drury Lane The Provok'd Husband, Gentle Shepherd, Serious Dance, Turkish Dance, Vo Solcando No Yes Yes Unknown N/A N/A
02 Apr 1745 Covent Garden The Relapse, The Mock Doctor, Serious Dance, Le Gondalier, Minuet, The Louvre Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
18 Apr 1745 Covent Garden Othello, The Devil to Pay, Serious Dance, L'Allemande, Minuet, The Louvre No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
24 Apr 1753 Drury Lane the Non Juror, The Chaplet, Hornpipe, La Chacone des Characters, Grand Ballet, Harlequin, Minuet, Punch, Serious Dance, The Louvre No No Yes £100 N/A N/A
26 Apr 1754 Drury Lane The Man Of Mode, The Chaplet, The Gipsey Tambourine, Hornpipe, Serious Dance, The Country Amusements No No Yes £130 N/A N/A
15 Apr 1755 Covent Garden Jane Shore, Damon and Phillida, Comic Entertainment, The Choice, Comic Dance, Hornpipe, Masquerade Dance, Minuet, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
27 Apr 1759 Covent Garden The Stratagem, The Contrivances, Serious Dance, Le Badinage, Minuet, Tambourine, The Prussian Rope Makers Yes No Yes £89 2s 6d N/A N/A
22 Apr 1761 Covent Garden The Busy Body, The Double Disappointment, La Petite Bergere, Minuet, Serious Dance, The Louvre Yes No Yes £176 4s N/A N/A
23 Apr 1762 Covent Garden The Jealous Wife, Thomas and Sally, New Serious Dance, Handel's Water piece, Minuet, New Comic Dance, The Academy for Dancing, The Pleasures of Spring No No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
28 Apr 1762 Drury Lane Cymbeline, The Old Maid, Minuet, Comic Dance, Serious Dance Yes No Yes Unknown N/A N/A
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