SEASON OF
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afterpiece and advertising numerous entr'acte entertainments^
eitlier theatre, and
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offered a summer season. Handel engaged Lincoln’s Inn Fields
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a^d offered opera there during most of the winter; he had
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5 petition from concerts and serenatas at the New Haymarket and from
of musical entertainments, including Rosalinda, an Englisl) opera,
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at Ilickford’s. Tlie King’s Theatre in tire Haymarket
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Li In addition, several places of entertainment successfrilly evaded the
pantomime, puppets, dance, and
by concentrating u
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Tennis Court
In December 1739 Punch’s Theatre, adjoining til
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began a series of performances wliich included The Tragedy
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IVedding, The Rake's Progrfrr
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puppet
Jnj try wfth pantomimes by live performers. During part of the season
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Fields, the Wells in I.ondon Spaw, and Sadlers Wells presented
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of fancing, pantomimes, masques, and acrobatics.
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yen : legitimate houses retained the admission charges of previous
tendinJgain slightly raising them for a new pantomimic afterpiece and
n.w. g to announce Advanced Prices more and more; letters to the
policy. Curtain, time remained, at
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but tile operas and other musical entertainments more often