Jemima Yorke in Woburn - 1744
from Old Letters to Miss J - t. First Part, page 111:
[Letter from Jemima Yorke to Catherine Talbot, “Rest 1744”]
The rest of the Parts were all perform'd by Gentlemen, & most of them as ill as one would wish to see. The Theatre is the Green-House & from that Shape too narrow & too 'low. The Stage is very like the Hackney Stage, not much larger & the rest of the Room filled with Benches, & anybody admitted … more >>
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Jemima Yorke, Old Letters to Miss J - t. First Part. In Aristocratic Women: The Social, Political and Cultural History of Rich and Powerful Women. Part 1, the Correspondence of Jemima, Marchioness Grey (1722-97) and Her Circle., volume Reel 10 (Marlborough, 1995), p. 111. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1743949772036 accessed: 10 May, 2025
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Incidental music to 'The Siege of Damascus'
written by John Hughes (playwright), unnamed opera composers |
performed by Windsor Company |
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| Date/Time | 1744 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by lcc5 on Sun, 06 Apr 2025 15:29:32 +0100
Approved on Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:22:56 +0100