SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Aug"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Aug")') GROUP BY eventid ORDER BY weight() desc, eventdate asc OPTION field_weights=(perftitleclean=100, commentpclean=75, commentcclean=75, roleclean=100, performerclean=100, authnameclean=100), ranker=sph04

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We found 501 matches on Event Comments, 106 matches on Performance Comments, 36 matches on Roles/Actors, 16 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.
Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. [The Epilogue is printed in Daily Post, 12 Aug., which added: There was a very handsome Audience, and the young Actors were dismiss'd with general Applause.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Country Lasses

Afterpiece Title: The Contrivances

Dance:

Music: Harpsichord-Magnes

Event Comment: At Reynolds' Booth. The Beggar's Wedding acted until 8 p.m.; Damon and Phillida, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.; The Humours of Harlequin added to each one. Daily Post, 25 Aug.: This Day his Royal Highness the Duke and their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Mary and Louisa intend to honour Mr Reynolds with their Presence at his Great Theatrical Booth

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Wedding

Afterpiece Title: Damon and Phillida

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Harlequin

Music: With the Original Band of Musick

Event Comment: At Reynolds' Booth. Daily Post, 27 Aug.: Last Night his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales was pleased to honour Mr Reynolds again with his Presence, together with the three eldest Princesses

Performances

Event Comment: Mainpiece: A Comical Tragival Farcical Droll. Afterpiece: A celebrated Operatical Puppet-Show. No Wires, all alive. At Reynolds' Booth. [Advertised also on 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rum Duke And The Queer Duke; Or, A Medley Of Mirth And Sorrow

Afterpiece Title: Punch's Oratory; or, The Pleasures of the Town: Containing several diverting Passages,

Dance: St.Luce

Event Comment: Benefit Milward. [Announced in Daily Journal, 5 Aug., not later.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Event Comment: From 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. [Also advertised on 12, 14, 15, 18 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Rum Duke And The Queer Duke

Afterpiece Title: The Miller's Holiday; or, Love in a Furz-Bush

Dance: St.Luce, others

Event Comment: [Edition of 1730 lists airs by Henry Carey, Charke, J. Sheelis.] At Oates-Fielding Booth. [Advertised also 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 Aug.; 1, 2, 13, 4, 5, 6, 7 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Generous Free Mason; Or, The Constant Lady: With The Comical Humours Of squire Noodle And His Man doodle

Dance: St.Luce, Mlle Delorme; particularly Wooden shoe, Pierrot and Pierraite, Black Joke-

Event Comment: At Penkethman-W. Giffard Booth. [Also announced on 22 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Wat Tyler And Jack Straw: Being The Representation Of That Celebrated And Heroick Action Of Sir William Walworth A lord Mayor Of London, Perform'd In The Reign Of king Richard The Second; Shewing How He Stab'd The Insolent Rebel, wat Tyler, At The Head Of His Rout, In smithfield, For Which Reason The Dagger, Which He So Loyally Employ'd, Was Added To The City's Arms, And Loyalty

Event Comment: As 11 Aug

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Devil to Pay

Song: I: Miss Raftor; II: Pastoral Dialogue-Stoppelaer, Miss Oates

Music: TThe Cuckow-

Dance: IV: Bartholomew Fair-F. Tench, Miss Brett; End Afterpiece: Country Dance-

Event Comment: DDaily Courant, 25 Aug.: On Friday Night last the Constables of Middlesex and Westminster went to [hay] in order to apprehend the Actors and Players there, upon a Warrant signed by several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, against them as Rogues and Vagabonds, but they all made their Escapes

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Hurlothrumbo

Event Comment: MMiller-Mills-Oates' Booth. [See Grub St. Journal, 26 Aug. for comments on the attractions at bf.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Banish'd General; Or, The Distrest Lovers

Song: Evans, Miss Williams, Young Bencraft

Dance: Evans, Miss Williams, Young Bencraft

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Emperor Of China

Performance Comment: As at bf 24 Aug., but Hali-_.

Song: CChimes of the Times-Excell, Mrs Egleton

Music: From Porus As17310824 at bf

Dance: Fisher, Tench, Miss Brett

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Afterpiece: Done from the French of Moliere. [For additional comments on the stage, see Grub St. Journal, 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Performance Comment: Polly-Miss Raftor; Macheath-Stoppelaer; Lockit-Mullart; Peachum-Paget; Mrs Peachum-Mrs Mullart; Lucy-Miss Atherton; Mrs Slammekin-Mrs Charke; Beggar-W. Mills; Player-Roberts; Mat-Jones; Filch-Leigh; Jemmy-Cross; Crookfinger'd Jack-Wright; Dreary-E. Roberts; Robin-Peploe; Ned-Vaughan; Paddington-Gray; Budge-Ridout; Drawer-Gray; Sailor-Burnet; Diana-Mrs Mullart; Sukey-Miss Williams; Mrs Coaxer-Mrs Walter; Dolly-Mrs Mullart; Mrs Vixen-Miss Mears; Betty-Mrs D'Lorme; Jenny-Miss Atherton; Molly-Mrs Roger.

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Dance: Juvan d'Vallois

Event Comment: Benefit a Gentleman who has wrote for the Stage. At the Desire of severl Persons of Distinction. [Daily Advertiser, 21 Aug., has a poem: On Miss Atherton's Playing the Part of Lucy.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Song: Miss Raftor

Dance:

Event Comment: At Fielding-Hippisley Booth at the George Inn in West Smithfield. A new Dramatick Entertainment. Done from the French of Moliere, and intermix'd with Variety of Songs to old Ballad Tunes and Country Dances. All the Characters to be entirely new Dressed. [Advertised 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31 Aug.; 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 Sept.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Envious Statesman; Or, The Fall Of Essex; With The Humours Of The Forc'd Physician

Dance: Mons D'Ferrou Ville , lately arrived from Paris, Miss Brett, Miss Mears

Music: A Band , including Burk Thumoth

Entertainment: Before the Opera: Postures-Phillips

Event Comment: At Lee-Harper-Petit Booth in Tottenham Court. 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. To begin 4 Aug

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Bateman; Or, The Unhappy Marriage: With The Comical Humours Of Sparrow, Pumpking, And Spicer Going To The Wars; Also A Diverting Scene Of The Mid-wife And Gossips At The Labour

Afterpiece Title: The Harlot's Progress

Event Comment: For further discussion of the Players vs. the Patentees, see Grub St. Journal, 4 Aug

Performances

Event Comment: Benefit the Author of The Stage Mutineers. Boxes 4s. Pit 2s. 6d. Gallery 1s. 6d. Upper Gallery 1s. 6:30 p.m. [For a discussion of the afterpiece, see Grub St. Journal, 9 Aug.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mock Doctor

Afterpiece Title: The Stage-Mutineers

Cast
Role: Lady Haughty Actor: Mrs Cantrell

Music: The celebrated Water Musick by Handel-; in which Preamble on the Kettle Drums-B. Baker

Dance: FFrench Peasant-Vallois and Mrs Vallois; Scotch Dance-Davenport, Miss Baston

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jephtha's Rash Vow

Performance Comment: As at BF, 27 Aug .

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Performance Comment: As at BF, 27 Aug .

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jephtha's Rash Vow

Performance Comment: As at bf, 27 Aug.

Afterpiece Title: The Fall of Phaeton

Performance Comment: As at bf, 27 Aug.
Event Comment: Daily Advertiser, 17 Aug.: This Day, Mr Fielding will Rehearse his Play [for BF], and Practice his Musick, at his own House, the Buffalo Tavern, Bloomsbury, at Ten in the Morning

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos, Prince Of Spa1n

Event Comment: At Fielding-Oates Booth. [Advertised 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 Aug.; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Sept.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don Carlos, Prince Of Spa1n

Afterpiece Title: The Constant Lovers: With the Comical Humours of Mons Ragout

Dance: By Davenport, Mrs Davenport, Master Oates, Miss Oates

Event Comment: At Ryan-Laguerre-Chapman-Hall Booth. 1 P.M. to 11 P.M. Afterpiece: A Ballad Opera. [Advertised 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Aug.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Don John; Or, The Libertine Destroy'd

Afterpiece Title: The Barren Island; or, Petticoat Government

Dance: French Peasant by Vallois and Miss Rogers. A new Pantomime Dance: The Force of Inclination: Sailors-Vallois, Clark, Woodward, Bencraft, Smith; Amazonians-Miss Rogers, Miss Mann, Mrs Vallois, Miss Tollett, Miss Norman

Event Comment: At Hippisley-Bullock-Hallam Booth. Afterpiece: a new Ballad Opera. [Advertised 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 Aug.; 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Sept.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Fair Rosamond

Afterpiece Title: The Impostor; or, The Biter Bit: With the Comical Humours of Vizard the Biter, Mixum the Vintner, and his Drawer Balderdash

Dance: I: Two Punches by Tench and Janno. II: The Constant Lovers. End of Droll: Le Badinage Cbampetre. Tumbling by Mynheer Vanderhoff, Mons de Voltore, Mons de Broc, Mons Janno

Event Comment: Benefit a Person under Misfortune. For the Entertainment of Tomo Chachi [as at LIF, 20 Aug.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Busy Body

Afterpiece Title: Flora

Dance: