SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,authname,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Blakes deleted Receipts "/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Blakes deleted Receipts ")') 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

Result Options

Download:
JSON XML CSV

Search Filters

Event

Date Range
Start
End

Performance

?
Filter by Performance Type










Cast

?

Keyword

?
We found 18079 matches on Event Comments, 1063 matches on Performance Comments, 12 matches on Performance Title, 0 matches on Author, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.
Event Comment: Afterpiece: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #45 13s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The London Cuckolds

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Song: As17160216

Dance: As17160227

Event Comment: Benefit Keene. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #45 1s. and tickets #109 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Song: Leveridge, Randal, Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: As17151230

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Benefit a Gentleman of Musick on account of Arrears. Receipts: money #32 18s. and tickets #87 16s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Afterpiece Title: The Mountebank

Dance: As17151230; Two Punchanellos Harlequin and Dame Ragondi-

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Rogers. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #24 18s. 6d. and tickets #45 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Fatal Vision

Song: Sing All Ye Muses-Leveridge, Randal

Event Comment: Mainpiece: [By William Taverner. Apparently not printed.] Never Acted before. Afterpiece: [By William Taverner.] A New Masque of Vocal and Instrumental Musick of Two Acts. Receipts: #31 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Every Body Mistaken

Afterpiece Title: Presumptuous Love

Event Comment: Benefit Pack. At the particular desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #56 and tickets #81 3s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth Part I

Song: Leveridge, Randal, Pack, Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: As17151104

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Receipts: #32 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Squire Of Alsatia

Song: Randal, Mrs Fitzgerald

Dance: As17151104

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By Christopher Bullock.] A New Farce of One Act. Benefit Bullock Sr. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: #69 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Sea Voyage

Afterpiece Title: The Adventures of Half an Hour

Song: As17160317

Dance: As17151104

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Cross. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #53 1s. 6d. and tickets #75 7s. The Epilogue was separately printed in 1716

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Dance: Moreau, Mrs Cross

Event Comment: Benefit John Leigh. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #45 9s. and tickets #53 11s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Music: As17151006, but Mrs Cross

Dance: As17151104; Yellow Stockings-Schoolding; A new Spanish Entry-a Person who never yet perform'd on the Stage

Event Comment: Afterpiece: [By Benjamin Griffin.] A New Farce of Two Acts. Receipts: #27 4s. 6d

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical History Of Don Quixote Part Ii

Afterpiece Title: The Humours of Purgatory

Song: As17160206

Dance: As17151104

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Knight. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #27 17s. 6d. and tickets #23 13s. The Epilogue was printed in Weekly Journal or British Gazetteer, 7 April, with a note: The Author of the following Epilogue would never have thought of publishing such a Trifle, but to let the Town see that scandalous Piece (as some were pleas'd to call it) not fit to be spoken. Mrs Knight's Zeal to the Government (which she has always express'd at the Worst of Times) cannot be enough applauded....It was wrote with no other Design than to do her some Service on her Benefit-Day; but has had indeed a quite contrary Effect, and kept back that Part of her Audience whose Money is as good as other Peoples, tho' their Principles (as being Tories) are the worst in the World

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Oroonoko

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Song: As17160215

Dance: delaGarde, Moreau, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross; particularly the last new comic dance-Moreau, Mrs Cross

Event Comment: Benefit delaGarde. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #36 17s. 6d.; tickets #70 15s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love For Love

Afterpiece Title: Hob

Music: Two Entertainments on the Flute-Mr Mercy

Dance: delaGarde, Moreau, Shaw, Thurmond Jr, Mrs Bullock, Mrs Schoolding, Mrs Cross; particularly The Dutch Skipper-delaGarde, Mrs Bullock

Event Comment: Benefit Leveridge. Afterpiece: [By Richard Leveridge.] A Comic Masque, compos'd in the high Style of Italy. N.B. The Books of the Masque are just printed for W. Mears...and sold by him, and at Mr Leveridge's in Tavistock-street. Receipts: #37 10s. 6d. and tickets #75 4s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Island Princess

Afterpiece Title: Pyramus and Thisbe Lyon Moonshine and Wall

Music: With all New Musick (for that Night) both Vocal and Instrumental Musick-

Event Comment: Benefit Husband. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #25 4s. 6d. and tickets #27 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Music: As17151018

Dance: As17151031

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Hunt. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #15 15s. 6d. and tickets #28 13s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Womans Revenge

Afterpiece Title: Acis and Galatea

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Dance: As17151122

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Bullock. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #14 2s. 6d. and tickets #31 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: King Henry The Fourth Part I

Dance: As17151029

Event Comment: Benefit Spiller. Receipts: money #17 5s. 6d. and tickets #37 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The False Count

Afterpiece Title: The Cobler of Preston

Song:

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Hall. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #15 6s. 6d. and tickets #23 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Recruiting Officer

Song:

Dance:

Event Comment: Benefit Shaw. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. The Boxes are to be laid open to the Pit, and Tickets delivered for The Plain Dealer taken. Receipts: money #9 4s. and tickets #103 1s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Royal Merchant

Dance: As17160105 Italian Night Scene between Punch Scaramouch and Harlequin-

Event Comment: Benefit Bullock Jr. At the Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #19 14s. 6d. and tickets #71 7s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Provokd Wife

Song: Mrs Fitzgerald, The Boy

Dance: As17151217

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Thurmond. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Care is taken to prevent any Disappointment. Receipts: money #14 9s. and tickets #33 13s. The Epilogue was separately Printed (1716); see BM 164 I. 30

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Pilgrim

Afterpiece Title: The Walking Statue

Dance: As17151029

Event Comment: Benefit Knapp. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #14 1s. 6d. and tickets #37 16s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Comical History Of Don Quixote Part Ii

Song: Leveridge, Mrs Fitzgerald; particularly Since Times Are So Bad-

Music: A New Concerto for the Flute-Bastion Sr, Bastion Jr

Dance: As17151217

Event Comment: Benefit Mrs Manina Fletcher. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Receipts: money #18 3s. 6d. and tickets #24 14s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Plain Dealer

Song: New songs-Mrs Fletcher

Music: A Lesson upon the Harpsichord-an Eminent Master

Dance: As17151217

Event Comment: [By Mrs Mary Davys.] Never Acted before. Preface: The first Night, in which lay all the Danger, was attended with only two single Hisses....The one was a Boy, and not worth taking Notice of, the other a Man who came prejudic'd. Receipts: #28 10s

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Northern Heiress Or The Humours Of York