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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Cambray"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Cambray")') 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 7 matches on Roles/Actors, 5 matches on Performance Comments, 2 matches on Event Comments, 0 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Author.
Event Comment: [Cambray was the stage name of James Fennell; he was from the Edinburgh theatre (and see 16 Oct. 1789). Ryder's 1st appearance as Iago was at the Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 14 Jan. 1767.] "Ryder wore his villainy on his sleeve, and evinced nothing of the insidiousness ordinarily expressed by other representatives of the part" (Public Advertiser, 13 Oct.). Receipts: #196 7s. (195.16; 0.11)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Performance Comment: Othello-Cambray (1st appearance); Roderigo-Blanchard; Cassio-Macready; Brabantio-Hull; Lodovico-Davies; Montano-Thompson; Duke-Booth; Gratiano-Fearon; Iago-Ryder (1st appearance in that character [in London]); Emilia-Mrs Morton; Desdemona-Mrs Pope.
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Role: Othello Actor: Cambray

Afterpiece Title: The Romp

Event Comment: Benefit for Cambray (the last Time of his performing here this Season). Public Advertiser, 8 Nov.: Tickets to be had of Cambray, No. 18, Norfolk-street. Receipts: #185 1s. 6d. (184.6.0; 4.15.6; tickets: none listed)

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Mainpiece Title: Macbeth

Performance Comment: As17871001, but Macbeth-Cambray (1st appearance in that character).
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Role: Macbeth Actor: Cambray

Afterpiece Title: The Lyar

Performance Comment: Young Wilding-Cambray (1st appearance in that character); Old Wilding-Fearon; Sir James Elliot-Davies; Papillion-Wewitzer; Miss Godfrey-Mrs Lewis; Kitty-Mrs Platt; Miss Grantham-Mrs Bernard.
Cast
Role: Young Wilding Actor: Cambray

Song: Vocal Parts, as17871001, but Janson

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Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Performance Comment: Alexander-Cambray (1st appearance in that character); Lysimachus-Farren; Hephestion-Davies; Cassander-Fearon; Polyperchon-Macready; Thessalus-Helme; Aristander-Gardner; Perdiccas-Thompson; Clytus-Aickin; Statira-Miss Brunton (1st appearance in that character); Sysigambis-Mrs Platt; Parisatis-Mrs Inchbald; Roxana-Mrs Pope.
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Role: Alexander Actor: Cambray

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice

Song: II: the Grand Triumphal Entry of Alexander into Babylon-; Vocal Parts-Johnstone, Cubitt, Brown, Darley, Doyle, Rock, Mrs Martyr, Mrs Mountain, Mrs Morton, Miss Stuart, Mrs Davenett, Mrs Watts, Miss Blower, Mrs Kennedy

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Venice Preserv'd

Performance Comment: Jaffier-Cambray (1st appearance in that character); Priuli-Hull; Renault-Fearon; Bedamar-Davies; Duke-Thompson; Spinosa-Cubitt; Elliot-Macready; Officer-Evatt; Pierre-Aickin; Belvidera-Mrs Pope.
Cast
Role: Jaffier Actor: Cambray

Afterpiece Title: Barataria; or, Sancho Turn'd Governor

Dance: End: Mirth by Moonshine-[see17870928]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Othello

Cast
Role: Othello Actor: Cambray

Afterpiece Title: Orpheus and Eurydice; or, The Metamorphoses of Harlequin

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Alexander The Great

Cast
Role: Alexander Actor: Cambray

Afterpiece Title: Love in a Camp

Song: As17871022