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SELECT * FROM london_stages WHERE MATCH('(@(authnameclean,perftitleclean,commentcclean,commentpclean) "Cape"/1) | (@(roleclean,performerclean) "Cape")') 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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770 results for: Keyword - Cape
We found 891 matches on Roles/Actors, 146 matches on Performance Comments, 22 matches on Performance Title, 22 matches on Event Comments, and 0 matches on Author.

1
17 June 1768 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Devil Upon Two Sticks

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Cape-Bannister; Harlow-Davis; Clerimont-Loveman; Old Maid-Mrs Pitt; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Saunders.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Bannister

Dance: As17680530

Music: End: Concerto on violin-Barthelemon

2
18 May 1770 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Aickin; Gov. Cape-F. Gentleman; Vamp-Sparks; Poet-Hamilton; Sprightly-DuBellamy; Printer's Devil-Jacobs; Arabella-Mrs Jefferies; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin
Role: Cape Actor: F. Gentleman

Dance: TThe Pedlar, as17700516

3
17 October 1770 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Love In A Village

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader, Vamp-Yates; Young Cape-Lewes; Sprightly-DuBellamy; Poet-Hamilton; Printer's Devil-Quick; Robin-R. Smith; Gov. Cape-Gardner; Arabella-Mrs Dyer; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Lewes
Role: Cape Actor: Gardner

Dance: II: A Comic Dance-Mr Hamoir, Miss Hamoir [now so spelled][as17701016; End of Opera: The Merry Sailors, as17701015

4
23 May 1771 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Lame Lover

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Didier; Sprightly-Fearon; Vamp-Vandermere; Podt-Knowles; Gov. Cape-F. Gentleman; Robin-Farrell; Printer's Devil-Cornelys; Arabella-Mrs Collett; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Didier.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Didier
Role: Cape Actor: F. Gentleman

Dance: The Shoemaker, as17710517

5
20 May 1772 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Aickin; Gov. Cape-Gentleman; Vamp-Weston; Sprightly-Fearon; Poet-Dancer; Printer's Devil-Jacobs; Arabelle-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Egerton.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin
Role: Cape Actor: Gentleman

Dance: The Medley, as17720518

6
07 June 1773 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of Bath

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Aickin; Gov. Cape-Howard; Vamp-Moody; Sprightly-Fearon; Poet-Hamilton; Printer's Devill-Jacobs; Robin-Lloyd; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Egerton.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin
Role: Cape Actor: Howard

Dance: As17730526

7
03 June 1774 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Nabob

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Cape-Aickin; Governor Cape-Davis; Vamp-Wilson; Sprightly-Fearon; Poet-Jones; Printer's Devil-Jacobs; Robin-Lloyd; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Aickin
Role: Governor Cape Actor: Davis

Dance: End: Tambourine Dance-Giorgi's scholars

8
21 July 1775 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Cozeners

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: As17750712 but to avoid confusion full cast listed: Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Aickin; Gov. Cape-L'Estrange; Sprightly-Fearon; Printer's Devil-Everard; Poet-Jones; Robin-Lloyd; Vamp-Wilson; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin
Role: Cape Actor: L'Estrange
Role: Governor Cape Actor: Davis

Dance: The Merry Lasses-

9
27 May 1776 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Author

Performance Comment: Cadwallader-Foote; Young Cape-Aickin; Sprightly-Fearon; Gov. Cape-L'Estrange; Vamp-Baddeley, first time in that character; Poet-Jones; Printer's Devil-Walters; Robin-Lloyd; Arabella-Miss Ambrose; Mrs Cadwallader-Mrs Gardner.
Cast
Role: Young Cape Actor: Aickin
Role: Cape Actor: L'Estrange

Dance: The Haymakers-

10
06 March 1797 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Mainpiece: Not acted these 9 years. [Mrs Worthington is identified in MS list in Kemble playbills of new performers for this season.] Ballet: 1st time; composed by Giacomo? Gentili. Afterpiece [1st time: ENT 1, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan; acted in place of The Prize, advertised on playbill of 4 Mar. Text (C. Lowndes, 1797)]: Altered from a Dramatick Entertainment performed 1794 [The Glorious First of June]. In the course of which will be introduced a representation of the late Glorious Engagement between the British and Spanish Fleets on the Fourteenth of February [1797, under Sir John Jervis, off Cape St. Vincent]. Receipts: #253 9s. (151.2.6; 100.17.0; 1.9.6)

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Cymbeline

Afterpiece Title: Cape St

Song: III: a Masquerade Scene-; with Hark! the Lark at Heaven's Gate sings-Sedgwick, Dignum, Welsh, Master Welsh

Ballet: End: The Labyrinth; or, The Country Madcap. Joseph-Gentili; Robert-Grimaldi; Philip-Master Menage; Rosina-Sga Bossi DelCaro; Countess-Mrs Wild; Lauretta-Miss S. DeCamp

11
14 November 1761 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Mourning Bride

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-O'Brien; Capt. Cape-King; Miss Harlowe-Mrs Kennedy; Mrs Harlowe-Miss Haughton; Harlow-Kennedy; Heartwell-Philips; Servant-Castle; Trifle-Mrs Hippisley.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: King

Dance: II: The Camp Alarm'd, as17610926

12
01 May 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Jealous Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Maguire; Capt. Cape-Tindal; Harlow-Davis; Heartwell-Gardner; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Burden; Miss Harlow-Mrs Maguire, first appearance this stage.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Tindal

Dance: TThe Taylors, as17620107

13
18 September 1762 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Careless Husband

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Obrien; Harlow-Packer; Heartwell-Philips; Capt. Cape-Burton; Mrs Harlow-Miss Haughton; Miss Harlow-Mrs Bennett.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Burton

Dance: End: Hornpipe-Vincent

14
20 September 1762 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Stratagem

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Harlow-Davis; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Young Clerimont-White; Mrs Harlow-Miss Elliot; Miss Harlow-Mrs Younger; with a New Occasional Prologue-Smith.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Dunstall

15
07 January 1763 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Jane Shore

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: As17620918, but Old Maid-Mrs Clive, 1st time; Heartwell-Stevens; Cape-King.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: King.

16
21 September 1763 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Harlow-Davis; Capt. Cape-Dunstall; Young Clerimont-White; Heartwell-Gardner; Mrs Harlow-Miss Elliot; Miss Harlow-Mrs Walker.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Dunstall

17
12 May 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Romeo And Juliet

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: As17630921, but Cape-Lewis.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Lewis.

Dance: III: A Hornpipe-Miss Pitt; End: The Dutch Skippers, as17640509

18
02 October 1764 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Beggar's Opera

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Didier, 1st appearance there; Heartwell-Philips; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-King; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope, 1st time; Miss Harlow-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: King

Dance: II: New Tambourine, as17640929

19
16 October 1764 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: A Bold Stroke For A Wife

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Old Maid-Mrs Walker; Harlow-Davis; Young Clerimont-White; Capt. Cape-Lewis; Heartwell-Gardner; Mrs Harlow-Miss Elliot.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Lewis

Dance: II: A Tambourine, as17641015; End: La Femme Maitresse, as17641004

20
24 June 1765 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Commissary

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Harlow-Davis; Clerimont-Preston; Cape-Tindall; Hartwell-Gardiner; Mrs Harlow-Miss Reynolds; Trifle-Mrs Granger; Old Maid-Mrs Kennedy.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Tindall

Dance: As17650619

21
07 January 1766 @ Covent Garden

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Maid Of The Mill

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: As17651220, but Capt. Cape-Dunstall.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Dunstall.
Role: Captain Cape Actor: Lewis

Dance: II: The Village Romps, as17651019

22
03 July 1766 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Orators

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Harlow-Davis; Clerimont-Aickin; Cape-Palmer; Mrs Harlow-Mrs M'George; Miss Harlow-Miss Worley, her first appearance on this stage.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Palmer

Dance: As17660620

23
08 November 1766 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Siege Of Damascus

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherley; Mr Harlow-Packer; Heartwell-Hurst; Cape-Baddeley; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope; Miss Harlow-Mrs Bennet.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Baddeley

24
15 June 1767 @ Haymarket Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Minor

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Harlow-Davis; Clerimont-Loveman; Cape-Palmer; Miss Harlow-Mrs Gardner; Mrs Harlow-Mrs Jefferys.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Palmer

25
11 November 1767 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Zara

Afterpiece Title: The Old Maid

Performance Comment: Clerimont-Cautherley; Harlow-Packer; Capt. Cape-Baddeley; Heartwell-Hurst; Mrs Harlow-Miss Pope; Miss Harlow-Mrs Cross.
Cast
Role: Cape Actor: Baddeley